Yang Jieen smiled and said, "We haven't come in vain this time. I don't know how many cities around can plunder. In this Saigon city alone, we can at least take millions of taels of silver!"

Liu Shaoqing said: "Not only visible wealth, but also invisible wealth is more important. All the French machines that can be dismantled in the city must be removed, and the French books must also be taken away!"

Yang Zhuen pondered: "In this way, we don't have enough staff, so we have to catch some labor from the city."

Liu Shaoqing nodded and said, "Don't be polite to them. Just catch them as long as you should. Our soldiers are responsible for taking care of these people." Then he said, "Brother Yong can't bring too many soldiers out of the city. At most, Uncle Yang must not only watch out for the prisoners in the city, but also guard the city defense. The troops are already in short supply. So don't waste time after you leave the city, and you must collect them when you see it. Even if you can't get anything, don't bother us. After all, the wealth in Saigon City can satisfy us!"

Yang Yong nodded and smiled, "I understand, young master, don't worry, I will definitely do it."

After arranging the two, Liu Shaoqing stretched out: "Okay, thank you for two months, and I finally got a good sleep today. Arrange for extra meals for the brothers. In addition to leaving two wards on duty, the other brothers were open to eat wine and meat. But remember one thing, no gambling or harassing civilians!"

"Get orders!" Yang Jieen and his son smiled and clasped their fists at Liu Shaoqing, turned their heads and arranged for him.

In the dim basement, Lu Mei and the other three were sleepless. Now they had plenty of time and could finally talk about the information brought by Bishuo.

"The Black Flag Army is different from all the resistance forces we encountered before." Bishuo gave a clear answer before speaking. "They have no way out. If they fail, they will have only one way out, so they fight very bravely and strongly. On the other hand, their tactics are very suitable for the local terrain environment, and the use of weapons is completely incomparable to other resistance forces we have encountered before. Therefore, it is almost impossible for the Republic's army to defeat them."

He Luomang calmly analyzed the information in Bishuo's words, and then said: "If the government and the Qing court reach an agreement to cut off the supplies and support they provide to the Black Flag Army, and cooperate with our military operations, can they be trapped to death?"

Bishuo shook his head: "It is almost impossible. First, even if the Black Flag Army cannot get supplies from the Qing court, they can still use war to support themselves, seize resources from the Vietnamese or us to support themselves. Of course, their scale may be affected to a certain extent, but it will never disappear."

"Secondly, the northwest of Tonkin is filled with mountains and jungles. They can calmly intersperse and hide themselves in these jungles. Our ground actions can no longer destroy them in such an environment. On the contrary, that environment is their home court, which can allow the Black Flag Army to play its greatest advantage and make our army's advantage disappear. So I think it is almost impossible to eliminate the Black Flag Army."

After saying this, Bishuo added: "And, even if the Black Flag Army can be eliminated, it will be a matter of no time in the future. And it has nothing to do with us. Why do we still have to consider those?"

What it means is that if the three of them cannot solve the current crisis, then what awaits them may be a dead end. So what does France have to do with them if they can ultimately destroy the enemy and gain benefits from this war?

The world is bustling with people, all for profit, and all for profit. What's more, the purpose of these capitalists in Vietnam was to plunder interests and sacrifice their own lives to create benefits for others - even if it is the country - to create benefits, which is not something capitalists would do.

Even those soldiers knew that "there is no need to worry about burning firewood when you stay in the green mountains, let alone these high-ranking officials?

He Luomang and Bishuo both turned their attention to Lu Mei.

Ho Luomang is the highest chief executive of Tokyo, but in the event of signing a surrender agreement, he alone is absolutely not worth it. He must add the top leader of the Jiaozhichina colony.

"What can we get?" Lu Mei's first thought was the benefit. This time, the Black Flag Army raided Saigon, there was no doubt that the wealth he had not had time to transport back to his country would not be left behind at all. And once he signed the agreement, his future political life might end, so he had to consider some of his future life.

Lu Mei's greedy face really made Bishuo feel disgusted. He looked at the governor and sneered: "First of all, we can continue to live!"

Bishuo choked Lu Mei to death with one sentence, his life was still in the hands of others, but he only thought about benefits in his mind. Such a person is really weird.

Or He Luomang came out to smooth things out: "First of all, we can save our lives. Then what about?"

Bishuo sighed, not aggressive, after all, now everyone is a grasshopper on a vine. "The Black Flag Army plans to develop industry in Tonkin. They need machinery and equipment, mainly mining, steelmaking and ordnance manufacturing. For this reason, we can cooperate with them to obtain part of the mining rights and the right to do business freely in Tonkin. However, these require tax payments according to regulations."

"What!"

Lu Mei and He Luomang were both shocked! Will there be such a good thing?

What did the French mobilize to come to Tonkin? Isn’t it just for a colony that plunders resources and dumps goods?

Bishuo knew that the two had misunderstood and quickly explained: "It's different from what you think, and it's different from what we've done in other areas before."

The two of them also knew that they must have been thinking too much. Even if the other party was defeated, they still needed to negotiate continuously to achieve such conditions. The current situation was that the other party had an absolute advantage. Could it be that they were kicked by a donkey and willing to give up such huge benefits? If this was the case, then they would have been a fart back then.

“What are the differences?”

"First of all, he chose to work with us only, or the consortium behind us."

Of course, this is fine. If there is such a cooperation opportunity, they will not give it to others.

"The second is the form of cooperation. They use deposits and land as shares, and we need to invest money and technology. In addition, they will provide us with the necessary protection, and they are responsible for recruiting and managing the workers."

This is not a problem. Even if you obtain special mining rights after the victory, you still have to pay for technical exploration and mining by yourself. Although the latter does not need to share profits to others, considering that this is obtained in the event of defeat, it is better than not getting anything. Moreover, since the other party also owns shares and enjoys profits, then taxation is naturally easy to talk about.

"Third, trade transactions to the Qing Dynasty through the Honghe River or land must be carried out in the name of the merchant groups under their name. They must occupy 20% of these trades, and they must pay taxes according to the rules according to the tax rate stipulated by the Qing court. Of course, as for how to set the tax rate with the Qing court, we need to discuss it ourselves."

This is no problem. The agreement between the Black Flag Army and the three people is semi-underground and cannot be placed on the surface openly, otherwise neither party will be able to explain to their own government. As for 20% of the profit, it is considered as buying money.

After talking about the above three points, Bishuo gave the two more time to digest and calculate. He had discussed these issues with the young master more than once in Taiyuan, and he had already decided to be clear about it, while Lu Mei and He Luomang had just heard of it.

There is no doubt that the Qing Dynasty trade is profitable, otherwise the government would not have wanted to open up the Honghe business road before. As long as it can ensure that this trade road is in its own hands, it is how to reduce taxes by the Qing court.

All that remains is mining and factory investment. Although the investment in this area is not small, it can be obtained with the conditions of the three companies. The key is how to ensure profitability. After all, even if it is to buy life, their family will not be able to invest such a large amount of money.

Compared with the interests of the entire family, the family would rather sacrifice them. All three of them knew this.

"Mr. Liu mentioned that after the war, they would build a railway and build bridges on the Honghe River. These all require steel, and the procurement of these steel will be digested in their own steel mills. In addition, there are coal mines in Guangning and iron mines in Taiyuan, so the cost of mining is not high. Moreover, the sales of ores are ready-made."

If there is a mine in Tonkin, reducing mining costs can indeed expand profits, and the products can be digested internally, at least ensuring sales. And as long as the sales are stable, the costs can be recovered sooner or later.

Well, at least from the front of you, this cooperation can be available.

"Then there is only one last question left. How can he ensure that cooperation is carried out?"

"This is not a problem." Bishuo said: "The Black Flag Army's nest is in Tokyo. They are the local emperors there and will never give up their foundations there. As long as the Black Flag Army is still there, they will naturally be able to ensure the progress of the agreement."

All night, the three of them went back and forth, throwing out all possibilities, risks, and questions, and then answered or weighed them one by one until dawn.

In the Imperial Garden, the atmosphere of the three of them at this time was completely different from the sad clouds and mists before.

After reading the telegram, Yihuan couldn't help but burst into tears. He immediately looked at the sky and knelt down and said uncontrollably: "Bless our ancestors! Bless our ancestors!" Li Hongzhang kept patting the table and said: "Taiwan has been saved, Taiwan has been saved!"

Then the two saluted Guangxu at the same time: "Congratulations to Emperor Hong Fu Qitian for achieving this great victory, not only Vietnam, Taiwan, but also North Korea will be fine!"
Chapter completed!