It was Tokugawa Keiki who proposed to use Ishimi Yinshan shares as a compensation plan. It is true that he had the intention to use Xiao Letian's strong funds and scientific research power to help them transform Yinshan, but the real reason was actually poverty.

Japan's civil war between the north and the south has consumed Japan's wealth reserves for two hundred years. Although the two hundred years of peace brought by the Tokugawa shogunate has accumulated a lot of wealth, they never expected that a modern Western-style army would burn so much money.

Foreign guns, bullets, artillery, standard equipment...even military uniforms and armed forces have to be replaced with new ones. Although the price of foreign guns sold by the French to the shogunate is lower than the cost price, the Japanese do not know that a rifle revolution is underway in Europe now.

The rear-loaded rifle has completely replaced the front-loaded rifle, and all-metal shell bullets have replaced the Minnie bullets. The ruined arms piled up in the arms warehouses in Europe. Now, let alone below the cost price, it is not a problem to buy one and get one free.

The shogunate was deceived by the French smoke bombs. He thought how kind the French were, but he didn't know that the entire Japan had become a low-level market for dumping and rags in the West.

Merchants are always smart. Rifles can be sold and given away half-sales, but bullets must be made, and you can't produce them in Japan anyway.

Bullets and gunpowder are definitely consumables. Japanese black gunpowder is definitely not used. People who want to buy French gunpowder formulas will not sell them, and they can't even build a military factory in a joint venture. In the end, the shogunate could only spend all their money to purchase overseas.

At that time, Tokugawa Keiki swore to his ancestors that as long as he unified Japan, he would build a world-class military factory, and that he would never be bullied like this.

Reason is full, but reality is skinny. The war of Japanese unification has made Xiao Letian, the Raptor, crossing the river, ruined it, and all hopes have suddenly become a bubble.

Not only the shogunate, but also the four southwestern vassal states were not as good as that. They had already devoted all their money to this decisive battle, especially when they refused Xiao Letian's request for direct troops to assist, the arms funding for Ryukyu became less and less, and they could only buy it with real money and silver.

It is a very realistic problem to have no money. Later, the chaotic little ghost of Fujihide also made Japan bear the charge of assassinating His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. It would be impossible to settle such a thing without money. Although Japan does not believe that the Qing Dynasty would send troops to the Japanese archipelago, what if the Qing Dynasty officially authorized Ryukyu and Western powers to intervene.

After thinking about it, I gathered around and cleaned up the warehouses of several companies. Now it is only a million taels of silver. If I pay all this money, Japan will be really poor.

What's even more sad is how could the emperor of the Qing Dynasty use one million taels of silver to calm his anger? Not only would this number not solve the problem, but it would make the Qing Dynasty feel even more humiliated.

After thinking about it, Tokugawa Keiki suddenly thought of a plan to compensate with shares, which was to use Ishimi Yinshan's shares as compensation to the little emperor.

First, they don’t have to directly seek cash, second, they say to the public that compensation for a silver mountain, the Qing Dynasty government was more acceptable, and third, it might be exchanged for Xiao Letian’s technological upgrade to Shi Jian Yinshan. This is a good plan to kill three birds with one stone.

But unexpectedly, such a clever plan could not deceive Prime Minister Xiao of Donghai in the eyes. The angry Xiao Letian even threw the draft out.

"I want to be careless in front of me. You are dreaming. Don't be too smart to play. Don't treat all the heroes in the world as fools." Li Mi was spinning around the room like a trapped beast, and his roar made the entire Osaka Tianshou Pavilion silently.

"There is no reason in the world that you only take advantage but not suffer losses. Let's not talk about the Tokugawa shogunate, I will talk about your four southwestern vassalms. After the independence of Ryukyu, you have received my arms and cash funding. Think about it yourself."

"Not to mention the tariff discounts for you four merchants, but how do you repay me? It's indifference and keeping people from thousands of miles away..."

"I proposed a joint venture to establish an arms factory in Kyushu, but you refused; I proposed to establish a free trade zone in Xiaguan, but you still disagree; I proposed to pull the telegram line from Kagoshima down to Kyoto and even Edo, but you actually said you would invest in the enemy, and you would not allow it... You can do it yourself. From the cooperation to now, you have given me a little reward in addition to opening your mouth to ask me for weapons and money."

Xiao Letian suddenly walked to Tadaoyi Shimazu and stared at him tightly, "Do you think I am like a corrupt scholar educated by Confucianism, who pays nonchalantness to repay kindness with grievances and selfless dedication? If you give me a few good words, I can't find you?"

"So you can hide a heart that is despised by your enthusiasm, eat mine, drink mine, and use mine. When I lower the military aid, you feel that it is unbearable. So you are deliberately alienating me, refusing to share information with me, and not even revealing your plan to start a war..."

"What is the result, what is the consequence, it is failure. I see you step by step into the trap of Tokugawa family. If it weren't for me, I'm afraid you will know what the final outcome of your Southwest Four Domains would be."

Li Mi's cold words made the four vassal lords sweat like water, especially the three vassal lords, the Tosa vassal, the Choshu vassal, and the Female vassal. They met such a blow when they first saw Xiao Letian. No one expected that such a young prime minister would be so powerful.

After teaching the four southwestern feudals a lesson, Xiao Letian quietly looked at Tokugawa Kei's love for a long time before speaking, "I have to say that as a shogun in times of crisis, you have taken such painstaking efforts for the rule of your Tokugawa family...."

"The cooperation with the French has drained the shogunate's treasury for two hundred years. If you can come up with Ishimi Yinshan shares to pay the bill, you are really a business genius... It's a pity that the cookie is hard to cook without rice. This Japanese family is not easy to be a Japanese family."

A word almost made Tokugawa Keiki cry. It was not just a difficult thing to be a Japanese family, but it was simply hell. Internal and external troubles swept up, asking for money, technology, equipment, and even food. Of course, countless samurai's lives are still alive.

The civil war continued, and the pressure on the outside world was getting stronger and stronger. Tokugawa Keiki wanted to give up countless times. After all, he was a general. Even if he returned the major power, he had to give me some city and a salary of 200,000 to 300,000 sq.

At that time, I will drink and enjoy the moon, listen to wakame and play geisha, and how easy it is to live like that.

"The difficulties in life in the lower country are not something that the upper country can imagine." Tokugawa Kyoki sighed and put down all his psychological burdens and finally opened up negotiations with Xiao Letian.

"Japan is not China. On this small island, there are many mountains and forests and few fields. The annual output of grain is even worse than that of a single capital in China... Not to mention disasters like earthquakes, floods, and typhoons. Small countries and few people are not just an idiom."

"Of course, the Prime Minister will be dissatisfied with what we do. Whether it is the four southwestern vassals and our Tokugawa shogunate, we are actually unwilling to come to Japan like a powerful person like the Prime Minister. The reason is very simple. Japan is too poor. We really don't have any extra 'food ration' to be distributed to outsiders..."

Looking at the direction of the draft just left outside the window, Tokugawa said with great joy and tragic joy, "If the Prime Minister is not satisfied, we can continue to talk until we are satisfied... But please don't forget the cruel reality that the Japanese nation is already suffering and is about to reach the brink of collapse, and we have to survive..."

"The short-term exploitation of the Japanese nation can bring temporary benefits to the prime minister, but you have also gained the hatred of the Japanese people. Is this the result really what you want?"

Oh, this is soft and thorny. The general's realm is much better than that of ordinary people. After all, he has received top-level education and speaks with a good level.

Listening to the general's words, Xiao Letian couldn't help but remember that after hearing the signing of the Peace of Versailles, French Marshal Foch said, 'This is not peace, but a 20-year truce'.

Is it really wise for the winner to suppress the losers to be cruel? It may not be. Even if you take advantage of a temporary advantage, you will also gain eternal hatred. Without that kind of hatred that is common to the whole nation, how can a maniac like Hitler be introduced?

Xiao Letian sneered and said, "So, I have to consider your ideas if I want to do anything. Haha, you are all ladies from a wealthy family and are in a relatively fragile mood. I have to spoil you more."

"Prime Minister." Naota Kumjima suddenly straightened his waist. "Please take back what you said just now. We will never accept such insults. You dare to compare a samurai to a woman."

"Get back." Before Xiao Letian could speak, Tokugawa Keiki took out the general's momentum and shouted loudly to withdraw this bold guy. "I am the general of the shogunate. The emperor authorized me to manage Japan. You dare to be so arrogant and go back to your Hokage vassal. You don't need you here..."

"General..." Naoki Kaorama's face turned bloody, but in the end he lowered his head to accept his fate and turned to leave.

Everyone looked at Naoki Kaori who was bombed away, and they were mixed with emotion one by one. Finally, Tosa's Yamatodo said, "Why are we entangled in these illusory faces? Why don't you listen to the Prime Minister's proposal? Who else can the wise man in this room besides the Prime Minister?"

After talking for a long time, the fox finally heard Xiao Letian's implicit meaning. As the number one prime minister of East Asia expedition to Europe, it is impossible for him to immature politically. He deliberately angered everyone and tore up all the glamorous things on Japan's surface. This is definitely a purpose.

Xiao Letian gave him an admirable look, and then asked Master Long to take out a draft that had been drafted for a long time, and quietly pushed it to Tokugawa Keiki.
Chapter completed!