Through the contact with Nanzhou Bank for most of the past six months, Lin Ziran also deeply understood the particularity of Nanzhou Bank.

This is not an ordinary bank at all, but a bank with an army.

Even although the Bank of Southern State claims to be a bank, in fact the bank's business is only a part of their business, and this bank actually has a large number of other businesses.

Take the arms trade, for example!

In the past, Lin Ziran thought that an ordnance dealer like Hongxiang Commercial Bank was the mainstream arms dealer, but now he found out that Nanzhou Bank was the largest arms dealer in the entire Nanhai Prefecture.

They do not produce weapons, but because of their special relationship with the major feudal towns, coupled with their strong capital and armed forces, their ships and vehicles transporting ordnance can be unimpeded throughout the South China Sea.

On the surface, the Nanzhou Bank did not engage in ordnance business with the feudal towns, and the ordnance of the feudal towns was also procured through ordnance firms such as the Hongxiang Commercial Bank.

But recently, Lin Ziran knew that the Nanzhou Bank was the biggest arms dealer in Nanhai Prefecture.

Among the large quantities of ordnance ordered by Lin Ziran before, it was ostensibly ordered from Hongxiang Commercial Bank, but in fact, it was actually supplied by several ordnance trading firms.

And this is not the key, the point is that the merchant ships transporting these ordnance are escorted by ironclad ships hired by the Bank of Southern State.

Lin Ziran even knew that the Nanzhou Bank not only supplied him with a large amount of ordnance, but also supplied a large amount of ordnance to Jian Minggang, Feng Haozhong, and even Guang'an Li Kun and other feudal towns.

It is rumored that at that time, the ironclad ships of the Nanzhou Bank escorted the fleet loaded with various ordnance and weapons all the way to the north of the Luo River, and provided a large number of ordnance to the troops of the feudal towns along the way!

From this point, Lin Ziran can judge that Nanzhou Bank is the biggest arms dealer.

Hongxiang Commercial Bank is only a small role, or even just a channel used by Nanzhou Bank to solicit arms business.

No wonder Zhou Li once said that if the Guang'an people provoked them Nanzhou Bank, they wouldn't even be able to fight.

This is not only because the Bank of Nanzhou has the financial resources to provide them with loans, but also because even the arms they used to fight the war are provided by the Bank of Nanzhou!

After gaining an in-depth understanding of Nanzhou Bank, Lin Ziran also sighed more and more, it is estimated that only in this kind of troubled times will such a strange bank appear.

If it is placed in a normal country, even a weak third-rate small country, this situation will not happen.

On Lin Ziran's territory, if such a powerful enterprise existed, he would have sent troops to destroy this awesome enterprise a long time ago.

While sighing, Lin Ziran understood the attitude of other feudal towns towards Nanzhou Bank.

Hate is definitely hate, it is estimated that they all want to uproot the Nanzhou Bank immediately after the unification of Nanhai Prefecture.

But hate it, hate it, and if you want to kill them in the future, it will be a matter of the future, but now, they have to rely on loans and arms from the Bank of Southern State.

Lin Ziran also wanted to get their money and get the arms they supplied.

It's just that Nanzhou Bank's offer is too low, and Lin Ziran will not easily agree.

So there was a stalemate, and on the third day, after a long period of fruitless talks, Wu Shenxuan took the initiative to leave, saying that after reporting the results of the talks, he would come back to discuss relevant matters at a later date.

After Wu Shenxuan left, Lin Ziran thought about it for a while, and still found Zhou Li.

Lin Ziran said: "Manager Zhou, this time your bank's approach is difficult to understand, you also know how profitable the oil company is, you want to spend only more than one million to take half of the shares, and then use a loan of one million to get the mortgage of the other half of the shares." ”

"This adds up to more than two million, you want to take away Tsingshan Petroleum Company, it's not kind!"

Zhou Li's face was calm: "This is the decision of the headquarters, and I can't do anything about it!" ”

After hearing this, Lin Ziran did not continue the topic, but quickly changed the topic and said: "By the way, a few days ago, the oil field reported that there was an oil well that produced oil, not much, and it is estimated that there are only dozens of barrels a day. ”

Hearing Lin Ziran say this thoughtlessly, if it was an ordinary person, he would definitely not be able to react, and even if he did, he would want to grasp the kerosene production capacity of these crude oil refining in his hands as soon as possible.

Zhou Li has a commercial bank specializing in kerosene trade, the scale is not large, and the share of kerosene obtained every month is only about 100 barrels, which is very different from the share of kerosene that Nanzhou Bank or Hongxiang Commercial Bank can get.

The comptoir of the Bank of Nanzhou is now able to receive a quota of 5,000 barrels of kerosene every month.

However, this comptoir is his private firm, and he also takes advantage of his special position to catch a ride with the Nanzhou Bank, and even does not care about the canal and sales channels, and can make a lot of profits every month.

A profit of a few hundred and a thousand is nothing for a huge trading house, but for him personally, it is a lot.

Unfortunately, Tsingshan Petroleum's production capacity is limited, and it is difficult for his private firm to obtain more kerosene quotas.

Now Lin Ziran suddenly said that there are more oil wells, if there are dozens of barrels of oil a day, then there should be more than a dozen barrels of kerosene, which is hundreds in a month.

It's all money!

Lin Ziran would not be brainless to say these words at this time, he said that there must be a reason.

Zhou Li is not stupid, he heard it the first time, Lin Ziran said these words, almost made it clear that he wanted to give him Zhou Li money.

The kerosene trading business is a business that is sure to make money and does not lose money, and it is in short supply, and it can earn a certain profit by buying it from the Tsingshan Petroleum Company for 60 constant yuan a barrel and transporting it wherever it goes.

But why did Lin Ziran send him money?

Purely well-intentioned?

The two of them have a good relationship?

Zhou Li doesn't think so!

This Lin Ziran, there is something to ask for!

So Zhou Li was silent and didn't speak for a long time.

He repeatedly calculated how much profit he could generate from the quota of a few hundred barrels of kerosene a month, and how much he could pay for those profits.

Zhou Li was silent, and Lin Ziran was not in a hurry.

After half a minute, Zhou Licai spoke again: "My lord, you and I have known each other for a long time, so you don't need to see outside, if you have anything to say, just ask." ”

Lin Ziran smiled: "Actually, there is nothing, it's still that sentence, I want to know what your bank's attitude is towards me, and what are the risks if I refuse your bank's proposal?" ”

This is very important!

Nanzhou Bank is too powerful, if they have to want Tsingshan Petroleum Company, Lin Ziran will consider retreating, no way, even if he doesn't want their money, but he has to ask for their arms.

Without the help of the Nanzhou Bank to transport ordnance, his troops, like the Guang'an people and Feng Haozhong's troops, would not even be able to fight.

But even if it is a regression, it is necessary to know the bottom line of the other party and strive for benefits for yourself as much as possible.

But to Lin Ziran's surprise, Zhou Li said in a very positive tone: "Lord Lin, rest assured, even if the adult rejects our bank's investment proposal, it will not have any negative impact, and the kerosene business and ordnance business between us will continue to be done, and even when necessary, our bank will provide you with certain support." ”

Zhou Li's affirmative tone, Lin Ziran was a little incomprehensible: "I want to hear about it!" ”

Zhou Li picked up the teacup and said something seemingly unrelated: "Since Duke Meng, no one has ever been able to unify Nanhai Prefecture!" ”

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