Zhilin shook his head, "I've asked people to inquire, and I don't know what kind of medicine he sells in this gourd, but don't worry about him, as long as we can hold on for a month, I guess this Xuan Yuemeng will definitely be finished!" ”

Ito Hirobumi smiled and nodded, "What strength are we?" Dozens of foreign firms, with the British Consulate and the French Consulate behind him, as well as the support of our Japanese government, don't be nervous, you will definitely not lose to Xuan Yuemeng this time! For those who break the rules of the game, we need to join forces to punish them severely. ”

The two of them are discussing hotly.

Li Hongzhang couldn't sit still in the Beiyang Yamen.

Li Hongzhang: "Xingsun, foreigners and Yuemeng their fighting methods, it was originally none of our business, but now it involves the business of Zhili, and now the businessmen are boycotting, if the matter goes out, the court will definitely ask." ”

Sheng Xuanhuai: "Lord Zhongtang, don't worry too much, the court will ask for it, let's play truthfully, let them fight, and the province will not take our Beiyang Yamen in their eyes." ”

Li Hongzhang sighed, "Yuemeng, this kid, has such a big influence?" Can you call on the entire business community to listen to him? The headquarters heard that the business community of Zhili will jointly nominate him as the president of the Zhili Chamber of Commerce? This matter is short in time, to nothing, but after a long time, the entire market will be paralyzed! The big and small shops are closed, and now the prices are soaring, and in the end it is we who suffer, and the foreigners are not having a good time, right? Are they willing to lose money with Yuemeng like this? It messed up my mind, and I really couldn't figure it out. ”

Sheng Xuanhuai shook his head, "Lord Zhongtang, in fact, I can't figure out what is going on for a while, the foreigners are led by the Japanese this time, and the purpose is very clear, that is, to bring down Klinsmann Foreign Firm, but Xuan Yuemeng will not take this step, doesn't he know the power of dozens of foreign firms combined?" Or did this Xuan Yuemeng's money fall from the sky? ”

Li Hongzhang: "In the past few days, I haven't asked about our negotiations with the Japanese, does Yuemeng still participate in the negotiations with the Japanese mission every day?" ”

Sheng Xuanhuai nodded, "Xuan Yuemeng will go to Tianjin Customs Road every day to take a turn, and leave in less than a few minutes, but her attitude is very tough, and she insists on signing a treaty that is beneficial to my Qing Dynasty!" Refuse to back down a step, of course the Japanese refuse, I see, if it keeps dragging on like this, this treaty will never be decided, I don't know what Xuan Yuemeng thinks, it seems that he wants us to talk about the contract with the Japanese this time, can it be yellow? Lord Zhongtang, hurry up and take back the matter of letting Xuan Yuemeng participate in the negotiation with the Japanese, let Chen Qin, Ying Baoshi and them do it themselves, settle the matter of negotiating with the Japanese as soon as possible, and end this matter as soon as possible, it is more appropriate, the conditions of the two sides are almost equal, and you can finally make a seal. ”

Li Hongzhang frowned, "You go down first." ”

No one believes that money will fall from the sky.

Xuan Yuemeng believes!

Xuan Yuemeng temporarily scraped together two million taels to fight, did this money really fall from the sky? Obviously not, it was Young Master Meng who asked people to go to the money bank in Suzhou half a month ago to borrow usury!

Fifty percent of the interest for one month, taking the entire commercial land of the American Concession as a mortgage and his agricultural area, that is, if after a month, he has no way to repay the money, he will pay three million taels, or he will go bankrupt.

What kind of gamble is this!?

Everything is done in secret.,About borrowing usury.,If it's in modern times.,Young Master Meng will never consider it.,There is a rhythm of doing business in business.,Rushing for quick success is the enemy of doing business!

If you maintain the mentality of fighting hard, you don't need to ask, it must be the rhythm of the head breaking blood, plus, minutes on the rooftop.

Two days later, everyone was shocked.

It turned out that Klinsmann & Co. not only did not slow down the construction progress of the wharf in the US Concession, but also took advantage of the gap in various factories to put all the workers on the wharf, increased the construction progress of the wharf, and added another wharf where the Tianjin River flows into the sea!

The construction project of one wharf has now become two wharves, and it is rumored that Klinsmann & Co. is recruiting workers on a large scale, and it has been published in the newspapers!

Everyone is completely confused!

All the forces hurried to inquire about what the hell was going on in the US Concession and Klinsmann & Co., but no one could find out, only that the new wharf was to be set up by Klinsmann & Co. within the year!

At this time, there was no steamship company in Tianjin, and all the freighters came from Shanghai.

Timothy Lee was shocked to see that a huge sum of two million taels of Chinese official silver had suddenly been added to the accounts of the foreign bank.

Timothy Li came to find Young Master Meng, "Mr. Yuemeng, have you invested more in foreign banks again?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled and nodded, "Yes, what's wrong?" ”

Timothy Lee was very curious, "Can you tell me, where did you get the money?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled slightly: "I can't tell you for the time being, Mr. Timothy Lee, I have adjusted my investment plan for this month, all the projects are moving for me, and a large number of workers are recruited, please go to full power immediately!" ”

Timothy Li frowned and asked softly, "Mr. Yuemeng, didn't you go to borrow a loan shark?" ”

Zhao Qingluo heard Timothy Li say this, and also looked at Yue Meng nervously, "Borrowed a loan shark?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled slightly: "I'm here every day, it's not like you haven't seen it, besides, who will lend me two million taels of usury?" (The reason why Young Master Meng chose to let people go to Suzhou to borrow usury is that the financial development in Suzhou and Shanghai at this time is that it is too far away from Tianjin, even if he borrows usury, there are rumors of it, and when he arrives in Tianjin, it will already be news that has become old.) ）

Timothy Lee: "Did your money fall from the sky?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng squinted her eyes and looked at Timothy Lee, "It's not a drop from the sky, but a drop that grows from the ground!" ”

Timothy Lee said, "Growing in the ground? The commercial land of our foreign bank has long been unsalable? How do you make money from the land? ”

Young Master Meng said: "Mr. Timothy Li, go do your business, I should tell you, I will naturally tell you, you shouldn't ask, please stay calm, there is a helm, what you have to do is just to do what you are doing in front of you!" ”

Timothy Li took off his top hat and bowed to Young Master Meng, "Yes, I know." ”

Xuan Yuemeng knew that Timothy Lee was also concerned about herself, or was she secretly reviewing herself, did she get too close to Timothy Lee? Timothy Lee is now worried about her own decision-making.

Zhao Qingluo: "I don't ask where your money comes from, but I'm worried." ”

Xuan Yuemeng gently held Zhao Qingluo's hand, "Don't worry, you go to rest for a few days now, the next few days will be very busy, I want to fight with foreigners!" ”

Zhao Qingluo glanced at Xuan Yuemeng suspiciously, but did not speak.

Hurd, McMarfoy, Loshua, Wittoma, and dozens of managers of foreign firms all got together, and they brought in Jirin and Ito Hirobumi.

McMarfoy: "Our foreign company will resume the purchase of Qing tomorrow, raw silk, porcelain, these things cannot be broken, and the European market will use fixed demand!" Also, I can't bear to fight a price war with Klinsmann like this! You see, Klinsmann & Co. doesn't take it seriously at all! Not only did they not dismiss workers, but they also expanded their recruitment and set up a steamship company! What is the concept of a steamship company? You have to have at least fifty ships to be called a steamship company, right? The cheapest freighter is more than 50,000 taels, fifty, and at least 3 million! And I heard that they are going to let the steamship company start this year, that is, the dock of the steamship company, the dock, the steamship company, and the ship, all of which will be completed before the end of the year! In less than a year, at least eight million taels of Chinese official silver were taken out! It is higher than the financial revenue of the Qing Dynasty in a year, how can we fight with Klinsmann & Co.? ”

McMarfoy, in a fit of rage, said a lot.

The managers of the foreign bank talked a lot, even the most powerful Xingtai Xingxing foreign company did not plan to play with Klinsmann foreign company again, and many people were shaken, feeling that there was no chance of winning this kind of price war with Klinsmann foreign company.

The big advantage is that it is powerful and powerful, but how can dozens of foreign banks be as big as the Chamber of Commerce led by Young Master Meng?

The strength of any two or three foreign companies far exceeds that of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce! Because the national industry and commerce of this period are as fragile as newborn babies.

Foreign businessmen are still in session.

Suddenly, Zhilin received a message from a worker in the coal mine contracted by Klinsmann & Co.

Zhilin said loudly: "I have found the reason why Klinsmann is so rich!" In the coal mines they contracted, gold and copper mines were found! ”

The foreign businessmen were in an uproar.

Gold and copper mines have been discovered in coal mines!?

The gold, silver, copper, and iron of the Qing State were monopolized by the imperial court.

Hirobumi Ito said incredulously: "How can there be gold and copper mines in coal mines? It can't be, right? Could it be some kind of strategy? The Chinese are very cunning. ”

Zhilin sighed, "It's definitely not wrong, this inner line has been planted by me for a long time, and it is very reliable, this is the latest news I have gotten!" ”

McMarfoy nodded, "This information from Mr. Zhilin is very probable, so that it can explain why Klinsmann & Co. can still set up a steamship company in such a difficult situation now, you know, even the most powerful British firm in China, there is no one who has the ability to set up a steamship company alone!" At least five or more foreign companies have joined forces to have this financial resources, which is terrible! It was actually discovered by Klinsmann in the coal mine!? ”

Hurd said angrily: "They must not have discovered it now, they must have discovered it a long time ago, so they asked the Beiyang Yamen to rent this mine!" ”

Wei Tuma: "Aren't all the gold, silver, copper, and iron of the Qing Kingdom under the control of the government?" Is it not allowed to mine privately? Let's put pressure on the Qing court! Let them discover the gold mine, and in the future, this Klinsmann foreign company, I don't know how much gold will be dug up. ”

There are different opinions among foreign businessmen, but only Ito Hirobumi has never been convinced that gold and copper can be dug in the coal mines? A little bit of common sense, but I also think it's unlikely.

The next day, the news of the discovery of gold in the coal mine contracted by Klinsmann spread throughout Zhili.

The Chinese Morning Post reported on the matter.

Huacui Evening News desperately refuted the rumors, saying that it was impossible!

The two newspapers confuse everyone by who is right and who is wrong.

Zhao Qingluo held the newspaper in surprise, "Has gold been found in our coal mine?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng's face was expressionless, "How is it possible?" Don't listen to the nonsense of people outside, there is no such thing. ”

Timothy Lee also came to Xuan Yuemeng at this time, "Mr. Yuemeng, is this true?" Have you found gold in our coal mines? No wonder I said, how dare you recruit so many workers and dare to join the steamship company? ”

Xuan Yuemeng still replied: "Can I still lie to the two of you?" It's impossible, how can gold be found in a coal mine? If you think about it, you know that this is Zhilin's foolery again. This is a rumor, don't believe it. (To be continued.) )