Dominate the Country

[Chapter 3 is available at seven o'clock]

This morning, Alvaro Martin, the Spanish commercial representative in Nanjing, wearing a silver-white, brand-new dress, a Roman-style wig, and dressed like a peacock in full bloom, came to visit the Spanish Commercial Building. The French store not far away.

Chen Han's old friend Perrier was not in Nanjing. He was in Shanghai. The French business representative who stayed in Nanjing was named Pierre. This man was originally a trader who made a fortune in Guangzhou with the French East India Company. Seeing the changes in China's foreign policy, Pierre boldly spent most of his savings to buy his current position from Paris - the French Commercial Representative in Nanjing.

At the same time, his personal business was also in progress, and when he left Paris, he received 200,000 livres of capital from his partners. This is almost equal to 26/70,000 silver dollars. Then Pierre set up business offices in Guangzhou and Shanghai, and he also opened a store in Shanghai.

"Mr. Pierre, I praise the eternal friendship between France and Spain. I hope that my invitation from you will get a pleasant reply." Alvaro Martin said with a smile.

"Oh? Your invitation? What do you mean, are you worried about something? If possible, I would be happy to lend a helping hand."

"That would be great. Tonight, I will hold a banquet in the business hall. You and your wife are welcome to come."

Pierre is a person who loves socializing and banquets, and he immediately said happily: "Of course, I am very happy to receive your invitation. What time does the party start? My wife and I will arrive on time." Pierre agreed readily, Then he asked casually: "Do you know what other guests there are?"

"At six o'clock in the evening, at the Spanish Commercial House. We sincerely welcome you and your wife. Guests are limited to directors of various commercial establishments in Nanjing." Alvaro Martin handed Pierre an invitation. Turning around and walking out of the French Merchant Store, he had to rush to the next place.

In Europe, this kind of thing should be done by servants or followers, but now it's China.

They had been in Nanjing for a while, and sadly found that they couldn't even hire servants here. Even if they could offer a higher salary, no one would take the money. Although Nanjing, a relatively unfamiliar city to them, has better development prospects than Guangzhou, the Chinese here are also more conservative, or more proud. They look down on foreigners, whether they are natives of small Southeast Asian countries or Europeans.

Yes, they look down on Europeans, and they certainly don’t think white skin is a noble color. This is a sentiment that every European in Nanjing can clearly feel. In the end, the Europeans' business partners in Nanjing reached out to help and sent servants from their own homes. This solved the awkward situation where the Europeans had to work with business representatives to even clean the house. They have now reported this matter to the country. It is estimated that by this time next year, there will be more foreigners who can speak Chinese in the business district.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Pierre and his wife were making preparations. Although the French Commercial Building is so close to the Spanish Commercial Building. But Pierre is such a person. His belief is that whenever possible, people should make friends with people who have a higher status than themselves. Only in this case can they realize the fun and benefits of having a wide range of friends.

"In this way, we can imitate and learn something, and we can also ask others for advice and gain some benefits. Look at me, how did I get from the lowest peddler to where I am today? If I don't learn from people whose status is higher than my own, Friends, I may still be a humble street vendor working hard every day, but I still have to worry about filling my stomach.”

Now that his status has reached a mid-level position, he is also happy to communicate with people of similar status.

Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, France, England, Prussia, Austria, Sweden, Denmark...

Chen Han designated an area for Europeans. The threshold for entry is very low, as long as there is formal authorization from the governments of various countries. Pierre happily agreed to the invitation, but if possible, he would rather stay with Robert Peel, the annoying British guy, at this banquet than be taken away by Alvaro Martin to do business in the Netherlands. Meet on behalf of Fike Dekelma.

Of course, soon Fike Dekelma and Robert Peel came over.

Pierre wondered with his toes what Martin wanted to do. The Spanish and the Dutch are having a very unhappy time with the Chinese in Southeast Asia. Whether it is Sulu or that strange Singapore, news of being attacked by European pirates has spread in the past two months.

"Martin, for the sake of the sincere friendship between France and Spain, I sincerely advise you not to do these useless things anymore. The British will not be at odds with China because of the Dutch interests in Nanyang, and France will not be at odds with China because of Spain. The interests of the East would be to give up the source of wealth.

The wounds caused by the Seven Years' War have slowly healed, but every European country still needs high profits to enrich its treasury.

This is true for Britain, France, Prussia, and Austria. "

Do the Spaniards and the Dutch think that Britain and France will offend China because of their interests in Southeast Asia? Satan knows the answer.

"The Chinese are preparing a counterattack against the Qing Empire in the north. I think Manila and Batavia can send military observers to take a closer look at the Chinese's combat effectiveness. Then make some decisions!"

The detailed information about the gathering held in the Spanish Business Hall was quickly sent to Chen Ming. Chen Ming smiled contemptuously when he saw that it said that Dekelma and Robert, Martin and Pierre all broke up at the banquet.

The Spaniards and the Dutch did not dare to completely break up with China, so they were fighting Chen Han with their feet tied, even though Chen Han only had one finger stretched out to Nanyang. But are the Spaniards and Dutch in Southeast Asia not just a finger of Spain and the Netherlands?

If it lacks strength, it wants to find faults in foreign trade. Unfortunately, China today is not the rabbit of the previous life, let alone the queen of crows!

There is also a rough idea of ​​what happened in Nanyang, and Chen Ming no longer has anything to constrain. All internal affairs are left to the father and the others. Anyway, there is money and food in the national treasury, so what could go wrong? The policy of "replacing wages with fields with fields" that has been implemented in the military has received an amazing response. Not only the army and navy, but now even government officials and low-level civil servants are also clamoring for "replacement of wages with fields." The first edition of banknotes has also been released and is connected to the supply and marketing cooperative system.

Chen Ming's idea about banknotes was quickly processed by his staff and sent to Chen Hui. His father only made one change - banknotes can be taxed. Chen Ming sweated a lot. How could he forget this?

Then make statistics from various places. After these measures are rolled out, it is not impossible to save 10 to 20 million silver dollars for the Fuhan Army by the end of the year. By next year, the network of supply and marketing cooperatives will be more complete. In conjunction with the 'field instead of salary' policy, Chen Ming feels that he does not need to worry about money and food at all.

Now Chen Ming no longer has any foreign affairs surrounding him, and he is now thinking about a fierce battle with the Manchu Qing Dynasty. As for the expenses that may be spent in Shandong later, with the big players in Shandong here, are you still worried about having no money?

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The news that the Fuhan Army was about to launch an attack on the Qing Dynasty was known to all foreigners. You can imagine how widely it was spread.

Jinan, Shandong Province, this very famous spring city, is now like fallen leaves blown by the autumn wind, and it is very miserable.

The current governor of Shandong is Xu Ji. Even though he has a Han name, the blood flowing in his bones is indeed Han blood, but he is a bannerman of the Han Army, a bannerman of the Han Army Zhenglan Banner. Under the reform-through-labor system of the Fuhan Army, there was no distinction between the Manchu Army Flag, the Mongolian Army Flag, and the Han Army Flag. They only had the same identity - bannermen, and they only had the same characteristic - slaves of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

If Chen Han treated the Han bannermen with dignity because they were Han, then he would be a great Mute.

When the aliens come to kill them, they kneel down and lick the ditch. When the Han people become prosperous, they turn around and stand up again and become Han people. How can anything in this world be so cheap?

Therefore, Xu Ji was very loyal to the Manchus, and after seeing Chen Han's "equal treatment", the Manchus also trusted the people of the Han Army Banner more. Even the Eight Banners New Army recruited Han bannermen on a large scale, which is a very interesting thing.

In the twelfth year of Qianlong's reign, Xu Ji passed the imperial examination and was awarded the title of Quanhe Tongpan in Yanzhou, Shandong. He then moved to Taiwu Dao in Jidong, Shandong. After taking office as Fuming'an and being transferred to Beijing, Xu Ji sat on the throne of Shandong governor.

When Chen Minggang started the uprising, the governor of Shandong was Funihan. As a result, Funihan was transferred to Beijing. If Surder hadn't done something wrong at that time, Surder would have taken the position of governor long ago, instead of being thrown into the Ministry of Works as a minister without great power.

And what about Fu Ming'an? As expected, it was the Fucha family.

Xu Ji just took up the position of governor last year. After more than half of this year, the real test came.

The atmosphere in the signing room of the governor's Yamen was silent and cold, although the temperature in the room was really not cold at all.

"Ahem..." Chief Minister Zhou Yuanli covered his mouth and coughed again. This was the only sound in the signing room. After autumn, when the temperature just turned cold, Zhou Yuanli's body collapsed, especially after hearing the news that the Fuhan Army was about to launch an attack on Shandong. But no matter how sick Zhou Yuanli was, he was still the second-largest figure in Shandong official circles. No one, whether it was Xu Ji or the Zhili Admiral Wang Jintai who was in charge of the military power of the Shandong barracks, showed any intention of asking him to get out. Even the chief envoy Juan Qi, who was one step below him and was actually the number two figure in Shandong officialdom, respected Zhou Yuanli very much.

And does the name Tangqi look familiar?

At that time, Jiangxi Yiyan Road was temporarily in charge of Jiujiang Customs Affairs, Mr. Tang Qitang, and he also served as the pottery supervisor of Jingdezhen. When Chen Ming got married, Chen Cong took the formula and money with him and ran to Kaifeng regardless of the cold weather. He held the formula and money and begged Ming Zheng, a colleague of the Kaifeng Prefecture at the time, to accept it, but Ming Zheng took the formula and money. The recipe is dedicated to this Tangqi.

When Chen Ming read the Shandong intelligence before, he was very emotional about this. Karma is unpleasant!

Also working in the signing room was Yan Shenggong Kong Zhaohuan. Although Shandong's regimental training ministers had been in chaos for three years. Wang Qixu was not a military talent. After he resigned, the military power was taken by Tangqi. It was not Kong Zhaohuan's turn yet. The Kong family's status in Shandong is extraordinary. Now that Shandong's disaster is imminent, Kong Zhaohuan is invited to Jinan to discuss important matters, both emotionally and logically.

"Tap..."

A series of rapid footsteps came from outside to inside, reaching the ears of everyone in the signing room. A yamen experiencer came in as if running, "Urgent report from the sticky pole, urgent report from the sticky pole!"

The five people in the signing room remained motionless. The yamen experience seemed to have not expected this to be the case. Sticky Stick Department, this is an urgent report from Sticky Stick Department. Why didn’t the five big guys respond to such an important matter?

The urgent report was handed to Xu Ji, and the yamen officer was about to open his mouth to briefly report the contents of the urgent report. Xu Ji flicked his finger on the table, and the yamen officer immediately closed his mouth and turned to leave the signing room.

The urgent report quickly passed around in the hands of five people, and the already silent atmosphere in the signing room almost froze.

"Now that things have come to this, there is nothing to be afraid of. We will fight to the death to repay the court's grace."