Chapter 438: One Family, One Surname
"what idea?"
Zi Zhenzhu asked, but then laughed, "By the way, why am I asking? You are my boss now, what's mine is yours, and what's yours is still yours, you have the final say on everything! Also, you can ask me to do whatever you want~"
Zhou Qing stared with his eyes wide open and his mouth open, truly realizing how hot the Purple Pearl was who dared to ask Tang San if he wanted special services in the original novel.
But he looks like a child?
So Zhou Qing immediately lifted up his chin and started talking about business in a serious manner.
In addition to asking Zi Zhenzhu to send them back to Hanhai City, he also hoped that Zi Zhenzhu would strictly manage her subordinates and not rob again.
“I can’t help it.”
Seeing Zhou Qing like this, Zi Zhenzhu stopped joking and talked about the matter at hand, "The fleet is so large that I can't manage it all. Although everyone obeys me, I can only turn a blind eye to the private robbery of other wealthy merchants' ships."
“Just do your best.”
Zhou Qing did not force everyone in the Purple Pearl Pirates to obey Purple Pearl's orders. Those who were willing to live a stable life could stay, and those who were unwilling could leave.
It's that simple.
Those who are willing to stay in the Purple Pearl Pirates and soul masters must also find a long-term and stable livelihood.
"What business are we in?"
Purple Pearl asked.
"Catching sea fish and collecting shells." Zhou Qing said.
“How much money can this make?”
Zi Zhenzhu suspected Zhou Qing was joking.
In the cities and villages near the coast, who is short of seafood to eat?
What’s lacking is staple food!
Therefore, in these areas, the goods in the sea are extremely cheap, unless they are related to soul beasts, they will be a little more expensive, but you can't make a lot of money.
"So, I don't plan to let you sell seafood mainly to coastal cities." Zhou Qing's eyes became serious.
"inland?"
Purple Pearl is not stupid, she knows that rare things are valuable.
But how to send it?
Not to mention that the roads in the Tiandou Empire are rugged, transportation alone takes a lot of time, and fish and shrimp will become smelly on the way.
Saltpeter used to make ice is not cheap, and the cost of transporting it from inland is even more expensive.
"When we came to Hanhai City, we advanced along the border between the two empires and encountered many villages along the way. I plan to build a road that runs through this border!"
Zhou Qing adheres to the idea that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads.
But this road is not short. It will take more than one or two years to repair it. It is a huge project that requires the participation of residents of the villages within the borders of the two empires.
First of all, ideological education is the key!
Secondly, it is to provide practical benefits, such as hiring villagers to help build roads, paying them wages, providing them with meals, etc.
Finally, from the coastal villages to the inland Holy Soul Village, the villagers along the way will gradually enjoy cheaper and cheaper sea fish, so that they can realize the importance of road construction and enable them to spontaneously protect the built roads in the future to prevent them from being destroyed by people with ulterior motives.
"It seems to me that you are not trying to build a road, but to build a kingdom."
Zi Zhenzhu listened to Zhou Qing's description and looked at him deeply, "You are the most eccentric guy I have ever seen!"
Isn't it just a fantasy?
In this world, if others want to change the way things are, they can either join the powerful class, give advice to the emperor and help the country, or they can rebel.
How to rebel?
With strong personal strength, talent and potential, he wins over nobles and gentry, and sway public opinion, and finally becomes king. Then new nobles emerge, and then - nothing changes.
But Zhou Qing didn't do that. Instead, he wanted to build a whole new world based on the villages on the border between the two empires.
However, Purple Pearl agreed.
reason?
Who made her lose to Zhou Qing?
Moreover, her original intention of becoming a pirate was to support the people and to make the nobles reflect.
But they failed, and later, as the Purple Pearl Pirates continued to grow, they gradually strayed from their original intentions...
Now, it seems that Zhou Qing really has the ability and hope to change this world where nobles arbitrarily oppress common people. How can we not support him?
For the Purple Pearl Pirates, it was just a matter of getting the errant ship back to its original course.
Besides, isn’t this the greatest adventure for Purple Pearl who dares to sail on the sea?
"A kingdom? No, I want to build a country."
Zhou Qing shook his head.
“Is there any difference between the two?”
Zi Zhenzhu frowned and found that things were not simple.
"A kingdom or an empire is nothing more than a family or a surname. They want only one thing, and that is for them and their descendants to sit on that throne."
Zhou Qing said, "But I don't think so. A country is made up of families. Therefore, to lead a country, one must be the head of all families in the country, not the slave owner. It's that simple."
Although it was not stated explicitly, Purple Pearl, Ariel, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Romantina and others all understood what Zhou Qing meant: in the new world of the future, anyone can sit in that position, and the only requirement is to be able to make the entire country develop better.
Otherwise, get down!
[What kind of enlightenment is this?! ]
Tang San was shocked.
Recalling the dynasties of his previous life and comparing them with Zhou Qing's thoughts, he seemed to suddenly understand the fundamental reason for the change of dynasties.
It’s because those emperors didn’t have broad enough minds!
Although they command all the people, they do not regard the people as one of their own family, or in other words, they have never considered themselves as the heads of all the people. What they think about is still that of their small family with a certain surname, which is no different in essence from the small family of ordinary people.
Therefore, no matter how strict the royal family is in educating their princes, all kinds of weird princes and emperors will eventually appear.
Therefore, from this perspective, the dynasty of one family and one surname will eventually continue to reincarnate.
But how to break it?
Zhou Qing gave the answer.
It’s still one family and one surname!
But this is everyone! It is everyone’s country!
But this surname is——
The emperor takes turns to sit on the throne, and next year it will be my turn!
There is also a rebellious Tang San in his heart. He dare not imagine how this world will develop into, but -
At least after the Holy Soul Village and the surrounding villages united, the lives of the villagers in that area have become better than before.
[In this way, my future Tang Sect will also have to undergo corresponding changes... It just so happens that I haven't thought about starting a family yet, and I don't know how to raise children. The future heir of the Tang Sect must inherit the Tang Sect's ideology and bloodline, and perhaps that can be secondary...]
[Besides, I have to live up to Zhou Qing's trust and supervise him to prevent him from getting lost in power in the future... Hey, I'd better make sure I'm not corrupted by power first... Brother Qing, you really gave me a difficult task! ]
Although he thought so in his heart, Tang San's eyes were full of determination.
He will definitely not let Zhou Qing down!
The country that Qingge will build in the future...
The Tang Sect that I will build in the future...
It will surely surpass all previous empires, courts, sects, and families, abandon the narrowness of blood, and embrace the inheritance of spirit and ideas to achieve eternal existence!
(End of this chapter)
