In the past ten days, three people have come, and there is not even one. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The rich son of the sao bag is surnamed Li, called Li Sidi, the son of a wealthy businessman in Haiyang County, and he came to Yang Chao not to apply, but to discuss business.

"Li Boxuan's nephew."

"Li Chengcheng is an uncle."

Li Boxuan is a celebrity in Yantai, and it is true that the president of the Western Chamber of Commerce is Eickhoff, but this Li Boxuan is the leader of Eickhoff, and the two have been operating together for decades, which is why Hutchison has monopolized Yantai shipping today.

The expansion of Yantai Port was initiated by Eickhoff, if Eickhov would come forward among foreign businessmen, Chinese businessmen naturally relied on Li Boxuan to lobby, but sending a nephew to communicate with Yang Chao is a bit too much.

"Li Boxuan has such a big shelf, so he sent a nephew?"

Yang Chao pretended to be displeased, and said in a cold tone.

This Li Sidi didn't panic, slowly stood up, hugged his fists at Yang Chao and bowed: "The fallen lord is angry." ”

Then he said without hurrying: "My lord, my uncle has invited 100 Chinese businessmen and 30 foreign businessmen. They all intend to help the adults repair the port, but the people are inconvenient, if they all flock to the Taoist Yamen, they are afraid of disturbing the adults. It's just that some people say that it will be changed to Hutchison & Co., some people say that it will be changed to the big teahouse, and some people say that it will be changed to the Hokkien Hall, which is very noisy. So the uncle asked the villain to come and tell the adults first, and begged the adults to decide. ”

Yang Chao has already figured out the various forces in Yantai these days, and it is divided into three major gangs when it comes to shipping, foreigners are the first, needless to say, the locals and Fujianese among the Chinese are fighting against each other, and the Fujian merchant gang has raised funds to build a Fujian guild hall here as early as 20 years ago, and it is also a temple dedicated to Mazu.

If you want to put it in a foreign company, it is naturally a foreigner, and if you go to a teahouse, it may be the meaning of a local, and if you want to change to a Hokkien guild hall, it is naturally a Fujian person.

Yang Chao sneered when he heard this: "Okay." You can all be your lords. Who gave you the guts! ”

Yang Chao is not a person who likes to oppress people with power, of course, he didn't have any power before, he was the object of oppression, but he felt the need to give these people a little color, because he found that the Li family didn't seem to take his Dao platform too seriously.

The Li family is a wealthy merchant family in Haiyang, and Deng Laiqing and other places have great connections, which is also one of the reasons why the British let Li Boxuan be a comprador.

But at the same time, he has been a comprador of the British, and he has been in business for more than 20 years, and he has long been ingrained and has a very high status in the Chinese and foreign worlds, so Li Boxuan really doesn't take the previous Taoist platform too seriously, as long as he can get by in face, he is not afraid of being an official.

Now Yang Chao is a Taoist, he is going to do a career in Yantai, if no one takes him seriously, then he will still do a fart, so he has to suppress the atmosphere here, let everyone know that his Taoist platform is not a decoration, a peacemaker who specializes in playing sloppy eyes for foreigners.

Li Sidi also felt that something was wrong, and his expression gradually became a little nervous, he used to be the young master of the Li family in Haiyang, and he followed his uncle to Yantai as an apprentice, and in the future, he planned to take over his uncle's class, and who would not sell his uncle's face in Yantai, so he came this time, not to befriend Yang Chao, but to show his face in front of Yang Chao, and it will be easy to deal with in the future, although he does not need to be afraid of officials, but there is always something to deal with.

Li Sidi knew that this was his uncle looking for an opportunity to cultivate contacts for him, but he didn't expect this Dao platform to be so difficult to deal with.

"Your Excellency! Rong Xiaoren said a fair thing, they are all those Fujian guys, all of them are mud legs, and they don't understand any rules. That's why this happened. If the adults are not angry, they can take these people. ”

Yang Chao slammed the table and stood up, with an angry look on his face.

"It's a group of rude horsemen, and the official will let them see that the official is easy to provoke. I went to the Hokkien Association, and the official also went, but I wanted to see how these Hokkien people behaved! ”

Li Sidi was not as good as his uncle, and he couldn't figure out Yang Chao's thoughts for a while, so he could only say: "That villain will go back and pass the word." ”

Yang Chao waved his hand, Li Sidi said goodbye, and walked out of the yamen quickly, changing the instrument when he came, and when he left, he bent over and hunched his back, unusually low-key.

"Hehe, what a Li family!"

Yang Chao secretly said in his heart, although the Li family is not as good as those big compradors in Shanghai, but the status in Yantai is not lost to any Shanghai compradors, and even any Shanghai comprador can not be compared with his status in Yantai, Li Boxuan is the undisputed first person in Yantai, and in Shanghai, it is difficult to say that Xu Run is worse than Xi Zhengfu, Yu Qiaqing, Pan Yuming, Hu Fangjin and a large number of compradors, are not one of them.

But speaking of which, the Li family has always been very low-key, although there was no need to buy the account of the Taoist platform before, but there was never a shortage of gifts, this time Yang Chao took office, they also sent a congratulatory gift, not too little, not too much, two hundred taels of silver.

It's just that if you don't kill the arrogance of these compradors, let them think that if they are close to foreigners, they can sit back and relax and bully people, so they have to do it. People are like this, when they gain power, they are easy to get lost, often do not want the consequences, and do not want to think that if the foreign masters are unreliable, they must not rely on the Chinese, in the end they have no confidence in their own people, and after being with the foreigners, they have gradually become a little underestimated by the Chinese.

Yang Chao knew many such Chinese businessmen in later generations, and after they did business with foreigners, they unconsciously stood on the position of foreigners. Some experts say that this is called cultural self-confidence. In the era of China's heyday, China has the prejudice that people who are not of our race will have different hearts.

Soon Li Sidi came running again, this time his uncle came forward in person, a half-old man in his forties, trotting all the way with his robe, sweating all over his face.

"The villain knocks on the Daotai-sama! The little nephew didn't know how to be polite, and he bumped into the adult, and hoped that the adult would forgive his sins. ”

Li Boxuan lowered his face even more than his nephew, and as soon as he entered the door, he kowtowed to Yang Chao to apologize, and Li Sidi also knelt on the ground together.

"Mr. Li, why do you make such a big salute, get up quickly!"

Yang Chao stretched out his hand to help him, and Li Boxuan took the opportunity to stand up with a smile on his face.

"The little nephew is not sensible, look at the adult Haihan!"

Standing in the atrium with his body hunched, Li Boxuan was full of smiles.

"That's it. Li Gongzi is young, so the official will naturally not care about him. Why don't you let him follow me and train for a few years? ”

Yang Chao said with a smile.

This Li Sidi met for the first time, although he was suppressed by Yang Chao, but it was because Yang Chao was in a high position, to be honest, it was already very good to be able to stretch freely in front of the Taoist platform at the beginning, and he was a comprador child who was trained in human feelings, although he did not show his talent in the examination, but it was also worth cultivating.

When Li Boxuan heard it, there was still something that he didn't agree.

It can be heard from the name of Li Sidi that the Li family is still an authentic Shandong merchant family, and they still hope that their children and grandchildren can pass the imperial examination and get a background, but this kid can't even get a show, so he was sent to learn to do business with Li Boxuan, and he will continue to eat the bowl of comprador rice in the future.

However, Li Sidi's brain is not bad at all, on the contrary, he is very smart, he has been apprenticed here in Shandong for five years, and now he can not only speak English, French, and German, but also write and calculate, and he is already his uncle's right and left hand.

"This, this is really a blessing that has been cultivated for eight lifetimes. Sidi, don't hesitate to thank you for your appreciation. ”

Li Boxuan's old face bloomed.

Li Sidi was also taken aback, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and kowtowed heavily.

Others may not know, but how can a comprador like Li Boxuan, who is proficient in news, not know Yang Chao, anyone who has a little way can see that Yang Chao has a great future, he is not only the henchman of the new emperor, but also appreciated by a big man like Yuan Shikai, it is difficult to think about underdevelopment.

If his nephew follows Yang Chao, will he still be worried about not being an official?

"Get up. In front of this official, there is no need for so many false courtesies! ”

Li Boxuan smiled, laughing happily, but he was thinking in his heart, don't be rude? What does this mean to be courteous?

Then he sighed formally, since there is Yang Chao's will, the Chinese businessmen will no longer fight, and they will be set in the Hokkien Hall, but the foreigners still hope to put it in Hutchison & Co.

"Regardless of them, Shandong is the territory of the Chinese, and they love to come or not." Let's go, let's go to the Hokkien Huay Kuan now. I bother Mr. Li to inform the foreigners, and it will be up to them to see if they come. ”

Soon Yang Chao brought a few people, the two newly collected officials and a few soldiers such as Hei Niu, and rushed to the Mazu Temple.

Chinese businessmen have been waiting here for a long time, Fujian people have a good face, they have worked hard in Yantai for a longer time, they have been operating here before the opening of Yantai port, after the opening of the port, although foreigners have big ships, but Fujian people rely on small boats, but also keep one acre and three points of land.

However, the expansion of Yantai this time has nothing to do with the Fujianese, because they operate sailing ships, and the entry and exit of the port are not affected at all, and the main ones affected are the sea-going ships of foreigners.

The president of the Fujian Chamber of Commerce is surnamed Gong, called Gong Zhaoqing, an old man in his fifties, a typical Fujianese, lean, dark-skinned, going back to 30 years, definitely a good man on the sea.

Old man Gong and a group of Fujian businessmen have been waiting at the door for a long time, and after being polite to each other, they entered the Fujian Hall, saying that the hall is a building complex, which is fully functional, and there are both guest houses for Fujian people to live in and a temple dedicated to Mazu.

Yang Chao was greeted in the lobby of the hall, and he had already prepared all the melons and fruits, and he was brewed with the Fujian clouds and mist on the number.

After waiting for a long time, the foreigners still came, after all, the expansion of Yantai Port, the most benefited are the foreigners.

According to the Chinese way, dozens of square tables were set up directly in the hall where various sacrifices are usually held, and various dishes and drinks were served one by one.

Eickhoff has never been interested, he has been in Shandong for decades, he still insists on eating Western food, he has no interest in Chinese food at all, tea is the only hobby, but he has no intention of tasting the good tea of the Hokkien today.

"Lord Yang, I don't know if what you said last time was true?" ”

Eickhoff waited patiently for Yang Chao to eat almost before he began to speak, and Gong Zhaoqing next to him also pricked up his ears, it seems that he is indeed more concerned about Yantai Port.

Yang Chao waved his hand, and Gong Zhaoqing immediately gave a color to a young junior next to him, and the junior immediately vacated the table.

"Seriously! Seriously, of course. ”

Yang Chao said with great certainty.

Eickhoff breathed a sigh of relief, he had been in China for a long time, and naturally understood that the Chinese always like to talk very much, but if they say it well, they may change their minds, and they will be confirmed again, which makes him feel a lot more relieved.

But Eickhoff had another concern: "Everyone raises funds and manages them together? ”

Yang Chao nodded: "That's right!" ”

Eickhoff said again: "I just don't know if Lord Yang can do it?" ”

Eickhoff's fears were justified.

However, Yang Chao insisted very much: "Such a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, why can't you do it, you can just do it with confidence." ”

Eickhoff was still not at ease: "What did you say about money last time?" ”

Yang Chao waved his hand: "It's still the same sentence." You raise funds, and the rest is mine. ”

Eickhoff said: "Our Western Chamber of Commerce has raised a total of 300,000 taels. If the adults are willing, where can Lord Hurd of the customs raise a million taels. ”

Yang Chao immediately shook his head, the customs were in the hands of the British, although the attempt to control the Chinese customs with indemnity failed, and later the British still lent Zaifeng, who had just ascended the throne, a huge sum of money, the conditions were quite generous, only two cents per annum, but the loan contract stipulated that the customs system could not be changed during the repayment period.

And this is a loan of ten million pounds, thirty years, that is, for thirty years, the British can still maintain control of customs.

Although Hurd is an Englishman, he has been in China for 40 years, and the balance is very good, and the customs he operates is indeed effective, the systems are very complete, and it is clean, and the customs is recognized as the most honest government department in China.

Not to mention this, just because he can pay 30 million taels of tariffs to the Qing government every year, Zaifeng has no reason to move Hurd. For any bureaucrat, it is estimated that this money is not enough to squander.

It's just that the customs were mastered by the British, and Yang Chao didn't want the customs to get involved.

"No, no, this time it's a commercial office, and there is no need for the government to intervene. I am the only Chinese businessman who invests and operates by myself. ”

Yang Chao turned his head and asked Gong Zhaoqing: "How much can you raise in the Fujian Chamber of Commerce?" ”

Gong Zhaoqing said: "We have a small profit, not as good as foreigners, only 100,000 taels." ”

Yang Chao nodded, Fujian businessmen go to Yantai every year with seventy or eighty large and small ships, mainly engaged in Fujian's specialty tea, paper goods, red and white sugar, timber and other products, as well as Yantai's fish, bean cakes and other trafficking business, the annual import and export is about 3 million taels, and the profit is less than 300,000 taels.

Compared with the annual trade volume of 30 million taels of Yantai Customs, the business of Fujian people can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket, but being able to grab such a large share in the gap between foreigners still proves the energy of Fujian people.

"What about you?"

Yang Chao asked Li Boxuan again.

Li Boxuan, on behalf of the local businessman, immediately stood up and said, "We are also 100,000 taels to raise funds. ”

Well, the locals in Yantai really don't have much courage, to put it bluntly, they are different from the Fujianese, the Fujianese want to grab food from the mouths of the foreigners, they don't have to, they rely on the foreigners to do business, and they also make a lot of money, so the compradors of the foreigners are also the leaders of the local Chinese businessmen.

"That's good. I wonder how Mr. Eickhoff's tender is contacted? ”

Yang Chao asked Eickhov again, financing is on the one hand, on the other hand, you have to find someone to build ah, large-scale modern port construction, the Chinese have no experience, can only entrust to foreigners.

Eickhoff immediately said: "I have already contacted many Hong Kong companies in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the United States and other countries. Among them, the British, German and Dutch Hong Kong companies offered the most fair prices. ”

Yang Chao waved his hand and said, "Give it to the Dutch." Let them send someone to sign the contract as soon as possible and enter the field as soon as possible. ”

It is understandable that the British are positive about Yantai, there are a lot of interests for them, and the expansion of Yantai Port and the suppression of the Germans' expansion in Shandong are not Yang Chao's interest alone, the British are also interested, but after the Eight-Nation Alliance, they reached an agreement with the Germans to allow the Germans to expand their interests in Shandong, of course, they have no way to refuse, this era is not only the British Empire has the final say.

The Germans are interested, so naturally the drunkard does not mean to drink, and the pure weasel greets the chickens for the New Year, and they are not at ease. Let them repair it, I am afraid that after the Qingdao port is completed, Yantai Port will not be able to put into operation.

So Yang Chao didn't think about it, and directly handed it over to the Dutch to do, these small countries, although they are also industrial powers, but in the fierce competition, they have actually withdrawn from the stage of world powers, and only seek some economic benefits.

Eickhoff said: "According to the requirements of Lord Yang, the Dutch Port Management Company has designed a port scheme that can dock 10,000-ton ships and handle 10 million tons of cargo per year, with a price of 4 million taels. ”

Four million taels, as soon as they heard the number, everyone present couldn't help but exclaim, but Eickhoff looked at Yang Chao expectantly.

Four million taels is not a small amount, and Shandong's finances for a year are not so much, but obviously, even if Shandong has so much money, it is impossible to smash it all at once.

But everyone only saw Yang Chao say casually: "That's it." Together, you raised five hundred thousand taels of silver. There are 3.5 million taels left, and the official is all inclusive. ”

Everyone was no longer surprised, but they were just curious, curious where Yang Chao's money came from?

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It's been a day, and it's still about fifty recommendations, so let's help a little bit. Let me find a reason to add more, which is a bit unjustifiable. It's still three watches today. There are already 800,000 manuscripts, so you don't have to worry about not being able to send them, just vote. Even if it is ten watches a day, it can hold on!!