Being rich or not rich is actually a relative concept, not an absolute concept. In the eyes of the poor, if the landlords can eat rice and white flour every meal, they are already rich, and the landlords envy high officials for their daily bird's nest, shark fin, and bird's fin.

People at every level actually think they are poor because every level of society they live in has their troubles, which no one can avoid.

The poor small peasants will worry about supper, the self-cultivated peasants will lament about taxes and corvee labor, and landlords and giant merchants will also be troubled by where to make start-up capital in the next big deal, and where is there enough money.

People have different classes, the issues they consider are different, and their ideals are also different. In the eyes of ordinary people, Xiao Letian's crying is pretentious, but in the eyes of these hard-core subordinates, it is a great shame for the master to worry about the humiliation of the minister.

The cash reserve of 20 million taels of silver is such a huge wealth. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is rich enough to rival a country. What's more, with 20 million taels of cash reserve, then Xiao Letian's total assets will reach the total scale of 20 million taels of silver.

The reputation of the richest man in Asia cannot be lost. Such a person who cries poor is indeed very pretentious, but no one can forget that Xiao Letian has such a great wealth and his responsibilities are unprecedentedly great.

If you want to rely on Ryukyu, a new force group, to maintain the safety of China's coastal areas for at least ten years, is such a big responsibility to be on your body? Is it far from enough to hold 20 million taels?

It takes five years to prepare for war and rebuild it in five years. In a total of ten years, China will try its best to rebalance the forces of all parties at home, unite people's hearts and then make every effort to promote the industrialization process.

This is the limit that Xiao Letian can achieve. He will fight for a period of ten years of safe reorganization for all Chinese nations. During this period, Xiao Letian can grit his teeth and vomit blood and try his best to defend some of the vitality of China for those selfish guys in the country. Ten years is really his limit.

Once the armored warship model has been popularized for ten years, the money consumed in the arms race will not be able to bear by Ryukyu. It must be built together with the national strength of the entire China.

Think about the First World War 46 years later. In four years and three months, there were 33 countries participating in the war, with a population of more than 1.5 billion involved in the war. Both sides of the war mobilized 65.4 million troops, more than 30 million soldiers and civilians suffered casualties, direct war expenses of 186.3 billion US dollars, and property losses of 330 billion US dollars.

This is not a game that Xiao Letian can play alone. All nations of mankind are involved in the flesh and blood millstone for survival. It is not the end if they don’t crush the last piece of bone scrap.

"I, Xiao Letian, can only protect you for ten years. In ten years, I will lift all my responsibilities... If China only had the national destiny and did not return to the glorious road that should belong to us, I swear that I will tear all my vows with my own hands, and I will give up the ideal of saving national destiny with the least amount of blood..."

"Don't think that I, Xiao Letian, will not kill people, and do not think that I am really a late-stage Virgin disease patient. If this thief God will prove to me ten years later, he will take so many lives as flesh and blood sacrifices... So good, Xiao Letian will take the initiative by myself and let me bear the sin of massacre of billions of people alone."

No one has ever seen Xiao Letian's face so hideous and terrifying. None of the important officials in the attic are the gods of killing who have experienced many battles. However, in the face of the terrifying murderous aura released by Xiao Letian, the wine glasses in their hands were trembling.

No one heard what Xiao Letian was talking to himself. They seemed to have heard for ten years, vows, sacrifices, murders, etc., but these important officials who knew Xiao Letian best felt the drastic changes in the prime minister's temperament.

If Xiao Letian in the past had a sense of cynicism with a strong and powerful situation, it would be difficult for him to really get angry no matter how difficult the situation was. Yes, no matter how fierce Xiao Letian scolded him, no matter how high he jumped, people could feel that what was hidden in his anger was the control of everything.

Although Xiao Letian is just muttering to himself today, people can feel that Xiao Letian is really facing a big problem, and his lack of control seems to be weakening.

How could they know that the time traveler's dividend will last for a day. The more he changes, the more the world will deviate from the past. When everything gradually drifts away, the time traveler's divine eyes that see through the fog of history will gradually lose their luster.

The road ahead will become more and more difficult, and the confidence to win will fade away little by little. This sense of powerlessness is fatal to time travelers.

How could it not be fatal? Xiao Letian knew very well that the steel giant ships he and Beismai had worked so hard to build that surpassed this era and the 1920s were actually not truly ahead of the world for 20 years.

As long as the secret of Zhiyuan is revealed to the world, Britain will definitely be able to replicate a better warship than this and form combat effectiveness within two years. In this way, what Xiao Letian has fought for is only a two-year generation gap.

Following closely behind was the crazy naval arms race. Britain did not even have to go to war with Ryukyu directly. It could drag Xiao Letian down just by exhausting national strength.

Fan Jian couldn't stand his son-in-law so anxious and grief-in-armed expression. He slapped his thigh, "Son-in-law, don't worry about money, isn't it just money? I'll make it for you... Our secret vault also has gold and jewelry, and I'll make it for you..."

"I can do my best to the bonds issued by Jiangnan. I think it will not cause credit collapse if I issue more than 20 million taels. As long as Hu Xueyan and Zhuang Zeng do not demolish our platform, they can still be pasted..."

"As long as the crisis you mentioned is over, we can also secretly repurchase bonds. At that time, the gods and ghosts will fill the holes without knowing it. Don't worry, there is no hurdle in the world that cannot be overcome... Don't scare me with that look."

Xiao Letian quickly smiled bitterly toasted his father-in-law, "Father-in-law, Taishan, things are really not that simple. You think the gods and ghosts don't know. You think it's safe to deal with the Jiangnan Consortium represented by Hu Xueyan and Zhuang Zeng."

"How can foreigners let it go? What they are best at is shearing wool. If I guess correctly, they have already set their sights on Jiangnan's bonds. Now it's time to slowly gain..."

"Maybe a few years later, the moment when the day collapsed and the earth fell, we have to face not only the enemy's foreign guns, cannons and warships, but even encounter wool-sheared bankers who eventually destroy our economy..."

"What kind of evil am I doing? Why do I mess up things like credit currency..."

The people present were all elites among the elites. Many things were broken by a little bit, and the attic was silent. Only then did they realize that the gap between the Qing Dynasty and the Western powers was so big and so deep.

"Ah." Luo Huo couldn't stand the depressing atmosphere in the attic. He suddenly opened the window and let the cool sea breeze blow into the house. "I'm so suffocating, I'm so suffocating... What do we think about doing so much? What are we relying on all the way? Isn't it just a clear conscience?"

"We'll fight when the enemy comes. Why do you think so much? It's raining and the mother wants to get married. People die and birds die in the sky for thousands of years. Why have you all become so dull and depressed all these years?"

"My Prime Minister, where did you get the arrogance when you burned down the tomb of Yongzheng with a fire?" This book was first released from 17K Novel Network, and you can read the genuine content as soon as possible!
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