Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

"Alright, I have 30 million silver on me. Help me exchange it for shares in all sorts of high-quality assets within seven days …"

"Impossible!" Hu Xueyan slapped the table and stood up, his voice was loud enough to scare all the foreigners in the dining hall.

"Thirty million silver?" Are you dreaming! "You know how many stores we have to talk about. I need to know if the other party is short of money, if they are short of money, they want your money. If they want money, how much would they want …"

"All these things have to be done by someone. Even if a shop assistant doesn't eat, drink or sleep, how many stores can he talk about in a day? Seven days? And it's even thirty million silver. Your head must be spinning! "

"Watch your tone, Mr. Hu..." This is a place for gentlemen, please be polite! "

"Fuck your manners. Politeness means eating raw beef with a silver knife and fork? Do you drink human blood in a suit? "You are a lunatic, but I am not. Let's not talk about whether I can do it within seven days. Even if I can do it, can you hide the 30 million silver taels from the marshal by rushing to Jiang-Nan city?"

"You're not afraid of beheading, I'm afraid!" "If you have the ability, go find someone else. This grandpa won't wait any longer …" With that, Hu Xueyan turned and left.

Heng Liwen was speechless, he did not dare let Hu Xueyan go, although he looked calm on the outside, but in his heart, he had long ago grown angry!

There was no news from Ryukyu's fleet, and more and more pessimistic judgments appeared. Heng Liwen had not slept for half a month, and every time he closed his eyes, he would dream that he had gone bankrupt and the European Union would sweep him out to become a beggar on the streets of London.

He thought that he and his group of foreign merchants would definitely win the battle of the southern Notes, but he never thought that so many accidents would happen during the execution.

As a last resort, he had to let go of his pride to meet the Qing Dynasty. He hoped to borrow the power of the Beijing imperial government to survive this crisis.

Just a moment ago, he was still thinking of deceiving Hu Xueyan and suppressing his aura, but in the end, his lion mouth had already annoyed the other party. Hu Xueyan flicked her sleeves and decided not to play, causing Heng Liwen to panic.

"Oh, oh, oh!" Dear Hu, why can't you joke? This wasn't the temperament that an outstanding businessman should have, … How about we change a bottle of good wine and continue our conversation? "Now tell me, how much shares can you give me in seven days at most?"

Seeing that the other party hated him so much, he had to sit down and continue chatting. "Alright, I'll tell you the truth, I'll give you a call for four million and five million in seven days at most. If that's the case, I'll forgive you, but go find someone else to do it …"

"This is because of the position of the imperial government. Without a secret decree, I would not risk offending the marshal to help you …"

Heng Liwen's face became uglier and uglier. The expensive red wine in his mouth did not have any flavor at all, and the more he drank, the more it tasted like vinegar. Four or five million wouldn't be enough to tide him over the crisis. Without twenty million or so, he wouldn't be able to make a profit that would satisfy London for the next ten years.

Beneath the table, his hands were tightly clenched as he cursed in his heart, "This group of damned Qing people, damn Ceng Guofan, damn Xiao Letian …" If it weren't for them, my plan would have worked long ago … "

Just as he was arguing, there was a sudden wave of noise from the street, and then the ladies and gentlemen in the dining room stood up and looked out of the windows.

"What's wrong?" Heng Liwen asked the servant angrily, but he never expected that the servant would actually reply with such a terrified voice, "A lousy American boat came from the Huangpu River's entrance outside … "Right now, the pier is in an uproar. The Ryukyu's Hidden Treasure Island has been taken over by the Russian Expeditionary forces and dozens of tons of gold have been stolen away …"

"AHH!" Heng Liwen and Hu Xueyan knocked over the table with a crash. They leaned against the window and looked down, and sure enough, an injured scissor boat was pulled by a small fire wheel by a Huangpu River, slowly considering the direction of the dock.

Before the boat had even entered the dock, countless people were already shouting loudly on the shore, "Where are you from?" "Did you meet a pirate?" The American sailor on the ship said, "No, we were hurt by the sea war! "The Chinese Hidden Gold Island is the Amami Oshima that produces rum and black sugar. It has been conquered by the Russian …"

"There are four Chinese gold coffers in Amami Oshima, and dozens of tons of gold and silver are hidden there. All of them have been stolen by Sha Ao …"

A thousand ripples were stirred up, and the entire pier was immediately filled with cries of shock. Countless grieving Chinese people could not believe their ears, as they loudly cursed "Liar!" Impossible, the Prime Minister is invincible! "They're lying …"

But whether or not your emotions accept the news, the news of defeat spread like a virus from Shanghai to the interior, unstoppable.

All the telegraph on the beach started moving, countless people sent reports to the Ryukyu to confirm, but without exception, none of them received any reply. It seemed that Ba's telegraph control continued.

Immediately after, the telegram started to spread to all the cities in Great Qing, especially the important businesses along the Yangtze River Basin, they all received this shocking news immediately.

The sky collapsed and the ground sank! The most terrifying scene that countless citizens of Jiangnan feared appeared. The moment the dice cup was opened, the world would be turned upside down.

As it turned out, humans were more sensitive to fear than to faith. Even if the good people didn't want to believe this news, fear itself was invincible.

In the past few months, the south ticket had almost made all the citizens in Jiangnan familiar with it. Now that the negative news had come out, they could not accept it emotionally, but they still could not control their own hands and feet, and so they ran back to their homes.

As he ran, he cried, "Prime Minister!" How did you lose? How did you lose... Everyone, go home quickly. How many notes do you have in your hands that can be converted into cash? It would be fine even if he exchanged it for some copper coins! "This time, I've really become a piece of scrap paper …"

Thousands upon thousands of people were running along the streets. At that moment, the Shanghai city was just like how it was when the small swords started to fight in the past. Even more terrifying than war, the dark cloud cages had covered the entire city.

Heng Liwen's heart tensed up, he grabbed onto Hu Xueyan's sleeves tightly as if he was afraid that he would run away, "Mister Hu! "Forget about my previous request. Don't think about any shares. I only have one request, help me eat a large amount of notes …"

"Quick, quick, quick..." "If we're late, it'll be too late!"