On March 15, 1888, early in the morning, Li Ningyu came to Prince Gong's Mansion in Beijing with gifts. Since his rebirth, Li Ningyu has been 15 years old. Although it has only been 5 years, he has been in this short period of time.
Nothing that has been created in just five years is astonishing.
At the age of ten, he outsmarted Hu Guangyong in Shanghai and obtained Wanqing's first bucket of entrepreneurial capital of five million taels of silver. At the age of eleven, he commanded the Southwestern Han Army Banner to defeat the French invading Yunnan Army. At the age of twelve, he was appointed the Commander-in-Chief of the Korean and Han Army.
, fought against 30,000 Japanese troops with 5,000 troops, and later received the title of Prince of Korea. In the same year, the new Korean Han army was expanded, and its number increased sharply to 17,000.
At the age of thirteen, he went overseas to study, purchased a large amount of military supplies and mechanical equipment, and purchased an armored cruiser that year. Although he was trapped in Beijing for the next two years, his power continued to expand, and he controlled more than 500 resource mines of various types.
The tobacco planting area reaches 200,000 acres. Within two years, the sales volume of Zhonghua brand cigarettes named by Li Ningyu directly ranked first in the world.
At this time, 10 main battleships and more than 20 small frigates and torpedo ships were berthed in North Korea's three new military ports. The Han army's new army had expanded to more than 50,000 people. According to Li Ningyu's financial manager Fu Shu,
It is said that Li Ningyu's annual military expenditure is as high as 12 million taels of silver, and his investment in railway construction and industry is even greater, about 20 million taels of silver, and is still increasing year by year.
Fortunately, Li Ningyu's two major companies are now making a lot of profits. One is the rising star tobacco company, which produces about 50 million cigarettes every year, 10 in a pack, totaling 5 million packs. China cigarettes are divided into three grades.
, the most advanced platinum version is priced as high as 50 taels of silver, but this type is mainly exported to European and American countries.
The other two are also quite expensive, but the number of smokers is still increasing, and the cost of cigarettes is actually only about 5%. The second is the export of rare earth resources, which brings Li Ningyu more than 30 million taels every year.
The income from silver, and finally some from ocean trade and the export of various agricultural materials, are also very profitable. However, the most important thing for Li Ningyu at this time is how to leave Beijing.
Today Li Ningyu is wearing a second-grade official uniform. At this time, Li Ningyu has been rewarded with wearing double-eyed flower feathers. However, Li Ningyu has never liked this old-fashioned costume, but today he needs to meet Prince Gong, so
Li Ningyu had no choice but to put on a formal dress, on the one hand to show respect, and on the other hand to express that he was discussing important matters with Prince Gong.
At this time, due to the complete failure of the Sino-French war at sea, the cowardly late Qing government, under the control of Cixi Lafayette, had negotiated peace with France. However, during the signing of the treaty, France proposed to severely punish Li Ningyu, but was rejected by Prince Gong.
He and Zuo Zongtang jointly saved the prince, but the cunning Empress Dowager Cixi immediately used the wrong name to remove Prince Gong from all his posts.
As the saying goes, although one has no official position, one is light-hearted, but how can a superior who has been in a high position for a long time and holds great power be willing to do so? However, at this time, the most important force in the court no longer allows him to get involved, but what is very gratifying is that Li Ningyu
It gave him a lot of hope. In fact, the late Qing government had already noticed everything about Li Ningyu's development in North Korea, whether it was the purchase of a cruiser to return to the country and the expansion of the new army, or the purchase of large amounts of machinery, equipment and arms in Europe.
Buy and sell.
For the most powerful people in the late Qing government, it was not easy to hide, but it was difficult for them to say anything about what Li Ningyu had done. First, it was because Li Ningyu’s banner was to serve North Korea.
Purchase, second: the money Li Ningyu spent was all his own silver, third: Li Ningyu now has a team with extremely strong combat effectiveness in his hands. If he wants to touch him, he must consider the consequences, okay
During these two years of indirect house arrest, Li Ningyu was very obedient and did not make any rebellious actions.
In the past two years, both foreign powers and the small neighboring country Japan seemed to be ready to make moves. The main figures in the late Qing government gradually turned their attention away, but they were still wary of Li Ningyu.
Half empty, because now Li Ningyu can be regarded as wanting money, people, guns, and warships. At the same time, there are two people who have been silently supporting him from beginning to end.
One is the retired Prince Gong, and the other is Shen Baozhen, but why is there Shen Baozhen? Because at this time, Zuo Zongtang, a famous minister, had already died of illness when Li Ningyu went abroad. Looking at Zuo Zongtang's life, the most glorious
He has regained one-sixth of the country. This is his personal glory and pride, and it is also a blessing for his family.
After Zuo Zongtang's death, the Hunan Army and the Fuzhou Shipyard and Mawei Shipbuilding College he founded earlier were handed over to Shen Baozhen, but the most important point among them was Hu Guangyong. In the Sino-foreign Raw Silk War, Hu Guangyong was completely defeated. In the end, Li Ningyu once again
Taking action not only saved Hu Guangyong's property, but also made him responsible for many trade matters.
Because in Li Ningyu's circle, there were too few people who could be used, but fortunately, Hu Guangyong later stood up completely in the decadence, and organized Li Ningyu's various export and import trade vigorously, and the business
It was prosperous, and Li Ningyu kept his promise, allocating a military budget to the Hunan Army every year, and buying a large amount of land in Hunan to build factories to house the families of the Hunan Army.
All Li Ningyu's achievements today are just five years old, but his achievements are simply a level that some people cannot reach in a lifetime or in several generations. But at this time, Li Ningyu is not complacent at all.
, because at this time he is still far, far away from his goal, and the road ahead is even more difficult.
In the late Qing Dynasty, men generally married at a relatively young age. Some wealthy families would be around 14 years old, and poor families would not be later than 16 years old. Li Ningyu, who had been trapped in the capital, heard his mother's nagging every day.
At the same time, coupled with the attentiveness of many people, Li Ningyu had to start to consider some things, but at this time he had to avoid one thing first, which was to leave Beijing.
The sky is high for birds to fly, and the sea is wide for fish to swim. Even if Li Ningyu has great abilities, he cannot always stay in Beijing and direct everything, because this era is full of variables, and Li Ningyu, who loves military life,
How could he not stay with his comrades for a long time?
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