"Brother Stark really overestimates me, how can I be a small businessman, how can I calm such a big crisis, this must be done by the joint action of the two governments. ”

"That's not necessarily, in fact, the problem now lies in the righteous ascension.

Yisheng Bank hoarded millions worth of foreign cloth, accounting for sixty or seventy percent of the entire market, and now the big guys are afraid that these foreign cloths will go to the market, causing the price of foreign cloth to further pour, so they dare not buy and sell foreign cloth.

As long as someone buys this batch of foreign cloth and then holds it in their hands for a few months, the price of foreign cloth will naturally no longer fall, and the trade will naturally resume, and the crisis will be more than half solved. Stark stared at Zhao Dagui and said.

"Well, that seems to make sense, but why should I do this?" Zhao Dagui smiled slightly, put down the wine in his hand, and glared back at Stark.

Louie's, Thirteen's wine, Stark twitched a little at the thought of this.

"How can Brother Zhao agree to make a move?" Stark asked after thinking for a long time.

"At least know some of the things I should know, like who the hell has been trying to deal with me. Zhao Dagui replied seriously.

"How could anyone want to deal with Brother Zhao, you think too much. Stark still wanted to deny it, but seeing that Zhao Dagui was still staring at him, he could only give in and ask, "What does Brother Zhao know about this?"

"It's not what I know, it's what you're willing to tell me, Your Excellency. Zhao Dagui said disappreciably.

"Well, that can only start with your trip to Macau.

You know that there was a major under the governor of Debe, named Samuel, who lent Lin Aqin a sum of money to do business and made a lot of money, and then he coveted Bafour's position as consul in Shanghai..."Stark sighed and talked eloquently.

It turned out that since Zhao Dagui came back from a trip to Macau, he could always feel that someone was secretly dealing with him, to be precise, the British.

First of all, many of the Western engineers he hired in Macau were recruited by a shipyard in Hong Kong, and it seemed that it was just a normal business operation, and the reason for this was very interesting.

The shipyard owners in Hong Kong have their own engineers, and they originally ignored Macao's shipbuilding industry, but at this time they suddenly did not allow Zhao Dagui to obtain shipyard engineers.

Then, at the beginning of the year, Yisheng Bank wanted to suppress the business activities of Dagui Commercial Bank, and many foreign banks and compradors in Shanghai actually responded positively and followed Yisheng Bank to deal with Dagui Commercial Bank.

The establishment of Yishengxing is quite legendary, its foreman Lin Aqin was originally just a small businessman, and then Shanghai opened a port, and then the British pooled 8,000 yuan to him, before the establishment of the uprising Shengxing, and step by step to become bigger.

So, who are these Britons and how much strength they have, is a very test of intelligence.

Then, in October, Zhao Dagui's silk reeling factory was attacked by Fusang Wokou, although it was repulsed, but the strength of these Wako also made Zhao Dagui very surprised, both grandmasters, and a large number of advanced martial artists, by no means a small thief that ordinary forces can afford.

In this way, there is a force that wants to deal with Zhao Dagui, and according to the previous performance, this force has a lot of power in Hong Kong and can intercept those engineers halfway;

They have a great influence on Yishengxing, and at the same time, they also have a great appeal to the compradors of foreign banks in Shanghai, so that they can act together with Yishengxing;

In addition, this force must also have the ability to contact the Japanese on the southeast coast of China, so that the Japanese can help deal with Zhao Dagui.

According to Stark, these are several high-ranking officers headed by Major Samuel, and they are also inextricably linked to the Hong Kong Governor's Office.

Later, because Dagui Commercial Bank was the biggest competitor of Yisheng Bank in Shanghai, they tried to stop the engineers, and used their own influence to let Jardine Matheson and Taichu and other foreign companies work against Zhao Dagui to achieve the goal of occupying a larger market share.

According to Stark, these are the private actions of Samuel and others, in addition to dealing with Zhao Dagui, a business opponent, there is also the meaning of suppressing Bafur.

Since the opening of the port of Shanghai, the trade volume has been rising steadily, and those who are interested understand that sooner or later Shanghai will surpass Guangzhou and become the most important trading port, in this case, Bafour's position as consul in Shanghai is very eye-catching.

What's even more exciting is that Bafur's immediate boss and biggest backer, Pu Dingcha, returned to England in 1844, so Bafur has no backers in the Foreign Office and is the best target.

However, Bafur's own exploits in Shanghai are obvious to all, and he has not made any mistakes, and there are very powerful businessmen like Zhao Dagui as allies in Shanghai, and it is almost impossible to find a place to start.

In this case, Samuel and others decided to deal with Zhao Dagui first, which has huge interests in both officialdom and shopping malls, and maybe the idea of trying to use various means to merge after forcing Dagui Commercial Bank to go bankrupt.

"In this way, it is a few high-ranking officials in the Governor's Palace who want to deal with me, and by the way, let Bafur have a little helper, which can explain a lot of problems. Zhao Dagui said thoughtfully, "I wonder how many shares Your Excellency Major has in Yishengxing?"

"I, how could I, unexpectedly, ascend to the line... Well, I also have some shares in Yisheng Bank, but it's certainly not the biggest. Stark originally wanted to deny it, but under Zhao Dagui's eyes, he could only bow his head and admit it.

Zhao Dagui secretly sneered in his heart, Stark's words seemed reasonable, but he avoided the important and trivialized, and there were many key points that were not clearly explained.

"When I burned my silk reeling factory, which master came up with the idea?" Zhao Dagui asked.

"That is naturally Samuel, he dealt with you several times without success, and then you made a high-grade raw silk, and withdrew from the bill of lading, the business is getting more and more prosperous, and you faintly want to suppress Yishengxing in turn, so you lose your eyes and want to use some extraordinary means.

He was also an officer, and had fought several battles along the coast during the war in the past few years, and he knew some pirates from the southeast coast, including the Fuso people he had found this time.

This helper Sangren has good skills, and he is extremely envious of the armed forces of our British Empire, and has always wanted to be attached, and this time he gave them some money, and he was willing to come to Shanghai to do this. Stark made the secret clear and disassociated himself.

"When Samuel came up with the idea of hiring pirates, I was against it. In the past, foreign companies that recruited engineers or gathered in Shanghai were at best commercial means, and hiring pirates to raid them was somewhat subordinate.

Unfortunately, Samuel was unusually stubborn and did not listen to my advice. Stark sighed, as if feeling very sorry.