Alchemy Greater China

"Ala, Ala wants to exchange some money, can it work?"

The woman seemed a little scared. After all, it was the first time she faced so many big soldiers alone, and there was also a high-ranking official, so she hesitated a bit.

"Yes, of course!"

Sun Renjun waved his hand, "Auntie, you give this clock to that soldier, he is in charge of registration... After registration, take the note and go to that house, yes, that purple house to exchange money!"

Sun Renjun is very kind, and the murderous aura of the past is gone. He naturally knows that His Majesty Hao may be paying attention to his performance in a certain high-rise building. He has let him down once just now. This time, he must do a good job in exchanging items. Bright ones can win back points.

"Thank you sir, thank you Nongfa!" The woman thanked Sun Renjun with great gratitude, and then walked towards the registration table with hope. At this moment, she didn't even care about the constant crying of the baby .

The registration was completed quickly, and the woman took the note, shook her wide hips, and ran quickly towards the purple house.

But when she received the money, she screamed: "What, what kind of money is this? Why, why isn't it silver?"

It turned out that what she got in her hand was a stack of paper, or to be more precise, a stack of paper money.

"This is a dragon coin, very valuable!"

The staff responsible for changing money explained to the woman very responsibly.

"Ala, Ala doesn't want these banknotes, here, can I give Ala silver?" The woman asked with a bitter face.

"Sorry, we can't give you silver. We can only give you dragon coins!"

"Hey, why is this..."

Women are very disappointed.Disappointed, he slapped his crying child, but who knows, the unlucky child cried even harder.

A well-meaning soldier next to him reminded: "Auntie, this is the dragon coin, which is the currency of the Alchemy Kingdom. Many novelty commodities in Shanghai can only be purchased with dragon coins. They are very popular! For example, beautiful clothes from the United States, or scented soaps, and fine watches. Medicines that work wonders..."

"But these, Allah doesn't need it!"

The woman had a bitter face: "Allah just wants to change some money to buy a few bags of rice, um, and a few catties of pork to go back."

above tall buildings.Long Hao stared at the "family raid operation" that was running smoothly in the concession.Can't help nodding secretly: These Shanghai citizens are quite rational, and they didn't loot randomly as soon as they entered, or take the opportunity to hurt people!Well, Sun Renjun sent some soldiers to ambush in the concession, and if any criminals are found, they will be dealt with on the spot. Yes, this is very good!

At this moment, Xiao Yu interjected and said, "Young master, you said they found out that they exchanged our dragon coins, wouldn't you be happy?"

Long Hao smiled and said, "Why are you not happy? Hehe. Dragon coins are now more than US dollars, and one yuan of dragon coins can be exchanged for one point and two yuan of dollars! They have taken advantage of these things to exchange for dragon coins!"

"However, they don't know the benefits of dragon coins. I think they definitely prefer silver."

Xiao Ke also spoke, with a little worry in his words.

She was afraid that it would be thankless for her side, and she would easily do bad things with good intentions by exchanging dragon coins for these things. She had paid a lot, but what she got was probably the complaints of these Shanghai citizens.

It is not as simple and straightforward as directly providing money.

"It's okay."

Long Hao smiled and waved his hands: "Now there is a black market in Shanghai that specializes in exchanging dragon coins. One yuan of dragon coins can be exchanged for about one, two or three dollars of silver! Those soldiers will give advice to these citizens."

"Only for one, two or three dollars?"

Xiao Yu covered her mouth and said in amazement: "One dollar can be exchanged for one or two or six renminbi. This black market is really black, and most of the profits go to it! Young master, copy it!"

"What are you copying? It's all nonsense!"

Long Hao laughed, and pointed to the person next to him: "This black market is also ours, Long Er, come and introduce these two girls to the benefits of using Dragon Coins to exchange these things moved out of the concession!"

The person Long Hao was referring to was young, but he was wearing the highest-end high-end clothing. He saluted Long Hao with a proper and elegant manner. He was Long Er, one of the four succession candidates.

Long Er has been rooted in Shanghai for more than half a year, relying on money to open his way. In fact, he has spread his sphere of influence to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, and even the Qilu land. Many officials of the Qing court have very good friendship.

The factories opened by Long Er and the roads built have greatly benefited many villages and towns around Shanghai.

Many rural people who cultivate land have come out to work and build roads, because the wages of working on roads for one day are almost equal to their monthly income.

Such a good thing, who would not do it?

Well, let's put aside Long Er's achievements for now, let's listen to his reasons for insisting on using Dragon Coins as exchange items.

First, the Dragon Coins are issued in the hope that Shanghai citizens will accept them because, no matter how many rural people Long Er has hired to build roads in the past few months, all they ask for are Silver is used to settle wages. In this case, the economic pressure on Long Er is actually relatively large, because the alchemy country has silver, and the exchange of gold for silver is a huge expense in itself.

Although Long Er also opened a lot of daily necessities stores around Shanghai that use Dragon Coins for settlement, using discounts to attract customers, but it still needs a guiding process and time accumulation to get local residents to really recognize it and go in for consumption.

Second, the distribution of dragon coins is also to reduce the economic pressure on Long Hao to accept items from the concession. Even though the concession is not big, there are quite a lot of valuable things in it. If you want a fair purchase of real money, it will definitely cost you Not small, if all the payments were made in silver, then Long Er's wallet would be deflated immediately, and the capital chain would be broken immediately.

As for the dragon coins, you can print them yourself, and you don't have any problem sending out as many as you want, as long as you have a sufficient supply of goods on your side.

in addition.The existence of a black market for exchange can also allow Long Er to earn a considerable price difference.

Based on the above two points, Long Er would insist on using this occasion. 'Sell' Dragon Coins.

"So, I think, this is a good start. Let these citizens know about Dragon Coins, accept Dragon Coins, and regard Dragon Coins as foreigners' coins. It is very beneficial for our development!"

Ke Mitong saw it very clearly.While listening, he nodded repeatedly.

"Not only that, after the young master found out, he gave me a trick. I don't think it will be long. Dragon coins will be accepted by more people!" Long Er said again, and looked at Long Hao with adoring eyes.

"That's not called a trick, it's just a normal guide."

Facing this invisible flattery, Long Hao waved his hands indifferently, and said with a light smile: "Whether this trick will work or not, in the final analysis, depends on whether our strength is strong or not!"

It turned out that Long Hao's suggestion was: start today.A consumption record system will be set up in Alchemy Kingdom stores (including stores, commercial firms, etc.) in China, and anyone who comes to the store to use Dragon Coins to buy things and consume services.Then, after identity registration, an account will be opened for him to record contribution points.

For example, how many Dragon Coins are consumed, the contribution points will increase by one point!

When the alchemy country becomes stronger, its international status is higher and higher, and the benefits inside are getting better and better, attracting more people to yearn to become the nationals of the alchemy country, the dragon coin will truly be unimpeded in the land of China.

... At the end of the day, the concession was basically evacuated. Thinking about it, tens of thousands of citizens poured in, it was like rats entering the granary, and it would be strange not to evacuate it!

In such a huge concession, there are only empty shelves of houses left.

During the process of looting and transporting by the citizens, Long Hao also had some bad intentions. He ordered people to bring out the foreigners who were imprisoned, and let them witness the scene of their shops and houses being looted on the three-story building.

Listening to the wailing and cursing of foreigners, basking in the sun, closing your eyes and resting your mind, it is a pleasant thing...

After the ninth day passed, the opening of the concession came to an end. According to subsequent statistics, more than [-] Shanghai residents exchanged dragon coins in the black market, and more than [-]% of them complained while looking for the black market to exchange these coins. All dragon coins were replaced with silver or gold.

And later, when they heard that the consumption records of dragon coins can be accumulated into the contribution points of the Alchemy Kingdom, how many of them beat their feet and regretted it, it is not clear...

Well, the incident in Shanghai has come to an end. At this moment, nearly a week has passed since Shanghai's 'fall'. All forces in the world have more or less recovered from the shock and are starting to prepare countermeasures or plan counterattacks.

Let's take a look at each of these highlights... a selection of trends.

Let's talk about China first, Beijing, of course, needless to say, Cixi, Guangxu and their little friends were all stunned when they first heard the "Great Change in the South of the Yangtze River" (the Qing court's name for this change).

The Empress Dowager Cixi immediately remembered the burning of the Old Summer Palace. She didn't care about preparing for her [-]th birthday.

Cixi was so flustered, it was naturally a typical case of being bitten by a snake, and thanks to her flustered blessing, the Qing Dynasty fell into a state of paralysis for a while. An external unified tone.

A minister urged Liu Kunyi to be kidnapped and returned to Beijing to be punished. After the trial, he was skinned and given to the British to appease the other party's anger.

Some ministers supported Liu Kunyi. For example, our old man Zhang Zhidong believed that Liu Kunyi had won face for the Qing Dynasty if he was not completely defeated and lost power in the face of the British attack. He saved the city of Nanjing, which was also a great achievement. He was punished and rewarded for his deeds, and he must not chill the hearts of the heroes.

Some ministers believed that Beijing was not safe anymore, so they remonstrated with the emperor and wanted to move back to Shengjing, the hometown of the bannerman.

and many more……

Thanks to the fact that there was no final conclusion from the Empress Dowager Cixi, the little emperor Guangxu finally felt the taste of being in charge, the feeling of being in power!

With the help of the emperor Weng Tonghe, he reprimanded the main surrender faction for a while, suppressed the main combat faction for a while, and kicked the capital-moving faction who broke his head from time to time when he was tired... His intention may not necessarily be to do something about this great change in the south of the Yangtze River. What's the reaction? On the contrary, they want to take advantage of the vacuum period when Cixi is frightened to control power, so that people in the court will know him again, Emperor Guangxu!

for a while.Guangxu was a bit obsessed with this political game of checks and balances of power. If Li Hongzhang hadn't returned to Beijing suddenly, he might have continued to dawdle.Don't give an explanation for the great changes in the south of the Yangtze River.

Alright, let's temporarily suppress the matter in Beijing, let's take a look at the reaction of one of the masters of this matter: Edward VII.

Why hasn't the new British king made any big moves so far?

These days, apart from several newspapers in the UK clamoring to send the Royal Fleet to level Long Hao and Shanghai, Buckingham Palace has not issued any nutritious orders.

seem.The whole of the UK has been paralyzed, and there is no countermeasure for the "bad incident" that happened in China.

Yes.His Majesty Edward VII is now very troubled. After tasting the coveted throne of the British king for many years, he began to gradually appreciate the many negative consequences of deposing Queen Victoria.

First, the supply of arms is insufficient.Several major European arms dealers originally supplied to the United Kingdom.Invariably, the supply of the latest weapons to Britain was stopped.

Sadly, this also includes the UK's own arms suppliers!

The reason they gave was very high-sounding: they demanded the release of Her Majesty the Queen, and Her Majesty the Queen would crown Edward. Otherwise, these munitions would rather rot in the warehouse than be sold to a usurping prince!

If your mb is rotten, they are all made of steel, and I will give you 100 years.You rotten for me to see?

Edward VII was so angry that he broke no less than fifty cups.But at the same time, there is nothing to do.

He clearly understands that these arms dealers are bitches who want to set up a chastity archway. They don't want to petition for the queen, they simply want to take this opportunity to renegotiate the price of arms supply to the UK and make a fortune from it!

The timing of their choice was also very appropriate. When Edward deposed the queen, they did not express their position, but when the war between Britain and Germany to suppress the Austro-Russian alliance reached a critical moment, they suddenly broke out and stopped supplying arms. The precious lives of soldiers of the army threatened Edward VII.

Second, Edward VII turned around, and was shocked to find that his orders could only be limited to his own country, and his influence on the Royal Navy, which Britain was most proud of, seemed to be unable to even get out of the English Channel!

Therefore, when the British Fleet stationed in China went to the Nanyang Navy to provoke the Nanyang Navy under his instruction, and played in the world, and was finally beaten up, Edward VII suddenly found out that the telegram he sent to the Far East Fleet ordering him to reinforce was actually like that. Nothing happened, for seven consecutive days, the other party did not respond at all, as if the entire fleet disappeared in the Pacific Ocean!

Yes, immediately after the Hundred Ships Battle ended on November 29, Edward VII signed an order ordering the Far East Fleet to attack Shanghai, China, and guard the mouth of the East China Sea. However, it is now December It has been seven days, but there is still no movement over there.

Not even a perfunctory telegram feedback!

This, this is clearly contempt for Edward VII's status as king!

Faced with such a predicament, Edward VII would naturally think of it, did Long Hao's previous telegram statement in Shanghai give some hints to those admirals who were loyal to the queen?They want to accumulate strength and use overseas naval fleets to help Queen Victoria restore?

To sum up, even though Edward VII wanted to teleport to Shanghai immediately to beat up Long Hao and Liu Kunyi, but he couldn't understand the order, and he had no choice but to be suspicious.

Therefore, he could only pretend to be deaf and dumb, and temporarily refrained from expressing his opinion on this matter, so as not to cause a rebound from the Far East Fleet. To solve it, first restore peace to the European continent, and then use this prestige to sort out the domestic situation, eliminate dissidents, promote cronies, and then free up your hands to settle accounts with Long Hao in East Asia.

The actual situation in England is like this, even the king is so busy, how can he have time to launch a substantial attack on Long Hao?

As for why the Far East Fleet turned a deaf ear to Edward VII's orders... Actually, the situation was not as serious as Edward VII imagined.

It is said that although the Far East Fleet was arranged by Queen Victoria in the Far East, they are not loyal to the Queen.No matter who it is, as long as a member of the British royal family sits on the throne of the king, and the election of the cabinet is legal, the Far East Fleet will not obey orders from the British Isles.

The current commander-in-chief of the Far East Fleet, Li Charlie, is still quite hostile to Long Hao. When he heard that his branch, that is, the fleet stationed in the inland sea of ​​China, was being bullied, he immediately dispatched four battleships , personally led the troops, went north from the station in Southeast Asia, and rushed to reinforce.

The time of this reinforcement was before Edward VII sent a telegram.

Unfortunately, it was this time difference that gave the long-dormant Deputy Commander Fremantle a chance.

A chance to steal the dragon and replace it!

The fleet led by Charlie Lee was ambushed in the waters south of Taiwan and north of Luzon Island. Four battleships and eleven auxiliary ships were all sunk. , exactly the same.

In short, it is weird, fast, and powerless!

The conceited Charlie Li did not know about Long Hao's secret weapon, the submarine, due to a lack of information.

Afterwards, it was time for the "traitor" Fremantle to perform on stage. He first angrily scolded the "unknown fleet" that attacked Li Charlie as despicable and shameful, and then set the target of suspicion on Spain.

As for why?The reason is also easy to find, that is, Spain wants to take advantage of the chaos to kill the Far East Fleet and take the British colonies in Southeast Asia into its pocket. (To be continued..)