Chapter 1123: Storm (6)
After Bailiyan left the palace, he went straight to the Liangguo Legation's Mansion, at this time Ji Feng and Ji Kang already knew that Bailiyan was put into the city, but they didn't know who released Bailiyan, and more speculation was that King Xian bèi pò compromised, but he didn't expect Bailiyan to come to him with a backhand to settle accounts.
"Qiqi master, the Marquis of Yongxing has arrived outside the mansion and wants to see the master." The waiter said quickly, and Ji Feng, who was in a hurry, was startled, and said:
"He, what is he going to do!"
"I don't know, but I insist on seeing my master."
At this time, Ji Kang said:
"Third uncle, those who come are not good and those who are good don't come, Bailiyan will make a comeback again, I'm afraid there is nothing good."
"That's natural, go, go and see what he says."
When the uncle and nephew came to the front yard, Bai Liyan stood in the gate of the mansion, and when he saw Ji Feng coming, he took two steps forward and raised his hand to give a slight salute:
"I haven't seen Bo Yuanjun for three years, Your Excellency has been very busy lately, can you be dazzled."
Ji Feng's cheeks twitched, but he still maintained his true color of a smiling tiger:
"Hehe, Yongxing Hou has to be reused by King Xian again, congratulations to this gentleman."
"Where is it, compared to Bo Yuanjun, Ben Hou is ashamed of himself. Ben Hou is here to ask for something from you, and I hope you will not be stingy. ”
Ji Feng was vigilant, and he said carefully:
"What Yongxing Hou said this gentleman really doesn't understand, this gentleman has never borrowed anything from Your Excellency."
"Hehaha...... Bo Yuanjun will never borrow anything from others, after all, the dignified uncle of the Son of Heaven, borrowing things from others will not lose his identity, so the borrowed words have to be changed to take.
Bo Yuanjun recently took away a lot of books from Xiangguo Gaoxun, poached many craftsmen from Benhou, asked for dozens of trucks, and asked Boyuanjun to return the full amount, otherwise don't come to ask Benhou when the time comes. That's all for tonight, don't be unpredictable in the future! ”
After finishing speaking, Bailiyan turned around and left, the angry Ji Feng's face was smeared with smoke, and Ji Kang couldn't help but say:
"Hubris, megalomaniacal!"
At this time, Ji Feng said:
"The times are also strong, let's plan again......"
Bai Liyan's words are tantamount to an ultimatum, of course, he has no leisure to crusade against Liang Guo now, and there is no need for this.
The armpit fleet has arrived at the coast of Liang, and the information intercepted by Langlan shows that the capital of Liang, Jinye, is in chaos, and the letter for help sent to a vassal state twenty days ago is still on the way, and the armpit people have blocked the coast in preparation for the future landing. It is estimated that next month, the edict of King Qin of the Son of Heaven should be delivered, and Ji Feng and Ji Kang's uncle and nephew are here to beg, and Bailiyan will not bother with them.
At this time, the Yongxing Marquis Mansion was brightly lit, and the news of Bailiyan's return to the city had been spread for a long time, and the women were shocked, not knowing how this power duel would end.
"Big lady, Hou Ye is back, Hou Ye is back."
Xu Yu shouted outside the house while running, and the women were in high spirits like a spring breeze, and their eyes were all shot out of the Dao Jingguang and rushed out to the front yard. Bai Liyan strode over, and he was also very anxious, he was afraid that Jiang Rong would not be able to hold his breath and hit Jiang Rong's muzzle.
"Swallow, swallow ......" Jiang Rong cried like rain and couldn't cry, and threw herself into Baili Yan's arms, and the other women all cried, hoping to pounce on Baili Yan's arms for comfort and tenderness, but no one had Jiang Rong's treatment.
Caressing Jiang Rong's back, Bailiyan was very calm, he said:
"It's hard for you these months."
"You also said, how is the king there, and what will be done in the future."
"It's all gone, and it's business as usual tomorrow."
"Really? The king did not pursue it? Jiang Rong couldn't believe it, she knew that Jiang Rong had become unrecognizable now, and no one could control him.
"Don't worry, the national disaster is at the head, everything is based on the livelihood of the people, and fight for the survival of the Central Plains!"
"But Guangxin, my brother wrote that Guangxin is full of enemy ships off the coast, and Guangxin is in danger."
"Yes, the armpit man is menacing, and it did surprise me. But you can rest assured, Guangxin has been operating for more than ten years, and it is solid. I will send reinforcements tomorrow, and Guangxin will not be lost for a while. When the situation eases later, you should also go to Guangxin to pay tribute to your father-in-law, and pick up your mother-in-law and nephew by the way, just in case.
By the way, Xu'er didn't come back. ”
The voice fell, and Thyme answered:
"Not yet, Xu Lai's letter said that his father-in-law will not let him come back for the time being."
"That's right, I sent him to report the funeral, that is, to send him abroad, so that the king will not be suspicious and invite trouble. Let's go, go back to the house. ”
After appeasing a group of women, the group went to the inner house to talk, and in the second half of the night, Bailiyan stayed alone in the study and urgently drafted a contingency plan.
These plans have been drawn up by him in the past few months in accordance with the changes in the situation, and now they need to be put into practice to calm down the internal contradictions and resume production as soon as possible.
Because he foresaw the possible revenge and political measures after the crown prince ascended the throne, Bai Liyan did his best in the morning, but Jiang Zhen's destructive power still greatly exceeded his expectations.
I thought that even if one of the three forces of Xihuan, the cabinet and Gao Xun could contain Jiang Yu, but I didn't expect that the prince would rely on the power of the Yan family's salt lord to break free from the resistance of the three parties, causing the situation to slide to the edge of uncontrollability.
Although Bai Liyan informed Lu Hou and hoped that he would not clash head-on with Jiang Zhen, the situation continued to deteriorate, but Lu Hou turned a blind eye to what the Yan family did, which inevitably made Bai Li Yan highly suspicious that there were other deep-seated reasons behind Jiang Zhen's actions, otherwise Jiang Yan would not have burst out with such huge political energy.
The next morning, led by King Xian and the cabinet, a hundred officials, magnates, and nobles were convened to hold an administrative and financial meeting, and sent Nuo Yiyan and Xue Zhong to appease the princes' envoys to correct a series of erroneous policies from February to the present.
At the same time, funds were urgently transferred from the money bank to meet the expenses and deficits, and due to the run on the bank in the past two months, a large amount of money flowed out of the money square, resulting in temporary difficulties in working capital, but it was far from the point of exhaustion.
The current Qianfang is not only the four big families of Sanhou and the national treasury, but also the Yuke, Yuncang faction, and the Ligong faction, as well as the huge savings of the underworld forces and generals headed by Huang Che's son Huang Biao, as well as many sects and anonymous accounts abroad in the world, such as Sun Guo, Zhiguo, Qiguo, Weiguo, etc.
As long as the large depositors do not move, the money bank will be stable, but the run does cause great financial panic.
After two days of intensive discussions, Bailiyan decided to restore the futures market to the closing price of the fifth day of March, a price that allows most traders to recover half of their assets, although most commodities are in a downward spiral.
Of course, in order to restore their assets, the funds that have been bubbled must have a source, but it is never possible for the treasury and the money to be asked for this money.
Therefore, Bailiyan then secretly met with Chu Shiyuan, the plenipotentiary representative of the Yuncang faction stationed in the Wang's family, who was previously the owner of the pawnshop of the Yuncang faction in Jinye, and after Bailiyan promised the Yuncang faction to carry out financial róng zī and loan pawn business in Xianguo, he was transferred to the Xianguo Specialized Financial Project Operation, and this time he had his share in the highest price in the city, and Xiao Gongyi and Duan Songzhi also had a share.
After the financial turmoil in October last year, Bai Liyan began to make preparations in advance for the crown prince's accession to the throne, so when he was placed under house arrest as soon as Jiang Jie activated the plan, Yuncang, Ligong, Yuke and others would get the news.
At this time, when the futures price was at its highest, the three factions spent more than half a month secretly shipping and selling. Of course, Xihuan's uncle Fang Bo had a keen business instinct, and after learning about Yongxing's production capacity, he foresaw that once the news spread, commodity prices would plummet, so he also began to sell.
At the same time, Luhou, Xuanting, Yongxing, Guocai, and Qianfang shipped together, so this time Bēng Pán was the next hand planned by Bailiyan.
But if you don't sell, there will also be a sell-off, and in the end, it is the Xianguo and the vested interests around the Sanhou who will lose, so this time the Xianguo not only did not lose, but on the contrary, made a lot of money.
As of the suspension of futures operations, the book value of the actual losses of all investors, after the Singapore dollar discounted the precious metals, reached a total of 5.2 million inches of silver, but nearly 4.2 million yuan of funds flowed into the gold pool controlled by Bailiyan, and the actual profit was more than 3.3 million gold and silver, which shows how great the power of financial instruments is.
But this money can't be swallowed up, part of the profits have to be given as dividends to Ligong, Yuncang, Yuke, Luhou, Xuanting, Qianfang also have to keep a share, and the part of the treasury will go into the secret account of Qianfang, as for the part of Bailiyan, it will also go into the secret account.
More than half of the remaining profits will be used to return investors' losses, and the rest will be used to pay for Jiang Yu's governance behavior, of course, these funds are still insufficient.
Due to changes in land policy, production relations and production supply have been severely impacted, and they have been transmitted from agriculture to commerce, and then from commerce to the upstream of industrial production.
Before being placed under house arrest, Bailiyan gave priority to ensuring the supply of materials in Yongxing, Xuanyun, Ruitian, Muyang, Lincheng and other places, and reserved commercial raw materials for three months.
But I didn't expect the situation to develop to such a bad point, the raw materials hoarded in advance had been exhausted in early May, and the raw materials in the strategic reserve could only lie down and sleep in the treasury because of the inaction of the Si Nong Mansion, or Tan Le didn't know that there were these institutional mechanisms.
By the end of June, only Yongxing metallurgical and mechanical production was still running, and other production had basically stopped. If it continues to drag on, the coal reserves will also be depleted, and the hundreds of furnaces in Yongxing City will cause huge losses due to the shutdown, and there will be no one year to resume production.
Due to the failure of Guangxin to communicate on the telephone, the battle report was sent to Chenling almost once every half an hour, and the battle was unprecedentedly fierce.
The armpit fleet was unable to break through the resistance of Chen Qujian's team, so it began to explore in the direction of Xianxi and the east of Lincheng, trying to find a landing site and forcibly landing, Bailiyan quickly dispatched 10,000 auxiliary troops from Chenling, 30,000 troops from Xue Sheng's 7th Town Army, and 40,000 people from the armed baggage battalion to go to the northwest of Xian and Beihai, and transferred Tian Peng and Fang Liang's 6th Town Army to Dongyuan to curb the armpit landing.