Power and Empire Chapter 3085: Nan Fenglie (13)

At the end of May, the rain came along with the summer, and the river was filled with water soaring. At the backwater, the duck-catcher watched the fluffy ducklings churn in the water for food, and on the bank, the newly drawn branches of the willow tree were blowing in the wind. Swaying, on the riverbank, carriages and horses are coming and going. In the river, ships full of cargo come in a line. On the dock, all kinds of goods from the entire Big 6 are stacked on the dock, and merchants from the East and West 6 gather here. , With mixed accents of north and south, imperial language, and Chinese and Bahia speaking together on the dock, surprised the middle-aged man who had just got off a transport ship. The middle-aged man was thin and his clothes were not luxurious. But it is definitely Lianghehu silk with a very good texture. My eyes are dull, and a sharp luster flashes occasionally

"Father, did we come to the wrong place? Didn't it mean that the prairie people were raging in the imperial capital, and the hundred miles were uninhabited? How come the sight in front of me is no more than my Longchang Port." Behind the middle-aged man, Followed by a young man who looks like a guard. At this moment, this young man is looking around with curious eyes, looking interested,

"The place is correct, but the scene is so changed that people can't recognize it!"

The middle-aged man looked hesitantly and said, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe that the vibrant land in front of me was the Dijing West Road I passed half a year ago. At that time, what I saw with my own eyes was the land. Barren and uninhabited for dozens of miles, and now, how long has it taken, I almost thought that the prosperity of the former Imperial Capital was reappearing again, and now I only hope that the person is right, otherwise... "Middle-aged" People’s voices stop, and they stop talking

"What if the empire doesn’t see us? After all, Longchang is still in the Central and Biayan region." The young man saw that his father was so embarrassed, and the curiosity in his eyes faded a lot. The two fathers and sons of Zhi and Zheng Long. Although the Zheng family has power in Longchang Port, it is not the most powerful. Zheng Zhi knows that his Zheng family is too weak, and he is afraid that he will not be able to enter the eyes of the empire, so he carefully took out a portion from his arms. The letter of introduction came and walked to a nearby shop. "Since you are here, just go and ask someone to ask according to what that person said. At least you know how powerful this so-called imperial bank is.

"Imperial Bank has an office on the pier. Turn left fifty meters forward and see a three-story house." When the two people in front of me asked about the Empire Bank, the owner of the store looked very warm. This made Zheng Zhi feel surprised. After chatting with the boss for a while, he learned a news that shocked him.

This place is one of the largest waterway hubs on West Dijing Road. The shops in this port are all owned by the Imperial Bank. Zheng Zhi heard it secretly and took a deep breath, although he was looking forward to the so-called Imperial Bank. , But did not expect it to be so strong. His son Zheng Long is even more sluggish. Under his eyes, there is a row of invisible shops, there are more than three or four hundred stores.

"The entire port is owned by the Imperial Bank, so how much financial resources and industry does the Imperial Bank have..." Soon, they found the branch of the Imperial Bank on the dock,

"My name is Sun Hanli. I am the head of the Imperial Bank branch here. Is this letter of introduction yours?"

The person who received them was the head of the branch called Sun Hanli from China. After reading the letter of introduction brought by Zheng Zhi, Sun Hanli's expression became much more enthusiastic. After the two sides talked for a while, Sun Hanli said, "Longchang The Zheng family, I’ve heard that since you got the letter of introduction, I’ll say it frankly and honestly. Regarding your request to borrow from the Imperial Bank, the Imperial Bank can agree, but this amount is..."

"I also know that this is a bit unruly. I borrow from your bank without any collateral, so the amount of borrowing only needs two thousand imperial gold." Old Zheng Zhi blushed and said first

"Two thousand imperial gold?" Sun Hanli almost bit his tongue when he heard Zheng Zhi's words. He originally wanted to say one hundred thousand imperial gold coins, but he didn't expect that the other party would only ask for two thousand imperial gold coins. . . . This has not even reached the most basic bottom line. You must know that these letters of introduction were issued by people sent by the Empire to Liuchenggang after confirming that the other party is worthy of support. It can be said that it is hard to buy for a thousand dollars. Only a family can have such a chance. It can be said that it is a once-in-a-lifetime chance of embracing the elephant leg of the Imperial Bank. But in front of Zheng Zhi’s mouth, it is the value of two thousand gold coins, or hesitating.

Sun Hanli has a feeling of dumbfounding

"If there are too many problems, one thousand gold is fine. My Zheng family suffered this hardship this time. As long as it can survive this, it will definitely be returned as soon as possible."

Zheng Zhi's face changed slightly. He looked at Sun Hanli nervously. He was obviously wrong. Seeing that Sun Hanli looked embarrassed, he thought that his request was too high, so he quickly reduced the two thousand imperial gold coins to one thousand.

This time I came to Dijing West Road to find the Imperial Bank. It was also because of a compelling difficulty. Zheng Zhi offered to borrow two thousand Imperial gold coins, which is already a considerable amount of borrowing. In comparison, the Zhongbia Court In order to celebrate the emperor’s return to the south, the latest iron money was too inferior. Even in the south that was not affected by the war, no one wanted iron money, but the government still used this kind of worthless iron money. Money forcibly buys the materials on the market. This is the naked forced buying and selling. As the center of southern business and trade, Liugang City is naturally the most affected by this forced transaction.

This time, the Zheng family was affected by this

The Long family withdrew to the southwest and took away the food purchased by China and Biya from the imperial side. Therefore, the court sent officials to the port city to buy food on the pretext of buying food to help refugees from the south. To pay the bill, whoever was willing to sell the last official simply forcibly apportioned the big family members. As the largest family, the Wu family has the brand of the family of the court ministers. In this apportionment, they did not give out any money or anything. Instead, they also got the officials. First on the award list, the Zheng family was directly pushed to the threshold of paying more than one-third because they had no reliance. Don’t think that the Zheng family is also considered a wealthy businessman in Longchang Port. In fact, it is only in terms of assets. That is about 10,000 imperial gold, the refugees go south, and the price of food is soaring. If the Zheng family completes the assigned tasks, it may be possible to sell most of the industry. At that time, the Zheng family was afraid that the distance would be swallowed by the Wu family. Far away

"You stay here first, I will report this matter immediately"

Sun Hanli hesitated, and promised Zheng Zhi to report to it as soon as possible, and sent someone to take the two to a nearby inn. The other party holding a letter of introduction, it is no longer as simple as a simple loan. It is related to the general trend of Imperial Bank's control over the six ports in the south. As the person in charge of this place, Sun Hanli knows that the most powerful force in Longchang Port in the south is not the Zheng family, but the Uganda. Home, but this is precisely why the Zheng family was found.

Behind the Wu family is the second-grade Wu family in the court. The Wu family has always regarded Longchang Port as its source of financial resources. Now that the empire wants to join in, it is impossible for the Wu family to agree. , But the Zheng family is different. Since the Zheng family has been approved by the people sent, it proves that there is no sense of rejection of the empire. From the fact that the other party opened a loan to the Imperial Bank, it can be seen that the other party has encountered difficulties. The Imperial Bank is simply pushing the boat forward, and then taking this opportunity to intervene in Longchang, one of the six port cities, as long as the capital of the empire can enter Longchang, what a mere Wujia can do!

Sent away Zheng Zhi and the two, Sun Hanli immediately boarded the carriage and disappeared into the distance of the street

In the dark, Zheng stood straight at the window, looking at the bright lights in the direction of the port, his eyes were full of worry. Two thousand imperial gold is not a small amount. You must know that the purity of the imperial gold coins is excellent, plus the imperial merchants’ The goods come from all over the country. They don’t recognize the inferior iron money of China and Biya. They only recognize the imperial gold coins. Therefore, the value of the imperial gold coins is not affected by price fluctuations. You can buy anything in the center of the country. Hard currency, even in the black market, only recognizes imperial gold coins. One imperial gold is enough to buy 30 so-called slaves transformed from the refugees. This kind of slaves signed a slave contract with the master’s family, which can be said to be Treat yourself as a piece of goods and completely sell it to the owner, even if the owner kills it, the government will not take care of it.

The Zheng family, in the Longchang Port may be considered to have a good face, but in front of the huge empire, what a small Longchang Port is, what is the Zheng family! Even this port is owned by the Imperial Bank. It can be seen that the Imperial Bank is powerful. For a small person like himself, he wants to borrow two thousand. It is not bad if the other party does not directly shake his face. The so-called report is just an excuse. Tomorrow I'm afraid I won't see each other. I took a fluke. The next morning, Zheng Zhi and his son were at the Imperial Bank branch. They didn't see Sun Hanli. Only one person received them and brought two cups of hot tea. It’s too early. Master Sun Hanli went to the city yesterday, I’m afraid he didn’t come here so early."

"It seems that we are too ignorant of ourselves." Zheng Zhi stood up with an ugly face, smiled bitterly at the corners of his mouth, what went to the city, but just an excuse for not seeing himself, he is really naive, even if there is a letter of introduction, what can I do? , Just a letter of introduction to lend money to yourself, who would be so stupid, but he just believed it, really **** it, ran hundreds of miles of water to come here, come and go, I'm afraid it will delay the time There are more than ten days, before the deadline, where to raise so much money to buy food, the Wu family is afraid that they will take this opportunity to fall into trouble and drive the Zheng family out of Longchang! "

"Please tell Master Sun Hanli, his kindness is appreciated by us"

Zheng Zhi stood up and sighed, so that it's meaningless to wait for a while, so I might as well rush back immediately. Although I can't hide this time, I may be able to preserve some foundations and leave a glimmer of hope for the future. Hard to say

"Your Excellency, please wait, Master Sun Hanli specially asked if you two come, you must wait for him"

"Do you really say that?" Zheng Straight blinked his eyes when he heard such words. Didn't he leave on purpose because he avoided him? If so, what do you want to stay here for?

"Father, since this Master Sun Hanli said, let's wait" Zheng Long also said next to him

"Okay, I'll wait" Zheng Zhi nodded his head

At this moment, Li Yuehua stood respectfully in front of a desk, a black-headed young man's eyes fell on a report about Longchang Zheng’s family in his hand, and his fingers tapped the desk lightly, ten seconds later , The young black man raised his hand, pressed the report on the table, and said in a condensed voice, "This person sent from the South takes this Zheng family seriously and thinks it is an excellent opportunity for the Imperial Bank to intervene in Liugang City. The report also stated that the Longchang Wu family wanted to exclude the Zheng family, so it did so deliberately. If the Imperial Bank can lend money to the Zheng family to tide over the difficulties, it would be equivalent to giving the Imperial Bank an outstanding publicity in Liugang City, but I think It was just a promotion, and it did not achieve the desired effect of the empire."

"What does your majesty mean?"

Li Yuehua raised her pretty face~IndoMTL.com~ looks a little haggard and pale. The head of the Imperial Bank in China is actually Princess Mingyue, but Princess Mingyue is to raise funds to save those who are still stuck in the river. The refugees have not managed the affairs of the Imperial Bank for more than ten days, so now she is actually in charge of Li Yuehua, not to mention the infiltration of Liugang City, this is her original plan of Li Yuehua

"One million is pressed into Longchang, and another three million is used to take this opportunity to fully intervene in the market of Liuchenggang, and simply buy all the industries in Liuchenggang!"

The young black man stood up and touched his nose. He made a sharp black imperial uniform. The golden falcon was inlaid on the cuffs, showing a sharp and capable masculine air. Now that there is a gap to enter, then Just use enough huge capital flow to completely cover the entire Liuchenggang market

"When you buy Liucheng Port, your Majesty is not afraid of the intervention of the Zhongbia Court?" Li Yuehua's body trembled slightly. She did not expect the emperor to use such a large handwriting. It is conceivable that so much money will flow in. , The entire Liuchenggang will collapse, and those so-called wealthy families, in the face of such financial resources, will definitely sweep all the way

"Intervention? Haha, what will China and Biyah use to intervene? Relying on their iron money that can't even buy root grass?"

"And we are not in the name of the empire, but the Princess Mingyue, the princess of China and Biya, who travels to and fro in the big river and saves more than a million refugees with great wealth!" The black youth smiled disapprovingly , Patted on the report, "Tell the people of the empire in Liuchenggang to fully promote this matter, and to take down the actual power of Liuchenggang with lightning speed.

"Your Majesty did this, if the princess knew about it, I am afraid..." Li Yuehua looked at the evil smile on the corner of the fat man's mouth and couldn't help but shudder 8