Businessmen are naturally sensitive to wealth, and the old shopkeeper Fan Yao really can't say the theories and rules and regulations of modern finance, but the old shopkeeper has rich practical experience, and the financier from the professional class is really not his opponent in the shopping mall.

In the eyes of the shopkeeper Fan Yao, this kind of mechanically stamped silver coins are more precious than silver coins minted in silver water, which is a new process that the entire Qing Dynasty does not have at all.

Look at the delicate pattern on each silver coin, the eagle with the long snake in its mouth is clearly visible even the last piece of hair, and the old shopkeeper believes that once this currency is put on the market in large quantities, it will become one of the most popular currencies of the Qing Dynasty.

"Coinage, as well as printing paper money, the future is the left and right legs of our wealth, China has accumulated countless wealth over thousands of years, as long as we can mobilize one-tenth, it will be enough for our country to complete the initial industrialization......

"As long as we are given time, we can rely on the legacy left by our ancestors, not to mention industrialization, even modernization is not a problem, we don't have to learn from Europe to rely on colonization to accumulate wealth......

"What we need now is to be stronger, a little stronger, we must not cede the land and pay compensation, that is the vitality of our China, if one day we compensate 100 million taels of silver, 200 million taels of silver and then the country is opened, all industries are controlled by foreign enemies......"

"Forget it, don't talk about it......" Xiao Lotian wiped the tears from his face and walked over to the black craftsman in the lead.

"Sue me, what's your name?"

"My name is Jim, sir, and I was born in the South to a family of farmers, and at the age of sixteen I fled to the North and started working as a mechanic. ”

Xiao Lotian pondered for a while: "Sue me, how much can you earn every month?"

"Dear sir, the annual salary of a skilled worker in the North is only about a hundred dollars, which is still the price of a white man, like our annual income is only fifty dollars......

Fifty dollars... According to the exchange rate between the two at that time and the Qing Dynasty... It's equivalent to more than twenty taels of silver... That's a cheap enough price.

"Jim... If I give you an annual salary of $200... Would you like to give me a job for a long time? Hire a senior worker like you at this price... Is it competitive or not?"

Jim and several other black men looked at Xiao Lotian incredulously, "Oh God... Are you an angel? If the news gets to the United States... People will break their heads... All senior workers will do everything they can to find you a job..."

"Good, good... It's up to you, Mike, to coordinate this for me... Starting next year, the Tanggu Special Industrial Zone will need a large number of skilled workers... I know white people are arrogant... They look down on the Chinese in their hearts... But these black mechanics are the focus of my Xiao Lotian's recruitment... My SAR needs them ......"

The old shopkeeper Fan Yao was still lying next to the stamping mint, greedily staring at the silver coin production... And Xiao Lotian took his officers to the deck ... Facing the harsh sea breeze, looking at the vast heaven and earth.

"Do you remember the summary meeting after the night attack on Mellor? In that meeting, I analyzed the various forces that are currently affecting China... At that time, I was asked... Are we a force? If we are a force... Where are our core competencies?"

"Now I can sue you... There are only three points. The first is money, the second is elite soldiers, and the third is the navy...... It's absolutely impossible to have money in this world... China's wealth was not to be wasted by the decaying Manchu Qing dynasty... It's better to gather in our hands......"

"If you have money, you have to raise soldiers... The barrel of a gun is the only means capable of protecting wealth ... Don't believe too much in the balance between diplomacy and politics... You have the power of deterrence in your hands... The enemy will respect you. Why did the Manchu Qing Dynasty finally die down this year? Isn't it because our brothers have strong fighting power?"

"As for the Navy ... That's another level of the problem... The Marines are your new army... In fact, it is enough to protect the interests of foreign banks, so why should we spend a lot of money to build a navy? Because the navy is a force that must be able to protect China and protect us Chinese in the next 100 years......"

Xiao Letian looked at the coastline looming in the distance, and said faintly, "No matter who dominates this continent, no matter what nationality he belongs to, he has to face all kinds of pressure from the ocean. For thousands of years, the enemy of the Chinese nation has been the cavalry rolling in from the north, but since the Age of Discovery, until the first industrial revolution, the pressure on our nation has changed......"

"The spread of muskets can put an end to the threat of cavalry legions, but muskets cannot defeat ironclad warships, and if we want to resist the enemy from the sea, we must have our own ironclad fleet......"

"Zeng Dashuai, haven't you been protecting the mainland?, then leave this blue sea to me Xiao Letian..."

Just as Xiao Lotian was giving a temporary lesson to his officers, Mike Carnegie walked up from below deck, "Mr. Xiao, haven't you seen the gift from our Carnegie family......"

When the rear compartment of the bilge was opened, the silver light of the entire cabin came into view, and everyone was stunned.

"There are twelve tons of silver here, enough for you to make 460,000 silver coins, and you only need to use silk, tea, and other goods to reach the top next year. This is the silver ingots that the Carnegie family used their connections to purchase from Mexico, and it is a welcome gift for us to celebrate the special industrial zone in advance......"

Xiao Letian couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and said in his heart that this is a real big businessman, he is bold in doing things, he knows what his partners need most, and he helps the other party by doing business, and he will not lose money.

Since Carnegie was able to run a huge steel group, he had the ability to get the silver that Xiao Lotian desperately needed, and then trade it to Xiao Lotian in the form of barter, so that no one could say anything.

Xiao Lotian stroked the huge silver ingots, and sighed, "You are making me owe you a lot of favors, I'm afraid I can't afford to pay it back." ”

Mike smiled slightly, "You are too polite, this is a win-win business, the United States is now focusing on gold reserves, and the control of silver is not very strict, as long as you have the heart, you can still buy a lot of silver, we are just pushing the boat......"

At this time, General Cai Mao, who had changed from the side, spoke: "Prime Minister, during the time you were away from the Ryukyus, three American clippers docked at the same time, in addition to this Fortune, which can mint coins, there are also two sailing ships named by you, the Wind and the Breaking Waves...... Xiaguan took matters into his own hands, so that these two ships have already set sail for Mexico with Naha's cargo, and I believe that with the matchmaking of the Carnegie family, our task of purchasing silver this time will be successfully completed......"

Xiao Letian's thoughts drifted farther and farther, as if he had flown to the vast Pacific Ocean, and on the blue sea, two clippers with white sails were sailing southeast on the wind and waves.

The clippers, which could have been operated by more than 30 people, were crowded with more than 300 sailors, and these naval soldiers from Naha were eager to learn the art of ocean piloting, and this was an ocean-going internship, and they had to make up for the missing ocean-going experience of the Han people in the fastest time.

Let's not talk about any naval warfare, now there is not a single country in the whole of East Asia with ocean-going navigation experience, and the seclusion of the Ming and Qing dynasties has caused the Chinese nation to form a huge fault line in marine science and technology, especially the fault line of talents.

Now I can see the benefits of Xiao Letian's competition for Ryukyu, there are many Chinese in the Ryukyu Kingdom, and they have eaten ocean rice for hundreds of years, so it is definitely a wise move to choose the navy Miao character from here.

Xiao Lotian retracted his thoughts and patted General Cai Mao on the shoulder, "You didn't do anything wrong, it's also a good thing to let our immature navy go to the Pacific Ocean to experience experience, first train a group of sailors and captains who are familiar with the deep blue ocean, I think it won't take three years, we will be able to have one or two ironclad warships, and then it will be the time for our navy to start." Before that, all you have to do is to give me a lot of talent training......"

Xiao Lotian was excited when he thought of the distant port of Naha, where he had fought, where the people's hearts had been firmly controlled, where there were the largest number of marines, and where he was still the main base of his future navy.

Money, marines, ironclad battleship groups, this is the most powerful deterrent force on Xiao Letian's face, and secretly he also has the torture hall, the favor and the growing number of Western students. With both light and dark preparations, Xiao Letian's forces can't take off if they don't want to.

"Hahaha, go home, let's go home, the four years of Tongzhi are about to pass, Lao Tzu has to relax for a few days a year, go home and accompany his wife......"

It seems that there is a certain number in the dark, and when Xiao Letian returned to Tanggu City in the wind and waves to accompany the women in the inner house, in Jingshi, not far away, another group of people had already fallen into extreme excitement.

"The list has been revealed, Jinke has been revealed...... Zhejiang Juzi Fan Minxing first place... Champion, Fan Gongzi is the first champion..."

"The second place is Sichuan Juzi, Luo Tongwen... Hahaha, there are also lists, they are all the protagonists of the parade that were famous some time ago, and they are all backbone reading seeds......"

The literati in the entire capital are boiling, just look at the names of the top three, and the readers know that this is the imperial court is rewarding meritorious deeds. It seems that the emperor and the queen mother still understand, and they can still see who is a loyal minister.

"Look, I'm right, don't look at Xiao Letian making a lot of fun, be careful to pull the list in the future...... Look at the people who are at the top of the gold list? All of them are the leaders of Tiananmen Square forcing the palace, besieging Prince Gong's mansion, and marching and demonstrating, what kind of reasoning do you tell me?"

"Do you still need to ask, those who are eye-to-eyed with the West are not needed in this department, which shows that the eyes of the court are still clear, and they know who is the pillar of the country, even if there is a slight application in the front, the sweet dates in the back will be given enough..."

Just when people were talking, there was another good news, a showman's hat was about to fly, and he rushed to the chatting crowd, tired and out of breath.

"Good news, great news, Wang Mian, the eldest son of the king, was robbed of love by the imperial court...... Wang Gongzi doesn't have to keep filial piety at home, he was unusually promoted to the governor of Henan, and he will take office in the spring..."

There was a bang, and the crowd was in an uproar, "The court is open, the court is really open, the emperor and the queen mother, Shengming, know who is the loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, Zhongxing is hopeful, Zhongxing is hopeful..."

The scholars of Sijiu City can be regarded as an early New Year, although they did not defeat Xiao Letian in this winter's shirtless battle, but this time Enke and they still received secret encouragement from the imperial court.

Xianxue is still very important, Xianxue is still unbreakable, the boss's empire, tossed for a whole year, in fact, it is just a small turn in his sleep.

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