Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Minister Ai Liguo had already worked in the Great Qing for seven years. He was already too old, and his Counsellor Wei Tuoma was the one he had focused on nurturing as his successor.

Wei Tuoma herself was very familiar with the Great Qing, and was also willing to continue working here. But they never would have thought that at the most critical moment, a crisis of the Jiangnan Notes would happen.

Wei Tuoma was very clear about the reputations of the European Bankers s in Shanghai. For the sake of profit, they could sell their souls to Satan, let alone break the economy of a country.

The English and French s definitely wanted to make a fortune from this war, but this time, they placed their bets on Sha Ao's victory.

This group of vampires had been building up their momentum before the war started, releasing the news of the Russian Expeditionary Force's power in the market and reporting the direction of the fleet to the citizens of Qing Province at any time. They continuously created a terrifying atmosphere in the market, causing the confidence of the citizens of Jiangnan to waver.

Following that was the outbreak of the Belait tragedy, as well as the sudden appearance of all kinds of negative rumors about the Ryukyu.

As expected, Xiao Letian's strength alone was not enough to defeat the madness of the entire market, confidence would not recover once it collapsed. No matter how much silver and food Xiao Letian used as a tool to suppress the credit of paper money, it would all be useless in front of the huge Jiangnan economy.

The news of Belait's huge fire, of 2.4 million lumps of rice being burnt and destroyed, had completely destroyed all of Xiao Letian's efforts to save the market. His bank notes had reached zero, and the number of merchants who had committed suicide in Jiangnan City was no less than three hundred.

Ai Liguo and Wei Tuoma were deeply regretful towards the plight of the citizens of Jiangnan Qing Province, but as British Minister, they had to sit upright on their butts. Morality was something that was kept within their own nation, they could not give too much to other nations or nations.

The two of them knew that the moment their South Ticket credit fell, it was these Bankers s who swept away all the capital. Land, factories, valuable goods, wharves, shops and lands … These non-renewable resources are the real wealth.

Never would he have thought that right at the moment when the Bankers s were about to take action, King of Jiangnan Ceng Guofan would suddenly make a move. He rudely and unreasonable made a lock down action, it was too unreasonable, he actually forbade the officials to make a transfer for the 'normal' business action, if they cannot transfer it, they cannot legalize the transaction, thus locking the hands of all the merchants.

The Bankers who were unconvinced began to discredit Ceng Guofan. They desperately sent a telegram to the envoy in Beijing to pressure him, and they even protested to the Qing Dynasty.

In any case, he had fought in a war for the Opium Trade back then. Furthermore, with the huge benefits that Jiang Nan now had, he had to teach Ceng Guofan a lesson.

The merchant's shouts were fierce, but Ai Liguo and Wei Tuoma were very calm. He knew that this crisis was completely different from the situation in First Opium War.

At that time, the Qing Empire was completely closed to trade. If Britain could not open the kingdom without war, then there was no other choice but to do so.

And what was the crisis in Jiang-Nan? Ceng Guofan had only locked the place for a few months, that was his power, how could the British use troops? Besides, even if he mobilized his troops, it would still be too late. It would probably take a year for the entire world to mobilize all of their forces.

By then, Ceng Guofan would have long been in contact with the ban. Without any excuse, what would happen to the troops that were gathered? Do you think you can raise these smelly merchants from your own pocket? The Empire was here to clean up the mess.

Instead of responding to Bankers's clamor, the calm Imperial Emissary indirectly reminded them not to go overboard with this matter. In any case, it was only a few months' time.

Those Bankers s all wanted to pinch the little person and curse Xiao Letian to death, but at that time, they were still stubborn enough to believe that Xiao Letian would definitely lose. Even if he were to drag on for another month, Xiao Letian would still be destroyed by the Russian in the end.

If he died early, he would die late. Xiao Letian was the tail of a rabbit, he would not live long!

But they never would have thought that as everyone was waiting for the news of Xiao Letian's defeat, the situation would suddenly take a turn for the worse. The Emperor of the Minjiang Estuary, Xiao Letian and the Emperor of the Great Qing, actually rode a Zhiyuan Warship and carried out a perfect surprise attack on the enemy.

The Minjiang Estuary's battle in the sea had stupefied the entire Shanghai rent and the entire Jiang-Nan economic circle.

The lifeless market suddenly came to life. Teahouses, restaurants, brothels, opera gardens … All the fun places were suddenly overcrowded.

"Long live the Emperor! Minjiang Estuary has achieved a great victory over Russian, his entire body was completely unharmed and sunk two enemy ships, his injuries countless … "

"Holy Monarch, it's really a Holy Monarch! "It's been so many years since I've seen such a powerful Saint Lord. The young Son of Heaven is bursting with heroic spirit. There's hope for saving him …"

"We won't leave until we're drunk! We won't leave until we're drunk!" "If I were to say, it's not certain who would die in the end. His Majesty is the Saint Lord, and the Prime Minister is a famous official like Grand Preceptor Jiang. These two are the foreign devils' nemeses …"

"Cheers! Cheers!" "My family still has some southern tickets. This time, I will not sell them off. I will keep them. I want to see if I can return in the end …"

With the injection of stimulants, the Jiang-Nan bank note exchange market immediately floated up by 30%. Some radical companies even began collecting southern tickets. As a result, the liquidity of the southern bank notes began to return.

The Crippled Pauper Bug Liu had the most experience since he had more than ten sacks of paper money stored in his hut. Previously, they were purely under his body as a bed, but these past few days, he had suddenly realized that he could buy steamed buns with paper money.

Although a steamed bun cost 100 yuan in notes, no matter what, this note was being asked for by someone once again!

This time, the European Bankers s were dumbfounded. Why did this duck that was already cooked start feigning corpse again? This was truly magical Asia, incredible Asia, unimaginable Great Qing!

No, this definitely could not happen! The European Bankers s who had just calmed down once again launched an attack together. This time, they had a request, which was to request the envoy to put pressure on their own country to use the colonial army of Hong Kong, Nan Yang and India to assist the Russian in defeating Xiao Letian.

Billions of dollars was a huge business. Ever since ancient times, they had always been rich and enchanting, but in order to make a fortune, they no longer cared about anything else. Furthermore, some of the telegrams were a personal threat to Ai Liguo.

There was only one meaning behind his words. If the two of you don't fulfill our demands, then I'm sorry. We will use all the power we have in Europe. We will do everything we can to end your career.