When you hit a snake, you have to hit it seven inches. What you are bullying is that the Qing Dynasty has no ability to build its own cannon! Even if you want to buy foreigners, you can't because you don't have enough time.
Without our Chinese supply, you, Zuo Zongtang, would have to risk your life to fill the gap! Are you willing to let your brother die? If you are willing to sacrifice the lives of thousands of brothers, then we are willing to sacrifice these nineteen lives!
Don’t think that we, the Western Region Bank, invested part of the money in advance, and you will take advantage of it. As long as the head of state says a word, our money will be used as meat buns to beat dogs!
But as long as you, Zuo Zongtang, dare to kill Chinese people and defraud the Chinese of their money, then wait for the Chinese to drain all the waters of the Pacific Ocean to avenge you!
Not only you, Zuo Zongtang, but also your subordinates will not let anyone go. If you don’t believe me, just give it a try!
The officers and soldiers of the Western Expedition Army never expected that this businessman would have such backbone. His words were like nails hitting the ground with sparks.
Just so hard, just so cruel! Let’s see how Zuo Zongtang responds!
Zuo Zongtang was dumbfounded. No matter how much he thought, he could never imagine that Xiao Letian, a person who didn't even care about tens of millions of dollars, would be so interested in these crappy books.
The Western Region Investment Bank undertook 90% of the military expenditures needed for the war. Although it has just started operations, it has already poured in seven to eight million taels of silver. Why don't you just say no? About to flip the table?
Only this time did Zuo Zongtang truly realize the weight of the secret letter. He solemnly opened the secret letter and read the contents word by word.
Only if you look carefully can you realize how deep Xiao Letian's love for China is. Only when the Chinese are like mad dogs, viciously biting the whole world for this splendid culture left by their ancestors. !
Only then can people understand that this group of people really did not do such a big undertaking for their own selfish interests. They really did not just do it for the prosperity and wealth of their own family and future generations.
"The rise of the Chinese race is not an ordinary change of dynasties... Xiao Letian wants to protect the thousands-year-old Chinese culture from the bottom of his heart!"
"It's just like what he said, there are so many awesome things left by our ancestors, we can't throw away any of them, we have to protect them all!"
After slamming his fist on the table, Zuo Zongtang sighed, "Let Liu Jintang withdraw. I don't care about this..."
Zuo Zongtang made the right decision, and at the same time in Beijing, Zeng Guofan was writing secret letters to his disciples and former officials.
In his mind, he scolded those greedy literati, "Xiao Letian obtained those Dunhuang documents not for his own personal gain, but to establish an independent discipline, Dunhuang Studies!"
"He just wants to protect this bit of ancestral heritage! Anyone who dares to reach out will be my unfilial son!"
"Don't you know how much we have destroyed in these ten years of war?"
"The city of Nanjing was destroyed, the tower of Baoen Temple was blown up, and the capital was captured by the British and French forces. Have you forgotten the glory of the Old Summer Palace?"
"With the war raging, who can protect the treasures of our country? Don't forget that genius Xiao Le is the one who snatched cultural relics back from Europe!"
"We don't have the ability, so why don't we just stop causing trouble?"
Zeng Guofan's words were very harsh and basically stopped the thoughts of those literary thieves. When something rises to the level of literary integrity and whether you are patriotic or not, even the most shameless people may have to restrain themselves.
The Chinese are serious this time. Xiao Letian has finished the European War. At this moment, the main force has returned to China, and the dividends of the war are being continuously transferred back.
There is no need to resort to the slow-down tactics against the Manchus before. The face given is basically enough. It’s time to establish authority!
In the palace of Prince Qing in the capital, Dexi, a direct servant of Prince Qing Yikuang, was drinking with an important guest. This Dexi was a popular person around Prince Qing. In order to arrange errands for him, Prince Qing even lost money to the fifth master Yipei. Several hundred taels of gold.
But it didn't work out, because the fifth master went directly to the south to greet the long live master.
Yi Kuang only has money and power in his eyes, but power is not easy to deal with. After all, the sixth-level Red Prince of the Japanese Army has almost all the power, so the only thing left is to make money.
It is a trivial matter to seek employment and sell official positions, and it is also common to bully men, dominate women, and rob land. You can also use loan sharks to open various businesses in the capital... Without such means of making money, even the prince can't live a good life. It's tough.
However, in the past few years, Yikuang has found a new way to make money, which is to be a dealer for the Northern Industrial Zone.
The right to sell industrial products in Gansu, Shaanxi and other places is in Yikuang's hands. Every year, high-quality and low-price industrial products are dumped to the northwest, earning a million-dollar surplus.
Sometimes when Yi Kuang is counting money, he will wonder why the things produced by Xiao Letian's factories are so cheap. Metal products such as kitchen knives, scissors, pots and pans, etc. are actually sold at a higher price than those produced in the Qing Dynasty. The price is still two to three percent lower.
Even with such a low sales price, there is still a profit!
And it is definitely not a defective product made of scrap metal. The quality you used is still very good. How can this be justified?
Could this really be the magic of the Industrial Revolution? Forget it, think about how to make money in the future!
Yikuang originally wanted to use Xiao Wuye to follow Qing Sanye's path and get a larger share of the sales of industrial products, but she didn't expect Fu Qing to be so disrespectful.
But it doesn't matter, Fu Qing can just jump over without giving him any face. After relying on many connections, he actually invited the second shopkeeper of the Sihai Group who came to Sijiu City on a business trip.
Shopkeeper Lao Wang is a direct descendant who has been working with Boss Niu. Through the boss and the Chinese Dongfang, he, a small second shopkeeper in Tanggu City, is now the actual manager of the industrial zone.
This man holds the right to sell foreign guns from the new arsenal. If you follow his path, you might be able to do it!
I never expected that shopkeeper Lao Wang would arrive as soon as he was invited. He was very considerate! Of course, Yikuang couldn't go to the party in person, since he still had the status of an iron-hatted king, so he asked one of his direct descendants to accompany him while he eavesdropped from the next door.
After three rounds of wine and five delicious dishes, Dexi hadn't finished his flattering words. In the end, the beauty trap hadn't worked yet, but the shopkeeper Lao Wang smiled coldly.
"Okay! I already know what the prince is thinking, but I am not here to talk about this matter today, but I have another important mission..."
"Hey, shopkeeper Wang, you said...I'll fill the small ones for you and fill them with wine!" Dexi's waist was as curved as a shrimp.
Shopkeeper Lao Wang put down his chopsticks, "You can tell the prince, and also ask the prince to tell the other palaces... No one is allowed to interfere with these Dunhuang documents!"
"All the documents have been covered by the Yuan Dynasty. If the nobles in the capital insist on insisting on it... Haha, I'm sorry, I will cut off the distribution rights of anyone who reaches out!"
"Forget about increasing your share, the head of state will make all your current shares disappear!"
Oops... Yi Kuang, who was eavesdropping next door, was so frightened that he dropped the tea bowl in his hand. "What a Xiao Letian! How dare you threaten me!"
No longer hiding, Prince Qing went around and kicked the door in. "How brave, you little slave, do you dare to threaten me? The treasure unearthed in Dunhuang belongs to the Qing Dynasty! Why does Xiao Letian keep everything safe?"
"Do you understand why the earth becomes wet after water has passed? Why should I give him all my treasures!"
