Chapter 865 Settlement Currency

Well, it's up to me to decide how to have a dinner party, right? Mira had to compromise, and there had to be a process in her plan, a scene to show her personal abilities, or rather the ability to show off the big money she had come along.

Chen Ping, who was in the office, picked up the phone after hearing the news. Mira, who heard the phone ringing, was not good, and she couldn't find where the phone was after looking for a long time, and finally Yu explained: "The phone is in the study." ”

The old-fashioned hand-cranked telephone looks extremely ugly to modern people, and after mastering the principle, the Ming craftsmen quickly came up with many new styles, and Chen Xie brought that old style. Of course, the military still likes the old ones that are solid and durable, but there are fewer and fewer of them.

Picking up the delicately shaped phone, Mira hesitated for a moment, and Lynn did a tidying up to understand, and quickly answered.

"Are you going to have a Western-style dinner?" The voice on the phone scared Mira's soul out of her body, what was going on? In a panic, he instinctively replied: "Yes, I ......." Chen Ping on the other end of the phone said with a smile: "In this way, I will arrive at eight o'clock at night at the earliest, and I really can't leave if there is something." So, the phone call was announced, so be it, hang up. ”

The voice was beeping for a long time, and Mira didn't mean to put down the phone, so she just stared at the phone in her hand blankly and didn't speak. Or Lin came over and took the phone and put it back, and explained with a smile: "Madam, this is a telephone, a tool for long-distance communication. The lord specially asked people to install one, so that it is convenient to communicate with you in time. By the way, see the number written on this piece of paper, if you want to find the master in the future, you can shake this handle, and say 0010 after connecting. ”

"Why?" Mira fell into curiosity again, and Lin smiled: "This is the tenth installer of the Jingshi civil telephone. The number at home is 0301. The entire Jingshi, the people who have installed the phone now, that's it. ”

"Why don't you pack a little more of such a convenient thing?" Mira asked again, and Lin said: "I don't know this specific reason, I know that it will cost 10,000 yuan to install a phone." The fixed call rate is 1,000 yuan per month. Your phone bill here is free, this is the second master's business. ”

In the face of the successive blows, Mira was already a little unconscious, sat down and thought about it for a long time, and suddenly picked up the phone, and a woman's voice came from inside: "Hello, please report the number." Mila reported a string of French, and Lynn sighed and smiled into the microphone, "No. 0010." ”

After you get on the phone. Chen Ping said on the phone: "Hello, which one?" Mira shuddered, "It's me, I just want to try the phone." I'm sorry, I can't help it. Chen Ping laughed three times and said, "I understand, the first time I called, it was the same as you." Well, there will be a chance to try it later. ”

After taking a deep breath, Mira came back to her senses. He said loudly: "If I want to call the embassy where the mission is staying, can I do it?" Lynn checked the phone number book. Nodding and saying, "Yes, there is the number of the pavilion on it, here." ”

The French nobles of the reception hotel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suddenly gathered on the second floor of the office, lined up in a long line, and went in one by one, and came out with an incredible face. The mouth is babbling. It's all about "Lord, God" and things like that.

When Madame Rambouillet took the phone, her whole person was not well, and her eyes were full of jealousy and madness. Rushed out of the pavilion and got into the carriage. When he returned to his house outside, it happened that Zhang Guangde was about to go out, and Madame Rambouillet immediately showed the most charming smile, stepped forward and took his arm and said, "My dear, are you going out to run errands?" ”

"It's nothing, just go find a few old friends from the navy, and they are studying in the Beijing Division Higher Staff Academy."

"Honey, I have a small request, I want to install a phone." Madame Rambouillet immediately expressed her most urgent desire, and when she said this, her eyes were full of fire. Zhang Guangde listened and said crookedly: "You can pretend to be pretended, but there are not so many phones to install." As soon as I came back, I wanted to install one, and when I found the telephone and telegraph office, they said that there was no number. ”

"Damn, why can Mira install a phone?" Madame Rambouillet subconsciously told the truth, and Zhang Guangde laughed when he heard it: "How can you compete with her?" It's not nice to say, even if the telephone bureau is opened by her family. ”

Madame Rambouillet couldn't control the desire to get a phone at all, so she dragged Zhang Guangde into the house, and there was a strange sound in the door. I finally heard Zhang Guangde say: "Okay, I'll go to Xiao Er tomorrow and talk about it, it's not worth it to owe people a favor for this." Besides, this thing is very expensive, and I can't afford to use it. Besides, who are you pretending to call? ”

"I don't care, I've got to install this phone and call that woman."

When the lanterns were first on, the ladies in the inn went out one by one dressed up and got into the carriage at the door. After arriving at the place, everyone saw Mira standing at the door, this woman almost overnight, from a low-key woman to a high-profile lady. Everyone knows that she had great luck and hooked up with a magnate of the Ming Empire. Well, everyone firmly believes that this magnate is an old man. Otherwise, huh!

With a hypocritical smile on her face, Mira was secretly glad after welcoming them in one after another, fortunately, all the women invited and the men came, and there were really not so many people here. The house is still small, and at this moment Mira thinks so in her heart. In any case, it is necessary to firmly grasp this man and make him his subordinate under his skirt, and obey his words. The idea was only given up on the moment it was born. Because Steward Rong told her one sentence, in this country, women cannot interfere with men's actions outside. Not to mention, her unjustified "outer room".

It was a completely European-style dinner, but it soon became clear that the standard was much higher. It seems that the people of the Ming Empire are better at holding this kind of dinner party than the European nobles. The courtyard is full of flowers and plants, so it is not suitable for banquets, but the living room is large, with two rows of tables on it, and it is full of food. Some of the food is still burning underneath, and when you open the lid, you can see the food inside. The ladies of France were defeated by such a high force. In my heart, I silently recorded everything I saw, and when I went back, I must have such a banquet and become a new fashion benchmark in Paris.

Mira's mood couldn't be better, wearing a Daming dress that was only sent in the afternoon, and her hairstyle was also Daming style. A hairpin was inserted on his head, and the whole body was made of white and crystal clear jade. The pendant is made of beads. Blonde hairpins? Hehe, that's something that only women from nouveau riche families like, so Steward Rong won't make such a mistake. In Daming, jade is precious.

The maids with plates walked around, and whenever someone needed to be served, they would come forward with a gentle wave of their hand. This level of service, even in Paris, is impeccable. Everyone was more curious. Who is the man in this house? What a telephone is, everyone deeply understands it, and inquired clearly, the entire empire of the capital division, a total of only a few hundred telephones. This thing is not something you can install if you want to, and the capacity is limited. At this stage, even if you have money, people will not accept your application. You've got to have a knighthood. This thing is a spicy beef fork.

Chen Ping came on time. Dressed in a Tang costume with a tired face, he saw Mira who came forward and said with a smile: "It's not too late, right?" ”

"Very timely, dear. The guests have just arrived, do you need to freshen up? Mira finished. When he found that Chen Ping's expression was wrong, Steward Rong appeared, bowed slightly and said, "I'm sorry, master, it was the slave family who was negligent." ”

Chen Ping nodded and said, "Pay attention next time." I'll go freshen up first. After speaking, he smiled at Mira and said, "I'll come when I go." ”

Walking along the corridor Chen Ping walked away, Mira stayed on the spot and said, "Did I do something wrong?" Steward Rong stepped forward and said with a smile: "It's not your fault, it's the two maids who forgot to tell you that you should call yourself the master in the future and call yourself a slave." ”

"I'm a nobleman." Mira raised her tone unhappily, and Steward Rong smiled and replied unhurriedly: "The princess of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, she should also call the old lady like this at home." Mira was stunned, this answer was unusually firm, and the meaning of the unquestionable was very obvious.

"I'm sorry, I'll be here when I go." Said a word to a noble lady who was walking, Mira walked in the direction of Chen Ping with her skirt, entered the inner courtyard, saw Chen Ping who was washing his face, stepped forward to take the towel in Yu's hand, handed it to Chen Ping and said, "Master." "It was in Chinese, very blunt, but the tone was natural.

Chen Ping nodded with satisfaction and said, "Be careful in the future, don't wait for me to take you out and embarrass me." ”

When Mira and Chen Ping appeared together, the whole banquet ushered in the first climax. Because all the ladies came, there was no intention of holding a ball, everyone got together to eat and drink, and chatting and talking became the mainstream. Chen Ping has undoubtedly become the focus of tonight, and wherever he goes, he will be surrounded by hot eyes. In this regard, Chen Ping's reaction was very flat, ignoring the white meat that was deliberately opened very low, and disappeared after a simple walk.

After the dinner was over, Chen Ping appeared again, saw off these ladies one by one, and kept repeating: "Sorry, the place is a little smaller, next time you will invite everyone to the manor outside the city as guests, and you can hold a dance party at that time." ”

After the dinner, the excitement continued, and Mira kept chattering about how this woman used to be, how that woman used to be? Chen Ping really understood the sentence: "Long-winded like a woman." That is, Mira's identity is relatively special, and there is considerable use value, so Chen Ping will have the patience to listen to her nonsense.

When I got up early the next morning, I saw Steward Rong drying white sheets in the yard, and the corners of Chen Ping's mouth showed a faint imperceptible smile. Although he didn't have this luxury before, the presence of a touch of red still made him feel a little satisfied. It seems that not every French aristocratic woman is the type of person who can do her best.

After Mira got up, she noticed that when everyone around her saw her, there was something different in her eyes. What is it? That's right, it's less contempt and more respect. Why this happened, she did not understand. When she saw that kind of bed sheet, Mira covered her mouth in surprise, she didn't expect last night that the maid actually changed the bed sheet while she went to bathe, and it was still here to dry, and she hadn't washed it, okay, so dirty.

Mira had the heart to stop it, but seeing Chen Ping eating breakfast with a good face, she decided to give up the idea.

The morning hearing was a success, and Mira stood in front of a group of bright people and talked eloquently. Looking forward to the prospects of the European market, she put forward her unusual perspective. From what angle? While others focus on the most profitable goods such as tea, silk and porcelain, she does the opposite, focusing on the two products of "tweed and cotton".

"I can weave tweed in Europe, and I can make the most of European and American wool. Cotton cloth can be shipped to Europe from India for sale, and the low price of Daming cotton cloth can easily occupy the entire European market. Finally, I was able to open a branch in France and work with the royal family to help put the monetary system in order. ”

Arguably, the last sentence is the point. The degree of chaos in the European currency is no worse than that of the previous Ming copper coins. Each country has its own currency, so many European countries? Mutual exchange is very complicated.

"In Xinghai City, the goal of using the Chinese dollar as the settlement currency has been achieved, and the next step should be Europe. How to do this, there is no doubt that we must take back some of the rights of the Xinghai City branch. After Mila finished speaking, Chen Ping stood up and spoke loudly, and in everyone's doubtful eyes, Chen Ping said calmly: "This is for everyone's benefit." ”

What a high-sounding sentence, but many people present have long been unhappy with the Xinghaicheng branch. Nima, such a fat piece of meat with a foreign loan, eating alone for a long time, how can you bear this? No one picked the lead before, but now it's different. Chen Ping is justified in doing this. Only one person did not raise his hand, and everyone else raised his hand to pass all the proposals.

Well, what Chen Xie has always wanted to do, Chen Ping finally started to do. As the settlement currency of world trade, Chen Xie did not hesitate to make enemies of the whole world in order to achieve this. Just do it, drive the battleship over, and fuck it. If Chen Ping didn't have the courage to do it, Chen Xie really wouldn't mind going into battle shirtless. Today, Chen Xie finally waited, and when he saw his son doing this, his relieved expression was irrepressible and he laughed heartily.

The next day, Dafabet officially signed a loan agreement with the French delegation, guaranteed by the Ministry of Finance of the Ming Empire. At this moment, the person who can speak in the bank knows who is standing behind this? (To be continued......)