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However, before Zhang Baoshan asked, Lin Qizhao's words completely shocked him again.

In recent years, banks in the south of the Yangtze River have been greatly injured by the life-and-death battle between Hu Xueyan and foreign merchants, and they have been squeezed and constrained by foreign firms in terms of capital allocation.The Lin family, who started their business as a bank, deeply felt that the future of the bank was worrisome, and they had always had the idea of ​​investing funds in the textile industry. They had cooperated with the Zhang family on raw silk several times, but such a big deal like this time was still a first. Once.

At this moment, looking at Zhang Baoshan's shocked and helpless expression, Lin Qizhao naturally understood what Zhang Baoshan was thinking, but he just smiled slightly, put down the account book in his hand and said, "Brother Dingfu still remembers our agreement a month ago, My Lin family paid [-]% of the raw silk payment, and the remaining [-]% will be delivered in the spring of next year. The market for raw silk is bullish right now. I plan to count the remaining [-]% of the raw silk as a cooperation between our two families, and we will split the money we earn in the future. If we lose money, we will still follow the original agreement. I wonder what brother Dingfu wants?"

Zhang Baoshan has followed his father in the shopping mall since he was an adult, and he is very clear about the business.Hearing what Lin Qizhao said, he immediately understood that it was Lin Qizhao who handed over half of the remaining [-]% of the raw silk profit to the Zhang family, and for the Zhang family, it was only a profit but not a loss. He was immediately surprised and confused.

"Currently the price of raw silk keeps rising, Zihua (Lin Qizhao's word) has a unique vision this time, and he will definitely make a lot of money. How can he hand over the benefits?"

Lin Qizhao didn't answer his question directly, but asked, "Brother Dingfu is an expert in raw silk trading, tell me, how far will the price of raw silk rise, and I can sell the raw silk in my hands?" ah?"

Zhang Baoshan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Lin Qizhao to ask such a question.He thought about it in his mind, based on his experience, in the past, foreign firms had to lower the price of raw silk by [-]% to [-]% before giving up. However, this is not always the case, it still depends on the strength and relationship.Given Zhang's status in the raw silk industry and the relationship it has established with foreign firms over the years, foreign merchants will not be too oppressive, and this will not be the case for other silk merchants.

However, this year's market has changed, and the initiative has shifted from foreign merchants to silk merchants. If it is true, as the rumors say, next year the imperial court will implement the strategy of abolishing mulberry and promoting agriculture, and the production of raw silk will drop sharply. The price will naturally rise sharply.

However, to what extent it will rise, he is completely unsure in his heart.What's more, the imperial court's policies have always been unpredictable, and they can't see clearly. What is settled today may be completely overturned by a decree tomorrow.Besides, this strategy of abolishing mulberry and rejuvenating agriculture is simply tossing about nothing. If it is really implemented, it will only be harmful to Jiangnan's economy.Fortunately, most of the Zhang family's business direction is now in the salt industry, so it won't hurt the fundamentals for a while.

Thinking of this, Zhang Baoshan could not help but kindly remind Lin Qizhao, "Zihua, in my opinion, if the price of this raw silk increases by another [-] to [-] percent, it will be ready to sell. What if the imperial court's policy changes again one day?" Come back, if you don’t abolish Sang Xingnong, the raw silk will be thrown into your hands, and the foreigners will definitely suppress the price fiercely, and Hu Xueyan fell on it back then.”

Lin Qizhao glanced at Zhang Baoshan, nodded calmly and said, "Brother Dingfu's words are not unreasonable, and I will explain to Brother Dingfu today that the matter of abolishing sang and promoting agriculture is not feasible at all, and the court will definitely not." That’s how you ruin your fortune.”

Zhang Baoshan suddenly wondered if he heard it wrong, and looked at Lin Qizhao with wide eyes, but Lin Qizhao didn't look like he was joking, and he was shocked. "Zihua is not joking. Now that you understand that it is not feasible to change the mulberry and promote agriculture, why do you buy a large amount of raw silk on the market? I heard that about [-]% of the raw silk in the entire south of the Yangtze River is in your hands."

Lin Qizhao chuckled, waved his hands and said, "Where are there so many? The raw silk in my hand is no more than [-]% to [-]%..." As he spoke, Lin Qizhao's eyes flashed, and he said with a strange smile: "Brother Dingfu Why don't you ask, how do I know that it is not feasible to abolish mulberry and promote agriculture?"

why not ask?How can an outsider inquire about such a matter involving commercial secrets?Zhang Baoshan shook his head with a wry smile: "Zihua doesn't have to be a fool. I see that you look confident, and Xiang must have a plan in mind. If it doesn't get in the way, please tell Zihua frankly, and let me How much do you understand this in your heart?"

Lin Qizhao stood up and looked out the window, seeing that there were no other people waiting, he just felt relieved, sat back on the chair and said in a low voice: "I'll explain to Brother Fu, but I have something to say first, among which Your interests are related to your wealth and life, and if it comes out of my mouth and enters your ears, there must be no third person to know."

Seeing Zhang Baoshan solemnly nodding his head, Lin Qizhao said slowly: "To put it bluntly, this is a game for foreigners. Over the years, foreigners have suppressed the price of my raw silk in Jiangnan too much. If things go on like this, Jiangnan's The raw silk industry is bound to face a crisis of decline, so we must find ways to reverse this situation. Just a few days ago, I went to Beijing with Mr. Sheng Xuanhuai to jointly establish a bank. When I met with the emperor, I talked about the raw silk in Jiangnan. This idea is The emperor finally decided..."

PS: In the future, try to keep updating to 6000 words per day.It was 5000 words before, huh, huh.

Soaring Brilliance: World War I Chapter 368 Government and Business Collaboration

"Is it decided by the emperor?" Zhang Baoshan stood up all of a sudden, his face was full of surprise and suspicion, his mouth was open and he was speechless.

"Brother Dingfu, think about it carefully, don't talk about you and me, even outsiders understand that it is impossible and unfeasible to abolish sang and promote agriculture. Why did Li Zhongtang, the governor of Zhili, make such a proposal inexplicably, but Why did Liu Kun and Lord Liu remain silent until now, and how did I know in advance that I secretly purchased a large amount of raw silk. Brother Dingfu will understand if you think about it..."

After listening to Lin Qizhao's words, Zhang Baoshan's heart could no longer settle down. Lin Qizhao's words were clear, and it was indeed such a thing, but it was too bizarre. He couldn't believe it, but he couldn't believe it. .

"It's not convenient for me to explain the whole story to Brother Dingfu in detail. As long as Brother Dingfu understands a little bit, this matter came out of Shang's intention and involved important officials of the court. It has a lot to do with it. It can only be successful but not retreat, and there is no way out. Retired. So since I have made a move, I will go all out. My bottom line is that the price of raw silk must be doubled, otherwise I will die with foreigners... Brother Dingfu, don’t have too many worries. Today is different from the past. Back then Hu Xueyan fought against foreign businessmen from various countries by himself, but today we have the imperial court and the emperor behind us, and the reasoning behind this is completely different." Lin Qizhao's expression froze, and he looked at Zhang Baoshan with great determination and said.

These years, the price of raw silk has been completely controlled by foreign merchants. The silk merchants in Jiangnan have been oppressed, and they have long intended to join forces to fight, but Hu Xueyan's lesson back then was too painful, and everyone was worried and did not dare to act rashly.

Hearing Lin Qizhao's words at this moment, Zhang Baoshan also felt a surge of courage to fight hard, and connected with Lin Qizhao's proposal earlier, to give away half of the remaining [-]% raw silk profits, and told himself the big secret No matter how bad he was, he gradually came to understand that Lin Qizhao was trying to tie himself to him with benefits, and there must be something to ask for.

"Since Zihua is frank, I have nothing to say. Since ancient times, no meritorious service has been rewarded, and Zihua has ordered anything. As long as I can do it, I will do my best. If it can't be done, no matter what happens in the future. To make money or to lose money, my Zhang family and the Lin family are in the same boat.”

"Happy, brother Dingfu is really arrogant..." Lin Qizhao laughed and said, "Brother Dingfu is a straightforward person, and I don't hide it. I came here today because I have two things to agree on." Brother Fu, the first thing is that I am going to invite the silk merchants in Jiangnan to form a silk industry association to jointly fight against foreign merchants. I want foreign merchants to be unable to buy a pound of raw silk in my Jiangnan market. , *they compromise. But my reputation is not enough, so I have to ask Brother Dingfu to use the connections of the Nanxun Zhang family in this industry to help secretly. But there is one thing that Brother Dingfu must keep in mind, and you must never show it publicly."

"This is as it should be, of course it's not a problem, but since we are joining forces to fight against foreign businessmen, everyone should come forward and take responsibility together. Why did Zihua ask me not to come out publicly?" Zhang Baoshan asked Lin Qizhao, looking at Lin Qizhao with some puzzlement.

Lin Qizhao smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "This is the second thing I asked Brother Dingfu to do. Everything can be done without warning. It is necessary to think about the good side and the way out. It's just a created game, and it can't be taken seriously. If the foreign merchants are really in a hurry, and they delay until the beginning of next spring, when the new silk comes into the market, it will lose everything. The relationship between the big class compradors here has always been good, so I would like to ask Brother Dingfu to mediate when things are at an impasse, one of us will be a good face, and the other will be a bad face, so as to coax foreigners into this trap."

Zhang Baoshan suddenly realized at this time, he couldn't help admiring Lin Qizhao in his heart, he was so young, yet so sophisticated in his actions, he really didn't know how the old man of the Lin family trained him.

"Okay, just do as Zihua said. Zihua deserves to have stayed abroad, and he does things with discipline and rules. Admire, admire!"

But Lin Qizhao just waved his hands lightly. When it comes to admiration, at this moment in his heart he truly admires the emperor in the capital.This hoarding of raw silk and Jiangnan silk merchants teaming up to fight against foreigners, although it was proposed by myself, but it was the emperor's idea to make a fake show and sing it. Without this move, how could the price of raw silk suddenly skyrocket? How could foreigners be in a hurry.Even the method of singing red face and bad face was told by the emperor, and he repeatedly told him not to make the fake show come true, and to make a move when it is time to make a move. It seems that every move is planned by the emperor. Like.

Thinking of this, Lin Qizhao couldn't help restraining himself, and secretly reminded himself that the play had already begun, and the next few steps to close the palace were the most important. If you don't fight now, when will you wait!

Thanks to Zhang Baoshan's secret contacts, most of the "silk customers" who were preparing to sell foreign farms in Yichang, Shanghai, that is, those silk merchants who bought raw silk from silkworm farmers and then sold it to foreign firms, all nodded their heads. Agreed, expressing willingness to cooperate with the Lin family to fight against foreign businessmen.

The calculation is also driven by interests. In business, the price of raw silk is rising steadily, and silk merchants naturally have the idea of ​​hoarding, waiting for the best time to sell.

The officials of Jiangsu Province still kept silent about the raw silk market. However, Liu Kunyi, the governor of the province, was already agitated. Don't bother asking for now, someone will come out to uphold justice in a short time, Liu Kun asked again and again, but Yang Shenxiu kept his secret, just laughed and didn't answer.These days, Liu Kun is suffocating in his heart. He is an official of the frontier, the highest administrative official in a province, and someone will come to uphold justice for him. Could it be... is it... the emperor?Impossible, the emperor was assassinated a while ago, how could he recover so quickly, it was because those hateful media made a mess everywhere and confused the public.But if it wasn't the emperor, who would it be?

On this day, he was practicing Taijiquan in the yard, and his servants came in to report in a hurry, his face was pale, and he couldn't even speak: "Da Da Da Da, my lord, you... go out and have a look... "

"What's wrong!" Liu Kun put away his moves and asked intently.

"You'd better... go and have a look..." the servant said shyly.

Liu Kunyi was also surprised. This person has always been articulate, so why did he hesitate in speaking today.He flicked the hem of his gown, and strode towards the main entrance.When he came to the main gate, Liu Kunyi was even more surprised, seeing that all his guards were lying on the ground, looking extremely respectful.There were a few strangers standing in front of the door, the leader was a man in his twenties, dressed in Western style, holding a civilized stick in his hand, his oily hair was obvious, and wearing a pair of sunglasses, he looked a bit casual Mysterious.The people behind them are all extraordinary, and they are not ordinary people at first glance.

Liu Kunyi has been in the officialdom for many years, and he can tell at a glance that the young man in charge is by no means an ordinary person. He restrained his official air and said with a smile: "Excuse me, this is..." Although his voice was polite , but standing high on the stone steps, full of official airs.

The young man looked at the tall gate tower of the provincial government office, and said loudly: "Liu Xianzhuang, the Jiangnan business war is about to break out, but you are hiding here very quietly."

It doesn't matter if you say a word, Liu Kun suddenly changed his face, and said in a trembling voice: "You...you..."

The young man took off his glasses slowly, and looked at Liu Kun with a smile: "What's the matter, don't you even recognize me?"

Liu Kun fell to his knees with a plop, "Your Majesty, forgive me... to pick you up... for being late... for being late..."

Guan Xuqing laughed loudly, pointed to the guards of the Provincial Office who were kneeling on the ground, and said to Liu Kun: "It seems that your Lord Liu usually governs very strictly, and I just said that I wanted to see the governor, but I was almost detained by them. "

ah!Liu Kun turned pale with shock, pointed at his subordinates and said angrily: "You... you have caused me trouble, let's see how I deal with you later!"

"Forget it..." Guan Xuqing waved his hand and said, "I want to go in and visit your government office." As he spoke, he strode into the provincial government office.Liu Kun walked a few steps quickly, accompanying the emperor.

Guan Xuqing said as he walked, "Should Yang Shenxiu have been here?"

Liu Kun said: "If you go back to the emperor, you have been here..." He looked at the emperor's expression cautiously, because he couldn't figure out why the emperor came to Jiangning suddenly without prior notice. Failed.

"What about others?" Guan Xuqing asked.

"Master Yang only stayed here for a day and then left in a hurry. I don't know where he went?"

Guan Xuqing nodded: "These days, you, the governor of a province, can still hold your breath when such a big raw silk war takes place under your rule."

Liu Kun said in a respectful voice: "Master Yang has conveyed his wishes to the minister that day. Although the minister is blunt, he dare not disobey the emperor's will."

"Haha... Well said, you can talk." Guan Xuqing laughed. He knew that Liu Kunyi was an old official, and his words had always been impeccable, and then he suppressed his smile: "Let's talk about business, I'm here for that. The matter of raw silk. Do you know Lin Qizhao?"

"He made the largest raw silk transaction in the history of Jiangnan..." Liu Kunyi paused for a moment, and began to describe everything...

At this time, Lin Qizhao also negotiated with those silk merchants. If someone insisted but wanted to sell it, it was okay, but it could only be sold to the Lin family and not to foreigners.This ensures that the silk merchants will not suffer losses. Of course, the silk merchants who only make money but not lose money have nothing to say. They all firmly hold the raw silk in their hands, sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, and wait for the final showdown with the foreigners. moment.

ps: In the future, try to increase each chapter to [-] words, two chapters a day, if the flowers increase rapidly, or there will be a small explosion at any time if there are manuscripts saved.Hehe, I don't know if everyone will enjoy it more, if there are flowers, please come here.

Soaring Front: World War I Chapter 369 The Situation of All Parties

However, the foreign firms that buy and sell raw silk in China, Britain, France, the United States and other countries in Jiangning are extremely unwilling to compromise so easily and let these silk merchants in Jiangnan be at the mercy of them.They also asked people to inquire secretly. This time, a young man named Lin Qizhao took the lead in the middle. Most of the raw silk in the Jiangnan market was controlled by this person.What puzzled the foreign merchants was that although the Lin family was born in a bank and had relatively abundant funds in their hands, it was fundamentally impossible to mobilize so much funds to invest in the acquisition of raw silk in a short period of time. less than.Where did Lin Qizhao's money come from?

Not only that, the foreign merchants also contacted Lin Qizhao through an intermediary, expressing their willingness to follow the market and increase the price appropriately to purchase the raw silk in Lin Qizhao's hands.However, the price offered by Lin Qizhao surprised the foreign businessmen. It was higher than the futures price on the London Stock Exchange in the same period.