In a small reception room, Wright Smith and Shelia Smith are two siblings discussing the purchase of a house in Shanghai, and they want to bring their parents from England to retire, Xie Liya wrote a check and handed it to Wright, saying: "Brother, you take this money first, and when your parents come, I will come to Shanghai to see them, and then take them to Beijing to live for a while!" ”

Wright Smith glanced down at the amount of "ten thousand taels" of the check that invited him in, which made him very satisfied, and he could buy a garden house in Shanghai, and said with a slight smile: "Sister, don't worry, I will look for a house when I go back to Shanghai, and then let my parents come to Shanghai next month, oh, I have something to talk to Mike alone, you let him come in." Xie Liya understood, stood up as soon as she pulled her skirt, and walked to the hall to find Li Guolou.

Li Guolou was not very demanding, only needed some inside information, Wright Smith lowered his voice and said: "Mike, our British Overseas Legion, now that we are fighting in Burma, we have no skills, we will not wade into this muddy water, as for the Americans, they have not yet pulled out of the quagmire of the Civil War, their national strength has not recovered, and they are not capable of fighting this war."

Prussia has just won the Austro-Prussian War, the threat to Russia is getting bigger and bigger, Russia has deployed heavy troops to defend the western European border, the Russians are afraid that the Prussians will end their nest, and Russia will not start a war against China, as for the French, they are sick cats, they dare not provoke a war alone, if you win over the Prussians, the French will immediately shut up, the French themselves are not peaceful in the south of Annam, and the rebel peasant army will also toss them enough, as long as you can bite the bullet when negotiating, the amount of compensation will not be ridiculously high, If there is news in the future, I will inform you as soon as possible, is that Sheng Huaixuan reliable, you have to use your brains more to decipher the code, our British Empire's deciphering ability is the first in the world, hehehehe! ”

Li Guolou smiled and said: "Wright, don't you still believe my vision, Sheng Huaixuan is absolutely reliable, as for the cipher code, I will rest assured, confidentiality is the top priority, but it's a pity that you don't work by the side of British Minister Wei Tuma, otherwise I will be well informed, oh giggle·······"

After chatting a few words, Li Guolou was cheeky and said: "Wright gave me a way to get a map of the Qing Dynasty, the more detailed the better, can you do this!" ”

At this time, the standards used by Westerners to draw maps were different, and there were many impressionist creative maps that did not consider the so-called latitude and longitude, and were self-centered, which was far from the excellent maps drawn by Westerners.

Wright Smith thought of the map of the territory of the Qing Dynasty that he had seen, and pondered for a moment and said: "Mike, there is a map of the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and it is not accurate, and we have not explored any places, so we still draw them according to your map of the Qing Dynasty, and I have seen the map of the coastal areas of the Qing Dynasty and the map of the currents, but it will take a long time to draw these maps secretly, do you need these!" ”

Li Guolou was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Yes, no matter how much money you spend, I want it, Wright, don't capsize in the gutter, I want a full set!" ”

Wright Smith smiled slightly: "I'm a first-class translator now, no one will suspect me, when I finish drawing the map, you call my sister to get it, you say oh, it costs a lot of money, oh giggles·······" Wright smiled strangely, a single line of contact was foolproof, as if he saw a pile of silver ingots placed in front of him.

Although Li Guolou also laughed, but the smile was far-fetched, secretly ashamed, his country's maritime territory map had to be bought from the British, the Qing Dynasty was weak like this, if he wanted to save the fate of the country, could he succeed, cooperate with greedy foreigners, as if he was seeking skin with a tiger, and would be devoured by the enemy at any time, Li Guolou's confidence has never been so low, especially when he saw dozens of foreign warships cruising outside Tianjin Harbor, hanging colorful flags, showing off their might and moving their guns, and the Qing Navy warships seemed to come out of Lilliputia, and there were countless wooden-hulled ships, The cannon turned out to be the nineteenth-century Franco cannon, which was the main force of the Daqingshui Division, and a few warships were a little decent, and they had long been hiding in the port of Weihaiwei and did not dare to show their heads.

To tell the truth, he did not have the confidence to win so many Western powers, a difference of two hundred years of accumulation, to catch up with the comprehensive national strength of the Western powers, there is a long way to go, relying on self-reliance is not enough, only relying on the introduction of mechanisms, ten, twenty, or even thirty years to catch up, is he still young, there is a beautiful future, Li Guolou rekindled his ambition, returned to his usual demeanor, with a sincere smile, walked to the guests in the hall.

At noon, the banquet on the second floor of Taylor's Hotel, luxurious and exquisite, can enter and exit the British Concession at this time, are all big businessmen and big bureaucrats, everyone frequently toasts, celebrate the opening of "please come to the bank", most of these people are members of the "Money Association", HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Fukang Money Zhuang and other banks, money banks, ticket numbers, either sent a manager-level person to support, or specially sent a flower basket to congratulate, banks and banks also have many business exchanges, cooperation between each other to remit a sum of money can draft water bills, Sometimes, they will borrow interest rates and principals to help each other's business.

Hu Xueyan didn't come, gave Huang Yousheng some face, no longer sprinkled salt on his wounds, and sent Chen Yuanqing, the big shopkeeper of Tianjin Fukang Qianzhuang, to congratulate him.

Gao Yu and Chen Yuanqing had a very happy conversation, they belonged to a series of big businessmen who followed Zuo Zongtang, Zuo Zongtang went west to return to the chaos, and the military salary dispatch required and the military industrial enterprises run by Lanzhou relied on "Fukang Qianzhuang" and "Dadetong" to raise.

Fighting a war is to make a fortune in the country, and now "Fukang Qianzhuang" and "Dade Tong" are the two private ticket numbers of the Qing Dynasty, and Gao Yu and Chen Yuanqing frequently raised their glasses at the banquet to celebrate a better future.

Li Guoyun looked at this scene with jealousy, and said in his ear: "Xiaolou, if Zuo Zongtang does not fall, it will be difficult to shake Hu Xueyan." Like Li Guolou, he has become a famous national industrialist, and his ambitions are getting bigger and bigger, so he wants to see the fall of his enemy Hu Xueyan, and he also wants to transfer his hatred to Zuo Zongtang.

Li Guolou still maintained a calm attitude, and said happily: "Big brother, this is not necessarily, the pace of the industrial revolution is not comparable to millions of family workshop looms, and when your textile factory technology is on the next level, Hu Xueyan will lose all his old capital, now you only need to do a good job in your production technology, as long as you break through the bottleneck, we will choke Hu Xueyan's neck and come to a fatal blow!" ”

A few words made Li Guoyun full of strength, he looked at his fiancée Wen Yunjuan next to him, the two looked at each other and smiled, and the two hands under the table were clasped together.

At this time, Wanshou Lu, the owner of the ticket number, was a little lost, his ticket number living space is getting smaller and smaller, his business is relying on the Baotong Money Bureau as the background, the Baotong Money Bureau is the Qing Dynasty manufacturing, management of silver and copper coin production departments, but also controlled by the Ministry of Households, but since the Ministry of Household Bank "self-theft case", the Ministry of Personnel Transfer, he has left the post of the Ministry of Households, and now the Ministry of Household Shangshu Yu Shuzhen oil and salt do not enter, the Quartet inquired, it turned out that the emperor spoke, saying that the capital turnover of the Ministry of Households can be handed over to the private sector to please come to the bank to handle, Wan Shoulu had a sense of crisis, and he heard that Li Guolou sent a letter to the imperial court, asking for the abolition of the silver circulation system and the change to the silver dollar system, which was another heavy blow to him.

In addition, when Wan Shoulu saw that when he invited the bank to open, the country was in dire straits, and there were so many big people in the imperial court to cheer him, so that he had the feeling that the mountain rain was about to come and the wind was full of buildings, and the ticket number must be attached to the high-ranking officials in order to make a fortune, but Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang have already been preempted, and where is the road of the future ticket number, which makes people a little at a loss.

Xie Yunfang said in a low voice: "Husband, I saw the Minister of Internal Affairs Rong Lu, just walked into a private room next to him, he also came to cheer, Li Guolou has a lot of energy!" ”

Wan Shoulu's eyes were not good, he didn't see clearly who was hurrying over, and his face was ugly when he heard this, although a hundred were unwilling, but in the face of power, he could only give in first, and hissed: "Madam, it seems that we have to rely on Li Guolou's snort and talk more about cooperation, and feelings are also cultivated by cooperation!" ”

Xie Yunfang comprehended the true meaning, it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, first put down personal grievances, and work together to make money in order to live ten years later, Jiao Didi said: "Husband, don't worry, I'll bear this breath first, the stinky boy can go in and out of the Forbidden City casually, let's put our minds on business for the time being!" ”

"Hmm······ Let's go, let's toast Master Li first, and since we're here, let's give Lord Li and Yelia face, hehehehe. Wanshou Lu held Xie Yunfang with a wine glass in his hand, and walked to the table next to Li Guolou and Yelia, peers are enemies, it is not appropriate to put it in the banking industry, as long as there is money to be made, help each other work together, as for the "retreat" time, then there are countless peers who will come to step on it.

"Master Li, I hope that your career will be prosperous, and your business will take care of our Wanjia ticket number, and we can also join the board of directors of the bank in the future, hahahaha!"

Wan Shou Lu spoke, so that the other ticket number people next to him, shocked, the famous Beijing master Wan Shou Lu, the owner of the Wan Shou Lu ticket number, why suddenly broke the harmonious atmosphere of the banquet, there is a taste of big fish eating small fish, whether to invite in the bank to eat the Wan Wan ticket number, or Wan Wan ticket number to swallow and invite into the bank, from the tone of Wan Shou Lu's words, I can't hear why.

Li Guolou has something to say in his words to Wanshou Lu, and he understands that people have to bow to reality, just like the Qing Empire kneeling in front of foreigners again and again to admit his mistakes, what he is doing now is in refutation of the original "Qianzhuang Trade Association" system, not that he violated the existing system of the "Qianzhuang Trade Association", but that he changed the attitude of the Qing government towards the "Qianzhuang Trade Association", the government is no longer laissez-faire and let the money and ticket numbers fend for themselves, but have a purpose, promote a monopoly situation, as long as he invites him to come in and the bank is strong, The country's economy has naturally risen to a higher level, even the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces will calculate this account, and it can invisibly unite the hearts of the people of the world.

Li Guolou said implicitly: "Everything I do with Yelia today is for the prosperity of the nation, the prosperity of the country, and all countries in the world should coexist peacefully. ”

Ten people stood up together and sang congratulations: "For the opening of the bank, for the 'Qingzhong University' in infancy, a toast!" ”

Li Guolou said with a smile: "Wan Dongjia, when I return to Beijing, I will definitely visit the door, ask for advice from the seniors, and hope to mention more of the juniors." After speaking, Li Guolou still respectfully invited Wanshou Lu to sit in his place, did not put on a five-grade official shelf, kept smiling and asked for warmth.

Wan Shoulu felt Li Guolou's respect for him, and secretly felt ashamed: the young man is more generous than him, he should have a tolerant heart, and it seems that he can talk about cooperation with the invited bank, and he can put forward the work schedule of 10,000 ticket numbers.

"Master Li, if you don't come, I'll be cheeky and come by myself." For the first time, Wan Shoulu smiled at Li Guolou sincerely, posing as an old qualification.

Li Guolou squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Wan Dongjia, Mrs. Xie, you are my lifelong friends, Zhenbaoxuan business, you have taken care of you for so many years, how can I forget your kindness to my family, the second grandmother will often nag Wan Dongjia in front of me, and then I will do things, you two will take care of you all the way, and help me a ride, in the future, Li Guolou will still treat you as friends, and I need your great help!" ”

Wan Shoulu was moved by Li Guolou, Xie Yunfang never thought that Li Guolou was so angry, in front of so many people, to give the couple such a big face, he was really happy, and blurted out: "Okay, with your words, what is the matter with Lord Li, our husband and wife must follow suit, whether it is a merger or cooperation, our Wanjia ticket number will definitely give great help to invite the bank in!" ”

More than 100 people in the audience watched this scene, and couldn't help but applaud enthusiastically, admiring Li Guolou's superb showmanship, and pulling the "Wanjia ticket number", the leader in the ticket number, into the same camp in one round.

Li Guolou nodded to Xie Yunfang and expressed his gratitude, for the sake of national righteousness, how can he care about past grievances, cooperation can strengthen himself, whether it is a friend or an enemy, recognize which ones can be cooperated, Wanshoulu and Xie Yunfang husband and wife, are his partners, where will they dismantle each other's platform, and annex the "Wanjia ticket number" when the water is a matter of course, it is also the progressive trend of the times, and it is not related to personal grievances, a nation can only work together to create a brilliant tomorrow,