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Jae-chun didn't even go to the general's mansion to rest, the simple meals were placed in the city gate tower, the doors and windows were closed, the silver charcoal brazier was burning in the house, and the bright lights and candles were shining, and the monarch and the ministers went straight to the topic without politeness.

Zaichun's wedding time has already been set, according to the requirements of the ancestral family law is 16 years old, there are still three years to go, and the ancients' wedding means formal adulthood, and then the queen mother and the princes of the two palaces will have no reason to stop Zaichun from pro-government.

At that time, Jae-chun will face the military, political, and civil affairs of the entire empire alone, and his orders will no longer have any legal constraints, and the words of the Son of Heaven will be the policy of the empire.

Jaechun still has three years to study abroad, and these three years are the busiest time between master and apprentice, and the trip to Europe will be an important opportunity for Emperor Tongzhi to show himself in the whole West, how much prestige he can get, how many allies he can win, and how much help he can get, no one knows.

But if you want to fight against those conservative forces in the country, you have to rely on other external forces, and now the contradictions between the two sides have begun to gradually become clear, and the conservatives will not step down by themselves, and the conflict between the two sides has become a time of high probability, and even people have smelled the smell of war.

In only three years, there were only two military forces that Zaichun left in the Qing Dynasty and belonged to them, one was the Yulin New Army in Fujian, and the other relied on the Hunchun Army entrenched in Heilongjiang and Jilin.

In three years, Hunchun had to train at least 100,000 combatable troops for Emperor Tongzhi, and in addition to removing some of the armed forces that controlled the localities, Hunchun must have a mobile cavalry force of about 50,000 people that could hit the Beijing Division.

Not only that, but Hunchun had to tighten his belt to get by, and the army had to provide enough supplies to at least fight a bloody battle in Gyeonggi that lasted for three months.

This is not a simple task, conscription is simple, it is not difficult to raise soldiers, and training soldiers is Hunchun's old job, but there are two kinds of soldiers, one is the soldier who defends the land, and the other is the soldier of the mobile expedition, and the combat effectiveness between them is worlds apart.

50,000 cavalry forces that can hit the Beijing Division, which requires at least 100,000 war horses, as well as countless supplies to the army, new foreign guns, bullets, and cannons must also be equipped, and this soldier must be trained to the death.

Two of the three provinces outside the Guanxi have been lost, leaving one Liaoning Shengjing, and the devil six must not be lost, and in the next three years, the military force will be gradually increased here, and the troops will be increased to build a fortress, and they will lock Hunchun outside the Guan.

Even the Mongolian cavalry had to be mobilized to guard against the Hunchun army from bypassing the Mongols to attack Zhangjiakou, and this kind of strategic siege was bound to exist, that is to say, Hunchun's army must have the ability to break through the entire Liaoning defense line, break through the Shanhaiguan, and rush thousands of miles to attack the Beijing division in order to provide armed support to the emperor.

Hunchun said three difficult words in a row, directly making it clear that it was easy to recruit soldiers and train, but there was no money, and the two provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin were really barren, and after cutting off a lot of business with Tsarist Russia, this place was destined to become even more barren.

Without money, this army can't get up!

At the critical moment, everyone set their eyes on Xiao Letian, especially Zaichun looked at the master pitifully, and now only the Chinese can solve the financial crisis in Hunchun.

Xiao Letian promised to provide Hunchun with an interest-free loan of 300 million silver dollars and a low-interest arms loan of 700 million silver yuan within three years.

Twenty percent of the billion silver dollars were distributed in cash and eighty percent in the form of supplies, and at the same time there was a commitment to build seven large ports in the Far East and to expand three important post roads in the border areas.

The goods of Jilin and Heilongjiang can enjoy the right of duty-free transactions for three years, have direct contact with the world's merchants in the ports, and turn the goods outside the customs into money and materials through the power of shipping.

Xiao Letian said earnestly: "The three provinces outside the Guanxi Province were originally a treasure land rich and full of oil, and it was only because of your own closed policy that the Manchurians carried it out, and there has been no change here for two hundred years......

"Along the way, I have seen countless giant trees that are more than 100 years old, and I have even heard from the locals that there are even bigger giant trees in the depths of the woods, do you know how much these timbers are worth when they are sent to Jiangnan?"

"The giant tree that the two of them hug together, you don't need to give money here, just go to the old forest to cut it, as long as you can transport it, the only cost is labor and road expenses, if it is sent to Shanghai by the Vladivostok sea road, I estimate that there are more than 1,000 silver dollars at the end!"

"But how much can such a giant tree be sold for in the south of the Yangtze River? In the Jiangnan area, there are countless good men and women who worship Buddha and build temples and halls, and such a giant tree can be used as the main beam of the main hall, and one of them is worth 20,000 or 30,000 silver dollars!"

"Just this one example, you know how profitable the maritime trade is......!

"Send you a word, it's better to ask for others than for yourself, just rely on me to pay for it and don't find a way to make money by myself, it won't last long, Hunchun, you have to find a way!"

If you want to talk about war, there is nothing that Hunchun is an expert who doesn't understand, and if you want to talk about civil affairs, he also knows six or seven percent, and relying on officials at all levels will not make any big mistakes.

However, business is definitely not Hunchun's strong point, especially this kind of policy formulation relying on commercial trade, which is like a book for him.

He understands all the reasoning that Xiao Letian said, but how to stimulate business and what kind of policies should be formulated, he is now completely blind.

Hunchun Zhengrong stood in front of Xiao Letian, clasped his hands into fists and saluted, "Mr. Xiao, you are Your Majesty's Emperor, and I also call you Mr. ...... Please teach me how to make a big difference in my two provinces in three years?"

Xiao Lotian frowned and looked at him regretfully, "Hey...... In fact, I don't need to teach this kind of thing at all, what did you do wrong before, can't you just turn it over for him?"

"In the three provinces outside the Guanguan, the fault lies in your Manchurian closure policy, and you turn this policy over...... In the past, to curb businessmen from coming in, you first let go of your mouth, don't have so many thresholds, and all businessmen who come to the Northeast to do business, don't you welcome them?"

"Even if they don't have documents issued by the government, even if they are just maritime merchants who come to try their luck and turn around casually, don't arrest, don't expel them, and don't exploit them, you let them come happily and leave happily, isn't this the policy?"

"Every year, there are uneven floods and droughts in the big provinces of Guannei, and many displaced people have nowhere to go, so you can't take in some of them? Spend some money to hire a few sea boats and go around the Shandong Peninsula, even if you accept 1,000 poor and displaced people a month, don't you have 1,000 more people here?"

"You must know that the Han people in the customs are all skilled, and even farming is better than yours, why do you refuse people who have the ability?"

"You built the high walls, don't you just smash them now?