Chapter 1000 Revenge (2)

Chapter 1000: Revenge (2) Chapter 1000: Revenge (2) Editor: Atlas Studios Qi Haoran stared at the injuries on the children’s faces with a dark expression and snorted.

“You deserve it.

Let’s see if you still dare to fight for no reason.” Between sobs, the four children said that they didn’t dare to anymore, especially Little Bear whose entire body was covered in medicinal mud.

Not only was it smelly, but he also couldn’t move and had to sleep naked on the bed.

It was too uncomfortable.

As Qi Haoran and Mu Yangling were in an awful mood, the servants in the residence even had to tiptoe when they walked, afraid that they would anger their masters.

At night, Qi Haoran said to Mu Yangling, “I’m going out to sea tomorrow and will probably only be back in three to five days.

Keep an eye on things at home and don’t let the boys go out.

There are many foreigners in the city now, so it’s a little chaotic.” Mu Yangling nodded and asked, “Why are you going out to sea?” Qi Haoran sneered.

“Exterminate the pirates!” “Haven’t you killed a lot of pirates?

Most of them were chased out of the Guangdong Sea and dispersed on the islands.

Where are you going to find them?

Besides, they’re not worth the effort for you to personally appear…” A cold glint flashed across Qi Haoran’s eyes.

“Who said that they were all chased out of the Guangdong seas?

Doesn’t Pedro have an island within the Guangdong territorial waters as his stronghold?

Do they really think I’m utterly clueless about that?” Mu Yangling fell silent.

She knew that he was trying to get revenge for the children, so she leaned against his chest and said, “Go ahead, but you have to come back quickly.

Come back after clearing this island.

Considering Pedro has a lot of men, it’s not appropriate to fight him head-on now.” Qi Haoran nodded and rubbed her hair.

He asked in a low voice, “You want to meet those Western businessmen?” “Merchants pursue profits.

This applies to both Great Qi merchants as well as those Western merchants.

Aren’t they afraid of the trade deficit and losing a lot of wealth?

Then I’ll make them lose more.” That would be payback for bullying her children.

With a sneer, Mu Yangling said, “It’s too much of a loss to trade silk and tea leaves with them.

We should sell them a large number of handicrafts, such as porcelain, glass products, and clocks.

I don’t lack any of these.

I got the watch factory to make clocks and watches that are suitable for Westerners.

The scale on those clocks and watches use their numbering system, while the ones sold in Great Qi continue to use our own numbering system.” Qi Haoran asked curiously, “What is a trade deficit?

How do you know that Westerners are afraid of this thing?” Seeing that he was taking a rare interest in the economy, Mu Yangling gave the simplest example.

“The goods of Great Qi are very popular in their country and are very expensive.

A bolt of high-quality silk can be exchanged for a bag of high-quality gemstones, tea cakes, and porcelain.

Be it Westerners or Han Chinese, a shipload of Great Qi goods will often be sold out at a high price before they even reach their destination.

It’s impossible for them to bring back gemstones and spices of equivalent value because these things are cheap to the Westerners.

Therefore, the Han Chinese will bring back a large amount of gold and silver.

In order to buy more silk, tea cakes, and porcelain, in addition to gemstones and spices, the Westerners will also bring a large amount of gold and silver.

Once all this money flows into Great Qi, it’s very hard the money to go back into those Westerners’ pockets.

This is a trade deficit, and it will only get bigger and bigger.

This means that their country’s wealth is flowing into Great Qi.

Not wanting to be so passive, they are requesting from us tax exemptions on their goods and other conditions.

They want to reduce the cost and prevent their country’s gold and silver from flowing into Great Qi.” Mu Yangling said, “Why are Pedro and the other pirates focused on robbing our Great Qi’s ship?

It’s to make the merchants of Great Qi retreat in the face of difficulties.

They don’t want Great Qi to split the sea trade benefits.

Our country is too big and powerful, so powerful that it puts fear in them.” At least in terms of the current economic state of each country, China’s politics and economy ranked first in the world.

Recalling the history knowledge she had learned in her previous life, Mu Yangling sighed.

“High returns and profits can drive people crazy.

Even if it meant putting their lives in danger, they will take the risk to do it.

Now, they are just pirates, luring our officials to rent them land and reduce their tariffs.

In the future, they might want to occupy our Great Qi, just like how they occupied Luzon and India.” Qi Haoran sneered.

“Do they have the ability?” “They might not have the ability now, which is why they’ll attempt to corrupt our country, impoverish our people, and weaken our soldiers.

As long as they’re patient enough, the opportunity might show up in three, four or even ten generations.

When the time comes, they’ll be able to find an opportunity to bite us while we’re napping.” Qi Haoran smiled sinisterly.

“Then I’ll bite them first.” He turned around and pressed Mu Yang under his body.

He said unhappily, “Why do you always speak so highly of others while talking down ourselves?

I don’t know if Great Qi will still be around after ten generations, or whether it’ll be weak or strong.

But I do know that we’ll definitely surpass them in less than ten generations and they’ll never catch up.” With a bright smile and a sparkle in her eyes, Mu Yangling said, “What we have to do now is this.” She didn’t care about the history knowledge learnt in her previous life.

Since the Great Zhou could wipe Song and Yuan history from history, why couldn’t she put in more effort to let China go further from its original history?

She didn’t want her descendants to suffer from the flames of war again and the country and families to fall apart.

She had originally planned to take it slow step by step to be on the safe side, but now that she saw her sons being beaten up like that, Mu Yangling felt that she should speed up and stand up for her sons.

She wanted the Westerners to know that they, the people of Great Qi, weren’t fools and that they shouldn’t treat them as though they were fools.

Although it was interesting to see them commit folly sometimes, it was also infuriating.

Qi Haoran lowered his head and kissed Mu Yangling’s lips.

He said in a low voice, “How about I gather more than ten ships’ worth of porcelain and tea cakes and exchange them for gold and silver from the Westerners?

I won’t even accept a single gem in return.

I wonder if I can empty the foreigners’ national treasury this way…” Mu Yangling reached out and pushed him aside.

She said in amusement, “Gold and silver are a form of currency and have to be converted into goods to realize their value.

What’s the use of bringing so much gold and silver back?

Do you think the trade deficit is only harmful to the Westerners?

Actually, it’s not good for us either.

However, having a surplus is still better than having a deficit because this way, we can decide what to buy from the Westerners.” Qi Haoran felt dizzy from listening to the theories of capitalism, so he simply turned over and covered her mouth.

He said vaguely, “Stop talking.

Since I’m leaving tomorrow, accompany me first…” As Mu Yangling was talking enthusiastically, she could not help but feel angry.

But at the thought that he was going to be away for three to five days this time, she was a little reluctant to part with him.

So, she turned a blind eye and allowed him to do whatever he wanted.

The next day, Qi Haoran went to the military camp in high spirits.

He called Assistant Commander Wang over and asked him to gather the soldiers.

When Assistant Commander Wang heard his arrangements, he asked in surprise, “Your Highness, why are you taking action early?” Qi Haoran glanced at him and said, “Didn’t we hear from the island that Pedro isn’t around?

We’ll catch them off guard and wait for him to fall into our trap.” Assistant Commander Wang looked at Qi Haoran in admiration and obeyed the order to gather the soldiers.

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