Chapter 149: Caring for the British

Li Mingfang and Jin Lisan both understood that this was Qin Chuan still thinking about taking another bite of the "fat meat" of silver depreciation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Jin Lisan thought for a while and didn't speak, but Li Mingfang couldn't help but ask with some concern: "Dongjia, you said that this silver can really depreciate?" ”

Qin Chuan knew that Li Mingfang was afraid that the silver would not depreciate at that time, so he was worried in his heart, and said with a smile: "Old Li, don't worry, I am ninety percent sure of this matter." ”

Qin Chuan turned his head again and asked Jin Lisan: "Old Jin, what do you think of Citi's matter?" ”

Jin Lisan nodded: "My lord, I think this matter can be done." We don't want to repay the loan in full, and then entrust them to issue bonds to us, they still have commissions to earn, and they won't lose money, so how could Citi not agree. ”

Jin Lisan smiled slyly: "However, I wondered, since the adults care so much about the Americans, do you also take care of the British?" ”

Qin Chuan clapped his hands: "Okay!" Let's take care of the British, too. ”

Qin Chuan thought for a while: "Lao Jin, you also look for HSBC at the same time." India now implements the same silver standard as the Qing Dynasty, and silver circulates in India in large quantities, especially in recent years, the British East India Company exported a large amount of opium to the Qing Dynasty, and the silver of the Qing Dynasty was transported back to India by the East India Company in large quantities, where silver is now very abundant. I will entrust HSBC to contact the East India Company, and the East India Company will issue 10 million silver bonds in India for us, and we will also use the equivalent gold in your vault as collateral. ”

"However, the silver raised from the issuance of bonds in India should not buy any stocks, and the East India Company should exchange all the silver raised for gold and various foreign currencies as soon as possible, before mid-March."

Qin Chuan and Jin Lisan were very excited about the whimsical idea of entrusting Citigroup and the East India Company to issue bonds on their behalf, and the two of them couldn't care about Li Mingfang, who was still a little nervous and hesitant on the side, so they happily discussed the details.

Li Mingfang knew that Qin Chuan had already made up his mind, although he still felt a little uncertain about what kind of Rausch bonds he was going to issue, but he also knew that what Qin Chuan had decided would not matter to anyone. Li Mingfang, who was a little interested, sat for a while, and finally saw that the two of them were almost discussed, and then took over the conversation.

"The owner, early this morning, Zhang Shiheng sent someone over to give the New Year's gift, saying that this gift was given by him, Min Chengjun, Li He and the three of them. If you're not here, I'll collect it. ”

Li Mingfang said as he reached out and took out a gift slip from his arms and put it on the coffee table.

Qin Chuan has always felt that it is natural for him to give some gifts during the New Year between his superiors and subordinates and customers who have business dealings, not to mention Zhang Shiheng, he has not taken any benefits from himself, and he should give some gifts.

Qin Chuan didn't reach out to get the gift list on the coffee table, but just glanced at it casually.

On the gift list sent by Zhang Shiheng, there are a lot of gift entries, and more than a dozen items are written.

The red gift list reads: three hundred-year-old Korean ginseng, three lingzhi trees, three shouwu flowers, eight high-quality corals, thirty pearls from the East China Sea, ten amethyst paperweights, a pair of Korean topaz golden toads, a pair of Korean white jade lions, ten tortoiseshells and crystal wrenches, ten pairs of red, yellow, and white jade bracelets, ten Korean luodian lacquer boxes, thirty Korean rainbow satins, one hundred and twenty fine Japanese knives, and two hundred high-quality Japanese fans.

Qin Chuan has no concept of the value of these various things, out of thinking a hundred years later, he just has some impressions of the value of Korean ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, Shou Wu and other nutrients, these things are not artificially cultivated at this time, and they are absolutely 100% natural.

Li Mingfang saw Qin Chuan looking at the gift list, and said with a smile: "Zhang Shiheng knows that you are not there, so he asked the person he sent to find me directly." These things, except for the golden toad carved from topaz, a Goryeo specialty, and the pair of Korean white jade lions are too big and heavy, you have nowhere to put them here, so I will directly let people carry them to the reception room in the courtyard, and the others are placed downstairs and handed over to Sister-in-law Wu. ”

Li Mingfang glanced at Jin Lisan, grinned and said: "Owner, Lao Jin has taken a fancy to that golden toad, and he said that since you have nowhere to put it here, it is better to put it in the hall of Aurora Bank." However, the owner, although the Korean topaz is not very precious, but such a large piece of Korean topaz is also rare, and the carving is not bad, I estimate that this golden toad is worth thousands of dollars. Even the pair of jade lions are worth 1,800. ”

As soon as Li Mingfang said, Jin Lisan was a little embarrassed, and was busy explaining: "My lord, the three-legged golden toad is a mascot, and the legend says that the golden toad can spit out money and can attract wealth and treasure. ”

Qin Chuan was not interested in what jade carvings were already carved, and these two jade carvings were worth no matter how valuable they were, and they didn't mean anything to him.

Qin Chuan nodded and said to Jin Lisan: "Even if you think it's appropriate to put it there for you, you can find someone to move out tomorrow." ”

"That's right."

Qin Chuan looked at the two of them and said: "You two both go back and gather your own money, see how much silver you each have, you report the number to me, I will write you a note, and Lao Jin will exchange the silver of the two of you for gold in the bank." ”

Qin Chuan's meaning, how could the two of them not understand, this is Qin Chuan considering that gold will appreciate, and give them some more benefits. For Qin Chuan's carefulness, Li Mingfang and Jin Lisan couldn't help but feel grateful in their hearts.

Only this time the two of them didn't say any more words of gratitude, glanced at each other, and bowed slightly to Qin Chuan.

Li Mingfang patted his head, as if he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Boss, don't forget tonight's reunion dinner." ”

"Old Mr. Xu is very serious, early this morning he packed up the tables and chairs in the reception room, listed a large list of things such as melon and fruit candy, firecrackers, red paper, etc., I asked people to help buy everything, and I also settled in Yiran for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Oh, also, in addition to the few red envelopes you asked me to prepare for the New Year's money, Mr. Xu asked me to prepare some additional red envelopes, saying that what kind of joint and mystery conference will be held tonight, there must always be some color. ”

Mr. Xu mentioned by Li Mingfang is Xu Tong's grandfather and Xu Xifang's father Xu Zichuan, originally Xu Zichuan watched Qin Chuan spend Chinese New Year's Eve alone and was also cold, and specially ran to Qin Chuan, asking Qin Chuan to go to Xu's house on Chinese New Year's Eve. It's just that Qin Chuan is willing to go, and it is inferred that several of the battalion commanders' families of the Yan Regiment are not local, and he wants to have a reunion dinner with these people on Chinese New Year's Eve, and in order not to let the Qin family and the two children be lonely, he also has to find them.

Who knew that Xu Zichuan heard that Qin Chuan was going to spend Chinese New Year's Eve with Yantuan, a group of young men far away from his family, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, insisting on bringing his family to spend Chinese New Year's Eve with Qin Chuan. Qin Chuan saw Xu Zichuan's affection, so he had to agree.

Subsequently, in order not to make Xu Zichuan's family look lonely, Qin Chuan asked Li Mingfang and Chu Dazhu to take their families, and by the way, Jin Lisan, Ye Xilai, Han En, Ai Xiaomei, and Cao Maoxiang from the medical school who were not in Tianjin Wei were also found, and everyone gathered together to spend Chinese New Year's Eve together.

At that time, it was said that Li Mingfang and Xu Zichuan would be in charge of preparing and presiding over this matter.

It's just that Qin Chuan has been busy training these days, and he has long left this matter behind, and as soon as Li Mingfang mentioned it, Qin Chuan suddenly remembered.

However, at that time, he just said that he wanted to celebrate the New Year together, why did this old man have to come to a fan conference?

Qin Chuan smiled a little disappetically and said: "It's okay, so everyone also has some happy things, and it will be lively, so it will be regarded as a Spring Festival party." ”

"Spring Festival party?"

At this time, there is no word for the Spring Festival, and it will take more than ten years to see that Jin Lisan and Li Mingfang were surprised, Qin Chuan knew that he had left his mouth and was busy splitting away.

"Lao Li, in addition to the New Year's money I ordered, I remember that I asked you to prepare some things for me at the beginning, and you have prepared them all?"

Li Mingfang said with a smile: "Boss, when did I not do the things you explained, you can rest assured." ”

Qin Chuan thought for a while and said: "Didn't Old Man Xu say that he wanted you to prepare some colorful heads, you just put the things that Zhang Shiheng sent them today, what Korean ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, He Shou Wu, crystal paperweight, ten pairs of red, yellow, and white jade bracelets, ten Korean luodian lacquer boxes, thirty Korean rainbow satin, two hundred Japanese fans, and so on." They all moved to the reception room, and then took 10,000 red paper sealed Suzaku Xianyang, ten yuan each, and used these as color heads. The rest of the corals, pearls, wrenches, etc., are stored and sold there when the jewelry store opens. As for those Japanese knives, let's hand them over to the salt group first, everything else in Little Japan is very ordinary, but this Japanese knife is not bad. ”

Hearing that Qin Chuan was going to use these gifts as color heads, Li Mingfang couldn't help grinning: "Owner, don't say that those ginseng, Shou Wu, Ganoderma lucidum and those ten big beads are all high-quality good things, that is, those corals, but they are all one foot high, and the red ones are all of the highest grade, which may not be very valuable in North Korea, but in our Daqing, you can buy hundreds of taels of silver in the capital." And the ten pieces of purple crystal paperweights are also valuable things, even other things, they are also worth a lot of money, this 。。。。。。 ”

Qin Chuan waved his hand: "The paperweight will leave me two pieces, and the rest of the things will be removed." ”

Li Mingfang knew that he couldn't persuade him anymore, so he smiled bitterly and had no choice but to give up.

When Li Mingfang was leaving, he told Qin Chuan again, telling him that in half an hour, the fan conference would start, so don't miss the time.