In the building of Jardine Matheson, Charlie was looking through the business forms of the recent period while tasting the Darjeeling black tea that had just been delivered from India. It's just that although the taste of black tea is very fragrant, looking at the obvious decline in the business form...

"Manager, there's a telegram of yours."

Just when Charlie was worried about the declining performance, a foreign bank clerk suddenly walked in with a telegram.

"My telegram?" Charlie was a little curious.

"That's right, your telegram seems to have come from a friend of yours."

"London or Hong Kong?" Since it was a telegraph, Charlie naturally thought of these two places.

But the clerk shook his head. "No, it seems to have come from Sichuan."

"Sichuan?" Charlie was a little strange, he didn't remember any of his friends who went to Sichuan. "No, if that friend is Chinese, it seems that there really is one in Sichuan." In just a moment, Charlie remembered Yan Guang, who opened a factory in Sichuan and is now the governor of a province.

"Could it be that guy?" With that in mind, Charlie put the telegram on the table and opened it for inspection. In just a dozen seconds, the sadness on Charlie's face dissipated, replaced by a smile.

"Manager, did your friend send it?" Looking at the smile on Charlie's face, the clerk was a little curious.

"That's right, it's a friend, and it's a good friend of mine." With a smile, Charlie said to the staff. "John, arrange a boat for me, I'm going to Sichuan."

"Sichuan?"

"That's right, Sichuan, there's a big business waiting for me in Sichuan." However, when he caught a glimpse of the words "Lihe and Yangxing" at the end of the telegram, a hint of gloom flashed on Charlie's face. "This time, I'm afraid that Riddle guy will go in person, right?!"

Just like Cha Ideal, after receiving Yan Guang's telegram, Riddle, the manager of Lihe Foreign Bank, also packed his luggage and prepared to go to Sichuan to win this big business.

The Xinhai Revolution triggered by the Wuchang Uprising can be said to have affected many people, including of course foreign companies founded by foreign merchants such as Jardine Matheson and Lihe Foreign Company. Needless to say, the number of customers who have been reduced because of the war, whether it is Yuan Shikai, who has not yet controlled northern China, or the military and political axes of the southern provinces who are simply a group of poor ghosts, at least in the short term, there is no possibility of becoming a customer of foreign companies, and the number of foreign companies in China is huge, and the competition between them is also fierce, in this case, the business of major foreign banks can be said to have fallen again and again (in 1911, the total number of foreign banks in China reached 2863... ）。

Moreover, Yan Guang had already made it clear on the telegram that even if the business could not exceed 10 million this time, seven or eight million silver dollars would still not be able to stop. Seven or eight million silver dollars, even in the past, was a very rare big deal, which is why Charlie and Riddle were willing to make a trip themselves.

Of course, before leaving, Charlie and Riddle were not unprepared, they had already guessed what Yan Guang was going to purchase, and they had already brought a lot of price sheets with them, in order to win this big business at one time.

And then...

Looking at the opponents who were in the same boat, Charlie and Riddle first smiled politely, then shook each other's hands more politely, and a few minutes later...

"Isn't your hand strong..."Rubbing his hand behind his back, Charlie sneered.

"Each other, each other." Riddle, who also withdrew his hand, said expressionlessly.

And the passengers on the side looked at these two guys who could shake hands for a few minutes, as if they were looking at two fools.

Of course, there were two people behind them who were pretending not to know them.

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Just as Riddle and Charlie boarded the river boat bound for Yucheng, Pu Dianjun and their boat also arrived in Wuchang.

"Minister, Wuchang has arrived." knocked on the cabin door, and the attendant said to Pu Dianjun inside.

"Is it already there?"

"Yes, it's already there." The attendant said respectfully outside the door.

Although Pu Dianjun, the Minister of Internal Affairs, does not have a very high status in the Sichuan Military and Political Axe, but to the people below, no matter how low he is, he is still the same person, so along the way, even a few people sent by Yan Guang have a lot of respect for Pu Dianjun, even if it is just on the surface...

Walking out of the hatch, the dock in Wuchang can already be seen.

At this moment, a small boat suddenly rowed over, and when it was about to approach, a soldier shouted at Pu Dianjun and the others. "May I ask which province are you in?" In recent days, representatives from other provinces have often arrived, and the most important thing is Pu Dianjun, who came by steel-hulled gunboat (although there were no guns... So the soldiers on the ship were not afraid to admit their mistakes.

"We are the representatives of Sichuan." There was no need for Pu Dianjun to speak, and an attendant on the side had already spoken.

"Representatives of Sichuan?" The soldiers on the boat looked at each other, and if they remembered correctly, the original governor of Yucheng seemed to be living in the palace of the governor of Hubei.

Just when the soldiers on the boat were talking to Pu Dianjun and his party, Sun Wu in the Governor's Mansion of the Hubei Army was also accompanying Zhang Peijue and Yang Shukan, who were not very good-looking. Although both of them were driven out of Sichuan, they were both members of the Alliance, and Sun Wuzhi did not despise the two of them.

"Fifth Brother Lie, Brother Cangbai, the representative of Sichuan is almost there, do you want to go to the dock together to have a look?" After chatting about other things, Sun Wu smiled at the two of them.

Zhang Peijue and Yang Shukan knew that Sun Wu was joking, so they just smiled bitterly. "Let's forget about the two of us."

Sun Wu also knew the mood of the two of them, so he just smiled and didn't say anything.

At this moment, a soldier of the revolutionary army walked in outside. "Minister, the ship of the Sichuan representative has arrived."

Sun Wu was originally the governor of Hubei, but because he injured himself when he was making explosives, the people of the Hubei Alliance could only force Li Yuanhong to be the governor when the dragons were leaderless. Even so, Sun Wu still had a high prestige in the revolutionary army in Hubei, and after he recovered, he also held the position of military minister (the two deputy ministers were Zhang Zhenwu and Jiang Yiwu).

"I really said that Cao Ying Cao arrived and the representative of Sichuan arrived as soon as he said it." Saying that, Sun Wu glanced at Zhang Peijue and Yang Shukan. "I don't want to meet with the representatives of Sichuan, so let's rest here now, and I'll come back when I go."

"Well, Brother Yaoqing, you can go first."

"Then we'll see you later."

When Sun Wu left with the people, Zhang Peijue glanced at Yang Shukan with a wry smile. "Who do you think this time is going to be?"

Yang Shukan thought for a moment, and then spoke. "It should be Pu Dianjun."

"Since you guessed Pu Dianjun, then I'll guess Song Dinghan." Obviously, Zhang Peijue also thought that the person who came would be Pu Dianjun.

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