Why do you want Americans instead of attracting big businessmen from China who are equally powerful like Wu and Pan?
First, the Wu family and Pan family are not familiar with the economic model of large plantations. Most of them go directly to the tea area or buy from tea vendors, and rarely go directly to the tea garden to collect tea. They have to wait in Wuyishan town for someone to cross the mountains to help them transport what they want. Although the Wu family has tea gardens, they are all scattered. Small tea gardens used to be collected from one tea in debt, which is far from the business model of large plantations.
Secondly, Zhu Jinglun is still considering the issue of cards and channels. Playing cards is different from making products. Playing cards belongs to the commercial category. As far as he knows, the best cards are the British and the Americans. Many famous cards in the world in later generations have scored many countries, but behind them are British and American consortia.
There is also the channel problem. In this era, Americans are China’s second largest industrial importer, second only to Britain. Last year, the British imported 400,000 tons of tea in Guangzhou, and the United States imported almost 200,000 tons. In this era, influenced by the culture of the British Empire, Americans were more keen on drinking tea. Later, because they could not control tea themselves, politicians turned to support Americans to drink caffeine. Many coffee plantations in South America were run by Americans.
When American culture became strong after World War II, they in turn built cafes all over Britain, which led to a continuous decline in the annual consumption of tea by the British.
It is very important for Americans to have a tea channel, which is likely to affect their beverage choices in the future. From a big perspective, it will make tea and coffee occupy a favorable position in the world economic highland. If Americans still want to dominate in this era, they will bring tea to a wider range with the export of American culture.
This not only means that China will gain more benefits from tea, but also means that tea culture will be broadcast in a wider range.
Third, Zhu Jinglun actually introduced a production model to China. At present, it is Americans who know how to engage in large plantation economy in the world. Zhu Jinglun believes that to see the efficiency of this model, giants like Wu Chongyao will definitely imitate Zhu Jinglun, and there is no doubt about their imitation ability. Therefore, introducing an American plantation is still a big-capital agricultural species.
Also because it is a seed institute, Zhu Jinglun temporarily granted a concession to an American.
John Eliott Ward also expressed his hope through John that all Americans can get this kind of permission. Zhu Jinglun explained to the American envoy that if the treaty situation gives this kind of privilege to Americans, then the British, French and other European countries will get this kind of power at the same time according to the one-sided MFN treatment, so the American privilege will be meaningless.
Zhu Jinglun reminded that if Americans compete head-on with Britain, the United States may not be able to win, because the British can not only compete with the United States for plantations in China, but also monopolize Indian plantations.
At the same time, Zhu Jinglun also told John Eliott Ward that if Americans must obtain this power through treaties, Zhu Jinglun would not be eligible to participate. He had to go to BJ to talk to the court, and it was not so easy for the American envoy to talk to the court.
So he finally accepted this private permission and gave up the pursuit of procedural justice.
Introducing an American plantation, bringing the capitalist agricultural system into China, bringing the American brand management method into China, and finding a firm position for China tea in the United States have all been completed, but at least Zhu Jinglun can do more for the future of China tea.
But this can only be done after he sends a mission to Europe.
Section three hundred and sixty-two Guangxi or Fujian?
War is such a small thing that it can survive the most difficult moment, the moment when it seems that it may collapse at any time, and then it will usher in a wonderful victory. This may be one reason why several heroes are keen on war because it can bring people a pleasure similar to gambling.
Zhang Qianshan couldn’t feel this kind of enjoyment. He attacked Leping at the request of his son-in-law Zhu Jinglun, but Jiang Yili couldn’t sit and watch his retreat cut off and Huiyuan was cut off. So Zhang Qian Shan’s old brother was once again defeated by Xiang and less than 1,000 people fled into the mountains.
I don’t know if he is white at this time. This era is a lion’s playground. It’s precious that a local dog can turn around and grin. It’s not a good thing to have a bad mouth and a good appetite
In this lion game, it is only a matter of time before he plays. He just pulls up a team of Jianghu people and then gathers the general green camp and Xiang Yong, so he can’t wait for BLACKPINK to appear. He is brilliant enough with a gambler’s courage to put all his eggs in one basket. If he doesn’t know it, he will be torn to pieces sooner or later in the roar of lions. It’s sad that he doesn’t know when the local dog has been beaten all over the place to find his teeth.
However, Zhang Qian Shan really didn’t know that he was a gambler, but he thought he was a hero. He was ambitious. Although he failed at this time, he defeated Shangshan Li Zicheng by ten riders. He was not discouraged. This is the tragedy.
In this lion playground, Xiang Jun is a lion, Zhu Jinglun is a lion, the powers are lions, and even Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang can foil a mere gambler, Zhang Qian Shan.
Sophisticated Zeng Guofan saw through the most conservative but powerful part of China society, and the Hunan rural clan was closed, and a large-scale bloody and barbaric Xiang army was formed. Zhu Jinglun borrowed a set of military culture and system that had developed rapidly in Europe for hundreds of years.
Compared with Zeng Guofan and Zhu Jinglun, even with the help of the British to form Chang Shengjun Li Hongzhang and the French to train Chang Jiejun Zuo Zongtang, they all lost a level. Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang learned mainly from the western technical level, and the western military system was adopted to make foreign guns and guns everything they saw.
However, Zeng Guofan and Zhu Jinglun saw the system level, but one was to stimulate the potential energy of the whole society, and the other was to introduce a whole set of more vibrant systems. After being built in the patriarchal clan system, Xiang Army was very fighting, because they had a whole set of unified spirit, which Zhu Jinglun lacked here, but he transplanted a western management system based on mathematical logic, which did not pay attention to spirit but attached great importance to procedure. He did not want Li Zuo and Li to pay attention to introducing western-style training and weapons. Zhu Jinglun also brought in the western military management system, logistics management method and organizational warfare staff system relying on physical wisdom.
The so-called system is that it can be copied continuously, which is limited to the military level, that is, it can continuously produce qualified military procedures, Zhu Jinglun set up military training camps and other complete sets of things. This is the system, and Zeng Guofan’s Xiang army is also this kind of thing. It is a model that can continuously deliver fresh blood.
In this mode, Zhang Qian Shan’s Latin-style expansion won’t work. In the end, the system will confront the system. At this level, both Li Zuo and Zhang Qian Shan can play supporting roles. They are unaware of how terrible their opponents are. They are still dreaming of hiding in the mountains. Do not forget your initiative mind is still planning to make a comeback.
But in Zhu Jinglun’s field of vision, there is no longer a role stage like Qian Shan. He is now thinking about the problem of enterprising.
The attack on Chaozhou Zuo Zongtang was beaten back and stormed Wuzhou, and Jiang Yili gave up the siege of Wuzhou because of Huiyuan Pingle.
Zhu Jinglun took the initiative to get it after defeating Zhang Qian Shan. Now he has two choices: first, enter Guangxi to compete with Jiang Yili for control of Guangxi; second, enter Fujian to confront Zuo Zongtang’s Chu Army.
Both of these options are very attractive. Pushing out the front of the soldiers means fighting for hegemony and pulling the overture, but it is difficult to choose which direction to break through first.
The faces of senior officers and staff officers are filled with the joy of victory. From their expressions, we can see that they are more in agreement with the new government, not only with them, but also with ordinary people. When the news of victory has been reported, firecrackers have been set off to express an emotion, but the reaction is only an emotion, and there is still a position that some people can show publicly. They no longer agree with Manchu, but they will tend to be public without being excluded by their neighbors. This means that the people are more inclined to the new country, even though she has an old name.
Later, with more and more victories, as the front is far away from the core area of Guangdong, this recognition will become stronger and stronger with the sense of security. By the time a generation later, no one knew that they were once subjects of the Qing Dynasty, and they could hardly imagine what their ancestors were like when they were subjects of the Qing Dynasty.
Regardless of the country’s development direction, the common people agree with this country, they are happy about the country’s victory, but they are indifferent to the country’s every move. However, the elites have to consider the country’s development direction. This is the biggest problem. The wrong direction is likely to make the country take a detour for decades.
After a heated discussion, the officers advocated attacking Guangxi. Their reason is very simple. It is easier to attack here. Jiang Yili has repeatedly attacked the city. In fact, he has lost a lot of people. More than 3,000 of the 30,000 people have been killed and injured. For Xiang, who has always cared about casualties, this level of casualties is enough to make them give up fighting.
The biggest defeat of Zeng Guofan’s brothers recently was that three people in Li Xubin’s department were annihilated in the Three Rivers War, and it has been recognized as a huge defeat. Jiang Yili suffered more casualties. The staff think that attacking Guangxi Jiang Yili at this time is likely to give up, which is equivalent to handing Guangxi over.
In the end, the civil servants also advocated attacking Guangxi, although the northern Fujian has a greater potential and more political significance. However, although Guangxi is not as healthy and rich as Guangxi, its geographical location is connected with Guangdong, which is the Lingnan area. It is difficult for Guangdong to be immune to it. For example, it is common for the Heaven and Earth Society to revolt and the Guangdong Rebels to run to Guangxi and infiltrate into Guangdong. These two places are a plate in the geographical location, and Guangxi can be regarded as the rear area of Guangdong. The unstable situation in this rear area is just as risky as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s idea of attacking Tianjing.
But at this time, Zhu Jinglun is more inclined to the Northern Expedition, not because he is maverick, nor because he can’t hear reasonable suggestions, but because he thinks it is more meaningful to attack Fujian, and it is more realistic and political to eliminate Zuo Zongtang’s regiment than Jiang Yili, a warlord, and to cooperate with Taiping rebels to help them share the pressure.
Zhu Jinglun will never look down on this military regiment just because he defeated it once after winning one or two battles. On the contrary, he still regards the Hunan Corps as the biggest stumbling block in his way forward, and he needs the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to help him share the pressure before he can pull down this stumbling block.
Section three hundred and sixty-three The end of Chang Jiejun
Zuo Zongtang’s Chang Jiejun has been trapped in the mountains for a month. The special forces stayed in the mountains for a month, and it was not a joke to let a group of Chinese and foreign mixed troops stay in the barren hills.
Moreover, even in the mountains, they can’t live in peace. Isn’t there a hunter who hunts for their heads in Shan Ye? These hunters used to shoot wild boars here before they were familiar with this mountain forest, but now they are more enthusiastic about hitting people. Because a wild boar is dead, they have to touch the buyers who like this thing. But now the government gives a reward to a regular soldier. The price of ten wild boars is also respect for Zuo Zongtang’s painstaking efforts to build this army
Zhu Jinglun wants to destroy Chang Jiejun, while Zuo Zongtang wants to rescue this army. He will attack Zhenping and Tai Po Chu Army and turn to the border area of Fujian and Guangdong to try to meet Chang Jiejun.
To be honest, there are not many Chang Jiejun troops. There are three people who were directly dissolved after destroying the Taiping Army in Fujian and Zhejiang, just as Chang Shengjun was dissolved after Li Hongzhang pacified Jiangsu. The Manchu official root did not believe in the loyalty of these troops led by foreigners, but unlike history, Zuo Zongtang and the enemy’s Chang Jiejun have remained.
Compared with Chang Jie-jun Zuo Zongtang, the Chu army was as high as 50,000 men. Zuo Zongtang recruited 5 Xiang Yong in Hunan at first, and then Jiang Zhongyuan, an expert of Xiang army, died in battle. Later, Liu Songshan’s old Xiang army joined Zuo Zongtang’s department. Therefore, the main force is more than 20,000 Hunan people, but it also includes Zuo Zongtang’s recruitment of Zhang Yao to lead Zhejiang Songwu Army, Xu Zhanbiao to lead Sichuan Army and even a part of Huai Army.
Compared with ultimately insisting on recruiting Hunan people, Zeng Guofan and Xiang Zuo Zongtang seem to be more ambitious and broad-minded, but in fact, he didn’t understand the essentials of Zeng Guofan’s army management. Zeng Guofan deliberately embedded his army in the patriarchal clan system, which has been formed for thousands of years to restrain the army. This is a kind of body, so Xiang can continue to expand qualified soldiers, and even if it is not fully trained, Xiang has the minimum fighting capacity. Zeng Guofan can guarantee that the soldiers of Xiang will not escape, because every soldier is from the rural clan. Where can they escape? Running home is a patriarchal society. Running alone is tantamount to betraying this social culture, where all generations are excluded. Xiang soldiers never dare to flee.
However, it is impossible for Zuo Zongtang’s Chu army to be messy in the army, and there is no strict file management system to find it.
Therefore, although Zuo Zongtang’s Chu army can fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which is even less institutionalized, Chang Jiejun often plays an important role in really fighting hard, and he has always been a sharp knife. He refuses to give up this army and will rescue it even if he takes the main attack of the Chu army.
Nai, a group of Hunan, Zhejiang, Sichuan and even Anhui people can’t be familiar with the terrain in northern Guangdong. When they reach the foot of the mountain, no one dares to drill the mountain. They don’t know where to drill, because Chang Jiejun has long since left the original escape route.
Zuo Zongtang made a phalanx for them, so that they would retreat according to the retreat if they didn’t get the reservation goal. Before they were in the mountains, they hired many guides, but after Zhu Jinglun posted the reward, even their guides became unreliable. After being ambushed by Chaozhou army several times in the mountains, their guides fled and the whole army lost their way.
In the end, this situation is formed. Chang Jiejun is spinning around the mountains like a fly without a head, and his morale is getting lower and lower. Chaozhou Army and hunters are following him like hounds, which makes them feel extremely nervous. It has happened more than once that soldiers killed their companions by mistake. On the other hand, Chu Army is wandering in the foothills, neither retreating nor in a dilemma.
