"In the afterlife, do you regret it?" Looking at Xu Jie, who was brought in, Li Hongzhang asked.

"No regrets." Xu Jie's answer was unusually simple.

"Then you go." Li Hongzhang also said very simply.

"Ugh." Xu Jie was stunned for a moment, and then his heart was full of decline. It was as if the goal he had been working on was so unattainable, powerless, and frustrated that weighed on Xu Jie's heart like a mountain.

"Write your thoughts, the old man is not free now." Li Hongzhang didn't seem to see Xu Jie's reaction. "Youqiao, you go and see off this junior."

"I haven't thanked Lord Nakado yet." Zhang Peilun glanced at Xu Jie, who was stunned, and said loudly.

"It's a big hanging." Xu Jie, who returned to his residence, let out a sigh of relief. In his room, the more Xu Jie thought about it, the more scared he became, it was impossible to be afraid of that kind of formation at that time. Maybe Xu Jie didn't think about it so much at that time, but he just felt that the goal he had been working on so far was shattered, and it was more of an unwillingness and grief. But now, when Xu Jie returned home safely, Xu Jie really had a feeling of being a human being in two lives, when he crossed, the whole process was too fast and sudden, so that Xu Jie didn't feel anything before the crossing was completed, but now it's different, when Xu Jie was taken to the small black house, Xu Jie found that the process of waiting for death was so terrifying, but, fortunately, Xu Jie survived.

But Xu Jie didn't have enough time to lament his fate, there was still too much work for him to do, how to drive private capital to invest in industry, how to formulate relevant laws to maintain the status of these national industries, if enough funds and technical support were raised for them, there were too many problems, but fortunately, Xu Jie had partners who were proficient in finance and Giulia, who had a good relationship with the Italian industrial giants.

"Uh, are you going to stand like this all the time?" On the third day, at Xu Jie's invitation, Galine and Julia Tycho came to Xu Jie's house and began to discuss industrial plans. However, as soon as two outstanding women enter the door, they are greeted by a large number of each other, and their seriousness is comparable to the observation of each other by a young man and woman in love. "It can't be that, is it?" An unusually strange idea popped out of Xu Jie's mind.

"I need the help of two people right now, and of course, there are endless business opportunities here." In terms of business and finance, Xu Jie really doesn't know much, but he still knows some ways to attract investment on that plane.

"Teacher, you don't plan to start with basic industry and people's livelihood at the same time, do you?" After listening to Xu Jie's words, Tycho asked with some confusion, from a soldier's point of view, in the current situation of the great enemy, how to arm as many troops as possible in the shortest possible time is the problem that Xu Jie needs to consider now.

"We need civilian industry to provide Beiyang with stable taxes. The chemical industry is needed to provide raw materials for the Beiyang military industry. It is also necessary for a large number of transporters to communicate the traffic between the north and south of the Qing Dynasty, and to be able to levy it for military use when necessary. Without civilian enterprises to provide sufficient taxes and some materials, it is difficult for Beiyang to support a large army and related military industry. Xu Jie explained.

"But as far as I know, the Qing Dynasty does not allow private factories to be built." Garin said with a frown.

"This is not a problem, as long as it is under the moderate management of the government, it will be regarded as an official supervision and business. And as long as these things are allowed by the local government, they are not a big problem. Xu Jie said.

"What do you mean by moderate management?" Julia asked.

"Of course, it is different from the government-run military factories in Beiyang now. The new factory is operated under the local regulations promulgated by Beiyang. Xu Jie said.

"It's no different from the rest of Europe. In the words of your Qing Kingdom, can it be called selling dog meat on the head of a sheep? Julia, who had always been mild-mannered, was rarely rude.

"My plan is like this, as for the specifics, it depends on what Li Zhongtang means." Xu Jie smiled.

"With the consciousness of your people and the social environment, it is very difficult to get them to invest in industry." Garin sneered.

"That's a real question, so if I could, I wonder if the Italian industrial giants would be interested in setting up factories in the Beiyang jurisdiction?" Xu Jie asked. Although this is not a good idea, you can't look at the first day of the war, and the artillery of Beiyang still uses maroon gunpowder as a propellant, right? You must know that the Tianjin Machinery Bureau, before 1900, there were more than 10 tons of smokeless gunpowder a year, and it was really difficult to rely on them to supply. …,

"Considering that Beiyang has ordered warships worth 900,000 pounds from Italy, I hope that Italy's major military enterprises can help Beiyang complete the initial independent production of armaments or temporarily provide sufficient armaments for Beiyang. EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE PRODUCTION OF SMOKELESS GUNPOWDER, GRENADE SHOTSHOTS, NEW RIFLES AND GRENADIERS, AS WELL AS FIELD GUNS OF THE 75MM CLASS. Xu Jie said to Tycho and Julia.

"And what about in the civilian industry?" Julia didn't answer, but changed the subject.

"Actually, you want the Italian factory to be a model and inspire, right? Introduce foreign companies to stimulate the inefficient military factories in the country, and use the profits brought by the Italian factories to attract more people to invest in foreign affairs. Garin snorted. Then he glanced at Xu Jie, turned his head and said to Julia: "Xu is an extreme nationalist, and he will not let his country's economic lifeline control in the hands of other countries. ”

"I don't have any interest in controlling the country, I'm just interested in making money." Julia smiled.

"In addition, I need you to help Beiyang prepare a bank that mainly lends money, after all, building a factory requires financing, and Daqing is almost blank in this regard. Of course, your interests will also be guaranteed. Xu Jie said to Garin with a little embarrassment.

"And what do I get?" Compared to Julia's cooperation, Garin was quite dissatisfied and frowned.

"I can't guarantee anything else, at least financially, you won't lose. What the nascent factory owners lack most is start-up capital, and considering the Chinese market, it is profitable to provide raw materials for the downstream military industry or to the textile and food industry as a general consumer product. Because from a commercial point of view, the current Qing State simply does not have the existence of these factory owners. Xu Jie said seriously.

"In addition, if you can, I hope you can act as an agent for the sale of Daqing's treasury bonds." Xu Jie said after deliberation. Although the debt is not very good, it is so that the weakened Beiyang can meet the full-scale attack of Japan in the next five years. Even if you know that there is poison behind this bond, there is no other way now!!

Three hours later, looking at the people who were gone, Xu Jie finally breathed a sigh of relief, guided private capital to invest in modern civilian industries, implemented domestic production and foreign factories in China for the military industry to operate at the same time, and built an early financial system in finance to assist industrial development, although he didn't know what the result was, but this was already the best way he could think of.