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Chapter 922: Making money (please vote for me)

While chatting with Sun Wei and others, unknowingly, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.

At such a time, even in a prosperous place like the Magic City, it is time for most people to go to bed and rest.

Seeing that the chat was almost over, Sun Wei planned to start making arrangements to arrange the best rooms in the house for these four distinguished guests.

However, the imperial concubine waved her hands thoughtfully and said:
"No, we have some plans later, and it's not convenient for people to know that we are connected; so we can't sleep here tonight, and future contacts must be kept secret."

Regarding this point, although the imperial concubine did not discuss it with Lang Qing and the other three in advance, they did not say anything based on their trust in their teammates.

Upon seeing this, Sun Wei immediately nodded.

But then the imperial concubine asked again: "Don't you still have 800 taels of silver in your account? Give us 500 taels first, we can use it."

Although 500 taels of silver is already the majority of the working capital of this small pawn shop.

Sun Wei also asked the old man, Zhang Fuhai, who had actually joined the Xuan Ge camp in Yangcheng back then, but whom the concubine and the others no longer remembered, to retrieve it and hand it over to the four of them.

500 taels of silver, including 400 taels of silver notes.

After quickly packing up a small bundle, the four of them quietly left the pawn shop through the back door.

After walking a hundred steps, Yun Qing finally couldn't help the doubts in his heart and asked in a low voice:
"My concubine, what are your plans? Although 500 taels of silver is not much, such a guy almost lost his reputation, and their family fortune was completely wiped out."

Facing the doubts of her teammates, the imperial concubine shouted:
"It's not convenient to say it here. Just follow me. I'll make it clear to you when we get there. A bunch of big men, are you afraid that I'll sell you out?"

Seeing that the imperial concubine had gone so far, the three of them said nothing more.

Very straightforwardly, they followed the imperial concubine into action; but with the imperial concubine's subsequent operations, the three of them became more and more confused.

After walking for more than a mile, the four of them came to a foreign tailor shop with the door ajar.

At the end, an old legal person saw the four shabby-dressed young men entering, and he immediately made a serious face and prepared to drive them out.

As a result, after the imperial concubine spoke in standard French, the three people who could only speak English and Mandarin didn't know what she said, but the old man immediately started to smile.

Only later did the three of them realize that the imperial concubine was here to cut off some clothes that had been ordered by others.

Under normal circumstances, people would not agree to it.

But after the imperial concubine spent 200 taels of silver in one breath, the old man from the legal person immediately agreed; the silver and banknotes that were still in their hands were almost half lost immediately.

But then again, the imperial concubine is indeed a professional model, and her clothes are quite good.

With her help in choosing, it wasn't long before the three gentlemen put on new fitting shirts, three-piece suits, and top hats.

From the looks of it, he looks a bit like a human being.

In line with their modern and confident temperament, no one believes that they are young people.

The imperial concubine herself even put on the most popular Klinolin skirt; it has a thin waist, tight-fitting clothes, but also a large skirt.

After being put on by the imperial concubine, she looked even more powerful, with a thin waist and long legs.

Coupled with a delicate face and elegant manners, her posture resembles that of a lady from a noble family, the kind who comes from a noble family.

In the following time, the three men and one woman dressed up just continued to move forward.

With their appearance like this, the SIRs from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau, who would come forward to check from time to time, simply did not dare to disturb them.

Some foreign devils even took off their hats and saluted solemnly.

Of course, it's just for the imperial concubine.

In this way, the four of them finally arrived at the 'Zhongyang Hotel' on the Bund Road.

The main road here is the predecessor of the famous "Nanjing Road" in the magic city in later generations; and the Zhongyang Hotel is the famous "Huizhong Hotel" in later generations.

This is a three-story Western-style building, which is currently the best hotel in the city.

After walking straight in, the imperial concubine came to the front desk, and the language in her mouth changed to English this time.

When delivering the last 200 taels of silver notes, he said in a standard London accent: "Please give me and my three followers a suite that is luxurious and spacious enough~"

After understanding the word 'follower', Langqing and Yahuazi all felt itchy.

It's just that in view of the noble concubine's unknown mysterious plan, I haven't made any noise for the time being.

After finally entering a luxurious suite with a master bedroom, two secondary bedrooms, and a living room.

The imperial concubine, who closed the door of the room, took the initiative to talk about her plan without waiting for the three people to ask. After speaking, the three gentlemen were a little dumbfounded: "I want to rob the Sassoon family. These people's hands are full of blood." , the evil duck fillet seller..."

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The Sassoon family, Lang Qing and the other three, who have some knowledge of modern history, naturally know what they are doing.

Originally it was just a poor family that settled down, but through the trade between the East and the West, especially the trade with Daqing, it became prosperous in a very short period of time.

In its heyday, it was known as the "Rothschild family of the East".

It's just that when they first started, they made astonishing profits from the duck slices trade with Daqing; even the outbreak of the first duck slices war was driven by the efforts of this evil family.

After that, in Hong Kong City and the Magic City, they used financial means to make crazy profits on this nation like blood-sucking insects.

In short, according to Xuan Geying's consistent understanding, there is no good impression at all of this family whose blood is filled with sin and greed.

When thinking about how to get started with funds.

The first reaction in the imperial concubine's head was: rob this girl.

Every penny these duck fillet sellers have is filled with the blood and tears of the flower farmers; it would be great to take it back and use it to form and develop a rebellious maritime force.

If you go and rob this girl, you don't have to spend a lot of money to dress like them and stay in the best hotel in the city.

But the formation of a modern maritime force does not mean that money is enough.

That also requires some new warships that have adopted the emerging steam power and steel shells, as well as officers who are familiar with modern naval operations and tactics.

More importantly, a modern naval force is simply a huge gold-eating beast.

No matter how much money is stolen from the Sassoon family, it can only support their long-term operation, so there must be a steady stream of financial resources to inject blood into this maritime power.

At the same time, once such a maritime force is exposed, it will definitely trigger a blow from Daqing and the great powers.

It would naturally be the best situation if we could have a complete news network so that we could constantly get news before they were dispatched and notify the commanders of the maritime forces.

Therefore, this is the reason why the imperial concubine led everyone to dress like this and stay in the best hotel in the magic city.

She wants to reopen a gold-selling cave like Deyue Tower in the magical city of 60 years ago.

On the one hand, it is used to get to know various big figures and talents, and to open up purchase channels for some sensitive machinery, ships, and equipment.

On the other hand, this is not only a huge source of wealth in the future.

They will also pass here and gradually establish a force of their own on the Demon City Road; let alone the social people who unify the Demon City, they will become an important force that cannot be ignored...

After hearing the imperial concubine's ambitious plan, Lang Qing and the other three looked at each other in shock.

At the same time, I have to admit that this girl is becoming smarter and smarter now because she was opened up by Hu Biao.

As a result, the package plan proposed is quite good and seems to have a promising start.

In the following time, the opinions put forward by the three people were limited to some operational details, making such a plan look more complete.

And in such a plan, everyone is responsible for a piece, and there is a rough division of labor.

After the discussion, the four of them went back to their rooms to rest.

After breakfast early the next morning, they got on the carriage provided by the hotel and went straight out.

On the surface, it is naturally that Ms. Anne, who has returned from overseas, plans to open a high-end club in Shanghai, and is currently inspecting the market and selecting a location.

In fact, their main purpose was to go to 'David Sassoon & Sons'.

Just go to the vicinity of this target, do a preliminary inspection, and then prepare a plan to take action.

During the entire process of checking the spot, no one could have imagined that Ms. Anne, who was holding a small flower umbrella and looking elegant, charming, and like an angel, had some evil and violent thoughts in her heart.

So the whole process was extremely smooth.

Elias David Sassoon, the head of the Magic City area, even invited Ms. Anne to visit their headquarters after a chance encounter.

We agreed that when 'De Yue Lou' opens, we will definitely come to support him and so on.

It was only when the steps were successfully completed that the imperial concubine stepped onto the carriage with her skirt in hand.

The four people in a good mood did not notice that the middle-aged Henry Cavendish accidentally saw the familiar face of the noble concubine in a passing carriage, and they were all stunned.

(End of this chapter)