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Chapter 802 Big Comprador Merchant (Seventh Change)

"Brother Sakai, it's been quite a while since we signed the Treaty of Edo." Zheng Zhilong poured a glass of wine for Tadakatsu Sakai.

He had already heard about Da Yu'er making him so angry that he had a heart attack, so he couldn't help laughing.

"Since your Kyushu army knocked down the pass, my health has been getting worse year by year. Now I am less than fifty, but I feel that I am already a 70-year-old old man." Sakai Tadakatsu said weakly.

"A person who can still drink doesn't look like a 70-year-old man." Zheng Zhilong clinked glasses with Sakai Tadakatsu.

"By the way, what is the origin of that little girl? Why is your Beiyang Fleet alarmed? It's the first time she came to Edo Castle. I'm afraid her identity is very important." Sakai Tadakatsu didn't understand this matter, and always felt that there was something wrong in his heart. Unwilling.

As for that good-for-nothing brother, if he got involved in such a thing, he will be useless if he is useless.

"No comment. Our Beiyang Fleet came to Edo Castle just to know what Edo Castle looks like from the sea." Zheng Zhilong shrugged.

"Even Brother Zheng, you are perfunctory to me like this." Sakai Tadakatsu knew that he probably wouldn't be able to ask anything from Zheng Zhilong.

"Brother Sakai, why are you so persistent? You will know when you should know."

"I'm just afraid that by the time I know, it will be too late." Sakai Tadakatsu shook his head.

"Don't mention this kind of thing, the times have changed now, you still want to work for the shogunate? Although you have a good life as a big landlord, even if our Kyushu army doesn't intervene, you will soon be overthrown by farmers and businessmen , Haven’t you noticed that with the frequent trade, the residents of Edo City have had a lot of influence?” Zheng Zhilong said.

"It can be seen from the riots in Edo Castle that even my house was burned down by them, but I couldn't find out who was responsible." Tadakatsu Sakai couldn't deny it.The residents of Edo Castle unknowingly began to have influence against the shogunate.

"Instead of waiting to die, it is better to join our Kyushu Army. The shogunate will collapse soon, like a sailing ship that has been in disrepair for a long time. No matter how much it is repaired, it will not last long. Just change to a new ship." Zheng Zhilong said.

"If it is a major repair, replace all the planks, masts, and keels of the sailboat?"

"Then is this ship still the original ship?"

"I still want to try." Tadakatsu Sakai drank the wine in his glass.

The news that Zheng Zhilong's Beiyang Fleet arrived in the sea outside Edo Castle also gradually spread in Edo Castle, causing quite a panic.Residents in Edo City were afraid of going to war with the mighty Huaxia, and the Beiyang Fleet was a powerful Chinese army stationed in the Concession of Japan. Their approach to Edo City was probably a sign before the war with the Shogunate.

But they didn't know that Zheng Zhilong, the commander of the Beiyang Fleet, was trying to recruit Tadakatsu Sakai, the minister of the shogunate.

"Don't worry, I guarantee with my personality that the arrival of the Beiyang Fleet is just a friendly visit, and there is absolutely no intention of going to war with the shogunate. As a Chinese, am I still staying in Edo Castle? If there is a war, I won't be able to escape. ? If I lied to you, then you just come and chop me up!" Inside the Tokyo branch, the president patted his chest on the Japanese businessman who came to withdraw money.

Because the conflict that is likely to break out this time, the Tokyo Branch has suffered a lot.The Japanese merchants stored the payment and security deposit in the Tokyo branch. In case the shogunate fought against China, they were worried that the Tokyo branch would go bankrupt, and the silver stored there would not be withdrawn.

Fortunately, Da Yuer brought people back and curbed the risk of a run in time.The measures she took were very simple, that is, to collect enough silver taels from Chinese merchants, and if there were any Japanese merchants who came to run on them, they would take them.The Japanese merchants who came to withdraw money later saw that the Tokyo branch was confident, so they didn't think that the Tokyo branch would go bankrupt. In order to continue to trade with the Huaxia merchants, they were naturally not in a hurry to withdraw the money stored in the bank.

"Hey, why is the shogunate arresting your people? In the words of you people from the Central Plains, it's to go to his shogunate. It's not good for everyone to do business in harmony." The Dongying businessman said, patting the bank counter.

Because of the assassination of Itakura Shigesho and the beating of Sakai Tadakichi, the trade between them and the Chinese merchants was suspended for a few days, and the losses were heavy.

"Those daimyo and samurai of the shogunate occupy a lot of land and tenant farmers. It's really bad luck for us who want to set up factories to have land but no land, and workers but no workers." A man dressed gorgeously and wearing a thick gold chain swaggered into the room. bank.

"Isn't this the president of the Yokohama Trading Company, Tamura? Tamura-san, what's the deal recently?" The Dongying merchant knew that person, the most famous comprador businessman in Dongying.

"I'll tell you if there's a good deal? Someone, bring up the silver bars, I want a deposit!" Tamura waved his hand proudly, and soon several servants carried two boxes and put them on the counter.

Tamura opened one of the boxes in a showy manner, revealing the shining silver bars inside.

The Dongying businessman in the Tokyo branch swallowed his saliva when he saw Tamura alone carrying two boxes full of silver bars, his eyes burning.

"This fisherman, relying on his relationship with the Kyushu Army, helped the Kyushu Army search for raw materials in various places, and also helped them open up markets and sell goods. I don't know how much profit he made from it. We calculated it in private, and suspected that the Yokohama Trading Company could earn more than the Shogun Even more taels of silver were paid out!"

"Really, is it more than the shogun's cash?"

"It's very likely to be true. Although the shogun has a lot of land, what he collects may not be cash. If it's just cash, the Yokohama Trading Company may be even richer!"

"No wonder he always looks arrogant as the president. It's really annoying. If only we had a relationship with the Kyushu Army, we might be able to replace him!"

"Then you have to reassure the Kyushu Army, that guy Tamura is very proud of us, but in front of his Kyushu Army father, he is like a dog."

Several Japanese businessmen discussed in private, full of envy, jealousy and disdain for the lucky fisherman Tamura.

The biggest comprador, Tamura, didn't hear what they said about him, and he didn't care, money is king.

Tamura held two pieces of silver bars in his hands, and he couldn't put them down because of the cold touch.

"President Qian, has the bank run problem been resolved?" A pleasant voice came from the backstage of the bank.

Fascinated by the sound, Tian Cun saw Da Yuer appearing from the backstage, and couldn't look away.

(End of this chapter)