"You have to take some risks when you go out to hang out. [No pop-up novel website]" Huang Hua narrowed his eyes, "If you want peace and comfort, wouldn't it be better to go back to Lingao and be a soy sauce, sit in the office, and push girls around? Why bother? Come to this ice-covered place to eat the beef of your grandfather’s generation? I think if Lao Lin hadn’t gone to Zhu Hai Lao’s place, how could he have the awesome status he has now?”
"That's right. It's better to stay outside to avoid being criticized in Lingao." Wang Ruixiang stretched, "I think Shandong is good. Zhaoyuan will build a manor soon. Then I will Apply to live in Zhaoyuan and get some big girls from Shandong..."
"Can the Lord of Luzhuang get it for you?" Huang Hua chuckled, "If you go, the C position in Shandong Branch is not yours, it belongs to the Lord of Luzhuang. Besides, Jin Gui, the elder of Lingao, counts each one. The carrots that occupy the pits of various institutions on the edge are not enough. It is hard to say whether the executive committee is willing to let a few veterans get together - Zhu Mingxia will definitely stay in Shandong as the commander of the northern dispatch detachment for a long time. In addition, For you, the layout of Zhaoyuan is too luxurious."
Wang Ruixiang thought about it and felt that what he said was reasonable. He had always wanted to be sent abroad to become a prince, and he considered several places, but found that he felt a little late. After thinking about the recently developed places, there were few places where he could control the overall situation by himself. I couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.
The Haitian stayed at Duozhi Island for a few days and disinfected all the cargo - especially the furs. Only then did we lift anchor and leave Duozhi Island. First sail to Jeju Island, replenish supplies and unload cargo there. Pure re-export commodities such as furs and ginseng are not going to be transported back to Lingao, but are waiting in Jeju for transshipment to Dengju or Jiangnan. At the same time, a dozen slaves brought by Huang Hua and Mao Shisan were sent to the island for "purification". Body Purification Secondly, the key is that Jeju Island is equipped with full-time Political Security Bureau personnel.
Although Mao Shisan cried and fainted in the toilet, he was still forced to leave his paradise on Jeju Island. He was admitted to a purification camp and awaiting resettlement. However, he was "registered". Huang Hua named this person, so the Political Security Bureau personnel conducted a key review on him, which proved that Mao Shisan was indeed innocent and had no "historical issues."
The real "problem" found was the same as Huang Hua's speculation: it was the blue edge. Lan Bian did not survive the endless car battle in Jeju Island, and finally confessed that he was covered by Sanqi. This time, he was assigned to be an "undercover" by Hou Jin's officials. His real name is Lan Dingbian. He was a soldier in Zhejiang Province and reached the rank of General Qian. They came to Liaodong more than 20 years ago after the imperial court mobilized guest troops for reinforcements. He was captured in the Battle of Hunhe River in 1621.
After being captured, because of his strong body, agile mind, and good use of firearms such as blunderbuss, he was quickly spotted by a Zhenghuang Banner Niulu named Niu Hulu Yue. Became his personal entourage. Because the word "dingbian" violated Hou Jin's taboo. The word "ding" has been removed. He was somewhat well-known among the slaves. In order to win over him, Niu Huluyue gave him a wife from among the slaves assigned to him a few years ago. He had several children, and now they all live in Niulu's Zhuangzi, which is equivalent to It's a hostage.
As for the other slaves, most of them have no tricks, but they are the Korean maids that Lan Dingbian once recommended to him. He was also found to be an undercover agent. Her parents were both in Hou Jin's hands, so she naturally didn't dare to disobey him.
"If the envoy from Tai'ao takes them directly back to Tai'ao and throws them into the mansion, this undercover agent will be of no use." Feng Zongze looked at the review report sent by the political security personnel, "Even if they were thrown directly into Jeju Island, they would be useless." It’s useless.”
"You don't even understand this," Huang Hua said. "Since I have made a request to open a business store, I naturally will not go as a polished commander. If I want to take servants, I will definitely give priority to these slaves who are familiar with the local environment. Lan Dingbian is capable and capable, and the North Korean maidservants are all very likely to be selected by me to serve."
"What if I can't choose?"
"It's just two students, if you lose it, you lose it. The worst is to send a few more people. The Tatars are just using them as idlers."
"What are you going to do with these two spies and the slaves?"
According to the general treatment method, spies discovered are sent directly to labor camps for "indefinite hard labor." Huang Hua thought for a while and said: "These two people are under coercion. I think we can countertrain them - no, use the time instead and let them be double agents..."
"Are you so sure?"
"There is a foundation. I don't think Lan Dingbian is a simple helper." Huang Hua said eloquently, "I talked to him several times on the ship. I felt that this man was quite intelligent and had a good understanding of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties." There is no emotion - he used to be the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, and he was also a genuine military attache after all. After being captured, he worked as a slave for the Manchus. Wouldn't he be very happy? What's more, he also has his wife and children being held hostage. Yes. The potential to be incited to rebel. As for the Korean maids, the foundation is better."
As for how to instigate rebellion, Huang Hua also had an idea. On the one hand, he was naturally open and honest and directly attacked him. On the other hand, the Haitian was originally going to return to Lingao, so he decided to bring all these people back to Lingao for a "visit" study". Lingao is not only a "model room" for the life and strength of "Tai O", which is enough to shock the indigenous people, but also has a full-time special publicity team. They are the result of the professional organization of special propagandists who originally served as instigators at various mass meetings, and have received special training in instigating rebellion and interpersonal propaganda. Especially "specialized" in inciting hatred skills. Let them carry out the work of instigating rebellion and get twice the result with half the effort.
As for the other slaves, he would no longer care about them and would directly hand them over to Jeju Island for purification and treatment, and then they would be resettled in detail.
The news that the Shen family's four sand ships had returned from Japan shocked the entire Jiangnan.
Although the Shen family was not the first wealthy gentry family to send a ship to Japan, they were the first to set out in winter. This is something that has never happened before. Because the ship to Japan usually travels by the southeast wind in summer, but the Shen family's four ships sail by the northwest wind. In the eyes of many people, this is simply chaos, and who knows where the ship ended up drifting in the end. Many people asserted that Shen Tingyang was deceived - none of his four boats could return.
So many people are rumoring that there is something wrong with Zhao Yingong, who instigated the Shen family to set up a "joint stock company": Zhao Yingong came from Guangdong, and he sells a large amount of "Australian goods", which shows that he has an evil background and is probably a criminal. A great pirate who colludes with the legendary thief.
Although the respectable Jin gentry all laughed at these remarks, no one was very sure whether the four ships that the Shen family had been deceived into would be able to come back - no one would go to Japan to do business in the cold weather.
Unexpectedly, within two months, the Shen family's four boats would be back. Not only did they come back, they also shipped back a large amount of genuine Japanese goods: silver, Japanese copper, dried seafood and various Japanese groceries.
As soon as these goods landed in Shanghai, first the whole of Shanghai, then Suzhou Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture...all the way to Hangzhou Prefecture, half of Jiangnan was shocked.
Going overseas to do business is not too uncommon among the gentry in Jiangnan. However, this business is extremely risky. It costs one to twenty thousand taels of silver to equip a ship and fill it with cargo. It takes more than a year to go back and forth, and the ship may be missing. The money invested is wasted. So there are really not many people willing to do this sea trade business.
Everyone knows that as long as you go to Japan for trading, you will earn a lot of money. For a time, Shen Tingyang's household was limited to clothing. There is an endless stream of people coming to visit from morning to night. Originally an inconspicuous Chongming County under Suzhou Prefecture, it has now become a lively place that many people can go to by boat.
Amidst the commotion, Zhao Yingong had quietly arrived in Shanghai from Hangzhou and hid in the small courtyard inside Qiweizhan.
This time, the sea trade business was just a small test. Rather than doing business, it was more about building the confidence for further cooperation between Shen Tingyang and other gentry merchants who were interested in engaging in foreign trade. Because in the next step, he plans to use the Shen family's ships and the money of the Jiangnan Jin gentry to establish the most famous enterprise in modern China in the old time and space: China Merchants Bureau.
China Merchants Bureau is very famous. It was founded in the 11th year of Tongzhi in the old time. At that time, it was based on Li Hongzhang's suggestion. In order to boycott foreign ships, "it was planned to allow the government to build merchant ships and hire them to be hired by Chinese businessmen, and they were also allowed to transport grain. It has a specialized business and is not squeezed out by foreign merchants." It was approved on a trial basis, that is, funds were borrowed from Beiyang and another investment promotion unit started operations.
Such Westernization enterprises in the late Qing Dynasty were often full of bureaucracy, and the officials in charge often used this as a way to enrich themselves. Therefore, their operations generally failed and suffered serious losses. The Qing Dynasty was not over yet, and this enterprise had been reorganized several times. It was only after the Republic of China that things started to improve.
However, this company's concept of investment and joint stock was very consistent with Zhao Yiggong's business philosophy of using chickens to lay eggs, so he took it and used it first without ceremony.
Zhao Yingong decided to call the new enterprise "China Merchants Co., Ltd." In Zhao Yiggong's own plan, the final form of China Merchants Group was to be a comprehensive large-scale joint-stock company including shipping, banking, insurance, real estate and trade.
However, in the current plan submitted to the Planning Institute, China Merchants only includes three business directions: shipping, trade and shipping insurance. The banking and financial business is still handled by Delong.
As for the capital to be opened, Zhao Yingong is preparing to publicly raise shares from Jingent merchants in Jiangnan. These shares are non-cumulative preferred stocks that Wu Nanhai and Wudaokou have negotiated. It is planned to raise 50,000 taels of silver in the first phase. In addition to being used for trade with Japan, this amount of money will also be used for port improvement, warehousing construction and commercial real estate development in Shanghai. (To be continued...)
