The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 609 This is just the first battle between Chinese capital and European Jewish capital!
"Mr. Bai, you said that the northwest is going to be in chaos?" Nathaniel didn't quite understand what the former Qing minister to Europe said. "If I understand correctly, the northwest you are referring to is the area ruled by the Qing Dynasty?"

"Where else could it be if not the territory of the Qing Dynasty?" Bai Siwen picked up the glass and took a sip of the whiskey that had been shipped all the way from England. "The Northwest is about to go into chaos!"

"Do you mean that the Qing Dynasty is going to counterattack?" Nathaniel asked.

"We can't counterattack." Bai Siwen shook his head gently, "The Qing Dynasty is about to collapse!"

"But wouldn't that be a good thing for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?" Nathaniel looked puzzled.

Bai Siwen gently turned the wine glass in his hand: "How can it be a good thing? You don't think that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom does not have the strength to capture Gansu, Shaanxi, the Western Regions and the Snowy Plateau?"

"Since they have the strength to capture those areas, why haven't they taken action yet?" Nathaniel asked.

Bai Siwen smiled and said, "Isn't it because the land in Gansu and Shaanxi is barren, the contradictions between the Muslims and the three sects of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism are acute, and the population of the two provinces is as high as more than 30 million? As early as the Daoguang period, there were frequent fights between the Muslims and the three sects in Gansu and Shaanxi. It was only because the local government tried hard to suppress them that they did not cause chaos. When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was about to start, and the Green Camp in Gansu and Shaanxi moved east, the contradictions between the three sects in Gansu and Shaanxi were already on the verge of getting out of control. If Luo Yaoguo did not let the orthodox religion go and the Qing court moved west, and used the orthodox religion to unify the three sects of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism in the northwest, the northwest would have exploded long ago!"

As he spoke, he dipped his finger in tea and wrote a few numbers on the table: "Let's not talk about which one is stronger, the millions of people who fled to Henan and Hubei are enough to give the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom a headache. The food supply of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was already tight, and there are millions of mouths to feed. Hehe, at least 20 million shi of food is needed to feed them for a year! The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom boasts that there is food for all. Before, when the Yellow River collapsed and there was drought in the south of the Yangtze River, they tried to find ways to provide relief. Now there are millions of refugees in the northwest. How can Luo not provide relief?"

Nathaniel squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly asked, "Consul, what is the current situation in the northwest?"

British Consul Winchester really didn't know what was happening in the northwest, so he quickly asked his secretary to bring him a report from the British Consulate in Tianjin. There were many "old Qing Dynasty veterans" in Tianjin who had been keeping secret contact with Xi'an. Through them, the British Consulate could also get some intelligence about the northwest.

"Before Luo Yaoguo launched the attack on Sichuan, Li Hongzhang, one of the four giants in Xi'an (Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Du Han, Kong Fanhao), and his French lover Mathilde led the Beiyang Army and left Xi'an in the name of pacifying the bandits in Gansu and the Western Regions. Therefore, the Later Jin court in Xi'an was led by Zeng, Du, and Kong. These three people were the chief priests of the Mingjiao. Under their leadership, the Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism in Gansu and Shaanxi were merged into the Mingjiao."

Bai Siwen laughed and said, "Originally, the famous teachers in Gansu and Shaanxi could have taken advantage of Sichuan. Now Sichuan has been taken away by Luo Yaoguo and Shanxi is in the hands of Qi Junzao and Xu Jiyu. It is not Zeng Guofan, Du Han, and Kong Fanhao's turn to take advantage of Mr. Rothschild. Who do you think they can take advantage of?"

Nathaniel finally showed an interested expression. He looked at Bai Siwen's half-smile and half-smile, and suddenly realized that this financial war to reap the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could also be carried out in conjunction with the real war - this meant that the Rothschild family had more chips in their hands than before, a greater chance of winning, and more benefits to be reaped!
"Mr. Bai, do you mean that the unrest in the northwest will force the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to accept millions of refugees?" He deliberately slowed down his speech. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Moore's friend Friedrich quickly writing something on the back of the menu with a pencil. "But as far as I know, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is attacking Senggelinqin, the governor of Heilongjiang and Jilin in the northeast of the Qing Dynasty. If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom wins, it will seize a large area of ​​black soil. Can he settle these millions of people in Heilongjiang and Jilin?"

Before Bai Siwen could speak, Moore shook his head and said, "Although the land in Heilongjiang and Jilin is fertile, the cost of reclamation is also very high. Sending a large number of people there in a short period of time will only consume more food. If the northwest really cannot be suppressed, then the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom may really need to import more food."

"There may also be problems with their import channels!" Friedrich reminded, "The radical colonial route pursued by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Southeast Asia has already had a fierce collision with the Netherlands. If they are unlucky and the chaos in the northwest happens to coincide with the arrival of the Dutch naval fleet in Southeast Asia, then they will be in real trouble."

Good! We are one of them!

Nathaniel turned his gaze to the handsome German. The more he looked at him, the more he liked him. He smiled and asked, "Friedrich, are you Prussian? Or Hanoverian?"

In the UK, people named "Friedrich" are not all German "Runners". There is a high probability that they are nobles who came to the UK with the Hanoverian dynasty to become masters! After all, their British Queen Victoria is a German little lady from the Hanoverian dynasty.

"I'm Friedrich, Jr. from the Omen-En Company." Friedrich simply revealed his true identity, "I'm also a friend of Prince Albert."

"Oh, I know this company, it's a very famous textile factory." Nathaniel nodded and looked at his "fellow trader" expectantly. "Do you have any other suggestions?"

"I suggest you build a granary in the British Concession in Nagasaki, Japan, and store a large amount of rice and wheat in advance!" Friedrich met his gaze with a cold sneer on his face, "When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom really encounters a food crisis, the value of gold and silver will not be as high as rice and wheat. If all you want is those high-quality assets!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Wen Xian from the corner of his eye. "Well said!"

Nathaniel suddenly laughed out loud. He pushed aside the French baked snails in front of him, took out a gold-plated pen and wrote four "1%" on the tablecloth. "Moore, Friedrich, Sir, Mr. White, come and work with us. This is your share, 1% of the net profit!"

"That's a lot of money!" Moore gave a bitter smile - his recent fortune was a little unbelievable, and if it continued like this, he would become the shape he hated the most!

Friedrich was used to talking business with people. Although he didn't like doing this, he naturally accepted the huge benefits thrown by Nathaniel: "We can write a series of analyses and proposals for you on the unrest in the northwest, the Nanyang War, and the establishment of food reserves in Nagasaki, Japan."

"That's what I want!" Nathaniel said excitedly, "Information is money!"

Friedrich added: "We will soon be able to complete the analysis and recommendations on the Nanyang War and the Nagasaki granary. However, we do not know the situation in the northwest, so we need to investigate. It may take a few months before we can give it to you."

"Okay, we're still in time." Nathaniel said with a smile, "Now we're just in the layout stage of this financial war!" He raised his glass high, "Cheers to our success!"

A sarcastic smile appeared on Friedrich's lips. Luo Yaoguo seemed to have overlooked one point, that is, the power of European financial capital - they are more corrupt, more treacherous, more evil and more difficult to deal with than factory owners!
Let’s see how this “angel” who can predict the future will respond!
On the terrace of the French-style villa in Xujiahui, Luo Yaoguo handed the cut steak to Natalia. The Russian Grand Duchess's military jacket was casually draped over the back of a chair, and the two gold buttons on her shirt collar were undone, revealing a piece of snow-white.

"Berlin has been clamoring for months," Natalia said in her now fluent Chinese, poking black caviar with a fork. "Britain demands the demilitarization of the Black Sea, Turkey demands that we give up our territory in the Caucasus, and you are the worst. Not only have you seized a beautiful Russian princess, you also want to take away Alaska, which is home to a lot of gold!"

Luo Yaoguo chuckled: "I didn't send anyone to Europe to arrest you. You came to me on your own. How could I refuse such a beautiful woman?"

Natalia pouted: "You should have used magic to seduce me instead of tying me up with ribbons!"

"I used magic!" Luo Yaoguo laughed, "Otherwise, why would you let me tie you up?"

"You..." Natalia glared at Luo Yaoguo unhappily, "You deceived me and took my body away from me!"

"I won't take your body for nothing," Luo Yaoguo's fingertips slid across the world map on the tablecloth, "I'll give you the Ice Kingdom of Alaska. You can be the Snow Queen of Alaska. The gold buried under the ice and snow is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Even if only 10% turns into gold tax, you will be worth tens of millions of dollars!"

The Grand Duchess puffed out her chest and said, "I didn't expect I'm quite expensive."

"Of course, you are very precious!"

Luo Yaoguo looked at the Russian Grand Duchess with a smile, and a very evil thought appeared in his mind again.
Under the gas streetlights on the Bund, Frederick, who had just finished dinner at the consulate, looked at the lights on the boats on the river and said, "Moore, how do you think Luo Yaoguo will fight back against Rothschild?"

Moore threw the Daily Shipping News into the trash can. On the rolled-up newspaper page were the words "Xuzhou Steel-Coal-Railway General Administration Investment Value Analysis": "It doesn't matter how he fights back. What matters is that he will definitely fight back fiercely, causing the Rothschild family to lose a lot of money, and then the Rothschild family will become the mortal enemy of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom! So this is just the first battle between Chinese capital and European Jewish capital."

Friedrich nodded gently: "This is also the biggest loophole of capitalism. Capitalism around the world will never unite, even if their gravediggers have appeared!"

(End of this chapter)