C801 He who has an insider in his house laughs like a ghost (1/2)

In the end, Zai Chun still accepted his master's suggestion and chose to shut his mouth, thus the conflict later on would be between Xiao Letian and the imperial government.

Of course the Beijing denied Xiao Letian's accusation, and even ignored the evidence of Xiao Letian's confession. In this spy war, the Beijing had chosen to shamelessly and wisely reply, no matter what you, Xiao Letian, say, we are just denying it.

We did not take out the money nor did we send out any spies. Everything was done by you, Xiao Letian. The so-called spies and testimonies were all forgeries, and the court refused to acknowledge them.

Xiao Letian saw that he could not do it, what a shameless act! It was said that if the matter was not resolved properly, the Ministry of Revenue's bond program would be put on hold indefinitely, and your court would do whatever it wanted.

The imperial court was even more enthusiastic this time, thinking that Xiao Letian had already invested a few million into the early stage anyway. If you stop the plan now, no one will return the money to you.

If he got the silver, he would not care about the life and death of others. According to the rumors, Xiao Letian smashed a set of porcelain teacups after knowing the attitude of the imperial government.

Xiao Letian was furious, the imperial government had laughed. After fighting with Xiao Letian for so many rounds, this was the first time they had seen him lose, it was as if the imperial government had won a war, everyone had eaten two bowls of dry rice.

What made the conservatives even more satisfied was that Zai Chun had obediently shut his mouth during this conflict. This made the conservatives feel very gratified, looks like the Emperor still lost the blood of the Manchu, and was reliable at critical moments.

The only thing that made the imperial government unhappy was the British attitude. Yang Zhi and the other two were detained by the British the moment they arrived in Hong Kong. The imperial government negotiated for three days before letting them go.

Only Yang Zhi and the other two knew that three days were enough for the British to pry open Yang Zhi's mouth.

The tyrant also did not use torture, he only calmly analyzed the situation with Yang Zhi. Xiao Letian was unstoppable in the middle of the day, there was no problem taking Yang Zhi's life, but Qing Dynasty could protect him for a while but he could not protect for a lifetime.

Whose thigh is thicker now? Not to mention that Britain had already taken over 90% of Australia's land, with each person sharing 1000 acres as their manor, Yang Zhi would give a bit more than 2000 acres. After that, he would open three accounts at the Standard Chartered Bank, two guards would each receive 10,000 gold and Yang Zhi would each be given 50,000 gold.

Not to mention the British, the purchasing power of the nineteenth century was linked to gold. A skilled seamstress in London would earn only twenty pounds a year, while a male civilian would earn between one and two hundred pounds a year. The average miner and blue-collar technician would earn only about seventy pounds a year.

Fifty thousand pounds was a huge sum of money for that era.

How could Yang Zhi dare not agree, he knew that if he said half a word, let alone that he did not have any more money, he would probably be tortured to death. The reason he betrayed the Ryukyu was not to suffer.

Yang Zhi happily told the British everything he knew about the crafting process, and the British promised to keep it a secret for the three of them, protecting them at critical moments.

No one knew that Yang Zhi had already sold the notes' craftsmanship to the world's most powerful country, England. If Xiao Letian knew about this, he would probably be digging Yang Zhi's grave.