It is impossible for Western financiers to see how much private wealth has accumulated in the Qing Dynasty, and if one-tenth of the precious metals in it are mobilized and deposited in Lotte Bank, then the Bank will immediately be upgraded to a bank.

With sufficient gold and silver reserves, the issuance of paper money is not a problem at all, even if the paper money is not issued and the silver coins are minted, then the money interest is guaranteed to be profitable.

Xiao Letian does not have the strength to compete with the big European and American conglomerates, and he knows that as his financial plate gets bigger and bigger, those greedy bankers will definitely reach out, and if he refuses them, then they will definitely come to grab them at the cost of war.

Rather than this, it is better to give them some sweetness first, integrate them into it, and as long as the benefits are evenly distributed, they will try their best to facilitate their industrialization.

What kind of high-precision machine tools, the latest chemical enterprises, top arms manufacturing lines, maybe modern shipyards can be built, as long as businessmen see the interests in their eyes, who will care about the country.

Only when he has a strong enough force to fight with the Western powers can he really protect the wealth of the nation and the country.

At least Xiao Lotian can guarantee that the gold of the Qing Dynasty must not be allowed to flow out, which is Xiao Letian's bottom line and must not be changed.

Standing on the steps, Xiao Letian saw the minister leave, he turned his head and said to Long Ye, "Make an appointment with Pastor Lewis for me tomorrow, I need their Protestant help now, and there will be benefits for them!"

"Yes!" Long Ye arched his hand and said, "Prime Minister, I want to ask for a few hours of leave......"

"Hmm, excuse me, is there anything important?" Xiao Lotian asked.

"I'm going to Dr. Buck to see my ancestors...... He's almost dead, I don't know why he just wants to see me, it's all martial arts, I should go and see!"

"Okay, let's go! Establish a good relationship with our ancestors, reserve more unique skills for our nation, and don't cherish yourself...... I promise you that the Chinese Jingwu Sect will definitely be built, and within three years, I will make you the first person in the Chinese martial arts!"

Long Ye hugged his fists and left, and at this time, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, it turned out that Ermao Mi Hui Prince Gong had finished, and now he had come to return to his godfather.

This is a sleepless night, at the same time as Ermao and Xiao Letian had a secret meeting, the ancestors of Dongjiaomin Lane also reached the point of dying.

British doctor Buck took out more than 90 fast iron pieces and nails from the ancestor, but they were not cleaned, and many fine iron filings had penetrated deep into the intestines, and they could not be cleaned at all.

The Misty Imp's trunk cannon was so bad that she hid the cannon in the room, making it impossible for the people outside to defend against it, and countless fragments of iron nails were clouded in the impact of gunpowder, and this density of shots was simply not something that could be resisted by manpower.

The old ancestor is indeed strong in martial arts, but he has not yet defied the sky enough to avoid this kind of shotgun attack, and the undefeated old ancestor is completely planted this time.

When Buck shook his head and sighed that he could not be cured, the disciples and grandchildren of the old ancestor knelt all over the courtyard, and their heads and the green bricks on the ground were shattered.

"Lord Yang, please help, we have all the money you want...... We'd rather be bandits than lose a tael of silver, please help!"

In the excitement, some apprentices rushed up to grab Buck and were about to make a rough move, and the scene quickly got out of control.

"What are you doing? Don't you want the master to go peacefully? Can the doctor cure the disease and still cure the life? Why are you so confused?" Long Ye pushed open the courtyard door and strode in.

"Xiang Shaolong, don't talk about cool things! Our master just let your prime minister get involved! Lao Tzu will beat you to death...... "A group of people said and rushed up.

At this moment, a violent cough suddenly came from the side room...... Unfilial son, do you want the old man to die without turning a blind eye? I don't think anyone dares to do it......

The voice was full of anger like a normal person, but everyone present was nervous, they knew that this might be the moment when the master returned to the light.

Long Ye walked into the wing room and found that the old ancestor's face was flushed with an unhealthy flush, which was not the face that should be after the operation.

"You...... What are you doing?" Long Ye lifted the quilt from above, but found that the old ancestor had more than ten silver needles inserted in his chest.

"Why is this so painful, why is this necessary!" Xiang Shaolong took out all the silver needles like electricity, and in an instant, the ruddy flush on the ancestor's face disappeared, replaced by a deathly pale.

"Hey, I was still discovered by you, I've been arrogant all my life, and I've never bowed my head in front of the green forest masters...... But I didn't expect that I would have this day, and I came so quickly, I was not prepared at all!"

"Face, face, all face! Earn money for face, being the first in the green forest is also for face, disciples and grandchildren are all over the world or for face, what's the use of having this false face until now?"

Long Ye helped the old ancestor and let him lean on the bed, although they were not all the way, but they were still in the same vein of the green forest and a little incense.

The old ancestor invited Xiang Shaolong over not to listen to his nagging, he grabbed Long Ye's arm and pressed it on the chair and gasped and said, "Long Ye wake up quickly, Long Ye wake up quickly! Don't mess with Xiao Letian, he is an evil demon who digs up our traditional roots, you are going to kill our green forest masters!"

"My apprentices are not successful, no one can deal with you after I leave, and the eagles around Jiu Shuai are no longer too lazy to care about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, I know that I am dead, and there are not many people in the Qing Dynasty martial arts world who can restrain you...... You seem to have become the martial arts tyrant of the Great Qing Kingdom!"

"If you all fall to Xiao Letian, our kung fu will really be over, brother, wake up quickly!"

The old ancestor leaned on the head of the bed, the old tears in the corners of his eyes were cloudy, and he sighed and said, "Since the foreigners invaded our Qing Dynasty with foreign guns and cannons, I knew that the martial arts were going to end." Who can stop a gun in flesh and blood? No matter how powerful a master is, a bullet will die, not to mention a sharp weapon like artillery!"

"I heard that Xiao Letian will still manipulate the heavenly fire now? Taihedian Square He dares to perform martial arts, this is to dig the root of our Chinese martial arts, this is to cut off our retreat!"

When the disciples and grandchildren of the old ancestor heard that the master was dying and was still thinking about the future of martial arts, they wept silently and knelt on the ground one by one and smashed a few green bricks.

"Master rest assured, as long as the apprentices have a breath, they will never let Xiao Letian's second devil succeed, we will kill him!"

Long Ye really didn't expect that the purpose of the old ancestor to see him before he died was actually this, was this to let himself assassinate Xiao Letian?

How powerful is the power of tradition, so great that you will not let go of it when you die?

Thinking of this, Long Ye sighed and said, "There is a truth, I don't know if the ancestor wants to hear it?"

"Speak, it's okay to be outspoken!"

"Xiao Letian once talked to me, it was the topic of the future of the green forest masters, he actually talked to me about the future of our Chinese martial arts world a long time ago, you all misunderstood him!"

The old ancestor suddenly came to his senses, "What did he say?

"Prime Minister Xiao Cheng of the East China Sea once said that the biggest problem in the Chinese martial arts world is that the broom is self-cherishing, everyone hides their family heirloom skills, how many good things have been lost in the past few thousand years!

"You say that foreign guns are the main culprit in the extermination of martial arts? The prime minister doesn't see it that way, in the eyes of the prime minister, the Chinese civil wars in the past dynasties are the catastrophe that destroyed the martial arts!"

"Let's not talk about the change of dynasty, let's just say that the Qing Dynasty has killed many heroes in the green forest since the founding of the country to the present, and how many strange exercises have been extinct?

"It's not nice to say, if the war doesn't start, we will die first, and if the war starts, we will die the green forest masters, a long-haired rebellion in the south, how many martial arts families in the south of the Yangtze River have been wiped out? Are these all to blame on muskets and foreigners?"

Hearing these words, the old ancestor angrily smashed the edge of the bed with his fist: "What can we do? What can a martial artist do? This world belongs to the royal family and their literati, and we martial artists are knives that are thrown away after use, who can afford to look down on us? But we also have to live, why can't we even drink soup when they eat meat?"

"That's why we have to follow the imperial power closely, the left and right Fengyuan can only be killed on both sides in the end, Master Long, you have to be sober!"

Xiang Shaolong smiled bitterly and said, "Ancestor, don't get excited, you listen to me first...... The path left by Prime Minister Xiao Cheng for us green forest masters is completely different, and at most, in three more years, the Zhonghua Jingwu Sect will be established. The prime minister said, this is an open martial arts organization with no factions, and it is a yamen that belongs to our green forest lords allowed by the real government!"

As long as you don't hide it, as long as you are willing to teach apprentices in the Jingwu Sect, the prime minister will not hesitate to pay a high salary, and everyone's official position can be passed down from generation to generation!"

"Ancestor, think about it, at that time, do we still have to worry that the apprentices of the church will starve to death to the master? We don't have to mix the rivers and lakes anymore, and we don't have to eat ninth-rate food anymore, the prime minister will pay to support us on our behalf, the only condition is that we keep the things passed down from our ancestors, and never lose them!"

"Ancestor, the prime minister has made up his mind to protect these unique skills that we have handed down, and at that time, foreign guns will not be weapons to kill us and kill us, but foreign guns of the new army will come to protect us, do you think this is not good?"

"What? What you said is true," the old ancestor sat up at once, ignoring the pain of the wound, "I don't believe it, how can these officials tell the truth, they are all lies!"

Long Ye regained his support for the old ancestor and said softly, "You are like this, what else can I deceive you?" I can tell you a truth, I am the first master of the Jingwu Sect, and the prime minister gave me a three-grade top, which is already a sure thing!"

The Old Ancestor's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and he grabbed Long Ye's wrist and whispered, "Do you dare to swear a poisonous oath?"