In the discussion hall, Chang Kaishen was sitting on a genuine leather chair that was known as the diamond of leather. He was looking at the furniture made of yellow rosewood, red sandalwood, chicken wing wood, ebony, and other precious woods.
The entire parliament building was decorated in a Chinese style. It was grand, luxurious, spacious, and bright. Even the lamps were made of gold and silver.
He had already said that he was envious. He could only say that he was indeed the world overlord of the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. His foundation was too strong.
Comparisons were infuriating. Compared to Great Qin, the modern architecture was basically modeled after the western architecture, making it look nondescript and completely lacking the characteristics of a flower garden.
"Slave trade route map. This map should be the slave trade route map that the western powers described as the 'root of evil', right?”
Chen Cheng pointed at the nautical chart on the left wall that was covered with glass.
The map accurately marked the seven continents and four oceans, and even circled the locations of Heizhou, Indu, and Dongnamya with a cinnabar pen.
There was no need to guess that these three regions were where Great Qin captured slaves. For the 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Great Qin's slave merchants and royal navy had relied on the slave trade to earn a huge amount of wealth.
Great Qin's slave traders even organized hunting teams to personally capture slaves and sneak attack the villages of the Black Continent's indigenous people. They burned down their houses and tied up the indigenous people before taking them to the slave trading ships that were anchored on the shore. In a single night, they would turn peaceful indigenous villages into ruins.
When the western countries rose up and became involved in the slave trade, Great Qin gradually formed a profitable slave trade system by selling the Black Continent people, the Indu people, and the Dongmanya natives.
They usually took a triangular route to transport slaves. The slave ship was loaded with guns, ammunition, and cheap consumer goods for the exchange of slaves. It set off from the port of Europe and sailed to the West Black Sea Coast.
They exchanged goods for a large number of slaves on the west coast of the Black Sea, then crossed the Atlantic Ocean and sailed to America.
In America, slaves were used to exchange for raw materials and gold and silver from the colonies, which were transported back to Europe. This was called the return journey.
A triangular voyage would take six months, and the slave trader could make three transactions, earning a 100% to 1000% profit.
It was because of this profitable business that Great Qin had been able to quickly accumulate capital in the early 14th century. The country was rich and the people were strong, and their culture and thinking had completely changed, becoming the first capitalist country.
"Westerners are famous for being shameless and despicable. Aren't they involved in the slave trade? How dare you criticize Great Qin!"
Navy Commander Chen Shaokuan curled his lips and scoffed at the Westerners.
Chang Kaishen smiled and said," From the dark history of the Manchu Dynasty entering the pass and planting flowers, I feel that if one is not ruthless, one will not be able to stand firm. The Great Qin was established in 1282 after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty. How could it become a big country in East Asia in just 20 years and even send a navy to attack the Yuan army in the southeast coastal area?”
"First of all, Great Qin isn't bound by Confucianism's principles of benevolence, righteousness, and morality. It has captured a large number of indigenous slaves to help build cities, build warships, develop mines, grow food, and forge weapons!”
"I've read the historical records. In 1400, Great Qin, which had less than a million people, relied on its intelligence and sharp weapons to capture and control three million slaves. They cut down wood from the lush Dongnamya and built thousands of warships, officially starting a war against the Yuan Dynasty. Within ten years, hundreds of battles broke out with the Yuan Dynasty, and millions of Flower People were transferred to Qin Island.”
"If it weren't for Zhu Yuanzhang's sudden emergence and the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the death of Emperor Gaozu of Qin and the succession of the gentle Emperor Qin, the Qin army would probably have been able to expand their national strength by absorbing the population through fighting the Yuan army. The more they fought, the stronger they became and slowly dragged down the unpopular Yuan Dynasty.”
"Great Qin destroyed the Yuan Dynasty, so what about the Qing Dynasty?”
"What a pity, what a pity…"
After listening to Chang Kaishen's narration, everyone nodded in agreement.
Ever since the Miqing Kingdom had been destroyed, the flower farmers who had been sealed for more than 200 years held Great Qin's rise in high esteem. Men, women, children, and the elderly could all talk about it, such as the slave trade and the two centuries of war with the western countries. Who didn't admire Great Qin?
They were both Flower Growers, but their fates were completely different. One was so powerful that even the western countries could not do anything to them, while the other was trampled and humiliated by the western countries. This was also why Flower Growers liked Great Qin.
"Principal, are you sure you want to buy weapons from the Milky Way Trading Company?”
Chen Cheng sat down and asked the question that everyone wanted to ask.
Chang Kaishen sighed." From Fusang's invasion of the northeast, we can see that the western powers are unreliable.”
"Also, the European War caused Great Britain and Gaul to suffer heavy losses. They are already unable to contain Fusang, and the beautiful country is acting as if it has nothing to do with them. Not only does it not help to plant flowers to suppress Fusang, but it also sells steel and oil to Fusang.”
"As for the polar bear…if they are not of our race, they will definitely have different intentions.”
"As such, if we want to defeat a powerful enemy like Fusang, we can only cooperate with Great Qin. At the very least, we're on the same side and won't lie to us.”
Indeed!
Chen Cheng and the others were speechless.
Compared to the greedy and shameless westerners, Great Qin was more trustworthy.
Why should they trust Great Qin? This was because Great Qin had helped the founding father, Mister Sun, overthrow the Manqing Empire.
Squeak ~
The door was pushed open by the guards. Qin Zhen walked in with his head held high, followed by Li Xiong, Fan Jie, and the other cabinet ministers.
Chang Kaishen quickly got up and teased with a smile,"Your Majesty, ministers, you really went to work on time!”
"Haha, I'm used to it.”
Qin Zhen smiled awkwardly.
It was his rule to work from nine to five. After all, before he transmigrated, he was a social animal who enjoyed 996 blessings and hated working overtime.
He had already transmigrated and became the emperor. Couldn't he enjoy it?
Not only do I enjoy it, but I also have to give the commoners a free life.
"Please take a seat. We'll have a meeting after breakfast.”
After saying that, Qin Zhen waved his hand, and a dozen tall and pretty waitresses walked into the discussion hall with breakfast.
Breakfast was very simple. Everyone had a bowl of soy milk, five steamed buns, and an egg pancake.
"Don't stand on ceremony. Eat!"
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