The foreigners signed an order, and the Wu family organized a fleet to transport tea from all over Guangfu through the Pearl River, and even transported FJ tea by sea for processing and selling it to foreigners, which soon made a scene in Chiwan.

In more than ten days in November, the trade volume of Wu’s tea shop miraculously exceeded 1.2 million, which is unimaginable to outsiders, but it is nothing to Wu’s business. In previous years, their trade volume with foreigners was as high as several million taels of silver. What’s more, because Guangzhou and GD coastal areas were closed, Macao and Hong Kong had gathered a large group of merchants holding cash without goods, and it was impossible to satisfy their appetite just by smuggling roots. Therefore, this trade explosion can be said to be the result of a long-term energy gathering.
However, the problem is that the energy of American businessmen has been over-released, but businessmen from other countries still can’t purchase goods on a large scale. As always, Wu Jia’s business has given priority to their American business partner, Qi Chang Foreign Firm, who can get goods first. This situation makes businessmen from other countries quite dissatisfied with businessmen from small countries like the Netherlands and Belgium, even if they are dissatisfied, that’s it, but British businessmen are dissatisfied that something will happen.
The British feel that their trade volume in Xin ‘an has been surpassed by American businessmen because their main foundation has always been in Guangzhou, and that was from the era of the East India Company, where the businessmen put pressure on the British, and their desire to trade in Guangzhou was unstoppable.
Of course, the negotiation is still with Zhu Jinglun.
Zhu Jinglun expected that Fangshan would report to Guangfu the issue of the British issue of Zhu Jinglun’s limit in this negotiation. After that, Huang Zonghan and Bai Gui agreed that Zhu Jinglun would give them the seal of the governor and the governor, and once again wrote and repeatedly told Zhu Jinglun to stop foreigners in Xin ‘an.
But this time, the British attitude is particularly strong, and they must let Guangzhou trade, otherwise they will not rule out sending warships to Guangzhou to deter.
In the face of this situation, Zhu Jinglun can’t delay the past. This is the fact that he intends to do so. Otherwise, he can put pressure on the Wu family to make the shipment less balanced according to the Americans.
The acquiescence of Wu Guxing is to provoke the British to make them threaten. Zhu Jinglun knows that if the British threaten, those officials in Guangfu will be in a panic and they will agree to any conditions.
This time, Zhu Jinglun intends to go to Guangzhou in person because he intends to get more benefits from Guangzhou.
Section 112 The Great Transfer of Commerce
The farmland outside Xin’ an city has been planted with green rice seedlings, which seems to have covered the earth with a carpet. Last year, the people harvested a bumper harvest and transported new rice to Xin’ an for trading.
Xin’ an city is in full swing, except for the rice market after the bumper harvest. All walks of life have reopened Zhu Jinglun’s governance of Xin’ an and achieved complete peace.
On the ground of the Straits, Zhu Jinglun of Hong Kong Island instructed the Wu family to advertise in various newspapers, which made foreign businessmen in various countries in Hong Kong itch. Newspapers publicized the trade policy of Xin ‘an City all day through Wu’s tea advertisements. However, when these businessmen went to Xin ‘an City, they often managed to purchase enough goods. Most of them were controlled by the Wu family and Qichang Foreign Firm. They could sweep the roots of goods in the hands of small and medium-sized businessmen, but they could not satisfy their appetite.
These people are going crazy when they can’t make money.
Zhu Jinglun is also very worried that the trade volume of Chiwan is turning over and increasing. Merchants from all over Xin ‘an, even Xiangshan and Shunde, which are opposite to the Pearl River, have come to trade, but the real giants have five businesses. This kind of thing is that small and medium-sized businessmen can still activate the market at present, and it is essential for large businessmen to really satisfy the market, because many industries are not available to small and medium-sized businessmen if they want to do it.
At present, most of Xin ‘an tea is produced in Guangfu real estate, accounting for a considerable part, but the best tea in the tea-growing area is not produced in GDFJ, which was the largest industrial producing area before the war. In addition, Huizhou Dahongpao is also a highly fragrant black tea popular with foreigners.
However, it is not by sea to transport the tea in these places to the commercial road of GD. For example, the Wu family has a large tea garden in FJ, and his tea garden produces high-quality tea. First, he has to walk a mountain road in Wuyishan to get to J Hekou Town, and then transport it to Nanchang Houshuo Ganjiang River through Xinjiang and Panyang Lake, and then after Nan ‘an, porters will transport it to Meiling, GD Nanxiong, from Zhenjiang to Qujiang, from Qujiang to Beijiang, and then ship it all the way to the thirteenth line in Huangpu Port, and transport it to all parts of the world.
This journey requires several cards to be exchanged for more than ten different means of transportation, and it also involves dealing with various complicated things such as the government, bandits and escort agencies. This is definitely not something that ordinary small businessmen can organize, and it is very difficult for such wealthy businessmen to organize alone. They all need to use a whole set of commercial networks to say that the most valuable thing for these wealthy businessmen is not their financial advantages but their mastery of commercial networks.
It is obviously impossible to restore the trade to the pre-war level by relying on a commercial network of Wu family. Therefore, Zhu Jinglun needs to go to Guangzhou to invite more giants to Xin ‘an ∩ 13th line, which has the ability to transport tea from FJ and J to Guangzhou, and at least has the strength not to lose to Wu family’s tongwen line, Pan family’s strength is a little poor, and Guangli line and Lujia line are also one of the four businesses that are still trading after the Raven War.
However, before the Raven War, there were more than 30 Hong Kong merchants, and after the war, more than 20 went bankrupt, and more than 10 were involved in the property transfer and exiled to Ili. Only these four were as low-key as the Wu family, and they even dared not beat the signs in the past to do business with foreigners in a big way. Anyway, they were not short of money, and foreigners could not come to Guangzhou. No one dared to be a leader at this time, because everyone knew that the Qing Dynasty was defeated again, and the court was afraid to find scapegoats.
Therefore, Zhu Jinglun must go personally, and the official forces must be used to promote these business giants to trade in Xin ‘an, otherwise they will be patient for the time being and will not dare to cross the line until the situation is stable. These people are too rich and too timid.
Besides, Zhu Jinglun hasn’t been back to Guangzhou for a long time. He has to do some work in Guangzhou officialdom to deepen himself and Bai Gui to prove his value to Huang Zonghan and other officials at the same time.
At first, I called on Baigui Baigui in a good mood, because the news from the imperial court had already broken up Huang Zonghan. This was the British demand. The original history was that Parkes seized a Xianfeng secret letter in the hands of Guangzhou Xiangyong, which meant encouraging the Xiangyong to attack Guangzhou City. At that time, Erjinli negotiated the rules of trade aftermath in SH, which put pressure on Gui Liang and Huashana. They firmly denied that the emperor had such a secret letter, so finally Erjin asked the Qing court to investigate and deal with Huang Zonghan, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and thought that if it was not the emperor, it must be the so-called Huang Zonghan people.
In fact, foreigners are trying to show the people of Guangzhou the energy of foreigners by abolishing a governor. At the same time, they never ask the Qing government to release those foreigners who were jointly convicted in the war after the war. It is not their heart that China people live or die, but they look at the longer term. They need to let China people get rid of their concerns with them in this way. It can be said that foreigners’ diplomatic skills are particularly high. In the end, they have trained a large number of traitors’ helpers until the 21st century.
In this history, Parkes was kidnapped early because of Zhu Jinglun’s appearance, but no secret was found. However, Erjin’s pressure on Huashana and Gui Liang was not for Xianfeng’s secret purpose, but to gain benefits. Therefore, he still put pressure on these two people. The reason for pressure was changed to Guangzhou Qing army’s unauthorized attack on Guangzhou British and French allied forces after the signing of the treaty. After satisfying the commercial interests, he still asked the Qing court to investigate and deal with Huang Zonghan, and he still wanted to bully China officials to see how to fight foreigners.
Once again, the decadent Qing court promised to dismiss and investigate and recover Huang Zonghan, Guangzhou, just as they exiled Lin Zexu in those days. They care about the immediate difficulties and the long-term consequences, and don’t care whether this will make their officials feel afraid when dealing with foreigners in the future, and whether they will make their officials prefer to beg rather than argue when dealing with foreigners.
Huang Zonghan was removed from his post. Who will answer it? The original history was that Governor Lao Chongguang of G was more qualified than Governor Bai Gui of GD, and he was afraid of diplomatic difficulties in 159. However, this time, due to the recovery of Guangzhou City, Bai Gui had long since lost his sense of crisis and was in a happy mood. He was the only candidate, and Bai Gui did receive news from Beijing that the emperor planned to promote him to replace Huang Zonghan as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
Not only did he get rid of the crisis, but he also made great achievements in his government, which made Bai Gui unhappy, and Zhu Jinglun, who made great contributions, was even more valued by Bai Gui.
It was Zhu Jinglun who brought the news and soon let Baigui pour a gourd ladle of cold water on his heart.
Zhu Jinglun said to Bai Gui, "My Lord, foreigners threatened to send warships to Guangzhou for trade. It was a big deal. Officials came to ask for instructions overnight!"
Hearing the news, Baigui lost his temper and rebuked Zhu Jinglun.
"Didn’t I ask you to drag foreigners to Xin ‘an?"
In the eyes of these adults, whether Guangzhou officials are ashamed or not depends on whether they can stay away from foreigners who are just about to be promoted to Governor Bai Gui of Guangdong and Guangxi. It would be really unlucky if the horse meets foreigners’ warships approaching.
Zhu Jinglun sighed, "My Lord, I’m sorry, it’s not that the officials have neglected the officials. They have tried their best to appease the foreigners. At present, the trade in Xin ‘an is very popular with the United States and Italy, but the United States and Italy are extremely dissatisfied with the fact that the United States and Italy believe that it is better for them to trade in Guangzhou."
Bai Gui also felt that he had stressed and eased the way, "The official didn’t accuse you of being too big to let foreigners come to Guangzhou."
Zhu Jinglun said, "Let Guangzhou trade. This is a promise from the imperial court. Once China, Britain and France exchange contracts next year, foreigners will definitely ask to trade in Guangzhou in accordance with the treaty."
Bai Gui sighed, "If foreigners come according to the contract, it’s a matter of the imperial court, so I won’t do it. If foreigners come to Guangzhou before changing the contract, you and I will get into trouble again."
Zhu Jinglun said, "The official is educated, but the British and foreigners are arrogant in doing trade in Xin’ an, but the American and foreigners have to come to Guangzhou. Is this good?"
Baigui pondered for a moment and said, "Then let them do business well. I’d rather suffer some losses than have an accident."
Zhu Jinglun sighed, "This talk about Yi Xin ‘an’s initial trade theory can’t satisfy all foreigners. If Ying Yi is satisfied, Fa Yi may not be satisfied, and Mei Yi may not be satisfied. If anyone is not satisfied, he will come to Guangzhou. This is so good."
Baigui repeatedly sighed and couldn’t help wondering, "Before they were able to buy and sell with peace of mind, they were so outrageous now? Did they not come for trade? "
Manchu officials were most afraid that foreigners were not coming to grab commercial interests, but that they had other ambitions, such as wanting to cede territory. Although Hong Kong was small, its nature was bad and people were condescending more.
Zhu Jinglun explained that "there were thirteen companies that could buy enough goods from Britain and the United States, but now there are not enough goods to sell to foreigners because foreigners want to come to Guangzhou for trade."
Bai Gui’s eyes lit up. "You mean they are coming to Guangzhou because they can’t get the goods in Xin ‘an?"
Zhu Jinglun affirmed that "foreigners come from far away, but they will do anything if they can’t make money."
Baigui already has an idea in his heart and it’s a lot easier.
"If you can get them enough commercial goods, you may promise to let them stay in Xin ‘an instead of Guangzhou?"
Zhu Jinglun said, "Of course, the official can guarantee that the thirteen banks have been abolished. Where can we find enough goods to sell to foreigners now?"
Bai Gui laughed. "The public bank is abolished, but those hong merchants are still there."
Although it was his own step by step that led to panic, Bai Gui called Guangzhou Hong Shang Tou to see Zhu Jinglun instead of pretending to be a koo.
I don’t understand. "But as far as we know, there are only four of the thirteen hong merchants. Can they really buy enough goods to trade with foreigners in Xin ‘an?"
Bai Gui smiled and laughed. "You don’t know that among those hong merchants, the two businesses, Pan Jiashou first, Wu Jiashou, and Pan, add up to be bigger than all other hong merchants combined. Therefore, the presence of Wu and Pan can ensure that foreigners can buy as many goods as they want. In addition, officials can put up notices in Guangzhou to encourage businessmen to go to Xin’ an trade, so that foreigners can buy enough goods without always thinking about coming to Guangzhou."
Seeing that Bai Gui intends to do more than he wants, Zhu Jinglun can’t help but praise "Adult English!"
Zhu Jinglun can already imagine that once Bai Gui does this, guangzhou fu businessmen will be eager for Xin ‘an, which is equivalent to a great migration of Guangzhou business to Xin ‘an to some extent.
Zhu Jinglun is satisfied with these. He can seriously negotiate with the British.
Section one hundred and thirteen Bureau disadvantages
Zhu Jinglun spent ten days in Guangzhou, calling on all levels of departments and colleagues every day according to the official rules and giving gifts to the department.
Zhu Jinglun inquired about the rules. A county magistrate like him would be only a few hundred taels if Dont Ask For Help routinely showed filial piety to the governor.
Therefore, Zhu Jinglun sent out a total of more than 1,000 taels of silver to the Governor Huang Zonghan, but also sent 320 taels.
He did have a heart to give Baigui some direct gifts of 1,200 yuan. Instead, he was reprimanded by Baigui and told him not to break the official rules. Finally, Zhu Jinglun received three hundred and twenty yuan, just like Huang Zonghan, which actually implied that Zhu Jinglun was about to become the governor.
Huang Zonghan also accepted Zhu Jinglun’s filial piety. Although Zhu Jinglun was not courted this time, Zhu Jinglun was somewhat unappreciative, but he did not turn his back on officialdom. Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, no one generally offended people easily.
And Huang Zonghan has meaning GD officialdom, not to mention with Zhu Jinglun.
Bai Gui can receive the news, and Huang Zonghan can also receive the news before. He knows that the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi has done his best, but he is not depressed because of this. First, he feels that he has done the right thing. He lost the post of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi because the court was under pressure from foreigners. Sometimes, readers like them still tell a story about feeling guilty, even if they lose their official position, they will not be depressed. The second reason is that Huang Zonghan was not dismissed from the imperial court, and there are still rules in the imperial court that he can’t be dismissed because he recovered Guangzhou. This is so chilling. Lin Zexu was sent to Ili mainly because he lost the battle. Huang Zonghan received news that the emperor was going to transfer him to SC as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Compared with SC, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, it is not necessarily a bad thing for Huang Zonghan to be the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. He has never celebrated his birthday in GD. It is a big powder keg here. It is difficult for Huang Zonghan to do everything, but there are still some grievances.
On the tenth day, Bai Gui couldn’t wait to urge Zhu Jinglun to hurry back to Xin ‘an, not because he was afraid of Zhu Jinglun’s official activities, but because several foreign warships came outside Guangzhou.