Chapter 54: Come to cheat, come to sneak attack.
"It seems Qianlong has made preparations..."
In the conference hall of Prince Ming's Mansion.
The ministers divided their civil and military positions and sat on both sides of the long conference table in the conference room.
Zhu Daohua was sitting at the front of the conference room.
For the ministers under the command of King Ming
They were not used to this habit of everyone sitting down to discuss matters.
But Boss Zhu is not used to the set of rules of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. As for what the rules were before the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, no one knows very well.
So he simply followed his own rules.
Although the Ming Palace restored the institution of Jinyiwei.
But it was difficult for Jin Yiwei, who was just starting out, to get the information to Qianlong's side.
Now Jin Yiwei's intelligence sources on the Qing Dynasty are mostly through contacts with the Tiandi Hall in various places.
It is also difficult for these people in the world to get news from the court.
But since the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi sent people to Nanyang to purchase muskets and artillery.
That at least shows.
The Qing court had already begun preparations for war.
"Your Majesty, the Green Camps of Jiangxi, Hunan, and Guizhou in the Qing Dynasty are all showing signs of being mobilized. As expected, they are being mobilized to Guangdong. In addition, the Governor-General's Office of Guangdong and Guangdong has recruited 30,000 Xiangyong. In addition, the Guangdong Green Camp originally stationed in Zhaoqing has recently been mobilized to Xin'an. County, Xiangshan County, Dongguan County, Shunde County and other places were stationed, and the Guangdong Navy was all reduced to the Pearl River Estuary, and most of the warships were stationed in places such as Shajiao and Baishazhai."
One of the three hundred veterans who followed King Ming to Europe.
Gong Zhuman, who was originally just a gunner, is now the commander of the Jinyi Guards.
Gong Zhuman is introverted, doesn't like to talk, and is not good at sociability.
It's easy to talk back to others.
In current terms...
Emotional intelligence is not high.
So I have a bad relationship with my colleagues.
But he is very good at mathematics.
Especially good at statistics.
Zhu Daohua took a fancy to this point in him. ,
When deciding to establish an intelligence network.
He was made the commander of the Imperial Guard.
After all, it's information.
In fact, the main thing is to do statistical work.
Many intelligence agencies in later generations were named like the XX Bureau of Statistics.
"Everyone, it seems that our opponent's reaction is not too slow..."
Wait for Gong Zhuman to finish speaking.
Zhu Daohua looked at the senior civil and military officials present.
"Your Majesty, the Qing Tartars want to buy muskets. Don't they know... In this southern ocean, as long as your Majesty doesn't allow it, no ship will dare to carry muskets northward?"
Zhao Si, who is already the Minister of the Ministry of War, grinned.
"Having said that, I really want to do this business with Qingtar..."
Zhu Daohua smiled.
"If you don't make money, you would be a fool."
Everyone looked at each other.
Qian Heng, the governor of the Strait Governor's Mansion, couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
Zhu Daohua smiled: "I heard that the Thirteenth Bank of Guangzhou Prefecture is known as the Nanku of the Emperor of the Qing Tartars. The trade has allowed these compradors to make a lot of money. This Qing Tartar emperor's money bag... The king is somewhat interested."
Can you not be interested?
The Thirteenth Bank was the only comprador in the Qing Dynasty who could do business with foreign countries.
How can someone who can be called the Emperor's Nanku have no money?
Moreover, the Qing Dynasty was a typical small peasant society.
A large amount of silver is flowing in but it is difficult to circulate.
A large number of them were hidden in the treasuries of wealthy families.
The silver holdings of the Thirteenth Bank will never be less than 10 million taels.
This is a huge sum of money.
Who wouldn't be interested in the free money?
"Your Majesty, do you have any idea?"
Gu Song asked.
"There's no way to talk about it, just take it one step at a time." Zhu Daohua waved his hand and said.
Interlocking conspiracies and so on.
It's too difficult to play.
And it’s not very maneuverable.
"At least first defraud the Qing Tatars out of their money to buy muskets..." Zhu Daohua stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Go and invite Chief Rodriguez."
.........
"The Thirteenth Bank and the Qing government's silver?"
A Spaniard who was not tall but had extremely thick hair sat opposite Zhu Daohua, leaning forward slightly with a look of great interest on his face.
This guy named Rodriguez is well-known in Western Europe...
Financial fraudster.
He is a notorious villain in European financial circles...
It's also because his reputation is too great.
It would be impossible for him to survive in Europe.
Finally, he followed Zhu Daohua to the east.
Boss Zhu felt like he had become Lord Mengchang.
All the roosters, dogs, and thieves are accepted as followers.
A "financial elite," Rodriguez now helps out at Chris Bank.
But this is obviously not Rodriguez's interest.
"You want to defraud thirteen lines of money?"
The corners of Rodriguez's mouth rose.
"No, no, it's not a lie."
Zhu Daohua corrected.
"What I hope to see is that all the money of wealthy families in Guangdong can be deposited in my bank..."
Rodriguez smiled: "I understand, my lord, if their money is in your bank, then they will naturally listen to you."
"Can it be done?"
Rodriguez thought for a while and said honestly: "This is difficult. Now in the East, the only ones that can absorb savings on a large scale are Daohua Bank and Chris Bank. Who doesn't know the relationship between these two banks and you?"
"It's nothing, just set up a new bank."
Zhu Daohua waved his hand and said.
"In the name of the United Kingdom, set up a London HSBC bank, and I will invest solely in it. If you can manage to deposit all the money of the 13th Bank of China and Guangdong wealthy households into HSBC... I can give you 1% of HSBC's shares.”
"Are you serious?" Rodriguez learned Chinese well.
"You have no joke."
Rodriguez looked happy when he heard this.
"Don't worry, I will try my best to complete the task."
Zhu Daohua smiled slightly: "Rodriguez, you are the best... villain and fraudster in Europe. So I am confident in you. I will first give you the title of baron, and then let your three sons be Let’s go to Daming Public School.”
Rodriguez hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Work hard." Zhu Daohua stood up, "Let's start with Liu Guangliang and Vicente. They can contact Fu Kang'an, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi."
...
Liu Guangliang and Vicente did not know.
From the first moment they set foot in Batam.
He was targeted by the Ming Dynasty Jin Yiwei.
At this time, the two of them looked like country bumpkins who had just entered the city and were stunned by the prosperity of Batam Island.
"This...is there more people than Guangzhou Prefecture?"
Standing at the port, looking at the rows of sails, Vicente couldn't help but get his tongue knotted.
Due to Batam’s special status.
Batam is now definitely one of the busiest ports in the world.
Trade between East and West.
They gather together on this island which is several times larger than Hong Kong Island.
The sailing ships coming and going showed the trade needs that emerged in this age of navigation.
"This port is Ni Ming's money bag..."
Liu Guangliang took a deep breath and said.
"Let's go find the comprador at Jardine House first."
Vicente turned his head.
I happened to see a newsstand.
"Ta Kung Pao?"
