It is said that Lin Zexu burned opium in violation of the principle of free trade, not to mention the anti-human nature of the opium trade, that is, according to the most distorted customs and trade rules, the burned opium is also smuggled goods without customs declaration, and the government of any country can confiscate or burn it after finding out.

Because of this, Zhao Dagui has always felt that the current foreign businessmen and Chinese compradors in the magic capital, any one of them is self-inflicted, and there is no need to get any sympathy, and this also applies to Consul George Bafur, who has been working closely with Dagui Commercial Company.

After Zhao Dagui and Lin Aqin's cooperation intention was reached, they quickly signed an agreement to deliver the goods and money.

Because there was no non-compete in this era, and there was no relevant enforcement ability, Lin Aqin asked Zhao Dagui not to do business in Suzhou, but in fact, he did not have any ability to restrain him.

However, the two sides also had a way to deal with this, and at the same time, the two of them invited all the foreign merchants and missionaries in the magic capital, and invited a number of important local businessmen and Suzhou businessmen, to read the terms of cooperation between Zhao Dagui and Lin Aqin in the presence of everyone, and Zhao Dagui also swore that he would never go to Suzhou to conduct any business activities in three years unless Lin Aqin agreed.

Theoretically, this kind of oath is not legally binding, but the businessmen of this era attach great importance to word-of-mouth and promises, and once Zhao Dagui violates this agreement, it is bound to greatly damage his reputation, so he will never violate it under normal circumstances.

Lin Aqin asked Zhao Dagui to do this, and there is also a deep meaning, that is, to let everyone understand that Zhao Dagui will no longer go to Suzhou to do business in the future, that is, most of the original foreign goods business will be transferred to Yishengxing, and he himself will go abroad.

In fact, the benefits of this are very obvious, all the businessmen who participated in the ceremony agreed by the two parties went to Lin Aqin's side afterwards, and kept complimenting him on the great achievements he had achieved, and even many people directly put forward business intentions, which made Lin Aqin very happy, full of red faces, and constantly socialized with others.

On the other hand, Zhao Dagui's side has been snubbed a lot, and even Consul Bafur also feels that Zhao Dagui's early efforts in order to build the railway seem to be larger.

However, even if Zhao Dagui's foreign goods business is destined to shrink a lot, Zhao Dagui himself is still a millionaire with a net worth of millions of yuan, and the real big businessmen, such as James Ma Dichen of Jardine Madison and Wu Liguo of Qichang Foreign Company, all came to Zhao Dagui's side to congratulate him on the big business of reaching millions of dollars today, and by the way, ask about the progress of the railway construction plan.

Wu Jianzhang also participated in the ceremony, and he still looked complicated, I don't know how big his psychological shadow is.

Zhao Dagui got the silver ticket worth 1.25 million yuan on the same day, delivered all the goods and house deeds, etc., and returned to the Zhao family compound where the Dagui firm was located, and sent the shopkeepers out in four places, found all the creditors of the bank, and took this opportunity to settle all the settles.

After all the payment and interest money were settled, more than 400,000 yuan was spent before and after, and finally Zhao Dagui had 820,000 yuan in cash left.

In this way, Zhao Dagui's current wealth includes two real estate properties in the Zhao family's courtyard and the Zhao family's compound, as well as the cash in his hand, with a total asset value of about 835,000 yuan.

Zhao Dagui's heart blossomed, but the shopkeepers under him were all like mourners, and they were in a state of panic.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Dagui decided to cheer up his subordinates.

"Tonight in the proud building to charter a field, this time everyone has worked hard, I invite everyone to have a meal, reward.

By the way, now that we have money, it's time to send money.

I didn't say it, all the people of my noble firm, no matter what position they held, were all paid an extra three months' salary, and at the same time, the business bonuses promised before were also paid today, so that everyone was happy. Zhao Dagui said waving a silver ticket.

In order to encourage the shopkeepers to work hard, Zhao Dagui had previously formulated a more detailed reward and punishment system, providing a certain percentage of bonuses to the shopkeepers who worked and sold goods.

The proportional commission of salesmen and salesmen is a very natural thing in modern enterprises, and it is also a common thing in the Qing Dynasty where we are now.

Because the business done by Dagui Commercial Bank involves a huge amount of money, some of the shopkeepers who have done more business can withdraw thousands of silver dollars according to the agreement, and even some guys can also have dozens or hundreds of commissions, which is very considerable compared with their meager salary.

It's just that Zhao Dagui's words are all about this, and the shopkeepers under him just smiled reluctantly, and they didn't show much joy.

"What's the matter, the money is going to be paid, why are you still not happy. That little plum, you ran the business diligently some time ago, and the bonus can be more than 200 yuan, which is more than the average shopkeeper.

Come out and give everyone a smile and let everyone have fun. Zhao Dagui pointed to a guy who had a better business, and almost said that you came out and smiled at the master.

It's just that this guy surnamed Li only smiled reluctantly before asking, "The owner, if you want to send money, everyone is naturally happy."

It's just that after you make this money, will our noble firm continue to do it?"

"Yes, of course. We just don't do business in Suzhou, and we can continue to do business in other places, not only to do it, but also to make it bigger. Zhao Dagui hurriedly replied.

"But didn't you say you were going to do a railroad business, and you had to make a trip to England and come back?"

"Well, this, going to the UK is not a matter of a few days, at least three or five years later.

As for the railway business, we must do it, and we have to figure out how to do it, and if we want to do it, then we have to rely on your efforts, right?"

The shopkeeper and the guys of Dagui Commercial Bank couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, thinking that it would take three or five years to arrive at the railway, so you are in such a hurry to sell inventory, and even the business in Suzhou has to be paid to people, what is the picture?

"Then our Dagui firm, will we continue to do it in the future?" The shopkeeper Chen, who was with Zhao Dagui at the earliest, asked cautiously with the longest seniority.

"Naturally, we have to continue to do it, and we have to make it bigger.

Rest assured, the affairs of Suzhou have nothing to do with the big guys, and our foreign bank will not withdraw and not do it, let alone lay off people. ”

Zhao Dagui made assurances one after another, so that the shopkeepers understood that the sale of inventory and Suzhou industry was only an expedient measure, and this noble firm would continue to do it in the future, and there would be no problems in at least three or five years.

Hearing these words, the expressions of the shopkeepers looked better, the benefits of Dagui Commercial Bank are good, the boss is also happy to do things, the important thing is that he is still the leader of the business community in the magic capital, but whenever possible, everyone still hopes that the commercial bank will continue to work.

However, some of the nimble shopkeepers wondered in their hearts, if the business bank was the same as before, then what did this boss do by jumping up and down and making so many troubles, was it just because he felt that there was too much inventory and wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible?

That's too much fuss.