Now present the second update, in addition, in order to thank wjwllee, the king of horseing, dandelion in the wind, Xia Fei cheeks, Bai Qingyi's thanks, gngg, the first emperor and other people who have given Luo Luo a monthly ticket and reward, Luo Luo decided to add another change at 12 noon today

"Advertising?" Of course, Luo Xiangju knew what advertising was, and it was advertised in Zhu Jishi's "Ta Kung Pao". But she doesn't know how Lin Zexu is going to advertise for HSBC? You can't let the dignified Manchu minister hang a sign and wander around the streets of Kowloon, right?

"It is to write letters to old friends in Guangdong officialdom and shopping malls, telling them that they have deposited all the money in the foreign affairs yamen into the French HSBC Bank, which can be guaranteed."

"Ming Gong, do you want the bureaucrats and gentry in Guangdong to deposit their silver in HSBC?" Tang Qiwen already understood Zhu Jishi's thoughts, this is to use HSBC to trap the bureaucrats and gentry in Guangdong Province! They want to deposit all the silver in Zhu Jishi's bank, and even if they don't take refuge in the Ming Dynasty in the future, they won't help the Qing Dynasty again, unless they don't want to get the silver back!

"Not only silver, but also land!" Zhu Jishi pondered and said, "Let a few trading houses controlled by Guangyitang and Xiaodaohui come forward to buy the land in Guangzhou Prefecture at a parity price, and also allow the land seller to redeem it at a price increase of one to three percent within three years." He looked at Zuo Zongtang, "Strategist, what do you think of this idea?" ”

Zuo Zongtang stroked his beard and thought for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Brilliant plan!" What a brilliant plan! These gentry and wealthy businessmen must be preparing to run away now, but their land cannot be taken away, so they can only be sold to us! And...... The money from the sale of the land is still to be deposited with HSBC. It's not safe to go on the road with a lot of money these days! ”

"Doesn't this send the whole net worth to HSBC?" Luo Xiangju looked at Zhu Jishi with wide eyes. In my heart, I simply admired it to the extreme-it turned out that Xianggong's deception was so clever. More powerful than the biggest liar on the rivers and lakes! No wonder his two sisters let him deceive the whole child......

Zhu Jishi also felt that he was now more and more adept at tricking his mind - he could actually come up with such a clever idea! Use a French HSBC bank to trap the net worth of all the gentry in Guangdong, and when they know the truth, they can't open the city to welcome the surrender, right? Hehe, if they defeat the Manchus, they will go bankrupt! And this plan has another advantage, to collect all the silver in the city of Guangzhou, so that there is no clear gentry who can use the money to raise the people and make it difficult for themselves!

I'm getting smarter and smarter! If this development continues, you will probably be able to catch up with Zuo Zongtang, right?

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Zhu Jishi felt that he was getting smarter and smarter, and Lin Zexu felt that he was getting better at trading. If this development continues, it will probably be able to catch up with Zhu Jishi!

Bai Siwen's Baqi disciple who can't do business talked about a "zero-interest deposit", and as soon as he came forward, he had a three-point profit! No, we have to fight again! Who made HSBC Henry. Castel Taipan asked himself to come out to the gentry and officials in Guangdong to recommend HSBC.

"Four cents of profit, ah......" The French Minister to China, who accompanied Castell's Taipan to the Kowloon Walled City, Marquis Lacaly, glanced at Lin Zexu sympathetically.

Xin said, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty would probably cut off his head if he knew that this Minister Lin had deposited the money of the imperial court in Zhu Jishi's bank?

However, it is impossible for the Marquis of Lacaini to kindly remind Lin Zexu...... This Zhu Jishi really didn't know what attracted women, and the politician in the bed actually remembered him, and wrote a letter to Laqini, asking him to help Zhu Jishi's career within the scope of his ability! It is also said that it is for the benefit of France...... Well, let's pretend to be confused, that crazy woman is not easy to mess with! Who knows if she'll hit the little report on King Bixia's bed!

Come to think of it. The Marquis of France smiled and said to Castel Taipan, "Henry, the interest rate of the quarter is a little higher. But for the sake of the friendship between the Kingdom of France and the Qing Empire, I still recommend that you accept it. ”

Castel Taipan smiled and nodded, but said in his heart, this marquis must want to climb up with the duchess's charming long legs, right?

"That's, that's, the friendship between the Kingdom of France and the Qing Empire, and HSBC is willing to give an extra cent of interest." Castel said to Lin Zexu with a smile on his face, "Your Excellency, I think you can write to the officials and businessmen in Guangdong to recommend our HSBC, right?" ”

Lin Zexu twisted his beard and nodded, and said with a smile: "The old man will go and write to them when he turns around, but there is still a deal to do with HSBC." ”

He picked up a handwritten list from the coffee table and asked the servant next to him to hand it to Castel Taipan. Although Castel had learned the Cantonese Chinese official dialect, he could not read Chinese, so he gave the list to the Marquis of Laqueni.

"Your Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs wants to order a batch of munitions through HSBC, including foreign guns, cannons, gunpowder, and lead bullet. The value is about 4.52 million Qingyang, and the delivery will be delivered in one year, and the place of delivery is Shanghai. ”

Now the 4.35 million taels of silver deposited by the Western-style Yamen in HSBC will expire in one year, and the principal and interest will be 4.524 million silver dollars. Lin Zexu's meaning is to exchange all the expired silver for arms! He has now seen that the Qing Dynasty of Heqing Haiyan is gone forever, and the next thing should be the troubled times of the Ming and Qing Dynasties! Of course, Western arms are urgently needed. If you have to rely on the Eight Banners Gun Factory and the Eight Banners Gun Factory in Beijing to produce munitions, I really don't know that it will be the Year of the Monkey, so you have to rely on buying them! And the sooner the better, so Lin Zexu couldn't wait to ask the court for instructions, so he took matters into his own hands.

"Well...... "Castel said, touching his beard and thinking, "Your Excellency, please give us HSBC a few days to study it, because we are banks, not arms dealers...... If you are not familiar with the price and weapon model, you need to find an expert to study it. ”

"Sell! Is there a buy and sell weishenme do not do? ”

Zhu Jishi's answer was extremely simple, he took the list issued by Lin Zexu himself and glanced at it, and agreed without hesitation.

"Ming Gong, this is more than 100,000 foreign guns and hundreds of cannons!" Zuo Zongtang took the list and looked at it, and his face suddenly became ugly.

"No problem, the delivery time will be delayed, just a year and a half. No problem with delivery in Shanghai. Zhu Jishi waved his hand indifferently. Shanghai is also one of the key points of the development of Daming Mountain and the Little Knife Society, and the entrance of the Daming Mountain Jiangsu Fuxing Hall is also located in Shanghai, with Zhou Lichun as the head of the hall, and now it has developed many members. In addition, the four major foreign firms controlled by Zhu Jishi owned almost half of the land in the British Concession in Shanghai, and also built many merchant houses, warehouses, and wharves. When necessary, the Jishi army used the Shanghai concession to transfer troops, and with the cooperation of Neiying, raided and captured the county seat of Shanghai.

"We already know where the delivery will be, and we know exactly when and in order...... Therefore, the Manchus were destined not to get this batch of munitions! Zhu Jishi sneered and made a conclusion.

However, Lin Zexu couldn't hear this conclusion. As a world-renowned Manchu minister, although he already knew that the Manchu Dynasty was going to a dead end step by step, as long as he was still a minister of the Manchu Dynasty, he would always have to worry about the king. After receiving the reward from the Castel Taipan, Lin Zexu invited Bai Siwen and Luo Li to the Yamen of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and arranged with them the specific matters of purchasing arms and setting up the Shanghai Yamen.

"The Western-style yamen moved to Shanghai?" Bai Siwen quietly took a cool breath, "Have a will?" ”

"Not yet, but we have to prepare." Lin Zexu shook his head and said, "I know the situation of the Guangdong Sailors, that is, the promotion of thousands of people is worthy of a battle. Now that the standard is over, the sailor is finished...... Kowloon and Humen will fall into the hands of thieves sooner or later. In the future, the focus of Sino-foreign traffic will definitely be moved to Shanghai, so the Western-style yamen should also be prepared to move to Shanghai. ”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is not a feudal territory, and he does not need to coexist and die with the Kowloon Walled City, so Lin Zexu is also ready to slip away now - loyal ministers are not equal to fools, and they will not wait for Zhu Jishi's soldiers to catch them.

"Mu Weng, do you think Guangzhou City can't be defended?" Bai Siwen was a little disbelieving, "There are 6,000 Eight Banners New Army in Guangzhou!" It's all foreign guns and cannons......"

Lin Zexu smiled faintly, looked at Bai Siwen and said: "Even if the New Army of the Eight Banners can be used, Guangzhou will be turned into a battlefield, and there are still foreign businessmen who dare to come to buy and sell?" It is better to make plans to move to Shanghai as soon as possible. Enming, why don't you and I jointly hand over the excerpt to the emperor? ”

"Mu Weng, you really don't plan to negotiate with Yingyi?" Bai Siwen didn't answer Lin Zexu's question, but asked rhetorically.

"Negotiations?" Lin Zexu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "It's useless, this useless work, the old man doesn't do it." He suddenly lowered his tone, "Enming, you have made it as clear as possible that Lin Zexu will never take half a step back on the opium issue!" (To be continued......)