Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 382
In the famous Yuxianglou Restaurant in Nanxun, Lin Qizhao had just hosted a banquet for raw silk merchants in the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Jia area. The purchase and sale of raw silk had basically been negotiated, and the next step was to choose a date to sign the contract.Lin Qizhao didn't drink much, but today he was in a good mood and wanted to show his hospitality to the guests. When he left the Yuxiang Tower, the gentle night wind from the south of the Yangtze River blew, and he was already a little smoked.Once this deal is completed, they will be able to hold more than 7% of the raw silk in the south of the Yangtze River and negotiate terms with foreign businessmen confidently.He felt that this was the most beautiful and satisfying thing he had done since he started business.I was happy for a while, and couldn't help singing "Lost Street Pavilion", babbling, which attracted passers-by to stop and watch, and some good-natured people still shouted hello on the side of the road.

At this time, two young men suddenly came from the opposite side, they clasped their fists at Lin Qizhao and said with a smile, "May I ask if you are Mr. Lin Qizhao?"

Lin Qizhao stared at them with a pair of drunken eyes, only to feel that the faces of these two people were very strange, so he nodded: "My surname is Lin, I want to ask you two names."

Before he finished speaking, he felt that something had poked the back of his head hard, and then his eyes went dark, and he didn't know anything.

I don't know how long it took before Lin Qizhao woke up. He felt a sharp pain in the back of his head. He rubbed his head and looked around. It turned out that this is a hall. prestige.He rubbed his eyes, the more he looked at it, the more familiar it became, and suddenly he let out a cry and fell to his knees: "Your Majesty, is that you?"

Guan Xuqing nodded with a chuckle and said, "These days, you've made a lot of noise in Jiangnan, I'll come and take a look."

Lin Qizhao straightened his clothes, and respectfully bowed down to the emperor three times and nine times.Guan Xuqing waved his hand: "Forget it, there is no one else here, so you don't have to worry about these details. You have been wronged. Now is the critical period of the Raw Silk War, and I don't want to reveal this secret between us, so I ordered people That's how it brought you."

Lin Qizhao rubbed the back of his head, smiled and said: "The emperor is still thoughtful, it should be like this, it should be like this"

"Okay, now how the plan is going, I want to hear from you in person."

"Yes." Lin Qizhao took a few steps forward, lowered his voice a lot, and gave the emperor a detailed introduction of all the things he had done since he made the move.Guan Xuqing listened quietly, kept nodding, and looked at the young man in front of him with approval.

After Lin Qizhao finished the introduction, Guan Xu smiled lightly: "Okay! It seems that you are born to be a genius in business warfare, and I really didn't misunderstand you at the beginning."

Lin Qizhao smiled embarrassedly: "It's all thanks to the great blessing of the emperor that this matter can go so smoothly."

"It seems that everything is ready at present, only the east wind is owed."

"The emperor means"

"I want you to visit someone."

"Please make it clear to the emperor."

"Tang Jiechen!"

In the past, Jardine Matheson was a big purchaser of raw silk, but this year it has achieved very little.Tang Jiechen, who was the comprador of Jardine Matheson, was three-pointed and seven-pointed confused about the raw silk war.He never expected that his good friend Lin Qizhao would suddenly make such a move, and he couldn't have expected it with such a big move.

On one side is my employer, Jardine Matheson. From Tang Jiechen's uncle Tang Tingshu to his father Tang Tingzhi, and then to Tang Jiechen himself, he has successively served as the comprador of Jardine Matheson. Regardless of other things, he has had a friendship with Jardine Matheson over the years. inside.On the other hand, because of the vital interests of the Jiangnan silk merchants headed by his good friend Lin Qizhao, Tang Jiechen couldn't bear to make another tragedy like Hu Xueyan's ruined family.

Just when he was caught in a dilemma, Lin Qizhao suddenly came to visit, hoping to coordinate and mediate in his capacity as Tang Jiechen. After all, no one wants to see a situation where both sides suffer.

Tang Jiechen also had this intention a long time ago, but he just wanted to mediate, and he still had to come up with something. With Lin Qizhao's current proposal of doubling the price of raw silk, foreigners would definitely not be able to pass it.

"Brother Jiechen, don't forget that when you were in Jinmen that day, you lost a bet with me. The bank was not opened. You promised to do one thing for me. Today I came to collect the money." Lin Qizhao It was a smile, without Tang Jiechen's nervousness and uneasiness.

"Could it be possible that you would have thought of the situation today?" Tang Jiechen stared at Lin Qizhao for a long time, then shook his head and said, "Let's not mention this matter for now, just talk about it now, Zihua, what are you thinking in your heart?" Yes, you have to tell me which step you want to achieve, besides, your funds are really so abundant, aren't you afraid to carry it to the death with foreigners?"

Lin Qizhao suddenly showed an elusive smile, bowed his hands in a solemn expression and said, "I came here today to confess to brother Jiechen. I don't have any money. If I really carry on, my wealth and life will be turned into the Yangtze River." The water is flowing eastward."

Tang Jiechen was shocked, with a perplexed expression on his face.Seeing this, Lin Qizhao explained the ins and outs of the matter to Tang Jiechen in detail.

It turned out that Lin Qizhao actually took a huge risk in purchasing raw silk this time.On the surface, he looked relaxed, but deep down he was so nervous that he didn't even get a good night's sleep. He had to talk and laugh among the silk merchants and foreigners in the south of the Yangtze River, and he didn't dare to let others see what he was doing.

This time, the total amount of funds that Lin Qizhao mobilized did not exceed 1000 million, of which the Far East Co., Ltd. borrowed 300 million, the emperor took 500 million, plus the Lin family's own funds, it was only 1000 million.And Lin Qizhao actually played karate once with the 1000 million taels of silver.

He first used the 1000 million yuan to buy all the raw silk of the Zhang family in Nanxun, because he only paid 3000% of the purchase price in advance, so regardless of the factor of the continuous increase in the price of raw silk, the actual market value of the raw silk in his hand is about 3000 million yuan. .He then used the raw silk inventory, that is, the bill of lading, as collateral to obtain a loan of [-] million from HSBC and other foreign banks, with a loan period of four months.

In order to prevent foreigners from knowing the details of it, they will make a fuss about their own funds, hold down the price and not let go, just wait for the loan to expire and reduce the price by themselves.These loans are turned into several shares, and loans are made to foreigners' banks through joint venture banks in Jiangnan and Shanxi respectively.

In fact, it is a one-way joint venture bank mortgage loan, and then the joint venture bank borrows funds from foreign banks.The Lin family has deep connections in the Qianzhuang industry, and it is not very difficult to do these things.Just because raw silk cannot be stored for a long time, the term of the loan is at most four months.

Lin Qizhao then used these loans to purchase raw silk from silk merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. The purchase method was similar to the purchase method from the Zhang family. He also paid a part of the purchase price in advance, and the balance was settled in the spring of next year.In this way, Lin Qizhao hoarded raw silk worth nearly 1000 million yuan with [-] million yuan.

Tang Jiechen was dazzled by what he heard, and stared at Lin Qizhao with wide eyes, unable to recover for a long time.Lin Qizhao's hand was really amazing, beautiful enough, but the risk was too great.If the talks between the two parties collapsed in this raw silk war, and the loan was really delayed until the loan was due, no matter how strong the Lin family was, the only way to go was to go bankrupt.And Lin Qizhao not only played with his own family to death, but also played with all the emperor's money, and guessed that he had no choice but to jump into the Yangtze River.

"Zihua, you are dancing on the tip of a knife. It's an extremely dangerous business. If there is a slight mistake, your old man's whole life's hard work will be for you to play, and your life is probably in danger." Tang Jiechen He looked at Lin Qizhao worriedly and said.

Lin Qizhao, however, had no fear on his face, and said calmly: "Using foreigners' money to make foreigners' money, this is called means, and it's called fun. Of course, the risk is also very high, and I know it in my heart. Other foreign firms, I I entrusted Zhang Baoshan from Nanxun to mediate, but the relationship between him and me is not as good as the relationship between brother Jiechen and me. I don't know how far he can go. So today I invite brother Jiechen to come out and have a good time with you Talk to the big class of the foreign company, you can't just watch me die in the fire pit."

Tang Jiechen shook his head bitterly: "It's not that easy, the conditions you offer are too harsh, foreigners will definitely not agree."

"Of course I understand this truth. Let me take a step back and give Jardine [-]% of the original price, but it must be stated in the contract that the transaction will be based on the original price. As for the extra [-]%, you, Jardine I don’t ask whether the Taipan’s account goes into Jardine’s account or into my own pocket.” Lin Qizhao came up with his own well-thought-out plan.

"I'm afraid it's difficult. It's not that foreigners don't take kickbacks. It's just that this matter is too involved and too serious. I don't think foreigners will agree. Unless foreigners see that next year's raw silk production will drop sharply and prices will rise, otherwise they will not accept it." He will give in easily." Tang Jiechen frowned and thought for a while.

"For such a big deal, I naturally have other means. Brother Jiechen, don't worry, I will set him on fire again in ten days at most, cut off the foreigner's thoughts, and bring them back to the negotiation Come to the table." Lin Qizhao's eyes flashed, and he continued: "It's just that Brother Jiechen wants to keep it a secret for me. The conditions of Jardine Matheson cannot be known to foreigners in other foreign firms. I will compromise with Jardine Matheson. It’s like making compromises with other foreign firms, all we need is that Jardine Matheson can take the lead, and the affairs of other foreign firms will be easier to handle.”

Tang Jiechen really couldn't think of any other means that Lin Qizhao could have. Seeing that Lin Qizhao was full of confidence, and his identity as a comprador of Jardine Matheson was hard to inquire about.As for Lin Qizhao's second point, he didn't think it mattered at all. The foreigner's foreign firms were just like the Chinese doing business, and there was also a competitive relationship between them.

"I'll try my best, but I'm not sure. Zihua still has to plan for the worst. Don't be too persistent. Business is for money, not for fighting spirit." Tang Jiechen still felt extremely worried, and he couldn't help telling Lin Qizhao again. Fan.

(End of this chapter)