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Chapter 518 The big business of the governors (second update, please subscribe)
business!

What Governor Lee likes most is doing business!Especially those businesses that can earn a lot of money.No one likes that kind of business.

In fact, in the past few years, Governor Li has been doing business with Liu Kunpeng. Even the rails of the Longhai Railway are still Nanhua's rails, and even the locomotives are Nanhua's.Even Nanhua only sent engineers to help them repair the railway.

Why is it so?
At the beginning, it was indeed for the Qing Dynasty, but what about now?

No or for immigration!
With the railway, people in Henan, northern Anhui, Shaanxi, Huguang, and even Sichuan can leave their hometowns by train. So every year, people take the train to Haizhou, and then go to Nanhua from there.This is how the population exploded in Nanhua in the past two years.

Just in the first ten months of 1870, more than 70 people sailed from Haizhou.There is definitely no problem breaking through [-] this year.

During this process, Governor Li naturally made a lot of money, and by the way, Zeng Razor, who was far away in Huguang, also had a sip of soup.The governor of the sea, who controls the railway and seaport, naturally has a clear advantage.According to the agreement reached between them, the government can get a kickback of two taels of silver for each person shipped out.

And all the money was settled in kind——Nanhua paid off with weapons and other goods.On the books, the governors still spent the money.

As for where the millions of taels of silver go every year?

No need to ask, it must have entered the hands of the governors.

Why did Governor Li turn a blind eye to Nan Hua at the beginning? To put it bluntly, it was because the interests were too deeply entangled!

For Governor Li, this kind of production is simply a no-cost business, and it is even a great thing that benefits the country and the people, because there are displaced people everywhere during the war.

These refugees may become rogues like Nianzi, or they may become rogues. In short, it is an unstable factor. Sending them overseas now can not only exchange silver for guns and machines, but also save that person. Isn't this beneficial to the country and the people!
As for people, the worst thing in the Celestial Dynasty is people!

For the Celestial Dynasty, these people are a disaster!

After all, since ancient times, if you want to quell chaos, you must either provide relief and resettle the refugees, or kill people.

Relief?

The imperial court didn't have that much money, and only by killing the refugees would they lose the soil to survive and grow.

But the rioters can't be killed.And kill more and more.

Now it's all right, send them overseas, not only will the evil disappear, but you can also exchange them for money!
In order to continue this business, even Governor Li secretly made a five-year plan - striving to export 500 million "special commodities" to Nanhua, no, to Daming in the next five years.

In exchange for [-] million taels worth of guns, machines, and iron-clad ships, Nanhua's iron-clad ships are pretty good. Yes, there is also that kind of airship, the kind that can go to the sky and enter the earth.But the secret telegram sent by the imperial court made him feel that it might be difficult to continue this business.

This is business!
He's clearly doing it for Jiangshan Sheji!It is to protect the Qing Dynasty!

He is a loyal minister, but the court doesn't understand him at all.

"Oh? Please tell Master Li clearly."

"My dear brother, don't you know what those people in the capital are most worried about? Isn't it still the world? Originally, it would be great if your emperor's country name is Nanhua. Everyone pretends to be deaf and dumb. Just pretend to be confused. Now Fortunately, you not only used the name of the Ming Dynasty, but also made a "Letter to All Nations", which is fine, anyway, it was written on the territory of foreigners, but you can say that when your warship sails to Jiangning, it will directly Sacrificial to Xiaoling, what else to say..."

Li Hongzhang didn't want to talk, but just sighed.

"Woohoo! The country's foreign troubles have been heard in ancient times. It was built at the end of Zhao and Song Dynasties, and it was replaced by Mongolia, and Shenzhou Lu Shen, which lasted for several hundred years. My high emperor rose at the right time, clarified the middle land, the sun and the moon regained light, the rivers and mountains were rebuilt, and the righteousness of recovery was revealed. Here. Unfortunately, the quarters were disturbed, and the national power was exhausted. The Manchu Dynasty stole the Zhongxia in the Chengjian period, and I am sorry for my fathers and brothers... what I said is just the truth."

Liu Kunpeng said with a smile.

"You said, my Majesty is about to ascend the throne and send people to Xiaoling to pay homage to Emperor Gao. Isn't that a matter of course?"

"Of course, of course, you can make a fortune in silence! That's all, that's all..."

Waving his hands one after another, Governor Li said.

"I'll let him fool me about this for now, but you guys have to calm down, don't, don't ruin your master's important affairs!"

Staring at Liu Kunpeng, Governor Li said in a deep voice.

"People are your lord's big plan. Your lord can't do without people if he wants to rebuild China overseas. If the imperial court strictly orders the local governments to intercept refugees, then even I..."

With a long sigh, Governor Li said.

"That's also powerless!"

What does Daming need?
You don't need to ask, you know, it must be people, what can only a few million people do?Governor Li is proficient in Western affairs. He has seen the size of "Daming" on the map. Even if there are tens of millions of people in such a big place, it is still a vast land and sparsely populated.

"When you can't do anything, you can't do anything!"

"what!"

Liu Kunpeng's words made Governor Li open his eyes wide and looked at him in astonishment.

"You, what did you say?"

"Don't follow orders, Mr. Li, you have made great contributions to the foreign affairs in Xuzhou these years, but you are constrained by all parties. Every time you do something, someone impeaches you at every turn. You are walking on eggshells all day long. What is the reason? Is it because of the phrase "loyal minister"?"

Liu Kunpeng's words made Governor Li look awe-inspiring. Over the years, he has been dismissed by others for doing foreign affairs. If it weren't for Changmao now occupying Liangjiang and Zhejiang, the court would have been unable to tolerate him long ago.

"Even though you are a loyal minister and do not intend to take over the world, no matter what you say, Mr. Li, you still have no less than [-] troops under your command. Even if you support your own self-respect, do your own thing, open the palace yourself, and wait for the right time, what can others do to you?"

Liu Kunpeng's words only made Governor Li's heart beat for it.This matter... In fact, he also thought about it, and even thought about being self-reliant, but his reputation is not even comparable to Huguang's teacher, so he has no capital to be self-reliant.

But... support your own self-respect and wait for the opportunity.

There's something wrong with this matter!
Although his heart was agitated, Governor Li became calmer the more he listened. After all, he still understood the truth of "mantis catching cicadas and orioles behind".

"I don't know if this is what my virtuous brother meant, or..."

"Lord Li,"

Liu Kunpeng lit a cigarette, looked at him and said.

"We are old friends. To tell you the truth, my Majesty intends to go overseas. Overseas is so big. Wouldn't it be better to split the other side of China for me than to stick to the old place of the Central Plains... No matter who is in charge , as long as it’s not full of people!”

Staring at Governor Li and seeing his disbelief, Liu Kunpeng sneered.

"Master Li, you and I have known each other for so many years, how have I ever lied to you! You know, some things have passed through this village, but there is no such shop!"

(End of this chapter)