Tang Tingshu was skeptical, two million tons of coal and 300,000 tons of steel, this is not a joke!

Guo Ye smiled: "This is the reason why I asked the Ministry of Taxation to reduce taxes, in the people, it is not that there is no money, but these people are used to saving money, especially the old wealth of landlords, and they are used to saving silver, not spending, not investing in it, these money is dead, there is no use, only let the money flow, the country will be rich, the finance will be sufficient, we reduce taxes, private businessmen and landlords will take out the money, put it into production, look at it, as long as we reduce taxes to encourage industry and commerce once promulgated, by the end of the year, Within half a year, you will find that people all over the country have begun to invest in mining and setting up factories, and there are no machines? Do you think businessmen are fools? I will definitely go to the West to buy the machine! Don't understand? They will pay a lot of money to hire foreigners to work, and in the world, the minds of businessmen will always turn faster than those who are officials! ”

The people present nodded again and again, Guo Ye was right, after the tax cut, the private investment will definitely burst out with enthusiasm for investing and building factories!

Zuo Zongtang said with a smile: "Yes, my old friend Hu Xueyan has talked to me many times, if it weren't for the frequent wars in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he would have established the silk reeling factory, but unfortunately, the war ruined his ambition, and the strict heavy taxes made it difficult for him to raise more funds......

Guo Ye said in a deep voice: "In the future, there will definitely be no problems with funds, our Qilu Bank has money, too much to say, hundreds of millions of taels of silver are absolutely there!" ”

Rong Hong on the side glanced at Guo Ye and said proudly: "One hundred million taels? Your Majesty, you also underestimate our Qilu Bank's ability to make money, you asked me to earn you back 100 million taels of silver a year, I can't do it, but now the capital in Qilu Bank's hands has already exceeded 200 million taels of silver! You know, now Qilu Bank has opened branches in 20 cities across the country, and even in London and New York, except for the 60 million taels of silver we lent to the United States of America and the political envoy of Shandong, we still have nearly 200 million taels of silver! ”

Guo Ye was taken aback, and said with a wry smile: "Okay, Brother Chunfu, it's really my god of wealth......"

Everyone looked at Rong Hong with envy, and now they know why the Lu army is so bullish in fighting, in the few years since Guo Ye arrived in Shandong, he has almost never stopped fighting, but he has never lacked silver, this guy, with such a strong backer behind him, what else to worry about?

Guo Ye replied: "However, Brother Chunfu, just one Qilu Bank still can't support our next important task of enriching the country and strengthening the army, and immediately began to prepare for the establishment of a second bank, the location is in Shanghai, transfer 20 million taels of silver from Qilu Bank, absorb 20 million taels of silver from the people, plus absorb savings, I think it can reach 60 million taels of silver, or there will not be many problems, the name is Industrial Bank, revitalize the industry, all the loans issued by this bank are for private investment businessmen, is not allowed to lend money to the local government, and the future of Jiangnan depends on him! ”

When Zuo Zongtang heard this, he secretly thought to himself, it was time for him to send a telegram to Hu Xueyan, Industrial Bank, once invested, the future return is definitely not small, this is almost a profitable deal! I believe that with Hu Xueyan's strength, there is no big problem to come up with three or five million taels of silver, as for his silk reeling factory, it will be even simpler, directly to Qilu Bank for a loan, with his own face, with Hu Xueyan's prestige in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is easy to get a loan of millions of taels of silver from Qilu Bank! This is a godsend, Hu Xueyan gave him a huge help at the beginning, but this time he must help his confidant. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Your Majesty, in addition to preparing for the establishment of a second bank, we have also come to implement the time of monetary innovation, now we have the copper coins, silver ingots, there are many drawbacks, the minister suggested that the country unify the coinage, let the copper coins out of circulation, all in silver coins, silver tickets circulation, once implemented, this will save the imperial court a huge amount of gold and silver wealth!"

"Haha, yes, the hero sees the same thing, Brother Chunfu, I also have this plan, this matter will be handed over to Qilu Bank to handle, the future treasury and coinage are all placed in Qilu Bank, remember, the coinage has a university in it, must be studied thoroughly, well, I don't know much, but, in the next time, please Qilu Bank and Industrial Bank personnel come over, I want to hold a few meetings with them, to give them the relationship between national finance and market and industry, Hope it helps......"

Rong Hong was overjoyed, he knew Guo Ye's ability, it wasn't him at the beginning, where could he earn millions of taels of silver in the United States in just two months?

"Your Majesty, don't be modest, in the world, don't dare to say, but in China on the mastery of banking affairs, I'm afraid that no one can compare with you......"

"Chunfu, you are suspected of sycophancy? Haha......"

The atmosphere gradually relaxed, and Li Hongzhang on the side joked.

Rong Hong replied lightly: "Li Hongzhang, if you hear the news that according to His Majesty's instructions, I have earned four million taels of silver in the United States in two months, and you are still talking about my sycophants, then I will admit it......

Forehead......

Li Hongzhang was choked by Rong Hong, and looked at Guo Ye in shock, Guo Ye did not answer, Guo Songtao on the side smiled and said: "Quan Shuai, what Chunfu said is right, in two months, according to His Majesty's instructions, Chunfu mobilized silver, speculated gold in the United States, and earned back four million taels of silver in one go, which has become a legend in the United States, but unfortunately, there are only a few people who know the inside story......

Li Hongzhang smiled bitterly: "What's special, I only know now that Your Majesty didn't fail to destroy the bandits and the Taiping Army, but deliberately raised them, if you really want to destroy them, just the resources you have in your hands can destroy them!" You're fooling us......"

"That's natural, Your Majesty deliberately kept them, otherwise, how could you make money from the Hunan Army, the Huai Army or the Taiping Army? Nearly 10 million taels of silver, hehe......"

Chen Hai teased and said, "By the way, Your Majesty, this time, in addition to grabbing gold and silver in the Malay Peninsula, I also grabbed a set of treasures, that is, oil drilling equipment, hehe, those oil are good things, do we also want to explore and exploit?" ”

(To be continued.) )