The newly completed house of the Ming Consulate General in Kolkata is H-shaped, and there is dense shade and green grass everywhere. It seems to be a Western-style garden house. Stepping into the hall, it is a completely Chinese style of magnificent decorations. Chinese-style ink paintings are everywhere, the furniture is mahogany, and the porcelain ornaments are also Chinese-style. An all-Indian band set up in a corner of the hall, playing melodious music under the baton of a foreigner with curly hair.

A banquet hosted by the Consulate General is underway. The room was full of people, and there were tables at the tables, all of which were the most prominent men in Calcutta. Chinese, Westerners, and Indian elites are among them. The table is full of exquisite Chinese dishes, but the Chinese have chopsticks in front of them, while foreigners and Indians have knives and forks in front of them. Bottles of fine wine were brought up by Indian servants, including Chinese liquor, French champagne, English whiskey, and Prussian beer. Whoever has an empty cup will immediately be filled with diligent servants.

The seats at the main table were mostly empty. At this moment, the Consul General of the Ming Dynasty in Calcutta, Redenko, the distinguished guests Engels and Skopel, who were visiting Wèn in Calcutta, and the Deputy Governor General of India, Robert Anderson. Viscount Churchill and the incoming Ming Adviser Marquis Ramsay were all in a study on the second floor, talking about something with tea or coffee. Oh, and there is also an Indian woman dressed as a jewelry model in the study, which is none other than Zhu Jishi's Indian lover, Queen Bayi of Zhangxi.

"Emperor Ming wants to borrow money, right? How much do you need? Is Rs 10 million enough? If that's enough, you don't have to go to Europe, and I can take it out. His Majesty the Emperor can still do it whenever he wants. ”

It was Queen Bayi who was speaking. This woman is now ...... Now it's a scourge to Emperor Zhu! A national hero is gone. He also became a shameful traitor to India - at least in Friedrich. In Engels's view, Queen Bayi betrayed the interests of the Indian nation, helped the British colonists to contact the princes of the princely states of India, and contributed to the farce of the joint "persuasion" of 600 princely states, making Queen Victoria the emperor of India.

Of course, the rewards for betraying the Motherland are very rich! Just listen to Queen Bay's tone. Rs 10 million seemed like a small amount to her, and she was willing to lend it to Zhu Jishi without even asking about interest, and she didn't even need to set a repayment date. Probably, Emperor Zhu doesn't have an opinion on whether he pays her back, right?

The Chinese Consul General Lei Dengke pinched the cigar in one hand and turned his head to Engels and Skopel in Chinese: "Queen Bai is very influential among the princes of India, and if she can help, a billion rupees can be raised." ”

The fat man who was sitting there could understand Chinese, and he frowned and interjected in Chinese and asked, "1 billion rupees...... What's going on, does the Ming royal consortium have any big projects to invest in? As far as I know, the world's economy is in a state of flux. ”

"It's about investing in times of downtime." Engels gently turned the coffee cup in his hand, "On the one hand, everything is cheap now, and the cost of steel, machinery, raw materials, land and transportation is very low. If you invest £100 million at this time, you will be able to invest £150 million or £200 million in a good economic situation. On the other hand, a large amount of investment can also boost the economy. Maintain the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also good for the United Kingdom. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Scorpel and said that the trip to India was what he meant, because the former managing director of HSBC knew very well what a rich country India was. I don't know how many rich people like Queen Bhai can come up with 10 million rupees without frowning!

"If we can successfully issue a bond in India, we can use the funds raised to buy industrial goods in the UK." Scorppel looked at the fat man and said lightly, "Now the industrial market in the United States has shrunk very much, Russia has not yet come out of the depression caused by the last war, and the only one with huge purchasing power is China!" ”

"But China wants to borrow money from India!" Fat Qiu took a cigar in his mouth and smiled noncommittally.

Skoper laughed: "Chinese have enough to pay it back...... They have raw rubber, palm oil, silk, tea, coptis and other export products that can be exchanged for a large surplus. And they also have a lot of remittance income, which is in the tens of millions of pounds a year. Since they can afford it, the Indians have enough money to spare, and the British have a surplus of industrial goods, then ...... Why don't we make this big deal? ”

Qiu Fatzi hesitated and asked, "How big will the deal be?" ”

"Maybe enough to save Britain from depression," Scopper said...... Of course, the premise is that the Ming can raise enough money from India and Europe. ”

"Queen, how much can you Indians borrow?" Qiu Fatzi thought for a moment and asked Queen Bayi.

Queen Bhai muttered, "It's hard to say...... Interest Rate, Mortgage, Term...... If one qiē can be negotiated, even a billion rupees is no problem. Your Excellency Vice-Governor, I think you know how rich the princely princes of India are. ”

The fat man nodded, of course he knew! In the process of contacting the princes of the princely states to persuade Victoria, the gifts he personally received filled ten large houses, worth no less than tens of millions of rupees!

Queen Bai said tentatively: "Your Excellency the Vice Governor, if I can get your permission, I want to go to Nanjing once and negotiate with the Ming Emperor in person about the loan and debt issuance." ”

The fat man looked at his old friend, the Marquis of Ramsay, and the marquis smiled and said, "I can accompany the queen to Nanjing." ”

The fat man smiled and clapped his hands: "That's great, James, please go and make it clear to Jason, if he wants to borrow money from India, he must have enough security...... For example, customs duties or HSBC shares are best for you to take on the task of reforming the Daming Customs and Excise Department. At present, many people in the British business community are complaining about the corruption and inefficiency of the Ming Customs...... Although this corruption and inefficiency are only relative to the first-class powers such as Britain and France. At the same time, all loans must be used to purchase products from the UK and India. ”

Marquis Ramsay smiled and nodded, "Okay, Robert, I will definitely tell the Chinese Emperor the truth about your words." ”

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"Your Majesty, this is your itinerary for today."

Nanjing, Forbidden City. Chiba Sanako stood behind Zhu Jishi and handed the itinerary in the briefcase to Zhu Jishi, who was eating breakfast, to review.

Across the table sat Crown Prince Zhu Guoxiong, who had changed into his school uniform, and today was Monday, he was now a resident student, and he only returned to the Forbidden City every Friday night, and then went to Huangcheng Public School on Monday morning. He was eating breakfast with his head covered, he was now the time to grow taller, his appetite was not good, a large plate of fried buns went down, and he was not yet full. There are also sisters Luo Xiangmei and Luo Xiangju sitting on both sides of the table, these two sisters have always been indistinguishable from each other in terms of face, and they are also favored by Zhu Guoxiong, and now watching Zhu Guoxiong grow taller and bigger, he naturally likes it indescribably.

Just as Zhu Jishi was looking at his schedule today, he saw a female official under Sakako Chiba hurriedly appear at the door, and Sanako hurriedly walked over. The female officer whispered something in Sanako's ear, and Sanako nodded. Walked quickly to Zhu Jishi's side, leaned over to his ear and whispered: "Queen Bai has arrived at Fort Maria, and Princess Maria said that she was separated from the Marquis of Ramsay in Singapore, and she hired a clipper to come to Nanjing, and she wanted to meet you as much as possible." ”

Zhu Jishi was slightly stunned, the news of the Marquis Ramsay and Queen Bay's coming to Nanjing, the Consulate General of Kolkata had already called to inform (from Singapore). And yesterday, the Hong Kong Governor's Office also called to inform that the Marquis Ramsay had arrived, but there was no mention of Queen Bay. I didn't expect my Indian lover to be so impatient to go to Nanjing one step ahead of Ramsey. (To be continued......)