Liu Yu curled his lips and said, "So, after experiencing such an alien governor, who would lead his subordinates who had the conditions to separatist and independent, these Western powers gradually gave up the traditional idea of ​​expanding territory and establishing prefectures and counties. They just used these places as colonies and did not even migrate their own people on a large scale to the local area. Instead, some foreign governors or local indigenous leaders were allowed to take charge of the local people. These local tribesmen do not belong to the citizens of these Western powers and do not enjoy the treatment of various Chinese people, but can be cruelly oppressed and enslaved by the local rulers, forcing them to engage in very heavy physical labor, especially mining, etc.."

The ancestor curled his lips and said, "You have said this before, saying that it is to dig up ore, then transport it back to the country, produce it with machines, and produce various daily necessities that people need for food, clothing, housing and transportation, right?"

Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, what they really need is the minerals and raw materials of these colonies, which are resources that can be used for industrial production. Then, after returning to their country for production, in addition to meeting the needs of their own people, they also have to trade with these colonies, and exchange the industrial products produced in their own country for the minerals and raw materials produced in the colonies. This is not because they are so kind and want to improve the lives of the indigenous people of the colonies, but because of these colonies.

The upper and middle levels of the land were the first conquerors or soldiers in their country in the past, as well as various mineral owners, manor owners and other gentry or landlords that followed. After all, the class of their country has solidified and it is difficult for ordinary people to rise. Therefore, some middle and lower-class people, especially those who have made contributions after joining the army and fighting, often like to develop in colonies. Although there are not many of these people, they have also become part of the rulers in these colonies."

"The food, clothing, housing and transportation of these people are always guaranteed. Therefore, commercial trade between these sovereign states and colonies has been obtained, so that immigrants from these colonies can live a superior life in the local area. This will also help them better manage and enslave local indigenous people, conduct mineral excavation and simple industrial processing. Over time, just like the four barbarians in the Central Plains, the local indigenous people will gradually learn some knowledge and technology of the Western powers, master some of their technologies and cultures, and even learn their writings. The indigenous people in the colonies will also recruit soldiers to these Western powers to attack other unconquered places, just like the Central Plains dynasty will also drive the tribes of the four barbarians to fight for the Central Plains dynasty and expand their territory."

The ancestor sneered: "I understand that these Western powers rely on more powerful technology, culture, and military than the indigenous peoples and countries along the way to conquer one place after another and set it up as colonies, and then use the resources, manpower and material resources of these colonies to conquer the next colonies, and then carry out various commercial trades between these colonies, using the industrial products produced by their own countries to exchange for local resources. In this way, they fought all the way, conquered the countries and nations encountered on the tens of thousands of miles of sea routes, until the Central Plains dynasty, right?"

Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, that's it. However, the Central Plains dynasty was too big compared to the countries they had conquered along the way. It was not as easy to conquer the small ports and city-states along the coast. Although their military strength was strong and technology was leading, tens of thousands of miles of expeditions could reach the southeast coast. Although the Qing Dynasty was corrupt and backward at that time, it was still a big country with millions of armies. If necessary, it could also have millions of troops. The most important point is that the Western powers came from thousands of miles to benefit, not war. If they defeated the Qing Dynasty, they would let the Qing Dynasty firmly clear the walls and clear the fields, retreat a hundred miles away from the coastline, and move the boundary and ban the sea. Just like the means used by the Eastern Jin Dynasty to deal with Sun Enshi, what is the use of the commercial trade that these Western powers wanted?"

The ancestor said coldly: "It depends on what Western powers want in this place of China, and what Western powers can use to trade. The Central Plains are vast and rich in materials, and there must be a lot of minerals, and grain and cloth are no problem. You said just now that the Qing Dynasty could bring the world to more than 400 million people. This is a great achievement. Do these Western powers look at the human resources of the Central Plains? They want to buy people to go back to trade in slaves?"

Liu Yu curled his lips and said, "The Western powers came along the coast and indeed conquered and enslaved the indigenous people in large numbers, thinking that they were slaves and engaged in heavy physical labor for them. In some places, millions of local indigenous people were exterminated, and then sold slaves from other places. There were slaves with black skin like Kunlun slaves, who were constantly sold from the place where they were born, and thousands of miles away from the ocean. However, these tricks were useless in China, because these Western powers were not human power, but wealth in the Central Plains and gold and silver treasures accumulated over thousands of years."

The ancestor was stunned and turned to laugh and said, "Yes, from the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Central Plains was the end of the so-called Silk Road. The silk we produced was as brilliant as clouds. For thousands of years, it has been sold all the way to the Qin Dynasty. Those people from other countries loved it. By selling these specialties from the Central Plains, even during the Qin and Han Dynasties, we had accumulated a lot of gold and silver coins produced by these places and countries. By the Qing Dynasty thousands of years later, the Central Plains would probably have accumulated more gold and silver. When commercial trade was carried out, it was these gold and silver treasures. Could it be that these Western powers came for gold and silver?"
Chapter completed!