Can one person find one or two gold a day? Kong Jian'an and Wei Jingping both had an unbelievable look on their faces, the gold-silver exchange ratio is one to sixteen, one tael of gold is sixteen taels of silver, and they can earn sixteen taels of silver a day, which is simply appalling, Yuan Qi's salary is considered high, and ordinary workers only have four silver dollars a month, which is simply incomparable, no wonder people are rushing to it!

Seeing the expressions of the two people, Yi Zhi smiled disapprovingly, "In order to expand its territory and annex land, Citigroup has been actively promoting the westward movement, encouraging people to move from the Atlantic coast to the west. The government and newspapers have hyped up the gold rush in the west, and there should be an element of exaggeration in this. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, even if it is exaggerated, from the analysis of the current situation, it is enough to prove that California's sand gold reserves are huge, and no one knows how big they are today. As he spoke, he said again, "Don't leak this news for the time being, so as not to cause a sensation." ”

If this news spreads, it will inevitably cause a great sensation, and I am afraid that countless people will do everything possible to go to Citi to pan for gold, one or two gold a day, which is really eye-catching.

Wei Jingping hesitated before saying, "Big treasurer, does the Citi Congress restrict the outflow of gold?" ”

"That's a good question." Yi Zhixiang glanced at him approvingly, and said: "Citigroup implements a dual standard system of gold and silver, that is, a double standard, because its gold-silver exchange ratio is set at 1:15, which is slightly lower than that of Europe, resulting in a large amount of gold flowing to Europe.

However, California is the newly annexed territory of Citigroup, which can be said to be an undeveloped territory, the government's control is very low, and it is certainly impossible to effectively stop the outflow of gold in the early stage, Yuanqi needs to seize this opportunity, of course, you can also take appropriate countermeasures, however, remember that you represent Yuanqi, and try to avoid head-on conflicts with Citigroup, which will not be conducive to our future trade cooperation. ”

"My subordinates understand." Wei Jingping bowed slightly.

"Citi allows four people to own guns." Yi Zhishu said slowly: "There are still some days before the departure, as soon as possible, set down the personnel, conduct short-term assault training, you must learn to use firearms, and you will be equipped with a certain number of rifles and pistols." ”

"Thank you, shopkeeper." Wei Jingping said with a smile, "Can the salary of the semicolon shopkeeper be appropriately increased, otherwise I am afraid it will be difficult to manage." ”

Yi Zhizhi nodded and said: "Yes, depending on the situation, less than ten times, you can decide independently, no need to ask for instructions, in addition, you will be given an appropriate body stock reward, if you perform well, you will be given a heavy reward." ”

In the blink of an eye, in late April, shortly after the fleet to San Francisco left Guangzhou, there were frequent reports of disasters in Shanghai, and since the beginning of summer, it has been raining continuously, and the stagnant water cannot be discharged, and a large number of houses and fields have been flooded, embankments have been destroyed, and seedling fields have been flooded.

Receiving these disaster reports, Yi Zhizhi was also in a heavy mood, Su Song Changtai suffered a serious disaster, Yuan Qi relief is duty-bound, glanced at Bao Shichen, he asked slowly: "Su Song often has a large area to suffer, and the disaster is three points, how much silver does Mr. estimate to need?" ”

"Three points of disaster are not a catastrophe." Bao Shichen gently shook the folding fan and said: "However, this year's rainy season is abnormal, some of it is like the time in the early years of Daoguang, and the big shopkeeper should not take it lightly......." ”

Yi Zhizhi said: "Sir is saying, maybe it may be a catastrophe?" ”

"A catastrophe that has not been seen in a century." Bao Shichen said slowly: "That big flood seems to be in the third year of Daoguang, the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River suffered extremely serious floods, the rainy season came early that year, and it lasted for a long time, the big shopkeeper might as well make arrangements as soon as possible, anyway, this year's harvest is certain." ”

A catastrophe in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River? Yi Zhixiang had some doubts in his heart, worshipping God would cause an incident in Guangxi, it should be a catastrophe in Guangxi, and he groaned slightly, and then he said: "Yuan Qi's report last year, the amount of disaster relief expenditure is not small, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River are all flooded, and there will be a big flood ..... this year?" ”

"The old man is just guessing, not sure." Bao Shichen said: "However, after all, Shanghai is one of the foundations of Yuanqi, once a catastrophe occurs, the victims will inevitably flock to Shanghai nearby, and it is always good to be prepared." ”

"Sir reminds me." Yi Zhizhi was full of his jaw, but he was thinking in his heart that last year's Yellow River and Yangtze River flooded, and the increase in grain prices was already not small, and if the Yangtze River was flooded again this year, grain prices did not know what to look like, this matter was not a joke, and it was better to believe that it was there than to believe that it was not, in addition to arranging people to purchase a large amount of grain from Annam and Siam, it was also necessary to let the navy raise a large amount of grain in Luzon.

After a slight hesitation, he asked tentatively: "Can you understand the situation in Guangxi, sir?" ”

Guangxi? Bao Shichen didn't know why he suddenly mentioned Guangxi, and estimated that it should be Yuanqi who was ready to think about Guangxi's expansion, and after thinking about it, he said: "Guangxi has not been very good in recent years, floods and droughts and locust plagues for many years, and poor harvests have become the norm, but it is not very noticeable, and last year's disaster does not seem to be lower, however, Guangxi is located in a remote area, and local officials often falsely report the disaster situation to deceive the imperial court to reduce or reduce taxes. ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhixiang was speechless for a while, secretly thinking that when Huang Dianyuan came back, he should be able to roughly understand the situation in Guangxi in the century, worship God will start in Guangxi, and tens of thousands of people can easily gather, and the life of the local people should be not easy, not that their livelihood is cut off, there is no way to live, and the common people will generally not participate in the rebellion.

The two were chatting, Lin Meilian walked quickly to the door, and reported: "The big shopkeeper, Master Mai Tingzhangmai is here." ”

Mai Tingzhang, who listened, came, Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly and said, "Please." ”

After the Eastern Expedition, Mai Tingzhang was promoted to the general army because of his merits, in charge of the Western sailing fleet of the Guangdong Naval Division, and was Guan Tianpei's right-hand man, these two years can be described as a spring breeze, but if he has the opportunity to come to Guangzhou, he will inevitably come to Lei Yuan to sit and chat, for him, Yi Zhizhi is the noble man in his life, and he has been promoted repeatedly, all with Yi Zhi.

Soon, Mai Tingzhang hurried over, and after greeting him with a few words, he said: "Dou Zhenbiao, the chief soldier of Qiongzhou Town, is seriously ill and prays for rest, the court has already allowed it, and the newly appointed chief soldier of Qiongzhou Town is Shi Degao, and the former chief soldier of Kinmen Town ........ ”

Dou Zhenbiao is seriously ill, he is content to hear about this, and it is normal to pray for rest when he is seriously ill. Mr. Dou has not been in good health for the past two years, I know. ”

Mai Tingzhang smiled, "Guan Junmen said, that Shi Degao is not a good bird, let the big shopkeeper converge in Qiongzhou." ”

Guan Tianpei said this, obviously there was a reason for the incident, Yi Zhizhi nodded and said, "I'll send a message to Basuo and Yulin." ”

Yi Zhishu didn't pay attention to this matter, he really didn't pay attention to the general soldier of Qiongzhou Town, now that the local gentry in Changhua have completely integrated into Yuanqi, he really has nothing to worry about, what he is worried about is the situation in Jiangnan.

Successive intelligence shows that not only Su Song Changtai and other areas have been affected, but Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan and other provinces have been affected to varying degrees.

In April, the villagers of Lou County, Jiangsu Province resisted grain, causing more than 30 lives, causing quite a stir, a wave of unsettled waves, and a large number of hungry people looted in Changzhou City, Suzhou, followed by a large-scale resistance of villagers to grain in Qingyang, Anhui Province, and Meng County, Henan Province, rallying the crowd to resist the arrears and refusing to hurt the officials.

Changle Bookstore, Yi Zhixiang smoked a cigarette and groaned for a while, looked at Bao Shichen and said: "Seeing the subtle knowledge, it seems that cleaning up the arrears will cause a big mess as Mr. said, but will the court see that the situation is not good and stop here?" ”

Bao Shichen smiled when he heard this, "The big treasurer of these information, far away in the Beijing division today, I am afraid that I can't see it, the biggest ability of the officials is to report the good news and not the bad news, these things, most of them can be pressed, but they can't be suppressed before they will be reported layer by layer, and the same is true for the superintendent, the big things that are within their power are small, and the small things are turned into small things, and those who can not be reported will definitely not be reported." ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhixiang felt that his officials in the past few years had been done in vain, and he groaned slightly, and then he said: "The villagers of Lou County resisted grain and caused more than 30 lives, which caused quite a stir, and Mengxian County refused to hurt the officials, these things are always hidden, right?" ”

Bao Shichen smiled and said, "What are more than 30 lives?" As for the ....... of Mengxian County's refusal to hurt officials, as long as the silver is in place, what can't be covered? ”

Yi Zhizhi said: "Then the local officials will not take advantage of the disaster situation and take the opportunity to delay the clearing of the arrears?" ”

"First of all, the disaster is not very serious, and if it becomes a disaster, it cannot be considered a disaster at all." Bao Shichen said slowly: "Besides, to clear up the arrears, the officials can take the opportunity to apportionment to large businessmen, this is a good opportunity to make money, who will cut off their own financial routes?" Besides, the court cleared up the arrears, and you reported the disaster? What does Shangguan think of you? What will the court think? Of course, if it really wants to be a disaster of more than five points, no one dares to hide it. ”

He was lamenting his knowledge of being an official, and Lin Meilian came in to report: "Big shopkeeper, Huang Gongzi is asking to see outside." ”

Huang Dianyuan, who heard it, came back, Yi Zhizhi was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Invite him in." ”

Bao Shichen was very conscious, and hurriedly got up to say goodbye, Yi Zhizhi did not keep him, and sent him out, not intentionally to hide from him, but to support the worship of God, which is really a bit unauthentic, and the risk is really not small, the less people know the better.

Huang Dianyuan was as calm as ever, and after the two bowed their hands, Yi Zhixin asked, "Can you see Luo Outline?" ”

"It's not easy for others to find him, but it's naturally not difficult to find him next." Huang Dianyuan said with a smile: "I have negotiated with him, and the transportation of guns along the way has also been arranged, when will the big shopkeeper be able to deliver it?" ”

"Anytime." Yi Zhishu turned his head as he spoke, "I heard that Guangxi has had frequent disasters over the years, but is it true?" ”

"It's not just that disasters are frequent, but in fact, there are already famines in many places." Huang Dianyuan said: "Many hungry people flocked to Annan. ”

Yi Zhizhi shook his head and said: "In such a situation, it is also suitable for trouble." ”

"Luo Outline also feels that the opportunity is very good." Huang Dianyuan said: "He organized it once the year before last, and it was quickly dispersed, but he also accumulated a lot of experience, and he heard that Nanyang Tiandi would sponsor them with a thousand muskets, so he was naturally excited." ”

"Brother Rong can inquire about the situation of the God Worship Society?"

"Luo Xuan knows everything about the situation of the Worship of God." Huang Dianyuan said: "As the big treasurer said, worshipping God has indeed become a climate ........ ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled secretly in his heart, that is needless to say, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has swept through most of China, causing an extremely heavy blow to the Qing court, I don't want Huang Dianyuan to change his head, "Can the big shopkeeper be sure to worship God left and right?" Guangdong is rich and close to Guangxi, and once God will point the finger at Guangdong, it will be a big joke. ”

"Don't worry, it's no joke." Yi Zhishu said in a relaxed tone: "It's true that Guangdong is rich, but Guangdong is not only heavily guarded, but also Yuan Qi, Hong Huoxiu is also a scholar, and his brain is not stupid, his strength was weak at the beginning of the incident, how could he come to Guangdong by killing himself?" ”

After a pause, he continued: "Since there is a famine in Guangxi, they will definitely not be in Guangxi for too long, and after the incident, they will travel to Guangxi, and the target is naturally a province with weak troops and food, as expected, it should be into Hunan." ”

Hunan? Huang Dianyuan thought for a while and said: "The lake is ripe, the world is full, Hunan is the land of fish and rice, it is indeed a good choice." After a pause, he tentatively asked, "Can you strongly support the Worship of God?" Let him fight with the Qing court to lose both, won't we be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman? ”

"What's the matter, now that you have faith in the worship of God?" Yi Zhifen joked, and then said: "Things have to come step by step, rash and vigorous support, will make the worship of God doubt our intentions, besides, there are too many muskets, and I am afraid that they will come to fight Guangdong without knowing the height of the sky."

This matter is not in a hurry, take one step at a time, neither let them stir up the chaos in the world, greatly damage the vitality of the Qing Dynasty, nor can they cheapen the imperial court, and we must also get enough benefits. ”

Huang Dianyuan asked, "What benefits?" Make money again? ”

"What's so bad about making money? Wars are fought for money. Yi Zhisuff snatched a sentence from him, and then said: "Tell me, after the worship of God will enter Hunan, there will be a lot of momentum, where will the soldiers point?" ”

Huang Dianyuan said without thinking: "If it were me, I would definitely go all the way north, just referring to Jingshi!" ”

"Again, for granted, no." Yi Zhizu rolled his eyes and said, "The army is going north all the way and drinking the northwest wind?" If you want to continue to grow your power, the first thing you need to solve is food! ”

Huang Dianyuan lost his voice and said: "Will they turn the spearhead to Jiangnan?" ”

"Not bad." Yi Zhishu nodded and said, "They will definitely go down the river to the south of the Yangtze River, and the imperial court will definitely deploy heavy troops in the north to prevent them from continuing to advance north." ”