Chapter Twenty-Seven: Look at the Silver Master

Seeing Wu Bingjian put on a posture that had nothing to do with himself, Yi Zhishu was a little confused about the other party's intentions for a while, Wu Changqing proposed to buy shares, it was obviously impulsive, Wu Bingjian let it go, what does it mean?

The Wu family is optimistic about the prospects of Tianbao Watch Factory and really wants to buy shares? This doesn't seem to make sense, just rely on his nonsense, and decisively decide to buy shares? It's just that Qian Duo is capricious, and it's not such a wayward law, especially Wu Bingjian, who shouldn't be the willful master, it seems that there are other reasons.

Yi Zhizu picked up the teacup and took a few sips, and he didn't have the heart to scrutinize it carefully, the Wu family's grandfather and grandson were still waiting for him to reply, although he was unwilling to sell the shares of Tianbao Watch Factory, but with the Wu family as a shareholder, the benefits were also obvious, and furthermore, Wu Jiacai expressed his strong support for the study of new righteousness and alien species invasion and ecological balance, and he was not good at refusing, but even if he wanted to sell the shares of Tianbao Watch Factory, it could not be sold cheaply.

After a quick weighing, he looked at Wu Changqing with a serious face, and said: "Tianbao Watch Factory is the first factory I founded, the production of pocket watches, watches, will be popular all over the world, has great development potential and high profits, and at least can guarantee a hundred years to dominate the world watch industry, how much are you willing to pay to buy a hundred percent of the shares?" Or buy five cents. ”

Hearing this, Wu Changqing couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at Wu Bingjian for help, he really didn't know how much price to pay, he was really frightened by Yi Zhi's words, popular all over the world, guaranteed to dominate the world's watch industry for a hundred years, what is this concept, what kind of guarantee does he have, where does he get his confidence? Why do you believe in yourself?

Wu Bingjian was also stunned when he heard it, the first thought was that this kid was blackmailing again, but it was unlikely that he would think about it, this little guy was extremely smart, thoughtful and thoughtful, the Wu family's shareholding in Tianbao Watch Factory was a good thing for him and Xingtaixing, even if he didn't appreciate it, there was no way to blackmail them in terms of shares.

There are only two possibilities, one is that this watch factory is likely to be built to save Xingtai Xing, it is just a pretense, he is not willing to drag down Changqing, and the other is that Yi Zhizu is really confident in the watch factory, his description of the watch factory is not bragging, and the other one, he just mentioned the watch, what is a watch? Newly developed watch?

After a little hesitation, Wu Bingjian spoke: "Contentment has a study of clocks? ”

"The younger generation has a strong interest in clocks since childhood." Yi Zhishu nodded and said: "For the structural parts of clocks, the younger generation has studied for many years, and there are many unique ideas and designs, otherwise how can the younger generation dare to boast of ensuring that the world will dominate the watch industry within a hundred years, in terms of watchmaking technology alone, the younger generation dares to boast, and no one in this world can stand side by side with the younger generation." ”

He is already very modest in saying this, as far as watchmaking technology is concerned, he is 200 years ahead of the world, and he is familiar with several upgrades of the main parts and structures of pocket watches, and Trimble can lead the watch industry at least for a hundred years.

But Wu Bingjian and Wu Changqing couldn't believe his words, since Yi Zhizhi came to the door to blackmail the loan, the Wu family did a detailed investigation of him, never heard that he had studied in the watch workshop, can clockmaking also be self-taught? Both of them wondered in their hearts, even if this guy was boasting, it didn't seem necessary to brag so outrageously?

After hesitating for a moment, Wu Changqing said: "Since Brother Yi can make pocket watches, he should also be able to repair them?" ”

The grandfather and grandson didn't believe his words and wanted to verify it on the spot? Yi Zhishu said in a relaxed tone: "Repair the pocket watch requires special tools, if the parts are damaged, but also to replace the parts, it will be much easier to repair the clock, if Changqing has a faulty clock at hand, you can bring it, I will repair it for you, it will not take much time." ”

"There's really a clock that they dismantled and can't be put back on." Wu Changqing smiled and said, "Since Brother Yi can cultivate, I'll go and get it." So saying, he got up and walked away quickly.

Yi Zhizhi smiled indifferently, looked at Wu Bingjian, and said along the previous train of thought: "Everything is predetermined, and if it is not prepared, it will be wasted, the imperial court strictly prohibits smoking, and the war between the Qing Dynasty and Britain breaks out, this is a matter of high probability. ”

For a rainy day? Wu Bingjian hummed lightly and said, "What do you think?" ”

Yi Zhishu didn't answer directly, but asked an irrelevant question, "Pinghu Gong should be familiar with the profession of silversmith, right?" Do you know how many silversmiths there are in Xiguan? ”

Look at the silversmith, is to identify the silver money person, also called the silversmith, this is the indispensable person of bulk trade, whether Chinese and foreign businessmen in the collection, to see the silversmith to check the authenticity of the silver money and the scale, even if it is a silver dollar transaction, the same, because the silver ingots and silver dollars circulating in the city of Guangzhou have a wide variety, different colors, different weights.

Again, whether it is a silver ingot or a silver dollar, if it is inspected by the silversmith, it will be stamped, and if there is a problem, you can rely on the stamp to find the silversmith for compensation.

Therefore, the more times the silver ingot silver dollar circulated, the more stamps will be left, and over time, the weight of the silver ingot silver dollar will become insufficient, and even seriously deformed.

Wu Bingjian has been immersed in foreign trade all his life, how can he not be familiar with the silversmith, as for how many silversmiths are in Xiguan? He really didn't know, anyway, there would be no less, Chinese and foreign commercial halls have their own silversmiths, he didn't know why Yi Zhishu would mention silversmiths, after thinking about it, he said: "Don't go around in circles." ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled and said, "The junior wants to smash Xiguan and even the entire Guangzhou City to see the job of the silver master." ”

Wu Bingjian had a rare humorous sentence, "Do you have a grudge against the silver master?" ”

"Pinghu Gong unconsciously often exceeds 10,000, or even hundreds of thousands, and the counting of hundreds of thousands of silver dollars is a time-consuming, laborious and costly thing?" Yi Zhishu smiled as he spoke, and said solemnly: "The junior suggested that the Thirteen Banks and British and American retail merchants jointly set up a commercial bank, so that large transactions do not need to be counted in the bank, but only need to be transferred in the bank, or use the money bills and checks issued by the bank to trade, isn't it much simpler and faster?" ”

"Commercial bank?" Wu Bingjian muttered softly, and his fingers habitually began to tap briskly and rhythmically on the armrests of the chair, and after a while, he asked softly: "Do you know the Finance Committee of the East India Company in Guangzhou?" ”

The Finance Committee of the East India Company in Guangzhou? What kind of institution is it? Bank? Wasn't the East India Company already out of business? Yi Zhizu shook his head slightly, he really hadn't heard of this.