Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The was in charge of the Central Plains Friendship Foundation, and it was no longer the same as a few years ago. With Xiao Letian's continuous injection of capital and the close cooperation of the Prussians, this Foundation had become even more simple at the beginning.

Funds from the East began to take a large stake in Prussian arms, steel, chemical industry, machinery and other areas. With the acceleration of the Prussian tanks, the Foundation's shares had risen.

With Prussia's support in Europe and the encouragement of the Chinese in Asia, the Foundation's merchant ships were always able to obtain the highest quality goods from the East. Almost every ship's goods were top-notch luxury goods.

Before the foundation's business began, which European nobleman had drunk the pre-rain, pre-dawn tea that the young girl had picked up with her mouth? These fools, deceived by the English, thought there was only black tea in the world.

How many different ranks were there in silk? Why did the Foundation's merchant ships get hold of a kind of silk that changed colors like a haze? Facing the sunlight, there were actually unique patterns that looked like rainbows?

There was no need to mention porcelain, especially a bone thin porcelain body. It was sparkling like jade, and when exposed to the sun, it could even be seen through the light. It completely overturned the European understanding of porcelain.

These people did not know that the fine products they obtained in the Great Qing had a common name, and that was' Imperial Use '.

After the war, the economy was basically controlled by the power of the Xiang Army, and now the control over the items used by the Manchu royal family had become weaker and weaker.

Many craftsmen masters who were specially made for the royal family had jumped into the factories and workshops under the influence of the Xiang Army. The officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the officials of the Eight Banners had all pretended not to see them.

Xiao Letian saw the business opportunity with his sharp eyes. The Chinese merchants had begun to cooperate with the Xiang Army and were willing to pay a high price of ten to twenty percent of the market price to purchase the fine products.

All the Chinese merchants knew, that although these treasures were sold in the Great Qing and Asia, they would definitely not be able to sell them for a good price. The real rich big shot was still in Europe, which was a long time ago where they could only rely on the exploitation of the Western Merchant.

Or rather, it could be said that Western merchants did not want the citizens of Europe to have access to real quality goods. It would be easier to produce mid-quality goods to make money than to sell fine goods, and they could also leave some leeway for the future.

This kind of selfishness was exactly the opportunity the Chinese wanted to seize. The Zhongpu Foundation relied on the fine line and quickly opened up the situation in just a few years. The most high-end Chinese products on the European market were almost monopolized by the Foundation's merchants.

In fact, no matter what talented people did, they were still talented. King Yi was a famous general during the war, and when he was trying to settle internal affairs in the Kingdom of Heaven, he was also a capable official.

The Sino-P Friendship Foundation had already started to divide the business. Under his command, they set up the Chinese Teaching Aids Charitable Fund, the Chinese Red Cross and the Chinese Science Awards Foundation. There are six distinct and distinct functioning organizations.

There were more than three thousand Europeans working for the King Yi. With the exception of France and Russia, all the capitals in Europe had already established offices.

Winged King Shida Kai, no no no … The man who changed his name to Shi Yi had become a respected diplomat, philanthropist and businessman in Europe.

In the past few years, King Yi had come into contact with a lot of important figures in Europe. He had met the mega-merchant s before, and he had also chatted with the high level aristocrats of various countries.

But today's Gladstone gave the King Yi a completely different feeling! Of course it was not a good impression, the King Yi was surprised that there was someone in this world who accepted bribes with such righteousness.

Yes, only righteousness could describe Gladstone, a grizzled man with a very serious, orthodox face who would make a joke of you as if you were a report, even if you took a bribe as natural as Christ Jesus accepting a devotee.

It was as if giving him money from the foundation was a matter of course!

Ever since Fang Guan had connected with him, and after Gladstone had expressed that they could interact a little, this Party Leader had already accepted three bribes from the Foundation, no, no, no … In his mouth, this was called giving money!

The first sum was six hundred thousand pounds, the second was three hundred thousand pounds and today, another five hundred thousand pounds was delivered. The total labour of 1.4 million pounds was transferred to the Liberal Party and even after being unsatisfied, he still needed eight hundred thousand pounds.

No matter how well-bred King Yi was, he was unable to control his emotions. He put down his wine cup and adjusted his tie knot, "Respected Party Leader, do you know how much 2.2 million pounds is?" Do you know what you can buy with so much money? "

Gladstone put down his knife and fork, and with a contemptuous smile on his face, he said, "Of course, I know what this money can do. The cost of building a sail battleship is only one hundred and twenty thousand, this money is enough to build an oceanic fleet!"

"But don't think that's too much for me. In England, I'm the only one who can take your money and dare to take yours …"

"Ha …" "Are you trying to impress me that you received righteousness while accepting bribes? You are truly worthy of my admiration!" In the end, King Yi was still unable to control his emotions, and gave the other party a small thrill.

Who knew that Gladstone wasn't angry at all, and there was no expression on his face. He stretched out his left index finger and shook it lightly, "No, no, no, this isn't a bribe. It's a gift!"

"Giving out money?" I don't think it's any different from bribery... " King Yi said coldly.

"Of course there's a difference. The bribes are for your consumption and for your personal enjoyment! And the political donation represents that you agree with the political philosophy of our Liberal Party, and then you are willing to pay to support our cause … "

"One is for your public, the other is for your private! "Of course there's a big difference …"

"Haha …" It's nothing more than turning personal corruption into collective corruption. It makes no difference to me! "

Gladstone laughed: "This is the place where you are inferior to Xiao Letian. If it was Xiao Letian who was talking to me, he would definitely not bring up this topic, because he knows this very well … Politics is a waste of money! "

Gladstone felt that the food today was delicious, so she decided to give these 'friends' a little bit of the western tradition.

"Sir! A party is not just a collection of like-minded politicians. A party is sometimes more like a business... "

"There are strict organizations within the Party, there is its own system of affiliation, and there is a law within the Party! "There are rewards, there are penalties, and we even have internal disciplinary committees …"