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    The two people who spoke looked at each other and shook their heads: "We don't know either, but judging from the materials and location of this building, it should be worth a lot of money!" "Let me tell you, this house originally belonged to  Mr. Liu of Houde Bank, not long ago, a decree came from the Han Dynasty, allowing all walks of life in Shanghai to nominate talents to form a consultative bureau to manage municipal affairs. Mr. Liu immediately expressed his response to the imperial decree and wanted to build this newly built five-story building.  The building was donated to serve as the office of the Advisory Bureau." The two people couldn't help but gasped: "Huh? Mr. Liu is so rich for donating such a big house!" "Haha, Mr. Liu is rich.  Yes, but lavishness is not necessarily the case. To put it bluntly, this council is the Second Yamen. Since all walks of life in Shanghai are asked to recommend virtuous people, we in Shanghai put it bluntly that those who have money are virtuous. Since Mr. Liu has the most money, he is naturally the most virtuous.  ! Since he is in charge of this Council, shouldn¡¯t he pay for it and build a house for his office?¡± ¡°So that¡¯s what happened!¡± At this time, there was a noise from the Council Building.  People's eyes suddenly gathered, and they saw Liu Zhiping walking out with the support of his son Liu Qingyang, followed by the big bosses in the Council, and the ones who sent him off were Shanghai Chief Envoy Zhang Zhicheng and Zhang Zhicheng.  Shanghai Magistrate Liu, Zhang Zhicheng's face was full of joy, but Magistrate Liu's face was much uglier, and the few smiles on his face seemed to be forced out.  "Mr. Liu, there is no need to give it away anymore!" Zhang Zhicheng bowed his hands: "The things I just talked about are overworked!" "Master Zhang, please don't worry!" Liu Zhiping turned to his son Liu Qingyang and said: "Qingyang, Master Zhang's matter  I'll leave it to you. If anything goes wrong, even I won't be able to forgive you!" Liu Qingyang was very smart. He quickly bowed to Zhang Zhicheng and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely know how to do it!  If you supervise it personally, there will never be any mistakes!" "That's good, that's good!" Zhang Zhicheng smiled and nodded, "Then I'll take my leave!" After that, he walked towards the carriage down the steps.  As they walked away, Magistrate Liu on the side also hurriedly bowed his hands to the Liu family and his son, and followed him.  Watching the two people leaving, Liu Qingyang suddenly laughed and said: "Dad, the expression on Magistrate Liu's face just now was so ugly, he seemed to have eaten something bad and was about to have diarrhea!"  So mean!" Liu Zhiping seemed to be in a good mood. He patted his son's shoulder lovingly and said with a smile: "But you are right. The imperial court has made us a consultative bureau.  A big piece of the prefect's pie has been cut off. Think about it, there is already a chief envoy in Shanghai, and we have taken away all the municipal management. What is left of him? " "That's right!" Liu Qingyang nodded.  Liu Zhiping nodded: "It seems that Mr. Zhang is going to be promoted!" "Well, the news from Beijing is to go to the Ministry of Industry!" Liu Zhiping nodded: "Not long ago, Xianggong Wang became an official, and Xianggong Hu became  Second Prime Minister, when Mr. Hu and Mr. Shen came to Shanghai last time, Mr. Zhang served him well, so he went up this time. " "Well, this guy is lucky. Dad, how much do you plan to give him this time.  What's the benefit?" Liu Qingyang's tone didn't show much respect for this person. The few years he spent in Myanmar had darkened his skin a lot, and he had lost a lot of respect for the high officials in the DPRK.  "You can buy his properties and fields at an additional price of 30%, which is only 200,000 taels more!" Liu Zhiping coughed twice, turned around and walked towards the door: "This Mr. Zhang  It's pretty good. We've gotten along pretty well in Shanghai over the past few years. Now we've gone to Hanking. We still have a long way to go in the future, so we can't treat him badly!" "Yes, Dad!" Liu Qingyang nodded: "That's it!  Where's Magistrate Liu? Do you want to give him some benefits so that he won't hold a grudge? " "Governor Liu, let's take it easy for now!" Liu Zhiping sighed: "We'll still give him what he deserves. Let's take a look at the rest first.  To be honest, the charter of our council has not been finalized yet, and we haven¡¯t figured out what¡¯s going on in our home yet, so we¡¯d better wait a little longer before talking about outside matters!¡± ¡°Yes, dad!¡± At this time, Liu Zhiping suddenly said  Coughing violently, Liu Qingyang hurriedly patted his father's back gently and shouted loudly: "Dad, what's wrong with you? Why don't you call the doctor? They are a bunch of indifferent people!" Liu Qingyang helped his father into the door and sat down.  Someone else had already handed over the bird's nest soup. Liu Qingyang blew it twice before presenting it with both hands. Liu Zhiping took two sips before he calmed down a bit.  Liu Qingyang asked carefully: "Dad, are you feeling better now? The doctor will be here soon. Let him take your pulse!" "No need!" Liu Zhiping handed the soup bowl to his son and sighed: "Everyone  It¡¯s an old problem. Your father and I are already sixty-one this year. Your grandfather almost died at sixty, your great-grandfather died at fifty-nine, and my great-grandfather"I've reached fifty-eight and haven't passed sixty yet. That's enough for me."  "Having said this, Liu Zhiping looked at his son with a bit of tenderness in his eyes: "The inheritance left by my ancestors has not been defeated by me. You have become a master now. Even if you go down below, I still have the face to see my ancestors.  The ancestral line is established!  " "Dad, my son is not good enough yet, but you have to live a long life!"  "    "snort!  "Liu Zhiping snorted coldly: "That's not okay!  Qingyang, people will eventually die if they live a hundred years, but the inheritance left by our ancestors cannot be ruined?  Do you understand? It doesn¡¯t matter if I die, but this Houde Bank cannot be broken, otherwise we will not be able to see our ancestors!  "Liu Zhiping's words were fierce. At the end of the sentence, maybe because of the irritation, Liu Zhiping coughed violently again. This time the cough was more intense than before. Liu Qingyang, who was a little panicked, patted his father on the back and kept shouting  He comforted: "Dad, don't worry, Houde Bank can't be broken, it won't be broken!  " Finally the doctor came. After checking Liu Zhiping's pulse for a while, he stood up and said to Liu Qingyang: "Master Qingyang, Master Liu is old and has worked too hard during this period, so external evils invaded and he got a little cold.  disease.  " "Is that okay?  "Liu Qingyang's face immediately showed a worried look. "The master is old, and strong medicine is no longer enough. I will open a warm and tonic house for him, and he should be fine after taking care of him for two months!  The doctor was writing on the table next to him and said: "Mr. Liu, if I have to say something disrespectful, at your age, you should leave the business matters to Master Qingyang. After all, you are not as young as you are."  It's time!  "    "I see!  Liu Zhiping nodded slightly: "Qingyang, thank you doctor for my good life!"  " "Yes, Daddy!  " A few minutes later, Liu Qingyang came back from outside. Liu Zhiping made a gesture, and all the people in the room left, leaving only the Liu family and his son. Liu Qingyang realized that his father had something confidential to discuss with him, and his expression changed.  Liu Zhiping immediately became serious. He coughed and asked, "Qingyang, what have you learned in Myanmar?  " Liu Qingyang nodded and replied in a deep voice: "Dad, my child has only realized how big the world is in the past three years in Myanmar. I thought that Houde Bank was already a big bank with strong capital, but with the British, legal, and  The Dutch and other Westerners have had more contact with each other, and only then can they feel how powerful they are. Not only do they have far more capital than we do, but their banks, factories, merchant ships, armies and even the country have been completely integrated, starting from the production of raw materials to  The sales of the final products are almost all under their control, and their power is truly unrivaled. Compared to these groups, our Houde Bank is really too weak!  "    "good, very good, excellent!  "Liu Zhiping praised three times in a row: "'Learn and then don't know enough!  ¡¯ I asked you to go to Myanmar just to learn things that you can¡¯t learn at home. If you stay at home, you will be just another Liu Zhiping at most, so what¡¯s the use!  So what do you think should be done?  " Hearing his father's inquiry, Liu Qingyang showed a look of shame on his face and gritted his teeth: "My child has no way. Even if there is a way, it is not something that my child can do!  " "It doesn't matter, let's have a listen!  Liu Zhiping pointed to the armchair opposite and motioned for his son to sit down and talk. "My child has overstepped his bounds!"  "Liu Qingyang bowed slightly, carefully sat down on the armchair, and recalled attentively: "Myanmar is rich in tin mines. When the Myanmar royal family borrowed money from us, they also took out several mines as collateral, so the children also had contact with them when they were in Myanmar.  got this business.  The main use of this tin mine is to make tinplate. The silvery things on foreign cans and kerosene lamps are ordinary iron sheets coated with a thin layer of tin, which is beautiful and does not cause embroidery.  After the boy mined tin ore from there, he originally planned to sell it to the British, but the price from the British was shockingly low. Later, he changed to a different company, but it was still the same low price.  Later I learned that this price was set by one of the largest miners and the other three companies. These four companies account for two-thirds of the world's tin ore production.  Moreover, these companies have also reached a price agreement with the largest tinplate company. Even if we open a factory to smelt tin ourselves, we can only sell to the tinplate company at a low price and still not make much money.  As a result, the child had no choice but to sell it to them according to their price!  "    "I see!  "Liu Zhiping nodded: "A few days ago, I heard that you were running around Shanghai to see if anyone was willing to open a canning factory or a tinplate factory. It turned out to be for this reason!  " "Actually, children are just doing their best!  "Liu Qingyang smiled bitterly: "The production of tinplate is not as easy as tin smelting, and even if it is done, the British can cut prices and squeeze out their domestic opponents. They can purchase the cheapest raw materials from around the world, or use  Markets in other places subsidize the market in Dashun. Their freight can be transported by water, which is cheaper than ours.  Both cost and workmanship are better than Dashun's.If the competition continues, Dashun's companies will definitely be defeated!  "Thank you to the book friend trainee police officer for the reward. Some book friends said that the protagonist has too few roles, but how could such a great era be just a stage for one person? The people, and only the people, are the decisive factor in determining the development of history!
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