Chapter 1637: Saving the Nation by Industry

"Sixth brother, we can't control this matter!" In the eyes of future generations, this event has a far-reaching impact, but people in history have a lag, often waiting for a long time after an important historical event occurs, and then discuss it again. Only by looking back can we truly understand the meaning of these things, even Lu Jiaju who has stayed abroad and seen the world is no exception.

"You have been busy in the factory these days. I don't know what's going on. Let me tell you. China participated in the European War, which is the victorious country. However, at the Paris Peace Conference, the United States and the United Kingdom wanted to put Germany in Jiaozhou. The interests of Taiwan were transferred to Japan, so these students paraded, and the play box said that Beijing was more troubled, and Shanghai was also troubled, and we were late here and just started." He also explained to Shen Long.

"Why don't I know?" I'm afraid no one in the whole world knows this better than me. In the real world the year before last, there was a photo that went viral on the Internet.

An old man sat in the lounge of the United Nations with his head bowed without saying a word. He looked very tired and helpless from the side. The old man in this photo was Bashar Jafari, the representative of Syria to the United Nations. Unjust treatment was suffered at the United Nations meeting. Many netizens compared this scene with China in 1919.

Shen Long sighed, looking at this scene from the perspective of looking back on history is different from experiencing it personally, looking at Lu Jiaju who was still at a loss, Shen Long said, "This Qingdao is originally a place in China, shouldn't it be returned to China? "

"Hehe, I think it's still as good as it is now!" Shopkeeper Ma also came out of the shop to watch the excitement, "Now we don't have to pay taxes, if it belongs to the national government, the taxes collected will go to sea; Chen The shopkeeper must be aware of the situation in Jinan and Shenyang, and the cloth shops and dyeing factories there are not as comfortable as ours."

As I said before, Qingdao used to be a German colony. The Germans could not collect taxes, and the national government did not dare to collect taxes. Therefore, the operating costs of merchants here are much lower than those in other places. The shopkeeper also took a fancy to this. I just said that, and this is also human nature. Most of the time, people can only see clearly the short-term interests in front of them.

However, he also more or less knew that this kind of thinking was inappropriate, so he didn't dare to speak loudly, but lowered his voice so as not to be heard by those students.

"Horse shopkeeper, you're thinking about it!" Shen Long knew that he wouldn't listen to what he said about the righteousness of the country, because he really had a cow and he was the beneficiary, so Shen Long started from the interests and used He explained in a way that he could understand, "Now Qingdao is going to be transferred to Little Japan!"

"In the past, it was under the control of the Germans. The Germans focused their attention on Europe. There were few people who could be sent to Qingdao, so the control of Qingdao was not strict; but Little Japan is different. They are just over the sea. , there are too many people, when they come to our place, I am afraid that tax collection will be unavoidable! And small Japanese businessmen will come in batches to compete with us for business!"

"By then,

There are people behind them, can you compete with them? Hey, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do business in the future! "Shen Long shook his head and sighed.

Hearing what Shen Long said, the expressions of Shopkeeper Ma and Lu Jiaju suddenly became serious. They may not understand the international trend and national righteousness, but they are extremely concerned about their own interests, and they also know whether they have backers or no backers when doing business. It's totally two different things. If you really need a group of Japanese businessmen with strong backing, this business will really be difficult to do.

"Isn't it?" After a long time, the shopkeeper Ma said bluntly, "It was like this when the Germans were here, so you can't change the rules rashly when the little Japan comes?"

This person always likes to think in a direction that is beneficial to him when encountering problems, but it turns out that Shopkeeper Ma is wrong in his thinking. In the future, those Chinese businessmen in the Japanese-occupied area will definitely have a hard time, not only because of poor business If you do it well, you can't even guarantee the safety of your property or even your life.

"Brother Six, it's useless for you to worry. We are not in charge of these matters! We are just small businessmen and we can't do anything." Just a few words of comfort.

"If everyone thinks that way, it's really over!" Fortunately, even in this age, there are still batches of patriots working hard for this country. Who would have thought that after only thirty years, Did China drive away all the colonists? If everyone waited for others to sacrifice their efforts, then there would be the declaration thirty years later.

"Although we are just businessmen, we can do something! I run a dyeing factory. As long as I can dye better cloth than Little Japan, as long as I use more gray cloth from China under similar circumstances, then Even if we contribute to the country, can industry save the country! If a country’s factories and businessmen are strong, the country will definitely not be worse.” Shen Long said.

Of course, he said this only to persuade Lu Jiaju. The history of later generations has proved that the road of saving the country through industry is unworkable. Survival and development are threatened more deadly. Under such circumstances, the theory of saving the country by industry, which calls for developing the country's capitalist industry and commerce and resisting imperialist aggression and plunder, has become a reflection of the interests and aspirations of the national bourgeoisie.

The main propagandists of this kind of thought were Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Zhang Jian and others. They believed that since China had a disease of poverty, the development of industry became the only requirement; There is only one way to save China, which is to increase national strength, and to enhance national strength, industry must be developed, but this desire is only illusory after all.

Because foreign powers will not allow China to develop industry, without a stable government capable of maintaining industrial development, these ideas are like a castle built of sand, which looks decent when everything is peaceful, but once there is a storm It was immediately overwhelmed.

But even these are better than doing nothing. Commercial struggles are also struggles, and they can help the country to some extent.

"Boss, let's donate some cloth to the students, make banners for them, write the word "Parade" on the front, and write our Flying Tiger card on the back, no money, just give it to us." Of course, thinking about this right now It's still a bit too far away, the most important thing now is to make money.