The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 467 Secretly crossing Chencang
The problem now is that, apart from us, no other countries or companies are buying their thorium ore.

After the tariffs were raised, Liu Hua didn't lose anything because he already had a lot of raw minerals stored away, enough to last him for several years. The Indian government also didn't lose anything, since the tax wasn't much anyway.

The biggest loser was the Brahmin mine owner. He used to make a lot of money through Liu Hua, but now such a large income has suddenly disappeared.

Enraged, he prayed at home to their Brahma, saying, "We are both Brahmins, why are Brahmins making things difficult for each other?"

While he was anxious and fuming, eating curry at home, his servant, who had been working for his family for five generations, was a Shudra.

This fellow was a clever and quick-witted man. He offered his master a suggestion: "Master, since he won't let us export thorium ore, we can export other ores."

"Do I need you, you idiot, to remind me? Can any other ore be as profitable as thorium ore?"

“My lord, why don’t we just export thorium ore and say it’s some other ore?” Shudra said obsequiously. “I don’t trust those customs officials in charge of inspection. Do they know what thorium ore looks like? Even if they do, it doesn’t matter. You are a noble Brahmin. Just give them a little something, and they will keep quiet.”

The Brahmin mine owner's eyes lit up, and he slapped his thigh: "That's right! I am a noble Brahmin. Who can control me? Although their country's leader is also a Brahmin, so what? You represent the will of God, and I also represent the will of God. It's just a matter of each having their own opinion. I am richer and more powerful than you."

So the Brahmin secretly contacted Liu Hua again, offering to sell him the clay ore at a slightly higher price.

As soon as the price was mentioned, Liu Hua knew what method this guy had used.

“Money is not a problem, but I am not responsible for transportation.” Liu Hua said with a smile, “You can ship it to Hong Kong, and I will cover the shipping cost. Once it arrives in Hong Kong, it will be none of your business.”

The two sides hit it off immediately, and in the following years, they smuggled tens of thousands of tons of thorium ore.

But that's a story for later. Ever since India decided to raise tariffs, the world suddenly realized that there could only be one reason why India only raised export tariffs on ore from China: they needed thorium ore.

After some investigation, it turns out that you don't actually need to investigate very carefully. You can find out by buying a few old newspapers or by asking someone in the relevant field in China.

Internationally renowned nuclear power companies are furious, as for various reasons, no one in the world has researched thorium-based molten salt reactors.

Unexpectedly, the Chinese people don't play by the rules and have quietly made a fortune by developing this thing.

It's important to understand that molten salt reactors have a game-changing advantage over ordinary pressurized water reactors. Just the safety aspect alone is enough to make most countries in the world choose molten salt reactors.

Every company in the world capable of building nuclear power plants is rushing to China, waving their dollar checks, eager to buy this world-leading technology.

Most people assumed the technology belonged to CNNC, but when they went to CNNC and communicated with them, they learned that although CNNC had a cooperative relationship with Taiyi New Energy, the technology clearly belonged to Taiyi New Energy.

Some people know that Taiyi New Energy belongs to Liu Hua, while others don't. Those who do know already understand that they can't buy this technology. First, because Liu Hua is a staunch patriot. Second, because Liu Hua is wealthy.

But those who don't know this are still not giving up. They desperately want this technology because having it means having a lot of money.

Unfortunately, these people didn't even get to see Liu Hua. After the China National Nuclear Corporation informed Liu Hua of the matter, Liu Hua immediately hid in Di Jun's laboratory.

Those who came to visit Liu Hua nodded and received a unified reply from the external liaison department of Taiyi Group: "Our Professor Liu is a national academician and is currently conducting a very important national-level engineering research project. He does not have time to meet with you. In addition, Professor Liu asked me to tell you that the technology of thorium-based molten salt reactors is not for sale."

Some company representatives were still not giving up: "We will pay, a large sum of money, an amount that Professor Liu cannot even imagine."

The liaison staff member said somewhat irritably, “First, Professor Liu is not the kind of person who lacks vision. His wealth is not only domestic but also among the best internationally. Second, as the inventor of something like the thorium-based molten salt reactor, Professor Liu is even more aware of its value. It’s a goose that lays golden eggs. We can sell the golden eggs, but we won’t sell the goose.”

"Finally, Professor Liu also wants to tell you that we have no intention of expanding outwards for at least the next fifteen years and will not infringe upon your interests."

The last sentence was spoken with utter disdain by the people from the External Relations Department, who knew all too well the true colors of these foreign capitalists.

Even with a 15-year grace period, these people would never research thorium-based molten salt reactors, because they value immediate benefits more.

As for whether there are any insightful people, there certainly are, but clearly, they are capitalists. Those capitalists value profit, not technology. As long as the technology at hand can still help them make money, they will not invest large sums of money in research.

Liu Hua felt that Western society was regressing. In the past, there were some far-sighted white people in the West, but now they were all rotten apples and chaff.

As for those "squid people," you say they're not cunning? They're cunning enough to seize control of the economic lifeline of Western countries one after another.

If you say they are cunning, they really lack long-term vision. For thousands of years, they have been following the same old cycle. Once they have squeezed these countries dry, that will be their end.

Having failed to achieve their goal, these people didn't rest after returning home. They didn't believe that Liu Hua would give them a fifteen-year grace period, as that represented endless wealth.

These people don't believe anyone can resist the temptation of money.

In all honesty, Liu Hua really did give them a fifteen-year grace period because our country needs a lot of electricity. In the future, the annual electricity consumption of an electrolytic aluminum plant in our country will be astronomical.

Therefore, over the past fifteen years, Liu Huahui has mainly focused his energy on the technological upgrading and iteration of thorium-based molten salt reactors, as well as the construction of nuclear power plants in China.

As for why it was fifteen years, Liu Hua had his own reasons.

(End of this chapter)