"It was okay at the beginning, but at the beginning of the year, I worked with Yisheng Bank to block Dagui Commercial Bank, and I am afraid that all that bit of affection has been consumed.

However, I'll go and ask, it doesn't cost anything to ask anyway. ”

"Master Wu bothered a lot, I knew this was the case, I was also burning a fire in my own warehouse at the beginning, and then let those people who speculated on the bill of lading force them to pick up the goods, so that we would be much more leisurely now. Wu Liguo also couldn't complain.

"If that's the case, it's not just leisurely, take this opportunity to merge and acquire all of Yishengxing. Wu Jianzhang couldn't help laughing.

In the era of the East India Company, Qichang was a powerful American foreign company, and later there were powerful Chinese businessmen such as Wu Jianzhang and Wu Jia to take shares.

It's just that Wu Jianzhang said goodbye to Wu Liguo and wanted to go to Dagui Commercial Bank to find Zhao Dagui, but he was faintly uneasy in his heart, as if he had thought of something extremely crucial, but once he thought about it carefully, he couldn't remember what it was.

Wu Jianzhang is experienced, but he doesn't think that the current situation in Shanghai's business community has anything to do with Zhao Dagui, after all, Zhao Dagui is also one of the sufferers, but he vaguely feels that he seems to have some joints that he hasn't figured out, but after thinking about it, he is at a loss.

Zhao Dagui's bill of lading proposed by Lao Shizi is very harmful, Wu Jianzhang couldn't help but shake his head.

At the same moment, at the famous Jardine Matheson & Co., Ma Dichen and a group of senior staff gathered together to listen to the report of the finance department with a grim face.

"In other words, we will lose at least six or seven hundred thousand yuan this year, right?" After listening to the report, although he had expected it for a long time, Ma Dichen's face still became very bad.

"Yes. The British, who was in charge of the finance department, said tremblingly.

"A lot of the foreign cloth in our hands has been in the warehouse for more than a year, and the inventory problem is so serious, what are you all doing to eat, and you don't even notice it?" Ma Dichen couldn't help but roar.

"In September and October, they were all sold, but I didn't expect that those merchants would not be moral, and they would rather lose the money on the bill of lading than add money to get the goods. ”

The person in charge of the foreign cloth sales wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into, but when he saw that everyone's eyes were focused on him, he could only mumble quietly.

"You're justified. Ma Dichen was furious and slapped the table, and the people around him immediately did not dare to speak.

"Comprador Yang, you have always had a way, can these accumulated foreign cloths help sell it, the price is a little lower, and forty percent of the original price is not unacceptable. After being angry for a while, Ma Dichen turned to Yang Fang on the side and asked.

According to the customs of this era, although Yang Fang was an employee of Jardine Matheson, he had his own business and his own business, and many times he was like a partner more than an ordinary employee.

I also want to help, but I don't know how to help, I still have a bunch of inventory in my hand, Yang Fang wanted to roll his eyes, but fortunately remembered that it was in front of the big boss, so he barely suppressed his impulse.

"Well, the situation of all commercial banks in Shanghai is not good now, even more than half of the money banks have closed down, and they really can't make any money.

If we want to ship, it is estimated that we will be able to exchange some tea, and no one will necessarily be willing to change the silk. Yang Fang couldn't, so he told the truth.

"@#¥%..."Ma Dichen scolded a few words of British national scolding that ordinary people can't understand, and asked: "I heard that in the whole of Shanghai now, only Dagui Commercial Bank has a little cash in its hand, isn't it?"

"That's the way it goes. Yang Fang nodded, "Dagui Commercial Bank's fire is well lit, it just happened to come before the unsalable foreign cloth, although it looked difficult at the time, it also collected a huge amount of cash."

Now it seems that it is really real money. ”

Ma Dichen cursed in a low voice again, but this time he scolded a few people who were mindless and did their best to help, Yang Fang thought he was scolding himself, but it was easy to understand that it was not himself, but another group of people, so he was relieved.

"Yang comprador is familiar with Zhao Dagui, go and ask him, we have a lot of foreign cloth in our hands, and we want to transfer it at a low price, is Dagui Commercial Bank willing to buy it?"

"I... Try your best, and go in a moment. ”

Yang Fang thought about it and replied thoughtfully.

Yang Fang was very dedicated to this matter, and immediately went to visit Zhao Dagui after the meeting, and went to discuss with people for a long time before coming back to reply.

"What did Zhao Dagui say?" asked Ma Dichen with concern.

"His reaction was strange. Yang Fang thought for a while before replying: "I talked to him about foreign cloth, he didn't say no, nor did he say yes, but just asked us if we could help him find out some news because of the big business and the wide network of people." ”

"Well, what are you looking for?" asked Ma Dichen curiously.

"He said that he wanted us to help find out who among the British in Hong Kong was familiar with the pirates in Ningbo. Yang Fang said thoughtfully.

Ma Dichen suddenly changed color, and he wanted to say something but held back.

Everyone knows that Lin Aqin, who is in Yishengxing, is a few Britons who scraped together 8,000 yuan of oceans, and then asked him to do business in Shanghai, which gradually developed, but most people don't know which Britons are behind the money to help Lin Aqin.

Jardine Matheson has been operating in China for a long time and has a wide range of contacts, so he is very clear about the people behind Lin Aqin, and knows that they are some very powerful figures, so he is not willing to offend directly unless he is forced to do so.

At the beginning of the year, Lin Aqin, who was in charge of Yishengxing, suddenly wanted to gather the compradors of foreign banks in Shanghai to jointly block the business of Dagui Commercial Bank.

Later, in October, pirates attacked the factory of Dagui Commercial Bank and burned a fire, causing Zhao Dagui to suffer huge losses.

It's just that he doesn't have any friendship with Zhao Dagui, so he just watches the fire from the other side.

Zhao Dagui handed over this sentence through Yang Fang this time, obviously he had figured out the entanglement behind the pirate attack, but he was afraid of the huge strength of those people behind Lin Aqin, and he was unwilling to come to the door.

Then, Zhao Dagui's meaning is obvious, that is, he wants Jardine to stand in line and give a reply:

If Jardine Matheson was willing to deal with those people with the Dagui Firm, the Noble Firm would naturally spend money to buy the foreign cloth in its own hands, otherwise, there would be no need for the Jardine Firm to help others with real money.

"It's a big business with hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ma Dichen was quite tempted, but in the end he shook his head, forming an alliance with Zhao Dagui, even if he made some money for a while, it would not last long.

"Let's stop here, we can afford this loss, and we don't have to beg with Zhao Dagui. Ma Dichen sighed and said.

"That's... And that's all it can be. Yang Fang couldn't help but sigh.