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"I only have some business dealings with Wu Haoguan."

Hearing about Liu Aliang's identity, Zhu Jishi immediately calculated in his heart that Lanfang Company A Taiyuan was the father of the little black fat man in front of him! Can the future Grand Duke Lan Fang do it for him? This question must be carefully considered, but you can't work hard to support a white-eyed wolf!

He was still making a small calculation, but the smile on Liu Aliang's face was gone, and he said coldly: "Mr. Zhu, do you know who the foreigner who talked to you just now?" That's Major Andersen of the Dutch East Indies Army! A character like him, but you and I can't afford to provoke him! ”

"He's a major, I'm a merchant, the well water doesn't interfere with the river water, how could I provoke him?" Zhu Jishi was a little confused, but replied with a smile.

"Hehe, it's good to know that you can't afford to mess with it, in fact, it's nothing, you were a little closer to the fourth miss of the Luo family just now, and this Major Anderson is the fiancé of the fourth miss of the Luo family! If you are interested, go and apologize to Major Andersen, even if this page is turned over, I, Liu Aliang, will be your friend. ”

"You said that Miss Luo Si was engaged to that old foreigner, but ......" Zhu Jishi turned his head to look at Miss Luo Si, and Miss Luo also waved her hand at him, ignoring the old foreign devil next to her. Miss Luo Si doesn't have an engagement ring on her hand, Mr. Liu, I think you misunderstood the relationship between Miss Luo Si and Anderson, right? ”

"Hey, surnamed Zhu, why don't you know whether it's good or bad?" Liu Asheng's face turned gloomy at that time, "That's the Dutch master!" Do you dare to touch the woman he fancies? Who do you think you are? And what about the UK coming back? You think you're an English aristocrat! ”

English aristocrats? Isn't he a nobleman? As for the woman that the Dutch major has a crush on...... Hehe, I've slept with even duchess and Russian princesses in Europe!

Speaking of which, it is no longer speculation, for this Liu Asheng, Zhu Jishi has already made a conclusion in his heart - he is not like a human king! It is estimated that his father is not much stronger, this Lanfang Grand Duke can't give it to the Liu family, and the Luo family has no men, so now it depends on whether the Jiang family and the Chen family have suitable candidates.

At that moment, he arched his hand at Liu Aliang and said, "There are still some mundane catechisms below, so I will leave first." After speaking, he walked to Luo Xiangju's side and said with a smile: "Miss Xiangju, I live in Jishixing in Singapore, and if Miss wants to zaijian me, I will send someone to Jishixing to inform me." ”

"The Fortune Bank in Singapore?" Luo Xiangju blinked her apricot eyes and asked with some uncertainty: "Are you a staff member of Jishi Foreign Bank?" What is it for? ”

Looking at the scene of Zhu Jishi being surrounded by a group of foreigners on the boat just now, it is estimated that his status in Jishi Foreign Bank is not low! Of course, it is impossible for the foreign bank to hold a large class, this position cannot be held by Chinese, at most it is a Xiangli, it is not good to be a comprador at the same time, open a shop by himself, and he is also a person among the Nanyang Chinese!

"If you want to know what kind of errand I am doing in Jishixing, why don't you come and have a look? The custody will blow your mind. Zhu Jishi arched his hand at Luo Xiangju, "Miss Xiangju, I'll leave first." As he spoke, he waved at Liu Peng, who was talking to Liu Aliang, and walked away.

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The news of Zhu Jishi's arrival has been made by Qiu Fatzi and Will who have advanced to Singapore City. Hemming brought it to the Singapore branch of the World Bank. Jishiban Andrew Jones also happened to be running errands in Singapore, so he personally took a horse-drawn carriage out of the city to greet him.

The branch of Jishi Bank in Singapore is on Victoria Street, the most prosperous street in Singapore, which is a three-storey brick and wood structure Western building, which looks very grand and very spacious, and also has a very large yard, the yard is under construction, the ground is dug in a mess, and I don't know what it is doing?

For the arrival of Zhu Jishi, Andrew. Jones called a cook from a Chinese restaurant in Singapore's out-of-town Chinese district, prepared a table of authentic Cantonese cuisine, and opened a bottle of 1815 Dutt.

"This house cost 4,800 pounds, and it turned out to be the representative office of the Kingdom of Siam in Singapore, and the Kingdom of Siam has not had good relations with Britain recently, so the representative in Singapore was removed and the representative office was sold to us. Now the yard is a wine cellar for the Segur Wine Company, thousands of square feet. ”

"£4,800 isn't expensive." Zhu Jishi took a sip of Dutt wine, "We do need to have a base in Singapore, this is the trade center of Nanyang." By the way, Andrew, do you know how Whitesven has been messing up lately? Did you become an official of the Qing Dynasty? ”

"I became the prefect of Guangzhou, and I went to Beijing to see the emperor with the new governor of Liangguang Qiying a while ago."

"It's really soaring." Zhu Jishi laughed, he did not buy opium in Calcutta, but brought five ships of arms over, maybe he could sell them to the Qing Dynasty through Bai Siwen's way. "Then has he contacted you since he became the prefect?"

"I've seen it a few times," said Jones, "and he's asked me about you, and Blaswin has asked me to keep his relationship with you and Jishixing a secret, but he'll take care of our business as much as possible." ”

"Sir, the prefect of Guangzhou is from the fourth rank, or is it fat, it is extremely difficult to get it, this Bai Siwen seems to be attached to the elderly." Liu Peng on the side interjected with a smile. He hadn't seen Bai Siwen, but he had heard Zhu Jishi mention this person, and now he heard that this Bai Siwen actually became the prefect of Guangzhou, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

"It seems that this move is the right move," Zhu Jishi took a large sip of Dutt wine, looking in a good mood. "If he can climb to Qiying, our future activities in Guangdong will be much easier, I estimate that he can become the prefect of Guangzhou is not only the support of Qiying, the Qing Dynasty may want to carry out some reforms, do a little foreign affairs."

"Doing foreign affairs?" Liu Peng hesitated, "Will our career ...... then?"

"It's definitely good for us." Zhu Jishi said with a smile, "The Qing Dynasty has no threat to us to do a little foreign affairs, but it can strengthen the defense against the strong enemy in the north." ”

"You mean Russia?" Liu Peng frowned, and said in his heart, the Qing Dynasty's liliang that resisted Russia's eastward invasion was stronger, and the liliang who suppressed the Tiandihui uprising was also increasing?

"Mu Wen, I'll sell it first, and in a few years, you will know that the reform of the Great Qing Kingdom will be beneficial to us." Zhu Jishi didn't want to explain too much, because he didn't know what Emperor Daoguang's foreign affairs could do? However, one thing is certain, Michimitsu is not Ali Pasha, not Emperor Meiji, not Peter the Great, and it is impossible to expect him to do something earth-shattering.

"Let's talk about Lan Fang, right?" Zhu Jishi turned his conversation to Lan Fang, he looked at Jones and said, "Andrew, did Robert and Will tell you about the Grand Duchy of Lan Fang?" ”

"Mention," Jones said with a smile, "Jason, as it happens, there are two compradors from West Borneo in our Singapore branch of the World Bank, would you like to meet them?" ”

"They're all in the branch?" Zhu Jishi showed an interested expression, he really didn't know much about the situation here in Nanyang, and it was all Liu Peng's family's words, and now it was great to have two Nanyang land snakes working for him.

Jones instructed an Indian servant serving in the dining room to go downstairs to call someone, and after a while he heard a sound of footsteps, and then saw the Indian Ah San walking in with two Chinese wearing long robes and braids. At first, a tall and sturdy man looked like a northern man, and when he saw Zhu Jishi sitting under the main seat of the Western-style dining table, he was slightly stunned, and said with his hand: "My subordinate Ying Jia Huang Zhisheng has seen the master." ”

The other person looked at Si Swenwen, as if he was a young scholar, and also arched his hand, and said, "Ren Yijiang of the Golden Gate, I have seen the master." ”