Morozov, Duke of Rakshasa Kingdom, signed the negotiation table unwillingly.

Both languages, one in Chinese and the other in Russian, must sign their own names.

Although the pen in his hand weighs less than half a tael, when Morozov held it, he felt as heavy as a thousand pounds. He knew from a moment on, he would become the biggest sinner in Tsarist Russia's history, and also brought Romanov the first shame that could not be erased, and his name would be permanently engraved on the pillar of shame in the history of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

Morozov's forehead was soaked with sweat. He knew that he had no choice. From seeing the giant chariots and randomly moving artillery of the Ming Empire in the far east, the firearms that could fire continuously but not easily silence, and the magical gas that could make thousands of people lose their resistance in an instant, he knew that if he did not sign this shameful unequal treaty today, he would bring greater disaster to his country.

I don’t know if he comforted himself in this way when Yishan, the Heilongjiang General, signed the Treaty of Aihui and the Treaty of China-Russia Beijing in history, was originally a member of the Qing royal family. However, in this era, it is impossible for such a phenomenon to occur again.

The left governor Qi Changguo was very satisfied and proud of the signing of the contract. The compensation of 50 million taels of silver and the interest paid in installments was about 70 million taels of silver, totaling no less than 100 million silver dollars. This could undoubtedly play a great role in the Ming Dynasty's military expenditure, scientific research investment and infrastructure construction.

At least, this compensation can quickly increase the development speed of the Ming Dynasty for ten years, just as the Japanese pirates in history could quickly develop into one of the world's most powerful industrial countries after signing the Treaty of Shimonoseki and receiving a huge compensation from the Qing government.

Since ancient times, a country's capital wealth has increased either by improving and developing productivity or by relying on powerful violent machines to plunder more resources from outside to fatten itself.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is no exception. It naturally depends on the development of science and technology in terms of improving productivity, but it can naturally allow the wealth accumulated by generations of dynasties in the Rakshasa Kingdom to contribute to the rapid development of the Ming Dynasty.

Qi Changguo didn't care about how Rakshasa State itself increased its exploitation of the lower serfs in order not to compensate 70 million taels of silver without affecting the lives of the wealthy class.

As an upper-level official of the Ming Empire, he would not contact the people of Rakshasa Kingdom how they were doing.

As for the Western Siberia, which was ceded to the Ming Empire, the Kingdom of Rakshasa, it suffered little loss to the Kingdom of Rakshasa.

After all, the Rakshasa Kingdom has just marched into Siberia, with a low development foundation and low investment cost. Siberia is still a wilderness, and the resources of mineable minerals discovered are also limited. However, for the Ming Dynasty, which has entered the steam industry era, urgently needs rapid development of productivity, it is an extremely valuable treasure land.

The mineral resources in Western Siberia are very considerable, covering almost all metal and non-metallic materials needed for current and future industries. The reserves of coal mines, natural gas and oil are extremely rich. It can be said that with the current consumption of mineral resources by the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to worry about the shortage of any industrial raw materials in the next century of development.

Moreover, in Western Siberia, it is not just a mineral resource, but also a very rich biological resource corresponding to forest resources. In the future, the Ming people's dining tables would not only be sea fish in the south and mutton in the northwest, but also wolf meat in the West Siberia, and even the marine resources of the Ming Empire officially expanded to the coast of the Arctic Ocean. Perhaps the Arctic Ocean did not have much development value at this time, but it could be used as a reserve treasure house for the descendants of China for future generations.

As for the treatment of the concession and the most-favored-nation, it was naturally the Ming Dynasty to better plunder and manipulate its domestic market in order to further trade with the Rakshasa Kingdom. After all, although a large part of its territory was cut off from a country like the Rakshasa Kingdom, it was still a powerful country in Europe, and its potential consumption value in the market was not small, so it was necessary for the Ming Dynasty to extend its capital hand to its economic center, Moscow.

Morozov, Duke of Rakshasa Kingdom, returned to Moscow Castle with the treaty in disappointment. When he showed the treaty to the people, he was indeed cursed by countless Rakshasa people. His family's hundreds of years of reputation was ruined. In order to calm the anger of the public, Tsar Mikhail I had to seize his title and block him, which could be regarded as letting Morozov be his scapegoat.

But Tsar Mikhail still had to implement the treaty. He knew that with his current strength, he could only recognize and implement this treaty, otherwise he would become a prisoner in a moment.

Therefore, Tsar Mikhail levyed money and food to all the nobles and farmers, and while complaining, these nobles and farmers also increased their exploitation of their serfs. These serfs would not complain, they could only endure and suddenly explode when they could not survive.

Unlike the Rakshasa Kingdom, the country is now full of curses and resentment. After the huge amount of compensation was sent back to the Ming Dynasty, and when the treasure land of Sisi Siberia was completely withdrawn by the Rakshasa people, the Ming Dynasty was cheering.

Especially those of the reformist capitalists, this was a huge encouragement for them, allowing them to clear away the gloom caused by the reinventionist leader Li Mingrui's demotion of the resignation of the post and the dismissal of the Minister of Revenue Guo Yunhou.

They couldn't wait to divide the plundered wealth.

Zhu Youxiao was also very excited to see the first batch of silver loaded in Taicang.

Although the Ming Dynasty now seems to be more than ten times more prosperous than during the Wanli period of Longqing, only he himself knows that due to his investment everywhere and huge military expenditure and scientific research expenditure, the net income of the Ming Dynasty treasury has not increased much, and he has not yet built a royal garden that can gather the essence of global architecture.

Now that this batch of compensation is available, Zhu Youxiao feels that he can spend money boldly.

"The imperial edict was sent to the Royal Bank and the Ministry of Revenue to immediately consider how many silver dollars needed to be minted. The compensation should be bet on the entire Ming market as soon as possible, so that the people of the entire Ming Dynasty, whether gentry, officials or workers, can enjoy the benefits brought by the compensation.

If there is no large-scale infrastructure and engineering investment in the short term, we will increase salaries and subsidies for all officials, Imperial College, the Imperial College, the Royal Military Academy, etc., as well as workers. Local governments can also set up some rewards for special talents and special contributions. The Ministry of Rites and local governors can also establish some new benefits and know how to benefit and enrich the people.

In short, we cannot let this compensation be idle, we must convert them into productivity and consumption power!"

Lu Xiangsheng and other cabinet ministers now have certain economics knowledge, so after listening to Zhu Youxiao's order, he could understand it. He nodded and said that he would immediately study how to use this huge compensation when he returned to Beijing.

For a time, the Ministry of Revenue and the Royal Bank, which were financial expenditures of the Ming Dynasty, began to show special generosity. Whether it was loans or appropriations, they would lend as much as possible. For a time, local officials from all over the country actively submitted memorials to request the repair of water conservancy and roads. Even the conservative officials were not willing to be lonely and did not denounce the Ming Dynasty's plunder of wealth in the Rakshasa Kingdom. They were also eager to ask His Majesty to approve the expansion of the Confucian Temple Academy in various places.

Zhu Youxiao also allowed it because for the current Ming Dynasty, there was a short period of rapid increase in wealth. If you want to stimulate production and consumption, you have to quickly spend the money. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao and the Ming court became so generous, because only in this way can the compensation be quickly turned into physical value in a short period of time. If it is just a pile of gold there, it is just a pile of metal, which is no different from copper and iron.

Not only Zhu Youxiao and the central court of the Ming Dynasty became more generous, but even the local governments became generous. As long as officials who were not too greedy would do some merits to enjoy the people while enriching the small treasury, such as giving some money and food to elderly people above the age of 80, paying some holiday expenses to widows, widows, orphans, and even officials from developed regions directly announced that the tuition fees for students in the county or the government would be borne by the government within ten years.

Of course, some gentry officials became more arrogant and luxurious because of this. For a time, fighting for wealth has become a fashion, and luxury goods and antiques have been popular. Even some ordinary people have started to spend some spare money to play with treasure appraisal and competition for beauty. The inlaid silver mirrors of hundreds of silver dollars produced by the Royal Industrial Company were sold out within one month, and Tang Bohu's Spring Palace Picture was sold at a high price of tens of millions of silver dollars.

Originally, the wealth of the Ming Dynasty had entered a period of rapid development, and now it has gained sufficient benefits from the Rakshasa Kingdom. Under the regulation of the central court, the wealth of the entire nation naturally increased. Those with rich can make white jade and make horses for gold, and those without money can also make a few pieces of jewelry to visit brothels several times, which has promoted the rapid development and growth of the tertiary industry.

More and more people make a living by creating music, poetry, novels, dramas, storytelling and other professions, and even become rich because of this. This is naturally the inevitable result of the further increase in entertainment needs of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

In short, since the end of Wanli, the world's style of competition and luxury has become increasingly fierce, but its decadent and depressed atmosphere has become less and less. Although the whole society is impetuous and prosperous, it is full of sunshine and vitality. Social class contradictions have gradually eased and weakened. Some ideal officials have begun to try to build a Datong society, and some realistic officials have begun to accumulate fame.

The sensitive businessmen have turned their attention to these newly acquired lands, especially the resources of Western Siberia and the consumer market of the Rakshasa Kingdom. A few years later, various business legends emerged. Some people asked Wang Pengzhe to lend 30,000 silver dollars to the Yunnan Branch of the Royal Bank and then went to the Rakshasa Kingdom to do business and earn millions of silver dollars. This kind of story happened every day.

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Wang Siyuan, who was still diligent in Dongxiang County, Suiding Prefecture, at the foot of Daba Mountain, was summoned to the county government by the new magistrate Gu Danfeng, and was directly rewarded by the magistrate Gu Danfeng, but the reason was that among the students taught by Wang Siyuan, three students actually passed the Sichuan provincial examination in the current subject, and one of them had just passed the Jinshi.

This is a major event worthy of being recorded in the county annals for Dongxiang County, and Wang Siyuan naturally made an indelible contribution, so Gu Danfeng, as the magistrate, rewarded Wang Siyuan with 3,000 silver dollars.

However, Wang Siyuan did not expect that the magistrate was so generous that he could have three thousand silver dollars at once. You should know that in a place like Suiding Prefecture, the purchasing power of three thousand silver dollars is equivalent to having six or seven taels of silver. It can be described as getting rich overnight. However, Wang Siyuan, who is teaching in a barren county like Dongxiang County, now doesn't know what to do even if he is rich.

When he was forcibly invited by the magistrate to have a dinner together with county officials and famous gentry in Dongxiang County, he was even more shocked because the scale of the dinner was no less than the Luming Banquet he attended after the election. However, he clearly remembered that when he first entered Dongxiang County, Suiding Prefecture, he was grandly entertained by the magistrate because he had long been a famous literary celebrity, but it was just five dishes, one meat and one soup.

"The officials of Xiaoxiao Dongxiang County can be so luxurious and rich. What changes have happened to my Ming Dynasty?" Wang Siren couldn't help but sigh. When he left the county government, he saw the people working hard to reclaim the mountain roads in the east of the county town, he couldn't help but ask his servants: "Why are there suddenly road construction here?"

"Reporting to the master, this is because the magistrate Gu responded to the order that the mountain people under his jurisdiction were recruited by the people recruited by the people under his jurisdiction to build a bluestone road between Dongxiang County and Suiding Prefecture City. I heard that for this, magistrate Gu also went to the Royal Bank branch of the provincial capital to apply for a loan, but he actually applied for it, otherwise the construction would not have started so soon."

After the servant said this, Wang Siyuan nodded helplessly, and then sighed: "The world has really changed. Ten years ago, although it was a gentry-heavy family, which was no less luxurious than now, there were only 67 to 10 people who could not fill their stomachs. Water conservancy was not prosperous and roads were not smooth, which was the norm in Jiangnan. But who would have thought that Dongxiang County, a remote village, would have to build a bluestone road directly to the city. Where did this money come from?"

Coincidentally, after nearly 60 years old, Chen Jiru, who was trained three Jinshi and a special student who entered the capital university, was specially awarded by Zhu Youxiao as a bachelor's degree in the Hanlin Academy in Nanjing to support his old age. On the way back to Jiangnan, Chen Jiru also discovered that the entire Ming Dynasty had changed. Not only were the gentry ten times more luxurious than before, but also ordinary people were rushing to pursue wealth and enjoyment.
Chapter completed!