Crazy explosion, crazy for monthly passes, subscriptions, recommendations, two more at night, eight more tomorrow! The day after tomorrow is still eight watches! Such an update is powerful enough, right? Everyone, can you give Rollo a little more support?

Of course, Luo Li was not dismissed, but not only was he dismissed, Lin Zexu and Bai Siwen also jointly gave Emperor Daoguang a guarantee to promote Luo Li.

Because Lin Zexu asked several non-British-funded foreign banks such as Segur Bank, HSBC Bank, Qichang Bank, etc., he was convinced that the offer of 1.8 million taels of silver given by Rhodes was really the lowest price!

And Bai Siwen got a bribe of 100,000 silver dollars - of course he was a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, but he was also a corrupt official! Who said that this corrupt official can't be a loyal minister? This loyalty and greed have little to do with it.

"Ming Gong, this is Luo Daotai's handwritten letter to you."

Zhang Zegen handed a wax-sealed envelope to Zhu Jishi behind the desk.

"Sit, sit down and talk."

Zhu Jishi beckoned Zhang Zegen to sit down, opened the envelope, took out the raft inside, and looked at it at a glance, and his face suddenly showed joy.

"Ming Gong, is there anything good?"

Zuo Zongtang shook the paper fan and asked Zhu Jishi with a smile. He is now a military advisor, so he naturally wants to follow Zhu Jishi's side to shake the fan, this is the spectrum of the military advisor, even in the winter.

"Of course, there are good things, the Qing Dynasty is ready to spend 3 million taels of silver to open mines, set up steel mills, mints, gunpowder factories, gun factories, and foreign affairs."

"3 million taels!?" Zuo Zongtang was taken aback, "Lin Muweng is not so easy to fool, is he?" ”

"This ...... Interlaced like a mountain. Lin Muon can't do business after all. Zhu Jishi put down the letter, and his face burst into laughter. Among them, the equipment purchase order of 1.5 million taels was won by HSBC and Segur, which was actually given to us. There is always a profit of 900,000 taels. ”

"So many?"

"Of course," Zhu Jishi smiled and said, "This machine is also new and old, and the transportation is far and near, and the doorway is big." Not to mention Lin Zexu, a layman who can't do business, even I, a big businessman, may not be able to figure it all out. Therefore, the Bank has a set of Western enterprise management systems, with a board of directors and a board of supervisors, and a strict accounting and financial management system. It has also hired experts from various fields to manage it, and a management shareholding system has been introduced. If the Manchu government-run Western-style factories could not fully introduce this set of commercial systems, and only treated the factories as yamen, there would be no good results. ”

It is not necessarily impossible to run a government-run enterprise, and there are many government-run enterprises in Europe at present. But as a successful businessman, Zhu Jishi knows that managing a large enterprise is extremely complicated and difficult, and it is by no means a group of bureaucrats who know nothing about business can manage it.

"If the Manchu Qing Dynasty wanted to run a Western-style factory, the best way was to hire experts from various Western industries to be responsible for specific management and operation with high salaries. At the same time, we send international students to study business administration and engineering. After the government-run factories were on a large scale, they were sold to private capital, turning most of the government-run enterprises into private enterprises. ”

The method that Zhu Jishi is talking about now is, of course, his experience as a big businessman. Although foreign professional managers may not be reliable. However, it is certainly better than a bunch of laymen who don't know how to do business at all. The development of Jishixing to the point where it has now is not entirely proud of the fact that Zhu Jishi opened his golden finger and took out several major inventions. William, Andrew. Jones, Hans. Schmidt, Frank. The contributions of Western managers and engineers such as Hahn, Blomsteaun and Sons, Bessemaeus and Kobay are also indispensable.

Historically. The same is true of Japan's policy of "industrial development" after the Meiji Restoration. The money of the same country invites foreigners to set up factories. Wait until it has an effect, and then sell it at a low price to big capitalists such as Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Kawasaki, and Furukawa. Although there is a suspicion of the loss of state-owned assets, it has indeed fostered a number of powerful chaebols. It gave a strong impetus to Japan's industrialization.

At present, Lan Fang, which is ruled by Zhu Jishi, has also established a Lan Fang Bank funded by Zhu Jishi and served as the head class by Bei Semai, which is a semi-official enterprise. The main task is to start a "model factory" in Lanfang, in addition to the core steel, military, mining, rubber planting, palm tree planting and other industries, but also involved in sugar, textile, wine, shipbuilding, civil construction, railway and other industries. The mission is similar to that of Japan's "Farming Industry".

Zuo Zongtang took the letter raft from Zhu Jishi's hand and looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "Ming Gong, you won't really let the Manchus transport these military machines to the north, right?" ”

Zhu Jishi smiled when he heard this, silently calculated the day, and said with a smile: "How about the delivery date be set at the end of next year?" ”

"At the end of next year? Is it in time? Zuo Zongtang looked at Zhu Jishi with a smile.

"Just in time! Actually, it could have been earlier, but Lin Zexu must be given a chance to do things, right? As he spoke, Zhu Jishi took a pen and paper and wrote a reply letter to Rodley, in which he not only agreed to Rodley's offer, but also asked Rodley to meet him on Hong Kong Island.

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Beijing, the Forbidden City's Palace of Nourishing Hearts.

"1,700,000 taels to buy guns and ammunition, 3,000,000 taels to build iron works, money factories, mines, and machines for casting cannons and guns, these 4,700,000 taels of silver went out like running water......"

Emperor Daoguang pinched the fold that Lin Zexu and Bai Siwen had sent over with six hundred miles, frowned and muttered in a low voice. This round of the Manchu Westernization Movement was launched under the stimulus of Zhu Jishi, and Emperor Daoguang not only approved but also actively promoted it. He muttered a few words now, but he was distressed to spend money, not to shake his determination to do foreign affairs.

The situation in this time and space is different from that in history, where the invading Western powers were only greedy for money, and they always scraped it from the heads of the Han people. Therefore, it is not a top priority to run foreign affairs to improve oneself, and Emperor Daoguang is even more interested in this.

However, Zhu Jishi now makes it clear that the carriage and horses want to seize the Qing Dynasty! Therefore, to do foreign affairs and self-improvement is to protect the country! Therefore, no matter how conservative the ministers in the imperial court were, they did not oppose the Westernization Movement as strongly as they did in history -- now that Westernization has been equated with the protection of the Qing Dynasty, who wants to oppose it, is it not suspected of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty? This is a serious mistake in position, and the Manchu officials above the temple will not be confused.

"Your Majesty, Lin Zexu is a Qing official."

Today, in the Xinuan Pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace, there are five military planes, the old fox Pan Shien, who speaks, and Lin Zexu is his disciple, so he naturally has to support it.

"Yes, Lin Zexu is indeed a Qing official." Daoguang also nodded, of course this Lin Zexu's official is clear! Even Lin Zexu's political opponent Mu Zhang'a never said that Lin Zexu was a corrupt official.

"Your Majesty, Lin Zexu is capable of doing anything."

The one who spoke was He Rulin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, who was also Pan Shien's person, and Lin Zexu was considered a party.

"It can do anything!" Daoguang's voice was a little gloomy.

There is no doubt about that. Lin Zexu is not only clean-sleeved, but also brave and capable, but also a little radical. The last time the smoking ban was impatient, this time the foreign affairs were also pushed forward very quickly, and within a few days of arriving in Guangzhou, 1.8 million taels of foreign procurement were negotiated, and the Jihua that opened a money factory, an iron factory, a coal mine, and an iron mine was sent to Beijing. It's just that the speed of spending money is also a little faster, and the thrifty Daoguang Emperor is really in pain.

"Your Majesty," Mu Zhang'a is the best at figuring out the holy will, and at this time, he has to give Emperor Daoguang a move. "According to the Western-style yamen, the profits of minting silver dollars are quite rich, and the minting of a silver dollar can make more than one penny, and if the imperial court mints 20 million silver dollars a year, it can get 2 million silver, which is enough to meet the expenses of foreign affairs. In addition, the benefits of opium are huge, and no less than 10 million taels are imported every year! If the tobacco tax can be levied at 20 percent and a half, it will be more than 2.5 million taels......"

"Ban opium?" Emperor Daoguang frowned, and remained silent.

Mu Zhang'a glanced at the three Hanchen military planes beside him, who were also silently pretending to be wooden, and then went down: "Your Majesty, according to Bai Siwen, the deputy minister of foreign affairs, Yingyi wants to ban opium for a long time, if you can agree, you may be able to break off Zhu Yi with Yingyi!" ”

"Is there such a thing?" Emperor Daoguang raised his eyebrows and glanced at Mu Zhang'a with interest, but did not continue to open the topic of banning opium...... (To be continued......)