Shanghai, the original small fishing village, has developed rapidly since it was knocked on the door by foreigners, and has become one of the richest places in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and here is the potential to become the economic center of Asia. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The foreigners also saw the development potential of Shanghai, its unique geographical location, and the interests of foreigners in the Far East.

Therefore, countless foreign commercial banks, banks and so on have entered Shanghai.

With the entry of foreigners, some big businessmen in China have also begun to pay attention to this place, and more and more people have begun to appear in Shanghai.

Countless foreign goods from overseas were transported to all parts of the country through this place, for this reason, the God of Wealth Sheng Xuanhuai set up a steamship China Merchants Bureau, mainly to operate the Yangtze River shipping, for a time is also a lot of money.

However, at this moment, Shanghai has fallen into a strange dullness, and there seems to be a huge invisible shadow hanging over the sky of Shanghai.

This shadow made people a little breathless, and even foreigners had to urgently find the consuls of various countries, hoping to negotiate with Wang Sirui.

After nearly a week of negotiations, the foreigners in Shanghai were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

The foreigners in Shanghai remained neutral, did not express their opinions, did not obstruct the Han army, and did not support any political leaders or the army. Along with this, the Han army promised not to loot the shops of foreigners and ensure the safety of foreigners' personal and property in China.

The foreign merchants could have a good night's sleep, but the local merchants were different.

Foreigners can find a consul to negotiate with Wang Sirui, and they can rely on diplomacy to ensure the safety of their personal and property, but who do those local businessmen go to negotiate?

For example, the businessmen who had some intersections with Wang Sirui in the past were slightly better, but what about those who did not? What about the merchants who focused on the South?

With the power of Shanxi's recovery, it was like a shocking stone suddenly smashed into a pool of stagnant water, and for a while, the entire southern people were panicked.

In a courtyard on the outskirts of the city, people come and go in a hurry, and if it were in the past, these people would have come here without hesitation to admire the scenery of this courtyard, or secretly express envy, or strive to build such a house in their lifetime.

Only now, the shadow of war has disheartened these formerly rich merchants.

In the prosperous era, these merchants are the masters, and if they have money, they can even become guests of the governor's palace. But in troubled times, having money has become a possibility that will endanger their safety.

If you stand in line early, it will be regarded as a ruin of wealth and disaster, but once those who are soldiers do not like you, then the wealth you have worked hard to accumulate for most of your life will be attributed to those soldiers who can't read a single word.

At this moment, there are more than a dozen middle-aged and elderly people sitting in the house, these are some relatively famous businessmen, or business tycoons from a certain province, like some ordinary businessmen, who are not qualified to enter here today.

"Brother Runli, I don't know what you think about this military disaster? Why don't you come and talk about it? A somewhat balding man with a tuft of beard on his forehead, about fifty years old, sat in a chair and asked.

"Brother Ji Zhi, you have tormented the contemptible, can the contemptible person have peace opinions? If you really have an opinion, I'm afraid I won't respond to Xingsheng's call today. The old man known as Runli replied.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today's deliberations are very important, and it is related to your and my lives, and I hope you don't have to hide it, whether it is mature or thoughtful, but if you have some thoughts, today we will all speak out, discuss and discuss together, after all, we represent the entire southern business community, whether the southern business community will soar or be ruined, just recently, the responsibility is heavy." In the center, Sheng Xuanhuai stood up and said.

Everyone at the bottom nodded in agreement, today's meeting is indeed very important, and they cannot be allowed to be sloppy.

Foreigners can take themselves out, but they can't take them out unless they leave other countries with their assets.

But at this time, it is impossible to do this, they simply don't have enough time, and they don't have any roots abroad, even if they go out, what can they do?

"Now there are only two ways to go in front of us, the first is to resist to the end, and after each of them returns, he will vigorously support the local government to recruit soldiers to resist the Han army.

This second is to learn from Qiao Zhongdeng, we represent the entire southern business community, if we are sincere, the Han army will not despise us.

Of course, these are the two methods that the old man has come up with in recent days, if you have other methods, you might as well say it, let's discuss it together and choose the most suitable method.

However, the old man has just received the news that the vanguard of the Fifth Army of the Han Army led by Feng Huafu has arrived in Yancheng, and it can be said that the momentum is like a bamboo along the way, and the Qing army has no power to resist. Sheng Xuanhuai said.

As the initiator of this meeting, Sheng Xuanhuai naturally wanted to express his opinions first.

Of course, as a famous businessman in history, how could Wang Sirui not care about it?

In fact, all the delegates attending this meeting today have already had secret contact with Wang Sirui, and this meeting just wants to unify the caliber of southern businessmen.

Once Wang Sirui completely reined in these merchants, then those southern provinces would lose a large amount of income, so how could the southern provinces that were short of money and food be the opponents of the Han army?

But after all, these are all famous businessmen in history, how can they see their own strength?

To be able to get the business to the point where it is today, in addition to having a superhuman business vision, it is also necessary to have a far-sighted political vision.

And originally they were still struggling with whether to follow or not?

Only now, with the news of Shanxi's reconquest, the Han army's behavior is also forcing them to make a decision as soon as possible.

You must know that Shanxi is mountainous, and the roads are rugged and difficult to travel, and it will take at least half a month for a caravan to travel under normal circumstances, and it will take at least half a month to cross the entire Shanxi.

If the weather is bad, it will be good to be able to get out of Shanxi in a month.

However, it only took half a month for the Han army to recover Shanxi in a lightning flash.

After this battle, the strength of the Han army made these merchants a little taboo.

Five days ago, Chen Bing's Fourth Army and the Fifth Army in the border areas of Henan and Shandong, totaling more than 200,000 people, moved south almost at the same time, and it is said that the Fourth Army on the Henan side had now occupied Hankou because it had been supplemented by two divisions, and if it were not for the lack of ferries, I am afraid that it would have occupied the entire three towns of Wuhan.

And the Fifth Army was not much slower than the Fourth Army, after all, the Fourth Army was from Xinyang, not far from Wuhan.

Compared with the rapid march of the Fourth Army, the Fifth Army was the real object of concern for these people, after all, the Fifth Army rushed directly towards Shanghai, and they couldn't help but worry.

"Maybe we can seek refuge from foreigners!" One of them suddenly spoke.

"No, it's not good, it's not good!" Xu Run stood up and denied.

Xu Run went to Shanghai with his uncle at the age of 15, was admitted to the court at the age of 19, was promoted to the chief accountant at the age of 24, and soon took over as deputy comprador.

Subsequently, with amazing strokes, he thought about what ordinary people dare not think, did things that ordinary people dare not do, and quickly accumulated a large amount of wealth.

If you have to give Xu Run'an a sect, then he belongs to the real estate faction, yes, he started with real estate. At its peak, one out of every ten stores in Shanghai had a relationship with Xu Run, either directly or jointly with others.

And Xu Run was able to rely on real estate in this era, and naturally had a vision far beyond ordinary people.

"Wang Sirui of the Han Army has always hated foreigners, and it can be seen from the period of Gengzi's national disaster that although he got along with foreigners quite harmoniously after that, it was only a last resort. According to the contemptible people, we may be able to keep our peace for a while if we take refuge in the foreigners, but once he unifies the whole country, three or five years at the latest, will be the end of our waiting.

At present, foreigners can only rely on ships and artillery to open our country, but on land, Wang Sirui's Han army is not the Qing army, they not only defeated the coalition army, but also defeated the Japanese army of two divisions alone, and what does the Japanese army of two divisions mean? At the time of the first day, they occupied the entire northeast. With Wang Sirui's arrogance, if we take refuge in foreigners, we will definitely die faster.

Moreover, if we do so, we will be spurned by all people, and I am afraid that even if we die, we will not find a place to bury. Xu Run gave his reasons.

In fact, Xu Run doesn't know? He had already been prepared, and even after receiving the news that Wang Sirui was going to donate the knighthood, he prepared 100,000 taels of silver at home to donate the knighthood, but because the Han army had not yet arrived in Shanghai, he could not bring 100,000 taels of silver to the capital, so this matter was temporarily put down.

With Xu Run's tricky vision, how can he not see the strength of the Han army?

If it's just a strong army, then it's just that, but Xu Run heard that there is a very large industrial park in the capital, which is full of military industry, which is what Xu Run thinks Wang Sirui is the most terrifying.

As long as there is a steady stream of weapons and ammunition, then the Han army will not decline for a while, and Wang Sirui holds the five northern regions, and the army's salary will not be lacking.

With money, guns, people, and land, Xu Run really can't think of how Wang Sirui has to die to fail?

"Brother Runli is right, this is where the old man's worries lie, alas, the number of Qing Qi has been exhausted......" Sheng Xuanhuai sighed and said.

It's all said and done, if everyone here doesn't understand, then this life is in vain.

Xu Run has analyzed the disadvantages of taking refuge in foreigners for them, and clarified Wang Sirui's awesomeness. And Sheng Xuanhuai also made a statement in time, so others naturally know what to do, after all, Wang Sirui also sent someone to find them secretly, and now someone has taken the initiative to propose, so it is naturally better.

ps: Thank you for the support of the 2016 brothers...... (To be continued.) )