History has long gone a long way because of the emergence of Xiao Letian. If nothing else, just look at the attitude of these people in the Qing Dynasty toward industrialization.
The mentality within the imperial court had already undergone very big changes, and it was more open than the real history. Although the resistance to the Westernization Movement was still very strong, it was far less perverted and powerful than Xiao Letian's previous life.
In the final analysis, the industrial zone was effective. The seeds planted by Xiao Letian in 1864 took root and sprouted tenaciously, and it took seven years to create an economic miracle!
The Northern Industrial Zone has become the largest industrial complex in Asia and the most profitable one. It is impossible for people in the Qing Dynasty to ignore the wealth effect!
Look at Prince Qing Yikuang, he is like a dog chasing the products of the industrial zone, and he even grovels to ask for the customer of an ordinary manager of the zone!
Other courtiers who are not qualified to distribute industrial products can also find that their lives have been changed by this special zone!
A large number of Chinese goods began to flood the market. The most common iron pots, shovels, nails, oil lamps, kerosene, glass... the prices have dropped by more than 20% than before, and the supply has increased several times!
The drop in price does not mean that the quality is poor. The durability of these special zone goods is far superior to the Qing's own handmade products!
Take the kitchen knives used by ordinary people as an example. The kitchen knives in the industrial zone can actually meet the standard of being folded and forged fifty times. The steel products produced by machines are forged like kneading dough!
Who among ordinary blacksmiths can forge like this regardless of the cost?
Such high-quality kitchen knives directly killed the blacksmiths of the Qing Dynasty!
All the money flowing in the market is money. Although Cixi lives in a deep palace, her ears can still hear the sound of money!
In Xiao Letian's previous life, the Manchu and Qing officialdom fought so hard to resist the Westernization Movement and industrialization. In the final analysis, it was because they did not see the real thing and how this industrial power operated!
To put it bluntly, I didn’t see with my own eyes how money flows!
Because I don’t understand, I appear extremely ignorant, and my resistance becomes more and more intense!
At this moment, the Tanggu Special Administrative Region, which is very close at hand, is within the sight of the Central Committee of the Qing Dynasty. They can see clearly what the Chinese do, how they become big, and how they make money!
Nowadays, the Qing Dynasty opposes Westernization and industrialization. Apart from some people who are really sour and ignorant, another group of people have pure sour grape mentality and deliberately undermine it!
No one has trouble with money. Cixi was just worried about the Qing Dynasty's own industrialization. How big the resistance would be!
In today's court meeting, although Zai Chun was beaten up, it was not without gains. At least through tit-for-tat debates, these princes and powerful ministers were forced to accept the iron factory plan!
The only dissatisfaction is that the household department of this iron factory refuses to allocate funds, and the little emperor needs to spend his own private money!
Ermao made it clear today that if the iron factory is not managed, Zaichun's exposed five million private money will probably not be saved!
Ci Xi should be more familiar with the faces of those greedy courtiers than Er Mao!
The iron plant must be established, not only to protect the five million private money, but more importantly, the iron plant was a high-tech industry at the end of the 19th century, with very high added value!
This is a cornucopia in itself. The investment was indeed larger when it was first planned to be built, but once it is completed, the money will continue to come in!
Er Mao had already spoken clearly, using a routine that Ci Xi could understand. From Ci Xi's shining eyes, Er Mao had already seen greed!
Cixi left without making any promises, but everyone present knew that sometimes not objecting is just an attitude!
Da Sixi looked at the clock, and it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon. Emperor Tongzhi had eaten a small bowl of noodles in the morning, and the rest of the time he had not eaten any water or rice!
"Quick, quick, quick... hurry up and pass the meal to Long Live Master, the master is very hungry..."
Zai Chun sat on the couch, while Xiao Sixi knelt on the side and beat his knees that were already numb. He stretched out his hand to let Er Mao come over.
"Er Mao... thank you very much just now! But you can't rest yet, go to the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion immediately and rescue Man Shun!"
"It's best for you to go now. Those people don't dare to touch you yet. They are more or less afraid of your identity! Go quickly, I'm afraid something big will happen to Manshun!"
Er Mao took the order without saying anything and turned away, heading straight to Donghua Gate. There, Ma Ming had already prepared a company of soldiers at Er Mao's disposal!
Manshun has not been sent to the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion now. He is still being tortured in the secret room of Bajiao Liulijing. At this moment, he has fainted from the pain. The old eunuch Wang Zhong has an incredible expression on his face.
"It's so scary that he survived until now! He didn't say anything. I never thought that in the past few years since I left the Forbidden City, another ruthless character would appear!"
Cheng Beile wiped the sweat on his head with a handkerchief. The underground secret room was already suffocating, and the temperature was already very high after just a long day of work!
There were soldiers all around delivering silver boxes back and forth. The 650,000 taels of silver seemed like a lot, but part of it was banknotes and bank deposit certificates of small denominations, including Chinese banknotes!
So it doesn’t take up a lot of space, it’s just a lot of trouble packing up those palace treasures!
There was a strong smell of blood in the room, and there were more than thirty circular wounds on Manshun's sides. The blood gushed out and then scarred, and then they were tortured and then scabbed!
What a tough eunuch, he can actually endure the unique skill of Qian Mingdong Factory, gouging out fish eyes!
"Forget it... Forget it. Let's just talk about it. The money is in a foreign bank. Let's find a foreigner to get it!"
"Bah... If I could get money from foreign devils, why would I go through this rat hole... Just be gentle with all your hands... If this happens in a box, I will skin you!"
Cheng Beile looked at his pocket watch, "He will die if we do anything else. I feel really sorry for sending a dead body to Zai Chun... Let him live!"
The old eunuch Wang Zhong said with a worried look on his face, "Master Beile... we talked so much during the torture, will Manshun be more jealous and talk to Master Long Live later?"
"Otherwise... we won't kill the person, but we can cripple him!" Wang Zhong leaned into Cheng Beile's ear and whispered a few words.
Zai Cheng nodded with a fierce look on his face, "Okay! Just do as you say..."
Wang Zhong walked up to Manshun, and regardless of whether he could hear it or not, he just reached out and touched a spot on the back of Manshun's head. "The master who taught me my craft once said that there is a spot on the back of a person's head!"
"As long as you use enough strength and punch here hard... if you hit this cartilage, then this person will become a living dead!"
"I can breathe while lying in bed, and I can eat, drink, and defecate, but I don't have the language function of a normal person, and I can't write..."
"What do foreign devils call... what do they call vegetative people!"
"Manshun! Don't blame me...Senior, I have seen too many ups and downs in the palace. If I don't have a cruel heart, I really can't survive!"
At this point, Wang Zhong suddenly raised his fist, the knuckle bone of his middle finger protruded sharply, and then suddenly hit Man Shun on the back of the head!
Eunuch Manshun's head softened, and then his hands, legs, and even the muscles and bones of his whole body softened!
