Chapter 1415: Using force to force others (Second update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
Chapter 1415: Using force to force others (Second update, please subscribe)
"United Chamber of Commerce..."
Li Jingye, who had his eyes closed, frowned more and more as he muttered these words.
When he took the order, he imagined various possibilities, but he never expected that the Chamber of Commerce would come forward in the end.
China United Chamber of Commerce.
On the surface, it looks like a chamber of commerce, but this chamber of commerce is different from ordinary chambers of commerce. Not only are the top leaders of the chamber of commerce closely connected with dignitaries from both countries, they can even influence government affairs to a certain extent.
The more important reason is that many large banks, including Imperial Bank, HSBC, Hua Xia Bank, Qunye Bank, and Industrial Bank, are members of it. The Chamber of Commerce may only have one of its own, Hua Xia Bank, but the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce affects
Finance of the Empire.
It’s not influence, it’s influence!
And Chairman Zuo... is the president of the Chamber of Commerce.
Now that he suddenly came to Ningbo and even made a special appointment with him, how could Li Jingye not be nervous?
“There’s no such thing as a good feast!”
The reason why Li Jingye was so emotional was because... Hong Kong's order for twelve merchant ships.
Is that an order from Hong Kong?
Anyone who understands knows that Hong Kong's is just a cover-up, it is a British order!
Britain was the enemy of the Ming Dynasty.
Enemy country...but who doesn't like yellow gold?
Now President Zuo has come to visit, why?
His brows furrowed, and Li Jingye felt a little melancholy.
…
"Li Jingye is one of the first batch of students sent by the Kingdom of China to study abroad. Shengde graduated from the Department of Naval Engineering of the University of Nanhua in four years. After returning to China, he has been working in the Ningbo Shipyard of the Kingdom of China, serving as an engineer and chief engineer. Ten years ago, when the Tang Army captured Nanjing,
With the consent of factory director Wang Zili, a contract was signed to transfer the shipyard to Xingye Company at a low price. This company was founded in the Haizhou Concession six months ago by Song Jieyun, a Ming businessman. She is..."
Zuo Xiaoxun said before the secretary finished speaking.
"Song Jieyun is the wife of Li Jingye. Although the Ningbo Shipyard is the official property of the Kingdom of Heaven and should be confiscated, Xingye Company is a Ming Dynasty company registered by the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was concerned about the empire and did not go into the matter.
This shipyard founded by the Kingdom of Heaven at a cost of nearly two million taels is named Xingye Shipyard, making it the largest private shipyard in the Tang Dynasty."
Zuo Xiaoxun was very clear about the background of Xingye Shipyard. After all, it was involved.
"President, I have to say that Li Jingye's skill is very good! I heard that he promised to remit 100,000 yuan to Wang Zili every year. As a result, Wang Zili didn't receive a penny after arriving at the Chenggong Islands. This guy
It’s almost like a white wolf with nothing, and he got this shipyard without spending a penny.”
Secretary Chen sighed and said.
"He used the banner of our Ming Dynasty to turn this shipyard into an existing shipyard. Chairman, can our Ming Dynasty's reputation still allow him to use it in vain?"
"Secretary Chen, what do you think we should do?"
"We tolerated him in the past, but now after the empire went to war with Britain, he actually accepted British orders without authorization. This kind of "unnational behavior" must be severely punished. In my opinion, he can be allowed to return the order and be held accountable.
The act of embezzling public property back then.”
After listening to Secretary Chen's suggestion, Zuo Xiaoxun sighed and said.
"Hey, so, you can only be a secretary in this life. Sometimes, that's not how things work!"
Then Zuo Xiaoxun gave him a meaningful look and stopped talking. Secretary Chen was embarrassed for a while.
"Public property... The public property does not belong to our Ming Dynasty, so why should we worry about it? You can't kill the goose to retrieve the eggs! As for the British order, I have other plans."
After that, Zuo Xiaoxun struck a match, lit a cigar, and slowly started smoking.
Almost half an hour later, Li Jingye, who was frightened and uneasy, walked into the Tianzihao suite on the top floor of the hotel. Facing Zuo Xiaoxun, he, who was already a little guilty, could not help but feel a little uneasy, especially when Chairman Zuo never showed up.
When talking about orders, he became even more nervous when he asked about the scale of the shipyard, shipbuilding capabilities and other things.
"... In addition to the four old docks and four old slipways in the shipyard, I plan to build two more docks with a length of more than 240 meters and two slipways capable of building 10,000-ton merchant ships. At the same time, I will add corresponding machinery and equipment. The land expansion has been completed.
Acquisition, according to the current plan, after the shipyard expansion is completed, the shipyard's production scale can more than double, and by then Xingye Shipyard will be the largest shipyard in Jiangnan."
Although he was a little nervous, when he mentioned the expansion of Xingye Shipyard, Li Jingye's expression was unavoidable with a hint of arrogance. This was indeed his pride. Since he took charge of the shipyard, the scale of the shipyard has continued to expand.
When he took over the shipyard, the shipyard only had two stone docks, one less than 100 meters long and the other only 120 meters long. There was only one slipway capable of building ships with a displacement of 3,000 tons. Ten years later, Xingye is now
The size of the shipyard has more than doubled in his hands. A 220-meter dock is known as the first dock in Jiangnan. A 160-meter dock and three slipways can build 10,000-ton ships. In addition, there are two floating docks for
The number of ship repair personnel has also expanded to more than 4,000 people, which is not inferior even to the Haizhou and Qingdao shipyards. A factory of this size is definitely a large heavy industry enterprise in the entire Datang.
"Indeed, in terms of the scale of the shipyard, Xingye may not be the largest shipyard in Jiangnan at present, and it is a little worse than Mawei. However, in terms of production capacity, you are much better than Mawei. If nothing else, the merchant ships built by Xingye are not only popular among the country.
The merchants welcomed us, even the foreign merchants, who also praised the quality of Xingye Merchant Ship!"
Foreign businessman!
In an instant, a cold sweat broke out on Li Jingye's back. What was supposed to come finally came!
He smiled bitterly and then said.
"President, I, I... Regarding the order from Hong Kong, I did not think twice about it. At that time, I was only thinking that the Tang Dynasty had not declared war on Britain, but I ignored that the Ming Dynasty and Britain had declared war, so I rashly accepted the order from Hong Kong.
…”
Li Jingye, who originally wanted to explain, thought for a while and gritted his teeth.
"Although I was wrong first, but regardless of the facts, the contract has been signed, the Hong Kong businessman has paid the down payment, not only the materials have been purchased, but even the ship samples have been taken, and the shipyard has obtained the money from the bank.
I have obtained a loan to expand the shipyard. If the contract is terminated now, I am afraid Xingye will go bankrupt. I also ask the president, for the sake of my dedication to Huaxia Industry these years, to allow Xingye to complete the order..."
After saying these words, Li Jingye was like a prisoner waiting for trial, waiting for his fate to come with a solemn expression.
Looking at him, Zuo Xiaoxun smoked his cigar silently, and after a while, he said.
"What would you do if I didn't allow it?"
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