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Volume 3: The Wind Rises in the Southern Kingdom Chapter 9 Chapter 9: Virtue and Benevolence

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    When Liu and Kong said this, they had already forgotten the grudge between them. They cursed the foreigners and the court in unison, completely forgetting the main purpose of their visit. Chen Zaixing looked at the two of them and stood in front of them.  He filled his wine glass with wine and said with a smile: "Both of you are businessmen. You should have heard of the saying, 'The benefits of farming are only ten times, the benefits of jewelry are only a hundred times, and the benefits of establishing a country are incalculable.'  "Okay!" Liu Qingyang nodded blankly. Kong Zhang, who was a descendant of the saint after all, had not yet lost all the articles in his heart, and quickly replied: "This statement must have come from Lu Buwei!" "Yes, it is Lu Buwei!"  Chen Zaixing smiled and said: "Growing cotton and weaving are only ten times more profitable. I discovered treasure mines in Myanmar and the profit is only a hundred times. But these are not as good as Lu Buwei. The biggest business is to establish the master of a country."  "Ah!" It turns out that Lu Buwei was a great businessman of Wei State. By supporting Qin State's prince Yiren who was a hostage in Zhao State, he helped him return to Qin State and become the king of Qin. He became the prime minister of Qin State and made hundreds of millions of profits.  He published the famous "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals".  There are more than hundreds of millions of businessmen in Chinese history, but in terms of status and achievements, no one can compare with them.  Liu and Kong were not fools. After hearing this, they had already heard what Chen Zaixing meant. Liu Qingyang glanced at Kong Zhang and said with a smile: "The second-ranking gentleman invited us two here. There must be a big deal that wants to give us an advantage."  Well, thank you in advance!" As he said this, Liu Qingyang stood up and greeted Chen Zaixing, and Kong Zhang hurriedly followed suit and saluted.  "That's it! There is endless business in the world. The right way is to make money by everyone!" Chen Zaixing stood up, returned the gift to the two, and then a coup occurred in Myanmar. The king of Myanmar died, and his two sons fled to Dashun. Now,  After recounting what happened under the protection of Wanding Shunjun, Chen Zaixing finally said with a smile: "You two, I have accumulated a fortune of no less than one million in less than five years in Myanmar. It's not that my business methods are better than those of the two."  But the land in Burma is rich, and the treasures are like mountains and hills. It is not difficult to make money by doing anything. Now that the country is in turmoil, it is a great opportunity. If we return the prince to the throne of Burma, we will break the earth and seal it.  Needless to say, Sir, if you want to gain one or two benefits, Myanmar's four thousand miles radius is all fertile soil, and its land is hardly one-tenth of our Dashun. With a little improvement, and with the talents of the two of you, how can the benefits be counted?  " Liu and Kong couldn't help but feel excited when they heard this.  It turns out that since the war in the late Ming Dynasty, the capitalist component of the Chinese economy has been increasing. A number of large and small factories engaged in textile, oil extraction, steel and other industries have appeared in the economic center areas of Jiangnan, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Hanking, and Zhejiang.  Compared with their predecessors in the late Ming Dynasty, the technical level and scale of these workshops have made considerable progress, and they have also brought huge wealth to their owners. They are engaged in trade, currency exchange, large-scale cash crop planting, etc.  Colleagues in traditional industries formed an industrial and commercial class that far surpassed the previous dynasty in terms of social influence and capital. This class also gained considerable influence on the Dashun country by allowing their children to become officials through the imperial examination and purchasing national bonds.  Influence.  But when history entered the 1880s, this class found that their environment had undergone subtle changes.  Originally, the main trading targets of Dashun merchants were Japan, Southeast Asia, northern nomads, and foreign devils with red hair and green eyes. However, as the British experimented with growing tea in India, Ceylon and other places, and planted sugar cane in the West Indies and Brazil,  With the gradual success, the traditional profitable tea and sugar trade of southern merchants gradually became sluggish, and the traditional export market Southeast Asia also saw competitors from far away, as well as harsh restrictions; after Japan's reform,  A high-tariff barrier policy was adopted to protect weak domestic emerging companies.  With the loss of these traditional markets, the situation in Dashun is not optimistic. After all, most people in Dashun are still under the natural economic state of "men farm and women weave". Except for a few of them, they cannot produce by themselves.  For daily necessities, there was neither the ability nor the need to purchase other products; and the tax system in the form of grain and cloth established by the Dashun government when it was founded to prevent farmers from being exploited by merchants also strengthened this economic situation.  The result of this series of internal and external factors is that for the first time since the 1880s, Dashun has experienced a situation of "overproduction": more advanced technology and larger-scale factories have been used to produce accumulated  There are mountains of goods, but they cannot be sold - except for a few wealthy people, the vast majority of impoverished workers and urban poor cannot afford to buy those goods, and the rich, no matter how extravagant they are, can only consume a very small portion of these goods.  Less part.  As a result, many factory owners had to go bankrupt and live on the streets.  Kong and Liu, as financial professionals who are most sensitive to the current economic situation, cannot use scientific theories to explain this situation, but they still instinctively realize that the only way to break this situation is to expand outward and obtain greater  market, cheaper sources of raw materials, so that everything can work again and get out of sight.?'s embarrassment.  And Chen Zaixing's suggestion coincided with their wishes, so how could they refuse?  Kong and Liu looked at each other, and said in unison to Chen Zaixing: "Second Master, if there is anything you need us to do, please speak up. As long as we can do it, we will obey!" "Okay!" Chen Zaixing said with a smile: "  I invite you two to come here today because I want you to raise a round amount of money for me. Just six million taels of silver!" As soon as Chen Zaixing finished speaking, two crisp sounds were heard in the room.  Kong Zhang and Liu Qingyang fell into their seats dumbfounded, and the wine glasses in their hands fell to the ground and shattered.  "This, this!" Kong Zhang replied stammering: "Secretary, can we discuss this matter in the long run? From what I can see, six million taels of silver is really a little too much!" "Yes!  Ah!" Liu Qingyang stood aside from Kong Zhang uncharacteristically: "As far as I know, Shanghai's annual customs tax this year is only 7 million taels of official silver. With such a large number, can the second-ranked gentleman consider it a little more?"  "Both of you." Chen Zaixing had a smile on his face, but he didn't give in. "Xianggong Wu, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, was the master of the Beijing Examination that year. The son of the Burmese King is currently in the Jiedu Mansion in Kunming.  Chengzhi and the ministers in the court have also made a decision that the issue of Burma is inevitable, and the imperial army from Hunan has been mobilized to Yunnan. You can go and find out whether it is true that the son of the Burmese king came from Mandeb, Burma.  When Le fled back, I was on the way. If I asked Master Wu to go into the plot to plot this matter, do you think Master Wu would agree?" Kong and Liu had a wry smile on their faces: "Of course they would agree.  " "You two are also old businessmen! You should know that everything in the world, except death, must be done early. If the imperial army goes south, the situation is determined. I'm afraid you will have to queue up if you come with money.  Right? " When Chen Zaixing said this, he had already said it. Indeed, as he just said, with his identity, connections, and knowledge, he could play an extremely important, even important, role in sending troops to Myanmar.  Decisive role.  The two of them can see what Chen Zaixing just said, and others can naturally see it. Now that the overall situation has not been decided, they are still qualified to talk here. If the overall situation has been decided, they will only go to Chen Zaixing with money.  There was a long queue of people, and there was no room for the two of them to sit in front of Chen Zaixing, drinking and talking.  Kong and Liu had a thin layer of sweat on their foreheads, with exposed veins on their faces and trembling muscles, as if they were doing hard work.  Chen Zaixing was not in a hurry now. Shi Shiran sat back on the chair, poured himself a glass of wine, and sipped slowly.  After a while, Liu Qingyang stood up, saluted Chen Zaixing, and said with a wry smile: "Second Master, please forgive me, this matter is too risky. Houde Bank is the legacy of our ancestors for more than ten generations. I really don't dare."  Take this risk. But I can mobilize some positions privately, and with my own net worth, it will be delivered to you in five days. It is not a big deal!" Chen Zaixing was slightly disappointed, but on the surface  The superior stood up and returned the courtesy: "No, no, this is business, I'd like to thank you in advance." "Don't dare, don't dare!" Liu Qingyang responded hurriedly.  Chen Zaixing smiled slightly and turned his eyes to Kong Zhang, who was still sitting there. He saw that Kong Zhang was in trance, his head was covered in cold sweat, his hands and feet were shaking slightly, and low roars came from his throat from time to time, as if he was going crazy.  Liu Qingyang looked a little scared, and was about to reach out and pat him on the shoulder to wake him up, but Kong Zhang suddenly jumped up from his seat, startling the others.  "That's it, I've just gambled away my family!" The muscles on Kong Zhang's face were twisted and he looked very frightened: "Mr. No. 2, I will use all the money that Jingdong and the shops in the south can allocate.  , and then sell all the national debts and some of the industries on hand, the total should be four million, and borrow the rest from various places, which should be close to the number required by the second-ranked man!"  Here, Kong Zhang's eyes suspiciously glanced at Liu Qingyang beside him. Liu Qingyang, who knew it, hurriedly swore loudly: "If anything about what happened in the house today is leaked out, it will all fall on me. I, Liu Qingyang, will die of sores."  , the men are thieves and the women are prostitutes, you can rest assured now!" Kong Zhang snorted and turned his head.  It turns out that if Kong Zhang had just misappropriated the remaining funds that could be deployed in various accounts, and if it was spread by people with ulterior motives and depositors started to run on him, he would immediately be in danger of bankruptcy. That's why Liu Qingyang made such a poisonous oath.  Come.  When Chen Zaixing saw Kong Zhang acting like this, he couldn't help but feel grateful. He suppressed his emotions, filled his and Kong Zhang's glasses with wine, raised their glasses to each other and said, "Brother Kong, I will never do anything about what happened today."  I'll make you regret it." It was already four quarters before Chen Zaixing said goodbye to Kong and Liu and returned to the house.??, just as he stretched his waist and moved his sore neck, a servant came in from outside and reported: "Sir, a guest named Shen came to visit and is waiting outside!" "Surnamed Shen?"  Chen Zaixing was stunned when he heard this, and then there was a surprise on his face. He stood up and asked anxiously: "Where is he and how long has he been here?"  , are having tea outside!" Chen Zaixing asked anxiously: "What? It's been so long, why didn't you tell me?" "This!" The servant looked embarrassed and replied, "It's not a villain's business.  When Mr. Shen heard that your guest, Sir, was having a banquet, he told him not to disturb him. He would inform the guest after everything was over" The servant continued to argue, but Chen Zaixing could no longer listen and asked anxiously: "  Stop talking nonsense and take me to see him!" "Is it Brother Hongmao?" Chen Zaixing opened the door and saw a man turning around. He was as handsome as a crown jewel.  , Rong Zhixianya, about thirty-six or seventeen years old, wearing a sapphire blue robe and a small melon-skin hat with a square piece of beautiful jade sewn in the middle of the hat.  When this man saw Chen Zaixing, he trembled, with a look of excitement on his face, but he still bowed his hands and said with a smile, "We haven't seen each other for several years. We meet again today. Brother Nian is even more elegant than before. I am really happy!"  "Brother Hongmao, you are joking again. I am hanging out in the old forests over there in Myanmar, how can I compare to you raising my head in the Jade Hall in Hanjing!" Chen Zaixing stepped forward and grabbed the visitor's arm, laughing.  : "Brother Hongmao, since you have arrived early, why don't you let the guy call me and wait here!" It turns out that this person is the same year as Chen Zaixing. Now he has been promoted to Shen Hongmao, the doctor of the Ministry of Industry and Yu, and is in charge of the world's mines.  After Chen Zaixing returned to Han Dynasty, he wrote a letter to him and left his address in Lumingting, preparing to discuss a major matter with him.  Shen Hongmao smiled and said: "When I came here, I saw the carriages of two banks, Houde and Renyi, parked in the courtyard. When I asked the clerk, I found out that it was you who invited the stewards of these two banks. I didn't want to be bumped into by them, and I didn't want to get in the way.  "I know your business, so I told my clerk not to tell you." "That's it!" Chen Zaixing nodded slightly, knowing that he was an extremely upright person of the same age, and he made a fortune by lending money to Renyi Bank and Houde Bank.  At that time, there was a lot of contempt for the rich and unkind behavior, and the official position he held was somewhat related to him. If he saw some requests, he would not be able to refuse because of his own face, so he simply avoided them.  Thinking of this, Chen Zaixing sighed and said: "I haven't seen you for several years, brother Nian, you are still so honest!" "I don't dare!" Shen Hongmao said solemnly: "It's just that I have been taught by the court since I was young, not to take any wealth that is not part of it.  "
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