Iron is to strike while it is hot, Xiao Letian is essentially a shrewd businessman, his work in his previous life was mainly business negotiations, and he has really received strict training in figuring out people's hearts.

In his eyes, if this transit to the Lion City is just to accept the worship of all the people, drink some wine and accept some flattery, then this landing is an absolute failure.

In such a passive situation in Europe, he was able to take advantage of it, and now he has returned to Asia and returned to the Chinese cultural circle he is familiar with.

"Folks...... If you want a strong navy and army, and you want a strong industrialized country, you can't do without money...... Why did the Europeans colonize the world? It's because industrialization is a gold-eating monster, and a huge amount of money is needed to fill the ...... before he can lay golden eggs."

"Where did Europe in the dark Middle Ages have so much money to develop industry? The robbery of the whole world is called colonial ......"

"We are not robbers Chinese, we can't build our happiness on the suffering of other peoples......" Xiao Letian secretly sighed in his heart, damn it, if the Westerners hadn't robbed it all, there were really no more colonies to get now, and Lao Tzu would also go out to rob it.

"We are an ancient country with thousands of years of civilization, we are a country of etiquette, we would rather tighten our belts ourselves, and we also want to make an industrialized country that belongs to the Chinese......"

"Folks, I, Xiao Letian, am not a shameless high-ranking official in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, I Xiao Lotian will not do the obscene deeds of empty gloves and white wolves, and I am not a begging flower, I know that it is not easy for Chinese people to leave their hometowns to make money......"

"So I beg everyone, please lend me your money, I just borrow everyone's money to do what I promised..."Xiao Letian's eyes rolled in the crowd, and suddenly roared, "Where is the branch manager of Lotte Foreign Bank?"

Before the words fell, a fat man rolled out of the crowd and knelt in front of Xiao Lotian and saluted, "Uncle, well... Fan Jin listened to Uncle Hou's dispatch ......"

Xiao Letian smiled when he heard it, "Is it a family ceremony? Your name is Fan Jin? Hahaha, then you have ...... today."

Fan Jin knocked his head on the slam, "The little one is an orphan, I don't know my parents' hometown, it was the old shopkeeper who saved my life, so I was surnamed Fan's ......"

Xiao Lotian has long been associated with the branch of Lotte Bank in the Lion City, and now Lotte Bank has the prototype of a Western bank, and Xiao Lotian's ultimate goal is to make Lotte Bank become the central bank of Lotte and become the first bank in East Asia to issue banknotes.

Fan Jin made a move, and the two guys squeezed out of the crowd, carrying two big rattan boxes in their hands, and opened them to see that they were full of military tickets printed by Xiao Letian before, which were the small deposit receipts that the Tanggu people said.

Now the small-amount certificates of deposit that Xiao Letian saw are not what they used to be, and the manufacturing industry has been upgraded more than ten times, and the printing level has also improved a lot. These small certificates of deposit printed with one, five, and ten yuan are actually paper money, and none of the British present know this.

"Folks in the Lion City, this is a small certificate of deposit that can be freely exchanged for huàn, and even if I Xiao Lotian borrows everyone's business start-up capital, Lotte foreign banks are all over East Asia, and anyone can take such a certificate of deposit to foreign banks to exchange the same amount of silver dollars as huàn......"

"And I also guarantee that this kind of certificate of deposit can be used to do business with foreign banks, to tell you the truth, in the Ryukyus, in Tanggu, this kind of small certificate of deposit has been popularized, don't you still believe in my Xiao Letian's credit?"

With a bang, the crowd suddenly exploded, and at this welcome ceremony, the people who were able to get to Xiao Letian's side were all business elites with heads and faces, how could this group of shrewd people who plugged in their tails be monkeys, how could they not understand the doorway here.

"Isn't this a Westerner's banknote? The Prime Minister's Lotte Bank is going to become a Western-style bank? And it is going to issue banknotes...... This may not really work, because the prime minister now has an army... And there are allies among the foreigners, this is as rich as the sky, we don't dare to think about it, but the prime minister definitely dares to do it......"

Banks that can issue banknotes, with the back of their feet, know that it is a big business to make a fortune, but this kind of wealth must be protected by a very strong force, to put it bluntly, it is a strong country and army.

This group of elderly people rolled their eyes, and they reached an agreement without looking at each other in private, and the prime minister's career must be mixed in, even if they spend all their family wealth, they must have some shares in Lotte Bank.

What do you say? Lose money... I bah...... Even if you lose money, instead of letting the foreign devils eat and wipe them clean in the future, it is better to lose it on your own people, don't you gamble on the performance of those who do big business?

"Why does the prime minister need to say more...... We are also the leaders of the Chinese businessmen in the Lion City, and we have to support the Prime Minister's career even if we break the family, let alone borrow it, as long as the Prime Minister can bring the ironclad fleet you mentioned, why don't we give the Prime Minister away for nothing?"

"Lion City Lin family, subscribe for one million taels...... The Lion City Huang family, subscribed for 1.4 million taels...... Lion City Chen, subscribed for 2,100,000 taels ......"

A series of roars quickly stirred up the fire in the hearts of the people, and the people who had fallen into the group were easy to conform to the herd, and they could still add fuel to the fire of this group of Chinese leaders.

"The prime minister wants money, and we will provide it for the family, and we will never let the prime minister spend half of his thoughts......" This is the cry of the people, and the shocked British governor's face turned white.

"God, are you going to give up on Britain? After just such a while, Xiao Letian swept away five or six million silver taels, is he a devil?" the governor scolded in his heart, but he didn't dare to say a word in this environment.

Is this still the same inferior people whose capital was burned down? Is this still the cowardly country that killed their families and did not dare to take revenge? Why is it so different today?

Xiao Letian, the goodwill of the Lion City Chinese family, had already understood, and he looked at the group of old men with a look that only insiders could understand, and these patriarchs could clearly see the encouragement and approval in their eyes.

The old men are also crazy, and when they saw that the prime minister was also a very good trader, they became fanatical all of a sudden, and they even shouted to the people, "Folks, support the cause of the prime minister, that is, support the cause of our Han people all over the world, and our thirteen families in the Lion City are here to solemnly promise that from today on, they will accept small money ticket transactions, and our thirteen families can use the money tickets of Lotte Foreign Company to buy and sell......"

Oh, this is terrible, with the guarantee of the thirteen big Chinese families in the Lion City, even if the business of this banknote is started, what do the people believe in? What they believe in is purchasing power, as long as Lotte can guarantee that they can be exchanged at any time, as long as someone can accept these banknotes with a credit guarantee, then what are you afraid of?

This is not borrowing at all, this is the prime minister is going to issue a new currency, the Chinese present are not the people who grew up in a closed environment in China, they already understand, at least sixty percent of the people understand Xiao Letian's plan.

The issuance of Lotte banknotes is now beyond doubt, and Fan Jin later counted that the Lion City alone raised more than 7 million Yingyang's wealth for the prime minister in three months, and the morale of the people stirred up by Xiao Lotian turned into handfuls of silver ingots and big yellow croakers one after another, and the precious metals in the Lion City were looted within three months.

This is just a lion city, and the whole of South Asia has also been stirred up by this trend in the following six months, Malaysia, Surabaya, Thailand, Indonesia...... Countless Chinese circles spontaneously subscribed to the banknotes of Lotte & Co., when the general inventory of Lotte & Co. ended before the Spring Festival at the end of 1866.

Xiao Letian was stunned by the statistical results, and only in South Asia in half a year, Xiao Letian's career was provided with 17 million Yingyang's wealth.

Xiao Lotian never imagined that the people of South Asia had accumulated so much wealth, and that the Qing Dynasty's annual fiscal revenue was only how much? During the Qianlong period, it seemed to be the highest peak, about 70 million taels of silver, and then gradually decreased, and by the end of Guangxu, the actual financial revenue was more than 10 million taels of silver.

The precious metals that Xiao Letian has accumulated in half a year are almost catching up with the income of the government in one year during the Guangxu period.

Now that Xiao Lotian has not yet celebrated, Xiao Lotian has a second big event to ask the people of the Lion City, he once again raised his hands high, and the cheers of the people were suppressed again in ten minutes.

"Folks, I Xiao Lotian has one more thing to ask you...... You know, before I went back to Asia, there was a group of scumbags walking around the rumor that I was dead... You've probably heard of ......"

"Now, I, Xiao Lotian, have returned, and I am standing here alive and returning with victory...... However, the Ryukyus, where I worked, are still ravaged by French warships, and the war has never ended..."

Xiao Lotian bowed his hand to the people, "The Lion City is located in Malacca, which is the transportation hub of Asia, and I Xiao Lotian only asks you to pass on the news that I Xiao Lotian is still alive when you set sail, so that the whole of Asia will know that I Xiao Lotian has returned in the fastest time......"

At that moment, Xiao Letian really had the domineering spirit of Hu Hansan's return, and he waved his big hand, "Folks...... I only ask you to hang a flag on the bow of your ship before you go out to sea, and hang it with my name...... All the Chinese ships sailing on the sea, and the merchant ships of friendly countries, you will send them to ......."

"I want to let the whole Asian ocean, everywhere flutter my Xiao Lotian flag, so that those warriors who have fought hard do not lose hope, let them hold on, until my return......"

When the people heard that this was a big deal, wasn't it just to print a few flags, and millions of taels of silver were spent in the Lion City, and they still cared about this bit of ink and cloth, and only listened to the tsunami in the square.

"Obey the Prime Minister's order..."

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