Qi Taiyu is here to reveal the strength of the world's richest man to Lord Li, Lord Wu, and Hu Da businessmen, and the most powerful shock he can think of is to monopolize the world steel market, as for the telegraph, electric lights, etc., the Qing people don't use it much, so it's not so convenient to brag, and now everyone is shocked. Then, as the number one comprador of the Duke, how strong am I? You don't need to say it explicitly, do you? So, don't fight with me!

Although the things of foreigners are good, but because of the influence of the xenophobic policy of the original Qing Dynasty, officials from all over the country are doing tricks openly and secretly, Qi Taiyu, the big comprador is not having a good time, and Tang Ning's only instruction to him is not to allow bribery, which is impossible in the Qing Dynasty, so before the emperor Taishang was in the first issue of "Qing News", Qi Taiyu's wealth was only a small fortune, because he was obstructed by officials, and the market was almost limited to the concession. Why is Qi Taiyu so angry now, and he doesn't even give the governor face? It is because he is accustomed to doing serious business, and he does not want to be an official at all, if his position as a comprador is given to Hu Guangyong, I am afraid that the business of the Windsor consortium has already spread throughout China.

Who is Hu Guangyong? Discipline is his breakfast, affection is his lunch, taking risks is his dinner, and bribery is his supper.

Hu Guangyong's current backer is Wang Youling, the governor of Zhejiang. When Wang Youling was the alternate ambassador of Zhejiang Salt, Hu Guangyong embezzled 500 taels of his boss's money to Wang Youling to make up for his official position. At present, all the money from the donation bureau used by Zhejiang to raise funds for the war is deposited in Hu Guangyong's Fukang Money Village.

Hu Guangyong has a good girl Rue Xiang in "Pear Blossom Spring", who is the daughter of an official eunuch who was sold into **** because her father was imprisoned. He has a good grasp of the gains and losses, and is definitely an excellent official businessman.

Li Hongzhang originally thought that as long as he was the governor of the city, he could intimidate a certain profiteer, but his wishful thinking was completely wrong, as a member of the imperial court, and he was quite a city government, he was unwilling to go into battle in person, and looked at Hu Guangyong, it was time for Xiao Hu to watch himself.

Hu Guangyong thought that this garden was not worth 10,000 taels at all, he had compared it, it should be about 6,000, so he had a plan and used the court to suppress the compradors, saying: "It stands to reason that this garden should be returned to the original owner, and Lord Wu is the owner of this Wu Garden, but everyone also knows that if it weren't for the imperial court to recover Suzhou Mansion, this Wu Garden would have been occupied by the Cantonese bandit Li Xiucheng, and Li Xiucheng built a lot of construction on the basis of the original Wu Garden, this garden is no longer the original Wu Garden, so today we will discuss a solution, Not only satisfies Lord Wu, but also makes the merits of the court not overlooked, do you agree with the next words? ”

The so-called Lord Wu is actually an unknown petty official, his grade is not in the stream, although his father also served as the governor of river affairs, but he was deposed, and he has long since lost his glory, where can he dare to confront Lord Li, so if this matter is spread in the name of the court and the Wu family, Qi Taiyu's proposition will be alienated.

Lord Wu nodded behind Governor Li and Hu Daguan, if he had the right to speak here, where would it be his turn to speak Qi Taiyu and the grass people? Qi Caomin also has his own saying: "Mr. Hu said it well. Wu Yuan has already been unrecognizable, and the imperial court is mighty! But this battle was not fought by the imperial court, dare to ask Lord Li, how many troops did the imperial court send to fight Suzhou? Why are all the British ** teams stationed here? ”

Li Hongzhang was even more angry, and secretly decided to find an opportunity to rectify this businessman who didn't know how to lift, but he was used to it, so he sat quietly, sat firmly in the middle, tasted the black tea of No. 7 Manor, and watched the four-person performance from the other side.

Although Wu Jinde was afraid of the governor, he was also afraid of foreigners, so he didn't dare to speak, just a strong smile, with a pile of meat on his face.

Hu Guangyong threatened: "Mr. Qi, have you been in Nanyang for a long time and don't understand the rules of my Qing Dynasty?" Foreigners, after defeating the Cantonese bandits, they naturally have to leave, is it possible that you still think that foreigners will stay in the land of my Qing Dynasty and not leave, in order to protect your garden? ”

Qi Taiyu felt that it was too enjoyable to talk to the governor of Jiangsu, so he pretended to be indifferent and said: "Mr. Hu's words are wrong! Foreigners will go, won't Master Li also be promoted? Is it possible to stay in the position of governor of Jiangsu for the rest of his life? The so-called officials, the fate is the emperor's, the emperor told you to go east, you don't dare to go west, or do business, I fell in love with Suzhou, and I also fell in love with this humble administrator's garden. Listen to this name, humble government, clumsy government, clumsy government, clumsy government, it is not auspicious for Lord Li of Zhishi, for the sake of Lord Li's official fortune, I still advise my lord not to worry about the grass people. ”

This foreign comprador is too arrogant! Hu Guangyong has nothing to do, the task assigned by the leader has not been completed, he can't help but feel distressed, and it is not easy to pat himself on the back.

Phew! The name is unlucky, don't I know how to change it? Li Hongzhang saw that the foreign comprador had made up his mind, so he didn't say much, and said indifferently: "Since this is the case, the lower official has resigned." I wish Mr. Qi's foreign comprador business to last longer and longer! Oh, I almost forgot to thank Mr. Qi for the tea, but this foreigner's tea is still not as flavorful as the one I produced in the Qing Dynasty......"

After saying these yin and yang strange words, Master Li Shi Shiran left the table, Hu Daguan followed, and Wu Daguan also followed, but Qi Taiyu shouted: "Lord Wu, please stay!" ”

At this time, Suzhou City was full of foreigners, how dare Lord Wu offend the foreign compradors, he was in a dilemma, and his face was entangled, but Li Hu and the others didn't look at him, and walked away.

After Qi Taiyu left Wu Jinde behind, he didn't speak for a long time, as if he had forgotten the old man, and only cared about tasting tea.

In the winter, Wu Jinde was sweating, but he didn't dare to wipe it out of etiquette.

Qi Taiyu accidentally raised his head and looked at Wu Jinde, as if he had just discovered him, and smiled dumbly: "Lord Wu has worked hard, come, Xiaolan, give Lord Wu a towel." "He is very satisfied with the state of a certain adult, power is really a good thing, no wonder everyone in the Qing Dynasty loves to be officials. He, a foreign comprador fox and a fake tiger, also scared Wu Daguan enough. In the past, the people of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were angry, but now they are foreign compradors, and whoever wins the battle is the master.

Qi Taiyu finally spoke: "I think...... This garden is not worth ten thousand taels. ”

Wu Jinde was even more uneasy, and laughed dryly: "Yes, yes, it must not be worth that much, that is, it is a little more than the two thousand opened by Master Li, Mr. Qi, you just look at it and give it a little." ”

Qi Taiyu: "You don't understand what I mean, I don't want to take advantage of you, but if I hadn't taken advantage of you, you would have taken advantage of Lord Li a long time ago, it is difficult to be a man in the Qing Dynasty, and you have to face the official authority of the bureaucracy every day." Hey, does Lord Wu know the biggest difference between foreign businessmen and Chinese businessmen? ”

Wu Jinde: "I don't know, please make it clear." ”

Qi Taiyu: "Of course, this must be made clear to you, and those who have never been to a foreign country will definitely not know." This foreigner, rich and powerful countries are like this, and businessmen are not afraid to be officials. They have a saying that is right - private property is sacrosanct. Listen, sacred. Officials, no matter how big they are, as long as they violate the law, they will be reported by civilians. You may not understand, in my Qing Dynasty, officials protect each other, no matter how useless it is, even the yamen has a little ghost who guards the door, and you can't enter the door without money.

That's the biggest difference, there is a clause in the Sino-British Beijing Treaty that mentions a jury. In the United Kingdom, in Malaya, the lawsuit is not decided by the official, but by the jury, and the jury is temporarily selected from among the civilians, and the judge is only responsible for presiding over the process of the lawsuit, and in the end there is no right to vote, and the civilian jury has the final say. And the biggest official in Britain is not the emperor, nor the queen, but the prime minister, on the surface, the prime minister is nominated by the queen, but in fact, the prime minister is elected by the parliament, that is, the common people, Master Wu, if in such a country, you say that you are happy to be a businessman, right? ”

Wu Jinde smiled bitterly: "Is it so good? You're talking about a foreign country, and I'm going to ...... Hey, you get the idea. ”

Qi Taiyu: "What about my Qing Dynasty?" You wait and see, the Holy Lord has already seen the difference between the Qing Dynasty and the British. Maybe it will be restructured soon, do you read the newspaper? It has already been said on the news of the Qing Dynasty that let the subjects of Kowloon, Guangdong try the Western legal system, and if it is easy to use, the Qing Dynasty can also use it. ”

Wu Jinde shook his head: "I don't think it's possible." ”

Qi Taiyu smiled slightly: "You see, okay." Okay, no. As I said earlier, we are going to take the sacrosanct route of private property. What's yours is yours, if I forcibly buy your garden as a foreign comprador, you will definitely not accept it, and Lord Li will trouble me in the future. I've figured out a way out. In this way, I will build yì to foreigners, and if the territory occupied by the Taiping army like you is safe, it will be returned to the original owner intact, as long as the title deed is taken out. And like the Humble Administrator's Garden, because it has already been built, it cannot be returned to the owner as it is, so it will be auctioned publicly, and the one with the highest price will get it. Your garden, since the governor has spoken, then auction it at a reserve price of 2,000 taels, and half of the proceeds will belong to you, and half will go to the imperial court. In this way, Master Li will also take me out of line, okay? Can it be fair? ”

Wu Jinde laughed miserably: "Then I only get a thousand taels?" This is also ......."

Qi Taiyu was stunned: "This is the auction reserve price, it must be more than that." (http:／/.）。 ”

Wu Jinde: "Who dares to fight with the governor, this is the world of the Qing Dynasty, and if you fight with the governor of the Qing Dynasty, isn't that looking for death?" In the end, it is specified that only you dare to buy, isn't that the transaction price of 2,000, and I only get half of it, 1,000? ”

Qi Taiyu sighed: "Really? I owe you something, okay, if no one dares to bid at all, then I will make up a thousand taels to you afterwards, I don't believe it, Lord Li's official authority is so big. ”

Wu Jinde gave a thumbs up: "Mr. Qi's righteousness is thin and cloudy, I admire it below!" ”

He really admired it, Xu Run was simply laughing to death on the side, Uncle Qi got the price from 10,000 taels to 2,000 taels in a few words, and Wu Jinde couldn't thank him enough, it was really funny. The governor not only did not do a bad thing, but became a weight for Qi Taiyu to reduce the price, interesting, Jiang is still old and spicy, learn to do it.