Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

In that moment, it seemed as if the air had frozen, Ci An finally remembered the rumors that Zai Chun did not return empty-handed, he returned home with a large sum of British pounds.

No one knew how much money it actually was, but it was a secret that was kept secret even until Zai Chun's death, and the British side had even sealed up this secret!

However, the future generations of Historian had once tested themselves, and the decision they made was … There were a lot of them, and the numbers were terrifyingly huge!

"Great!" Now that my emperor's wings are so hard, can he fly on his own and do great things without even needing a court? "

"Don't even think about it! Don't think that the money given by a foreign devil can solve all the problems. What kind of airship is it today, and what's the next time? General Cai, take out all of your treasures! "

Ci An really wanted to smash his own foot with a stone. She didn't actually want to buy any kind of ammunition, she just wanted to use Cai Bixia's mouth to say an astronomical number to scare the little emperor with this number.

Great Qing's finances had only improved in the past five years, so she had to throw away the expenditure on the imperial government's quota … That is to say, the old and fixed expenses would actually have a fiscal surplus of more than thirteen million taels of silver per year!

This was a very shocking matter. The government's prestige and public prestige had greatly increased just because of this small surplus!

Managing a country and a small family is actually almost the same, not just counting your income, you also have to calculate how much you spend!

In the last year, you have a surplus in your account.

With a surplus of over 10 million yuan, the imperial government had really done a lot of things. They cleared some old debts, and the most important thing was to build a new army, which was the Xishan Camp!

It was one thing for the new army to not be established, but now that the imperial government had been established, it was time for them to eat the dust!

The new army was completely different from the old army. This was a gold-eating monster!

Initially, he had intended to buy a batch of rifle bullets and give them to the soldiers to train. After a while, he decided to start shooting!

They had already said that training a Musketeers was much easier than training an archer or a cavalry soldier!

This logic was not wrong, but they had forgotten that the simple price required money!

Train the archers, give him a bow and arrow, more than ten arrows, then go train! If the arrows could be retrieved after being shot out, he could just learn how to craft them himself.

After one round of investment, there wouldn't be much to spend. It would just be a waste of time! Three years. Five years of training.

After all, the Mongolian is an ally of the Manchu. There are many children on the Mongolian Grassland who have grown up on small horses, wouldn't that be a natural rider?!

It could be said that those old officials of the imperial court were still using their old ways of thinking to find new problems. They always thought that you, General Gui, had spent six to seven million silver taels to buy a weapon.

Now that the soldiers' weapons were all here, he wouldn't need to spend too much money to consume some food and coal in the future!

But they were all wrong, this new army was not some ancient army, the Musketeers's training was simple, there were conditions, you had to be full of bullets!

The artillery also had to be fed up with artillery shells. The rate of loss of the new army's weapons and equipment was completely unimaginable for the medieval army!

Xishan Camp took a small fight every three days and a big fight every five days!

The soldiers would fire their rifles once every three days, and once every five days, they would have to coordinate their infantry and fire their cannons!

For the past few years, the mountains, forests, and wastelands to the north of Jade Spring Mountain and the west of Sand River City had long become forbidden areas for ordinary citizens.

Every time he trained, he would need to use up a cart of bullets. There were also some wounded that would be carried out. There were even some soldiers who would occasionally die from accidental injuries!

The training of the soldiers was done with the money, like flowing water. When the Ministry of Revenue and the Military Department saw the reimbursement list for the Xishan camp, they were all stunned, if not for the fact that the government was filled with evil people, they would not even be able to afford a silver coin!

The Gold-Eating Beast had already caused the capital city to become uneasy. Furthermore, Tongzhi had brought back thirty thousand New Imperial Army s.

A total of a hundred thousand new soldiers had to pay seven or eight million silver taels a year just for training like this? They had to be taken out of the fiscal surplus!

It was endless! Is there no end to this? The capital city had a hundred thousand new soldiers, but the emperor still needed to raise a new airship unit? Isn't this nonsense? A man flies in the sky and goes to war?

Even though he asked for five million silver taels, he didn't think that he would be so black-hearted as to rob money!

But what was even more unexpected was that Cai Bixia still had a plan in her pockets. This time, she did not take out the photo, but got the soldier to take out a blueprint, and after opening it, it was actually a new type of Iron-armored battleship!

"The blueprints for the second generation Zhiyuan ship... His Majesty should know that it took more than 1.9 million silver to build the Zhiyuan Warship. Right now, the second generation Zhiyuan ship is already laying the dragon bone! "

Zai Chun's eyes were completely blue. He ordered the four eunuchs to kneel on the ground, using their backs as tables, and carefully spread out the map.

"The discharge capacity of the ship is 5,300 tons, the size of the Captain is 134.5 meters and the width of the ship is 16.8 meters... Eat depth 5.63... "

"The designed cruising speed is 15 knots. Under strong wind pressure, the maximum speed is 17.5 knots..."

"Four 210s of Krupp cannon, front and back in double gear..."

"The most remarkable thing is the armor on this upgrade ship … Over the waterline armor thickness is 350 mm, under the waterline armor thickness is 280 mm... "The armor on the vital parts of the other ships has been thickened to varying degrees …"

"Your Majesty, do you understand? You should be clear of the Zhiyuan Warship's stats, this warship is definitely an upgraded version! "

"Firepower increased by 35% …" His defensive power had increased by more than three times … "The tonnage has also increased nearly threefold..."

"A warship like this …" "I'll offer you 2 million silver, it's not that much!"

"Doesn't the Great Qing need a navy? At the very least, you have to have a few ships that can defend the sea! "

"Would you like to reserve three ships first? After you've used it, let's increase it again? Your Majesty, you must think this through. This is a friendship price, and other countries may not be able to line up well even if they were to pay first! "

"They want to buy it, but the leader doesn't want to sell it!"

"The empress dowager must also be surprised. Currently, both the Chinese and the Germans have a huge new plan to build a navy. The schedule for building ships is set for ten years later!"

"If Your Imperial Majesty wants it, you'll have to give it a try!"

Zai Chun was already salivating, his eyes lit up. Thinking back to the brilliant battle achievements of the Zhiyuan Warship back in the Maritime War in Eastern Frisia, a lone ship fighting the entire French Fleet with its heroic and valiant strength!

To be able to capture tens of thousands of the French Navy despite suffering heavy injuries, this was a heaven defying feat!

If they had such a powerful fleet, the Great Qing would not even need people to place their cannons at the national gate!

But before Zai Chun could say anything, Ci An had already screamed in fear, "No! Absolutely not... Another six million silver taels? This is an open robbery! "

Cai Bixia did not explain, but continued to smile merrily as she organized her speech, not knowing how to persuade the empress dowager!

She didn't expect that at this moment, a voice could be heard. "Empress Dowager …" Your account has been calculated incorrectly! "

Hairy # 2 didn't know when he returned, so he didn't pay any attention to anyone. He walked up to the empress dowager and gave her a ring. "Empress Dowager …" What the General Cai has given you are all materials! "

"Do you know what the biggest cost of building a navy is? "It's a person …"