For the Chinese, the Franco-Prussian War was not just a war. For Xiao Letian, it was the most difficult battle since his time travel.
This battle was even more difficult than overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty!
As a time traveler, using the knowledge in my mind to ride on the rise of Prussia, the decision itself is not difficult to make, but the difficulty lies in the countless details.
You are a time traveler, you understand the development of history, and you want to rise together with Germany’s lap, why should they let you embrace it?
How to get on Germany's rising tank requires a lot of work. How to solve these meticulous tasks and this little terrazzo effort?
In your memory bank as a time traveler, is there anyone in that previous life who had such successful experience that you can learn from?
If not, do you, Xiao Letian, need to go on step by step and cross the river by feeling the stones?
This is like someone telling you that there is a huge treasure house hidden at a certain coordinate in the Himalayas, and they clearly tell you the location, and there is really no deception!
But how do you get there? How do you ship it out?
The time traveler is actually an ordinary person. He can know the location of each treasure in the long history. This is a cheating artifact given by God to the time traveler.
But even if you have the coordinates for cheating, you still have to go there on your own, open it, and then transport it out!
Are you an activist? Do you have the execution ability to rush to the front line?
It's one thing to be aware of the rise of Germany, but it's another thing to be able to influence German politicians so that they allow the Chinese to free ride on you!
Let’s talk about the Franco-Prussian War! The disastrous defeat of France in history is an indisputable fact. Xiao Letian knew the secret of this history in advance, but if he really wanted to get involved, he still had to do more homework.
In a battlefield where millions of people are strangled, how can the Chinese army achieve great success in battle? How to avoid being pursued and intercepted by France? You must know that France is so powerful that even Prussia is walking on thin ice!
It is not easy to defeat France alive. How to extort compensation from the French is another problem.
As Zuo Zongtang analyzed, if you win, if the Europeans just act rogue and refuse to give you money, can you Chinese still mobilize warships for bombing?
After all, you only have one Zhiyuan ship!
Germany and France are connected on the border, with overlapping mountains and rivers, and there are even hundreds of thousands of troops stationed on the French mainland. Of course, they are not afraid of Thiers' default.
But Xiao Letian can’t do it! There are only a few thousand special operations soldiers. If you don't rely on conspiracy, if you don't take advantage of the civil war in Paris, France, if you don't personally get involved... you can't even take away the money.
Of course, there are also diplomatic problems. Among so many European countries, apart from Germany and Xiao Letian, who have good diplomatic relations and hope that you Chinese people will make some money, who wishes you well?
Don't even think about transporting your gold away! Are British warships vegetarian?
What will be the attitude of France's staunch ally in the west, and what are the plans of Tsarist Russia in the north? These must be carefully considered.
It was so difficult, it was really a disaster one step at a time. Xiao Letian built a road across the mountains and built a bridge over the water, using his * to carve a way out of the primitive dense forest.
This road is so difficult, countless brain cells have died!
Who says time travelers are omnipotent? Sometimes Xiao Letian really wants to kill those irresponsible people with a knife!
In Xiao Letian's eyes, those who always fantasized about being invincible in time travel in the past life were basically people with high vision and low hand. They always thought that just by drawing a few lines on the map, they could point out the country, and by writing passionate words, they would be like thousands of households in the past!
As everyone knows, a real big undertaking still has to start with the details. It has to start with hard work. To achieve a strategic goal, it requires countless meticulous and extremely tedious work.
It is impossible to sweep the world without sweeping one house!
It is precisely because the road is difficult and dangerous that Zuo Zongtang and the others are not optimistic about Xiao Letian at all! In their eyes, he is already a national hero if he can win the war and gain fame overseas. Why do they still want to make money?
But the newspapers of the foreign devils completely left them speechless. These newspapers that had been translated by the Chinese had densely packed English translations written in neat lowercase letters.
Zuo Zongtang and Liu Jintang seem to have no obstacles at all!
At the end, the handsome old man burst into tears, "Is this true? Do you really have so much money? Did the French really pay compensation?"
"It really can't be true anymore. The head of state is returning home with his fleet. The first batch of silver is already on board..."
"Haha...hehehe..." Zuo Zongtang seemed to have aged several years. "I understand, what kind of bullshit Western Region Investment Bank! It turns out that it was Xiao Letian who used the money to buy all my soldiers!" "
"This joint-stock company belongs to Xiao Letian, right?"
King Shang Tai shook his head and said firmly, "Commander, this is a bit like judging a gentleman with a villain's heart! Just what I wrote in the plan you saw, this bank will do..."
"Mainly private equity, the first batch of 40 million shares will be issued, with a unit price of one yuan per share! Let the market open to subscription first, the head of state's money will not enter the market!"
"When private capital shows signs of drying up, the head of state's funds will be used up at the end. Anyway, the commander-in-chief's military expenditure will be guaranteed by then!"
"The head of state really hopes to make the Western Region a cornucopia of benefits for all people! He really hopes that your soldiers can also share in the benefits of recovering this land for a long time!"
"Even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty wants to take a stake, it will be no problem. Our head of state's funds will always be behind him... From now on, national war is a matter that is closely related to the people of the world. National war is no longer a plaything of elite politicians!"
Zuo Zongtang was close to emotional breakdown. He rolled up the newspaper on the table and walked away. This was a very rude behavior, but no one criticized him.
Liu Jintang and the other guards followed and disappeared into the cold wind.
Looking at King Shangtai from the left, he asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, can the commander agree?"
"He has no choice. As long as he grows up reading the books of sages, he will never be able to get rid of the dream of being a scholar in the Western Regions!"
"Besides, I don't believe that there are really so many Han people in the world who like to be slaves! They just hide it deeply..."
Zuo Zongtang's strong horse stopped on the street, and Liu Jintang immediately rode closer. A row of guards stood across the wind outlet to block the northwest wind for the commander.
"Commander? What are you..."
"Tomorrow you take a thousand fine riders and escort them to the west in person... Aren't you going on an adventure to find some treasure? Let them find it, let them find it..."
"Commander, are you agreeing?" Liu Jintang suddenly looked expectant.
"I...let me think about it again!" Zuo Zongtang was still a little hesitant until now.
But at this moment, a fast horse suddenly appeared in front of him. It was Zuo Zongtang's most trusted staff officer. His face was full of fear, and the cold wind blew his nose so hard that he didn't even bother to wipe it.
