For the new Yixue, Yi Zhizhi is content to not only want the Wu family to sponsor the money, but also unwilling to the Wu family's exclusive sponsorship, which is not conducive to his control of Yixue in the future, a little muttering, he is a little embarrassed to say: "The younger generation is not very familiar with the land price, prices, labor prices, etc., buy land leveling, build teaching buildings, dormitory buildings, library buildings, laboratory buildings, playgrounds, etc., it is estimated that only the start-up capital will cost 30,000 or 40,000 oceans." ”

The start-up capital has to be 30,000 or 40,000 oceans! Wu Changqing listened to himself secretly, what kind of new school is so expensive?

Wu Bingjian has been dealing with British businessmen for many years, and can be said to be well-informed, and vaguely guessed that the so-called new school may be similar to a Western university.

Tens of thousands of oceans are nothing to the Wu family, and once the research on the invasion of alien species matures, it will bring incomparably huge business benefits to the Wu family from the Qing Dynasty to the Thirteen Lines, even if it is not enough to describe it with a million profits, how can he care about this little money? Not to mention tens of thousands of oceans, even hundreds of thousands of oceans, he will not hesitate to invest.

After a little muttering, he spoke: "The invasion of alien species is related to the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty, and also to the rise and fall of the Thirteen Elements...... As for the money needed to build a science and species research, you don't need to worry, the old man will support him. ”

Hearing Wu Bingjian's statement, Yi Zhi's heart couldn't help but bloom, and he hurriedly thanked him, then glanced at Wu Changqing, and said: "The harm of alien species invasion is so great, there is no need for the younger generations to say more, the stakes are very high, and there is no room for a word to be leaked, and I hope that Pinghu Gong and Changqing will not mention it to anyone again." ”

Wu Changqing hurriedly said: "Brother Yi, please rest assured, I know the severity of this matter, even if my relatives ask about it, I will never leak a single thing." ”

"Changqing has always been tight-mouthed, and there is no need to worry about contentment." Wu Bingjian said: "Architecture and species research, let Changqing assist you, if you have any needs, you don't have to scruples, just open your mouth." As he spoke, he brought the topic back to the conversation, "Do you expect a battle between the Qing Dynasty and England?" ”

Crow. The outbreak of the war was ironclad, but there was no evidence, Wu Bingjian obviously would not believe it, and after a moment of silence, Yi Zhizhi said: "The Qing Dynasty is based on agriculture, Britain is business-oriented, and the series of wars launched by the country's foreign expansion are all carried out around Britain's commercial interests and needs.

So, whether Britain will start a war against the Qing Dynasty depends on whether Britain's commercial interests in the Qing Dynasty will be harmed, and whether Britain has any requirements for the expansion of the Qing's commercial demand? ”

Hearing this, Wu Bingjian's face became a little ugly for a moment, and he instantly thought of the Indian crow. Slice and Assam's tea, Yi Zhishu glanced at him and continued: "Today, the trade between the Qing Dynasty and the British, the largest trade volume and quantity are two commodities, crows. flakes and teas.

The imperial court strictly banned smoking, which will inevitably greatly damage the interests of British merchants, tea, once Assam planted tea trees on a large scale and opened up tea gardens, the tea of the Qing Dynasty will be the biggest competitor of Assam tea.

As for whether the British demand for trade in the Qing Dynasty was expanded, it is clear whether the number of British retail merchants coming to Guangzhou each year increased or decreased after the collapse of the East India Company.

Let's talk about the Thirteen Lines, the East India Company collapsed, the British retail merchants became the main force of Sino-British trade, Britain advocated free trade, and the British retail merchants could not like the Thirteen Banks to monopolize foreign trade, which the merchants of the Thirteen Banks should have deeply experienced in recent years.

On another point, I think that the Magarny mission to Beijing to celebrate Qianlong's birthday was suspected of spying on the Qing military situation, and the British merchant ship "Amsterd" was stranded in the northern waters for a long time, probably for the purpose of surveying the fleet's northward route on the spot. ”

After a slight pause, Yi Zhizhi said in a deep voice: "The imperial court strictly prohibits smoking, and there will be a war between the Qing Dynasty and the British, and the Thirteen Lines will be annihilated under the suppression of both China and Britain." ”

There was silence in the room, Wu Bingjian looked up at the algae decoration on the roof with a straight face, as a businessman, what he was most afraid of was war, not to mention, once a war with Britain started, Guangzhou would inevitably bear the brunt, which he did not dare to imagine, he did not believe that Britain would rashly start a war against the Qing Dynasty, but Yi Zhi's analysis sounded reasonable.

The root of the problem is that the imperial court strictly prohibits smoking, will the imperial court make a big determination to ban smoking? Not to mention whether Daoguang has the courage to attack the Guangdong Customs and the Thirteen Lines, how many of the people in the imperial court who are full of Mongolian relatives and nobles, first- and second-class officials, and the governors of the coastal provinces will support the strict ban on smoking?

In recent years, although the calls for a ban on smoking have been heard endlessly, it is very rare for a minister to urge a ban on smoking, which is not enough to explain the problem? What's more, smoking addiction can be banned for a while? It really had to be that easy, Raven. The flakes will not be so widespread.

As for the United Kingdom, the imperial court does not strictly enforce the ban on smoking, and the British will not provoke for no reason, Assam tea, it will take at least four or five years to become a climate, during this time, at any cost, the destruction of the Assam tea base, the British still rely on the tea of the Qing Dynasty, this is a completely avoidable war!

Could it really be that a war would break out between the Qing and the British? Will the Thirteen Lines be wiped out? Wu Changqing glanced at Wu Bingjian quickly, and quickly lowered his head and pretended to ponder, but there was a faint indescribable expectation in his heart, hoping that what Yi Zhixiang said would become a reality, the Thirteen Lines did not exist, he did not need to worry about taking over from Jardine and becoming the chief merchant of the Thirteen Lines, as for the war, it had nothing to do with him.

Can't help it, he glanced at Yi Zhizhi again, this person really made him can't see through, obviously full of talent, but he wanders around all day long, to say that his knowledge is wide, knowledgeable, and unique, not to mention that no one can match the children of the Thirteen Lines, even the young talents in the entire Guangzhou City are afraid that no one can match him, and I don't know where he learned this ability? I haven't heard of any famous teachers he worships, it's hard to be, it's really as he said, he figured it out by himself, that's really smart and natural!

Yi Zhixiang quietly tasted the thirty-year-old red robe, he knew that Wu Bingjian was afraid that he would not be able to accept the conclusion that a war would break out between the Qing Dynasty and Britain for a while, and he needed to give him time to digest it.

After drinking two cups of tea, Wu Bingjian recovered from the state of fugue too empty, his face eased a lot, and after taking a sip of tea, he looked at Yi Zhizhi and said, "According to your inference, if war breaks out, it will be within two or three years, what are your plans?" ”