Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

"Remember this in the future, do not ask about anything related to the Central Intelligence Agency. Aside from a portion of your responsibilities, the rest of it has nothing to do with you …"

"As for how much money you can get, that will depend on how unreasonable your plan is. If your intelligence network can guarantee you effective control over a province's official area, shopping mall and the underground world …" "In that case, I think getting around a million silver coins a year won't be a problem …"

"Also, your Swallows, as well as the tasks of publicity, I want you all to publicize the bill of the Ryukyu's women's liberation. Also, you all have to be responsible for the rescue of a certain number of women and children every year, so your budget will still increase a bit … "I think we can get one million and five hundred thousand silver coins …"

Hidden Fog Kid was stunned, she never thought that Xiao Letian would actually place so much importance on intelligence work. Merely a small action team under the ISI could receive so much money, and get a budget of one million and five hundred thousand every year!

Dragon Lord looked at her, "Let me remind you, although you have a lot of money, don't spend it recklessly. The Prime Minister's Audit Office is not a pushover … The prime minister understands the difficulties of doing intelligence work, so thirty percent of the annual funds are not subject to examination and approval. You can spend whatever you want without having to explain it to anyone … However, you must have a secret account for the remaining seventy percent of the funds! "

"This silver can be used to burn one's hands, but one shouldn't be too greedy!"

Sister Wu took half a step back and solemnly bowed, "Dragon Lord is overthinking it. When my Hidden Fog Kid was in the Mu palace, I did not waste a single cent of the eighty thousand copper coins that I spent every year … Even the female village's expenses were settled by me. How can I not cherish the fact that the Prime Minister has given me a second life today! "

"That's good …" I can also tell you the truth. As long as it doesn't harm heaven and earth, you guys can gather some extra money and Prime Minister's Manor won't interfere … "For example, if you're selling the treasures of the Forbidden City, your lordship would actually approve of you …"

Dragon Lord suddenly shook his head: "What a pity, those treasures were all sold in those parts of Liu-Li Factory, if you have them in the future, remember to sell them to Master first. I heard that Master wants to do something with them … "A museum?"

Sister Wu smiled faintly: "This subordinate also has a batch of treasures from the Forbidden City, I am willing to offer them to the Prime Minister!"

"No need to offer, the prime minister can use the market price to buy it …" You can save more money to save the suffering girls. However, I have a question. How many treasures did you steal from the Forbidden City? Had no one noticed it? Even if you bribe the eunuchs, what about the masters? "I can't discover it either …"

Hearing the Dragon Lord's question, the Sister Wu laughed: "Qing Dynasty? Hehe … Don't you know what they are like? In the past two hundred years, the Manchu has collected a lot of treasures, who can count them? "

"Although I have stolen a lot, it is but a drop in the bucket for the number of treasures …" When the English and French burned the Yuan Ming Yuan back then, she stole a large chunk of it … "

"I heard the old eunuchs in the palace say before that Manchu did not rebuild the palace after entering, but instead went along with the Forbidden City in the Ming Dynasty and proclaimed to the outside world that it did not harm the people. That's because when Manchu first entered this stage, he never thought that he would be able to stay here for a long period of time … "

"They don't even think they can last until the new palace is built. They'll have to go back outside sooner or later anyway, so they might as well make do with the Ming dynasty's palace …"

"But after Kang Xi, the Manchu suddenly found out that their mountains and rivers had already settled down … Especially after the chaos in the Three Feudal Lords was resolved, it was at this time that they started to consider a long term rule over the Central Plains. It was then that the Qing Dynasty began to build the palaces … "

Right at this moment, a round of applause suddenly came from behind them, as they turned to see that Xiao Letian had walked over.

"That's right, that's right, I didn't choose the wrong person. Sister Wu is indeed an expert who is born to be involved in intelligence gathering, always searching for secret information, and even the rumors were cleared by you …"

"Prime Minister …" The two of them hurriedly bowed.

Xiao Letian waved his hands, signalling them to relax, then he pulled out a silver bucket from his back as if he was performing a magic trick. The inside of the bucket was filled with ice, and inside the ice was a bottle of newly brewed rum.

"Speaking of which, the distillery on the island sent a fast boat over. It's been several hours since you've used ice. Do you have any oral medicine …" There were still three crystal cup on the ice, Xiao Letian split one each.

The amber liquid rolled up the ice cubes in the cup, clinking noisily with the crystal cup. The moment the strong wine entered his mouth, it was first ice-cold and then burning hot.

"Sister Wu is right, Yuan Ming Yuan is not an isolated garden, it is actually part of a set of garden systems. The Qing Dynasty called it the Three Mountains and Five Gardens …"

"The Three Mountains refer to the Ten Thousand Lives Mountain, the Fragrant Mountain and the Jade Spring Mountain, and the Five Gardens refer to the Yuan Ming Yuan, Summer Palace, Tranquility Garden, Tranquility Garden, and Free Spring Garden! Do you remember, Qiandong died in the Spring Garden, not in the Forbidden City! "

"This means that the Three Mountain's Five Garden Construction Project has been going on since Kang Xi's era, and the first phase of the project can already be used. "What follows is the gradual expansion of the Yongzheng and the dryad …"

They knew that the Gui Chen was very opposed to the rise of the emperor. Back then, when Emperor Yongli was preparing to move to Beijing, there were already a few court officials who objected when he was building the Forbidden City, not to mention those foreign emperors …

"Thus, the crafty Emperor started his deceptive tactics by breaking everything down to zero … Your Minister definitely wouldn't agree to an investment of several tens of millions, so you can't say anything about me investing one or two million, can you? Is a dignified Emperor unable to afford such a small amount of money? "

"But investing one or two million this year is nothing. If I can't take it, I'll pour money in every year!" Furthermore, they would be the unending investments of three generations of emperors … "During those years of drought, the imperial government would naturally suspend them for a year. However, that would be useless. In the end, they would have to make up for that …"

"Just like this, the entire three generations of emperors, in the span of nearly a hundred years, knew that only the late stage of the dryad's dynasty, the Three Mountains and Five Grounds System, could be considered fully developed … That was the period when the Three Mountains and Five Gardens were in complete victory! "

"From Haidian Town to Xiangshan, there are more than 90 places such as Jingyi Garden, Jingming Garden, Qingyi Garden, Yuan Ming Yuan Garden, Changchun Garden, Qichun Garden, Unhindered Spring Garden, West Garden, Xichun Garden, Jingchun Garden, Jingchun Garden, Lanyanyuan Garden, Hongya Garden, Chengyi Garden, Xingfang Garden, Molgan Garden, Prince Cheng Garden, Prince Kang Garden, Shouen Garden, Rites Garden, Quanzong Garden, Temple Garden of Holy Spirit Temple, etc.

"But how much did it cost?" Xiao Letian's face darkened.