You must know that the Qing Dynasty has been short of money for wars in recent years, and British banks love to make money from war. All loans involving arms are eagerly sought by major banks!
Fighting against the Changmao and Nian armies, suppressing Gansu and Shaanxi, and now reaching Agubai's lair... Such many wars require a huge amount of arms!
All the imported arms were not purchased with money from the treasury. The imperial court itself did not have enough!
The only thing you can do is get a loan from a foreigner and then buy foreigners’ guns and cannons to arm yourself. You don’t have to worry about repaying the debt in the end. You can slowly repay it with customs income!
The only bad thing is that the loan requires interest, and the interest is relatively high, but Guiziliu and the others don't care, because no matter whether the money is more or less, the people will bear it in the end!
Xishanying was Guiziliu's favorite. He had never trained the New Army before so he didn't know the depth of the water. But once he got started, he realized that the New Army was really a gold-swallowing beast.
In the era of cold weapons, training soldiers didn't actually cost much money. Just feed the soldiers and take out the swords, guns, swords and halberds for training!
But in the *** era, the elites had to be fed with bullets! There are 60,000 Xishan elites. Each target shooting consumes ten rounds of bullets, which is 600,000!
Now is the time when fixed-loading ammunition has just come out, and the price is ridiculously expensive. The cost of this target bullet is 40,000 taels of silver!
Xishan Camp cannot afford to train and raise troops without 800,000 yuan per month!
But you don’t dare to stop, because if you don’t advance against the current, you will retreat. Not to mention the great powers, let alone the Chinese, even Zai Chun can pull out 30,000 soldiers!
If you don’t train, others will! Who dares to feel sorry for Qinzi at a critical moment of life and death? And the silver is not brought by the strong wind, so what should I do? You can only go to a foreign bank to borrow money!
Borrowing money and then using the customs revenue to repay it means that Guiziliu borrowed the customs revenue to support his own troops!
And foreigners are also willing to play this game. On the one hand, loans have interest, and these loans have high interest rates! On the other hand, you don’t have to worry about repayment!
With the support of the powerful British army, there is no one in the world who dares to default on the debt, let alone the Qing customs controlled by Hurd. Isn't the payment going from the left pocket to the right pocket?
The bank made money, and the British arms dealers were also happy. With such a big customer and big financier as the Qing Dynasty, one transaction was as large as ten other countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America!
Not only are banks and arms dealers happy, but the shipping industry is also happy. After all, these things require cargo ships to be transported to the Qing Dynasty!
Everyone is happy and making money, so the loan request put forward by Yixin and the others has never been rejected, and it is impossible to reject it. With the ** country as the credit endorsement, the collateral level of this loan is too high!
A loan that has never been rejected made an exception today. Standard Chartered Bank regretfully told Zai Cheng that the loan review failed this time. The bank doubted your ability to repay, so it could only reject it!
"Go to hell! Are you doubting my ability to repay the loan? Where is the Qing Customs? Is he blind? Still doubting me? This is revenge, this is fucking revenge!"
Yixin broke out completely, and the enemy's third wave of counterattack was even more fierce!
The first wave was the complaints from those businessmen, which was just a preparation for the next killer move, and the second wave was the betrayal of all overseas business partners!
Don’t you fat-headed Manchu nobles want to get rich? I'm so sorry, I won't play with you anymore!
This trick is too destructive. Nowadays, the opportunities to make big money in this world are in overseas trade. With the infiltration of foreigners and the rise of the Chinese, more Manchu and Qing nobles have seen the golden mountains in the overseas horizon!
How can we let go of the fat on our lips? Nowadays, it is no exaggeration to say that these nobles in the capital rely on foreign trade for one-third of their family property income. Whether they rely on foreign devils or that second devil Xiao Letian, no one Willing to throw away this piece of fat!
Yesterday's counterattack directly hit the weakness of the entire Manchu nobles. Stealing people's money was like killing their parents. All the nobles in the capital went crazy!
I thought this counterattack was over, but I didn’t expect there would be a third wave!
The foreign devils' bank is also here to cause trouble! Loans were actually stopped. Damn it, even if you have money, you won’t make any money. All the loans in Xishanying were actually rejected!
This is how to do? This is how to do? Guiziliu was wandering around the study like an ant on a hot pot!
Do you want me to stop training? Then more than 60,000 soldiers just eat dry food every day and gain fat? If that happens, the army that was so easy to train will be exhausted in less than half a year!
But where will the money come from to continue training? Where do you get money for guns and shells?
The treasury has been unable to squeeze out more money. Although Zai Chun returned to the country, although he did not take charge, the power of the two empress dowagers increased sharply. Coupled with the previous falling out between the two parties, it was impossible for him to get money so smoothly!
They will definitely hold us back!
Money! Money! Money...the only word that is filling Yixin's mind now is money!
"What a ruthless method! How did this brat Zai Chun gain so much popularity? Why do so many people help him? There must be an organizer. Except for Xiao Letian, who is the British policeman, no one else has such great ability, even The banks can be affected!”
Today Guiziliu is not as calm as he was a few days ago. Three waves of counterattacks completely disrupted his position. What's even worse is that he still doesn't dare to determine the true identity of the mastermind behind the scenes!
Everything is guessing, all guessing!
"Here... prepare a sedan for me... no... don't use a big sedan with eight people, prepare an ordinary sedan for two people!"
"Going to Nancheng, I want to pay a visit to Marshal Zeng..."
Guiziliu sighed helplessly, "He and Xiao Letian must have a secret communication channel...I...I have to find a way to deliver the message!"
Prince Gong made the right choice. He finally admitted that the situation was out of control and could not be reversed by himself!
Where can I go to Zai Chun to bow his head and admit defeat? Impossible, there is a fundamental contradiction between them, an absolute difference in ideas!
Go to the Queen Mother? Those two old ladies are now gnashing their teeth in hatred towards themselves!
The only person who can give him advice is his enemy Zeng Guofan. The largest warlord leader of the Han people is a smart man. He should know the principle of balance and whether he can be reasoned with!
A small sedan swayed from Beicheng to Nancheng. It took half an hour to walk. By the time we arrived at Nanheng Street, it was already lunch time!
Marshal Zeng's house was rented. It was small in size and civilian-oriented. The only difference was that there were two soldiers with guns standing guard at the door!
When Yi Xin got off the sedan and walked to the door, she discovered that Zeng Guofan's personal guard, the old farmer, was already standing here, as if he had been waiting.
After saluting the prince, the old farmer said, "The commander guessed that the prince should have come yesterday, but unexpectedly it was still a long time late... Please, the commander has prepared wine and food, please, the prince!"
