In Zuo Zongtang's eyes, conquering Xinjiang is not a matter of one or two years, and it is impossible to operate without five years of sufficient funds.
If the funding gap is too big, I’m afraid it may not be possible even in ten years!
And Xiao Letian's plan to seize Xinjiang has been a business of constant investment and loss in ten years!
What happens after the battle is won? If the energy source for Xinjiang's construction continues to make money, how long will it take? How long does it take to build a railway? Opening so many mines, building farms, building factories...can all these things be completed in ten years?
Twenty years... no no no... it must be thirty years anyway!
Thirty years later it was time for Xiao Letian to close the net. How could this man have such endurance and dare to make such a long-term investment?
Are you really not afraid of wasting so much money?
But why do I always secretly hope that he will win? How old am I? Can I live another thirty years? Do I really have to plan for the Manchus after my death?
Do I still consider being loyal to this court even though I'm lying in the graveyard?
Hidden dragon theory, hidden dragon theory! Marshal Zeng, why did you have such a heart-to-heart talk with Xiao Letian? Is he really one of our kind?
I can’t believe it. This guy is so close to the foreign devils and so far away from those of us who read books about sages... Is he really the same kind of person?
But how to break the current situation? The Manchus were so determined that they gave us 2 million and wouldn't give us even a single penny more. They just let us Han people play by ourselves.
If you can fight, fight, if you can't fight, throw it away. Anyway, in their eyes, Xinjiang is just a barbaric land without taxes!
Do you expect all provinces to agree on rates? They are all very poor. The little money they have is not enough for their own corruption. How much more can they cooperate with?
At present, only foreigners and Xiao Letian can break the money game. Should we abandon Xiao Letian and find the foreign devils?
Bah...those red-haired ghosts eat people without spitting out their bones!
King Shangtai saw the confusion in Zuo Zongtang's heart, and sighed in a low voice, "Commander! I know what you are thinking, and I know what you are worried about!"
"But in this situation, who else can you rely on if you don't rely on Xiao Letian? The court will not give you any more money. Let me tell you something!"
"Prince Gong Yixin placed another one million taels of arms order with the UK three months ago. There are heavy machine guns, field artillery... they are all the most advanced in the world!"
"Don't even think about the money from the imperial court anymore. People have to keep it to train their troops and train the new army!"
"Commander Zuo... In fact, you really should meet Xiao Letian and talk to him in person. I think it will dispel a lot of your worries... The head of state is so different, he doesn't seem to be from this world! "
"When he came to Ryukyu, almost everyone thought he was going to usurp my throne in the end. Everyone thought he was Cao Cao!"
"But what's the final result? I'm still the King of Ryukyu, and he just changed from Prime Minister to Prime Minister!"
"He even stipulated the fundamental political structure of the Chinese nation in the form of a constitution. He even legislated to restrict himself from proclaiming himself emperor!"
"He didn't even think about taking another step up. It seemed like that person was born to hate that seat..."
"He really wants to do good for this nation! I'm afraid there won't be one such person in five hundred years..."
Zuo Zongtang's gaze was no longer as firm as it was at first. Fan Jin and the other two knew that the marshal was actually attracted to him, but it was just the last bit of reserve that kept him from speaking.
Fan Jin coughed lightly, "Um... Actually, there is no need for Marshal Zuo to be so against the Chinese... Let me tell you the truth! Once this investment bank is established, I'm afraid Marshal Zeng will also be the major shareholder in it. !”
Hiss... Zuo Zongtang took a breath of air, this sentence can be regarded as a general!
"You...you went to see the commander with this plan?"
"Hi... my Commander Zuo, you are too ignorant of the information... In fact, among the industries of our Chinese family, which one does not have shares in the Hunan Army?"
"The Hunan Army has 500,000 yuan. How much food does the imperial court give each year? How much food does the Hunan Army raise by itself?"
"With all due respect, if we Chinese people hadn't been running the business over the years, if Marshal Zeng and Marshal Ninth hadn't put a lot of money into my Chinese business..."
"Haha... Your brother still wants to eat meat and drink wine? Go ahead and drink mixed noodle porridge every day!"
After hearing these words, Zuo Zongtang felt as if his bones had been pulled out, and he slumped on the chair with his heart pounding in panic!
He never thought that Zeng Guofan, whom he admired, had actually had close contacts with Xiao Letian for a long time. In the final analysis, apart from not rebelling, he had done many forbidden things.
In Baoding Mansion, Zhili Governor's Mansion, Zeng Guofan is also sending people to pack their bags and prepare to go to Sijiu City for the winter!
He was already very old and found it difficult to walk. The two veterans beside him carefully supported him, "Commander... please don't go to Sijiu City..."
"Haha... If I don't go, what will happen to those people if I don't go?"
"I have to support Zuo Jigao...and that Monkey King from the East China Sea. How dare I rest until he comes back!"
"I don't have a few days left to live... Before I die, I need to save some wealth for the Han people in our world! I have to pave a little more road for them..."
Cough cough cough...Zeng Guofan suddenly coughed violently, and the two veterans quickly led the commander into the room.
"That's it for my whole life...it's come to an end...the fire is passed down from generation to generation...we have to pave the way for those who come after us...that's it...just pave the way from generation to generation..."
"We can always break out...Sooner or later the world will have to be returned to our hands...Hahaha...Xiao Letian won the battle in Europa...How refreshing!"
"No matter what... our new country... the territory must be... wider than the Ming Dynasty, right? Do you think it is..."
The two veterans burst into tears. They helped the commander lie on the bed, and kept saying, "I will definitely do it... The future of our Han family will definitely be much bigger than that of the Ming Dynasty." ah……"
"Commander, please lie down a little longer, lie down a little longer..."
"Damn it, do it!" Zuo Zongtang seemed to have heard Zeng Guofan's instructions secretly, and he slapped his hand on the table.
"If you dare to give me money, I will take it. If you have shares, I can also give you points as a soldier! For the sake of this land in the Western Region, I won't care about anything!"
"But I still don't believe that you, Xiao Le, really have such great financial resources?"
"I wonder if the gap of 35 million taels of silver can be solved by a broken stock market? I won't dare to send troops easily without dispelling my last concern!"
"I have to take responsibility for the lives of my brothers!"
