The harbor was deserted and there were few ships, and although the British fleet was now unable to fight the all-ironclad Chinese navy in the open seas due to the lack of ironclad ships, they had now succeeded in blockading Ireland. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe blockade of the British Navy has made it rare for ships to enter the port, and if there are ships, they are only a handful of smuggling ships.

For Qiao Zhiyong, he had just experienced a rather thrilling sea chase - when the merchant ship was approaching the coast, it was discovered by the British patrol gunboat, in order to avoid the attack of the British Navy, the captain had to increase the horsepower, trying to get rid of the other party, compared with the British Navy's low-power steam engine, the Chinese merchant ship's steam engine power was greater, slightly faster than those old wooden-hulled cruisers, and the same successful way to get rid of the other party as in the past.

After a thrilling chase, the merchant ship successfully entered the port loaded with hundreds of tons of supplies, and for Qiao Zhiyong, what he cares about now is not the more than 100 tons of goods on the ship, he cares about the market, whether this market is as vast as he imagined, and can bring him enough wealth.

After disembarking from the ship, the long bolt of two pistols pinned to his waist followed the owner, who walked in front with the second mate on the ship. As soon as they appeared, they immediately attracted the attention of some Elolands, and immediately people gathered around them.

"The owner!"

Just when the long bolt was trying to protect the owner, Li Changbai whispered to the owner.

"These people are all merchants near the docks, and they are all crowded in the port trying to get some goods, and now because of the blockade of the British, Ireland lacks everything, cotton, matches, and all kinds of other daily necessities, anyway, as long as it is a cargo, it is needed here."

Ireland is now in such a predicament because in the past few decades, despite the Industrial Revolution in England, Ireland has not benefited from the Industrial Revolution, but has been damaged by the Industrial Revolution - it is only a raw material production area, and all the cultivation of the Protestant landowners is to meet the industrial needs of Britain, and this is even one of the causes of the famine in Ireland.

After the outbreak of the war, in order to ensure the victory of the British army, London immediately formulated a blockade plan, London tried to force the people here to live in a difficult situation through the blockade of Ireland, and finally made them give up their support for the Chinese and the Irish Republican Army, which is why it is now in the current situation of insufficient supplies, and the British strategy has affected the lives of millions of Irish here.

For those Irish merchants, their only hope was to deal with smugglers and buy the goods they smuggled from France at a high price, and not only that, but the sailors on every ship were also their trade partners, after all, those sailors always brought some supplies, and Ireland now does not even have matches.

"Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee......"

When they were surrounded by a group of businessmen, a short and fat Irishman finally squeezed over, he finally squeezed to Li Changbai's side, and then said flatteringly.

"Last time, we said that if you come here this time, you will definitely consider me first, and I have already brought all the deposits......"

At this time, Fils didn't even consider the truth of "wealth is not exposed", but directly took out a money bag, shaking the money bag and trying to prove to the second officer of the smuggling ship in front of him that he had money.

The coins in the purse make a rattling sound that anyone can hear, it's a pound coin! Although sterling banknotes can be exchanged for gold in the UK or continental Europe, smugglers will not hesitate to choose between gold and silver coins instead of paper money.

Looking at these eager businessmen in front of him, Qiao Zhiyong immediately realized that this time he had not come in vain, and when the businessmen surrounded them, he commanded Li Changbai.

"Are there any restaurants around here? Gather them all over, I have something to talk to them about! ”

Eventually, he didn't go to the hotel, but went to a bar near the docks, where Joe, who had just disembarked, greeted the Irish merchants in his somewhat naïve English, which had come in handy over the years, like some others.

After finally sitting down, Qiao Zhiyong looked at these Irish businessmen who were getting along for the first time and said with a smile:

"It's not the first time you've dealt with Chinese, and although Qiao is dealing with you for the first time, you're dealing with you with the heart of wanting to look and do with you, from despising your grandfather Guifa Gong to push a cart to Baotou, Qiao's business has grown from scratch, from a Guangsheng public store to eleven transactions with a compound number, all relying on the help and support of each other." The meaning of harmony is to give and help each other......"

The Irishmen in the bar obviously didn't know what Xianghe was, and Qiao Zhiyong's English level was limited, so naturally he couldn't explain it clearly, but everyone looked at each other and didn't show confusion because they were puzzled, so they all agreed.

Looking at these foreigners, knowing their words, they couldn't understand the meaning at all, Qiao Zhiyong gave up his intention to continue to be polite, but picked up the wine glass with whiskey, raised the wine glass and said:

"Zhiyong has just arrived, prepare a glass of water and wine today, and toast everyone! I hope we can become good friends in the future and make a fortune together......"

Perhaps these Irishmen couldn't understand the meaning of Qiao Zhiyong's other words, but when they heard that they were getting rich together, everyone agreed and raised their glasses, as businessmen, it was naturally their common desire to get rich.

After drinking a glass of wine, Fils said a little anxiously:

"Mr. Qiao, the reason why everyone is here today is for one purpose, that is, to buy your goods, as long as the price is right, I think it is inevitable to get rich, after all, you only need to bring the goods into the port, you can get at least double the profit, even if you rob the bank, I am afraid there is no such huge profit! But I don't think any of us will refuse you a fortune! ”

Everyone laughed at Fils's words, Fils was telling the truth, as long as merchant ships transported goods to Ireland through the English Channel, they could get more than double the huge profits, but everyone knew that it seemed very simple, but in reality, it was not as easy as people thought to get through the blockade of the British Royal Navy.

Many of them have suffered heavy losses in smuggling, and because of this, it is more cost-effective to buy supplies from smugglers than smuggling themselves, but because of the blockade of the British, even smugglers are not having a good time now, and this time the arrival of this Chinese in front of them has caused a sensation in the entire port, because everyone knows very well that the arms brought by these Chinese ships supply the needs of the battlefield, and the civilian materials brought with the ships are what they desire. Fils, who was obviously already a little impatient, asked directly:

"Mr. Qiao, since you have brought a large amount of goods with the ship. I don't know how Mr. Qiao is going to sell, but when you come to Ireland this time, do you plan to put those goods up for auction, or do you want to designate merchants? ”

Everyone in the bar was silent for a while, and looked at Qiao Zhiyong waiting for his answer. They knew very well that they had no choice at all, that neither the former nor the latter would be extremely detrimental to them, and that if they were to put it up for auction, then their lord would have to accept that the price would be raised, and as for the appointed merchants, they would have to sit back and watch others get the goods and raise the price.

But what options do they have there?

Compared with everyone's nervousness, Qiao Zhiyong looked extremely relaxed, and he said with a smile:

"Mr. Fils is a good question, I think everyone must want to ask that question in their hearts now, right?"

Naturally, everyone nodded their heads again and again, they were businessmen, and of course they cared about their own interests.

And Qiao Zhiyong said in a relaxed tone:

"According to the rules here, it has always been after the arrival of each ship, as the owner of the goods, I make the manifest public, and then hold an auction here, everyone holds up a sign for the auction, and then the highest price wins, am I right?"

Although it was his first time in Ireland, Qiao Zhiyong admired the way these foreigners did business, and such an auction was most beneficial to the merchant, who did not need to worry about the locals joining forces to defraud.

"Also, if the merchant is willing, you can appoint one or several agents to act as an agent for the sale of goods, of course, this agent is not directly designated, and it is also an auction of agency rights, I don't know if I'm right?"

Listening to his words, everyone looked at each other, they naturally knew these rules, and at this time, Fils asked on the side.

"I don't know what kind of way Mr. Qiao is going to conduct the auction, if I can, I hope to be able to start as soon as possible!"

Facing the eagerness of others, Qiao Zhiyong waved his hand and said categorically.

"No, everyone. What I want to tell you today is that Qiao Zhiyong came thousands of miles to Guibaodi, prepared goods from France, and then transported them to your country after a lot of hardships, the purpose is not just to make a quick buck, not to take advantage of this opportunity to live in strange goods and raise prices, but to take advantage of this opportunity to make peace with you for a long time!"

On the contrary, the congregation was a little puzzled, they did not know what "harmony" was, but it did not prevent them from asking in confusion.

"So what is Mr. Joe going to do? If you don't buy it, what are you going to do with so many goods?"

Qiao Zhiyong smiled, and then said:

"Qiao is going to open a company here, specifically to accept your orders, I don't know what you think?"

This is Qiao Zhiyong's intention to come to Ireland, his plan is very simple, is to take advantage of the withdrawal of the British merchants who once monopolized the trade in this part of Ireland, and the local merchants of Ireland because of the opportunity of the source of goods to preemptively establish the distribution network of the Qiao family here, in his opinion, if it is run properly, it may even become another Mongolia - of course, it is impossible to deceive them as the traders deceived the Mongols in the past, but as long as a sales network is established here now, Then the Qiao family is ahead of other companies and businesses in China, and when the war is over and other merchants react, they will find that this place has already become the world of the Qiao family.

"As a businessman, look to the future!"

That night, Qiao Zhiyong, who was a little drunk, looked at Sun Maocai and said.

"Brother Tai's lesson is extremely true, we can't only take care of the immediate small profits, but also think about the long-term, there are millions of people in Ireland, in the past, most of the business here was monopolized by the British, and now that we are here, we will naturally replace the position of the British, this is a big ......business for millions of people."

When Qiao Zhiyong said this, looking at him who was slightly drunk, Sun Maocai said with a smile.

"It's just second!"

For Sun Maocai, what he sees is not just the business of millions of people, but also looks further.

"Oh? Does Brother Tai have any other high opinions? ”

Qiao Zhiyong, who was still a little drunk, suddenly sobered up, he looked at Sun Maocai with an interested look.

"I can't talk about it!"

He took out the cigarette pouch and smoked dry tobacco, although there are paper cigarettes and cigars now, but he is still used to the taste, and not like some people, who smoke paper cigarettes or cigars.

After taking two puffs of the cigarette pouch, Sun Maocai looked at Qiao Zhiyong and asked rhetorically.

"Qiao Dongjia, what do you think will be the situation in this world if this battle is won?"

Needless to say, the world he refers to is no longer China, and now even the most ignorant people know that China is not a central country, let alone the Celestial Empire. There are many countries in this world, and even some countries are stronger than China, and the United Kingdom is one of them.

"If we win, then the British, many colonies of the British will probably fall into our hands, Australia, New Zealand, and even Canada......"

Qiao Zhiyong said, he noticed that Sun Maocai kept shaking his head.

"Brother?"

"Actually!"

Looking at Qiao Zhiyong, Sun Maocai said.

"This is still our China's business, not the world's business, where is the world? It is the balance of the Westerners, one is our China, the other is the West, if we defeat the British, this balance is naturally our weight, but these Westerners will definitely not be happy, when the time comes, we must stare at the Westerners, Qiao Dongjia thinks, we have to stare at there? ”

As soon as Sun Maocai said this, Qiao Zhiyong said as if he had suddenly realized.

"Brother said that when the time comes, we will definitely take this place?"

He really hadn't thought about such a distant thing, and now that he heard Sun Maocai say this, Qiao Zhiyong suddenly felt that this kind of thing was not impossible.

"Take it?"

Shaking his head, Sun Maocai said with a smile while smoking a cigarette pouch.

"Is this possible? You know, the Irish are fighting with us, and if we take it again, it will be too ugly, and besides, with the wisdom of today, how can they do such a thankless thing? What we want today is the gratitude of the Irish people to our China, and what we want is for them to be the dogs of our Chinese dynasty willingly...... Well, it's the watchdog, and it's the door of Europe! ”

Sun Maocai's words were rough and dry, as soon as he said this, how could Qiao Zhiyong not know what this watchdog meant.

"Of course, whether it is a competent watchdog, I don't know now, but no matter what happens in the future, this Ireland will be China's watchdog in Europe, we not only have to watch those Westerners here, but also sell our goods to Europe through here, when the time comes, this is a trade transit station, as long as the Qiao family can establish a foothold here, then how can the Qiao family not prosper!"

Maybe as a scholar, Sun Maocai is not a successful reader, in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, more than ten years of repeated attempts, and even unable to support his family, but this does not prevent him from having a vision beyond ordinary people, especially now, through the understanding of the world, his vision has become broader, and the way of looking at many problems has also changed, because of this, in some things, he will see farther than Qiao Zhiyong, or rather, he thinks more.

Just like now, when Qiao Zhiyong only looks at business, what he thinks about in his mind is the future, but what will happen to China after the end of this war.

"Just like Hong Kong and Singapore, which were occupied by the British, Hong Kong and Singapore were in the hands of the British, and they could guard us to the death, leaving us breathless, and in the future, Ireland will be in our hands, and we will be able to be like the British, staring at Europe here, watching how they tear each other apart, as long as they don't threaten us......"

As a businessman, Qiao Zhiyong doesn't understand politics, but he knows business, because he knows how to do business, so he agrees with some of Sun Maocai's views, so he came to Ireland with Sun Maocai, and now, listening to Sun Maocai's words, Qiao Zhiyong thinks a lot and seems to understand a lot.

"It seems that this Ireland, no matter what others say, I'm afraid it will never be lost today!"

Thinking about it in his heart, Qiao Zhiyong put his mind at ease, as long as the country does not give up Ireland, then he does not need to worry about his own business, this importance is beneficial to his business, which will make him really admire Sun Maocailai.

"Lost?"

Shaking his head, Sun Maocai snorted coldly,

"We have died so many people and spent so much money for Ireland? Is it possible to lose it? Just like the Russians, who have died so many people in India, how can they give up because of a word or two from someone else? No one will spit out this meat that has reached their mouths, and if you want him to spit it out, you will either snatch it from his mouth or ......."

Staring at Qiao Zhiyong, Sun Maocai said suddenly.

"There must be a group of people like Qiao Dong's family to hook out that meat!"

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