He is not only proficient in business and can speak fluent English and Portuguese, but also is familiar with a number of American businessmen who have close contacts with Jardine Matheson, and the Wu family's reputation among American businessmen is really good.

Glancing at Wu Changqing, who looked pitiful, Wu Bingjian said with some anger and amusement: "If you can find a more suitable candidate than you, you don't have to go, otherwise you have to go to me if you don't have children, it's just a voyage, it's not a big deal." ”

Seeing Wu Bingjian's support, Yi Zhixiang smiled and said: "Actually, if you want to talk about the best person to go to the United States, I have to be the best person, but I really can't take a break, when Yuanqi stabilizes and the world is a little peaceful, I will take a trip to the United States." ”

In front of the old man, Wu Changqing didn't dare to be presumptuous, so he only turned sideways slightly, glared at Yi Zhixiang fiercely, and warned him not to make up his mind.

The world is a little too peaceful? Wu Bingjian also glanced at Yi Zhicontent, this kid is very confident, will the imperial court really enforce a ban on smoking? It's been May, and there is still no movement in the imperial court, and I don't know where this kid got the confidence, but after all, there is still more than half a year, and he is not in a hurry to ask.

After a little thought, he said: "The economic panic in the United States seems to be due to the indiscriminate issuance of paper money, which caused the depreciation of the bank and led to the collapse of the bank, which caused the economic panic. ”

Robert was vague in his letter, but he mentioned that the government had made it mandatory for land purchases to be paid for in gold or silver, that paper money was prohibited for real estate speculation, and that he speculated that the cause of the economic panic in the United States was the excessive issuance of dollars. If the dollar depreciates. Causing prices to skyrocket. The impact on shipyards is certainly not small.

After pondering for a moment, he said slowly: "Judging from the trade commodities between the Qing Dynasty and the United States over the years, the United States has focused on the development of heavy industry, such as metallurgy, machine building, shipbuilding, and railroad construction, while light industry is very weak, such as the textile industry and the silk industry.

If this economic panic is caused by the depreciation caused by the excessive issuance of the dollar, the United States will inevitably hope to obtain a large amount of gold and silver by expanding foreign trade, and the United States is the same as the United Kingdom. They all attach great importance to commerce and trade, and the fleets and warships we ordered are as high as millions of yuan, which is real money, not paper money, how can they not pay attention to it?

In addition, we have also thrown out a huge railway construction plan, which is enough to arouse unprecedented attention and attention from the US government and the public, and even if a large number of American shipyards close down, it will not affect the construction of our fleet. I guess that American businessmen may bring us unexpected surprises this year. ”

What other surprises could there be? Bargain? Wu Bingjian was about to speak. A steward hurriedly walked to the door and reported: "Master, the imperial court's mansion has arrived." ”

Di reported to the office? When he came to disturb when he was a guest, there was only one possibility, there was something he cared about in the Di newspaper, and without waiting for Wu Bingjian's instructions, Wu Changqing had already stepped forward to take the Di newspaper, and the steward said in a low voice: "There is a non-smoking discussion that the master cares about." ”

As soon as he heard that there was a ban on smoking, Wu Changqing quickly turned back, quickly browsed it, and said: "Grandpa, Huang Jue has a share of the excerpt - "Please strictly prohibit omission to cultivate the country's ability". ”

"Just think about it." Wu Bingjian casually instructed, he has been quite concerned about the ban on smoking this year, for Huang Juezi, he is quite impressed, this person by the Hanlin Academy edited and supervised the imperial history, military department, engineering palm print to the matter, Honglu Temple Qing, in recent years, he has been on three folds, many times proposed to ban silver to the sea, strictly ban opium, however, the response is not too big.

"The minister is the emperor's food and clothing, so everything in the world is also planned, diligent and cut, and the country is not full, the people's livelihood is rare, the situation is accumulating, one year old is not one year old, what is the reason? Considering the world of pure temples, what is the need for the edge? How much does it cost to cruise? What is the purpose of construction? And the top and bottom are full, known as extremely rich, to Jiaqing, still levy abundance, scholars and wealthy businessmen, luxury into a habit. ”

Listening to Wu Changqing's subdued and frustrated reading, Yi Zhizhi scolded in his heart, there is so much nonsense, he is not on topic for a long time, he is not annoying to write, he is annoying to read, but it sounds really annoying! However, seeing that Wu Bingjian was listening intently, he had no choice but to pretend and put on a posture of listening carefully.

He really didn't expect that this excerpt was sprinkled with thousands of words, Wu Changqing read it for a full quarter of an hour, and finally heard "Honesty in the world for eternity, the blessing of the minister's sight, the minister's ignorant opinion, whether it is appropriate or not, begging for the holy book." I would like to play the Sacred Book of Beggars. Sincerely. ”

Yi Zhizu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally finished reading, in all fairness, this "Please Strictly Prohibit Leakage to Cultivate the Country's Ability" is really detailed and insightful, not the same as the clouds, especially rare, although Huang Juezi is in favor of strictly prohibiting crows. The piece is opposed to the ban on crows. Absolute foreign trade.

"Decree to the Cabinet: Huang Juezi played a fold of "Please Strictly Plug the Leakage to Pei Guoben", and wrote Shengjing, Jilin, and Heilongjiang Generals and Governors of the provinces, each expressing what he saw, properly discussing the regulations, and quickly performing.

Listening to the last sentence, Yi Zhishu didn't react for a while, this sentence is obviously Daoguang's reply, and the governors of each province express what they see, and properly discuss the charter, what does this mean, ask the governors for their opinions?

Wu Bingjian's face sank, and it was clear that Daoguang attached great importance to this excerpt by soliciting the opinions of officials from various provinces in such a large range, and this move undoubtedly showed Daoguang's position that crows were strictly prohibited. Slice! As long as the governors of the provinces are not confused, they will basically agree with the strict prohibition of crows. Slice!

He glanced at Yi Zhixin quietly, it seems that it is really possible to be said by this kid, the imperial court is afraid that this time it is really going to make a big move, and it will strictly ban smoking across the country! What does this mean? Is the Great Qing Dynasty and Britain an inevitable war? Will Guangzhou's one-stop trade status be revoked? Will the Thirteen Lines lose the right to monopolize foreign trade? Will Guangzhou become a battlefield?

Thinking of this, he shuddered a little, if Guangzhou became a battlefield, Wu Jianuo's family business could be destroyed in one fell swoop, and the prosperity of Xiguan could also be destroyed by the war. ”

"This is a conflict of interests between countries, and there is nothing the younger generation can do." Yi Zhishu didn't even think about it, so he simply refused, what kind of joke, with his current ability, how could he prevent the Qing Dynasty from going to war with Britain? Besides, the outbreak of the Opium War was more beneficial than disadvantageous for him. (To be continued.) )