The First Evolution

Of course, the Qing court also knew the importance, and officials in two departments were usually not sold...

That is the official positions of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites. The former is powerful and the latter is responsible for sacrifices.

The Ministry of Rites seems to be an out-and-out Qingshui Yamen today, but its status in ancient times was still very high.

In Zuo Zhuan, it is very clearly written: the important affairs of the country are in the sacrifice and the Rong!

Sacrifices are sacrifices, and they are under the control of the Ministry of Rites. Rong is war, and "sacrificial" is before "Rong", which shows what the values ​​were at that time.

Jiangshan can make do with it, but the ancestors still can't be fooled.

The above are all gossip, and after Fang Linyan controlled 120,000 taels of silver, he began to buy and buy. The main purchases were kerosene and sugar. There are four common characteristics of these two goods:

Daily necessities, (wide audience)

Consumables, (kerosene lighting)

shelf-stable,

by import,

Under the general environment at that time, the bourgeoisie in the late Qing Dynasty was just emerging. Sugar was almost entirely produced by small workshops, and kerosene was not produced at all. Therefore, the quality of imported (imported) and domestic products was very different. The key is that The cost of domestic production is even higher, so the two imported goods are best-sellers.

When purchasing, Fang Linyan's five-point charm certainly doesn't add much, but the passive ability of Zheshang's young master: spending money like soil has played a huge role (in money-related transactions (including but not limited to bribery, buying and selling, drinking flowers) wine), often get better results).

According to Fang Linyan's preliminary estimates,

His ability increased the turnover by at least 15%, that is to say, with this ability alone, the 120,000 taels of silver in his hand played a role of almost 140,000 taels.

However, Fang Linyan is more than that. He still has a +3 reputation, so when he announces his name in the mall, he can get a lot of discounts with the extra fame he brings, so the 120,000 taels of silver, Almost got the purchasing power of 160,000 taels.

It's just that Fang Linyan found out that after gaining a +3 reputation bonus for his identity, his fame was indeed great, but it didn't seem like a good reputation.

Because when many people heard the name of the sixth master of the Hu family, they showed an expression of sudden realization, and then they looked at him strangely, and the expression that was hidden was "So that guy is you..." This is attitude.

Although Fang Linyan felt a little embarrassed about this, he said that I was thick-skinned, you can see what you want, and when he spent this huge sum of money, he also divided one into two and used it:

When buying goods, almost 60,000 taels of silver are directly stocked in stock.

But the remaining 60,000 taels of silver is the deposit paid,

After the deposit is in place, the merchant has to start stocking up.

Fang Linyan agreed with them to deliver the goods in ten days, and pay the balance within one month after delivery. However, the additional condition is that after this batch of goods is prepared, it must be placed in the warehouse designated by the merchant. If the balance is not settled, it cannot be shipped out.

If the balance cannot be settled, the deposit will not be refunded.

This kind of behavior is not only common at the time, but it is also very common now. It is the prototype of futures trading. The only thing that is special is that Fang Linyan paid a little bit of the deposit.

According to the market at the time, the deposit should be 20% in advance, so theoretically speaking, only 300,000 taels of kerosene and sugar can be reserved for 60,000 taels of silver.

However, there are not many large-scale customers like Fang Linyan, and they take a lot of goods at one time, and the bargaining is not too harsh, and they are willing to put the goods in the merchant's own warehouse.

More importantly, Fang Linyan is also willing to store the 60,000 taels of goods previously purchased by real gold and platinum.

Therefore, the two parties agreed that Fang Linyan took out 60,000 taels of silver, and in fact he could book the goods for 700,000 taels, which was equivalent to less than 10% of the deposit.

However, in the market at this time, there are many such things. In fact, several companies even told Fang Linyan that under the same conditions, they could even sell 800,000 taels of goods, but in the end Fang Linyan chose Qiao home warehouse.

The reason is very simple, that is, the Qiao family is famous, and the Qiao family's main business tendency is the ticket number, and the ticket number regards reputation more than anything else.

Fang Linyan knew about his own family affairs, and now he is doing business under the name of "Master Hu's family". In fact? But it is an out-and-out speculator, and the only reason to purchase these goods is to short-term.

Currently, the import and export of large quantities of goods are completely dependent on sea transportation, and a few days later, when the news of the Sino-Japanese Toshima naval battle on July 25 came out, the sea transportation side was bound to be affected.

Why? Because in history, the Sino-Japanese Toshima naval battle was actually a one-sided massacre! Japanese armed ships directly sank a ship carrying Qing soldiers.

Here comes the point! !

This ship belonged to the United Kingdom, and even the first mate and sailors on the ship were British and died on the spot!

In this case, what would the outgoing vessel think? The ships of British father (although Britain was going downhill at that time, it was indeed the empire on which the sun never sets) were directly sunk. The Japanese were already so mad, who would dare to risk their lives and leave the port?

Therefore, it can be expected that the voyage rate of the ship will inevitably plummet in the short term. If the ship is destroyed, what kind of cargo will be shipped?

The goods entering the port will also show a cliff-like decline, and the prices of goods such as sugar and kerosene on the market that rely on imports will inevitably soar.

At that time, if a merchant with bad credit, the "futures" contract signed by Lin Yan on the other side may be directly shameless in the face of huge profits. After all, there is no contract law, no list of dishonest persons, no court enforcement, and no Debt collection agencies...all in good conscience.

And conscience has a price.

Compared with these people, the default cost of the Qiao family is the highest, so Fang Linyan finally chose the Qiao family.

It is worth mentioning that when Fang Linyan carried out these business activities, he took Laurent with him throughout the whole process, and also made him appear in his true face. When talking about business, he also said that he was helping Laurent. Things go better and you get a better price...  

This is also a strange phenomenon of Wanqing at that time. The Manchus already had detached privileges in the country, and the privileges obtained by foreigners were more than the Manchus. It should be because of the first Opium War and the second Opium War, After the Eight-Power Allied Forces directly wiped out the Qing Dynasty's direct line of armed forces.

The proud Eight Banners army of the Qing Dynasty, the weapon of war in the Central Plains, disappeared in the smoke of foreign guns and cannons! !

Without the army, there would be no backbone. From that moment on, the status of foreigners began to become detached.

After completing this series of commercial operations, Fang Linyan consumed another three days of precious time.

No way, there is no mobile phone or network in this era, even with Laurent's help, it must take so much time, and at this time, the time to the Toshima naval battle is getting closer and closer.

During these three days, Fang Linyan also called up the war progress bar from time to time to check, and found that it was like the stock market, which was always fluctuating. The position, fortunately, quickly recovered to more than 27%.

There is a saying that habit becomes natural, Fang Linyan became a little numb after watching it for a long time, unless this thing suddenly dropped below 20%, otherwise, Fang Linyan probably felt that it didn't matter in his heart.

Of course, Fang Linyan was not idle for the next time. At this time, he planned to make friends with the person he valued.

If there is nothing wrong with history, this person should still be a popular person by now, and there are quite a few people who want to curry favor with him. Fang Linyan's chance to catch the cold stove is too late now. But fortunately, Fang Linyan is very clear about this person's aspirations, so as long as he can meet once, he should be able to gain his trust.

Just as Fang Linyan was about to go out, Laurent suddenly handed Fang Linyan a newspaper, and at the same time drew a red circle on a piece of news. At this time, it was traditional Chinese characters and vertical typesetting. Not only that, the reading order was still from Right to left...Even if Fang Linyan has his own language proficiency, it is extremely laborious to see.

However, Fang Linyan quickly paid attention to the main points Laurent wanted to express:

"...The enemy invaded Yashan, and Ye Cheng, the commander-in-chief of Taiyuan Town, had built a fortification here, and divided his troops into four units to defend against the enemy. One part of Yicang on Rida Island made a bold attack. Ye Kezhong, Ye Cheng's son, fought bravely and led his troops to kill the enemy. More than 300 people, the Japanese general Yasushi Kamijou was killed, and Asan is safe and sound..."

To put it simply, this news is that Ye Cheng's son made a contribution here in Asan, killing more than 300 Japanese soldiers and killing a Japanese captain!

However, Fang Linyan immediately woke up when he saw the word Yashan, this is clearly the battle of Yashan!

Back then, China and Japan did not enter into a state of full-scale war from the very beginning, but Japan directly stretched its hand into North Korea, which was separated by a water, and directly sent troops into North Korea to foster a puppet regime.

At that time, North Korea still regarded the Qing Dynasty as the suzerain state, so the Qing Dynasty could not bear it, but the children of the Eight Banners had been abolished, so they could only dispatch Han Chen's army to work in Little Japan, so Li Gongzhang dispatched his Huai Army to go there. The two sides fought first in North Korea and turned into a local war.

The first fight between the two sides was in Asan. The Chinese side is called the Battle of Asan, while the Japanese call it the Battle of Chenghuanyi.

The key is that Fang Linyan read the historical materials of his own world before entering, and also let the goats bring the historical materials of their world to himself, but the battle of Yashan was lost by the Qing Dynasty without exception, and it was still a kind of collapse.

Because of this battle, 37 Japanese died and 91 Qing troops died... This is a battle of 3800 vs 4000 people!

However, the information in the newspaper said that the Qing army had won and killed ten times the Japanese army in the original history. Not only that, the captain who killed the Japanese had 384 soldiers under his command, and his rank was also high. Not too low.

Therefore, there must be an external force intervening, which will lead to the change of history... Fang Linyan's eyes turned to the name "Ye Kezhong", obviously, this is probably a space warrior, and his purpose is the same of.

But the relationship between space fighters can never be measured by the simple truth of "the enemy of the enemy is a friend"! This world, but a mixed world, simple-minded people simply can not enter here.

After silently memorizing the name, Fang Linyan was a little curious at this time. At this time, it was obvious that the space warriors on the Qing Dynasty could not bear it and took the shot first, so what should the people on the Japanese side deal with next?

With such thoughts in mind, Fang Linyan patted Laurent on the shoulder, indicating that he was doing a good job, and then called a rickshaw. After giving the address, he got in the car and asked him to pull him over.

The address reported by Fang Linyan is: Sichuan Guild Hall.

At that time, the clubhouse was a very special product. You can understand it as the function of the hometown association + club + teahouse + relief center (limited to a certain area) + social association + Beijing office.

If the Sichuanese who come to bj are in trouble, whether it is lack of money, being bullied, lack of contacts, or even lonely, or even unable to bury their relatives, etc., then they can come to the club to try their luck, maybe they will meet Someone who can help you solve your problem.

As for the chance of getting help, it is roughly equal to your potential and investment value.

At the same time, officials and gentry from the same place of origin would often come to the guild hall to chat, hold meetings, and communicate with each other. For example, many factions in the imperial court were formed in the guild hall.

However, one thing that most clubhouses do well is that they do not help the poor.

For example, people who are seriously ill and urgently need medical treatment and have no money, most of them can get basic treatment when they go to the guild hall.

For example, if you have no money to go back to your hometown, you will most likely get it if you go to the hometown to get entangled. As for people from the hometown who die in a foreign land and no one cares, the guild hall will probably find a way to condense it and put it in the Yizhuang.

This is also what the several shareholders who established the club want to mean, that is to invite the name of money.

Fang Linyan came to the Sichuan Guild Hall, of course not to seek help, because if this is the case, he should go to the Zhejiang Guild Hall. He came here because he wanted to warm up and get acquainted with the potential stock he was interested in.

Although in the eyes of most people, this guy is already a very sharp man, but if it is placed in the history of China's five thousand years, it is just like dust.

Fang Linyan felt that if he provided him with a bigger stage and opportunity, this person would definitely have the opportunity to be famous in history!

The times create heroes. If Zhu Yuanzhang was born in the era of peace, there would be nothing more than one more monk in the world. If Tian Qi was not born well, he would be a carpenter.

Regrettably, good things take a long time to come, so Fang Linyan came to the door of the Sichuan Guild Hall to inquire, only to hear from the gatekeeper that this gentleman had been drinking and laughing with a few friends all night here last night, and he only left for less than an hour.