Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 468 Calling on Fan Xuecheng

With a bang, the door of the reception room was kicked open, and twenty or thirty soldiers with live ammunition broke in, surrounded Lu Zongyu, and put the black muzzle of the gun on his head.

Fan Xuecheng said to Yuan Shikai: "My lord, this is your man. If you don't train him, I will help you train him."

Yuan Shikai was in a turmoil in the officialdom, how could he have been so angry, but under the low eaves, how dare he not bow his head, suppressed the anger in his heart, stood up and gave Lu Zongyu a loud slap in the face, "Who told you Mouth full of dung, how can you have the right to speak here! You really don’t know how to die.” Turning to Fan Xuecheng, he said, “Mr. Fan, for the sake of someone like Yuan, how about letting him go today?”

Fan Xuecheng laughed with his face up, signaling the soldiers to back off, "Your Excellency, you are the parents of Singapore, and today you can lean down to ask me for help, I really can't stand it."

Yuan Shikai blushed, and said unnaturally: "Mr. Fan, although I, Yuan, am not a soldier, I am also a straightforward person. Let's open the skylight and tell the truth. Today's visit is for the purpose of restraining the dog. I already understand It's over, it's purely a misunderstanding between you, Ke'er dared to go to Geylang to pick up a prostitute behind my back, I will never let him go on this matter, after I take him back to the mansion, I must enforce the family law against him. As for the perfume gold, she was originally your woman, Commander Fan. I promise that no one will harass her from now on. We are both officials in Singapore. I am in charge of the administration, and you are in charge of the army. This is a relationship of mutual dependence. , if we cause a discord between you and me because of a woman, if it gets to the ears of the emperor in the future, you and I will be unable to bear it and walk around."

Fan Xuecheng lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, then patted the table and said: "Okay! Since it is your sincere heart, the governor, my surname Fan is not an unreasonable person. In the face of my lord, I will definitely let him go." .”

"Oh? Really?" Yuan Shikai didn't expect the other party to agree so readily.

"but"

As soon as Fan Xuecheng said these two words, Yuan Shikai broke into a sweat immediately. Officials always like to make fuss after the two words "nothing but what?"

"Of course I will give you the golden face of your lord, but now everyone in Singapore knows that my woman has been slept by your son Yuan Keding, how can I, the army commander, hold my head up in front of others from now on?" .”

Yuan Shikai gasped, knowing that the other party was deliberately making things difficult, so he asked calmly, "Then how do you think you can make up for it?"

"Haha" Fan Xuecheng flicked his fingers on the table a few times before he raised his head and said, "My lord, we soldiers don't have any skills other than being able to use guns and knives. They thought that the imperial court spent a lot of money on us people, we stretch out our clothes and open our mouths for food, but how did they know that being a soldier is a very difficult job. Sometimes you are often made things difficult by the local government, and the gods of all parties have to bow down, otherwise, no matter how rich you are, if the local government does not support you, you still have no money. I am not afraid of your jokes, my brothers have been there for several months I don’t know what meat taste is anymore, if you can provide more food and supplies in the future, so that my brothers can make tooth-beating sacrifices more, I, Fan Xuecheng, will be very grateful.”

Yuan Shikai also laughed. He knew that the other party was still asking for money and things, so he was afraid that if a person is not greedy, as long as he is greedy, things will be easier to handle. Isn't it just money? Throw him 100 million and see if he is still arrogant No, it's not my own money anyway.After thinking about it, Yuan Shikai took out a certificate of deposit from his pocket. It seemed that he had been prepared for it, and said with a smile: "This is a certificate of deposit of 100 million yuan. Even if it is money for perfume gold, I will keep it with Commander Fan." Enjoy it slowly, and then I will allocate a sum of money and food from the fiscal revenue to supply the Ninth Army, which can be regarded as strengthening the relationship between the army and the local area, I wonder what Commander Fan thinks?"

Fan Xuecheng's eyes lit up, he held the certificate of deposit in his hand, read it several times, put it in his arms, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency is indeed a straightforward person, hehe, from what I, Fan, said, things in the past Just let him go. Come here! Invite Mr. Yuan out!"

Not much effort, two soldiers brought Yuan Keding to the reception room, only to see that Yuan Keding, who had been suave and suave, was covered in bruises and was in a terrible state of distress. Seeing Yuan Shikai here, he rushed over crying, and said in a mournful voice: " Father, you are here, if it is later, my son will never see you in this life! This Fan has tortured his son, you must avenge him."

Yuan Shikai was furious, and he slapped Yuan Keding when he came up, "Useless bastard! You don't know how to do it! What else can you do besides making trouble for me? Let's see if I go back and deal with you properly."

Yuan Shikai cupped his hands to Fan Xuecheng and said, "Thank Commander Fan for giving Yuan some face today, this friendship will definitely be remembered by Yuan."

Fan Xuecheng also cupped his hands and said, "Where, my lord is too modest. In the future, the Ninth Army will still rely on your lord's care. I still have some official duties to deal with, so I won't send them away."

"Farewell!"

In the car, Yuan Shikai glared at Yuan Keding fiercely, his face turned blue and purple due to excessive anger, Yuan Keding had never seen his father so angry, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to say a word, even dared not It hurts.

"My lord, are we just swallowing this breath?" Lu Zongyu asked angrily.

Yuan Shikai snorted: "How did Fan Xuecheng make me suffer this tone, I will ask him to pay back twice."

"What's the repayment method?" Liang Shiyi asked.

Yuan Shikai's low voice whispered in Liang Shiyi's ear, and Liang Shiyi suddenly realized, "Okay, what a Hongmen banquet!"

In Beijing, Guan Xuqing personally met Qiao Zhiyong, a wealthy businessman from Shanxi, and greatly appreciated Qiao Zhiyong's generosity.

Qiao Zhiyong, courtesy name Zhongdeng, was born in Qi County, Shanxi Province, the fourth generation of the Qiao family, a well-known Shanxi merchant, known as the "Bright Rich Man". Qiao Zhiyong was born in a family of merchants.When his brother died of illness when he was a teenager, he dropped out of school and went into business, and began to take charge of the Qiao family business.When he was in charge of housework, the Qiao family business became more and more prosperous and became a merchant in Shanxi's wealthy side.Its subordinate Fuzihao dominates Baotou, and there is a saying that "there is Duke Fusheng first, and then there is Baotou City".In addition, there are two major ticket offices, Dadetong and Dadeheng, all over the commercial ports and wharves all over China.By the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Qiao family had more than 200 bank accounts, banks, pawnshops, and grain stores across China, with assets reaching tens of millions of taels of silver.Qiao Zhiyong himself is also known as the "bright rich man"

"People abandon me, make small profits and sell widely, maintain reputation, and don't practice hypocrisy." Qiao Zhiyong guided business operations with Confucianism. Baotou, so there is a saying that "there is Fusheng Gong first, and then there is Baotou City".Then there were Dadetong and Dadeheng active in major commercial ports and water and land terminals across the country. He became the real founder of "Zai Zhongtang"'s wealthy family wealth, and his wealth ranked among the top rich households in the province.He often warns his sons and daughters that "faith" should be the most important thing in business and life, followed by "righteousness".Qiao Zhiyong also engraved a couplet that he personally drew, and hung it on the door of the inner house: "Seek fame and wealth, don't ask for others, but yourself. Cherishing agriculture and food is not money, but cherishing blessings." Do not seek ease.

Later, the imperial court established the Imperial Savings Bank and encouraged bank accounts from all over the country to convert money into shares. Qiao Zhiyong was the first to respond to the imperial court's call for "official banking" and transferred all the bank accounts of Daedong and Dadeheng to the Imperial Savings Bank. in the shares.So from then on, Guan Xuqing knew that there was a Qiao Zhiyong in Shanxi, who could be called a generation of volunteers.Guan Xuqing also joked to Sheng Xuanhuai: "Whoever said that Shanxi people are all Laoxi, this Qiao Zhiyong is a model of Shanxi merchants."

This time, Guan Xuqing met Qiao Zhiyong because of his charitable act of disaster relief, and on the other hand, he had another plan in mind.

"Zhong Deng, I would like to ask you, you converted both stock numbers into shares, what property do you currently have under your name?"

Qiao Zhiyong bowed and said: "If you go back to the emperor, the grassroots dare not hide anything about this matter. Since the conversion of money into shares, the grassland family mainly relies on the dividends from the Imperial Savings Bank, but the grassland is a restless person. After the extra money was spent, it was used to invest in other commercial projects. For example, several coal mines and quarries in Datong, copper mines in Yunnan, medicine halls in Guangzhou, and silk weaving in Hangzhou, etc., were all invested by grass-roots people. , Caomin also donated to build a school in Qixian County, as well as a hospital."

Guan Xuqing looked at the other party with satisfaction, and said, "I think your property is not small, but it's too scattered."

"Your majesty is wise. I think so too, but I couldn't find a good investment project for a while, so I had to hunt wolves everywhere."

Guan Xuqing thought for a while, and said, "I have an idea for you, I wonder if you would like to do it?"

Qiao Zhiyong immediately fell to his knees: "Even if you scare the grassroots to death, you don't dare to bother the emperor to give me advice, grassroots."

Guan Xuqing laughed loudly: "Why not? I see that you have a heart of loyalty and patriotism, as well as the ability to do business, so I give you an idea. If it were someone else, I wouldn't have the time to spare."

Qiao Zhiyong was dripping with sweat and didn't know how to answer correctly.

"I appreciate your ability to govern business with Confucianism, but I think you, a Confucian businessman, are sometimes a little conservative and have a narrow vision. I think you should go out and see the outside world." Guan Xu said in a clear voice, He looked at Qiao Zhiyong expectantly.

Qiao Zhiyong was stunned: "Outside? Does the emperor mean to let the grassroots go abroad?"

"That's right. Now American companies are very mature, but compared to our country's companies, they don't have as much capital as ours, and they don't have the morals to do business with us. But although businessmen like you in our country have strength and courage, However, most of the industries they operate are relatively scattered and cannot be scaled. Looking back and looking at the United States, their economic strength is far inferior to that of our country, but they have a world financial empire like Wall Street, as well as Morgan, Rockefeller, DuPont, Carnegie, etc., such world-renowned super giant ships. I am willing, are you Qiao Zhiyong willing?"

(End of this chapter)