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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 255: Establishment of Customs

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    Hearing the name of Rothschild, Wen Han and others all tightened their expressions. The Rothschild family is mysterious and powerful. Nathan Mayer Rothschild, one of the Five Rothschilds, is the head of the family in London, England.  An important representative figure, he won the dominance of the City of London in one fell swoop at the Battle of Waterloo, thus controlling the economic lifeline of Britain.  Since then, Britain's crucial decision-making powers, including currency issuance and gold prices, have been in the hands of the Rothschild family.

    A Prussian diplomat in the UK once said: "The Rothschilds' influence on financial affairs here (London) is amazing. They completely control the foreign exchange transaction prices in the City of London. As bankers, they  The power is staggering. When Nathan gets angry, the Bank of England trembles."

    In addition to London, the Rothschild family also opened banks in famous European cities such as Frankfurt, Paris, Vienna, and Naples, establishing the largest financial kingdom in the world at that time.  Now is the heyday of the Rothschild family. Their changeable power has made the princes and nobles of Europe bow to them. Wen Han and others were naturally surprised when they heard this name.

    Midile reacted quickly. He frowned and said, "Alexander, is it possible that the representative of the Rothschild family in the Far East is your Jardine Matheson Company?"

    Alexander had no intention of denying it. He readily admitted: "We do have the support of the Rothschild family behind us. This is why on July 1, 1832, my uncle and Jardine went bankrupt in the Maniac Company.  The next day, we were able to establish Jardine Matheson in Guangzhou, and this is why I had the confidence to say that the Taiping Army¡¯s opium policy was of no use to us.¡±

    After the Rothschild family became successful, they also set their sights on the Far East. Unfortunately, the East India Company was at its peak at the time, and its trade monopoly prevented the Rothschild family from investing more money, but they soon found a suitable opportunity.  Some energy was expended in getting the British government to revoke the East India Company's trading privileges.  Nathan was right on this point.  The British government was also dissatisfied with some of the East India Company's practices, believing that it hindered trade in the Far East, so Nathan once again quietly removed a business obstacle.  After that, the East India Company broke up many retail merchants. The Rothschild family chose Madison and William, who became the agents of the Rothschild family in the Far East. After the establishment of Jardine Matheson, it has gradually  Becoming the leader of Chinese and British businessmen in the Far East is of course inseparable from the talents of Madison and William, but more importantly, it is the support of the Rothschild family behind it.

    Jardine Matheson is supported by the Rothschild family.  Very few people know. The Rothschild family's headquarters in London never intervened in the affairs of Jardine Matheson. Madison only regularly reported the trade situation to the London headquarters, and even reported the political situation, structure and other information in detail.  The two parties seem to be two unrelated business entities, but they are inextricably linked. It is not surprising that Wenhan and others do not know about it.

    Hearing Alexander admit it frankly.  Wenhan was immediately relieved. He understood that the Rothschild family figure Alexander mentioned must have secretly come to China through Jardine Matheson.  He followed Luo Weilin to Suzhou.  He disappeared there, so Alexander was very anxious to find him.

    "Who is that big shot? Can you tell us?" Wenhan handed over a cigar.

    Alexander declined the cigar and said worriedly: "He is the youngest son of the late Mr. Nathan, Clifford Rothschild. He is twenty-five years old this year. He has all the properties under the control of the Rothschild family in London.  Fifteen percent of the bank. Definitely a very important figure."

    Wenhan took a breath. Old Nathan¡¯s youngest son is not very good, and the Rothschild family is not very good either, but a person who owns 15% of the shares of a London bank is a big shot!  Wenhan secretly cursed Alexander for causing him big trouble.  Such an important person came to China without notifying him or the consulate. If something happened to this person, Wenhan believed that he could pack up and return to China immediately.  The reason is simple. In order to prepare for war with Russia, the British government must need the support of the Rothschild family!

    Seeing that Wenhan's face was very ugly, Alexander hurriedly said: "Mr. Minister, I didn't hide it on purpose. In fact, the big shot refused to reveal his whereabouts, and there was nothing I could do about it."

    Midi chuckled and gloated: "It turns out he is a rich man who is very difficult to take care of. Mr. Madison, I sympathize with your experience."

    Wenhan said irritably: "Now is not the time to talk about this. Find a way to solve the problem quickly. I don't want anything to happen to Clifford in China during my term of office!"

    Midile thought for a moment and said: "Your Excellency, Minister, it seems that we still have to ask the King of the West for help in this matter. Suzhou is under his jurisdiction. Without his support, it will be difficult for us to find Cle"??morality.  "

    Wenhan thought for a while, leaned on the sofa and said: "It seems that's all. That guy is a laughing snake. Maybe he will use this matter as a blackmail in exchange for our concessions. Aliguo, Midile  "Two gentlemen, please go ahead and handle this matter. I hope he won't ask too much."

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    The tariff negotiations on the second day went smoothly, which made Xiao Yungui overjoyed. The British representatives all agreed to cancel the tax rate on opium as an imported commodity, and also agreed to impose an additional 30% tax rate on imported goods such as cloth.  The French and American ministers and businessmen were surprised that the British who were clamoring yesterday had changed their attitude overnight.  Marsali and Blomble immediately understood that the British were targeting the investment projects of the Taiping Rebellion Investment Promotion Bureau, and the two countries unanimously made concessions.

    Although businessmen from various countries were not very happy, they saw that the direction of the trend had changed and had no choice but to follow suit.  They learned from different sources that the Taiping Army's demand for arms and the arms industry would reach a peak in the future, and businessmen from various countries were secretly preparing to adjust their trade strategies to meet changes in the demand-side market.

    Finally, the tariff turmoil that had been entangled for several days came to an end, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Shanghai Customs Tariff Rules and Tariff Regulations were officially promulgated. As the first tariff bill of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, these detailed rules and regulations absorbed the advanced Western tariff policies and management methods, and were important to the 250th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.  The tax rates for more than ten kinds of imported and exported goods are clearly defined. These goods are of various types. Even if you want to import a needle, you can find the corresponding tax rate. This completely bids farewell to the era of unclear goods and tax rates in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.  At the same time, the customs regulations strictly stipulate a series of procedures for customs declaration, inspection, and tax payment of imported and exported goods. Every procedure is strictly supervised by Chinese personnel.  Xiao Yungui took back the power of consular approval of customs declarations in various countries, retaining only the power of consular review, and dispatched additional Chinese observers for supervision in this link.

    In other words, in the future, any goods imported will no longer require consular approval from each country, and businessmen from various countries can completely import goods to China according to their needs.  The demise of this regulation is of great epoch-making significance. It means that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can import what they want without being choked by the so-called consuls representing various governments. Although countries can still control exports from the source, the Chinese customs  The shackles have been eliminated, which is considered a great success.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: ?????????????????????????: ????????????????????????: ???: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also has a lot of space.

    Then businessmen from various countries began to come to pay taxes, including the customs duties owed during the Battle of Shanghai. Xiao Yungui also pocketed them unceremoniously. This was supposed to be collected by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but now it fell into Xiao Yungui's holy treasury.  .

    Shanghai Customs was established on the same day. Wei Helin served as the first director of the Customs Department, with the same title as the inspection point. Li Taitai was the general counsel of the customs. Each trading country in the Customs Department was set up with a separate customs unit for independent management. A group of businessmen were promoted from the military under the department.  A trained official served as the chief of the customs section of each country. The chief of the customs section of each country was accompanied by a supervisor. Most of these supervisors were famous compradors working for Chinese businessmen and foreign companies.  At the same time, Xiao Yungui asked Li Taitai to hire a large number of foreigners among his subordinate customs staff. After all, foreigners were familiar with foreigners and it was easier to deal with them.

    After the tariff matter was settled, Xiao Yungui breathed a sigh of relief, and asked Wang Kaiyun to preside over the establishment of the General Investment Promotion Bureau the next day. Zhu Changlin became the first director of the Shanghai General Investment Promotion Bureau of the Taiping Rebellion, with the same position.  Then the General Administration of Investment announced a very huge investment plan, which shocked businessmen from all over the world and Chinese businessmen in this country.  This plan involves railways, telegraphs, mineral mining, military industry, shipbuilding, clothing, medicine, education and other fields.

    In terms of railways, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom plans to build a railway to Suzhou. This railway will pass through Jiading, Kunshan and other places, with a total length of more than 100 kilometers.  Xiao Yungui hopes to use Suzhou as a pilot project to see the effect of building the railway and the response of the people before building railways to Hangzhou and Wuxi.

    The telegraph is the same. First, build a flying line from Shanghai to Suzhou, and then promote it after seeing the effect.

    In terms of minerals, Guangde in the west of Huzhou has been captured by the Taiping Army. There are coal mines there. Guangde has been mining coal since the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. By the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, there were records of tens of thousands of people going into the mountains to mine coal. Xiao Yungui  I hope to set up a government-supervised coal mining company here to be responsible for coal mining.  At the same time, Xiao Yungui also issued an invitation to hire mining companies from various countries to explore for minerals in southern Jiangsu. Once the minerals are explored, they will have priority mining rights.

    In terms of military industry, Xiao Yungui proposed the purchase of three breech-loading rifled musket production lines, six gunpowder assembly lines, a 6-pound rifled artillery production line, an 8-pound rifled artillery, a 12-pound rifled artillery production line, as well as several artillery shells and bullet assembly lines.  Installation production line.  At the same time, the Taiping Army also listed the guns and gunpowder that need to be purchased in the near future.The total value of this batch of arms is close to 1.6 million taels.

    When many businessmen who were enthusiastic at first saw this order, they couldn't help but gasped. It seemed that no one foreign company could complete such a huge arms purchase alone.  Midile was surprised when he saw this order. This batch of arms is enough to arm an army of nearly 100,000 people. It seems that the Western King will become the king with the most firearms in the Far East in the near future.  The overlord of one side.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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