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Liu Sheng said with a smile: "HSBC is a bank founded by the British Empire. Its headquarters is in Hong Kong. When the coastal defense was rectified and Maoist bandits were wiped out a few years ago, the imperial court borrowed money from others. With such great strength, how could it fail? "

Another businessman said: "My name is Huang Youfu, and I am a businessman from Anhui. Brother Liu Sheng is right. It is a bank founded by foreigners. How should I put it? We are careful. I transport goods between Shanghai and Guangzhou. Our money is all deposited in the French bank Agricole, and we use the silver certificates issued by them when we trade, and we no longer need to use large ships to pull the silver, which feels very convenient.”

Zhang Hua nodded and said to everyone: "I can tell that the reason why everyone dare not exchange is because they don't trust the Northeast People's Bank, right?"

Everyone nodded in agreement, Zhang Hua said with a smile: "Don't you know who founded the Northeast People's Bank? It was founded by Lin Shuai. Everyone knows Lin Shuai's achievements. He regained the Northeast and pacified Mongolia recently. And led people to occupy the port thousands of miles away from Lao Maozi, our Qing Dynasty has been founded for more than 200 years, who can achieve greater achievements than Lin Shuai?"

Liu Sheng forced a smile and said, "Brother Zhang, you must have just arrived in Shanghai, right?"

Zhang Hua asked: "That's right, I just arrived in Shanghai, what's wrong? Why did you mention this all of a sudden?"

Liu Sheng lowered his voice and said, "You don't know yet, do you? The imperial court is going to issue orders and ban the Northeast People's Bank!"

As soon as the words were finished, there was a sound of "clang" coming from the room, and everyone followed the sound, and it turned out that a boy holding a teapot dropped the teapot, and then everyone turned around and looked at Zhang Hua, the one who dropped the teapot The boy was Lin Yuan pretending to be. When he heard this, he was so surprised that he even dropped the teapot. He thought to himself: "The Qing government wants to ban our bank. Why didn't I hear about it! Could it be someone deliberately spreading rumors!"

Liu Sheng continued: "Brother Zhang Hua, look, if the imperial court bans the Northeast People's Bank, wouldn't the money in our hands become a pile of waste paper? Then it would be better to burn paper for the dead!"

Zhang Hua smiled, pointed at the tea bowl, and Lin Yuan came over with the teapot in hand. This was the secret signal they had discussed in advance. If there was an emergency on the field, they would use the opportunity of refilling the tea bowl to talk and exchange opinions. , Lin Yuan walked up to Zhang Hua with a teapot, and whispered in Zhang Hua's ear as he lowered his head to pour water, "Where did this news come from? He insisted that it was a rumor!"

Lin Yuan stood aside after filling the water, and Zhang Hua said with a smile: "Where did the news about Brother Liu Sheng come from? I'm from Beijing, and I haven't heard of this news. It must be a rumor."

Liu Sheng said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, this is definitely not a rumor. You don't know that there is a bank alliance in Shanghai. Several big banks run by foreigners in Shanghai are in this alliance. This alliance holds regular receptions and dances. Inviting us businessmen to attend, it’s a reception and a dance in name, but it’s actually revealing some news to us, which was released at a recent reception.”

Zhang Hua frowned, and said, "There is such a thing, what is the reason for the ban?"

Liu Sheng said: "It is said that the Northeast People's Bank issued banknotes indiscriminately, endangering the country and the country of the Qing Dynasty, so it must be banned!"

Zhang Hua asked: "But don't foreigners' banks also issue banknotes? Why don't they be banned?"

Liu Sheng said: "I don't know this little brother. Maybe the banknotes issued by foreigners can be exchanged for silver. The banknotes issued by the Northeast People's Bank cannot be exchanged for silver. Just a piece of paper can be used as money, so the above Don't worry."

Huang Youfu said helplessly: "Brother Liu's words are wrong. Although the silver dollar certificates and silver two certificates issued by foreign banks can be exchanged for silver, it will be very troublesome if you really want to exchange silver. It was the clerk's push and push, I wanted to exchange 5000 taels of cash last month, but I have already exchanged it until now, and it is still halfway!"

"I think the foreign devils just want to take advantage of the opportunity of issuing silver coupons to seize our silver, but we can't do anything about it. It's really inconvenient to do business with cash. There are bandits on land and storms at sea. If you lose your fortune a little bit It's much more convenient to hold the silver coupons after losing all of them, as for the silver, they can just search for it, what can we do with things that the Holy Lafayette can't control?"

At this time, an old man coughed softly, and everyone looked at him. Lin Yuan knew that this man had a very high status, so he quickly looked at him carefully, and saw that the old man was sitting upright, as stable as Mount Tai, with a pair of lavender walnuts coiled in his hands. He said to Huang Youfu who had just spoken: "Little Fuzi, why are you talking about the Holy Majesty and Lafayette?"

Huang Youfu regretted his slip of the tongue, his complexion changed, he slapped his mouth again and again, and said, "The sixth uncle's lesson is: I drank some wine today and talked nonsense, everyone! Don't blame me!"

Lin Yuan knew that the man called Sixth Uncle had the highest status and status among these people and was also a well-known Huizhou merchant, so he wanted to hear what he had to say, only to hear Sixth Uncle said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, what do you have?" What I don't know is that there is actually a big event behind the imperial court's ban on the Northeast People's Bank!"

Zhang Hua hurriedly asked, "What's the big deal?"

Uncle Liu smiled lightly and said: "The Shanghai Banking Union has sent a special envoy to Beijing. The identity and background of this special envoy are not ordinary. He is a master sent by the Bank of England. He has worked in the banking industry for more than 30 years. The purpose of his going to Beijing is to serve as a consultant for the Bank of Great Qing!"

Lin Yuan thought to himself when he heard "Bank of Great Qing": "This bank is the first national bank in China. It didn't appear until 1906, but it appears now!"

Liu Sheng asked, "Uncle Six, what is the background of the Bank of England?"

Uncle Liu said with a smile: "Don't look at the fact that HSBC was in charge of the wind and rain in our Qing Dynasty, and many banks were unable to survive the run, but in England, it couldn't be compared with the Bank of England. The Bank of England has been established for more than 300 years, and it is almost the same as ours. The Qing Dynasty is the same age, and even the emperor of England has to borrow money from it, and the Bank of England is also responsible for issuing pounds, and it is up to them to decide how much to issue, do you think the Bank of England is powerful?"

Uncle Liu went on to say: "The imperial court also knows the benefits of opening a bank to issue banknotes, so it is preparing for the Bank of Qing Dynasty and wants to issue banknotes, but the People's Bank of Northeast China is ahead of others. How can the Bank of Qing Dynasty sit idly by, so Shangshu Weng Tonghe and Military Minister Yuan Shikai advocated banning the Northeast People's Bank!"

Lin Yuan's heart was moved when he heard these two people, and he thought: "Weng Tonghe and I have a normal relationship, Yuan Shikai and I have a grudge, these two people will make me look good when they get together!" At this time Zhang Hua asked: "I still have the same problem. , foreign banks are also issuing banknotes, why does the imperial court ignore them?"

Uncle Liu said leisurely: "First, foreigners will not help with good intentions. Their condition is that the imperial court has the right to issue currency to foreign banks; Which tiger, the old man is old and lazy to ask about world affairs, so he doesn't know, brother Zhang, the old man is no better than you young people, he gets tired after leaving home for a while, so I'll go back and rest first." With the help of the servant beside him, he stood up.