Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Regarding this nation of Japan, Xiao Letian's plan was to empathize with them. In other words, they had to bind up the Japanese economy to the Ryukyu economy as much as possible. If there were any low-tech contracts, they could have more of them, and the sea trade routes had to be opened.

With so many orders from the merchants of Japan, it was natural for a large number of workers to be engaged and to be consumed in their home country. This would naturally lead to the economy of the Japan and would naturally increase the income level of the people.

And people's livelihood products, such as food, cotton, commodities and so on, a small amount of dumping, as high as possible supply and thus lower the market price.

If the income was high and the basic living materials were low, then the quality of life of the lower class Japanese would be greatly improved. As long as the people had enough to eat, they would not risk their lives and their desire for aggression and expansion would be reduced. At that time, even if there were fanatical warriors to instigate them, the people would still be a lot more rational.

In addition to the restrictions on martial arts imposed by civil politics, as well as the embargo on high-tech weapons and industries, it could not be said that they would completely castrate Japan's military fortunes. At least, they would not be as arrogant as they were in their previous lives.

With regards to the genocide from the later generations, Xiao Letian completely disdained them. Closing the enemies down this path could only be used in exchange for an even stronger rebound from the enemies. The desire to pursue a better life was not something that could be eliminated.

Xiao Hexin, Sima Yun, Wang Huaiyuan... The core commanders were opposed to this plan in the beginning, because they did not believe that the Ryukyu had that much economic power that could pull the living standards of the Japanese people into line.

But when they heard the report from old shopkeeper Fan Lian, everyone shut their mouths.

Oh my god! The amount of silver coins refined from the Pacific Silver Trade had already reached a hundred million each year. Through the low interest lending, the Letian Bank had already established a cooperative relationship with the entire Great Qing Province, and even the Big Merchant s of East Asia.

There were even companies whose capital wasn't working very well, and he had become the invisible second-in-command of many industries by swapping debt for shares. For example, Hu Xueyan's Silver Fukang. Through the exchange of shares, Xiao Letian had already obtained 10% of the shares.

Jiangnan reeling industry, silk industry, porcelain industry, tea industry... There was the shares of the Letian Firm more or less, and no one knew how much there was, but just by looking at the number of times Hu Xueyan had gone to the Ryukyu, one could tell that this percentage was definitely not low.

What was even more shocking was that, Zuo Zongtang led his troops to Gan Shaoping to fight. Because the imperial government could not afford the military expenditures, through the connection between Hu Xueyan and Great Marshal Zeng, he was able to loan 10 million Dragon-striated Silver Coin s from the Letian Firm in one go. This transaction shocked all the foreign people banks in Shanghai.

Worried that Daqing didn't have the ability to repay him? Impossible, wasn't there a saying, 'the debt of gambling shall be paid off with one's own flesh'?! Pooh! Pooh! Xiao Letian did not care about the smelly meat of the dead faces at all. What Xiao Letian wanted was the ground, a large amount of land.

Give back the capital without money? Bring the ground to the top. What? If you can't even pay back the interest, then you have to use the land to pay for it.

Shanghai, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Nanjing … All the way until Jiujiang, Wuhan and even Chongqing, those ownerless lands that were close to the waterway, those areas that would become the coverage of Xiao Letian's naval gun in the future, all of the contracts were signed.

In a place without an owner, who would dare to offend the Prime Minister Xiao? Furthermore, Xiao Letian's secret little imperial government had already ensnared and corrupted many officials.

It was only then that Xiao Hexin and the others realised that the Prime Minister's God of Fortune's title was indeed true. Actually, his wealth and fixed assets on the surface were nothing much, but his control over many industries was his endless source of wealth.

There was no need to talk about the high value added industries such as silk, tea and porcelain, as just the sea's grain trade had greatly reduced the value of the Grand Canal's trade by 40%. Four Seas Tanggu's Merchant Firm had set up a large scale joint venture, and through the gradual formation of the telegraph network s, they began to conduct the grain trade throughout Asia.

Rice from Southeast Asia, soybeans from the northeast, wheat and beef from the North America, pork and mutton from China... In Xiao Letian's plans, a large scale grain trading company like this could be ignored if one didn't earn money. This was actually a super killing tool that was in his hands.

Food had been a great weapon to stabilize politics in Asia since ancient times. Whoever could control the price of food would be in control of the lifeblood of the entire region.

Ever since they had settled the accounts with their families, Xiao Hexin and the rest no longer doubted their intentions. They had unconditionally carried out all of the Prime Minister's grand plans towards Japan.

Putting aside Xiao Letian who was deep in thought on the deck, the Osaka City was already in a mess. Hidden Fog Kid's audacity had completely infuriated Xiao Letian, and had also messed up all of the Mu Clan's plans.

"Eight!" Who let that bastard act rashly? "Just who gave the order …" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was like a trapped beast, circling around Heaven's Tower. He turned his head to look out the window, only to see Xiao Letian's hot air balloon flying up again.

All of the important officials kneeled on the tatami in front of them, all of them sweating from fear. The anger of the general was already unbearable, and now with Xiao Letian's anger added on top of it, the most critical moment had indeed arrived.

The relationship between Sakamoto Ryoma and Xiao Letian, everyone present was very clear, in the eyes of the ancient people, blood was thicker than water, making a contract with blood as an ally was an important ceremony with the meaning of myths, while Xiao Letian even more ruthless and brought his own blood to save Sakamoto Ryoma, showing the close relationship between the two.

In the negotiations at the Heaven's Tower, the two sides had already reached a preliminary agreement on their future cooperation. Furthermore, Xiao Letian had promised to not linger in Japan for a long period of time.

But with that slut Hidden Fog Kid doing it, Xiao Letian completely overturned his promise. The furious Prime Minister started to increase his troops in front of everyone.

"Xiao Letian's messenger has already gone straight to the Deer Island, there's their telegraph station. I think in less than three days, the reinforcements from the Ryukyu will arrive at the Sihuan Inner Sea."

"We have already experienced the powerful fighting strength of the Ryukyu's army. If they can rely on the Osaka City to rebuild their defense line, at that time, who would be able to chase them away? "Who …"

Hearing the General's angry roar, Matsudaira Katamori was the first to speak. "Sorry, General is truly sorry! "It was my fault that my subordinates weren't strict, it was my White Tiger team that committed such a great mistake. Please forgive …"

"What's the use of me forgiving you! What I need to consider now is to calm Xiao Letian's anger! Don't you understand? "You've disappointed me so much …"

Matsudaira Katamori kowtowed to the tatami and said, "Please calm down General, I will take responsibility of this matter!"

"You are in charge? How can you be responsible! "

Matsudaira Katamori's eyes revealed a trace of despair, "I will personally capture Hidden Fog Kid … The surviving members of the White Tiger squad … All of them thanked the Prime Minister with their hearts … If the Prime Minister's anger has not died down by then, I, Matsudaira Katamori, will personally apologize! "

These tragic words caused everyone present to feel incomparably heartbroken. But, they didn't expect that the general would actually nod his head. "Mm, that's the best if you have such an idea. Go ahead and do it!"

A sense of grief filled everyone's heart, but no one dared to say anything.

That morning, Tokugawa Yoshinobu gave the order to remove the authority of the Hidden Fog Kid to command the army of Ninjas, and issued a wanted order. As long as they could capture the Hidden Fog Kid alive, they would be rewarded with ten gold coins, and the Hidden Fog Kid would be rewarded with eight gold coins. And the identity of the captor automatically increased by one level.

This caused a huge commotion in the surrounding area. Everyone memorized the appearance of the document and stared at the stranger. There were even a few instances of people killing the stranger. Of course, that was all in the future.

At noon that day, Xiao Letian finally received the commander of the Southwest Allied Army, but it was not at Osaka City.

On top of the huge pile of firewood, the young Gao Shanjinzuo was lying down quietly. His wounds were already closed, and he was wearing a brand-new kimono on his body.

A group of monks from the Bi Rui Mountain circled around Gao Shanjinzuo as they recited sutras. Even the Tsurukawa's Palace had sent their internal affairs to offer their condolences.

Enemies would turn red when they met each other, but Japanese samurai was very particular about etiquette, so no matter how fierce they were in their hearts, they had to bow and greet each other.

Not long after, Xiao Letian was escorted by the guards to the bonfire, and even the heavily injured Sakamoto Ryoma came to send him off on his final journey.

It was hard to find a good friend in life, when Sakamoto Ryoma saw Gao Shanjinzuo's corpse, he could not help but cry. Not to say how good their relationship is, but to say that the two of them think in the same direction for the future of Japan, no more than close friends.

Xiao Letian quietly looked at Gao Shanjinzuo, this enlightened warrior who had visited Shanghai before in history and had personally seen the chaos in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, had now stopped breathing.

He sighed in his heart, "This is also a rare person, your Raiders is the first western-style army. Although they are not mature enough, you are still the first one to eat crabs, and you have fully demonstrated your talent in all wars …"

"It's a pity that you are not a qualified politician. You are still full of unrealistic fantasies about the situation in Japan. You thought that you could innovate in everything but you ended up taking your own life …"

"Forget it, you are the Japanese after all, who doesn't love their own people? Maintaining a little hope for this violent island is probably the last bit of sunshine in your heart!"

Thinking about that, Xiao Letian nodded to the monks. "Let's raise the fire, let the dead enter the Western Paradise!"

The flames burned fiercely, turning the famous general of the era of the Japanese Minzhiweixin into ashes.