Chapter 704: Economic Pressure
The aroma of plants and trees blowing in the wind, shaded by the shade of the trees, and the breeze flowing, the yard is cooler than the room after all. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Chen Lenghe looked at his increasingly bloated body and the man who was waiting carefully beside him, and sighed in his heart, and it was difficult to speak.
As a pillow person, of course she knows how strong this man's needs are, in the past few months, most of the time she has stayed in the small villa to accompany her, but because she is afraid of her body, she does not dare to indulge a little, and how hard it is to endure it. Although there is a Ah Jiu by her side, and the other party is also from the third hall, if Zhao Guanhou makes a request to her, she will definitely not refuse. But the more this is the case, the more unbearable Zhao Guanhou becomes, and he treats her as an idle flower, and he can only endure it in vain.
Of course, there is also a big factor in this, which is to consider your own mood and not want to make yourself sad. He really paid a lot for himself......
"Darling, if you stay here every day, will it affect your business? Just like the resumption of construction in Shandong, do you need to go there in person? ”
"Those are nothing, they are all on track, the people below will deal with them themselves, I will batch a batch of major things, and they can be done here. In fact, the situation in Shandong does not need to be particularly busy, there is investment that should be there, the production of things that should be produced, scheduling and co-ordination, and there are ten grids of them, I don't have to do everything myself. The biggest reason is that I am worried that my people are not good enough, and I am not a perfectionist, and I have never thought of making a name for myself, as long as there are no ordinary people to sue in front of me, I will probably be able to get by. The guard battalion, and the customs section, are gathering intelligence below, and there will be no problems. ”
"That's why I delayed you, if you weren't with me, you should be on the train now, traveling around the counties of Shandong. Maybe there are a lot of beautiful girls lying on the wall to watch you. ”
This is what happened during Zhao Guanhou's previous inspection of Jiaodong to resume construction. He rode around the county on horseback, not only to appease the people, but also to deter Xiaoxiao. Martial law on the road is inevitable, but I didn't expect that a bold lady actually stepped on a ladder and looked out on the wall, and waved Zhao Guanhou casually as a greeting to himself. Her old father really came to the barracks to ask when he would send his daughter into the camp and made a joke.
Speaking of this, Zhao Guanhou also smiled: "I didn't expect that the students who came out of the women's school would be so bold." But this is a good thing, it proves that everyone is not afraid of me, otherwise the girl's daughter-in-law would have blackened her face and run as far as she wanted. However, it's useless if they're not afraid of me, are they as beautiful as my cold lotus? No. Is it smart to have my cold lotus? Nor did it. Is there any money with my cold lotus? Or not. ”
"It's not pretty anymore, and I don't even dare to look in the mirror when I look at it now." Leng He shook his head and said, "Smart and rich...... That's true. However, all that money is your money, and I'm just your bookkeeper, not my money. ”
"My money is your money, what's the difference?" Zhao Guanhou said with a smile: "Do you want to Songjiang, do you want to go home?" ”
"Of course my mother's family will think about it, but when I get married, my husband's place is home, and I understand this truth. In fact, I regretted it a long time ago, if I didn't live in Jinan if I wasn't Mrs. Songjiang, I could see you at any time and let you accompany me at any time. ”
"In the same way, in Songjiang, can I also take the train? Walk slowly...... You are in Songjiang, there is Zhengyuan, and with Zhengyuan, there is an excellent place for the people of Songjiang to save money. From this point of view, the common people should be grateful to you. Without you, the god of wealth, they may not even survive the rubber stock market crash. ”
Songjiang's economy, which was once hit hard by the rubber stock market crash, has now fully recovered, and those enterprises and factories that went bankrupt because of lack of capital turnover have already turned losses into profits. It's just that most of them have become industries under Zhao Guanhou's name, and profits have also become part of Shandong's income.
Without Zhao Guanhou's bailout, Songjiang's economy would not have recovered so quickly, a large number of businessmen went bankrupt, workers lost their jobs, and it would not be easy to recover. Even if it gradually regains its strength in the future, it will most likely be reduced to a part of the profits of foreign businessmen. Taking Qianzhuang as an example, Chen Dai and Lu's three families were three points that day, and now the Lu family has already gone bankrupt. His second sister-in-law has become more and more mean and more and more philistine. Anne was able to maintain her dignity because she was leaning under her wing, but she was no longer as rich as the Dai family's young lady.
Thinking of the different circumstances of the three families, Chen Lenghe also sighed with emotion, "That's your credit, not mine, now that I think about it, I was still too idealistic at the time." I always thought that I could reverse something by my own strength, but I found that I couldn't change anything in reality. Just like now, although they have escaped the stock market crash, they may not have escaped the current hurdle. ”
She is not just waiting to give birth and doing nothing, she has not relaxed for China's economy. After all, the changes in the external economy also have an impact on the development of Shandong, and on this battlefield, as the supreme commander, she cannot relax her vigilance.
"The number of banknotes in two lines is increasing, and the silver dollar has become the most popular currency in the market, and as for paper money, it can now only be purchased at a 70% discount. If Liang Shiyi still does not control the number of banknotes and prints money blindly, I am afraid that the speed of depreciation will be faster and faster. Once the two lines of banknotes become waste paper, our economy will inevitably suffer a huge blow. You finally won the war against the Fuso people, but you didn't expect that in the economic field, our financial officials would give away this fruit again. ”
"Fortunately, the economy of Fuso is not very good, and now the rice riots in the country have not shown the slightest trend of improvement, and the riots of the soldiers and peasants at the bottom have become more and more intense. The parties, which had the poor as their base, began to exert influence and guide the rebellion, so their money was also tight. ”
Zhao Guanhou sighed, "The front line is a bottomless pit, and the maintenance of the troops and rewards require a large amount of capital injection. The procurement of military supplies also requires money in all kinds. If the banknotes are not printed, the front line will be poor, but the more it is printed, the poorer the country will become. Otherwise, the emperor would not have sent a telegram to allow me to be the king of Jiangnan. He may not know how serious the situation is, but he must have seen that if it drags on, the country will be worse. ”
Leng He looked at her husband and asked tentatively, "You...... Want to be the king of the southeast? ”
"If I say I want to, will you help me?"
Leng He was silent for a moment, "You know my position." In order to overthrow Dajin, I even thought that if necessary, I would become a standing team and throw fried eggs at the Yamen of the Jin Kingdom, and I would not regret it even if I sacrificed. Now that Daikin is gone, there is an emperor in our country, and I really can't accept that...... However, if you want to be the king of the southeast, I will fully support you. Because you are my husband, I will go wherever you go. I don't want to lose to Sister Hanzhi. ”
"With your words, I am happier than being the king of the southeast." Zhao Guanhou smiled happily.
"I'm really afraid that if you want me to support Cai Feng, then I'll be embarrassed. Yuan Weiting treated me kindly, whether it was for the sake of the country and the nation or the general righteousness, it was impossible for me to rebel against him. But if I were to accompany him to his death, I wouldn't do it. Shandong has just fought a war, and now the soldiers have taken off their military uniforms and picked up hoes, either to go to the farm to cultivate the land, or to work in the military-run factory, or to work as breeders. The Battle of Jiaodong has greatly affected our economy, and if we go to fight Cai Feng again, maybe the reckless vote will become a waste paper like the co-payment ticket. Just maintaining the value of the Lu ticket currency and ensuring the market for handicraft products in Shandong is already very difficult for me. I'm not going. ”
"What about half the world?"
"I don't need half a half, I'm not interested in the whole world, one Shandong is enough. I'm a very lazy person, and the current problems in Shandong alone are enough for me to be busy. If I had the whole world, I would be going crazy just thinking about the files I had to deal with every day. At that time, where will I have time to accompany you, and where will I have time to spend with others? Where is the time to accompany other girls...... I mean filial piety to them. ”
He sighed, "I don't have enough talent to run such a big country." Even if one Shandong plus northern Jiangsu, it already gives me a headache. The Diana pills I make now are used to anesthetize foreigners, and the money I earn is used to anesthetize the people. I can't give them ideals and beliefs, or whatever Ge Mingdang said. I can only try to ensure that the poor have something to eat, so that they do not rise up to rebel, no matter how chaotic other places are, Shandong can live a peaceful life, so that I, the overseer, can be stable. Back then, Hefei Xiangguo said that he was a pastemaker, and I am the same now. However, my craftsmanship is not as good as Zhang Hefei, he can frame a country, I can only paste this province. If I want to frame a country, I don't have the strength, and I can't afford to take on such a big responsibility, so it's better to be my free king. If you also want to be an imperial concubine, you will be disappointed. ”
Leng He smiled and said, "Even if it is an imperial concubine, there will not be such an obedient emperor, let alone let the emperor cook for her to make ice bowls." Therefore, I feel that I am happier than the imperial concubine. I'm glad to hear that you have no ambitions, and I'm really worried that you will be like Yuan Weiting, blinded by power and disregard for people's livelihood. The vast majority of the expenses of this war were borne by the economy of the Shandong government and were not shared with the people, which is of course a good thing, but it also made us breathless. If Fuso hadn't been hit by an earthquake, followed by chaos and another attack, I'm really afraid that our economy would collapse before the military. Even if it can be beaten, it will make Shandong from rich to poor, and the little Capet of the East, which was built with great difficulty, will also be beaten back to its original shape. I can think of your intention to print a large number of Lu coins, but in order to do that, you need to have sufficient precious metals as reserves. We don't have enough reserves and too few precious metals. ”
Zhao Guanhou nodded and said, "I admit it." Before the war, when I asked Jenson to lobby abroad, another thing I did was to quietly open an account overseas and store the gold and silver treasures in my hands outside. If I lose the battle, I will let you continue to be rich wives, so that you will not worry about your livelihood, and you will not have to go out to work and earn money by labor. As soon as this part of the gold and silver is transported away, the reserves in Shandong, of course, will be insufficient, but I am afraid that I will do nothing...... There will be a large number of people going bankrupt. As there are more and more bankrupts, there will be people who will come out and rebel. Once there is an organization based on the poor, we who are overseers will not be able to sit in our seats, and the whole world will be in turmoil. Therefore, just like pumping a lot of soil, you can anesthetize people for as long as you can. As long as you can mount, you can paste it first. I can only grit my teeth and try my best to eliminate this disaster, and besides, if it is done well, it may be a business opportunity. ”
"Of course, this is definitely a business opportunity, but I'm just worried that with our current conditions, we will be able to eat this business. If the principal is insufficient, it may break the stomach. It's not so much a business opportunity as it is speculation, risk...... It's too big. ”
Leng He's expression was very serious, and she also understood the importance of this business. But no matter how important a war is, it is impossible to win it without troops.
Her biggest worry is that the reserves are insufficient, and without so many precious metals in her hands, this business will not be able to do it. Although Shandong has begun to issue a policy to restrict the exchange of precious metals, this still does not guarantee that the resources on hand will be sufficient at that time. This time, I can probably only take a risky move and gamble......
A rush of footsteps sounded, and Ah Jiu ran all the way from outside, waving a telegram in his hand: "Telegram from Tianzhu!" ”
"Hurry up and get it!" Leng He took the lead.
Regarding the situation of the Tianzhu troops, Zhao Guanhou was most concerned. After all, this is a whole division, although the main force is composed of reinforcements from other cities, but nominally, it is still the troops of the Lu army. There are too many new soldiers, and its combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the main force, and it is not easy to fight with foreigners. Once you suffer a big loss, what you lose is Lu Jun's face. Coupled with the current climate, Leng He thinks about it, the temperature in Tianzhu is only higher than that in Shandong, and can the soldiers stand it?
She has the codebook of the telegram in her hand, because she is bored, she can turn it over if she has nothing to do, and now she can translate the telegram without a codebook. When he read the message, Leng He was overjoyed
"Darling, this time our precious metals have fallen. They are really capable, and they have brought in such a large sum of gold and silver, and with this, your plan can be carried out. ”
Zhao Guanhou also said: "Yes, they did a good job and got so much loot." But I'm more concerned with casualties than that, and this weather ...... Once the plague starts, it's no fun. Ah Jiu, I will write a telegram later, you go and send it to Tianzhu for me, you must let the front line pay attention to the soldiers' bodies, and you can't be greedy for merit. ”
Ah Jiu asked, "Sister Leng He, Dashuai, did we win?" ”
"Yes, it was won, and it was a big victory. Now the faces of the people of Albion will be swollen by us, and let them see whether my soldiers are good or his soldiers are strong. The Chinese recruits are all stronger than his regular army in Albiang! ”
Leng He secretly thought: With Tianzhu's victory, Albion will inevitably attach more importance to Shandong, and in the next step, it will be easier for Guanhou to negotiate with them, and the status of the workers will be more secure. At least in the eyes of foreigners, her husband, as an agent, is more qualified than Yuan Weiting. With this in mind, perhaps Albion will provide more loans, greater assistance. Even if these are not mentioned, with this Tianzhu wealth injection, this crisis may be saved.