The will of the imperial court soon arrived in Baoding City.

Guo Ye took the holy decree, and before the eunuch left, Gao Qi and the others quit, what do you mean? Lao Tzu is dying in front, you bastards still don't pay us military salaries? It's only 300,000 taels of silver, so how can it be enough?

"Ming Shuai!"

Gao Qi roared angrily, Guo Ye is now the governor of Liangjiang, and the people below naturally want to call him a handsome, according to the usual practice, it is generally to take a word and add the word handsome to show respect, just like Li Hongzhang is called Quan Shuai, and Liu Kunyi is called Da Shuai, Gao Qi has learned a few lessons and finally grown, and in public, he has also begun to chew words, and now the envoy of the imperial court is still there, so he naturally has to pay attention to his words and deeds.

"What is the court doing? Don't you treat us as human beings? Why do we ask for a million taels of silver, and they only give us 300,000 taels? Are all those weapons and ammunition going down the drain? ”

Not only Gao Qi was dissatisfied, but also He Qimou, Long Tao, He Tengjiao and others also glared angrily, they didn't play like this, and they wanted us to play with our lives, and we didn't pay for it, there is no such good thing in the world!

Guo Ye waved his hand and looked at the envoy, the eunuch who delivered the decree was An Dehai, the eunuch in charge of the inner court, An Dehai and Guo Ye were vegetarians, seeing Guo Ye looking at him, An Dehai smiled awkwardly and replied: "Grandpa Guo, let's talk further......"

Guo Ye replied lightly: "Okay, let's talk about it here, Father-in-law An, the two of us have a good relationship, there is no outsider here, they are all my henchmen, just say it clearly." ”

An Dehai replied: "This matter is what the regent and Lord Cao meant, now that the treasury is empty, where is the money and grain, even the 300,000 taels of silver are squeezed out, and the hundred officials in the court are afraid that even the money will be dissatisfied." The regent asked me to bring you a message, and the money was to be stopped, and the court was willing to exempt the arsenal from taxes for the next three years, you see......"

The corners of Guo Ye's mouth brought a sneer, and replied: "Father-in-law An, if the arsenal is Guo someone's industry, then it is okay, but the arsenal has other people's shares, I, Shandong Governor Yamen, Qilu Bank, and Shanxi businessman Qiao Zhiyong all have corresponding shares, this master, I can't do it......"

An Dehai's expression was stunned, but he didn't know about this matter, presumably there would not be many people who knew this inside story, and it was estimated that even the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces didn't know.

"Grandpa Guo, this matter really needs you to take care of it, now the court is really difficult, no, the regent knows that the two of us have a little friendship, so he sent me out to wade into this troubled water, in fact, who wants to take this hot potato, if you don't agree, then our family will sit on wax......"

"If you don't agree, why should you be promised? This is not a few thousand taels of silver, tens of thousands of taels of silver, this is seven or eight hundred thousand taels of silver, and maybe even more! Who can afford so much silver? ”

He Tengjiao on the side shouted angrily, 1.8 million taels of silver, even if Guo Ye is rich now, he must not squander it like this, and the brothers below naturally said to the handsome.

Guo Ye waved his hand and replied: "This matter is not negotiable, but it is indeed too difficult to offset the 1.8 million taels of taxes for three years, I can't explain it to the shareholders, you can go to the regent, six years, six years of taxes can be used to offset it, but you can consider ......"

When An Dehai came, Cixi and Yixin had already explained some things to him, and he was not ignorant of the arsenal, the current arsenal produces 15,000 rifles a year, 200 infantry guns, and if they are sold together, it is an astronomical amount, even if it does not count ammunition, it is not less than 1.5 million taels, this is not counting the rapid growth of the arsenal's production capacity, in the next two years, the arsenal's annual income will definitely not be less than three million taels, even if the cost is removed, The profit for a year will not be less than one million taels, the conditions can be negotiated, but there must be no big concessions, and the tax offset for three years is already a good figure.

An Dehai sighed and said in a lamented voice: "Grandpa Guo, I'm afraid that the imperial court will not agree to this number, after all, it is a matter of hundreds of thousands or even millions of taels of silver, this is not a small amount, and anyone who dares to open his mouth at will will lose his official position and be dismissed......"

Guo Ye shook his head and said, "Father-in-law An, if you count taxes alone, it is indeed enough, but don't forget, the imperial court withheld 1.8 million taels of silver, how can the arsenal turnover?" Where did the money come from to buy coal, steel, and gunpowder? You can only borrow, even this interest is not a few, you know, the arsenal has only been built for two years, there are usury in the bank and the bank, the interest for a year is between hundreds of thousands of taels, the court withheld this money, it will bring huge losses to the arsenal, six years of taxes are not much, these words, you can tell the regent directly, if he is not satisfied, let him come to me in person, as long as he says it is reasonable, I don't need to offset the money with taxes. ”

Guo Ye's expression was firm, and An Dehai's face was even more ugly, but the current Guo Ye is not what it used to be, don't say that he is a little eunuch, even the regent has to give him three points, what can he do?

An Dehai had to lean closer to Guo Ye's ear and whispered, "Grandpa Guo, where does the Queen Mother let me bring you a message?" ”

Guo Ye's heart moved, needless to say, it must be Cixi, I don't know what his Lan'er said.

"Oh? What did the Queen Mother say? ”

Guo Ye asked.

An Dehai looked at the others, Guo Ye understood, and waved his hand at Gao Qi and the others, Gao Qi and the others understood, and walked outside.

An Dehai replied: "Grandpa Guo, the Queen Mother and his old man said clearly, thousands of people look at her thin face, focusing on the overall situation, I hope that Grandpa Guo can exterminate the bandits as soon as possible, and get revenge, their mother and son will definitely be rewarded, and please be sympathetic to orphans and widows, in the Xinuan Pavilion, the Queen Mother is waiting for the return of Guogong, and the grace is boundless......"

Guo Ye was amused in his heart, this Cixi is now starting to give herself a beauty plan, hehe, yes, but whether it is in the pot or in the bowl, it will enter my stomach sooner or later.

Guo Ye muttered: "In this case, then I can't live up to the Queen Mother's good intentions and expectations, in this way, I still won't reduce the tax amount for six years, and I will also add the three-year tax offset of Yanzhou Coal Mine and Laiyang Iron Works......"

What the?

When An Dehai heard this, his face turned green with fright, wipe it, he did it for half a year, it was in vain! Could it be that this grandfather doesn't even give the face of the queen mother?

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