The smile on Qi Xuansu's face slowly disappeared, and he didn't answer this question directly, but asked rhetorically: "This so-called 'heard' is very interesting, I don't know where Mr. Maginot heard about it?" Maginot said: "I heard this from a well-informed person who did not want to be named, and I beg your pardon for some credibility reasons not to disclose the name and identity of this well-informed person." Qi Xuansu said: "What a well-informed person, but he lives up to his name, he shouldn't be an insider in the Taoist government, right?" Maginot snorted, "So, this rumor is true." Qi Xuansu denied without hesitation: "I didn't say that, I can only say that the provincial government has not made such a decision now, after all, the Nanyang United Trading Company is a large company with extensive influence, if the provincial government decides to seize the Nanyang United Trading Company, then it will definitely be voted on through the provincial government's chief meeting, and only after the vote is passed, can the seizure order be issued, not that I can seize it with a casual word, I don't have such power." Maginot put it another way: "I can't understand that the Taoist government has not made such a decision now, and it does not mean that there will not be such a decision in the future." Just like Qi Zhenren's power, Qi Zhenren does not have such power now, it does not mean that Qi Zhenren will not have such power in the future. Qi Xuansu said: "The future is difficult to predict, it can also be said that the future has countless possibilities, full of various uncontrollable factors, any one of which may lead to great changes in the future direction." All we can be sure of is the past and the present, and what Mr. Maginot has just said is only one of the many possibilities for the future, and I do not think that it is necessary or worthwhile to discuss. Maginot was slightly surprised.

Because this young second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest was a little unexpected to him, he was not immature or impulsive, but he was very old-fashioned, and his words did not leak.

However, Maginot was not easy to follow, and said along with Qi Xuansu's words: "Qi Zhenren just said, all kinds of factors may lead to changes in the future, I heard that the government is investigating and dealing with the problem of the Nanyang United Trading Company recently, in my opinion, the investigation of the Nanyang United Trading Company This factor will undoubtedly lead to the future I mentioned, so I think that this possibility is still necessary and valuable to discuss, after all, the old saying in the Central Plains is called planning for a rainy day, and we must always prepare for the upcoming and possible disasters." Qi Xuansu's brows furrowed: "Mr. Maginow, you just said a disaster, do you think that the assumption of the seizure of the Nanyang United Trading Company will be a disaster after it really happens?" ”

"There is no doubt about it." Maginot replied in the affirmative,

"As Qi Zhenren said, Nanyang United Trading Company is a large company with wide influence, I even think it is the largest company in the entire Nanyang region, and all the businessmen have business dealings with Nanyang United Trading Company, including our Xipo Suo Chau Company. It can be said that the Nanyang United Trading Company is the barometer of the entire Nanyang trade, and any bit of ups and downs of the Nanyang United Trading Company will become a huge ripple affecting the entire Nanyang after spreading layer by layer. Speaking of this, Maginot paused slightly, deliberately observing Qi Xuansu's expression, and then continued: "If the Nanyang United Trading Company goes bankrupt, it will produce countless bad debts, bad debts, and it will create a huge and terrible hole in the South Seas, and countless people will go bankrupt or even be displaced because of it, and its devastating impact is no less than a war, and the Holy See has always believed that war, plague, famine, and death are the four major disasters, so I think this is a disaster. Qi Xuansu did not analyze whether this consequence was a disaster or not, it would undoubtedly fall into Maginow's rhythm, Qi Xuansu has always been you hit yours and I beat mine, so he changed his angle and pointed directly at Maginot himself: "If I hadn't known that Mr. Maginot was the director of Xipo Suozhou Company, and I would have thought that Mr. Maginot was the director of Nanyang United Trading Company, this time he came to me as a lobbyist." Or did Mr. Maginot really have a stake in Nanyang United Trading Company? Or is Mr. Maginot involved in any interest in Nanyang United Trading Company? If that's the case, then we don't have much to talk about. Maginot quibbled: "I am certainly not a director of Nanyang United Trading Company, nor do I have any shares in Nanyang United Trading Company. As for the involvement of interests, I do not deny it, because it is inevitable, is the trading of Nanyang United Trading Company a market-making or a provincial government? ”

"Of course." Qi Xuansu Dao,

"It's just that interests are also divided into public and private, and there is no problem with public to public, if it involves private interests, then the nature of the matter has changed." Maginot said: "We have normal trade with Nanyang United Trading Company. Qi Xuansu said again: "As for the investigation of the Nanyang United Trading Company by the Provincial Government, this is the internal affairs of the Provincial Government, and outsiders have no right to intervene, how to deal with it, and the Provincial Government only needs to deal with it impartially." If Mr. Maginot is interested, he can wait patiently for the announcement of the results of the provincial government. That's it. Magino leaned back on the back of the sofa and pointed his fingers downward, accentuating his tone: "Could it be that Qi Zhenren doesn't care at all that this move may cause a huge disaster?" Could it be that Qi Zhenren doesn't care at all about those innocent people who may go bankrupt? Could it be that Qi Zhenren can do anything for his political achievements? "Three questions, three questions, every heart.

Qi Xuansu also leaned back in his chair and said, "His Excellency the Grand Duke has said so much, it is nothing more than one meaning, and it is enough to summarize it in a few words: too big to fall." Overly prosperous commerce is like an interlocking chain, and any problem in any link will cause the entire chain to break. If the Nanyang United Trading Company fails, there will be a cascade of reactions that will eventually lead to the so-called disaster. In fact, some people intend to kidnap the province and even the whole world in this way, making everyone pay for what he has done, and use this as a threat to secure his position. It's like a thief with explosives strapped to his body, rushing into a downtown and threatening the people around him to meet his conditions, otherwise he will detonate the explosives and drag the others to die with him. Qi Xuansu paused for a moment, also observed Maginow's expression, and then said: "If I agree with the concept of 'disaster' proposed by Mr. Maginot, will Maginot approve of the concept of 'thief' proposed by me?" Maginot fell silent.

Qi Xuansu continued: "And this is just an ordinary investigation, as long as the Nanyang United Trading Company can explain the matter, whether these people are acting privately under the banner of the Nanyang United Trading Company, or whether the Nanyang United Trading Company is acting at the behest of the Nanyang United Trading Company." If it is the former, then it is enough to deal with these few people, and the Nanyang United Trading Company is at most lax in management. But if it's the latter, then the Daomen Fadu is here, and the Fa is not merciful, even if I want to open the net, I can't do anything. After a long while, Magino said slowly: "I don't know if Qi Zhenren understands that Daomen has launched the Western Regions War and the Fenglin Continent War in recent years, these two large-scale wars, although Daomen have achieved a very perfect victory, but Daomen did not plunder, but appeased, in the words of the Central Plains, Daomen has won the hearts of the people." But if it is still the Central Plains, there are gains and losses, and the Daomen has gained people's hearts, what has it lost? Naturally, a large amount of Taiping money has been lost, so Daomen's current financial situation is not healthy. Qi Xuansu immediately knew what Maginot was trying to say.

Sure enough, Maginot continued: "In this situation, Qi Zhenren intends to set off a storm that will affect the entire South Seas, and even destroy the trade environment of the South Seas in a short period of time, forcing a large number of merchants to flee the South Seas, leading to the bankruptcy of a large number of middle and lower classes, and even the interruption of trade routes. This will undoubtedly make the financial situation of the Daomen worse, I don't know if Qi Zhenren has considered this situation? Qi Xuansu said: "Mr. Maginot is a bit exaggerated. Maginot finally smiled and said, "There is no exaggeration, and confidence is the most important thing in the market." If the confidence is gone, then whether this thing happens or not, or whether it will happen, will cause a lot of money to flee, and there is no doubt that Qi Zhenren is now destroying this confidence. Qi Xuansu had to respond positively: "If the so-called faith is based on unhealthy trends, on slave trade and plunder, then I don't think it's better to have this kind of confidence." We have always said how the ancient saying of the Central Plains is, and now I will also say a word of your Western words, all the gifts given by fate have already been secretly marked with a price. What you plunder today will become the historical burden that you must carry in the future, and we do not have and do not need this kind of burden, not in the past, not now, and not in the future. ”

"Compared with faith, we Central Plains people prefer to talk about people's hearts, I don't talk about people's hearts up or down, I only say one word, the initiator, it has no aftermath? I think it's still too late to clean up the hearts and minds of the world. ”

"The most critical point is that I would like to emphasize once again that whether the disposal of the Nanyang United Trading Company or the disposal of the Nanyang United Trading Company is the internal affair of the Daomen, and no external force has the right to intervene or interfere." The smile on Maginow's face disappeared again: "So Qi Zhenren is telling me that if you are in charge of the supreme power of the Daomen, then you will regard the West as an enemy, because you think that the slave trade is evil, so the West is also evil." Qi Xuansu said with a smile: "Justice and evil, not what I can define, nor what you can define, if you have to find an answer, then you might as well ask the white bones on the plain of Xiposuozhou." ”