As soon as Guo Ye's words came out, not only the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces was startled, but even Prince Gong on the side was frightened!

This kid even has to bear the cost of buying a naval battleship, which is more than two million taels of silver! You must know that the annual income of the entire Shandong Province is only more than two million taels a year, and the taxes paid to the imperial court are only a little more than one million taels.

Prince Gong said angrily: "Guo Ye, you are so crazy! Can you say that? Even the purchase cost of the fleet will be borne by you in Shandong, and when the time comes, Shandong will be poor and afraid that it will not even be able to eat! ”

Cixi said angrily: "Guo Ye, this is what you said, the mourning family didn't force you, and when the time comes, you will cause a civil uprising, don't blame the court for the crime!" ”

Guo Ye smiled and said, "Queen Mother, you also have to listen to my conditions......"

Cixi said angrily: "Okay, you said, even if Shandong is exempted from Beijing salary for two years, the mourning family will promise you!" ”

Cixi is very generous, two years of Shandong's Beijing salary, that is, more than two million taels of silver, even to pay for the purchase of the fleet, is not enough, three years to pay in five batches, that is more than three million taels of silver. Not to mention the cost of the sailor, from the salary of the personnel to the purchase of weapons, ammunition, and fuel, a sailor division will never be able to get down without hundreds of thousands of taels a year, and the construction of the sailor academy and Weihaiwei, I am afraid that within five years, Shandong will come up with no less than six or seven million taels of silver, and the Beijing salary for two years is simply a drop in the bucket, and nothing will happen!

Guo Ye's face did not change, and replied: "The minister is grateful for the care of the Queen Mother, and the minister can ask the Queen Mother to exempt the Queen Mother from the Beijing salary for one year, but the minister wants the power of Shandong, and he will do his best to ask the Queen Mother to allow the minister to act cheaply in Shandong." The minister should revitalize Shandong within three to five years, and within three years, Shandong's annual income will double, and within five years, the annual income will triple its annual income! When the time comes, the annual income is more than 10 million taels of silver. version of such a little thing, it's not a problem! ”

Forehead......

Prince Gong? Now his face is already green, this kid can really say it, he earns more than 10 million taels of silver! What's that concept? Before the Changmao Incident, the entire Jiangsu, Zhejiang, plus Fujian and Jiangxi, the annual income of the four provinces had only reached 12 million taels, but that was the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, and the wealth of the south of the Yangtze River was caused by the world. Shandong is now overcrowded. How can it be possible to reach this level in five years with less land and more people?

Cixi and Ci'an glanced at each other, a little unable to believe their ears, Cixi asked, "Guo Ye, I heard you right, right?" Do you want to triple Shandong's annual income within five years? That's an eightfold increase! You have to understand, from the time of Qianlong to the present. A hundred years have passed, and the tax in Shandong Province has not only not risen. On the contrary, it will be lower, from more than three million taels to more than two million taels now, do you think you are an immortal? ”

Guo Ye smiled and replied, "Queen Mother, as long as you give Guo Ye the right to act cheaply." The imperial court will not interfere in local political affairs in Shandong within five years, and the ministers dare to issue military orders! Five years later, Shandong will become a different state, not to mention Jiangsu as a province, even if it is the annual income of the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. It's definitely not enough to catch up with Shandong! ”

At present, Jiangsu's annual annual income is more than 4 million taels, more than twice that of Shandong Province; Zhejiang's annual income is also more than four million taels, which is also twice that of Shandong, and if you want to exceed the sum of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, indeed, if Shandong's annual income cannot increase by five times, it is basically no fun, after all, once the war in Jiangnan is over, the annual income of the two places will increase significantly!

Prince Gong was a little moved, isn't it the right to be cheap, now in Liangjiang, the governor Zeng Guofan now has the right to be cheap, in Liangjiang, all affairs Zeng Guofan can make decisions on the spot, to make way for the extermination of the Taiping Army, to Zeng Guofan is to give, not to Guo Ye?

The question now is, who knows if this Guo Ye is reliable or not, this cowhide is really a bit big!

Prince Gong said in a deep voice: "Guo Ye, I'll ask you now, what are your plans after you arrive in Shandong?" How are you going to rectify the rule of officials? Without this diamond, you don't want to do porcelain work indiscriminately, once the bamboo basket hits the water, your world-famous signboard will also be smashed......"

Guo Ye stretched out his hand and took out a map from his arms, the administrative map of Shandong, and the entire territory of Shandong was displayed in front of everyone.

Guo Ye said: "Lord, you see, this peninsula in Shandong has been to the east, extending to the Yellow Sea, the coastline is long, whether it is Laizhou, or Dengzhou, there are many seaports under the rule of the two prefectures, and the sea transportation is convenient, what I want to do is not only to build Weihai Weijun Port in Yantai, but also to raise funds, in Jiaozhou to build a commercial port, set up factories and mines, and vigorously support commerce, as long as the business is prosperous, naturally, the tax will come up, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the tax is abundant, is not because of the prosperity of commerce? Jiangning, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Songjiang, each prefecture and county are extremely rich. ”

Prince Gong pursed his lips and replied: "On paper, the business in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is prosperous, that is because there are many cities in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the waterways are developed, so naturally, it has become a place where businessmen gather, what is there in Shandong?" Just by virtue of this harbor that has not yet been skimmed? You don't have a wealthy businessman, where does the prosperous business come from? Do you think this king is a fool? ”

Cixi and Ci'an nodded again and again, Prince Gong's question was too reasonable, but it was not good to talk on paper, but what Guo Ye said was a little unreliable.

Guo Ye smiled slightly and replied: "Lord Wang, who said that all the wealthy businessmen and giants in the world are in Jiangsu and Zhejiang?" What about foreigners? Now that the foreigners have a rich sea, I want to set aside a special area in the area of Dengzhou Prefecture to open it to businessmen from all over the world, and invite them to set up factories and mines. With income, soon with taxes? And once they have income, they don't have to rely on the court for relief anymore, and they can save a piece of money to ......"

"Wait!"

Prince Gong was really taken aback, soliciting foreign businessmen? Isn't this nonsense? "Guo Ye, you are playing with fire and self-immolation! Soliciting foreign businessmen, those people have always been cunning and mercenary, and the whole of Shandong has not been messed up by them? Monkey business! ”

Prince Gong's face turned a little pale, in this way, that is, to say it here, the two queen mothers are merciful and will not blame, if it is above the court, I am afraid that they will be drowned by the spitting stars of the ministers! Don't talk about a little Guo Ye, even he may not be able to withstand it!

Guo Ye said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, in other places, foreigners will make trouble, under my rule, what are you afraid of?" If you dare to mistreat me, I'll throw him directly into the Yellow Sea to feed the sharks! ”

(To be continued.) )