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Qing Dynasty.

Qianlong stared at the sky in a daze.

He didn't understand why the once wealthy Qing Dynasty suddenly declined and fell to the point where it was at the mercy of others.

Is it because of the closed-door policy?

It seems... this is the only reason that can explain it.

As a pen pal of Louis XVI, Qianlong was well aware of the earth-shaking changes taking place in the West.

Being extremely politically gifted, he could sense from the words in the letter that such a change was somewhat unusual, or even terrifying!

He intensified the policy of isolation, largely in order to block out Western ideas and prevent them from shaking the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.

It now seems that although the regime was stable, the lack of contact with the outside world caused the Qing Dynasty to miss the opportunity to connect with the world, leading to its ultimate decline and crisis.

What should I do?

If you change, you will die; if you don’t change, you will also die.

There doesn't seem to be a way to have the best of both worlds.

Qianlong closed his eyes and thought, frowning. He wanted to speak several times, but finally swallowed it all back.

Heshen just kept waiting by the side without any sign of impatience on his face.

You can learn without skills, but you must be broad-minded, otherwise you will be ignorant.

Qianlong understood the situation in the West, and he understood it better than Qianlong did, so he knew exactly what Qianlong was hesitating about.

After an unknown amount of time, Qianlong took a deep breath, as if to let go of all his hesitation. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at Heshen: "Go and arrange for a few batches of Eight Banners disciples to be sent to Ying, Fa, and De to study. Remember to select loyal ones!"

"I understand. I will arrange it right away." Heshen knelt down to accept the order and was about to leave.

"Wait... Oh, forget it!" After Qianlong called Heshen, he hesitated for a moment, and finally waved his hand to signal him to leave quickly.

Heshen walked out of the hall, secretly happy.

Here is another chance to make money, it’s about “making money” rather than “being greedy”.

He and the adults still know what money they can be greedy for and what money they cannot be greedy for.

……

In the cafeteria, Luo Li took her plate and chose a quiet corner to sit down. She took out her cell phone and continued to watch short videos to make money while eating.

Alas, if I had known how to use time efficiently in high school, I would have been admitted to Peking University or Tsinghua University.

After making a self-deprecating remark in her heart, Luo Li opened the APP. As the BGM sounded, the picture slowly unfolded.

[The strongest conspiracy in the modern era - two peaches kill three warriors. The history of China's high-speed rail boom. The wisdom of the ancients that there is no solution to the conspiracy. ]

Seeing the sky light up again, the emperors and generals from all time and space were all shocked, and they perked up and looked up at the sky.

They are not uneducated people, and they are very familiar with the story of King Jing of Qi and Yan Ying, but what really interests them are the words "history of high-speed rail development" at the end.

[Twenty years ago, my country's railway department cleverly used the "two peaches to kill three men" trick to gain huge profits at a very low cost. This case quickly attracted global attention, and there is still no solution or means to crack it. It has also been included in the economic negotiation textbooks of Stanford University and Harvard University. Now let us review the specific process of that year. ]

[In May 2004, my country's Ministry of Railways threw a sweet and juicy super peach to the world, planning to purchase 5 sets of EMUs that can operate at speeds of more than 140 kilometers per hour.]

Since the ancient people had already seen the video of Zibo barbecue, although they were still shocked by the speed of the high-speed rail at this moment, they were not as surprised as before.

Only the emperors of the Qing Dynasty found it difficult to accept that 2004 was only two or three hundred years away from them, but the world had undergone earth-shaking changes. You have to know that before them, China had been developing for more than two thousand years, but life had not changed much, and in some aspects it was even regressing.

[As soon as this news came out, it immediately shocked the whole world. However, there are only four companies that can meet our country's technical requirements, namely Siemens of Germany, Alstom of France, Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan, and Bombardier of Canada. ]

[Just when several companies were ready to take action, my country issued the bidding conditions. ]

[1. Purely foreign-funded enterprises are not allowed to bid. 2. Purely Chinese enterprises are not allowed to bid. Only companies that cooperate with Chinese enterprises and complete complete technology transfer can enter the Chinese market.]

[It also clearly pointed out two companies that could cooperate, namely China North Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation and China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation. ]

——"Hahaha, the first step of the conspiracy is to start sharing the peaches. Unfortunately, there are never enough peaches."

——"They are clearly saying they want to buy our technology, but our market is so big that they can't refuse the temptation. 140 EMUs are their sales volume for more than ten years."

——"It's not just about the 140 EMUs. The main thing is that we revealed the four vertical and four horizontal railway network plan, which made them jealous."

——"How can we call it an open conspiracy? They know what we want to do and they can't refuse it."

——"This move is really cruel. If there are no restrictions on companies, the situation will become that there are too many wolves and too little meat, and they can eat whatever they want. Now that the companies have been demarcated, they can only go from being the choosers to being the chosen ones."

[After several companies understood the content of our country's bidding, they formed negotiation teams and came to our country. Since Canada's Bombardier established a joint venture in our country many years ago and has had many pleasant cooperations with our country over the years, they already have the bidding qualifications without negotiation. ]

——"It's mainly because Bombardier is very obedient and will do whatever you ask him to do."

——"Not only is it obedient, but it is also the weakest, so in order to take care of it, I didn't even think about cheating it."

[Since Bombardier had already qualified, there were only three other companies left to compete.]

[After the negotiations began, Kawasaki Heavy Industries approached CSR, while Siemens approached CNR directly for negotiations. Alstom, a French company, was not as strong as the other two companies, so it negotiated with both parties at the same time.]

——"Oh, he's ugly, but he plays very fancy."

——"Based on my many years of experience, having two legs is the most stable structure. (dog head)"

[Because the Ministry of Railways only gave 41 days for negotiation, each company was "fighting" against the clock. ]

[First, Alstom, although it cooperated with us, because its technical conditions were not very mature, neither CSR nor CRRC thought highly of it. However, in order to leave ourselves a way out, we did not explicitly reject it, but just pushed the price very low, so that the negotiations reached a deadlock many times.]

——"I see, you're a spare tire, right? (laughing to death)"

——"In the market, it is always better to have a spare tire than to have an abandoned tire. At least there is still hope for a spare tire."

【The second is Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Since it is a consortium company, many companies within it do not agree to transfer the latest technology patents of the contemporary era and are only willing to sell and transfer the previous generation of technology, so the negotiations were also not smooth. 】

——"Darn my life!"

——"Don't be impatient, you have to be honest in the end."

——"Xiaoshi: I have behaved well, please let me go."

【The last one was Siemens. At that time, it had the best high-speed rail technology in the world. It was also the target that my country wanted to acquire the most. However, Siemens was well aware of this, so it was very arrogant and refused to give in during the negotiations. It offered extremely high conditions, asking for 3.5 million RMB per train and 3.9 million Euros for technology transfer, which did not include the core technology. The negotiations here were also deadlocked.】

"Let's talk about the trade instead of robbing!" Liu Che was very dissatisfied with the procrastination of his descendants and could not help but give some advice.

Although he is also a master of open conspiracy, he prefers to rob directly rather than use tactics.