[Chapter Word Count:3744 Last Updated:2014-10-0918:00:00.0]

Only four years have passed since the Second Opium War, and the newly opened commercial ports are basically monopolized by Britain and France, and although the United States can also participate, due to the domestic war, they have not been deeply involved.

Under these circumstances, the British and French businessmen naturally united and formed a price alliance. Just like this bristle trade, it seems that the price of a silver dollar is not low, but as long as it is shipped back to Europe, it will be at least four times more profitable.

This is the typical distance produces beauty, the distant sea route caused not only the inconvenience of transportation, but also the extremely high profit on the goods, for the merchant is really painful and happy.

The merchants of the Great Qing Kingdom did not fail to see through this, and no one could underestimate the wisdom and wisdom of the Chinese, and this kind of price alliance and monopoly method to make money was not new at all. However, due to various reasons, the merchants of the Qing Dynasty could only be sitting merchants, and did not have their own ocean-going trade, so they were naturally controlled by others everywhere, and even if they encountered monopoly, they would suffer a dumb loss.

Now Xiao Letian actually said that he wants to break the price alliance between Britain and France and introduce fresh faces in the business field, which is definitely a big benefit for the businessmen in Tanggu Port. And with the reputation of Xiao Letian, a second devil, maybe it can really be done.

There was already an eager look in the eyes of the businessmen present, Xiao Letian was too familiar with this kind of look, he knew what these businessmen really needed in their hearts, as long as they prescribed the right medicine to collect the hearts of these people, it was not a matter of raising their hands.

The strange atmosphere in the foreign bank made Huang Juren and Xiao Pigtail Sun very uneasy, and their dog-like sense of smell made them smell a smell called betrayal, and they knew that these businessmen must have been moved by Xiao Letian's words, and the greed and hesitation in their eyes could not deceive people.

The pigtail sun pinched his hand on the steel dart at the head of the braid, and stared at the allies with a cold gaze, the meaning of the threat can be understood by fools.

"Hahaha, what you say is better than what you sing, don't forget that this Tanggu is the boundary of the Qing Dynasty, even if the foreigners come, they have to do things according to the rules of the treaty. You said that you could come to the new foreign merchants? You put the court and the emperor there? You put the Tongzhi and Xietai there? You are really arrogant enough......" Huang Juren had to speak, and he bit the words Tongzhi and Xietai very hard.

On the surface, he is questioning Xiao Letian, but in fact he is threatening those businessmen, and the subtext is that no one should be a traitor, and be careful that they can't eat when the time comes.

How could Xiao Lotian care about this kind of indiscriminate threat, he didn't bother to answer his words, he just turned his head and asked Fan Yao, "Is the auspicious time coming?" Fan Yao took out his pocket watch and looked at it, "In a quarter of an hour, it will be the time to go up......"

At this moment, suddenly a slightly embarrassed voice sounded behind Xiao Letian, "Mr. Xiao, the shopkeeper Fan, the Guibao account is open, and our peers have nothing to say, according to the old reason, no matter how big guys take care of your business, it is necessary to open today......"

"There are some bristles down there, and knowing that you have discussed them with the French, I will not bother to pass them on to you today. It's not much, according to the calculation of foreigners, it is more than seven tons, more than 7,000 kilograms...... If you accept your affection, if you don't count the fraction, you will settle it according to seven thousand......"

The one who opened his mouth was a businessman surnamed Wang, who was just a third-rate boss in Tanggu, who opened a small freight station, took over some scattered business from the hands of big businessmen, and made a fortune and was not very angry.

Xiao Lotian and Fan Yao knew that there would be businessmen to talk about the bristle business today, because this was set with many merchants before the opening, and the picture was auspicious, but how did they find out why this boss Wang was so embarrassed while they were happy?

"Boss Wang Gaoyi, I have confessed my feelings, and I will definitely toast you with three cups later......" Before Fan Yi finished politely, Boss Wang's face suddenly turned red, and he said in a low voice, "Don't dare, don't dare...... However, the transaction is not big, and this small profit is still going to eat a sum of goods today, and I hope that the shopkeeper Fan can reward the payment first......"

Fan Yao's face was pale at that time, and he secretly thought in his heart What kind of rule is this, there is no such business, but Xiao Letian suddenly laughed, and said, "Does Boss Wang want a silver ticket or cash?"

"Cash silver, I only recognize cash, I'm really ashamed, I'm ashamed......" This time Boss Wang's face was flushed, he knew that he was the smallest and smallest businessman, Huang Ye and they couldn't afford to mess with him, and Xiao Letian couldn't offend them. But after all, there are many people on Huang Juren's side, and he is forced to take the first shot, and Boss Wang can only bite the bullet.

"Come on, send seven thousand oceans to Boss Wang...... Xiao Letian roared, and two big men walked out of the back account room, holding a big lacquer plate in their hands, which was full of red foreign money rolls, and a hundred eagles were rolled into a roll with red paper, a full seventy rolls, and it was pleasing to look at.

Xiao Lotian grabbed a roll of Eagle Ocean, and gently broke it, and the snow-bright silver dollar fell into the lacquer plate, and the logo of the double-headed eagle was clearly recognizable, which was the very famous currency that affected the Chinese financial market in the late Qing Dynasty, Mexico Eagle Ocean.

"Boss Wang, look at it, 7,000 Mexican eagles, do you need to break them one by one and count them......" At this time, Boss Wang still had the face to break them one by one to take a look, and quickly beckoned his guys in the store to come up and take them away.

Boss Wang wiped the sweat on his head, bowed down and said, "I'm really sorry, I have a small business, don't blame you for a lot......" Xiao Letian had already seen the problem, patted Boss Wang's shoulder and said frankly, "It's okay, you also have your troubles, let's cooperate for a long time in the future, Lu Yao knows that the horsepower will see the hearts of the people for a long time......"

At this moment, another big shopkeeper stood up and gave Xiao Letian a slight salute, "Mr. Xiao is really magnificent, it is not possible to buy and sell your business today, and there are also 8,000 kilograms of bristles in his hand, and I want to transfer it to Mr. Xiao...... But it also needs cash, I'm really sorry that the business needs to turnover, so you can see a smile......"

Xiao Lotian laughed and said domineeringly, "What is this, all the people who come are guests, since they are holding my deal, how can I not appreciate it......?

In an instant, the entire foreign bank was like a fried pot, and the businessmen who had already colluded with each other stood up one by one and kept shouting in their mouths.

"Mr. Xiao is atmospheric, I have 12,000 kilograms in my warehouse...... I have 30,000 pounds...... 60,000 ...... Eighty thousand ......" the numbers turned over and soared upward, but Xiao Letian always looked unfazed, and there was no slightest fluctuation at all.

The eagle in the account room lifted out one box after another, and immediately clicked out the ocean after the contract was written, Xiao Letian was not worried that these people would repay the debt, just because these small role businessmen dared to pit themselves, then they didn't want to live.

Today, the people of Tanggu can be regarded as having opened their eyes, they have never seen such a transaction, they have not seen a paper contract to receive the full payment, and the silver tickets are not all the ocean? The most peculiar thing is that there is only one currency traded by Lotte Ocean is the Mexican Eagle Ocean.

"Huang Ye...... This, this, this, this taste is wrong, how can Xiao Letian get so much foreign money from foreigners? Could it be that he really has the support of foreigners behind him?"

Huang Juren was also a little dumbfounded, although he was a big landlord in Tanggu, most of his property was land and other physical objects, and he had never seen such a foreign spending. This is just a cup of tea, and Lotte has already carried out 100,000 oceans.

"Look again, look again...... Anyway, if we don't suffer, I don't believe in this evil Xiao Letian God of Wealth possessed by him?

At this time, the people on the street outside the door were already dumbfounded, only to see the guys of each business carrying the red cloth ocean roll to each house, and finally even the foreigners were alarmed, many Westerners looked at this wealth feast from afar, and secretly sighed in their hearts the wealth of the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, Fan Yao's shopkeeper dragged Xiao Letian aside, and said in a low voice, "No, we won't be able to last long if we go on like this?" This is obviously that they have joined forces to fight for wealth with us, and there are only more than 400,000 Yingyang in the back treasury, and it is estimated that it will be able to bottom out in one day if it continues like this......"

Xiao Letian rolled his eyelids and calculated, "400,000 pieces, 400,000 kilograms, this is 400 tons of bristles...... Damn, it's already piled up, and no matter how many goods these merchants have, they can't exceed this number, right?"

"Oh, my good Xiao Ye, don't be impulsive and confused, you know how big the throughput of maritime trade goods is, only the Lucky is a merchant ship, which can be loaded with more than 1,000 tons of pig bristles, and now the warehouse in Tanggu has been filled with pig bristles from Zhili, Henan, Shandong, and Shanxi, not to mention stuffing a lucky one, as long as there is enough time, it is no problem to stuff two......

Xiao Lotian gasped when he heard this, he still underestimated the huge scale of marine trade, this era is the heyday of the development of sail merchant ships, the sea can be seen everywhere with a cargo capacity of hundreds of tons or even a thousand tons of huge merchant ships, his own pre-estimated trade volume of hundreds of tons of bristles, really underestimate the merchants at that time.

Fan Yi understood as soon as he saw Xiao Letian's strange eyes, and he frowned and said in a low voice: "It seems that these businessmen are clearly planning to fight with us to get rich, and this is a collective alliance to put pressure on us." There's no way, I can only do this today, hold on until the opening, and then open the table as much as possible, suspend the collection of bristles in the afternoon, and from tomorrow onwards, we must limit the amount every day until the silver of the Taibai top is transferred......"

Xiao Letian smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid it's not that simple, this is not a simple businessman fighting for wealth, this is the ghost they did with the surname Huang, they are forcing me to bow my head here, he wants me to lose face in front of the people, and even make foreigners look down on us......"

"The second devil of Jinghua, the head of the Jin merchants, the shopkeeper Fan, if he can't even take out more than a million taels of silver, who will dare to do business with us in the future? Damn, I hate this kind of conspiracy the most, and it is the most difficult to deal ......with."

Xiao Letian is right, one million taels of silver is not much for Xiao Letian and Fan Yao, Taibaiding has millions of taels of silver in the past few months, and Fan Yao still has a small one million taels of cash in Beijing.

Money is not a problem, but time is a big problem, money can't be shipped, and these grandsons don't want silver tickets, this is a smashing of the field, but when the business is auspicious, you can't turn your face with them.

Just when the shopkeeper Fan frowned, a voice sounded, "Lotte is really extraordinary, the five-body body that the merchants of the four seas admire is thrown to the ground, and Niu someone has 300,000 kilograms of bristles here, and I want to transfer it to the shopkeeper Fan...... Cash, not silver......"

At the most critical time, the cattle shopkeeper finally made a move, and locked his throat with one move, if Xiao Letian ate this business, then the cash reserves of the foreign bank would immediately bottom out, and the merchants in the back queue would not be able to get a single silver slag. But if you don't eat this business, you will be completely softened in front of all the businessmen, and I am afraid that even foreigners will look down on this Lotte foreign company in the future.

"The cow shopkeeper is really wealthy, and I don't dare to compare with it, but I also have 100,000 kilograms in the warehouse, and I hope Lotte can eat ......."

"I have 120,000 pounds...... I have 150,000 pounds...... I have 130,000 ...... I have 210,000 ......."

As soon as the bull shopkeeper made a move, it represented that the first-line merchants in Tanggu began to fight, this group of people is no better than those second- and third-rate small merchants, they have at least more than 100,000 kilograms of bristles in their warehouses, and once these people join the battle group, the trading volume instantly rushed to a terrifying figure of more than 700,000 silver coins.

Huang Juren looked at Xiao Letian with a sneer, and said secretly in his heart: "You cow, I see you continue to be a cow? Tanggu now has a total inventory of 1.4 million kilograms of bristles, do you think we will sue you a foreigner? If you kid can come up with 1.4 million cash, I will immediately flee from Tanggu and avoid you for the rest of my life......