There is no account to check how much money was spent on the three mountains and five gardens, because the time has dragged on for too long, there have been too many emperors, and the system engineering is too huge, but we can estimate it from the side.

Although the academic circles have not reached a conclusion on Cixi's budget for rebuilding the Summer Palace, there is still no dispute about 30 million taels, and Cixi's budget for the rebuilding of the Summer Palace is already so objective.

Although this price is a bit inflated due to the fall in the price of silver and corruption, even if the imaginary number of 10 million taels is deducted, the actual cost is between 20 million taels.

Now, of course, Xiao Letian can't take the Sanhai Project that didn't happen as an example, he can only estimate in his heart, a Summer Palace will cost 20 million taels to rebuild, and if it is completely built a new one, it will cost at least 30 million taels.

The Summer Palace is just one of the three mountains and five gardens system, and the entire project is at least ten times that of the Summer Palace project, which means that the three mountains and five gardens cost at least 300 million taels of silver.

Well, for the entire Qing Dynasty, even 300 million taels of silver is just a small number, after all, where is the foundation of China's thousands of years, but is the cost of the royal garden just that bit of civil engineering?

The palace of the rookie must not be full of treasures! The calligraphy and paintings of celebrities of all dynasties must not fill the study! Aren't the various cultural relics looted by the British and French troops in those years not money!

These scattered finances are the real gold-swallowing monsters, this calligraphy and painting was bought for 30,000 taels of silver, the porcelain vase was purchased for 5,000 taels of silver, and there were all kinds of precious gems, jade, and Western treasures...... Added up to an astronomical amount.

Xiao Letian didn't dare to think about it, he shook his head and sighed and said, "The Three Mountains and Five Gardens Project, I estimate that it will cost at least 400 million to 500 million taels of silver in China......"

"Master Long, you just asked Sister Wu what to do if she was caught stealing so many things? To be honest, as long as she didn't steal those top-level treasures, such as Qianlong Dayushan, Qingming Shanghe Tu, Mao Gongding, Sanshi Pan, Xishan Travel Tu...... and other peerless treasures, they will not be discovered by the Manchurians at all......"

"A fire in the Old Summer Palace has messed up the entire Manchu treasure inventory accounts, and now they don't know how many families they still have, taking advantage of the chaos, do you know how many thieves have begun to guard and steal themselves......?

Xiao Letian raised his glass and saluted Sister Wu, "If you don't steal, naturally there are eunuchs and thieves from the Internal Affairs Office who steal, and you may end up in that country when the time comes...... Go back and hand over to Chun Thirteen Niang, and use all your previous dark lines......"

"Let it go, how many royal treasures in the Forbidden City will be collected, no matter how much the market price is, we will add three percent to it......"

When the little ghost heard that Xiao Lotian had given her a task, her heart stabilized, and being able to give herself a task showed that Xiao Lotian really wanted to use herself instead of simply putting on a show.

"I will obey the orders of my lord, and when I go back, I will reorganize the brothers and sisters who stayed in the Qing Dynasty and restore the past intelligence network...... And my treasures in Fusang and Daqingzang, I also dedicate them to the prime minister......"

Xiao Lotian nodded, "I won't ask you for nothing, I will increase the market price by three percent when I look back, and I will acquire ......."

A loud bang interrupted Xiao Letian's words, but at first glance, it was Long Ye who smashed his fist on the railing, and the sawdust flew and was hit with a big gap.

"Five hundred million taels of silver...... Oh my God! How many things can you do with 500 million taels of silver! If you follow what the prime minister said, let alone industrialization once, even ten times will be fine......

Yes, Master Long is already enchanted, which makes Xiao Letian's estimated figure crazy. Most of the martial artists are upright and admit death, Long Ye and Xiao Letian have been inseparable for all these years, and he has listened to those top small classes on the side.

Although Long Ye's knowledge base is not high, he can't stand Xiao Letian's easy-to-understand teachings in the vernacular, so Long Ye has become the first batch of nationalists who were encouraged by Xiao Letian.

These members of Xiao Letian's core force know what a country and a nation are, what industrialization and scientific and technological development are, and of course they also understand the importance of the ocean and the idea of sea power.

Especially those brothers who went abroad with Xiao Letian were even more impressed by the power displayed by the powerful industrial civilization of the West.

Long Ye's tears of grievance are about to fall out now, "Five hundred million taels of silver...... How many factories to build, how many technologies to invest in, how many fleets to build...... Why let foreigners bully like this!"

Sister Wu also sighed, "Yes...... In fact, why is it that Japan is not convinced by China now, and some people say that there is no China after Yashan...... Just these things that lose power and humiliate the country, how can people afford to look down on them?"

"Prime Minister, you were able to sign an agreement in Osaka smoothly, establish the Fuso Bank, and manage the civil war in Japan, relying on your residual power in Europa...... If it weren't for your great exploits that deterred the great men, you thought the warlike ones would have listened to you?"

Xiao Letian patted Long Ye on the back, "Don't be angry, it's still too late, our China's national fortunes have not yet reached an irreparable situation...... As long as we hurry up, it's not impossible to catch up!"

is persuading Master Long, but Xiao Letian's own heart is also crying, there are four or five hundred million taels of silver to build a royal garden, but none of the copper plates are invested in the ocean, invested in new technologies, and finally kept them for the enemy to rob and burn.

500 million taels of silver is equivalent to how much money is now, it is difficult to estimate, if according to the inaccurate grain calculation algorithm, a stone of japonica rice in the south of the Yangtze River during the Qianlong period is about 180 catties now, that is, 90 kilograms, according to the average price of two yuan a catty, the price of a stone of japonica rice is between 260-400 yuan.

What was the average price of japonica rice in the south of the Yangtze River during the Qianlong period? When the price of rice in a good year was extremely low, it was three or four coins of silver, and when it was expensive, it could reach three or four taels of silver, and an average value was about one or two halves and one stone.

Of course, the purchasing power of silver in the Qing Dynasty as a whole was gradually declining, and the actual purchasing power of one tael of silver in the Qing Dynasty was probably equivalent to 180-200 yuan in the 21st century.

In this way, 500 million taels of silver is about equivalent to 100 billion yuan in later generations, which shows the luxury of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the past 200 years.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lotian didn't dare to think about it anymore, he knew that it was very unreasonable to use the price of grain as the subject matter, because the grain in the Qing Dynasty was completely different from the grain that was matured by a large number of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and hormones in later generations.

The difference in the yield per mu of land is more than dozens of times, so that is to say, the value of grain in the Qing Dynasty is much higher than that of the 21st century, if you really multiply the figure of 100 billion by ten, I think this account is really not clear.

History is sometimes a muddled account, and it is impossible to understand it at all.

"It's here...... Prime Minister, look...... The Ryukyu docks are already crowded with people waiting to welcome you!Let's go home......" roared the Roman lookout excitedly.

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