Wang Wenyuan, the chief shopkeeper of Shengjing Sihai Commercial Bank, glanced at Fan Yongdou noncommittally, and then picked up the tea bowl again and said: "If we do business in Shengjing, we can only receive the Daqing Yuan issued by you, and we don't do this business."

Shopkeeper Fan is also a businessman, and he should know that someone does this head-killing business, but no one does this loss-making business. Whether this Daqing Yuan is a piece of waste paper or not, you don't know in your heart? ”

After saying this, Wang Wenyuan took a sip of tea to moisten his throat. Fan Yongdou, who is the chief treasurer of Daqing Bank, was speechless for a while to Wang Wenyuan's questioning.

After he patiently suppressed the anxiety and panic in his heart, he said to Wang Wenyuan in a slightly soothing tone: "But haven't we already negotiated before, although the number of banknotes is issued a little more, but the ginseng, mink, trees, leather, and soybeans of my Qing Dynasty can still maintain the trade between the two countries..."

With a "clang", Wang Wenyuan put the tea bowl in his hand on the table of the Eight Immortals beside him, and interrupted Fan Yongdou's words.

"Shopkeeper Fan, don't you know or are you pretending to be stupid? Is that what you're sustaining? Without our Sihai Trading Company importing all kinds of goods to you, the trade between the two countries would have been finished long ago.

From last year to this year, for every 5 yuan of goods we imported into Daqing, you could only sell 1 yuan of goods to us. The remaining 4 yuan of goods, last year you still had 2 yuan to pay with Da Ming Yuan and gold and silver, but this year is good, to 3 yuan is to use Da Qing Yuan to fool us, what can we do with Da Qing Yuan? ”

Fan Yongdou's face was red and white for a while, and it took a long time before he said weakly: "But didn't I buy the stock market according to your requirements, you also borrowed so many big Qing yuan from me last year to invest in the stock market, and from last year to now, this money has increased fivefold, this is not a loss-making transaction." ”

Wang Wenyuan looked up at him and said: "Yes, now the market value of the Shengjing Stock Exchange has exceeded 8.5 million, but 4.5 million of them are our funds precipitated in the market, but what is the point of this?"

We can't cash it all out right now; Second, even if all of them are realized, such a huge amount of Daqing Yuan appears on the market, won't it immediately make the prices of Shengjing skyrocket, and this paper money will be worthless? ”

Wang Wenyuan's words just hit Fan Yongdou's heart disease, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he said again and again: "Yes, yes, it is true that you can't realize it all, if you do this, the stock market and paper money will all be crossed." ”

Wang Wenyuan said slowly: "So, we shrink the silver root, avoid risks, and no longer accept the Great Qing Yuan, what's the problem?" ”

"Of course there is a problem." Fan Yongdou roared angrily in his heart, without the support of the goods imported from the Ming Kingdom by the Four Seas Trading Company, the Great Qing Yuan, who could not buy things, would also collapse. If the banknotes collapse, the stock market will also cross.

As soon as he thought that millions of funds would flee from the stock market, and then cause an even greater impact on the market, it was estimated that King Khan would take his family's head to appease the anger of Shengjing. He really had to go to the Khan to take over the trouble of establishing the Qing Bank, and now he sent the whole family into the tiger's mouth.

Although he was a little flustered in his heart, Fan Yongdou still forced himself to think quickly and calmly, and after a while, he said to Wang Wenyuan with a smile: "Brother Wang probably doesn't know what I am doing when I go out of the city today, right?" ”

Without waiting for Wang Wenyuan to speak, he hurriedly showed off: "Today I followed the King Khan and all the important ministers of the Qing Dynasty out of the city to watch the artillery exercise, Brother Wang, have you seen it, that scene is really earth-shattering, the red-clothed cannons are like thunderbolts, and the fortress built by the King Khan is as vulnerable as a chicken and a dog."

In the past, the Ming Dynasty relied on the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty to resist our army, but it was just a fortified cannon. After all, the field battle between the two armies is still higher than the chance of victory in the Qing Dynasty, and now that the Qing Dynasty has made artifacts such as red-coated cannons, can the Ningjin defense line still be sustained?

As long as the Ningjin defense line is broken, the property of the land of western Liaoning will also be in my bag. Brother Wang, why should you worry that our country will not be able to take back the property from your hands? Besides, it's not good, now that the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Deer die, it is still unknown who will die, and Brother Wang should also leave a way back for himself. ”

Hearing Fan Yongdou's blatant threat of force, Wang Wenyuan said unhurriedly: "I'm just a businessman, and I don't care about the war between the two countries.

The Qing Dynasty was able to manufacture a red-clothed cannon, which was really a gratifying thing for the Qing Dynasty. But you can't be a cannon made of iron exported by our Four Seas Trading Company, right? We had a contract at the beginning, and this batch of iron could not be used to make weapons, but only to make agricultural tools. ”

Regarding Wang Wenyuan's pedantry, Fan Yongdou couldn't help but laugh and said: "Is there any evidence in Brother Wang's hand to prove that we used that batch of iron materials to make cannons?" Even if there is a proof, will Brother Wang still be able to recover these cannons? ”

For Fan Yongdou's ridicule, Wang Wenyuan's face showed a strange look, and he replied slowly: "Actually, this article was famous in the contract at the beginning, and this is also for your good."

This batch of iron is not bad for agricultural tools, but is it used to cast artillery? Brother Fan, do you really think that the imperial court will allow our Sihai Trading Company to smuggle such a large amount of iron materials? ”

The corners of Fan Yongdou's eyes twitched suddenly, this batch of iron materials was handled by him, and the price was two-thirds cheaper than the iron smelted in China, which was also one of his political achievements.

Naturally, he would not allow problems with this batch of iron materials, and after thinking about it a few times, he calmed down and said, "Shopkeeper Wang, it's not interesting for you to lie and threaten me at this time.

This batch of iron has been inspected by the blacksmiths of Shengjing, and now that even the cannons have been cast, what else can you do? ”

Wang Wenyuan glanced at him with some pity and said: "It's too difficult for you to understand, let's just say it, these iron impurities are a little more, if they are used to cast cannons, they are easy to blow up." That's why we've made it clear that they are not allowed to be used in the manufacture of weapons. ”

Fan Yongdou suddenly felt his scalp tingle, he stood up suddenly, and shouted at Wang Wenyuan in a gaffe: "This is impossible, I watched them set off the cannon for a day today, and I didn't see a red-clothed cannon exploding, you can't talk nonsense." ”

For Fan Yongdou, who was already anxious, Wang Wenyuan spread his hands and said helplessly: "That can only show that your luck today is not bad, and these artillery pieces are new enough."

The Ordnance Superintendent once experimented that the life span of the guns cast from this batch of iron was about one-third of that of normal artillery. If the double-charge method is adopted, then after four or five firings, it is easy to explode.

When these artillery pieces are dragged to the battlefield, you will know if what I am saying is not the truth. ”

One bad news after another finally knocked Fan Yongdou down, and he sat back in his seat in despair. It is different from the Ming Dynasty, which has already understood the principle of artillery and began to produce cannons in an industrialized way. The Qing Dynasty made artillery entirely by feel, and if ten artillery pieces can pass 2-3 pieces, they are already masters.

Therefore, the cost of a red-coated cannon is not less than 3,000 taels of silver, which is almost ten times the cost of casting a cannon of the same specification in the Ming Dynasty. The artillery unit established by the Khan King with all his national strength, if it was just a one-time unit, Fan Yongdou didn't have to guess, and he knew what his fate would be.

"Y-How can you do that. Isn't this a pit man..."Fan Yongdou muttered without tears.

Seeing Fan Yongdou choked up in front of him, this made Wang Wenyuan a little surprised, he really didn't expect the other party's mental defense to be so fragile, which saved him a lot of tongues.

Wang Wenyuan naturally didn't know that Fan Yongdou had been supporting the financial expenditure of the Qing Dynasty for more than a year, and he had long been worn away by this pressure, so when he heard that there was a problem with the iron material, his spirit suddenly collapsed.

Wang Wenyuan got up and walked to Fan Yongdou's side, bent down and patted him on the shoulder and said: "Why is the shopkeeper Fan like this, if you want me to say, it's not a big deal, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, do you need to be bold when the matter comes." ”

Fan Yongdou hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, grabbed Wang Wenyuan's sleeve like a life-saving straw and said, "What did Brother Wang say? Do you have a way to get me through this? ”

Wang Wenyuan sat down on the chair beside him, leaned his upper body towards him and said, "Brother Fan, don't you know that trees are dead and people are alive?" ”

Fan Yongdou was silent for a while, and then said hesitantly: "Brother Wang mean, let me go back to the Ming Kingdom?" ”

Wang Wenyuan immediately shook his head and said, "Don't be stupid, the imperial court's wanted warrant for you hasn't been withdrawn yet, aren't you asking for your own death when you go back."

However, there are not only the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty in this world, there are still many countries overseas, Japan is near, India and Europe are far away, as long as you have money, where can you not start from scratch?

At present, in Daming, a skilled worker can earn 72 yuan a year, which is enough for a family of five to meet food and clothing. If you have 5,000 yuan in your pocket, you can open a cotton yarn factory with 3,000 spindles, so that the family can have no worries about food and clothing.

If you have 50,000 yuan, buy a few boats to run overseas trade or whaling, at least you can get a little rich. If there is a 500,000 yuan, what place in the world can not be visited? Don't you even have 500,000 yuan in your hands now? ”

Fan Yongdou looked at Wang Wenyuan hesitantly, and asked tentatively, "What does Brother Wang mean, can you help me get out of here?" ”

Wang Wenyuan immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, Brother Fan, what you said is a little unauthentic. Everyone is a businessman, this is naturally a transaction, if you don't pay anything, why should the company take this risk for you, do you say no? ”