Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The Dragon and Phoenix Restaurant's reception this time was not recorded in any of the official histories of the Chinese, but the impact it would have on the future of the Chinese would be immense.

A huge invisible financial empire had its advantages and disadvantages for the Chinese. The disadvantages were obvious, once this financial empire was formed, it would be a monopoly. In the future, no bank, company, or company could escape the control of this financial empire.

This elite group would form a true group of invisible nobles. Their vast wealth would be enough to subvert the country and start a war, suppressing all those who were different from them. The wealth they controlled was something that commoners would never be able to imagine.

However, there was a downside to the balance between Yin and Yang in the world. A financial trust empire like this was beneficial to the rise of the weak Chinese.

's Chinese people would definitely follow the path of a large industrial system in the future. In other words, the Chinese people had to be able to produce their own, and only by developing their own industrial system could they not be controlled by others. Even if war were to break out in the future, they themselves would have their own industrial system to fight against their enemies, and they would not be caught in the trap.

For example, the War of the Far East had used up all of her ammunition storage this time. Even the Zhiyuan Warship's ammunition storage had been reduced to 30%.

During the later stages of the war, Xiao Letian had to grit his teeth as he imported from America a high price, because the sea routes in Europe were all controlled by the treacherous British. On the surface, they hoped for the Chinese to defeat Sha Russia, but they did not wish for the Chinese to win so easily.

Only a single seller in the United States could supply the ammunition, so the price of ammunition skyrocketed and many shells were priced at three times the price.

Xiao Letian did not want to live such a patient life, he had to develop his own industrial system, especially military.

But all of this required money, so hiding a lot of money and people being rich was an ideal situation. Xiao Letian had to have a pump that could draw money from the people, he had to extract the wealth that was hidden in the people, and mobilize it.

Only by concentrating resources and doing great things can there be large-scale heavy jobs, the development of the shipbuilding industry, the creation of the deep blue fleet, and the development of basic science … It was impossible to invest so much money in the old model of tax maintenance.

The financial system of an ancient country relied on the government to collect taxes on money and grain. The accumulated money and materials would then be turned into salaries for the officials, the pay of the army, the maintenance of the Infrastructure, and so on … Finally, see if there are any fiscal surpluses, if there are any that can be taken into account.

For example, starting a war to increase territory, building a naval fleet, or repairing the Great Wall.

You can imagine how inefficient and corrupt it would be in the middle of all this backwardness. More importantly, this model was completely transparent, with no secrets hidden.

To the inner court, the various factions would fight for their own self-interest. Qing Liu wanted more money to build the Academy and the Confucius Temple, Ba Qi wanted to pay more salary, daoyin wanted to keep more money … Although they all knew that the money should be spent on the blade, the navy should be built, and the Forces nouvelles should build factories.

However, people all had their own selfish motives, especially when it came to battles between factions. The internal conflicts between people only magnified a tiny bit of the government's limited surplus. Not to mention that the emperor himself wanted to build a few more palaces.

They will formulate different diplomatic strategies based on your financial situation. Western Powers is used to blackmailing and cheating, they won't let you have enough capital to develop industry and technology, it's only in their interest for you to be weak.

The Chinese had to destroy all of this. He had to have a very hidden capital pumping machine that could start the era of internal combustion engines, the era of electricity, the era of petrochemicals … The development of these basic technologies cannot be achieved by the common people alone. The Chinese are already lagging behind Europe.

They had to invest and support it with national capital. Basic education, in particular, was very expensive. With tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars invested in it, where would they get the money?

If the Chinese relied on the old tax system to accumulate this capital, not to mention whether they could succeed, even if they could succeed, what would they do if the enemy saw that they could earn so much money?

What kind of business was it that was worth Xiao Letian investing one hundred million silver taels, or even one billion silver taels? As long as this information is on the British Prime Minister's desk, you just wait for the war!

It could be said that the Hidden Dragon Plan was customized by Xiao Letian for the rise of this era's Chinese. Although in the future, it would form an oligarch group, causing a serious disparity between the rich and the poor, and could create a group of hidden aristocrats.

However, it was undeniable that this plan was indispensable to the current Chinese people. This was because the current Chinese people did not want to split the apples perfectly, but wanted to do everything they could to protect their apple tree and even go out to rob other people's apples.

First, the Hidden Dragon Plan could efficiently draw capital from the common people to invest in large scale, and secondly, it could secretly raise the level of secrecy. These two points were the most important.

In order to overcome the hundreds of years of gap, Xiao Letian could only brace himself and push forward his hidden dragon plan. This was because he was very clear on what the Chinese people needed the most right now.

It was not about fairness, but about living, but about not being massacred by the non-humankind. To keep one's life first, and then to consider one's happiness, that was the most reliable way to rule a country.

When all the God of Fortune in the Dragon and Phoenix Restaurant expressed their unqualified acceptance of the Prime Minister's plan, they sent out one secret plan after another. Everyone could only watch from here and use their own brains to remember, no one was allowed to take them away.

All of a sudden, these God of Fortune were like elementary school students as they sat in their chairs and recited each and every word in their minds. They really wanted to memorize every single word in their hearts.

Fan Lian looked at them and sighed secretly in his heart, "This is the 33 great clans of the future. Today, even if the Hundred Year Family is about to burst out of the ground, I really want to see who among you can hold on to 3 generations of riches, and who can hold on to the glory of 100 generations!"

Looking at the complicated expression on old shopkeeper's face, Liu Chouchu could faintly guess what Fan Lian was thinking of. He leaned over and said in a low voice, "Give them another hour, it should be about time to announce the third major event, right?"

old shopkeeper took out his pocket watch and saw that it was already 3.30 in the afternoon. He nodded and coughed lightly, "Calm down! "There's still one more important matter to announce. It's getting late, listen carefully …"