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Er Mao smiled. "Actually, I want to leave. I didn't need to return with you when I was in Nan Yang. I can live a good life if I stay in any city in Nan Yang …"

"Since His Majesty gave you your freedom, don't call me a servant or something, I doesn't like it either!"

"Ah …" Since the empress dowager is so kind, then this one will speak his name too! "

"The favor of godfather has been repaid, but the friendship of ten thousand years has not been repaid …" I am returning to the capital to accompany His Majesty for another two years. It would be nice if I could do my best to help out a little! "

"As for today's arms proposal from General Cai, my meaning is that the empress dowager should still consider it!"

"We can't reject it, but of course, we can't agree to it immediately either!"

"I can't agree to that because this kind of arms trade is too expensive. It's unimaginably expensive. I didn't say a lot of things just now. Actually, this kind of arms business has a professional name within the Chinese clan!"

"It is called military modernization … "Listen, this is not a simple transaction at all. The purpose of this system is to completely rejuvenate the entire army!"

"If the nine airships are just playing around, then it's easy. But the purpose of this airship is to fight, then theoretically we have to prepare in advance against the enemy!"

"A single base?" How crafty is this guy? Even a rabbit would know how to find three nests, let alone a killing weapon like this! "

"Also, the navy, three battleships are simply not enough. An entire fleet needs dozens of warships to coordinate with each other, if Great Qing does not prepare to pay 40 or 50 million silver taels, it would not be enough!"

"How much would it cost to build a naval base? Along the coastline of the Great Qing, the imperial government has to build dozens of deep water ports, and also have to build a naval base! "

"All the officers and soldiers from the naval battle have to be sent to Europa to train. Zuo Zongtang's Mawei Shipyard has already sent away a batch of their students, but the quantity is far from enough …"

"It will take decades of effort to build a navy. The empress dowager doesn't need to answer to such a big business immediately!"

Upon hearing how much money there was, Ci An's face turned white, "I can't, I absolutely can't …" 40 to 50 million silver taels? If the government can guarantee a surplus, how can they have the money to fill this bottomless pit? "

Ci An's heart ached for the 5 million silver airship contract, to say nothing of the 50 million silver navy!

Hairy # 2 had already guessed that the empress dowager would have such a reaction. He let out a long sigh and said, "That's right, it was indeed too expensive!" So, I have to stop His Majesty, and do not let him be so reckless! "

"But …" "But sometimes, military expenditures are not something that we can spend without thinking about!"

"The empress dowager understands … That year, when Long Hair was in chaos, no matter how much conflict the imperial court had against the Gun, in the end, they still had to rely on the Gun's cannon to defeat the enemy, and even the walls of Nanjing were blasted apart by the ocean gunpowder! "

"Although the His Majesty is impatient, after all, he has already stepped out of the country and seen this world. He knows that in this era, there is no country that can live by themselves, closed doors!"

"I can't bully other countries, but I can't stop others from bullying us!"

"The arms business is just like this. Since we are unwilling to part with the money, there must be countries that are willing to part with their money …" If we enter a country where the army is modernized, in the end, we will definitely use a knife to cut off our flesh! "

"Ah, empress dowager … You have to think about it, sometimes the money you have left over can only be taken away by the enemy using the Gun cannon! "

"This is the only thing that His Majesty is afraid of. From this, I can see that His Majesty did not do anything wrong!"

Ci An looked at Hairy # 2 with a complicated expression on his face, "Are you trying to advance by retreating? I has finally understood that in your heart, you actually still want the imperial government to spend money for you, and you still want that Xiao Letian to earn money! "

"NO!" Empress Dowager, you are wrong to blame this humble one … I will always be on the same side with His Majesty. It is not wrong for His Majesty to want to clear my path to military might and to protect my own strength! "

"The empress dowager wants to spend the silver in the imperial court first so the commoners can live and work in peace. That's not wrong!"

"Who was wrong? It's actually the word 'competition' that's wrong. This world's nations fighting with their lives on the line is because of this sense of insecurity. It's because of this kind of wolf pack law that is pitting themselves against each other, forcing us to make a choice! "

"The wrong world is the world of brutal competition! It's not the empress dowager, the emperor, or the civil and military ministers in the imperial court! "

"As for whether godfather can make money, I have never thought about it …" To tell Her Majesty the truth, would the Fiihrer still lack money? The Chinese are ten times more capable than the Great Qing! "

"Even if I managed to make a few deals, they would all be at the same price. I can't make much money!"

"Besides, there are a lot of countries in this world that can produce good arms. The beauty of the English and French is a potential seller, the imperial government does not believe in the Chinese, they can find their own seller!"

"The British shipbuilding industry is very developed as well!"

"Military affairs are not something that an insidious slut like me can decide. I am merely gathering up all the things that I heard, saw, and thought about in Europe for the Empress Dowager to choose from!"

"I only have this tiny bit of firefly's glow. I don't dare to boast if I can help the imperial government …" "Even if I did not spend all my effort in vain, to be able to achieve just a little bit of advice!"

"I've said everything I needed to say, this servant will take his leave now … This servant will take his leave! "

In the past two hundred years, a strange eunuch like Er Mao had appeared in Qing Dynasty! Without waiting for the empress dowager's words, he swaggered off!

He didn't even return to the Forbidden City and directly left the palace to return to his small courtyard in the capital!

Ci An watched Hairy # 2 walk away confidently, and turned to look at Da Sixi and Xiao Sixi who were serving far away, his eyes filled with a fierce light!

"Get over here!" Ci An roared. Da Sixi, Xiao Sixi and the three eunuchs in charge of the house beside Tongzhi all knelt in front of him.

"You three dog slaves are useless! Both of them went to Europa together, so how did Hairy # 2 learn it all? "

"I've been back to the palace for the past few days, and I has also seen you guys several times. Why is it that no one has managed to come up with a reasonable explanation?"

"What exactly did you learn in Europa? Open your mouth and fiercely slap! "

"Esteemed empress dowager, calm your anger …" The three eunuchs kneeled down in a triangle shape facing each other. Da Sixi reached out and gave Xiao Sixi a slap.

Xiao Sixi slapped Man Shun again, and then Man Shun slapped Da Sixi again!

The three spun around and slapped themselves in the face. If they took a beating, they'd have to shout out, "Empress Dowager Xie's reward …" "Empress Dowager Xie rewards …"

Zai Chun did not leave the Beiyuan. Sitting on the ice cart with a stomach full of anxiety, he allowed two eunuchs to pull him around the northern mountains.

"Giddy..." Drive... Hurry up, I'm hot to death! "Run faster, dog slave …"

The whip struck the eunuch's back, causing him to stagger for a moment, but they still had to desperately run forward, not daring to stop for even a second!