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The sun has just set the horizon. The winds that carried the moisture from the river and the sea blew ashore one after another, only to make the chill in the air a little colder. Somehow, the tide in Huangpu has risen, and now the boats on the wharves scattered along Huangpu are much higher.

Pushing open the glass door of the foreign company, the cold wind blowing in his face made Liu Yixuan shiver, this winter this year, it was colder than in previous years, while shrinking his head, he even wanted to put the collar of his coat up, but reason told him that he couldn't do this, if he was seen by those foreign devils, they didn't know how to mock themselves behind their backs, which would even affect his reputation in this industry.

Maybe you should wear a padded jacket.

This thought was fleeting, as a comprador of a foreign company, he must wear a suit, which is the rule in a foreign company. Of course, this is the rule of foreigners.

Because of the cold weather, Liu Yixuan hurriedly quickened his pace and walked towards the place agreed yesterday, which was a very ordinary restaurant, although he had also adapted to Western food like other compradors, but in private, even if it was a gathering between compradors, he would choose Chinese's own restaurant and eat Chinese's own food.

However, after only walking for more than ten minutes, Liu Yixuan came to the door of the hotel he had made an appointment, and as soon as he entered the door, two voices greeted him at the same time:

"Yikes! Brother Yiyang! Good come, please! ”

This unanimous call worked at once like a forbidden spell; The voices of the people who were originally arguing about something immediately stopped, many faces turned their directions, and many eyes shot at Liu Yixuan, who was standing by the door. What was still in Liu Yixuan's mind, this would disappear immediately.

He smiled slightly, his eyes swept over the faces of everyone, and after taking off the top hat and coat on his head, and handing them to the men on the side, he walked up to the group of people, patted a Humpty Dumpty man on the shoulder with his left hand, grabbed one of the hands stretched out to him with his right hand, and said as if relieved:

"Aren't you here again discussing this year's cigarette prices? What's wrong? Where did you go? ”

Humpty Dumpty raised his eyebrows and laughed in disbelief, but his opportunity to speak was snatched away by the young man who stretched out his hand:

"It has nothing to do with the price of cigarettes, since the trade of Wukou, although this tobacco is still a private product, but you also know that the customs side is to make more silver, naturally the price of this cigarette has not increased, unless there is another Lin Zexu that day, otherwise, this cigarette price, we are here to talk about the French matter. Let's sit down first. ”

"Hey! Huang Deqin, what is there in France that can arouse your interest! ”

Liu Yixuan pretended to protest, frowned as he spoke, and squeezed into the side of the young man named Huang Deqin. Both of them were born in the same church school, although there is a difference of more than ten years, but the cigarette love is always there, and the natural friendship is not bad, but what Liu Yixuan likes to be good at is a complete layman to Huang Deqin; And this Huang Deqin's work, Liu Yixuan is not a layman, the French thing, for the compradors is naturally raw silk, just like the British thing is tea, every country is different.

For compradors, doing business for foreign companies is one thing, and they will also take the opportunity to do a little business of their own, just like Huang Deqin took advantage of the convenience of foreign companies to get involved in the opium business, and shipped opium to China, Humpty Dumpty bought tea through foreign companies and sold them to foreign companies, in short, this is the rule of this industry, and it is also an open secret.

The comprador seems to be beautiful, but behind this scenery, there is a lot of bitterness, and these bitterness can only be smoothed with silver, and when they get together, they will also talk about business-related things, and more preparedly, discuss current and future business opportunities.

The silence in the room lasted for a moment. It seems that because of the newcomer, the big guys have to pay attention to courtesy, and no one is willing to speak first. At this time, the people gathered in the box maintained a moment of silence.

Liu Yixuan, who had just sat down, noticed that in addition to the fat man and Huang Deqin, there was also a stranger, a young man in his twenties, who seemed to be very curious about everything, but he seemed extremely calm, seeing Liu Yixuan's eyes on this person, Humpty Dumpty quickly stood up and introduced:

"Let me introduce you. This is Brother Liu of the American Company, Liu Yixuan, this brother has just come back from Germany, Xi Zhimo, Brother Liu, don't look at Brother Xi's youth, he is a top student who has eaten steak in Europe and studied in a foreign school! No, everyone happened to get together here today, which can be regarded as a pick-up for Brother Xi, which can be regarded as getting to know each other, and we will take care of each other in the future. ”

I heard that it was a friend who had just returned from Europe, and Liu Yixuan, who had never been abroad, suddenly looked at this person a few times, and he hurriedly nodded to Xu Shushan in response:

"My brother actually studied in Europe, isn't that the university in the mouth of the foreigner? The great talent of the elder brother is really admirable and admirable. ”

"Not really! Brother Xi was quite appreciated by foreigners, and the Willum Taipan of Guangzhou Lihe Foreign Company tried his best to invite him, and as a result, Jardine Ampson Taipan took the lead. ”

Humpty Dumpty replied instead of Xi Zhimo. In this small circle, he is famous for "liking to woo", and he is the best at touting others, and it is precisely because of this that he is among everyone, he can be described as eight-sided and exquisite, and many people have a seemingly deep friendship, so that friends call him "eight-faced boy", and his real name Zhou Guoli is not called by many people.

"You eight-faced boy, I have what you boasted about!"

While talking and laughing, Xi Zhimo was gently polite.

"The younger brother is worthy of the praise of a few brothers, but he has studied in foreign schools in Germany and France for a few years, and he will meet by chance!"

Although he said so, Xi Zhimo's eyebrows still flashed a little proudly, in any case, he is also one of the few people in China who has studied in Europe in this era, at least in this regard, he is far more than everyone else.

After a simple politeness, Eight-faced Boy immediately changed the topic, so as not to let everyone be robbed of the limelight by this young junior.

"Well, folks, have you heard a piece of news?"

"Huh?"

After everyone turned their eyes on themselves, Eight-faced Boy said.

"Have you heard about the Zhu family's Young Master Zhu?"

Because the Shanghai Concession is not very related, and the Zhu family is one of the few Chinese businessmen who have a piece of permanent lease land in the concession, everyone naturally knows about the young master Zhu who lost his belongings in business, was angry and lost his life, but finally came back from the dead.

"Eight-faced boy, what else should I do, isn't it just a new thing to come back from the dead, this is not a new thing!"

"He came back from the dead, everybody knows, do you know, he came from the American company...... Brother Liu"

Eight-faced boy looked at Liu Yixuan with a smile and continued.

"People don't have the price of 30% of the market price, and they put down more than 500,000 taels of goods, not to mention, and they paid a deposit of less than 30,000 taels, and they cleared all the goods......

"This matter is the emperor's calendar, and the backlog of foreign guns and foreign cannons for more than three years is all worthless things, and the loser surnamed Zhu has also been defeated out of the realm......"

In the ridicule of everyone, Liu Yixuan shook his head and said.

"This family, he really hasn't failed, haven't you heard, now hundreds of thousands of rebels are besieging Wuchang, if it is not bad, if this civil unrest can not be stopped, then the war will be the same in the future, how much do you think those foreign guns and foreign cannons can earn?"

"What? And this kind of thing! ”

Huang Deqin's eyes widened and he looked at Liu Yixuan in surprise.

"Ju, there was a war?"

"Those foreign devils, but they are all masters who eat people and don't spit out bones, can they watch the surnamed Zhu earn this money?"

"No one knows about this!"

After a pause, Liu Yixuan shook his head and sighed.

"On the way here, I thought about it all the way, but I couldn't understand how that Young Master Zhu did it, could it be that he could really predict it?"

"Prophet of the Unknown? How is this possible? If you are staring at the scale of chaos, how can it be caused in a day or two? I guess he must have gotten some rumors! ”

"I'm afraid that this huge profit is not easy to earn, most of those people are adventurers from all over the world who come to China to pan for gold, how can that kind of person be willing to swallow this breath?"

Xi Zhimo, who was sarcastic and knew what they were talking about, sighed.

"To be honest, I know a thing or two about this matter!"

"Oh? Brother who is kind to say, why don't you tell me the inside story, so that you can solve our confusion? ”

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Liu Yixuan smiled slightly, shook his head and said:

"Actually, I really don't know what their plans are for this, but I'm sure they won't be good about it."

"That's it, these foreign devils, but there is no good master!"

Everyone nodded and agreed with Huang Deqin's words. At this time, Xi Zhimo on the side spoke.

"Brother Shanyan, I think, on the other hand, the younger brother admires that Young Master Zhu very much, just this courage to gamble with each other, how many people can have it?"

Xi Zhimo's words were like a bomb exploding around everyone, and everyone's faces changed suddenly, but he continued.

"In my opinion, although Young Master Zhu is just a fledgling, this vision is much beyond others, and this courage alone is beyond our reach! From the point of view of the younger brother, if this Young Master Zhu can successfully pass this pass, then in the future, no one will dare to despise him, not to mention that the world knows this person, at least on the beach here! ”

"Contempt?"

The eight-faced boy, who had been accompanying his ears beside him, suppressed his voice and said softly.

"If you know, how did he use the contract to kill the foreign devil, and use other money to do this business, not to mention, the foreign devil who is stuck can't make a move on the surface, I'm afraid you don't dare to underestimate him!"

"Oh, hearing you say that, I would like to meet this Young Master Zhu!"

Xi Zhimo answered on the side, while Huang Deqin said casually.

"Want to see him? I guess it's a bit difficult, I heard that he went to Hong Kong......"

"Hong Kong?"

Liu Yixuan answered casually.

"I don't know if he went to Hong Kong or not, but today the "Pacific" has entered Hong Kong! ”