Chapter 257 HSBC's surname is Zhu, and Guangzhou City also has the surname Zhu
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Ye Mingchen's purpose in condescending to visit the Wu family's mansion was naturally to ask for money, not for him personally -- he was a Qing official, and he had served as a political envoy to Hunan, Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Guangdong. So he didn't come to the Wu family today to ask for a bribe for himself, but to raise military expenses for Monk Greenqin and Saishang, and the asking price of the monk king was 13 million! Of course, this is a lion's big mouth, and the thirteen elements can't raise so much money in a hurry, but 6.5 million is indispensable.
Today, Wu Shaorong invited the head of HSBC Bank Morris and the comprador Tang Qiwen to come, the purpose of which was to withdraw cash from HSBC. However, it seems that this goal cannot be achieved in any way.
"What! HSBC is Zhu ...... Zhu Rebellion's industry! This, this, this...... How can it be! ”
"yes, how is that possible! Didn't the court's silver also be deposited in HSBC? ”
"That's right! Minister Lin also personally wrote a letter recommending HSBC, saying that it has a good reputation! ”
"It's over, it's over, my Pan family is ruined......"
"Master Pan, don't faint......"
"Someone! Take these three traitors down to me!! ”
After hearing the bad news of "HSBC's surname Zhu", the owners of the thirteen lines of work have the heart to seek death! They didn't put their whole wealth into HSBC, but they saved the lives of their whole family! If you don't have the money to hand over to the princes and ministers behind you when you arrive in Beijing, you can't go to the market with the whole family?
In addition to these masters, Ye Mingchen and Ye Daqing officials are also dying. Of course, he was not spared. He's a feud! Now the army of Seng Lingqin has suffered a crushing defeat at the Dongjiang River. Guangzhou will definitely not guard! He, the governor, naturally wants to die to repay the king's kindness. After he died. There are dozens of people in his family, but they all point to his hundreds of thousands of taels of savings to eat and live, and now they are all deposited in HSBC...... Now it's not a question of whether the silver can be withdrawn, but whether there are bandits!
"What about people! Wu Shaorong, weishenme doesn't take people! Ye Mingchen, who was dressed in civilian clothes, jumped to his feet and shouted and asked Wu Shaorong. If he was born as a martial artist, he would have pounced on himself at this time.
"Lord Ye is angry, Lord Ye is not restless...... Wu Shaorong is also bitter in his heart, he has a family. It's no problem to take a hairy thief. But today, I want to get Liu Peng is the right prime minister of the Ming Dynasty! Moreover, Liu Xiang also brought Western mercenaries to protect him, so can his family fight with Western soldiers? Don't be kidding, if you really want this to be a housekeeper? I've gone to the martial arts exam early!
"Less...... Peaceful? Are you also a bandit? surnamed Wu, I treat you very well! ”
Before Wu Shaorong could open his mouth to defend himself, Liu Peng opened his mouth first, "Wu Liangfu has arrived in Beijing, and this net worth is gone, smack, but more than 10 million silver dollars!" Ten lifetimes of drunken losers can't be defeated! This belongs to the banner people...... Who can be willing? If you vote for my family's son of heaven, you will be a hero of the restoration of the Ming Dynasty. Won't this family business be preserved? ”
As soon as these words came out, the noisy room suddenly fell silent.
Oh, yes. Preserve your family's business! You can still get a hero to restore the country, who doesn't want to? Of course, if you can dedicate all your wealth and buy peace, the big guys may not dare to think about it, but now it is clear that there is no such opportunity. When the silver arrived in Zhu Jishi's bank, could everyone still be allowed to take it out and give it to the Manchu high-ranking officials? Not to mention the door, there is not half a window.
If there was no silver to offer, the Manchu dog officials would still be able to spare themselves? Instead of going north to die, it is better to stay in Guangzhou and fight, this Ming Dynasty looks quite promising! The Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers brought by Seng Greenqin were all defeated, and the Green Battalion was wiped out one after another, and it is even more exaggerated to say that the Han officials of the Green Battalion who ate the Tao and Guanglu surrendered in hundreds!
No matter how you look at it, this Ming Dynasty looks like a very promising one.
"Lord Ye, Xia Guan thinks that the two hundred years of the Manchu Qing Dynasty have been long enough, and there should be heroes born in our Han family."
It was Pan Shicheng, the "red-capped businessman" who had just fainted, who spoke. He was born as a salt merchant, spent 200,000 taels of silver to donate a political envoy, and used a huge amount of money to get through the door to obtain the status of a merchant. It's a pity that the money he earned is not enough to fill the holes of filial piety and donations, and he has to pay money for paving roads, disaster relief, planting cowpox, building ships, and building mines, and his net worth has almost been wiped out. I still have a little bit left in the HSBC bank, ready to pick up Beijing to buy a safe one, I don't know if it's enough. I was frightened for several days, and when I heard that HSBC was the property of the Zhu family, I didn't know what to do for a while, so I simply pretended to be dizzy. At this time, I heard that I could protect my wealth and be a hero, so I immediately woke up and made a statement.
"Pan Shicheng, do you want to rebel?" Ye Mingchen scolded with a dark face.
"Ye Mingchen, don't shout, we Han officials are not even as good as dogs in the eyes of Daoguang, this Guangzhou is not guarded, you will naturally repay the gentleman's kindness with death. And those of us who have no money to honor those uncles when we get to Beijing are naturally the lives of the vegetable market! If you want to live, and you want to live a nourishing life, you can only abandon the Qing and surrender to the Ming! As he spoke, Pan Shicheng slammed Liu Peng to the ground and shouted: "Liu Xiangye, brother Pan Shicheng is willing to abandon the Qing Dynasty and surrender to the Ming Dynasty, follow Zhu Tianzi to restore the country, and save the hundreds of millions of Han people in the world!" ”
Liu Peng smiled and nodded, and said to Pan Shicheng: "Brother Deyu, you have a second-grade top in the Manchu Dynasty, but we all know what is going on with that top wearer." Here in our Ming Dynasty, there is no need to ask for money from the pockets of businessmen with such nominal and fictitious titles, and our family is not short of the small money of those few officials. If you want to be an official, then the business of this firm must be handed over to your brothers and nephews, and you will serve the Ming court wholeheartedly in the future. The Son of Heaven told me that the first master of the Thirteen Elements who took refuge in my Ming Dynasty could be a secretary of the Ministry of Commerce! The official of the second grade is not an alternate! ”
"Shang ...... Book! Pan Shicheng took a breath, immediately took off the top flower feather on his head and threw it aside like garbage, and gave Liu Peng a look, "Brother wants to be an official!" If you want to be a scholar, I won't do this business, and I will do things for the Son of Heaven wholeheartedly in the future! ”
This is a book! Ye Mingchen said in his heart, if he wants to take refuge in Daming, can he also be a scholar? Of course, this thought was only fleeting.
"Lord Ye, it's your turn!" Liu Peng looked at Ye Mingchen with a smile, "Say something, you want to be martyred, then please go back to the city to die, and we will be born in the next life." If you still want to do things for the people of the world, then an errand of Shangshu is also indispensable, if you can open the city to welcome the surrender, the Son of Heaven can also give you a marquis. You Ye family are the nobles of the Ming Dynasty. ”
Guangzhou is a prosperous place, if Ye Mingchen can open the city without blood and keep Guangzhou from war, he will naturally have a lot of credit, and the marquis should also be feuded.
Liu Peng looked at Ye Mingchen with blazing eyes, and the other party didn't say a word, obviously moved his heart - this eternal hardship is the only death! Historically, Ye Mingchen was a "Su Wu on the sea" and died of illness in India. If you are willing to die to repay Jun's kindness, you will not have the name of "Su Wu", you should be a greedy person who is afraid of death, right?
Ye Mingchen's gaze swept around the room, and Liu Peng already understood what he meant. smiled and said: "King Ming's army will arrive in the afternoon, it is on the water of the Pearl River, and there are brothers from Daming Mountain, Guangyi Hall and Xiaodao Society here in Nanguan, Guangzhou." If the big guy wants to abandon the Qing Dynasty and surrender to the Ming Dynasty, he will have dinner at the Wu family, and Guangzhou will be the territory of the Ming Dynasty tomorrow morning. If you want to die for the Qing Dynasty, you don't have to take your family to the north, just solve it in the pond of the Wu family's garden, so as not to drag your family down. As he spoke, he looked back at Wu Shaorong, "Brother Liangfu, you have a net worth of more than 10 million!" It's still better to live such a rich life, isn't it? ”
Wu Shaorong sighed and gave Liu Peng his hand, "The Wu family is willing to give eighty percent of the family property......"
"Don't, don't!" Liu Peng hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile: "Our son of heaven will not lack money if he lacks anything, so keep your more than 10 million yuan and pass it on to his children and grandchildren." ”
"Really?" Wu Shaorong couldn't believe his ears.
"Of course it's true." Liu Peng patted Wu Shaorong on the shoulder, then turned back and looked at Ye Mingchen with a smile, "Ye Shangshu, why don't we have a good chat alone?" (To be continued......)