The so-called country is about to die, and there will be demons.

Everyone can see the turmoil of the Qing Dynasty, so the officials from the inside out also spend most of their minds on reaping benefits for themselves. The project of stepping up the formation and training of the new army to deal with Yang Hao's revolutionary armed forces has become the fat meat that countless murderous vultures compete to eat, no matter how much power they have, as long as they can get it, they will immediately pounce on it and bite it hard.

Sheng Xuanhuai, who was nominally assigned to handle large loans and arms purchases, stood behind him more than a dozen "assistants" representing the interests of all parties, each of whom was not much lower than him, and could easily reach the level of a prince and a scholar. The top ones can even report to the emperor or the Empress Dowager in person.

This is another tug-of-war between the powerful ministers, the emperor, and the queen party.

Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi must not be happy to watch the Qing Kingdom end like this, especially the old ladies know more about the twists and turns of the errands of the people below. If they don't pay attention to staring at a little, they dare to eat ninety percent of the borrowed money, and leave one percent to cope with errands!

Although Emperor Guangxu is a little immature, there are still a few loyal officials around him, and these old fritters are targeted by reliable people, nominally to "recover losses" and "prevent corruption" for the emperor and the Qing Dynasty. As for whose pockets they "recovered" the losses that fell into the end of their pockets, what is it, "gentlemen do not speak of profit", we will not discuss it.

The borrowing group that was put together in this way, and the beast herd composed of compradors of the great powers, bank bosses, ministers, etc., signed the contract without much trouble under the attitude of wanting to refuse and welcome.

Sheng Xuanhuai, under the reminder and help of Yang Hao, established the first government-business joint bank in the Qing Dynasty - Bank of Communications, as the majia of this project. Yanhua Bank with the help of this vest. Bite off 15 percent of the share from the inside.

Sounds good. It doesn't seem like much. But there's a lot of stuff here. He worked with the bigwigs of the major money banks to exert pressure, and finally negotiated that the borrowed money should first be deposited into their horse clip bank, the Bank of Communications, and then the weapons and equipment purchased, as well as the recruitment of troops, the allocation of military salaries, and other matters should be paid in batches. It is equivalent to saying that the huge amount of more than 100 million taels of silver immediately became the position of his bank, and the capital is the first in Asia and the top in the world!

Nominally, it's pretty good, using its world's most advanced financial management and money management tools. We must ensure that every cent of the loan is used on the right path, and put an end to corruption, goose plucking, and the malpractice of officers at all levels drinking the blood of soldiers and eating empty salaries.

This high-sounding rhetoric won unanimous praise from the whole court, believing that this was a major achievement in the reform of the law of the Qing Dynasty. But in essence, it is nothing more than the original method of distributing the spoils to the chief officials in batches and then peeling off the skins layer by layer, and it has become a covert operation by the bank to make the accounts stable.

There are no more people who deserve benefits.

No one can see it on the surface, and the payment method is more flexible. For example, he used it as capital to secretly invest in the enterprises under the Yanhua Chamber of Commerce. Or use this to get a Yanhua membership and buy a limited number of all kinds of good things and good goods.

All in all. This is purely a farce of a wolf and a vulture partnering to make a fortune in the Qing Dynasty.

What's even more excessive is that the celebratory reception after the signing ceremony was actually held in Yang Hao's American Concession Club. Who made this the world's first-class luxury casino, anyway, every expense is out of the huge borrowing, no one has to worry about how much to eat and drink, of course, you have to enjoy enough.

As the mastermind behind the scenes, Yang Hao is naturally not good at hanging out in front of so many Manchu officials, the more he is a world-class hooligan with a high status, the more he likes to be a and set up an archway. This bit of face still has to be left for others.

However, he will not miss this good show, in the upper floor of the hall where the banquet was held, another small drinking party was held, and the behind-the-scenes heroes who "fought side by side" were invited to come, and chatted and celebrated while watching the excitement.

The two banquets were held in the style of a Western-style buffet. Long tables lined up with clean and ornate blankets lined up at the edge of the venue, piled up with thousands of delicacies that had never been heard of or seen in this era. In the open kitchen, chefs from French, German, Italian and Chinese cuisines are on hand to customize a variety of delicacies according to the requirements of guests.

The bar counter is more than ten meters long and is illuminated by the dim colorful lights, and countless wines are dazzling.

Young waiters in small vests answer in English and French, and their bartending skills are as pleasing to the eye.

Hidden in the corners and on the ceiling, soothing music plays on the sound, and the dance floor in the corner and in the middle can satisfy large groups or small groups to dance together. A box booth that can be combined at will provides a private chat venue for large and small circles.

Most of the officials who are qualified to come have come early to consume and experience, but the freshness in their hearts still does not mean to be in the past.

The officials and gentlemen of the Qing Dynasty changed into silk horse coats and civilian clothes, and some also wore suits, dragging braids of different lengths. Most of the foreign devils have tuxedos, small vests, leather boots, and most of the standard dresses, and the men and women are almost all high-end goods purchased from the commercial street buildings, or private orders.

This time, the clothes and sideburns, the big people gathered, and the luxurious aura that was piled up can blind the little people.

Yang Hao and other behind-the-scenes circles overlooked through the single-permeable glass curtain wall, and everyone admired: "Mr. Yang's business has made flowers, and he will give you money from the inside out." Tsk, it's breathtaking. ”

Yang Hao smiled modestly and waved his hand: "Yang Hao doesn't dare to take credit." These means are all the masterpieces of my sister-in-law. ”

He told the truth, and when it came to the means of doing business, one of the people present was counted as one, and they were all a hundred times better than him.

In this group of people, there are compradors of the four major foreign banks, managers of the four major Hengdong families, the shopkeeper of the Qiao family Dadetong in Qi County, Shanxi, the proprietor of the Li family in Pingyao Rishengchang, and the boss of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang merchant gangs. Which of them is not a predator who has built a huge foundation with his own ability and has mastered tens of millions of taels of capital in his hands?

If you want to open up the Nuo family business in the lawless environment under the rule of the Manchus, it is really not something that ordinary people can do well.

To compare with a more typical character, the famous red-roofed businessman Hu Xueyan. Its achievements can be called the pinnacle of the nineteenth century before the eighties. This room today. In the future, his worth will be much different from him. But they were all integrated by Yang Hao.

However, for thousands of years, and even years later, the world is still a patriarchal society. Yang Hao's first name is stable and unshakable in the minds of everyone, although Yang Haixin has shown outstanding business wisdom, everyone still only regards her as a trader of the Yang Group.

Rishengchang Li Shaodong is about the same age as Yang Hao, and he also went to the West to open his eyes, and he is the most radical. Even the braids were secretly cut. Now he is wearing a decent suit, holding a goblet in his hand and smiling: "Mr. is modest." To be able to bring together the great powers and the various factions of the Qing Dynasty to do such a big business, I have never heard of a second person in the world who can do it. This incident can be recorded in the world's business circles, and can be used as a classic case of MBA to educate everyone. ”

"Exactly! Breathtaking indeed! ”

Everyone agreed. They are all students of Yang Haixin's first MBA training class, and they have a lot of epoch-making classic cases in their heads. This time, the Yang family took them to make a big project with Tianzi No. 1, and the depth of the experience is indescribable.

Yang Hao is also quite proud. This project involved Britain, France, the United States, Italy, Germany, Russia, Belgium and other foreign powers, and mixed with foreign ministers, foreign banks and banks. Internally, the Qing Emperor Party, the Restorationists, and the Later Party conservative faction of the Qing Dynasty, plus the provincial governors and Yang Hao, the rebel revolutionary party, plus a bunch of business tycoons with assets of hundreds of millions. The amount involved is more than 100 million taels of silver. It is equivalent to about 120-15 billion soft girl coins.

In the 21st century, this is a big project. Don't forget that this is only a figure that will be paid out in a year, not in installments over many years.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the Far East was even more terrifying, and the annual financial revenue of the Great Qing Dynasty was only seventy or eighty million taels, which was far exceeded!

In fact, there is still one thing that the businessmen dare not proclaim. They used to rely on the court officials to do business, whether it was a shop or a ticket number, they couldn't go far without the support of the officials. Hu Xueyan supported Wang Youling to start a family and climbed to Zuo Zongtang to reach his peak, but with Zuo's death, he was defeated and went bankrupt.

Dadetong Qiaojia is no exception, and its general manager Gao Yu and Shanxi political envoy Zhao Erxun can be called close friends. No matter where Zhao Erxun went to be an official, he let Dadetong deal with his military and political expenses, so much so that people called Gao Yu the "second governor", which can be seen.

Not to mention, the main customers of the four Hengs are the princes and ministers of the capital. During the Second Opium War, the major ticket numbers in the capital went bankrupt one after another, and the four major Heng alone were safe and sound, which can explain the problem.

But no matter how powerful they look, in the final analysis, they are just a group of businessmen with low status, and they can be crushed as soon as their backers fall. This is probably also Chinese characteristics, and the official position is the only one.

Yang Hao provided them with another way out of the three holes of the cunning rabbit, and more importantly, let their original ticket number money bank successfully transform into a bank. Not to mention the huge improvement in the utilization efficiency of its capital, it has also formed an effective combination with modern industrial commerce, and its impact resistance has been improved by a hundredfold.

The most important thing is that Yang Hao let them experience it for themselves, and the businessmen at the end of the four people will one day be able to step on the heads of officials and scholars! That kind of coolness, you can't get it for it no matter how much you spend!

They have all read the articles "written" by Yang Hao, and know that on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, there is a country called the United States, where businessmen and financial consortia have successfully mastered the government and manipulated officials in front of the stage. In Europe, the aristocracy colluded with commercial capital to form a powerful force to control the empire. Businessmen are no longer fat pigs who are slaughtered casually, and century-old enterprises are possible.

In the vicissitudes of life in China for thousands of years, the great families have been completely destroyed, and it is difficult to establish a traditional commercial force. This kind of destruction has been difficult to revive for thousands of years since the Song Dynasty. To this day, their group of wealthy businessmen still dare not guarantee how many years the family will prosper.

But Yang Hao told them with practical actions that an opportunity to re-cultivate the family may be in front of him. There are rules to talk about and laws to follow, at least they won't fall into the same fate as Shen Wansan and Hu Xueyan.

Taking 10,000 steps back is also to leave a way back for unforeseen changes in the future. That's why they can support Yang Hao so much.

These people, as core traders, know best how many benefits are contained in this business. Compared with the hundreds of millions of taels of silver on the surface, the benefits that need to be distributed to officials are ten times or more economic benefits as capital. It's called a huge!

Money makes money, and profits roll. Yang Hao uses the leverage effect of two time and space. It can give play to the effect of dozens of times the effect of this 100 million taels of silver. At the very least, he can use it to build a system of basic industries and to extend his industrial and commercial support programs to all major cities in the country.

In the whole process, the quasi-modern financiers present will earn ten times more profits than they have accumulated over the centuries of generations. No matter what kickbacks are given to officials or what, they don't pay a penny for their work. Outside here, make a lot of money!

What does it mean to turn your hands into clouds and cover your hands for rain, this is it!

Yang Hao was also quite emotional in his heart. After his own experience, he understood why the businessmen who made big deals in later generations used such amazing skills to communicate with each other seemed to be difficult to return to their original needs, but in the end they all ended up like pigs' heads. Business means, capital games, what a fucking profoundness!

Seeing that the cocktail party below was lively, Yang Hao smiled with a pun: "Cheers to us working together to make a big business that shakes the world!" ”

"Cheers!"

The shiny glasses clink together, and the red, white, and golden drinks ripple. Flashes of enchanting light.

In the hall, the British Minister Bockler also sounded his wine glass. Attracting everyone's attention, he said with high interest: "Congratulations to the Qing government for its great courage and great success in its action to create a new world-class powerful military force!" I wish all distinguished gentlemen unprecedented results in the counterinsurgency operation! ”

The Qing court officials, regardless of which faction, hurriedly raised their glasses with smiles on their faces after listening to the translation. Of course, this kind of good fortune can't be avoided, and the British are also kind and vigorously support the Qing government.

Of course, they actually care more about the benefits of being able to share profits later, but everyone is a decent person, so there is no need to talk nonsense about money.

With the British at the beginning, all sorts of tricks began to flood in. Then there are various languages, all kinds of alliances, forming their own circles, and messing around in the background of the music.

In another VIP private room, Yang Haixin looked down like a queen leaning on the railing, listening to the high-sounding words on the scene, with a sarcastic smile on the corner of her mouth.

Zhan Xin'er, who changed into a lady's dress, still looks heroic. The first time she saw the spectacular scene of so many dignitaries from all over the world, her black and white apricot eyes were reluctant to close. Listening to Yang Haixin's translation and paraphrasing the words of the crowd, he said angrily: "Phew, fake, they are all corrupt officials, and there is no good thing!" ”

Yang Hai smiled heartily, this cute little girl will probably only be judged by such a poor adjective. As a 21st century high school student, you won't be surprised by this, as the world should be.

Compared with this pure and innocent heart, Yang Haixin felt that it was necessary to change the world. Such a collusion between officials and businessmen and shameless carve-up must be felt by the vast majority of people to be wrong, and that is the normal world in which the right path of the world is manifested.

Her cold gaze slowly swept over the hypocritical faces, as if making a promise, and said word by word: "Let them do the last carnival, there is always a chance to settle accounts after the autumn." At that time, no matter how much they swallow, they will have to spit it out without pulling it at all! ”

Zhan Xin'er waved her little fist excitedly, puffed out her cheeks and nodded vigorously: "Hmm!" Well! Arrest them all, raid their homes and behead them! ”

Yang Hai sweated slightly, people in these years are really more enthusiastic about violent and bloody punishment methods! Even such a young and invincible beautiful girl is no exception, it seems that the work of national education needs to be further strengthened, and there is a long way to go!

Inside and outside the venue, in front of and behind the scenes, everyone is both an actor and an audience, and the drama is in full swing.

In the hall of Sheng's song and dance, there are also sober people who watch coldly. Looking at Hawkle's energetic and high-minded talk, Hurd, who was holding a glass of red wine in the dim light, had deep eyes and a solemn expression.

De Xuanlin, who noticed his strange appearance, asked in surprise, "Aren't you optimistic about this transaction?" According to my analysis, this should be a brilliant game where all participants win. It will be of great benefit to both the British Empire and the Qing Dynasty. ”

Hurd gave him a cold look. Hurd was quite disgusted by the chairman of the British Concession and the deputy director of customs and taxation, who liked horse racing, gambling, luxurious life and excessive consumption.

Not long ago, in order to take care of his large living needs and support a large group of daughters, he increased his annual salary to 10,000 taels of silver. As a result, this guy is still greedy, jumping up and down in promoting this big business that Heard is not optimistic about, and has made great efforts. He was greatly credited by the fact that the Qing government and Britain and Germany were able to negotiate smoothly. Of course, the benefits he can get are naturally scary.

Hurd said lightly: "A wrecked ship that is destined to sink, everyone is not helping to reinforce it, but they are desperately disassembling a plank and tying it to themselves, and they will definitely die together in the end." See, one day, you will regret the decision you made today. ”

De Xuanlin only hesitated slightly, then smiled disappretently and shook his head: "I think you are too pessimistic. No one can withstand such unprecedented pressure, and our opponents will soon succumb. He is a smart businessman who will make the wisest choices. ”

Hurd shrugged and didn't speak again. But when De Xuanlin wandered around to other small circles, he whispered faintly: "You are all mistaken, he is a revolutionary. The world will be changed because of him. Silly fellows, get ready for the fiercest of storms. (To be continued......)