Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2126 Local Will ([-])

375 Local Will ([-])

"Commander Lu, you are here." In the tallest building in Vladivostok, the five-story Bank of Taiwan Building, Shao Rujie was receiving a group of government officials headed by Lu Xiaofeng, the captain of the Manchurian and Mongolian pioneering team.

The Bank of Taiwan Building was completed before winter, and it took a lot of money and precious manpower.It is said that when the Bank of Taiwan decided to repair this, Lu Xiaofeng was very dissatisfied. Even though they basically did not consume local labor resources, but spent money to hire them from the Kingdom of Korea, it still made Lu Xiaofeng very angry.

The main reason for his dissatisfaction is that the Manchurian and Mongolian pioneers spent all their funds to build Vladivostok. They borrowed from the Bank of Taiwan and only got 6 yuan. They ended up building a building by themselves (including some ancillary buildings, green ponds, etc. ) spent more than [-] yuan, isn’t this a miserable person?In addition, Lu Xiaofeng wanted to build a railway in Manchuria and Mongolia for a long time, but the Southern Railway Company thought it was too unimaginable and was always insensitive, so Lu Xiaofeng wanted to build it himself.But he needed money to build the railway, and he had no money, so he asked the Bank of Taiwan for a loan, but they refused, obviously not optimistic about the plan.

Therefore, the Bank of Taiwan, which displeased Lu Xiaofeng twice in a row, has registered with him. Today Lu led a team to the Bank of Taiwan building to collect the sales share of some leather goods, pearls, medicinal materials, and livestock in the previous year. For the repayment, I also beat Shao Rujie by the way, and told them Bank of Taiwan not to be too self-righteous, and to restrain themselves.

"Inspecting the payment of goods, how can you do anything like that? You can send someone here at will, and our finances will handle special matters. We will sort out the accounts first, and send the money to you." Pour the money to Lu Xiaofeng personally After drinking a cup of fragrant milk tea, Shao Rujie said with a smile: "Drink tea first, the milk tea made in the cafeteria of Bank of Taiwan is still very good. One day, if the main business cannot continue, I will open a milk tea shop to make money to subsidize my family." .”

"Hehe, cry poor in front of me. Xiao Shao, this trick is useless to me. For a company as rich and powerful as your Bank of Taiwan, there will be times when the business cannot continue?" Lu Xiaofeng took the milk tea unceremoniously. , said teasingly.

"Normally speaking, it wouldn't be like this, but it can't stand the changing situation. I heard that last year, some businessmen in Ningbo jointly signed a proposal at the Political Consultative Conference, requesting the abolition of the Bank of Taiwan's monopoly on raw silk, tea, and porcelain. Advocate equal competition. Although the case was finally rejected by Captain Liu himself, the impact of the incident was not small, and General Manager Cai also took a lot of trouble, donating [-] tons of rice to Ningshao officials to pass the test." Shao Rujie He also filled the copper cup in front of him with milk tea, and while stirring it with a spoon, he said, "The people in Ningbo, I don't think they will give up easily. Last year's political proposal was not completed, so I'm afraid it will be done again this year." We must continue to toss and press the palace from the economic level."

In fact, it is normal for Shao Rujie to have such worries.The merchants in Ningbo have tea, raw silk, silk and other best-selling products in their hands, and the Bank of Taiwan needs these goods to trade with the Dutch, so everyone has the capital to negotiate.Although the Bank of Taiwan can also purchase some tea, raw silk, brocade and porcelain through Shun Guo's channels, it cannot take the dominant advantage and dare not entrust all the supply to Shun Guo.Not to mention, now that the relationship between Dongfang and Shun is deteriorating, and the output of goods from Shun has been affected to a certain extent, the Ningbo businessmen have even greater bargaining power. Cai Shengguo had a headache.

It is said that Cai Shengguo is already thinking of a way.He basically knew who was making trouble, so he basically didn't need to inquire about it, he knew it all by heart.His trick is to divide and attract these people, and give some people more favorable conditions, such as low-interest loans, such as better purchase prices, such as timely repayment speed, such as more purchase shares, etc., so as to make them give up. Making things difficult for the Bank of Taiwan finally broke the alliance of these people, let it break through, and the market returned to their ideal state (that is, all tea, raw silk, etc. suppliers were allowed to be slaughtered by them).

"Let me tell you, you are worried that the people from Ningbo will make trouble for you. Don't you worry that our businessmen from Manmeng will make trouble for you? On the Vladivostok side, there are many immigrants from Ningbo, and they also have a lot of goods in their hands. Over the years, I think they are too honest, right?" Lu Xiaofeng glanced at Shao Rujie and asked.

"Commander Lu, you can't say that. The Bank of Taiwan has not treated the merchants from Manchuria very badly. The prices of special products such as leather, antler, ginseng, and Dongzhu have always been very fair. This is obvious to all. "Shao Rujie immediately said: "Besides, in the early days of the Manchurian Pioneering Team, our Bank of Taiwan also made great efforts. Even today, the left wing of our Taiwan Marine Battalion is still fighting for the Manchurian Pioneering Team on the Hulun Buir Grassland. This must be observed, Commander Lu."

The left wing of the Taiwan Marine Battalion mentioned by Shao Rujie now has two infantry companies, an artillery company, and a cavalry company. Because they have been training in cold areas all year round, they have been transferred to the Hulun Buir Grassland to participate in military operations. The focus is to cooperate with the Harbin Fort. Major Bei Zhensheng pulled out the nails in Naowen City, and then conquered the rebellious Mongols on the grassland to expand the influence on the east bank.Considering that the daily expenses of this army are all covered by the Bank of Taiwan (the local military region is responsible for the wartime), this cannot but be said to be a great sincerity.

Somewhat similar to the left wing, the right wing, which has been training in hot and humid areas all the year round, currently has three infantry companies, an artillery company, and an engineering platoon, and the number is quite large.According to the last information Shao Rujie received last year, this army was divided into two parts, one in Brunei and the other in Dili, both of which played a significant role.

Therefore, the hidden expenses of the Bank of Taiwan are actually quite large, bearing a lot of miscellaneous burdens.After all, it is a monopoly enterprise, and if it enjoys the excess profits of the monopoly, it will naturally have to bear corresponding obligations.Shao Rujie's use of this to explain the matter, from a certain point of view, is also implicitly showing that if they are not allowed to continue to monopolize the foreign trade of several special commodities, then they will just throw the pot away and put away most of the things that have nothing to do with production and management. Hand it over, and no longer allocate funds to maintain it.

And these are undoubtedly difficult for the local government to accept for a while.Last year, Liu Houfei, the captain of the Southern Pioneering Team, vetoed the proposals made by a group of people at the Political Consultative Conference. Among them, the Bank of Taiwan helped support a group of professional intelligence analysts, who kept spying on Lu Wang, Zheng Shi, and Guangdong Erli. .Of course, the more important thing is that the Southern Pioneering Team has a stake in it, which has a kind of comedy meaning of "who is under the court, why sue me".The businessmen in Ningbo are playing games with the Bank of Taiwan, but they are also playing games with the government of the Southern Pioneering Team. This is a manifestation of the confidence of the local power faction after its influence has greatly increased, and it is a clear manifestation of the local will.

"Hmph, if Wei Wendu hadn't written to tell me that the people in Taiwan's Marine Battalion fought well and could endure hardships, do you think I would wait until now to come to you?" Lu Xiaofeng tapped the lid of the milk tea cup lightly and said dissatisfied : "Last year, your Boss Cai knew to donate [-] tons of rice to Ningbo for peace. Why did you come to my place and there was no movement? Do I seem to be such a talkative person?"

"This..." When Shao Rujie heard that he was here to fight Qiufeng, he immediately had a plan in his heart, but because of his limited power, he was not enough to promise such a big thing, so he hesitated for a while, not knowing what to say.

As soon as Lu Xiaofeng heard his hesitations, he knew what was going on, so he immediately said: "Don't hesitate. I'll explain it clearly, a thousand war horses, don't be silly, they need to go to Dabo and Xizodi. We need to use the high-quality horses bred here. After the spring, Hulunbuir will have a larger military operation. How can we do without high-quality war horses? You report this to your general manager Cai, and I will not Specifically. If this matter is settled for me, I will help you deal with those itchy businessmen, and I will guarantee that no one will dare to show their teeth to you in the future, how about it? This deal is not bad, right?"

As soon as Shao Rujie heard it, he was delighted. This Manmeng is really a land of supernatural powers. His style of acting is so simple and rude, which makes people laugh.Moreover, the local businessmen should not have the collective sense of grouping as in Ningbo.Because of immigration and conquest, the land of Manchuria and Mongolia, which is in the stage of intense cultural collision and integration, has not produced much local awareness for the time being. Everyone is ignorant and not very proud of their hometown.This situation will probably last for two generations before it will finally come to an end, and eventually produce a relatively strong local cultural style and local will.

Therefore, the Bank of Taiwan is actually not very worried about its operations in Manchuria and Mongolia.Lu Xiaofeng is more of an excuse to beat the autumn wind.However, there is no way around this. The Manchurian Pioneering Team is going to expand, and the Bank of Taiwan, which has been cultivating in this area for many years, can't stay out of it. Some money, food and materials still have to be paid.

Lu Xiaofeng asked them to buy horses from the Black Water Management Committee, it was definitely not a casual talk.Now there is basically no suspense in winning Naowen City, but after taking here, they only need to spend some time to rectify, and then they can connect the jurisdiction of the Hulunbuir Advance Detachment with Harbin and Model Fort. The situation is quite different.And after that, they should be able to infiltrate the Mongolian world and take action. The establishment of the dual system ruling system under the jurisdiction of the Manchu-Mongolian Pioneering Team should be steadily being implemented.

(End of this chapter)