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Chapter 844 Big Acquisition (Seventh Change)

The haze of war has always lingered over Edo Castle.

The emissaries sent by the shogunate to the Yokohama Concession were denied entry, and the Kyushu Army recalled all the skilled workers and engineers dispatched to Edo Castle.

The Cold War lasted for half a month, and some residents in Edo City began to run out of food, and had to buy it from other residents in the city at high prices.

The shogunate knew that there was not enough food in the city, so it immediately sent to ask for help from other areas in Kai and Musashi, and asked other areas to transport the excess food to Edo Castle.

Edo Bank could not withstand the pressure of the people in the city, and finally admitted the fact that it was unable to repay the deposits to the people in the short term.After knowing the facts, the residents of Edo Castle were greatly disappointed. Without compensation, they, led by members of the Huaxia Society, smashed the properties of the shogunate ministers throughout the city. Two factories that the shogunate finally established were burned down.The steam engine that Sakai Tadakatsu bought from the Kyushu Army at a high price was lost in the raging fire... After knowing the news, Sakai Tadakatsu sat paralyzed on the ground, dumbfounded...

Tokugawa Iemitsu learned that there was another riot in Edo Castle after a lapse of a year, so he had to use the samurai of the shogunate again to suppress it in the whole city.

However, the reason for the riots in Edo Castle this time was different from the last time. This time, many people in Edo Castle who deposited their silver in the Edo Bank believed that their money had been embezzled by the shogunate, which harmed their own interests!

Panic was still spreading. Due to lack of food and overdraft of money by the shogunate, riots in the city continued one after another.In the dark, Tanaka Chengyi and others from the Huaxia Society are active and inciting the residents...

On the 16th day of the Cold War, the third factory opened by Tadakatsu Sakai was burned down by residents, and then the fourth factory...

In a textile factory established by the shogunate, several Japanese businessmen who invested were anxious.This textile factory was invested and built by Tadakatsu Sakai and them, and it might be burned down by the rioting residents as the property of the shogunate.

"The Kyushu Army is afraid that skilled workers will be harmed in the turmoil, so they have all been recalled to the Yokohama Concession. Our textile factory has been shut down for the past half a month, and we have suffered heavy losses before we have made the first pot of gold. Continuing like this will make us Bankruptcy." A Japanese businessman said.

"Stopping work and shutting down is nothing. Those irrational people outside might set this place on fire, and we will lose everything by then!" said another Japanese businessman.

"What is the shogunate doing? They are powerless to control the current situation! At the beginning, it was agreed to set up a factory, which would allow us to reduce or exempt our tax burden, but now that the city of Edo is in turmoil, even the factory cannot be kept, so why are we talking about taxation!" said a businessman from Japan. Said.

"I think we should stop doing things with the shogunate. They can't fight against the Kyushu Army. I want to sell my share to Huaxia merchants. If it is listed in their name, no residents will dare to come here and smash it. You don't Did you see that the Tokyo School, the Kyushu Newspaper Office, and the Tokyo branch were safe and sound during the riots here?" said a Japanese businessman.

"What! You want to sell the share to the Huaxia businessman? You communicated with the Huaxia businessman without mentioning it to us. You are betraying us!" The other Dongpu merchants couldn't help but anxiously said that the Dongpu merchant wanted to sell the shares.

"What betrayal? You can't even keep the factory! Now you can sell it to a Chinese businessman and get back a little money. If it is burned in a fire during the turmoil, you won't have a single copper coin!" said the Japanese businessman.

"Your shares... How much are Huaxia merchants willing to pay for your shares?" asked other merchants.

"300 taels." The Dongying businessman said.

"Only 300 taels?! Sakura, are you crazy? You invested 1000 taels of silver at that time!" Other businessmen found it unimaginable.This is equivalent to selling the share of the textile factory to Huaxia merchants at a [-]% discount!

"What method do I have? The only way to protect the factory is to let the Huaxia people take over, so that the textile factory will not be destroyed." The Huaxia businessman who planned to sell the share said helplessly.

"..." The other Japanese merchants were silent for a while.The residents of Edo City actually burned down their own factories, even if they wanted to rescue their own factories, they could do nothing.

In a tea house in Edo Castle, a Japanese businessman pushed a certificate to a big Chinese businessman with both hands.

"This is the certificate of [-]% of the share I hold in the flour mill, and the discount is [-]%." The Japanese businessman was reluctant to give up this certificate.

"I accept it. This is the 3000 tael bank note from the Tokyo branch. You can take a look at it yourself." The Huaxia merchant casually slapped a bank note on the table, and forcibly snatched away the voucher handed over by the Dongying merchant.

"I hope you can keep the flour mill. After all, it was my hard work in the past year..." the Dongying businessman was bleeding from his heart.

Tadakatsu Sakai brought him to build a new flour mill driven by steam engines. He invested 6000 taels of silver and worked hard to prepare for a year. However, when he encountered this incident, he had to sell his share to a Chinese businessman.

"It's really unlucky for you, there will be riots in Edo City. I took over the job during the turmoil. It is very likely that the factory will be burned by angry residents, so I took a big risk." Huaxia businessman Said.

"No, if you get a few soldiers from the Beiyang Fleet to stand outside the flour mill, those civilians would never dare to set fire to your flour mill. It is the Edo Bank established by the shogunate that offended them." The Japanese businessman shook his head.

Such acquisitions were carried out quietly in Edo City. In order to avoid being burned by rioting residents, many factories initiated by Sakai Tadakatsu sold part of their shares to Chinese businessmen.Huaxia merchants put up their cards, so that the people of Edo City who burned the property of the shogunate did not dare to act rashly.The Kyushu Army did not owe them any money, and Huaxia, who secretly incited the residents, would not be so stupid as to destroy the Kyushu Army's property.

"We have purchased 23 factories at low prices, ranging from 17% to 72%, and it is still expanding. These Japanese businessmen are eager to sell factories, and the discounts range from [-]% to [-]%. This transaction is quite It’s a good deal, if we build a factory here, among other things, the shogunate will never give this good location.” Several big Chinese businessmen came back to report to Dayuer.

"The shogunate spent money to buy our machines and worked hard to build a factory building, but now it has become our industry. If Tadakatsu Sakai knew that his transformation results were stolen by us in this offensive, I don't know how he would feel. "Da Yuer played with a dancing fan in his hand, which is a kind of fan used by Japanese dancers to perform.

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