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Uncle Six got up together, and everyone stood up to see each other off. Lin Yuan gave Zhang Hua a wink, indicating that the symposium could end, so Zhang Hua said, "Let's talk about this today. I know everyone is busy. I won’t invite everyone to dinner, everyone please go back.”

Everyone greeted and went outside, and when only Zhang Hua and Lin Yuan were left in the room, Zhang Hua sighed heavily and said, "The Qing government wants to ban the Northeast People's Bank, it seems that civil war is inevitable! "

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Don't be so pessimistic, the matter is far from being resolved by war."

Zhang Hua said: "Now that the Qing court has realized that we are going to control the country's financial lifeline, I can't think of any other solution except war!" Zhang Hua sighed and said: "We just go straight to Beijing !"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Now is not the time!"

Zhang Hua smiled helplessly and said, "You always say that now is not the time, so let me ask you, what is the time?"

Lin Yuan said: "At least stabilize the economy of the society. As long as the economy of a society is stable, the change of power will not have too much impact on the lives of ordinary people, and finance is an important part of economic stability, so we Financial stability has to be stabilized."

Zhang Hua said: "But will they put the financial power in your hands?"

Lin Yuan said: "I know Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi very well, and I understand people's psychology better. For people with established ideas like Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi, it is very difficult to change their way of thinking and knowledge structure. This is what it means to change the nature of the country, and those people don’t know what finance is, so they definitely won’t make up their minds to break with us on this! They won’t fight me!”

Zhang Hua immediately said: "You are pinning all your hopes on your opponent. Let me ask you, what if the Qing court is determined to break with you? They really sent troops to beat you!"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have a plan, not only to make our Northeast People's Bank the only bank that issues currency in China, but also to eradicate all foreign banking power, and to make the imperial court praise me greatly. Three birds with one stone, what do you think?"

Zhang Hua asked: "Is there such a plan? Can you tell me about it?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Of course I have. According to the Sixth Uncle, the Qing court has great trust in foreign envoys, that is, in foreign banks. So the core of my plan is to make the Qing court lose its trust in foreign banks. trust!"

Zhang Hua thought for a long time and said, "It's so abstract, can't you be more specific?"

Lin Yuan said, "Do you think foreigners are doing good things on our Chinese soil?"

Zhang Hua said: "Of course not! There is no living Lei Feng among foreigners!"

Lin Yuan said: "That's right, just take this Shanghai as an example. How many foreigners' factories are using workers like slaves? How much opium did the foreigners bring in from Shanghai Port in the name of foreign medicine? The foreigners lured workers from the nearby villages. How many villagers have been sent to foreign countries to do hard work? In short, there are quite a few evils and crooked ways we eradicated in Yingkou Port in Shanghai, and there are more!"

Zhang Hua asked, "Does this have anything to do with foreigners' banks?"

Lin Yuan said: "Those businesses are profiteering industries. Where do they put the money they earn? Can they put it on themselves? Shouldn't they still be put in the bank? So, I just need to use a little trick to make money from foreigners. Banks are built to become accomplices of foreigners' criminal forces, and I will see how those two in the Forbidden City trust foreigners' banks!"

Zhang Hua laughed loudly and said, "This idea is great!"

Lin Yuan also smiled and said, "Then I'm going to implement the plan!" After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he walked out, found Shen Wanqing and smiled, "Go, I'll take you to find news!"

Shen Wanqing looked at Lin Yuan suspiciously, and asked, "Looking for news? What do you mean?"

Lin Yuan briefly talked about what he heard at the symposium today and his own countermeasures, and then said: "Let's go to the Kanto News office first, and then look for news."

The Kanto News founded by Beijing Ship has now become the newspaper with the largest circulation in the country. It has branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other big cities. As soon as Lin Yuan arrived at the branch, the president inside came to greet him. He was really surprised. It turned out that the branch manager was actually Qiu Jin. Lin Yuan looked at Shen Wanqing in surprise and said, "Why didn't you tell me that the manager is her?"

Shen Wanqing smiled and said, "I'll give you a surprise, let's go in and talk about it."

When the two parties were seated, Qiu Jin asked with a smile, "Brother-in-law, what do you want me to do?" Shen Wanqing's face was flushed with one sentence, Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Starting tomorrow, we will The newspapers in Shanghai came to make a series of reports, and the theme of the report was: Is it difficult for ordinary people in Shanghai to live in hardship?"

Qiu Jin said: "We also want to do such a special topic, but after our research, we found that such a special topic may stimulate the Qing court, so we kept it on, and no one went to interview and collect materials. If it will be published in the newspaper tomorrow, the time I'm afraid it's a little too tight!"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, your sister Wan Qing and I will get the materials in person, and you can just prepare the rest of the work." Lin Yuan deliberately emphasized the word "Sister Wan Qing", which is different from "brother-in-law" " Echoed, and then gave Shen Wanqing a provocative look, Shen Wanqing turned her head away hastily.

Qiu Jin looked at Shen Wanqing and smiled badly, then took out a small notebook from a cabinet next to her, handed it to Lin Yuan, and said, "This is our statistics on the wages of factory workers. Many of the residents in Shanghai are workers, and the investigation of the difficult life of the people in Shanghai is absolutely impossible to get around the factory."

Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing came out from the newspaper office. Shen Wanqing was holding a small notebook as a reporter, and Lin Yuan was carrying a camera as a photojournalist. Lin Yuan took out the small notebook, pointed to the family with the lowest salary and said: " Let's go to this 'Zhihe Spinning Factory' first."

The two went to Zhihe Spinning Factory. On the way, Shen Wanqing asked, "Will they let us in for an interview? What if they stop us?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "If they dare to stop them, we don't have to confront them. Just say that there are shady things in the factory. Anyway, they will suffer in the end."

The two of them came to the cotton mill while they were talking. At this time, a carriage was heard at the door, and there were piles of cotton piled up on the carriage. Dozens of strong men were unloading the cotton from the carriage and carrying it into the factory. Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing followed the strong men into the factory. At this time, the strong men had already unloaded the cotton from the carriage and put it in the yard, and they were all sitting on the cotton pile to rest.

At this time, a strong man said to Lin Yuan, "Brothers, what do you do?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "We are reporters."

The burly man chuckled and said, "So it's a reporter. Why are you here to interview?"

Lin Yuan approached the strong man and whispered, "I see that the wages in your spinning mill are very low, so I want to take a look."

After hearing Lin Yuan's words, the strong man pointed to a large warehouse next to him, and said mysteriously, "Then you should go to that warehouse to have a look!"