Steel Dynasty - Chapter 842

[Chapter 840 Double Act]

The water of the Qiantang River appeared as a white line in the sky and rushed towards the shore. After a while, huge river waves came, and for a while, the waves crashed and the water splashed.

Cao Kun looked at the spring tide of the Qiantang River that appeared every year, and watched with interest the tide swimmers who disappeared and appeared in the river, and a smile gradually appeared at the corner of his mouth.

“Only brave people can become the trend-setters in the Yangtze River. If you want to gain wealth and power, you must take risks. If the country of Chongqing wants to truly develop, it must let businessmen rule the country. Only in this way can this country be prosperous.” We will be prosperous and powerful.”

“I have to say that there are very few people as enlightened as you in Da Yu. We French people will stand with you.” A strange color flashed in Richard’s eyes.

What France needs now is a divided Great Chongqing. During his time in Great Chongqing, he and Brazil witnessed how the northern emperor conquered the people on this land.

At the same time, they also learned what kind of weapons the emperor’s army used. If the emperor was allowed to get the rich south, then the army from the north would continue to go south and fight them in Indochina.

And this is something their country cannot tolerate.

Of course, they were also making preparations. While secretly supporting Chu, they were also ready to negotiate with the emperor at any time.

They might have established relations with the emperor if he would have left their colonies in Indochina alone.

On the contrary, they will fight the emperor to the end, even if they can only fight across the sea from a long distance.

“With your words, I feel at ease.” Cao Kun laughed. He did not take Richard’s words seriously.

He understands these Western countries, and believing in their promises is worse than believing that a sow can climb a tree. It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on others. Now the French have exported a lot of valuable technology to Chu, and this is what he needs.

Richard laughed in agreement at the same time, like a golden fox.

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Qingzhou.

As the currency news spread in the newspapers in the past two days, many people and businessmen flocked to the place.

These businessmen and common people were all people who had deposited their money in the Cao Family Bank. Since the Cao Family Bank was closed, they were in panic all day long. They would go to the government office almost every day to inquire about the money.

Because of the impact of this incident, there was even a wave of exchanges in Qingzhou Bank. People took their banknotes and deposit certificates to Qingzhou Bank to ask for silver and gold. For a while, the whole Qingzhou Prefecture was in turmoil.

However, the impact of this incident was eventually ended, and the imperial court officially promised to fully accept the debts of the Cao Family Bank, and at the same time, all Cao Family Banks were renamed Qingzhou Bank.

In addition, in order to prevent private banks from causing damage to the industry and commerce of Dayu State again, from now on private banks are prohibited from opening banks, and only the imperial court can build banks.

This news frustrated some businessmen who were trying to open banks, but it was approved by most businessmen and people.

Because of the Cao family’s affairs, they now only believe in the imperial court, because in the past few days, everyone who went to Qingzhou Bank to exchange money got silver, and not a single copper coin was worth it.

“What is this? Doesn’t it say that the money will be returned to us?”

There was excitement in the Qingzhou Bank branch that was renovated from the Cao family bank, because they didn’t know until they arrived at Qingzhou Bank that the court was giving them a completely unfamiliar currency.

Although they learned the news in advance from newspapers, it was still difficult to accept it when they actually got the currency.

The bank personnel behind the glass counter are always smiling, and they have undergone rigorous training before entering the bank.

He said in a neither humble nor condescending manner: “These are the currencies issued by the Qingzhou Bank. The emperor and the cabinet personally approved them. From now on, the new currencies must be used in any trade in the Chongqing Kingdom. The silver you deposited in the previous bank is equal to three thousand gold dragons. This is three thousand gold dragons.” “Thousand gold dragon coins, that’s right, and the gold content of gold dragons is 90%, and only 10% other metals increase the hardness.”

The businessman grabbed a handful of gold dragon coins from the bag. Each of these gold dragon coins was as big as a thumb cap, and it must be said that the shape was very special. fine.

“Gold coins!” When the businessman learned that these gold dragon coins were gold, his mood gradually stabilized, but the size of the gold dragon coins made him a little dissatisfied.

The bank employee smiled and nodded.

Now the noisy businessmen and people calmed down, and each of them stretched their heads to look at the currencies in front of the counter. In addition to gold coins, the bank employees then introduced silver coins and copper coins.

Finally, the bank employee took out a banknote and said: “This is a banknote worth one hundred gold dragons. People who need large-scale trade exchanges can exchange it. It is much more beautiful than a banknote, and it is more practical than a bank.”

“Made of paper .

Only a fool would exchange it?” someone in the crowd shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, an objectionable voice sounded, “I am willing to change. This Cao Zhengyang escaped with the silver, and the court recovered it for us. To be honest, if the previous court would have returned the money to you? Then? You deserve to have deposited your money in the wrong place, and you can only admit that you are unlucky. Now that the money has been lost, some people are picky. In this case, don’t come to Qingzhou Bank, and go to the Cao Family Bank in the south.

” The people in the crowd suddenly fell silent. You looked at me, and I looked at you. Many people had a look of shame on their faces.

At this time, the voice sounded again, “You are greedy for the benefits that the Great Yu Kingdom brought to you when it was strong, but now you are unwilling to lose any personal interests or take any risks for the sake of the imperial court. The decline of the Great Yu Kingdom is certainly due to the influence of the powerful and the royal family. Responsibility, don’t you have any responsibility?”

The voice was getting closer and closer to the counter. A young man walked towards the center of the crowd, and the people around him automatically moved out of the way.

The businessman who just spoke was a little angry when he saw the young scholar: “If you don’t do it for yourself, heaven and earth will be destroyed. The emperor has only been on the throne for a few years, and now many officials have begun to blackmail us business people. This kind of court will be doomed sooner or later. It is better to think more about yourself.” ”

When the young scholar heard this, instead of being angry, he laughed, “It is wrong for officials to corrupt the court, but if you people hadn’t given gifts frequently for convenience, how could you have cultivated a group of officials who don’t do anything without accepting gifts.”

“Hehe, you are quite good at excusing the court. In the end, it’s all about the common people.” The businessman sneered.

The young man said: “No, no, what I’m saying is that only the imperial court and the people can work together and unite to eradicate the ills that have plagued the country for thousands of years. The imperial court must punish corrupt officials, but we cannot give gifts just for convenience.”

The businessman frowned and said, “Humph, you have such a loud voice. Who do you think you are?”

The young man shook his paper fan and said calmly: “I am not talented, but I am from the Kongfu Mansion in Qufu.”

His voice was straight. Falling, the whole hall was shocked.

The young man’s face lit up when he saw this. Today’s bank matter is his best gift to the emperor.

PS: Let me explain. This time, Snail’s wife had a natural birth. She was supposed to stay in the hospital for three days, but she was discharged in two days because her classmate said at the hospital that she could go home the next day, and my wife didn’t want to live in the hospital. After all, her home is close. , but coming back early also caused a lot of problems, which were also caused by inexperience. As a result, after another busy day, everything was finally fine.

As for the update, Snail will resume tomorrow, and at the same time make up for what is owed, and work hard for the sake of the family.

(End of chapter)