The reason why Guangzhou has a very good shipbuilding industry, a very important reason is that it has always been an international trade port, there is a strong market demand, later generations say that science and technology is the primary productive force, but the market can bring science and technology, the market is the biggest driving force, when the Japanese develop the shipbuilding industry, they can only grit their teeth and play hard, although there is a conservative plot, but even if they want to attract foreign capital, I am afraid it is not easy to attract. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But the reason why it is Guangzhou, and not Hong Kong, which has been occupied by the British, has an important problem is that a large amount of fresh water is needed when repairing the ship, and the sediment adhered to the bottom of the ship is washed with fresh water, and at the same time the ship is replenished with sufficient fresh water, which Hong Kong does not have.

At this time, in Hong Kong, there was only one Hope Shipping built by the British in Seac Pai Wan, and even if there was a dock in Hong Kong, it was impossible for Zhu Jinglun to hand over his order to Hong Kong, and he was fighting a lawsuit with Hong Kong at this time.

One side of this lawsuit is Guangdong Customs, and the other side is the three major foreign companies in Hong Kong, Jardine Matheson, Qichang and Baoshun, and the reason for the lawsuit is a land dispute, that is, the hundreds of acres of sand fields in South Kowloon.

At that time, the foreigners bought the lease, and then built a warehouse on it and repaired the wharf, but the locals destroyed the warehouse and robbed the goods, and the three foreign companies refused to give up. They are unwilling to give up, and Zhu Jinglun is still unwilling to give up.

Let Hurd come forward and sue the three major foreign companies in the name of the customs, the reason is very simple, Hurd now holds the title deed of the hundreds of acres of sand fields, which is the official title deed.

HD has the advantage that the Hong Kong government has always been a red deed, and the land registration policy they implement is also based on the red deed.

Now those land deeds are in the hands of the Guangdong Customs, so they have become Hurd's most powerful weapon, he sued the three foreign companies, without the permission of the landlord, rented the land without authorization, built buildings on the land, seriously affected the use of the land, and demanded compensation from the three foreign companies.

These three foreign banks are also unlucky, they don't understand China's complicated land rights procedures at all, they think they have bought the right to use the permanent, compared to the Shanghai model, the most important thing is that they didn't expect the Guangdong government to come forward, they relied on the Hong Kong government, at that time thought that as long as the land was in their hands, they were not afraid of any Chinese government.

But the Guangdong government came forward, and it went to their land to file a lawsuit.

The Deng family in Kowloon once fought this kind of lawsuit, but they lost, and a case has been formed, and they want to overturn it, unless they can come up with more favorable evidence, they will lose.

However, the Hong Kong court seems to defend them a little, and the lawsuit has never been decided, and the trial has been repeatedly reviewed, and the evidence has been repeatedly searched, and it has dragged on for a year.

Zhu Jinglun is not in a hurry, his purpose is very simple, that is, to prevent foreign businessmen from expanding their influence in Kowloon, that is, to choke the throat of Hong Kong's development.

At this time, Kowloon, has let HD operate for a year, mobilized manpower here to clean up the deep-water channel, built a deep-water wharf that can accommodate more than 5,000 tons of giant ships docking, South Kowloon to Hong Kong, this sea area, an area of more than 40 square kilometers, the port is wide and deep, can berth more than 100 giant ships at the same time, the draft of 12 meters of giant ships can enter and exit freely, later known as one of the world's three natural deep-water ports.

As long as the development of Hong Kong Island can be stifled, this body of water belongs to Kowloon.

So in the past year, Hurd has built deep-water berths, brought fresh water from the peninsula, built reservoirs, opened the Kowloon branch of the Guangdong Customs here, and also fought lawsuits with foreign businessmen to make their warehouses and docks unoperable.

The losses of the three major foreign banks are not small, the Wharf infrastructure cost hundreds of thousands, the loss of goods is hundreds of thousands, and they were smashed by the local villagers without seeing half of the profit, and they have not been compensated for this loss, but they were accused in court, and a toss is a year, which is a huge time cost.

But the case has finally been concluded, and the lawyers of the three major foreign companies believe that the probability of their victory is very low, and even if they can win, the Guangdong government will still not give up, and will definitely continue to appeal, rather than endlessly negotiating with the other party, it is better to settle.

As long as the Guangdong Customs was willing to compensate for their losses, and they were willing to give up those land and ancillary buildings, they didn't expect that the Guangdong Customs happily agreed.

Because Hurd also needs these hundreds of acres of land for construction at this time, and at the same time, he doesn't want to offend the British government ruthlessly, because he knows that this is not the first lawsuit, and there is still a lawsuit waiting for the foreign bank in Hong Kong.

"Are you sure that Jardine Matheson has never been given any authorization to use your family's signboard?"

"I'm sure!"

"So, are these ledgers you provide guaranteed to be authentic?"

"I promise!"

Well, this lawsuit was fought with Jardine Matheson, and it was Wu Chongyao who fought with Jardine Matheson on behalf of the Wu family.

The reason for the lawsuit is very simple, Jardine Matheson infringed by using the Wu family's Jardine Hong signboard without permission, confusing the public and seeking illegal benefits, and causing great losses to the Wu family.

How big is the loss? It's enough for Jardine Matheson to drink a pot, because Wu Chongyao took out all the account books of their family Jardine Matheson before it ceased operation, including Wu Bingjian's profitability in the era of profiteering, which is comparable to the giant of the East India Company, and Jardine Matheson really wants to admit compensation, and they can't afford to lose.

Hurd and Jardine Matheson have just ended the lawsuit, Wu Chongyao sued Jardine Matheson and Co. to the court again, during this time Jardine Matheson's feng shui is really bad, and the lawsuit has become news.

The situation is very clear, Jardine Matheson did infringe, they used the Wu family's signboard without the permission of the Wu family, their reason was that the Wu family had dissolved Jardine Matheson at that time, so they did not constitute infringement, and the Wu family insisted that they had not cancelled their business name in the government, nor had they issued their lives in any newspaper, and their business had been doing, how could it be said that Jardine Matheson had dissolved?

Wu Chongyao also cried emotionally, Jardine Bank was passed down from his father's hands, and the whole world knew that Jardine Bank was the signboard of the Wu family, but it was suddenly used inexplicably, and now all Chinese and foreign businessmen from Tianjue to Shanghai thought that Jardine Bank was a scum foreign company, and no one knew that this line number was the signboard of the Wu family for several generations, which caused huge economic losses to the Wu family.

Jardine Matheson was first used when they opened branches in Hong Kong, and according to their archives, in the 1840s, that is, after the First Opium War, they used Jardine Madison in Hong Kong, and in other northern ports, it is unreasonable to say that there is no reason to take advantage of it.

The barrister asked the judge to obtain data from the Shanghai Customs to collect evidence on the status of all the goods entering the customs from 1840 onwards, and found that the trade volume was huge, and in the past 20 years, Jardine Matheson sold more than 100 million taels of silver in Shanghai, and the profit exceeded 30 million taels.

At the same time, during this period, the Wu family's business plummeted, and the lawyer said that from the relationship between the two, it can be inferred that Jardine Matheson used the Wu family's signboard fraudulently, causing huge economic losses to the Wu family, and demanded that Jardine Matheson Co. compensate for the loss in full and apologize, and at the same time should not use the Jardine Matheson signboard from now on.

Jardine Matheson has earned more than 30 million taels of silver in 20 years, and the Wu family has earned absolutely no less than them in the earlier 20 years, although the lawyer's statement is a bit far-fetched, but it is difficult for them to say that it has nothing to do with it at all, and in the end they must be responsible, they cannot afford to pay 30 million, but no matter how much they lose, their signboard can not be saved, Jardine Matheson is now the most famous foreign company in the northern ports, and the loss of name change is huge, and after the notoriety spreads, the loss of their reputation is irreparable.

They can give up the Jardine Matheson signboard and resume the use of Jardine Madison in the future, who knows how many customers will be lost by this name change, and how many customers will think that their strength is not good, and they will not be able to bear the consequences, and they find it important to prove their strength in doing business in China.

Seeing that he was about to lose a lawsuit, Wu Chongyao proposed an out-of-court settlement at this time, but put forward a request, their family could allow Jardine Matheson to continue to use the Jardine signboard, but they asked for shares, Wu Chongyao said that he would not let Jardine Matheson suffer a loss, they wanted to invest one-third of the shares of Jardine Matheson, and expressed their willingness to contribute three million taels.

Just like the last time when the New Ann Li Bureau took a stake in Jardine Matheson, it valued them at the level of 10 million, but at this time, Jardine Matheson & Co. is not completely decided by the Jardine Madison family, and the New Ann Li Bureau still has one-third of the equity.

They refused to dilute their shares, saying that if they increased their capital, they were willing to increase their capital proportionally, anyway, their share ratio could not be moved, otherwise it would affect their interests, and they would file a lawsuit. They got a huge profit of three million taels at once, which is also a gratifying thing.

But they didn't expect one thing, Jardine Matheson owns half of the equity of HSBC, and now their equity in the hands of Jardine Matheson has been diluted to one-third, and the equity in HSBC has directly dropped to one-sixth, and in the equity of HSBC, Wu Chongyao has accounted for half, plus the shares of Jardine Matheson that he now holds, he personally or the Wu family occupies two-thirds, reaching absolute control, and at the same time, the Xin'an Li Bureau also indirectly holds one-sixth, and the Xin'an Li Bureau plus the Wu family, With a five-sixths stake in HSBC, HSBC has indirectly become a Chinese commercial bank.

Therefore, HSBC is the purpose of Wu Chongyao, and the reason why he is doing this is because another bank in which he has a stake, Guangfu Bank, is about to open, and this bank hopes to be able to take advantage of HSBC's branch network at various ports. (To be continued.) )