How much money has been spent in the Three Mountains and Five Gardens? There is no account to check now. Because the time has been delayed for too long, it has been too much through the emperor, and the system engineering is too large, but we can estimate it from the side.

Although there is no conclusion in the academic community about Cixi's budget for rebuilding the Summer Palace, there is no dispute over it for about 30 million taels. Moreover, Cixi's expenses for rebuilding the Summer Palace are already so objective.

Although the price is a bit inflated by the decline in silver prices and corruption, even if the imaginary number of 10 million taels is deducted, the actual cost is still between 20 million taels.

Now, of course, Xiao Letian cannot use the Sanhai Project that did not happen to give an example. He can only make an estimate in his mind that it would cost 20 million taels to rebuild a Summer Palace. If it was completely built, it would cost at least 30 million taels.

The Summer Palace is just one of the Three Mountains and Five Gardens systems. The entire project is at least ten times more than the Summer Palace project, which means that the Three Mountains and Five Gardens have spent at least 300 million taels of silver.

Well, for the entire Qing Dynasty, even 300 million taels of silver is just a small number. After all, where is the financial foundation of China for thousands of years? But is the cost of the royal garden only a little civil engineering?

The palaces of rookies must not be filled with treasures, and the calligraphy and paintings of famous people from all dynasties must not be filled with study rooms. Isn’t the various cultural relics stolen by the British and French coalition forces counted as money?

These scattered finances are the real gold-swalking monsters. This calligraphy and painting was bought for 30,000 taels of silver, the porcelain bottle was bought for 5,000 taels of silver, and various precious gems, jade, and Western treasures... Added together, it is an astronomical number.

Xiao Letian didn't dare to think about it anymore. He shook his head and sighed, "The Three Mountains and Five Parks Project, I guess it will cost at least 400 million to 500 million tael silver in China..."

"Master Long, you just asked Sister Wu what to do if she was discovered when she stole so many things. To be honest, as long as she did not steal those top treasures, such as Qianlong Dayu Mountain, Qingming Shanghe Map, Mao Gong Ding, Sanshi Pan, Xishan Travel Map... and other peerless treasures, they will not be discovered by the Manchu..."

"A fire in the Old Summer Palace made all the treasure inventory of the entire Qing Dynasty mess up. Now they themselves don't know how many assets they have. Do you know how many internal thieves have started to rob themselves while they are in chaos? There are countless...

Xiao Letian raised his glass and toasted Sister Wu, "If you don't steal, naturally there will be eunuchs and thieves from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They may be trapped in that country at that time... Go back and hand over to Chun Shisanniang and use all your previous hidden threads..."

"If you say that, we will increase the royal treasures in the Forbidden City as much as possible. No matter how much the market price is, we will add 30%..."

When the little ghost in Wuxi heard that Xiao Letian had given her a task, her heart stabilized, and she could show her task that Xiao Letian really wanted to use herself instead of a simple show.

"I respect the order of the Lord. When I turn around, I will reorganize my brothers and sisters who stayed in the Qing Dynasty and restore the past intelligence network... and I will also offer my treasures in Fusang and the Qing Dynasty to the Prime Minister..."

Xiao Letian nodded, "I won't ask you for nothing. If you look back, you will increase by 30% compared to the market price. Acquisition..."

A loud bang interrupted Xiao Letian's words, but when he saw that Long Ye punched the railing, the wood chips were blown into a big gap.

"Five hundred million taels of silver... Oh my God, how much can 500 million taels of silver do? If it were as the Prime Minister said, let alone industrialization once, it would be fine even if it was ten times..."

OK, Master Long is already possessed, which makes Xiao Letian's estimated number crazy. Most of the warriors have a straightforward personality and are rude. Master Long and Xiao Letian have never been separated for many years, and he has been listening to those top small classes.

Although Mr. Long’s knowledge base is not high, he can’t resist the easy-to-understand teaching of Xiao Letian is all vernacular, so Mr. Long became the earliest nationalists inspired by Mr. Xiao Letian.

These members of Xiao Letian's core strength know what a country and nation are, what industrialization and scientific and technological development are, and of course they also understand the importance of the ocean and the idea of ​​maritime power.

Especially those brothers who went abroad with Xiao Letian were impressed by the power demonstrated by the powerful Western industrial civilization.

Master Long's tears were almost falling out of grievance now, "500 million taels of silver... How many factories should be built, how much technology should be invested, how many fleets should be formed... Why do foreigners bullied like this?"

Sister Wu also sighed, "Yes... In fact, why is it that Japan is not convinced by China now? And some people say that there is no China after Yashan... How can people look down on these things that are powerless and humiliating?

"Prime Minister, you can sign the agreement smoothly in Osaka, form the Fuso Bank, and regulate the civil war in Japan, rely on your remaining power in Europa... If it weren't for your great achievements that shocked those daimyos, you thought those warlike people would listen to you."

Xiao Letian patted Master Long's back, "Don't be angry, it's still time. Our country's destiny has not yet reached an irreversible situation... As long as we seize the time, it is not impossible to come back."

He was persuading Master Long, but Xiao Letian was crying in his heart. He had 400 million taels of silver to build a royal garden, but there was no copper bank investing in the ocean, investing in new technologies, and finally leaving it for the enemy to snatch it away and burn it.

It is difficult to estimate how much it is equivalent to 500 million taels of silver now. If we follow the inaccurate grain calculation method, the Jiangnan japonica rice during the Qianlong period was about 180 kilograms, which is 90 kilograms. According to the average price of two yuan per kilogram, the price of 2 stone japonica rice is between 260-400 yuan.

What is the average price of japonica rice in Jiangnan during the Qianlong period? When the rice price was extremely low in the harvest, it was three or four cents of silver. When it was expensive, it could reach three or four cents of silver. If it was expensive, it could reach three or four cents of silver. The average value was about one or two or half a stone.

Of course, the purchasing power of silver in the Qing Dynasty was gradually declining. Taking into account the value of silver inflation, the actual purchasing power of one tael of silver in the Qing Dynasty was about the same as RMB 180-200 in the 21st century.

According to this estimate, 500 million taels of silver are approximately equivalent to 100 billion yuan in later generations, which shows the luxury of the Qing Dynasty in the past two hundred years.

Thinking of this, Xiao Letian never dared to think about it anymore. He knew that using grain prices as the subject matter was very unreasonable, because the grain in the Qing Dynasty was completely different from the grain that was ripened by a large number of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and hormones in later generations.

The land yield difference is more than ten times more than acres, which means that the value of the food in the Qing Dynasty was much higher than that in the 21st century. If I really multiply the 100 billion figure by ten, I think this account will be really hard to calculate.

Sometimes history is just a confusing account and cannot be calculated clearly.

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