Dominate the Country

The sky has turned completely dark. The moonlight and starlight shine on a Japanese-style house somewhere in Edo, and a lake in the backyard shines with patches of silver phosphorescence.

After working hard, Tang Feipeng sat at the door of the room with a coat on his face, looking up at the sky, thinking silently...

"I still have two million yen in liquidity in my hand. In a few days, I can transfer another amount of silver back to China, which can be exchanged for one million. But I want to convert this silver into yen without knowing it, and then flow it into the stock market. , at least half a month..."

"According to domestic instructions, the naval fleet will soon arrive in the North Sea and Ryukyu. This news will definitely cause shock to the Japanese stock market, even the yen..." Therefore, the country instructed him to enter the market as soon as possible and wait for the time to come.

Tang Feipeng's eyes were shining brightly. This was really a great opportunity to make money. And a certain share of the industry he is running with his current capital belongs to him personally. This is not a matter of making money for the country, but making money for himself. "If we find some people and pool the funds..." Tang Feipeng didn't have any foundation in Japan. During the Opium War, many Chinese were still doing business with Britain and France. The businessman class has a very high level of shame, and he also has a security team and a support team under his command. If everyone joins the movement, they can prepare at least one or two million more...

"Master!" I don't know when the two girls on the floor had already sat up. One of them was wearing only a white coat and holding a cup of brewed Tieguanyin in her hand. Another girl also came over, gently hugged Tang Feipeng's head from behind, pillowed Tang Feipeng's head on her breast, and gently pressed his temples.

Well, this is Tang Feipeng's life. In Japan, he is the master!

Wang Pingbei was also enjoying meticulous care at this time, and he also had a very capable assistant beside him. Two grown men, accompanied by women, soaked in a warm pool. Mixed bathing in Japan is really wonderful.

"I'm wondering which foreign company should I buy the machine from..."

Although Wang Pingbei is one of the largest merchants in Japan, he is also a very disciplined person and never reaches out randomly. His overt business dealings with Chinese businessmen were mostly traditional trade between China and Japan, such as raw silk, silk satin, books, calligraphy and painting, tea, sugar, porcelain, lacquerware, Chinese medicinal materials, cotton cloth, hardware, ironware, steel, etc. Lord, these last four items only appeared in recent years. As for machinery, he always got it from foreign companies.

The trading houses established by China in Japan, as well as the Japanese trading houses specializing in Chinese goods, have all been called foreign companies in the past two years.

"Which foreign company?" A flash of thought flashed across the assistant's face.

"Yes. I have to think about it carefully. Two million Chinese dollars in equipment and machinery is not something that just a foreign company in Nagasaki Port can absorb. Naturally, it is necessary to choose a good transaction partner first. ——”

Japan's business class cannot compare with Shanghai's. It is simply impossible for the largest foreign bank in Nagasaki Port to take out so much equipment at once. Although when Wang Pingbei founded Mitsubishi Textile Company, other Japanese businessmen also entered the market. Whether it is steam-powered spinning machines or water-powered looms, they are not unique to Mitsubishi.

The transformation of the textile industry in China has also profoundly affected Japan across the water, even though Japan's cotton textile industry has only been around for 200 years.

More than 200 years ago, Japan had no cotton cultivation industry at all. All foreign cotton cloths were imported and expensive. But this does not delay the development of Japan's cotton textile industry.

In the 16th century, cotton cultivation technology introduced from the Korean Peninsula spread to Japan, and large-scale cotton planting in Japan began in the southern part of the Ise Plain in Mie Prefecture, the hometown of the Mitsui family. Since the early Edo period, cotton cloth has become a daily necessity for Japanese common people, and the market size is quite gratifying.

As the pattern of China's cotton textile industry has changed dramatically in the past two years, the price of cotton cloth has become lower and lower, which has directly affected China's export volume to Japan. In the past, China's cotton cloth was mainly exported to Europe, but now more and more excess cloth is flooding into the Japanese market. Last year, the bilateral cotton trade volume exceeded 4 million yuan.

The price of a piece of cotton cloth here in Chen Han is between four and seven yuan, which is much cheaper than the Songjiang cloth in the past.

In the past, Chinese cotton cloth cost twelve or three coppers for a foot of linen cloth, and a piece of cloth was four feet long. Its value was close to 500 wen, which was half a tael of silver, which converted into Chinese yuan was no less than seven yuan. This is just a light summer cloth, if it is a winter cloth, the price will be even higher.

But now the most expensive winter cloth in China is only compared with the summer cloth in the past. Many winter cloths are not as expensive as the summer cloth in the past. It was like an irresistible torrent that shook Japan's cotton textile industry.

Therefore, there is definitely a head start in developing the cotton textile industry in Japan. Especially when the contradiction between China and Japan becomes more and more acute, there is no guarantee when the Tokugawa shogunate will increase taxes on Chinese cotton. Moreover, Wang Pingbei also has the Chinese government endorsing him.

"Master, our trading partner this time must be an expert. If we waste a lot of time adjusting equipment and training workers like before, it will cause immeasurable losses to Mitsubishi." The contradiction between China and Japan is becoming more and more acute. The Japanese people have already raised a cry to boycott Chinese goods. This is the greatest help from God to Mitsubishi Textile Company.

Whether it is a steam engine, a spinning machine, or a loom, these equipment cannot be used after they are bought back. Not to mention transportation, the installation alone takes a lot of time, and the equipment occupies a large area after being transported back, so it is the best choice to transport it back in batches. Finally, there is the construction of the factory, the placement of the water loom and the factory. There are strict requirements for the construction, and there is also the training of workers...

As a qualified businessman, Wang Pingbei will never make the same mistake twice. When he founded Mitsubishi Textile Company before, he seriously underestimated the previous estimate, which greatly delayed the production time of the factory. Otherwise, the current Mitsubishi Textile Company would have been famous in Japan.

Because Mitsubishi Textile uses the same level of technology as the Chinese textile industry, as long as the workers are trained, they can produce cloth that is not much different from the price of Chinese cotton cloth "processing". Even if the price of Japanese cotton is a little higher than that of China, the cost price of cotton cloth of Mitsubishi Textile is also competitive compared with the price of Chinese cotton cloth.

When the Sino-Japanese conflict is surging, this news can immediately make Mitsubishi the pride of Japan. So Wang Pingbei should pay more attention to the logistics service of the foreign company this time.

"Yes, the maintenance and assembly of machinery, as well as the training of workers are the top priorities. There is no urgent time requirement for machinery, and the strength of the foreign company is not bad enough to meet this. We have many objects to trade, so this time I will open a tender in Nagasaki to let all powerful foreign companies participate. A large order of 2 million Chinese yuan is rare even for those Chinese foreign companies." This is 200,000 silver dollars.

In business, who would watch such a sum of money fly past their eyes? So in order to get this business, those foreign companies will definitely offer as much discount as possible in terms of price, quality and after-sales service, so that..., his Wang family can get more.

Compared with the first time to build a factory, Wang Pingbei made too many corrections the second time, and used bidding to get the equipment he needed.

Although it would take more time than to directly find a foreign company to trade, it can get the greatest benefits with the least money. The most important thing is that he has plenty of time for this deal.

The next day, on Zengmu Island, thousands of miles away from Nagasaki, when a fleet from Taiwan just arrived, Wang Pingbei had already come to the branch of Mitsui Bank in Nagasaki to visit his old friend Mitsui Ishi.

Under the booming tide of Sino-Japanese foreign trade, the Mitsui family also began to get involved in port trade. Mitsui Foreign Company not only has branches in Shanghai, but also in Tianjin, Guangzhou and Fuzhou. Mitsui Ishi is very clear about how huge the scale of Mitsubishi Corporation is after adding 600,000 yen in assets.

There are only a handful of textile companies in China with a total investment of 1.5 million yen. Although the 1.5 million yen was not entirely used for the purchase of machinery, it also included the purchase of raw materials and factory construction, as well as the sales and transportation network laid out by Mitsubishi Textile Company in various places.

"Mr. Sanye, are you going to copy the bidding system in China?"

Two years ago, bidding as a business method appeared in the Chinese market. Including the two stock exchanges in Shanghai and Guangzhou, many new landmark buildings were promoted to the market by the Chinese government in the form of bidding. This not only requires price comparison, but also requires both parties to sign a contract with quality assurance, construction period, and payment method as the main content.

For Mitsubishi Textile Company, the content of the commercial contract is more centered on machine installation, technician training, after-sales service and other projects.

Wang Pingbei's decision soon spread throughout Nagasaki, and the Nagasaki Daily, the second largest newspaper in Japan after the Edo News, officially promoted Mitsubishi.

The "bidding" soon spread throughout Japan. Not only Nagasaki, but also Osaka, Edo, and Kyoto were all circulated with the names of Mitsubishi and Sanye.

A deal of 600,000 yen is a big deal even in Shanghai. As soon as the news came out, all the major foreign companies in Nagasaki were eager to get involved. A large number of people began to visit Wang Pingbei's residence, almost breaking down the door. These people came for only one purpose, which was to find out the details of this bidding...

In the manager's office of the Nagasaki branch of Mitsui Bank, Mitsui Ishi was writing a report to the headquarters. Wang Pingbei's visit to him revealed his intention to hope that Mitsubishi could go public as soon as possible. This is a rare high-quality stock in Japan.

Although Mitsubishi Textile Company in Nagasaki has just started production and the first quarter financial report is far from coming out, the Mitsui family is well aware of Mitsubishi's huge profits. The price of cotton cloth of Mitsubishi Textile Company can be nearly half cheaper than the price of cloth produced by old Japanese workshops. It can definitely compete with the Chinese Songjiang cloth in Japan. But Mitsubishi cloth is a Japanese company...

Sanno Pingbei invested all his assets in this company, and now his entire industry is burdened with a debt of nearly one million yen. Taking the company to the stock exchange for listing is indeed a good way to make money. For the Mitsui family, this is also a great opportunity to infiltrate Mitsubishi Textile Company. Because only the Mitsui family can endorse Mitsubishi!

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Kyoto.

One of the three major cities in Japan during the Edo period, it has been nearly a thousand years since Emperor Kanmu of the Tang Dynasty moved the capital here. As the capital and cultural center of Japan for thousands of years, this city has a strong Chinese style, especially the prosperous Tang style. One after another Tang-style buildings make people seem to return to the scenery of the Tang Dynasty a thousand years ago.

Chen Qinghe fell to the floor drunk. As the deputy envoy of the Chinese mission to Japan, Chen Qinghe has a very high status. But at this moment, he was lying on the chopping board like a fat pig that was anesthetized and waiting to be slaughtered, waiting for death to come.

There were two people standing around him, one named Zong Weifeng and the other named Wang Jun. One of the two was the captain of the mission's guard, and the other was the top leader of the mission.

Wang Jun looked at Chen Qinghe with a cold face, as if he was looking at a bug. The latter was really looking for death. He would not take any responsibility for this matter with the order from above. Who made Chen Qinghe a discarded pawn?

Maybe Chen Qinghe himself didn't know why the pie fell from the sky on his head, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs chose him as its deputy envoy. That's because he was a discarded pawn that could be abandoned at any time.

From the moment he secretly accepted 500 taels of gold from the Siamese government during his last mission to Siam, his fate could only be like this. Even more accurately, Chen Qinghe's rotten life could be used so much, and he could get a reputation of "martyrdom" after his death, and leave a legacy for future generations, which was his greatest fortune.

Of course, his death could also give birth to a brand new situation for the current exchanges between China and Japan.

Zong Weifeng drew out the knife in his hand.

He is not doing well now. He left the army and entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a long time ago. But no matter how bad his life was, it was still much better than when he was in the Lu's Camp. Zong Weifeng, who had been in the army for many years, had certainly killed people before, and he would not feel the slightest bit of guilt for killing the bastard in front of him.

Anyway, Chen Qinghe only had one nephew in the officialdom, and he was only a fifth-rank official until now. Moreover, the report of this incident was directly sealed up after it was sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At that time, even the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs could not see it whenever he wanted.

As for the connection between Chen Qinghe's family and the court, Zong Weifeng did not believe that there was any remnant until now. Even if the Chen family knew about this, they could not bite off a single feather from him.

A cold light flashed before Wang Jun's eyes, and Chen Qinghe lost his life in drunkenness. Blood filled the room, and Wang Jun and Zong Weifeng turned around and left the room.

The knife was even Zong Weifeng's collection, which he collected from a public official in Kyoto for 5,000 Huayuan. Zong Weifeng, who had been in the army for more than ten years, would not be so nervous as to reveal his true identity just because he killed a person.

As for Wang Jun, the leader of the Changsha Qinglian Sect, he was a natural actor.