Text Volume III The Road to Empire_Chapter 563 Decision
Hearing that the other party's help was not free, Fan Yongdou's heart became steady. As the other party said, if there are 50,000 or 600,000 family furniture, where is it not to live. If Wang Wenyuan doesn't want anything, he can't say that he has taken a fancy to the family assets he wants to take away, as long as he leaves the Qing Dynasty and goes to the sea, how can he believe that others will not kill people and rob money.
However, at this time, he still didn't want Wang Wenyuan to feel that he was cornered, so he could only let the other party make an arbitrary offer. So he pretended to be embarrassed and said: "The king of Khan treats me well, if I leave like this, I always feel that I can't go in my heart." ”
Wang Wenyuan glanced at Fan Yongdou with disdain, he was very familiar with Fan Yongdou's information, he betrayed the Ming Dynasty and imported weapons, armor, food and medicinal materials to Houjin, and after hearing about his smuggling case, he immediately left his family members in his hometown, and fled to Houjin with a few people in Zhangjiakou.
He did some disloyal and unfilial things when he was in the Ming Dynasty, and after he came to Houjin, he pretended to be a loyal person who worried about the country and the people, and he really played others as fools.
However, Wang Wenyuan quickly returned to his normal expression, after all, his purpose today was not to expose Fan Yongdou's true face, but to persuade the other party to completely become the company's internal response in the Qing Dynasty, so that the company could gradually transfer the multiplying wealth.
Thinking of this, Wang Wenyuan pondered for a moment, and then said to Fan Yongdou: "I don't like to hear what Shopkeeper Fan said. We businessmen have no motherland, we are born to chase wealth, where there is wealth, there is us.
No matter how much the Khan King pampered you, it was just because he took a fancy to your ability to accumulate money. If you can't make money for him, can he still pamper you so much? The three big Baylors made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the country, and now it is not: the dead die, the fleeing escape, and the remaining one has become an old man who only promises.
You have three great Baylors to credit? Or are you like the King of Khan with the blood of the Aixin Jueluo family? We businessmen are still in business, and we must not get involved in politics. Loyalty, hehe, how much is that thing worth?
Yes, let's not talk to each other, since Fan Da Shopkeeper wants to be a loyal and filial son of the Qing Dynasty, I didn't say what I said just now. Let's go our separate ways, Brother Fan walks slowly. I'm not going to send you out..."
Wang Wenyuan got up as he spoke, and when he was about to walk out of the lobby, Fan Yongdou finally reached out and grabbed his sleeve, and said to him in a low voice: "Brother Wang, I am willing to trade with your company, as long as you can keep my family safe from leaving the ground of the Qing Dynasty." But how can your company help my family get out of here? ”
Wang Wenyuan sat back at this time, looked at Fan Yongdou happily and said: "Our transaction is very fair, the company will help you transfer your property to Japan, and arrange a new identity for you in Japan." What you have to do is to cooperate with us to transfer the company's wealth in Shengjing. What do you think of this condition? ”
The beads of sweat on Fan Yongdou's forehead suddenly appeared like a waterfall, and he looked at Wang Wenyuan with some embarrassment and said, "This, this condition is reasonable." But your company has millions of assets in the stock market alone, and if you want to exchange them, I'm afraid there will be a riot in the stock market, right? In that case, wouldn't the Khan's side soon find out? ”
Wang Wenyuan smiled and said to him: "There are 80,000 or 90,000 households inside and outside Shengjing City, and now the stock market is only 8.5 million yuan, and it is only more than 100 yuan on everyone's head, which shows that the market value of this stock market can be expanded by two or three times."
Since the Mandate of Heaven Khan seized Liaodong and founded the country, the poor people in Liaodong were either killed or fled, and those who were able to survive had no family background in that family? Not to mention that the Eight Banners plundered the property of the common people in the Liaodong Campaign.
In fact, as long as you can persuade the Khan to issue a decree prohibiting the private possession of gold and silver in the house, you will be able to obtain a large amount of gold and silver in a short period of time, which will be enough to pay the Daqing Yuan in the hands of the exchange company.
Then you continue to expand the loans to Baylor, Beizi, Gege and the Manchurian ministers, and let them invest in the stock market to make money, then the people of Shengjing will definitely invest their savings in the stock market under the heat of the eyes.
It is naturally difficult for the company to get out of the market value of the entire Daqing stock market, but if it only occupies a quarter of the market value of the stock market, then it is much easier to realize. And we can also take the stock and make a mortgage loan to Daqing Bank without selling, and of course you have to pay us hard currency.
So in this way, when those shareholders go crazy, we can quietly leave the market. What do you think of this plan? ”
Fan Yongdou's heart was shocked when he heard this, and he was silent for a long time before he whispered with difficulty: "But if you do this, once the stock market crashes, many people will seek death..."
Wang Wenyuan looked at him strangely and said, "Aren't you confused, are you?" From the beginning when you established the Daqing Bank to print banknotes, didn't you just save the idea of exchanging waste paper for other people's property? Sooner or later, these people will be bankrupt, and the only difference is whose pocket their money goes into..."
Fan Yongdou and Wang Wenyuan had a long talk, although the two sides had basically negotiated the terms of the transaction, but when it came to the end, Fan Yongdou began to hesitate again.
The last time he betrayed Da Ming, he could still find a reason for himself to run out of Da Ming's qi. But this time, he can no longer find a reason to betray the Qing Dynasty, which means that he will no longer be able to overturn the case for himself in the future, and will inevitably become a profiteer who is spurned by others.
Wang Wenyuan did not continue to coerce him, but just gave him a day to think about it. Anyway, Fan Yongdou is now a piece of meat in the pot, and it is too late for him to jump out.
When he first rushed to Sihailou, Fan Yongdou was still full of fighting spirit, thinking that he could solve this trouble. But when he left, he was dejected, completely unaware of what he was doing.
As a result, in a period of roaming, Fan Yongdou suddenly found that he had actually come to the Daqing Bank outside the west gate of the palace. Looking at the porter who greeted him with a smile on his face, his mind turned, and he thought that it would be better to go first and then go home.
Daqing Bank is a three-entry quadrangle, and next to it is Shengjing's infantry yamen, which is also Huang Taiji's most trusted force. It is precisely because of the protection of this yamen that the vicinity of Daqing Bank is very safe, and Fan Yongdou has not encountered thieves until now.
Fan Yongdou was thinking about going to his duty room to stay quietly for a while and sort out the chaotic thoughts in his mind, when his cronies, who had been sent back by him to guard the house, suddenly ran over to greet him with a blue nose and swollen face.
Rao was thinking about Fan Yongdou, and at this moment he was also extremely angry and shouted: "Which bastard ran to the bank to make trouble, tomorrow I will hand a piece to the infantry yamen next door, I don't believe that I can't cure this group of bastards." ”
The cronie hurriedly waved his hand and whispered: "The big treasurer said carefully, I didn't serve the butler sent by the reckless Guzige and the butler of Abataibel, and I only took a few hits, which is not a big deal..."
Hearing the names of these two, Fan Yongdou immediately closed his mouth. Although these two Huang Taiji's sisters and brothers are not treated by Huang Taiji, they are not masters that he can afford to provoke as a Han person.
Fan Yongdou could only helplessly ask this cronie: "What about Mang Guzigege and Abatai Belle?" ”
The cronies looked left and right and said: "Mang Guzigege wants to borrow 100,000 yuan, and Abatai Belle wants to borrow 25,000 yuan, but they don't have any mortgage, and the little one doesn't dare to call the shots, so the two housekeepers lose their temper." ”
Fan Yongdou was even more depressed in his heart, he thought for a while and asked, "What are they doing with all this money?" ”
The cronies immediately replied: "Manggu Zigege saw that the stock market was rising every day, so he wanted to borrow money to speculate." Abatabel's side is that his daughter is preparing to get married, and Fu Jin wants to prepare a dowry for her. ”
Fan Yongdou, who was still hesitant in his heart, had no luck in his heart at the moment. These Gege and Baylor are so greedy for money, it is obviously difficult for this Daqing Bank to sustain itself for a long time.
"That's it, that's it. After all, this is the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and what does it have to do with me as a Han Chinese. Since they dig their own graves, then what do I have to fear. When the sky falls, let the tall men hold on. Fan Yongdou suddenly figured it out.
He stopped, and he didn't even go to the room. Turning to his cronies, he commanded, "Tomorrow you prepare the money, and I will personally send it to Mangguzigege, and you will send it to the house of Abatabaebel." In addition, order the printing workshop to print another 200, no, 5 million Qing Yuan out..."
In April 1638, the latest news about Batavia finally reached the seventeen-member board of directors of the East India Company in Amsterdam. Almost as soon as they learned of this, the Board of Seventeen ordered all news about the Far East to be blocked, not allowing the crew to spread rumors that the East India Company had completely lost the Spice Islands and the Batavia Fortress.
In the conference room on the second floor of the Dutch East India Company facing Dam Square, the seventeen directors had been meeting for a whole day with anxiety, but still unable to come to any conclusions.
The spice trade was the basis of the Dutch East India Company's existence, and if news of the loss of the Spice Islands spread, the company's share price would plummet. Seventeen directors remembered that in the past few days the citizens had rioted in the square over the tulip contract, which finally forced the Dutch provincial council to use force. They feared that the news would add fuel to the fire, prompting the citizens of Amsterdam to turn their anger at the seventeen-member board of directors.
After thinking for a long time, the rotating chairman finally left the window and said to the other directors in the room: "It is an impossible option to continue the war with China. At this juncture, tell the news of the loss of the Spice Islands to the citizens outside who have lost their minds, and it is estimated that the anger of the masses will first burn us to the ground.
The Prince's parliamentarians have long wanted to remove us from office so that the company can become the Prince's wallet. This is undoubtedly the perfect time for them to open fire on us, and we must not dig our own graves. ”
"Yes." "Yes." Sixteen directors immediately approved the chairman's proposal.
However, some people said worriedly: "But how long can this be hidden?" If the spices can't be shipped back, the company's dividends this year will be in trouble..."
The chairman-in-office was determined to say: "There is still a large amount of spices in the warehouses in Amsterdam, enough for the whole of Europe for two or three years. Originally, we hid them in order to control the price of spices, and now they are just used to top them.
Next we need to send someone to negotiate with China and get that Batavia idiot out of here. I think we can get Mr. Natz to go to China to repair relations, and we need trade between the Spice Islands and China, even if it's not a monopoly. The question now is, what cards do we have that would allow the Chinese to make such concessions? ”
One director suddenly said: "I heard that the Chinese have built a city near the Cape of Good Hope, and I think I can exchange this for concessions from the Chinese." We recognize the colonization of the Chinese near the Cape of Good Hope in exchange for their recognition of Batavia..."
After listening to everyone's opinions, the chairman of the board of directors put his hands on the table and said, "Then it is decided, send a fleet to seize the Cape of Good Hope, and force them to surrender peacefully as much as possible." Let Mr. Peternats set out with the fleet, and after seizing the Cape of Good Hope, he immediately went to China for negotiations..."