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"For generals, the most taboo is anxiety. You are already the commander of one side, why are you still so hot, and you don't have the demeanor of a general. Shi Dakai looked at the big brother and frowned, and his mouth fell.

"It's not that the matter is a little urgent," Shi Xiangzhen said with a smile while wiping the sweat from his forehead, "Prime Minister Hu Cheng of Anqing intercepted several purchasing ships from Shanghai, and the people on board were not small, so they sent me there according to His Highness's instructions in advance." Do you think I can come in a hurry? ”

"Good thing, good thing," Shi Da opened his brows and immediately stretched, and his eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, "What about the people who came?" ”

"They are all waiting outside the house to be summoned." Shi Xiangzhen casually pointed out the door.

"It's really nonsense," Shi Dakai hurriedly walked out of the door, blaming Shi Xiangzhen in his mouth, "Why don't you invite to the living room?" ”

The people Shi Xiangzhen said were all compradors in several well-known foreign firms in Shanghai. There are Yang Fang, comprador of Qiongji Foreign Company, as well as Tang Jingxing of Youhe Foreign Company, Xu Run of Baoshun Foreign Company, and Chen Zhuping of Qichang Foreign Company.

Since the occupation of Jinling and Zhenjiang by the Celestial Army at the beginning of the year, coupled with the uprising of the Shanghai Xiaodaohui, many paths to the upper reaches of Zhenjiang and Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been blocked. The foreign banks had no choice but to seize the Fuzhou tea market, and the price of tea rose sharply, and profits plummeted. In order to reopen the tea roads in southern Anhui and Jiangxi, several foreign firms sent compradors to carry a total of more than 20,000 taels of cash along the Yangtze River to the west.

The journey was thrilling. Shortly after leaving Shanghai, the steamer was intercepted by a Qing army sentinel on patrol. Looking at the white flowers and silver on the boat, the eyes of the soldiers who pedaled the boat were shining, and after checking and making things difficult in every possible way, if it weren't for the face of the foreign master at the helm, he would definitely not let them go lightly. Gradually, the steamer sailed into the defense of the Zhenjiang Heavenly Army. When they were also signaled to stop and be interrogated, Yang Fang and the others were all worried, holding sweat in their hands, "long hair", "bandits", "rebellious", "ignorant people who kill people without blinking", this is the only thing they know about the Heavenly Army.

Unexpectedly, dozens of energetic and polite "bandits" inspected the items carried on the ship in detail, and after asking them where they were going and their purpose, they actually said, "You are welcome to come and go!" He waved goodbye to them.

Seeing is believing! Several compradors got together and felt a lot of emotion, and the heart that had been hanging since accepting the errand finally fell.

After that, with the guidance issued by the Zhenjiang Heavenly Army, they went all the way to Anqing. After handing over the road guide to the hands of a leader of the Heavenly Army at the dock, and reporting to his home, Yang Fang was full of joy and was about to prepare to go to Anqing City to meet the old tea merchant friends before the meeting, and show his fists and feet. But what happened next caused him and several other compradors to fall into the cloudy mountains.

is still so polite and reasonable, and he takes care of it properly, but no one told them why, so they were sent to the warship of the Heavenly Army, and they went up the river to Wuchang. The people came, but the ship and the silver remained in Anqing, and their hearts were raised again.

"It's rude to rashly invite you to Wuchang!" Looking at the compradors of several foreign banks with doubts and trepidations, Shi Dakai asked them to sit down and instructed the guards to quickly serve tea to the guests, while smiling and making a gesture, "I am Shi Dakai, the winged king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom." ”

Shi Dakai? Yang Fang subconsciously rubbed his eyes. He had heard of this name, but on the white face in front of him, a young man who revealed a kind of elegant and Confucian spirit, how could he not be linked to the legendary image of the "bandit"?

Shi Dakai returned to his place in the middle of the living room and sat down, "You guys put your hearts in your stomachs first, your ship and silver are not damaged at all, and they have already arrived here." The king just asks you to say a few words, and when you are done, you can do what you want. The king wants you to assure you that your lawful business will be protected wherever you are in the area under the control of our heavenly army. He smiled and glanced at the next few guests.

"Thank you for your care!" Yang Fang hurriedly stood up and gave a deep salute, "The Heavenly Army is really strict and polite, which is not comparable to other armies, if you don't see it with your own eyes, the grass people will not believe it, and they will be confused by the rumors outside." Half of his words were sincere, the other half were pure flattery, and in his heart, the rebels were still rebels.

"Rumors are rumors, and sooner or later they will be self-defeating. We are creating a heavenly kingdom where everyone is equal and the world is peaceful, and as long as we do not take up arms and stand on the opposite side of us, we are all brothers and sisters. Shi Dakai smiled and waved his hand to signal him to sit down, "The king won't say more about the big truth here, you will often come and go in the future, and naturally what you see is more convincing than what I say." This king has invited you to come for one thing."

At this point, he paused for a moment, picked up his teacup, motioned for the guests to drink tea together, and then continued, "This king will not give up immediately after recovering Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang this time, and we will occupy this place for a long time." Therefore, this king will open ports in Jiujiang and Hankou to trade with foreign countries. ”

Yang Fang and the others looked at each other, unable to believe their ears. Open to trade? The imperial court opened ports in Guangzhou and other places, but it was all forced to do it by the artillery coercion and intimidation of foreigners, how dare they

"What, don't you believe it?" Shi Da opened the cup in his hand and slowly closed the lid, "Go back and ask you to tell your respective foreign firms, the Celestial Empire will welcome a country, a business house, and even an individual who is willing to be friends with us to come to us for equal trade." You are all merchants, and I don't think you don't understand a truth, trade is originally a trade between the two sides, exporting their own and importing to others, so as to maximize the benefits. It's a pity that the Qing Demon Government doesn't understand this, and in their place, the foreign banks you are in are just conducting a unilateral transaction. This time, this king will not only export raw silk, tea and other things from China, but also buy a large number of products from various countries, and welcome us to open various manufacturing houses. Anyone who is willing to come, we will make proper arrangements and come and go freely. Of course, in order not to add unnecessary trouble to everyone, we will not take the initiative to ask for the purchase of their weapons and ammunition, all in order to improve the living conditions of the people in the area controlled by our Celestial Empire. Also, we don't require them to recognize our Celestial Empire, and we can completely deal with the issue in the form of non-governmental trade. Okay, that's all I have to say, if you still have any concerns, you can raise them in person, if not, after lunch, you can arrange your own whereabouts. ”

What a great business opportunity! Xu Run's heart almost jumped out of his throat. After staying in the foreign bank for so many years, he has always wanted to open a trading house and do trade on his own with an opportunity, and now the opportunity is coming. He coughed lightly and calmed down, "Lord Wang, Xiaomin has a question, I don't know if it's appropriate to ask?" ”

"If you have something to say, there is nothing suitable or inappropriate, you can say it wherever you want." Shi Dakai said with a pleasant face.

"That's it," Xu Run asked a little embarrassedly, "Is it that our Heavenly Army will occupy these areas?" In case" he deliberately used the words "our heavenly army" in his words, first to express his intimacy, so as not to collide with the other party.

Shi Da laughed, "It's not very reliable to rely on the mouth of this king, if you are interested, you might as well take a look before leaving, you will find out the answer for yourself." ”

"So, how big will the Celestial Empire's trade be?" What touches the heart of the foreign bank the most is how much money can be made, Yang Fang feels that he must understand this matter and go back to speak. Of course, he only asked this for the civilian supplies that the prince just said, and as for the arms, he knew it well, so naturally the more the merrier. His senior, Robert Ferron, was thinking about making a big arms deal with these people.

"How much?" Shi Dakai smiled mysteriously, stretched out his hands and looked back and forth, "This question has stumped this king. How many will there be? I can't say it, and you can't imagine it, so let's put it this way, the Celestial Empire has real money, and whoever doesn't do it will definitely regret his own intestines in the future. ”

"What about taxes, how to collect them?" Xu Run asked cautiously.

"It's pedantic!" Chen Zhuping of Qichang Foreign Company secretly glanced at Yang Fang, sneering in his heart. One of his missions this time was to inquire about the arms deal with the Taiping Army. His foreign bank Taipan Jin Nengheng is even more promising, and he also bears the heavy responsibility of vice consul in Shanghai. If you really start munitions, where is there any tax?

"Since it is a trade of exchanges, I will do to you as you do to me." Shi Da waved his hand and said decisively

The compradors went out satisfied, to the luncheon prepared for them by His Royal Highness the Winged King.

Shi Dakai sat there and didn't move for a while.

"Your Highness," Shi Xiangzhen leaned in, his face worried, "I"

Shi Dakai raised his hand and stopped what he wanted to say below. Alas! He sighed in his heart, and took out the letter that Lin Haifeng gave him from his sleeve. The Haifeng brothers will definitely do their best, but I'm afraid it will be difficult for him. The King of Heaven, the King of the East, and the King of the North, who is even more scheming, each have their own thoughts, and they want to pursue perfection between them, where is a simple matter. Looking at the beautiful handwriting on the letter, which was the same every time, suddenly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. This font is obviously from the hand of his daughter's family, and it seems that it is difficult for him to write a letter!

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