Chapter 564: Savagery and Civilization (Third update, please subscribe)
White people who believe in Jesus Christ are civilized!
The rest are heretics and barbarians!
Who can we turn to for justice under such brutal rules?
Reasoning?
But forget it!
This world is ruled by strength. If you want to reason with others, first you must have the capital to reason with them. Otherwise, who will reason with you?
Zhu Xianhai has a thorough understanding of this rule!
Not to mention now, even in the 21st century, so-called international relations still put strength first.
No strength?
Farts don't even make noise. International relations are like this most of the time. On the surface, it seems that big countries and small countries are equal, but what is the reality?
Small countries are prone to being bullied.
“The ‘civilized world rules’ formulated by Europeans are essentially not much different from the debate between China and barbarians, which is the superiority of the dominant civilization over the weak civilization.”
After taking a puff of his cigar and exhaling the smoke, Zhu Xianhai's expression became serious.
"So-called 'civilization' is essentially about strength. The debate between Chinese and barbarians refers to the Spring and Autumn Period, when swords and arrows were used. Civilized countries refer to civilization, which can be used with guns and cannons. To put it bluntly, whoever has the bigger fist has the final say."
Whether it is the debate between China and the barbarians or the civilized country.
To put it bluntly, they are all a set of theories to facilitate their own expansion, just to find a suitable excuse and reason for themselves to bully others. In this regard, everyone is just the same.
"Isn't Mexico also a civilized country in the European context? But how did the "Pastry War" start? When the French bombarded Mexico, they didn't consider them as a civilized country."
The "Pastry War" is the "First French Invasion of Mexico", a war that took place in Mexico between 1838 and 1839. The war started in 1832 when the pastry shop run by French baker Raymont in Tacubaya was destroyed in the war. He was unable to claim compensation from the new government, so he returned to his country for help, which led to France using this as an excuse to declare war on Mexico.
"And Buenos Aires, didn't the British fleet protect overseas Chinese here? Civilized countries... At that time, they didn't think about what kind of civilized countries these countries were. They never showed mercy when it was time to take action."
With a sarcastic smile, Zhu Xianhai looked at Zhu Guozhong who seemed to be thinking about something and said.
"In the final analysis, this is a conversation between civilized people, and it is also a suggestion based on strength. If you are not strong enough, no one will listen to you. Your fists are hard! No matter who it is, they will respect your voice!"
Good people are often bullied, and weak countries are often invaded.
Good people are bullied by others but not by God, while evil people are feared by others but not by God. This is true in interpersonal communication and also in communication between countries.
From ancient times to the present, from China to the outside world, this is an eternal truth and it will not change at all because this is human nature.
"Your Majesty, it seems that the relationship between countries is like this."
Zhu Guozhong smiled as if he had figured something out.
"Strength. Whether it's so-called 'civilization' or 'barbarism', it all comes down to strength. With strength, barbarians can also squeeze in among civilized people, just like..."
In this era, it seems that only the Ming Dynasty can be used as an example, but we, the Ming Dynasty, have never considered ourselves barbarians.
Well, in the other world, Japan is the most obvious example. After defeating Russia, didn't Japan move from being a barbarian to a civilized country?
The so-called civilization, in the final analysis, is all about strength!
"In the eyes of Europeans, our Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty. It's just that they are not used to it yet. But in a few decades, they will get used to it!"
In a few decades, when China rises in an all-round way, even if they are not used to it, they will have to face the rise of Chinese civilization. By that time, civilization will not be determined by them.
Zhu Xianhai had no doubt that day would come. After all, two groups of Chinese students had already come to Daming. Although they were in the enemy camp, they would definitely make due contributions to the rise of China in different positions.
"Guozhong, what are Yang Fuqing and the others busy with recently?"
Yang Fuqing, the Assistant King of the Heavenly Kingdom, although there are more than a thousand princes in the Heavenly Kingdom, he is the only one who may lead the delegation to visit the Ming Dynasty.
As the special envoy of the Heavenly Kingdom, Yang Fuqing, after sending 187 international students to preparatory schools, has been waiting for an audience with the Emperor Shengde of the Ming Dynasty. However, the Emperor cannot be met whenever he wants, and the Ming Dynasty also has its own rules.
Foreign envoys always have to wait. However, as a special envoy, Yang Fuqing was not idle. Although the date for the audience with the emperor had not been set, he still started his tour. As a military man, his first stop was of course the famous "Nanhua Arsenal".
Ever since the first batch of "Nanhua-made" rifles were smuggled into Tianguo ten years ago, Tianguo has become a die-hard fan of "Nanhua-made". When Tianguo buys weapons, it has always been fond of various types of rifles and Krupp breech-loading guns produced by the Nanhua Arsenal.
At the shooting range of the Nanhua Arsenal, crisp gunshots continued to echo. While the test shooter was shooting, Li Chenqin, the factory manager who was accompanying Yang Fuqing, picked up a rifle and introduced it.
"Your Highness, the Type 71 rifle you are looking at now is different from the Type 70 rifle, but it also uses a rotating bolt and fires the same 7.5mm bullets as the Type 70. It uses an integral magazine and can be loaded with a 5-round clip. This rifle was specially designed by us. Its structure is relatively simple. Its biggest advantage is that it is easy to produce. In terms of production cost, its cost is only about 70% of that of the Type 70 rifle. Although its bolt operation is not as smooth as that of the Type 70, it is cheap, simple, reliable, and can meet the actual needs of the army. It is also very accurate."
Like all businessmen, when facing customers, especially big customers, Li Chenqin's expression and tone are always respectful. There is no other way, the client is the most important, and Tianguo is an important customer of Nanhua.
The rifle he was introducing was another project of the Nanhua Arsenal. Although the Type 70 rifle was very excellent, taking into account that the production equipment of the Type 67 rifle had only been in use for a few years, in order to recoup the investment and make some money from arms, the design room of the arsenal designed a new rifle based on the Type 67 rifle - in fact, it added a fixed magazine and changed the caliber to 7.5mm. Compared with the Type 70 rifle, its advantages are also very obvious - cheap, simple, and reliable. Now that a big customer has come, Li Chenqin, the factory manager, naturally goes out to act as a salesman himself.
"But your army uses Type 70 rifles!"
Yang Fuqing said directly.
"Since we are going to buy guns, we will definitely consider the imported Type 70 rifle first. That gun is good, with a ten-round magazine, and it fires fast! It's no worse than the seven-shot chain rifle!"
How did the Heavenly Kingdom defeat the Qing demons? It relied on the powerful firepower of the seven-shot serial gun!
"Your Highness, the difference in firing speed is only a small one. The key is that it is easy to produce!"
Picking up the rifle from the table, Li Chenqin stuffed a clip of bullets into it and said.
"Compared to the Type 70 rifle, the technical level of the Heavenly Kingdom's arsenal is more suitable for producing the Type 71 rifle. Believe me, this is definitely the most suitable weapon for Heavenly Kingdom. For only 1.15 million taels, you will not only get a production facility that can produce 50,000 rifles and the corresponding ammunition annually, but we will also transfer all the drawings and send technicians to guide your production."
Now the Ming Dynasty has long passed the initial stage of merely selling weapons. The transfer of technology seems to have sold fewer weapons, but correspondingly, in order to produce weapons, they need to purchase a large number of mechanical equipment, which is the real big expense. Moreover, the gun bureaus in Tianjing, Suzhou and Hangzhou have long begun to imitate the Spencer rifle.
Therefore, regardless of whether Ming Dynasty transfers the production patents and corresponding technologies, they will imitate them. As for the patent fees... no way. Instead of letting them imitate them through reverse engineering, it is better to directly package the technology and equipment together and sell them at a higher price, so that the investment can be recovered.
Seeing that Yang Fuqing seemed to still be hesitating, Li Chenqin pointed at several Western officers not far away and said.
"Your Highness, you see those guys over there are Russians, they are also testing this rifle, I can guarantee that we will soon sign a contract with Russia to transfer the technology of the Type 71 rifle to them,"
Russia!
That’s a big country!
Yang Fuqing looked at the foreign brothers in surprise and said in astonishment.
"You mean, the Russians also buy guns and cannons from us?"
(End of this chapter)
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