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Chapter 1802 London Branch
Kyushu Bank's London City Branch, here is the headquarters of Huaxia's overseas investment. A large amount of capital buys western coal mines, iron ore and other resources and minerals here, and also borrows money to businessmen and nobles here to obtain interest.

After the industrial age, the rules of the world began to change. The invasion of capital is more terrifying than the invasion of force, and it is still silent.

The London branch of Kyushu Bank is positioned as a commercial bank. It not only borrows money from nobles in Western countries, but also invests in some local companies, or lends money to Chinese businessmen who come to the West for trade.

It also shoulders a mission, that is, to make the silver dollars and banknotes issued by China the universal currency recognized by all countries.

Without the existence of banks, it is difficult for a currency to have widespread influence only by the consciousness of merchants.

The Kyushu Bank branch in the city of London has a tall stone building and has become a financial center—Chinese merchants, English aristocrats, and even Dutch and Portuguese merchants who came to the West for trade may all come here to do business.

The masonry bank building stands 20 meters high and is shrouded in heavy rain.

A Model T came out of the rain curtain, and the kerosene lamp on the front of the car barely helped the driver to see the road ahead in the heavy rain.

"Treasurer, this is the branch of Kyushu Bank. It has not been opened for a few years, but it has established a huge influence. The payment of our Li's Chemical Branch is also directly deposited in this branch." The driver said to the seat behind The shopkeeper said.

At the entrance of the London branch, there were waiters who were in charge of receiving big shots, and one of them opened the car door with an umbrella.

Although the assembly line production of Model T cars has reduced the production cost of internal combustion engine vehicles, Model T cars are still luxury goods for ordinary people, and the price of Model T cars exported to the city of London is many times higher than the local price.

People who can use cars in the city of London are either rich or expensive!
These people are major customers of Kyushu Bank Branch.

Li Jinde came out of the back seat of the T-model car and nodded to the caring waiter, especially when he saw that the other party was also a Chinese, probably an employee transferred from the mainland.

He saw the umbrella used by the other party again. Isn't that a product of his subsidiary Li's Chemical?

Even if you focus on making umbrellas, you can get a huge market as long as you do it well.

Li Jinde walked into the London branch of Kyushu Bank, and the Chinese businessmen, English nobles, and French businessmen who were inside all looked at the door inadvertently.

Seeing unfamiliar faces, they didn't respond much.

The branch here gathers people from Western Europe, Northern Europe, and West Asia. It is not surprising to see businessmen who were originally from North African Barbary pirates here.

Although it is a branch, the location here is surprisingly good.

An English businessman waved to him: "Mr. Li, this way!"

The people in the branch knew this English businessman, who was the governor of the Levant Company—a company that originally traded from England to the Levant region of the Ottoman Empire, and now distributes medicines, rubber products, and synthetic dyes. , became the hottest businessman in England.

It is said that this big businessman is the designated distributor in Europe of the Eastern Imperial Chemicals Group and Lee's Chemicals.

Who would be able to be greeted by this big businessman?

Li Jinde walked over: "Sir Henry, I went to the office of your Levant company and was told that you are here."

"I'm here to borrow a sum of money, intending to broaden the channels in North America. You haven't been to London for a long time, right? Because of Queen Sophia, our London city has undergone a lot of changes, and you should feel a little fresh. ’ said Sir Henry.

"North America? The population there is not large, right? Apart from fur and land, what else can the local aborigines trade with us? To be honest, their productivity is very low, and the most valuable thing is the labor force, but our Li's Chemical and Imperial Chemicals is not a labor-intensive company, what is urgently needed are technicians and skilled workers." Li Jinde said.

"No matter how small the number of people is, it is still a market. Maybe the population will increase in the future, and there will be tens of thousands of local immigrants. It will definitely be useful to arrange local contacts in advance. If it weren't for me. A small channel, Mr. Li, why do you want me to be a partner?" Sir Henry said.

"North American market... Our Huaxia occupies the west coast of North America, but you are on the east coast, and some other kingdoms have colonies in North America. To occupy the local market, I am afraid that we will have to deal with several forces." Li Jinde It is known that North America is roughly divided into several forces, and each country gets a share.

In order to avoid a powerful country in North America, Chu Yun even worried that after he unified North America, North America would break out an independent counterattack against the mainland, so Chu Yun used a division strategy that has been tried and tested in the history of modern civilization to forcibly split North America into several pieces , I asked for the Pacific Rim region, that is, the west coast of America.Even if independence breaks out in North America in the future, it will not be able to become a unified North American country because of the manipulation and intervention of different countries behind the scenes.

Li Jinde and the others didn't know these things, and they didn't know that Chu Yun would think that the independent position of the North American continent was very hot. They were more concerned about market development.

"We can develop the market step by step. This time you are coming to England to inspect your branch in London?" Sir Henry asked.

"It's not just for this reason...but it's only natural to come to inspect our branch of Imperial Chemicals here. Our branch has been operating well these years, thanks to you helping us develop the market."

Li Jinde looked for a seat to sit down, and he found traces of black tea everywhere, obviously the English people are used to black tea.

Tea replaced spices as England's largest agricultural by-product imported from the East.

"I would like to thank you for choosing me as your Imperial Chemicals distributor in Europe. I have become one of the largest merchants in England because of my distribution of your products. I hope our cooperation can continue and we can make money together. said Sir Henry.

"It's easy to say. I have brought some new products this time, which may sell well in Europe, so that the precious land can be better utilized and more people can be fed. All the gentry and free farmers will thank us." Li Jinde Said.

"Oh? What good products are there?"

"Chemical fertilizer, that is, chemical fertilizer."

(End of this chapter)