C3451 Borrowing money was difficult! (1/2)

was like this, he had been raised under the care of people for 16 years. In the Forbidden City, he was the emperor and everyone held him in their arms.

Everything he did was to learn and to project everywhere. No one at this age gave him any great responsibility.

Why were Shen Baozhen, Ma Ming and the rest so poor that they almost stopped, still unwilling to ask the Little Emperor for help?

On one hand, they were afraid that they would leave a bad impression of the Emperor in order to raise money. On the other hand, these people subconsciously viewed Tongzhi as a child, so they did not believe that an emperor without a kin would be able to solve these problems!

This was the first time he personally experienced the feeling of how thirty thousand people must spend money to eat a meal, or how it felt to ask for something from you!

In the past, it was all fake to criticize the culture of a country. Military chess was very interesting, but after all, it was not real life. Every small move of a chess piece on the sand table might be the consumption of a million cash in reality.

Money! Money, food, money … it was hard for a rich man to live without money!

”Tell me, how much do you owe me right now? How much money will you need in the future to improve your combat strength?”

Shen Baozhen gritted his teeth and said viciously, ”Your Majesty, you are aware of the pay system of this new army. Ordinary soldiers get three times the monthly salary when fighting, and you get 1.5 times the monthly salary when training for more than 20 days!”

”The military officers' salaries are higher. Furthermore, the new army is different from the old Green Battalion, so their combat power must be guaranteed. Therefore, they basically have large amounts of training missions every month …”

”A month's military pay is around a hundred thousand silver taels. We've already been in arrears for three months. This is three hundred thousand silver taels …” ”It's not over yet. Soldiers' accommodation and food, as well as the cost of medicine, are also a large sum of money!”

”Thirty thousand people living and sleeping, plus the injury and pension of the soldiers during training, the compensation for acting and destroying property of the common people … ”That's four hundred thousand dollars …”

The moment he said seven hundred thousand, all the officials present shrank back their necks! But it was not over yet, Ma Ming and the rest still had more details in their pockets!

”Long live! In fact, the New Army's biggest expense is not only in terms of military pay, but their weapons and equipment have yet to be fully purchased! ”

”Right now, the entire army has yet to reach the level of a single mannequin. One third of the soldiers are currently carrying the former Remington, so this type of soldier can only be formed into reserve units!”

”We also lack cannons. We have already studied the details of the Franco-Prussian War. We have all read the reports that His Majesty sent back …” We have to get the Krupp steel gun, if our New Army wants to be crowned king in the Great Qing Dynasty, it is impossible for us to not equip it with such a sharp weapon! ”

”60 doors, no matter what, it has to be 60 doors! ”As many shells as there are...”

”I have a note here stating that the cost of purchasing arms is approximately 3 million silver taels … ”In the future, if you want to maintain your combat strength, you'll need at least 150 thousand yuan worth of artillery shells and bullets every month …”

Another 3 million RMB had jumped out. The officials present felt as if they were being disheartened. With 4 million RMB added together, where could they go to change!?

”4 million?” 4 million... 4 million … ” Zai Chun sat on top of a large rock and lightly tapped the cold rock with his finger, continuously calculating something in his mouth.

The civil and military officials on Ma Wei's side did not dare to say a word. They were afraid that if they did not get the money in the end, they would provoke a ruckus! Ever since the ancient times, the matter of accompanying a sovereign like a tiger to earn money had always been handled by the subjects. Only when the emperor asked the subjects for money did he ever hear of the emperor giving his subjects money to spend.

After a full five minutes of silence, Shen Baozhen could no longer hold it in, ”Don't worry His Majesty, we will set off tomorrow … I'm going to Shanghai, I'm going to Hong Kong, I'm going to borrow money from a bank... ”

”I … I … I …” I will look for the various daoyin s to kowtow to me. Even if I don't want my life, I will raise four million for His Majesty! ”

Emperor Tongzhi woke up from his trance, ”Ah? Oh... No need, no need... ”I was a little distracted. Actually, I was a little emotional, our Great Qing is so vast, why can't we squeeze out 4 million …”

”Stop kowtowing, I feel dizzy watching …” Now do you remember to look for a foreign bank to raise money? Why didn't you go before? ”