C3412 Economic colonial aggression

This was the complete strategic arrangement of Xiao Letian before he launched a military assault on the Qing Dynasty.

I don't need your sovereignty first, I really don't have a shred of desire for your Qing Dynasty's territory. I really swear to the heavens that I really don't want to use my army to invade you.

If you want to block my path of wealth, then I will definitely deal with you. This is something that Xiao Letian said to the higher ups of the Qing Dynasty very clearly.

empress dowagers was very clear, Prince Kung and the other nobles also very clear, and the little emperor had even mentioned it many times.

Until now, even the people of the Qing Dynasty were suspecting that Xiao Letian was really just a greedy person who deals in business. It was likely that he no longer had any territorial claims towards this continent.

Right now, Jiangnan was still the territory of the Great Qing, but half of the economic activities there were firmly controlled by the Chinese. The other half were for the Qing Dynasty and Western forces.

In the eyes of many Manchu, Xiao Letian was just like an armed merchant. Every day, he had to do business, industrialize, and become a Ocean trade.

In the end, this army was more elite than anyone else. They would win one match, and Qing Dynasty wouldn't be able to take advantage of them even after fighting with him several times.

If Xiao Letian never rebelled, even if he wanted to earn money, it wasn't unacceptable!

Many of the Hedonist Kings of the Eight Directions had this plan in mind, did not stop me from eating, drinking, and gambling, and just continued to fight like a chicken and dog eating big bowls of fried noodles.

There was no one stopping me from going to the brothel, and there was no one stopping me from singing. In addition, the eight flags' iron pole crops had actually increased a little in the past few years.

It seemed that the Prime Minister did have a conscience when doing business with the Manchu. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Eight Banners City had plenty of money on hand now, so he could give them a bit more of the salary.

Everyone was happy! This was truly a joyous situation!

But now that we are dealing with Xinjiang, Xiao Letian is going to do this again, it is economic invasion that is opening up a path, don't you, Zuo Zongtang, want to fight a war? I will give you money, but you have to use the contract to rebuild Xinjiang after the war.

In the eyes of the modern man of the twenty-first century, the rules brought by Fan Jin could be said to be extremely harsh.

This basically monopolized all the industries in Xinjiang that could be developed. The mining, road transportation, light industry, heavy industry, livelihood industry, food industry... Zero always from the people's food and clothing to the country's weapons of military heavy work.

All of them required a franchise. To put it bluntly, it was a monopoly contract. Furthermore, this contract had a duration of 100 years!

Zuo Zongtang was very clear that once this treaty was signed, all the money and grains in Xinjiang would be under the control of the Western Region Development Bank.

The imperial government wouldn't be able to collect a single copper tax. They would only have this land in name!

"Disgraceful! Are you trying to get me to sign a dishonorable treaty? "This is taking all of Xinjiang's economic lifeline into your hands..."

"Hahaha …" "You're wrong!" Fan Jin laughed, "Why is it in our hands? It should be in the hands of everyone in the world! "

"Don't forget, this investment bank is listed in the stock market. Anyone, including the marshal and your subordinates, can buy it. The imperial government can also buy shares!"

"Everyone has it, everyone is a shareholder... When the time comes, everyone can share the money! Even after the imperial government purchased the shares, they would still receive a dividend in the end! "

"This is a profitable business, how can you say that we're the ones who are the ones to take it for ourselves?"

"Besides, the various industries that we want to invest in, has the imperial government ever done it before? Is there a modern factory in Xinjiang? A modern mine? "Even in the light industry, are there spinning and weaving factories?"

"None at all!" All of them are empty. We will have to invest them from scratch and then see the profits after a few years! "

"Isn't it perfectly natural for people to invest and reap the benefits? What meat have we snatched from the bowl of the court? Your bowl is always empty, okay? "

Zuo Zongtang's face turned red at his words. Although Xinjiang was huge, it was not of much economic value to the imperial government.

Every year, they would receive tribute from the local earth kings, as well as a little business tax from the General Yili Palace to raise their troops!

Every year you pay tribute to the little jade, silver, carpets, beauties... Compared to the millions of taels of taxes that the provinces of the Central Plains have, the wealth that Xinjiang can create is minuscule.

From a business point of view, the Qing Dynasty was a loss-making business. Its positive significance was to expand the living space of China and leave a fertile ground for future generations.

However, no matter how fertile the land was, someone had to build and manage it. Manchu was not very good at construction, and the Chinese had a hard time entering this land, which was why Xinjiang appeared to be even more backward.

In this era, under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, the Central Plains could no longer be compared with Europe. However, the economic situation of Xinjiang was not as good as the Central Plains.

It was as if this place had been frozen forever in a photo, without the slightest change!

If you don't build the Manchu dynasty, why don't we Chinese build it? Besides, we didn't come empty-handed, so I provided you with 35 million taels of silver!

If so many silver mountains were to fall down on me, won't you still allow me to return the favor?

Zuo Zongtang was silent, but Liu Jintang who was at the side had some thoughts.

He kept calculating in his mind the words that Manager Fan Jin had said, "If anyone can buy the stocks, then I, the General Commander, can also buy them!"

"I'm so high level, will there be a discount if I buy these stocks? If I buy too much and pass it on from generation to generation, does that mean that my descendants will be able to eat the dividends brought by Xinjiang every year? "

"Take down a piece of land, and the future generations will be able to enjoy the benefits created by this land!"

"Eh? This Xiao Letian's stock market is quite interesting, to actually be able to turn a war into a business deal! "

"Now the question is, why did you put in so much effort in the fight between Ba Qi and Da Ming at the other side of the pass? Wasn't he trying to take down the river and eat the dividends every year? "There's no difference …"

With that thought in mind, he shot a look at the Chinese people. Fan Jin did not have time to deal with Zuo Zongtang, but left pumilus understood.

"Everyone, please take a seat. I'll go and relieve myself …"

"Aiyo, I'm also a bit anxious. This brother here will lead the way, let's go together …"

The two walked out of the living room one after the other. They leaned together in the shadow of the adobe room and began to whisper.

Fan Jin was still instilling this information in Zuo Zongtang, "Marshal! The Imperial Court no longer has the money to give it to you. They only gave you 2 million silver for such a big war.

"It's not like we can count on the provincial salary. Those people don't have the same level of people's hearts. There are plenty of ways to drag them down!"

"The foreign devil's money? Hehe … "The conditions are even more harsh than ours. Who else can you choose other than us?"

"At the end of the day, you're using the future of Xinjiang as your mortgage to liquidate your assets, and using the future as your military expenditure …"

"The government doesn't care about these things. As long as the territory isn't lost and the sovereignty doesn't change …" Isn't all that's left is money? "