The morning market ended at 8:00 a.m., and the whole city of Brisbane had just ushered in a new day, and it was another good day in autumn.

After entering October

Intensely cold air from Antarctica has traveled northward several times, encountering warm, moist air troughs over the Australian plate, contributing to rapid changes in temperature.

Compared to the warm climate of the previous period, the temperature has plummeted by more than 10 degrees.

Dressed in a checkered coat made of wool, Li Fushou looked well-fitting and personable, with a tall bowler hat on his head and an American rosewood cane in his hand that concealed a sharp stabbing sword, and blocked Mike Harmanna at the door of the ironsmith shop.

"Mr. Mike, we need to talk."

Mr. Mike Harmanna is a short, stocky middle-aged man with curly brown hair and fat lips, and a shrewd glint of a businessman in his eyes.

He couldn't help but whistle when he saw Li Fushou, and teased in a very good mood; "My dear Lee, you are an eagle from the Andes, who has brought the gospel of God and made a great difference in my bad business, and my beautiful wife would like to invite you to her home and taste the plum biscuits she baked with her own hands."

"Don't talk about the damn plum biscuits, let's get down to business at the moment."

"Huh...... Calm down young man, we have a lot of time to discuss, don't you think it's a wonderful pleasure to sit with the ladies and have afternoon tea in this golden autumn? ”

"Hey...... Mike, if you continue to ramble insincerely, I'll turn around and leave. Li Fushou was not interested in going around in circles with him, and said straight to the point;

"I am very busy today, I have made an appointment with a real estate agent, at least 4~5 private properties ready for sale, Fu Linmen Hotel will expand a few branches in the short term, in order to provide the best service to the rapidly expanding customer base, I have no extra time to waste with you."

"That'...... Go inside and sit down and talk. ”

"No, Mr. Mike Harmana, I am willing to make a £500 bid for your property, and if I agree, I will go to the lawyer's office and sign the legal papers, which is already nearly thirty percent higher than the normal market price, otherwise, I can only regret to inform you of the cancellation of the transaction."

Li Fushou stared at the other party's eyes, waved his lower arm vigorously to strengthen his tone, showing an unchangeable tough attitude and continued; "No one will pay a high price for this property of yours except me, think about it carefully, I just need to hear yes or no from your mouth."

"Don't do that...... Lee, we have been working together very happily. ”

Mike Harmanna didn't know why the other party changed his mind, and the price of the £560 property rose to £728, which seemed to push the other party into a hurry.

Due to the influx of gold prospectors in Brisbane over the past two years, property prices in Brisbane have skyrocketed, and the property on Handel Street should be worth between £370 and £390.

The price of five hundred pounds was very sincere, and Mike Hammerer was inclined to accept it inwardly, but with a very embarrassed look on his face.

If the other party really gives up on buying, who is willing to take over at such a high price?

Brisbane is not a commercial Melbourne, and if the other party does give up, Mr. Mike Harmana will lose hundreds of pounds in earnings, which is enough to make his flesh ache tremble.

After a little consideration, Mike Harmanna wants to listen more and not rush to make a decision.

Who knew that Li Fushou turned around and left without saying a word, Mike Hamanna was suddenly anxious, hurriedly ran up a few steps and grabbed his sleeve and said; "Alright, alright, alright, O Lord Almighty...... Just do it at the price you said, and I agree. ”

"Go to the lawyer's office now to handle the property settlement."

"Wow...... Is it so urgent? ”

"You just say if you want to go." Li Fushou showed an impatient look on his face again.

"Go...... Of course go. Mr. Mike Harmanna replied, took the deed of the property from his house, and accompanied the group to the law firm.

Half an hour later

After completing the delivery formalities, the group reappeared on Handel Street, where more than a dozen heavy wagons and a large number of coolies had arrived to transport the goods from the steel stores to the warehouse.

More than 20 handymen from the Fu Linmen store, led by Nan Huaiyu and Liu Shan, are taking over the building in an orderly manner and contacting a large number of workers to prepare for the renovation.

3 Handel Strasse, the headquarters of the Flinmen Hotel, will rapidly expand to meet the rapidly growing demand from gold prospectors.

Mr. Mike Harmanna, who had just received a large sum of pounds, was in a very good mood, and rushed to the middle of the wagon with a red face, shouting loudly, and directing the carriage to enter the house in an orderly manner.

There are many shops dealing in steel products, and it takes a lot of time to move.

Li Fushou stopped and watched for a while, and then he had no patience to stay any longer; "Ah Sheng, Nanshan, you two are here to keep an eye on, and after moving, quickly arrange for carpenters to enter the site for construction, remember to set aside a special area to build stoves, and make it convenient for heavy-duty carriages carrying coal to come and go."

"Little one understands, young master."

"Hmm."

Li Fushou nodded and said to Liu Shan, who was thin and thin; "Bring a few capable people along, we're going to go to the bank, and we're going to talk about a few shops in Chinatown that aren't doing well, and we're going to be very busy today."

"Young master, do you need to bring a guy?"

"Isn't this nonsense, we're going to escort a lot of cash to Standard Chartered Bank and bring a gun to prevent accidents."

"Got it."

Liu Shan hurriedly went to arrange, loaded more than a dozen heavy cash boxes into a four-wheeled passenger carriage, and took eight sturdy and capable men to turn over and step on the sturdy quarthorse to accompany him.

Li Fushou tidied up his clothes, got into the carriage with a high bowler hat in his hand, and knocked on the front carriage with a copper-handled cane, signaling that he could go.

The coachman threw up his whip and shouted loudly, and two sturdy horses dragged the carriage forward smoothly, aiming at the other direction of Brisbane City ~ where Standard Chartered Bank is located.

Brisbane is a new colonial port city on the Gold Coast, famous for its gold mines and wool, bordering Moreton Bay and surrounded by large and rich pastures.

Half a century ago, it was inhabited by more than 1,000 exiled prisoners from England, but it flourished with the discovery of the wool trade and gold mines, attracting more and more free immigrants.

Standard Chartered's tall, three-storey Victorian building stands out from the crowd of buildings in Moreton Bay.

Liu Shan led a group of his subordinates to turn over and dismount in front of the bank, and the four-wheeled carriage also stopped steadily at the door of the bank at this time, and the sturdy men surrounded him with a "hula".

This movement immediately attracted the attention of the two uniformed Royal Australian police officers at the door of the bank, and they pressed their hands on the revolver on their waists with nervous expressions.

In recent years, not to mention that there are many vicious cases of bank robberies by cowboys in the western United States, there are also many in Australia.

Cowboys who are short of money have a hot head, and if they drink too much bad wine in a tavern, they will shoot and kill people for a few pounds, and God knows what they will do?

The door of the carriage, which was delicately painted, opened, and Li Fushou stepped out of it with a high bowler hat in his hand.

It's really inconvenient to wear this thing on your head, and you have to sit straight in a low carriage, and if you lower your head, you will fall off.

His eyes glanced at everyone, and when he saw that the big guys were crowded around one by one, expecting to show their faces in front of the owner and offer a good deed, his brows couldn't help but furrow secretly;

Servant Street!

If a gunman came from behind, he could easily kill more than half of them.

Thinking about it again, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

The group of people in front of them looked quite like the same thing, but they were either cooks or handymen, and their previous status might have been gold diggers or coolies working on the docks, and it was a fantasy to expect them to be as professional as gunmen.

Liu Shan, an experienced gunman, was also aware of the problem, and his face suddenly turned red.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to reprimand, Li Fushou gently waved his hand to stop Liu Shan, and said in a faint voice; "Continue to be on guard around the carriage until I have finished talking to the bank."

"Yes, young master."

At this time, a middle-aged gentleman in a suit walked out of Standard Chartered Bank, understood the situation with a sweep of his eyes, walked over with a professional smile on his face, and took the initiative to stretch out his hand.

"Welcome, valued guest, I'm Charlie Vincent, Standard Chartered Receptionist, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Please call me Mr. Li, I need to open a bank account and deposit a large sum of money in your bank."

"As you wish, Mr. Li, please come to the VIP room and sit down for a cup of coffee."

"Can you get your bank clerk to help?"

"No problem."

Charlie Vincent waved his hand, and several clerks came out of the bank, helped carry the heavy cash box inside, and gathered the staff to quickly start counting.

Li Fushou came to the elegantly decorated VIP room, and a graceful white girl served fragrant coffee and smiled and motioned to wait for a while.

It didn't take a few minutes

Charlie Vincent accompanied a gray-haired Englishman into the VIP room, and looked at his deferential expression, which seemed to be a high-ranking figure in the bank.

"Dear Mr. Lee, please allow me to introduce Mr. Kestner, the manager of Standard Chartered Bank's Brisbane branch, who is an experienced banker and my mentor."

Li Fushou took the initiative to stand up and stretched out his hand and shook hands as a salute; "It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Kestner."

"You're welcome, please take a seat."

Europe experienced a period of steam industrial revolution, the whole society underwent earth-shaking changes, steam machinery replaced manual display of higher efficiency.

In the highly professional financial industry and legal profession, the inherent tradition is still maintained, relying on the old way of inheriting the master with the apprentice, and it is difficult for outsiders to easily integrate into it.

This is a relatively high-end closed circle, and the so-called financial family is nothing more than father to son, son to grandchild, which is very marketable in the European aristocratic circle, which is known for its conservatism.

The so-called Guru is just another name for Master.