The negotiations were unusually anxious. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

For example, the two sides will no longer carry out unfriendly military operations against each other, British warships are not allowed to sail into the Pearl River without going through the official actions of Guangzhou, the Qing army is not allowed to deploy on the Kowloon Peninsula without the consent of the British side in Hong Kong, and it is not allowed to carry out any destructive actions in Hong Kong; if any poisoning, kidnapping, and assassination affairs occur in the future, they are all civil criminal acts, and if it is found that it is controlled by the official Cantonese government, the Canton government must bear all responsibility.

Any merchant ship departing from Hong Kong or the West is free to berth at the port of Xin'an, and the officials of both sides have no choice but to obstruct it for any reason. Any foreigner can do business freely in Xin'an, and the Xin'an government is not allowed to obstruct it. In addition to normal tax revenues, Xin'an officials are not allowed to extort businessmen under any pretext. Xin'an merchants are free to trade in Hong Kong, and the officials of both sides are not allowed to obstruct them in any way. Officials are not allowed to extort under any pretext other than normal taxes.

Put simply, it is easy for the two sides to agree on peace and trade, but they are deadlocked on the details of ancillary matters.

The most anxious thing is that the British do not agree with Zhu Jinglun to set up a bureau in Xin'an, and do not agree to any taxes other than those stipulated in the TJ treaty, the bureau can only be used by Chinese merchants, and British merchants will only pay tariffs worth 500%, as well as half of the tariff tax, the British believe that half of the tariff rate of the sub-export tax has replaced all the customs taxes along the way, if the gold is drawn again, it is equivalent to double taxation, which is unfair to British businessmen.

To be honest, this bureau is what Zhu Jinglun values the most, he has won the support of Baigui in Guangzhou, and he can set up a card in Xin'an, but if this bureau can only draw taxes from Chinese businessmen, it will be a big blow to his financial revenue.

"You should understand that if the Xin'an government can't get enough financial revenue, it will not be able to guarantee the safety of normal trade, and in the long run, this will be the biggest loss for businessmen on both sides."

At the negotiation table, Zhu Jinglun resolutely refuted the other party.

Charles sneered slightly, "I beg your pardon, I don't think our merchants can use it to protect their trade, even if they pay more taxes." I am very skeptical about the administrative efficiency of your government. ”

Zhu Jinglun-for-tat: "Can I understand what you mean like this?" If we can guarantee that the taxes drawn from the merchants of your country will be used to maintain their trade, will you agree to us to collect the tax? ”

Charles was stunned, he understood that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately remedied:

"I'm sorry that I don't have the authority to negotiate on the issue of tax rates, and I believe that since the issue of tax rates has been determined by the TJ Treaty and the Articles of Commerce, there is no need or legal basis for us to continue negotiations on this issue."

Zhu Jinglun shook his head: "Since we can't reach an agreement, then the negotiation will end here." We will first sign a memorandum of understanding and implement the agreement immediately. That is to say, from now on, we will unilaterally permit your merchants to trade in Xin'an, but they must accept our unilateral management when they come to trade here until they reach a relevant opinion. ”

Zhu Jinglun took the initiative to terminate the negotiations.

The British communicated with each other, expressing regret and dissatisfaction.

Zhu Jinglun had already stood up and reminded them: "In addition, I need to remind you that the negotiations in Xin'an have been temporarily suspended, and if you want to conduct trade negotiations with the entire Guangfu, you still have to talk to me." ”

Charles disagreed: "We don't think you can speak for the entire Canton official. ”

Zhu Jinglun smiled: "I can understand your concerns, but can you clearly tell me, how can you recognize me as negotiating with you on behalf of the entire Guangfu?" ”

Charles didn't need to think twice to answer: "Of course it's a necessary authorization." ”

Of course, Zhu Jinglun knew about this kind of common sense, but he needed the British to say it himself, and at the same time the clerk in charge of recording it should write it down, so that it became the basis for him to control the power of those officials in Guangzhou.

Zhu Jinglun also asked the British for an authorization form, and together with their requirements, he would send Fang Shan to Guangzhou.

"Now that the negotiations are over, I invite you to the dinner tonight. As for the daytime, the official still has important things to do, the business of the Jardine family has opened, and the official is going to cheer up, and I heard that many Americans are also coming to cheer, as if their consul has also arrived. ”

In fact, the Wu family's business house has been built a long time ago, but it has not been opened at the request of Zhu Jinglun, but it has not stopped stocking, and now it has hoarded 10,000 pounds of tea leaves, filling the warehouse of the tea shop.

In an era when property rights are not protected and everyone is in danger, the richer the more cowardly, let Zhu Jinglun say that the sky is broken, Wu Chongyao is not willing to hang the signboard of Jardine on the façade.

But even if there is only one word "tea" hanging on it, behind this business is the Wu family, and someone will give face.

Wujia New Commercial Bank is not in the southwest city, but in Chiwan, Chiwan, geographically and Xin'an City belong to the same Nantou Peninsula, Nantou Peninsula itself is just a palm-sized place, so it is not far from Xin'an City, and it is not more than ten miles full.

But although this place is only a bay, but not closed at all, thanks to the Pearl River channel, here is a sea trade wharf since ancient times, as early as the Song Dynasty in the next year to worship Mazu's Tianhou Temple, and with the Tianhou Temple as the center, formed a considerable scale of the town, the current Tianhou Temple is still the ancient temple built in the Song Dynasty, but it was repaired during the Zheng He period of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Qing Dynasty, when Guangzhou was open to trade, it was still prosperous, and many Chinese merchants used it as a distribution place for goods, and tea and other goods transported from FJ and other places often landed here and then transshipped to Guangzhou.

When Zhu Jinglun arrived at the Chiwan Wharf, the merchants of all sizes in Xin'an City, the leaders of the wharf foot, the boat owners and Xu Min who ate water rice, surrounded the new business house next to the Chiwan Tianhou Temple.

Tianhou Temple is the center of Chiwan, and the temple market in front of Tianhou Temple is the largest trading center.

The Wu family's new shop is next to the Tianhou Temple.

Of course, with the power of the Wu family, they didn't need to build a new one, so they directly bought more than ten shops and private houses on both sides of the Tianhou Palace, and transformed them into warehouses and shops of the Wu family. At this time, from the front of the Wu family's shop, a dense crowd was formed, and the entire square in front of the Tin Hau Temple was blocked.

This is not only the merchants of Xin'an, many big merchants of Guangzhou have also come here, and even the Pan family and other big businessmen who have worked together in the Thirteen Lines in the past have also appeared.

Some merchants in Xin'an City are mainly for the sake of support, but those big businessmen are afraid that they still have a wait-and-see mentality, they want to see the Wu family's operation in Chiwan, and they are deciding whether their own families will join in, after all, Guangzhou has been blocked for too long, and they can't sustain their business by smuggling alone.

Everyone has their own thoughts, and several of them are the most special Americans, who are entrenched in the best location, just near the Wu family's shopkeeper, with smiling faces like flowers.

What can make them laugh like this is definitely not the lively scene, but the benefits after the excitement is over.

The crowd was crowded, and there were dragon and lion dances, gongs and drums, but a few crisp sounds were particularly eye-catching, because everyone saw a group of officials, sounding gongs to open the way, holding water and fire sticks, and opening a way in the crowd.

The one walking in the middle, dressed in a brand-new official mansion, kept arching his hands to the crowd as he walked.

If it's not Zhu Jinglun, who else can it be.

He is not a person who likes to be public, but he can't squeeze in if he doesn't do this, and he has tried to sit in a sedan chair, if it weren't for the shaking that he really can't stand the shaking, he will really let people carry the official sedan chair today, and it's not that he wants to put on a score, but to cheer for the Wu family. Although he came, he still put on the brand-new county official uniform sent by Guangzhou a few days ago, which can be regarded as saving face. This should be able to strengthen the hearts of the Wu family, and even other wealthy businessmen who are waiting and seeing, because coming through the official mansion can already represent the official attitude.

Seeing Zhu Jinglun appear, Wu Chongyao came up from afar, bowing as he walked, with an extremely humble attitude.

He has mixed feelings in his heart, because according to his own ideas, he doesn't plan to be so public, and he doesn't even plan to make such a scene, for the Wu family, it is still in crisis, the court signed a treaty and lost a lot of money to the foreigners, according to the usual practice, these money has to be paid by these merchants, even if they are no longer businessmen, but the court can still find them, anyway, they can't reason with those officials.

Wu Chongyao even wanted to send a shopkeeper to handle it at first, and he didn't come forward. But Zhu Jinglun insisted very much, and asked the Wu family to do as big as possible, and the more lively the better. There are so many merchants in Xin'an City, and almost all the merchants have come forward, which is not the face of the Wu family at all, because the Wu family used to be merchants, they mainly relied on huge capital and monopoly to make money, and the number of shops was not much, and they all took the goods directly from the next family. In the past, although Xin'an was able to get involved in the interests of SH trade, it was not an important town. The Wu family doesn't have much contact with the businessmen here, but these people all appear here, that's because Zhu Jinglun directly posted notices in the streets and alleys of Xin'an City as the magistrate of the county.

As soon as the businessmen of Xin'an City came, it was destined that this opening would not be too peaceful, although the Wu family was very distressed, they could only cooperate to finish the scene. The merchants and foreigners of Guangzhou City were invited by them through their own means. The merchants included the Pan family, the Ye family and the Lu family.

The foreigners are the people who invited the American Qichang Foreign Company from Hong Kong, and the Qichang Foreign Company can be said to have grown up with the support of the Wu family.