Where Myanmar, Annam and Yunnan meet!

Wu Bingjian's heart jumped, this is to solve the British tea plantation in Assam with the hand of the imperial court? But the problem is, it's a good place to grow crows. Slice? Such a big thing can't be said casually.

Yi Zhi's content expression is calm, he looks confident, he is naturally not talking casually, the junction of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos in Southeast Asia is the famous Golden Triangle in later generations! The world-famous poison. product base.

Deng Tingzhen glanced at Yi Zhizhi quietly, secretly thinking that this kid was against the crow. The film also has a lot of deep research? This suggestion really made him a little excited, because the crow. In other words, high-quality crows were planted in the border areas of Burma, Annam and Yunnan. film, the annual profit is twenty or thirty million taels of silver.

How much does the imperial court earn in a year? More than 40 million, although the northwest has been truce, but still need a large amount of military expenditure a year, so that the imperial court can not make ends meet, if it can produce more than 20 or 30 million taels of income a year, what kind of situation will it be?

What is especially rare is that this is not growing crows in the country. The opposition was much smaller, and it was easier to control, and after a moment of contemplation, he spoke: "How can I know that the border between Burma, Annam and Yunnan is suitable for growing crows. Slice? ”

This is really hard to explain, Yi Zhicontent did not hesitate to push it to the foreigner, when even said: "I know English well, often come into contact with the British merchant ships who come to Guangzhou to trade, like to talk with the crew and sailors of the merchant ships, and I happened to hear them praise that there is a treasure land between the border between Burma, Annam and Yunnan.

The most important commodity of British commerce and trade with the Qing Dynasty was the crow. Chips, tea, raw silk, that place does not produce tea, does not produce silk, and then combined with crows. The main production areas of the slice - Bengal, Mawa, Iran and Turkey in India, all at the same latitude, and all have a hot climate, so it is bold to infer that the so-called treasure land must be extremely suitable for growing crows. Slice. ”

Yi Zhi's words are complete nonsense, he knows very well that in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, the crows on the land of China. Patch cultivation is extremely widespread, regardless of the southeast, northwest, all provinces, even the cold climate of the northeast is also planting, the reason why he said so, he hopes to crow. The planting of the piece is controlled outside the country, which can be regarded as a great merit.

Although Deng Tingzhen was skeptical of this, he was also eager to try. The profit of the film is too great, and for the imperial court that cannot make ends meet, this is simply an irresistible temptation. Confuse.

After a little hesitation, Deng Tingzhen turned the topic back, stroked his long beard, and said: "Contentment is young and promising, learning through China and the West, erudite and talented, and well-versed in economics, the imperial court is now lacking such talents as contentment, I don't know if contentment is willing to serve the imperial court?" ”

Serving the Imperial Court? Official? Yi Zhixiang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly bowed and said: "The adult is very loving, and the kid is grateful, but the kid is crazy, bold and willful, and it is really not suitable for him, and I hope the adult will forgive me." ”

Seeing that he refused without hesitation, Deng Tingzhen's hand stroking his long beard couldn't help but pause, as the governor of Liangguang, he was in a high position, I don't know how many people sharpened their heads to get his appreciation and get his sponsorship, this kid actually pushed it without hesitation, and pushed it cleanly, without dragging the mud and water.

Wu Bingjian was secretly relieved, he was really worried that Yi Zhixin would not be able to withstand the temptation. Confused and plunged into the officialdom, he was still counting on Yi Zhizu to take over as the chief merchant of the Thirteen Lines.

Seeing that Deng Tingzhen was silent, Yi Zhizhi continued: "Although the kid is not suitable to be an official, but in the rivers and lakes, he is also willing to solve problems for the court, solve problems for adults, and destroy the family. ”

Hearing him say this, Deng Tingzhen said with a smile: "Contentment in charge of Yuanqi Bank, and willing to undertake national bonds, even if you are not willing to go out, but it is inevitable to be an official, this governor personally sponsors you on the table, and implores the imperial court to grant a vacant position, so that contentment is also convenient to move around." ”

This is to help him donate his official position, Yi Zhishu didn't dare to shirk anymore, so he quickly got up, bowed down, and said, "Thank you, Lord for your love." ”

Deng Tingzhen smiled and bowed, then opened the drawer, took out a waist card, and said: "There is no need to be restrained for contentment, if you have something in the future, you can come to see the governor, this is the waist card for entering and leaving the governor's palace, you can keep it." ”

"Master Xie." Yi Zhizu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down to take the waist card, but he secretly complained in his heart, this waist card was convenient to enter and exit the Governor's Palace, but it was not for the convenience of him to ask for a meeting, but for Deng Tingzhen to summon him for convenience.

Seeing this situation, Wu Bingjian knew that it was time to leave, and without waiting for Deng Tingzhen to serve tea to the guests, he got up and saluted and left.

Wu Bingjian and Yi Zhizhi withdrew from the two, Deng Tingzhen dipped his pen in ink and wrote quickly, "The rise and fall of a country is the first to look at the economy, the prosperity and decline of the economy, focusing on finance, financial unification, and the ...... of the country." ”

Outside the Governor's Palace, Yi Zhizu sent Wu Bingjian off in a sedan chair to leave, and then turned around and got on the sedan chair to go home, he really didn't expect Deng Tingzhen to value him so much, and even gave birth to the idea of sponsoring him, but to be honest, he was really not interested in being an official, if he was an official, he must be a reformist, a reformer, a Westernist, but the reformers and reformers in the history of the Qing Dynasty had no good end, the Westernists mixed well, and the Westernization movement was quite impressive, but in the end it was also bankrupt because of the First Sino-Japanese Naval War.

Of course, if he is a Westernist and leads the Westernization movement, it is very likely that he will be able to reverse history, but he believes that it is more meaningful to build a huge financial empire that is enough to influence or even control the Qing Dynasty than to be the leader of the Westernization faction in the Qing Dynasty.

What's more, he is too young, he is only nineteen years old this year, and he is in the officialdom, I don't know how many years it will take to get to the point of being a feudal official.

The Qing Dynasty treasury bonds, thrown out now, is a little too early, but he has no way, Yuanqi Bank wants to obtain the support of the imperial court, and generally come up with some dry goods, and Yuanqi undertakes the national debt, which is not without benefit to Yuanqi's expansion, with the support of the imperial court, Yuanqi's expansion will be twice the result with half the effort.

The question is the war, will the imperial court issue treasury bonds? Yuan Qi's current strength is not enough, but he can't withstand the blood pumping of the imperial court, and he thinks of the crow. piece, he thought of the Golden Triangle again, I don't know if the imperial court has the courage to send troops to occupy the Golden Triangle and ban crows. Pieces in the Qing Dynasty are simply impossible, even if there is no outbreak of crows. The war of the piece, the Qing Dynasty could not ban the crow. Slice of growing crows in the Golden Triangle. The piece is not a little stronger than the one that is planted in China.

If the imperial court sends troops, Assam's tea problem can be easily solved, Wu Bingjian didn't ask this question after he came out, it seems that he wants to wait until tomorrow to discuss it in detail, and tomorrow he will meet the owner of Qichang Foreign Bank, but he can talk to them well.