After a long cup of tea, Wu Bingjian asked with some difficulty: "What does the hegemony of the pound mean?" ”

"To put it simply, it is to make the pound sterling the world's currency, a hard currency like gold." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Britain wants to indirectly control the whole world through the pound, and the Qing Dynasty has almost no gold reserves, and if the silver system of the Qing Dynasty is defeated, the Qing Dynasty will be forced to accept the use of the British pound." ”

"How?" Wu Changqing couldn't help but say: "The pound is a paper currency, and whether it depreciates or not is completely manipulated by the British, and once the paper money is depreciated, it is worthless." ”

"That's right." Yi Zhifen nodded: "The reason why Britain wants to implement the hegemony of the pound is to control the wealth, resources and all countries in the world. If you want to conquer money, you must first conquer gold; And if you want to conquer gold, you must first conquer silver.

In order to conquer silver, it is natural to first conquer the Qing Dynasty, which has the largest market, the largest population, the largest commercial center, and the largest silver standard in the world. ”

Pound hegemony! Wu Bingjian was a little distracted for a while, he knew very well that one pound is equivalent to more than two dollars of gold, and it can be exchanged for gold at any time in the Bank of England, and it is a fixed exchange rate that has not changed for decades, and the reputation is quite good, so it can be said that the pound is equivalent to gold.

Pound sterling banknotes are not uncommon in Guangzhou, Britain, the United States, Indian merchants, merchants in Guangzhou, foreign businessmen have a lot of pounds in their hands, although they are not in circulation in the market, but it is not uncommon to use pounds in small transactions in private, because pounds are convenient to trade and easy to carry.

Not only in Guangzhou, but also in the South Seas and in India, he was also very interested in the pound sterling, because the pound is more portable than gold, but he never expected that there would be such a big article on the small pound.

And he also knows that the pound is stored in the bank with interest, and the gold is stored in the bank not only without interest but also pays the custodian fee, which also proves from the side that the UK is indeed vigorously promoting the pound.

After pondering for a long time, Wu Bingjian spoke: "There is some truth in what contentment said, the thirteen lines should be prepared for a rainy day, you juniors who are not involved in business should first open a money bank, practice your hands, and by the way, recruit people." ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhizhi couldn't help but be overjoyed, Wu Bingjian was finally moved! He hurriedly followed the conversation and said, "That late generation came out with 100,000 oceans to invest in Qianzhuang. ”

"Don't be too ostentatious right now." Wu Bingjian shook his head and said, "Let's enter 50,000 first, the thirteen lines have suffered a lot of vitality in the past few years, and they can't stand the toss." ”

Coming out of Yanhui Building, Yi Zhizhi was in a good mood, and he was comfortable, this trip to see Wu Bingjian was not in vain, although a long talk was both painstaking and laborious, but it was all worth it, not only gained Wu Bingjian's trust and appreciation, but also the things he wanted to do were basically settled, and then, he could show his strength and toss.

Seeing his brisk steps, Wu Changqing knew that he was in a good mood, and immediately said tentatively: "Brother Yi, the Pan family has always had a great interest in running a workshop, does Tianbao Watch Factory still need someone to take shares?" ”

Speaking of this stubble, Yi Zhishu felt a little painful, and teased at the moment: "Changqing doesn't have two percent of the shares on hand, or you transfer one percent to the Pan family?" ”

Wu Changqing smiled when he heard this, opened the folding fan with a brush, and said, "When you eat the meat in your mouth, how can you spit it out." ”

Yi Zhizhi knew that the reason why Wu Changqing was so tempted was because he had no confidence in Tianbao Watch Factory, in this regard, he was far less courageous than Wu Bingjian, and he also took out the folding fan from the fan bag at the moment, opened it skillfully, and said while fanning: "Tianbao Watch Factory is only the first factory I am preparing to build, and there will be factories to be built in the future, and the merchants of the Thirteen Lines have the opportunity to become shareholders."

At present, our task is to run Tianbao Watch Factory well, make it a model factory, let them see, let them blush, and build a factory in the future, they will have confidence in us, and they will actively participate in the shares. ”

Hearing him say this, Wu Changqing said with a smile: "Say it first, and then build a factory, and the younger brother can have priority in buying shares." ”

"The factory is a small thing, but the bank is a big thing." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "Do you think there are many merchants who have the strength to invest 50,000 yuan in the bank?" ”

After walking a few steps, Wu Changqing said: "The situation of the Thirteen Lines has not been very good in recent years, and those who can take out 50,000 oceans with one hand to buy shares, except for the two of us, I am afraid that only the Pan family and the Lu family, and the other few will be good if they can take out 20,000 oceans." ”

That is to say, the money bank of the Thirteen Banks can't even make up 400,000 oceans, Yi Zhishu thought about it a little, and then said: "Then if the loan is given priority according to the amount of shareholders' shares, and it is doubled the loan, what will happen?" ”

Wu Changqing's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he "brushed" the folding fan away, beat his palm, and said: "This method is good, they will inevitably rush to invest 50,000 shares, but..., there are nine companies to borrow, one hundred thousand is 900,000, and the investment capital is only 650,000, I'm afraid it won't work, right?" ”

"What's not going to work?" Yi Zhizhi said disapprerovingly: "Let's absorb deposits, if the scale is not bigger, it should be no problem to absorb one million oceans." ”

Isn't that big? Wu Changqing hurriedly reminded: "The old man has repeatedly reminded that the scale cannot be large. ”

"Absorb a million deposits, is it much?" Yi Zhishu glanced at him and said: "It's the peak season of maritime trade, even two million, three million will be borrowed by those merchants in the blink of an eye, and the money village will leave tens of thousands of oceans at most, is this a big scale?" ”

This is also true, as long as there is not much in the money bank, there is nothing to worry about, Wu Changqing nodded and said, "Can you absorb so many deposits?" It's the peak season for maritime trade, and all the money on hand has been released. ”

"Try it." Yi Zhixiang turned his head as he spoke, and said, "Pan Shiming, do you understand?" ”

Wu Changqing nodded and said, "I have been playing together since I was a child." ”

"We have a lot of things on hand, and I don't want to be too tired." Yi Zhizhi said: "Look, how about entrusting Pan Shiming with the matter of running a newspaper?" ”

Hearing this, Wu Changqing couldn't help but smile bitterly, he didn't expect that so many things would come out after a long talk between Yi Zhixiang and Grandpa, and he really should let go of running a newspaper, otherwise he would not be busy, and after a little hesitation, he said: "Pan Shiming is a well-trained person, acting steadily, and is not as pedantic as ordinary readers, and he is very interested in running a newspaper. ”

The two of them had arrived at the backyard dock while talking, Yi Zhizu took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was only half past eleven, he still had to rush to Yan's mansion to see Yan Qichang, and he had to go to Pan Shiming's banquet in the evening, so he didn't have to think about doing things today, so he stopped and said: "It's still early, I'll go back to Xiguan ...... first." ”

Wu Changqing was also anxious to go back to record and sort out the conversation between Yi Zhizhi and Wu Bingjian, today's long conversation involved a lot of things, and there are many contents that he is very unfamiliar with, even if his memory is good, he is worried that he will not be able to remember it for a long time, and he arched his hand when he heard this: "Pan Shiming is holding a banquet in Shuzhuqiao Restaurant, Brother Yi should not forget." ”

Yi Zhishu smiled and arched his hand and said, "Don't worry, I'll be here." ”