Winter passed quickly and spring came.

Li Xiao looked at the branches in the yard slowly growing green!

This is the case in the north, because of the different climate. The peach blossoms in Guanzhong have all bloomed, but the branches in Liaodong are still bare.

Li Xiao has just been to these two places, one for business and the other for private purposes, both of which were related to the dead.

I went to Xi'an to pay homage to the heroes who died in the war, and I went to Liaodong to pay homage to my deceased family members.

Although their status is different, their mood is not always that good.

Especially in Xi'an, I saw a lot of crying old people, women and children. I looked at the gray-haired old people and the crying children.

After all, war can only continue by burning human lives!

The Ming Dynasty burned more lives, but it also paid a heavy price.

After reading the report of the General Staff, after three years of war, the Ming Dynasty suffered a total of 193,000 casualties.

Such an intense war resulted in 200,000 casualties in three years. However, the Ming army annihilated the European coalition forces that were ten times their own!

Militarily speaking, the achievements are already very remarkable.

No one in the country can say anything about this battle-loss ratio.

The Ming Dynasty’s domestic understanding of the war came entirely from newspapers. Newspaper offices stationed reporters on the front lines, and airships were used to bring the battle situation on the front lines back to the country every day.

Some of these reports are introductions from both sides of the war, and some are interviews with grassroots military officers. Some even brave reporters will brave artillery fire and go deep into the front lines to report first-hand news about the war.

Although the casualty exchange ratio is very beautiful, no matter how beautiful the casualty ratio is, it cannot conceal the fact that the Ming Dynasty suffered heavy casualties.

Two hundred thousand casualties weighed heavily on Li Xiao's heart like a huge boulder.

Especially when I saw those disabled soldiers, the one-legged warrior stood stubbornly and saluted.

The soldier without an arm saluted with his other hand.

There are also those who are blind and have their legs blown off. As for those who are disfigured and have lost fingers and toes, there are even more.

After all, war has its weapons. Li Xiao, who has been a soldier for two lifetimes, has always had a natural affinity for war!

Because soldiers are born for war. Without war, soldiers will lose the value of their existence.

But for the first time, Li Xiao was afraid of war.

He didn't care how many people died from those bastards in Europe, but the problem was that Ming Dynasty also lost 200,000 athletes because of it.

They are fathers, sons, brothers and husbands!

Because they were injured or killed in battle, more than a million people were affected.

Compared with the Ming Empire's population of 400 million, one million people does not seem to be a large number.

The whole court of Ming Dynasty also praised the victory.

The Ming Empire not only brought back wagons and wagons from Europe, but also brought back shiploads of loot.

Moreover, the Ming Empire established its leadership position in the world.

Looking around the world, no country's strength can compete with the Ming Empire.

Wherever people from the Ming Dynasty went, they were the most respected beings.

As long as you are from the Ming Dynasty, I have no intention of harming you.

I thought that as long as you hurt a Ming Dynasty person, you would be dead no matter where you go.

In order to kill a murderer hiding in the village, Ming could surround the village and then use cannons to level the entire village.

As for those people who were implicated, they were not considered by the Ming army.

According to them, the Ming army was only responsible for the lives of Ming people.

You are not within the Ming army's consideration.

Everyone believes that casualties are the price the Ming Empire should pay for reaching the top of the world.

However, Li Xiao felt that the price was still too high, and he would prefer free prostitution if possible.

Ai Husheng, who is sitting in front of me, is a person who can make people understand whoring.

Twenty years ago, Li Xiao knew that this guy was a genius in business, but he didn't expect that he was such a genius now.

He can actually master finance without any teacher!

"We have successively issued 350 million silver dollar bonds to Europe, and 200 million of these bonds have been acquired by Deutschland.

The rest were completely acquired by other European countries. Among them, Spain and Italy acquired the most. What is most surprising is that the Swiss have a strong desire to acquire.

We never thought that Swiss people could be so rich."

Ai Husheng sat on the sofa and reported the results of this European trip to Li Xiao.

After Dahonglu and Zheng Sen reached an initial agreement, Ai Husheng personally went to Europe.

This guy received a very warm reception in Europe. He ate all day long and seemed to have gained ten pounds when he came back.

"With three hundred and fifty million silver dollars, many things in our country can be solved easily this time.

Projects in various places must also be started as soon as possible. Especially the roads and railways in Yunnan and Guizhou, remote places should be put aside first.

Kunming and Guiyang must be connected to roads and railways anyway.

This is a difficult project in Yunnan and Guizhou."

Li Xiao nodded, and the 350 million silver dollar bond suddenly eased the financial difficulties of the Ming Empire.

If you want to get rich, build roads first. Building roads will not only allow materials and commodities to circulate. It can also quickly connect the southwest, which has always been separated from the Ming Dynasty, with the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.

For thousands of years, the chieftain has the final say in the Southwest.

As long as roads and railways are connected and people and materials can circulate freely, I believe those chieftains will not have the final say.

In this way, the southwestern provinces can be integrated with the Ming Dynasty, and there will no longer be the situation of listening to the tune but not the propaganda.

Li Xiao does not want nominal rule, he wants real and substantial rule.

"Commander, the bond issue is just the first step.

The second step is to raise the price of the bonds. Therefore, these 350 million cannot be touched." Ai Husheng's words made Li Xiao's excitement fly to the sky.

What a joke, the bonds raised can't be used, so why the hell are they issued?

This is like a beautiful girl taking off her clothes and lying on the bed. You can only look at her but not touch her. This is so fucking appetizing.

"Commander, don't be anxious. I have to talk to you about this matter." Ai Husheng saw Li Xiao's unhappy expression and hurriedly lit a cigar for Li Xiao.

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"Say!" Li Xiao glanced at Ai Husheng. Li Xiao really didn't understand things like people's livelihood and economy.

"Three hundred and fifty million bonds are considered debt!

If we use this money to purchase these bonds at a high price, then these bonds will become commodities.

If a commodity has a price, it can be speculated.

We now have 350 million silver dollars in hand, which is enough to gradually increase the price of these bonds.

When prices soar, we will release these bonds.

This way we can make a lot of money!" Ai Husheng's words made Li Xiao's eyes light up.

"According to preliminary estimates, we can make at least ten times the money this time. That is 3.5 billion Ming Dynasty silver dollars.

Almost all European wealth will be looted by us."

"Thirty-five billion! So much?" Even though he was used to big winds and waves, Li Xiao was still shocked by this number.

"Yes, 3.5 billion.

That's not the whole story!" Ai Husheng said "hey" and "hey" with a wicked smile.

"Thirty-five billion, isn't that all?" Li Xiao was at a loss. Bringing this guy back from North Korea was worth thousands of dollars.

"When we sell, we will lower the price of the bonds and spend some money to get the local newspapers to cooperate.

For example, they said something like, Ming Dynasty’s bonds are unreliable. Or the relationship between the two countries is tense, and Ming Dynasty will default on its debts.

That way we can cause a panic selling!

When chasing a rise, everyone will treat Daming Bonds as a treasure. When chasing a decline, everyone will treat Daming Bonds as a biting snake.

Under our vigorous suppression and public opinion offensive, many people will sell their bonds out of panic.

We can buy these bonds back with very little money.

In this way, we no longer have to pay interest on these bonds. We no longer have to return the principal of the bonds!”

After Ai Husheng finished speaking, he looked at Li Xiao proudly.

Li Xiao had a cigar in his mouth and looked at Ai Husheng blankly.

Oh my god! These guys wearing glasses are so ruthless in robbing money!

In this way, the Ming Dynasty was able to steal the wealth accumulated in Europe over hundreds of years by just using some printed paper.

The whole process took place without firing a shot, but it emptied Europe of its liquid cash.

God knows how many Europeans will be bankrupt and homeless at that time.

The Little Match Girl will not be a story, but a real thing.

It’s so cruel! It’s so cruel!

By doing this, it may be possible to gain more wealth than the Ming Dynasty, which dispatched millions of troops and spent hundreds of millions of military expenditures.
Chapter completed!