After receiving Liu Hai's order, the Shanghai Marine Corps acted very quickly and immediately dispatched a capable force. They took a boat from Shanghai overnight and arrived in Nanjing the next day.
When Liu Hai saw these people arriving, he immediately reported them to Zeng Guoquan.
Zeng Guoquan knew that time was tight, so he immediately sent a note and asked Liu Hai to receive 2 million taels of silver from the bank account.
According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, this amount of money was supposed to be floated away, but this time Zeng Guoquan made a statement early on. Anyone who dared to touch even one tael of this amount of money would have his head thrown to the ground.
Therefore, the people in Fanku honestly handed over the 2 million taels of silver to Liu Hai. At the same time, they also felt envious of Liu Hai. It would be nice to have an old father-in-law covering it.
After Liu Hai raised the money, he immediately said goodbye like Zeng Guoquan. Little did he know that Jia Yuying was currently having sex with Liu Hai, so she couldn't bear to let him leave, insisting on making a fuss about going to England with Liu Hai.
After hearing Jia Yuying's request, Zeng Guofan immediately turned his back. Now that he was traveling thousands of miles across the country, how could Zeng Guofan be willing to let his precious daughter go to that barbarian land?
So Zeng Guoquan blew his beard and glared, and gave Zeng Yuying a severe scolding. With Liu Hai constantly persuading her, he told her that she would be away for several months and that taking a boat was not as dangerous as traveling on the road.
He persuaded Zeng Yuying.
But when Liu Hai left, Zeng Yuying came out to see her off. Liu Hai noticed that Zeng Yuying's eyes had turned red, and then he realized that Zeng Yuying didn't want to go sightseeing with him, but was actually worried about her.
Liu Hai came up and touched Zeng Yuying's hair, and then said like coaxing a child: "Don't worry about me, don't you understand your husband? I have always been a bully, no one bullies me. You are in Nanjing well."
Stay and wait for me to come back and take you to a big warship."
Finally, Zeng Yuying broke down and laughed, and then Liu Hai and others hurriedly left Nanjing.
Zeng Yuying, along with her maid and mother-in-law, followed Liu Hai's team from a distance until no one could be seen, then returned to the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion in gloomy mood.
Liu Hai left Nanjing and returned to Shanghai by boat. Instead of going home, he went directly to the military camp.
Liu Hai thought that he might not be able to come back in a short time this time. He must arrange the Marine Corps well and arrange for someone he trusts to control it. Otherwise, when he comes back, the Marine Corps will become someone else's bag.
thing.
Liu Hai still believed the biochemical man he said he had concocted, so Liu Hai prepared a new biochemical man at night. The main ability of this biochemical man was in army combat. After the biochemical man was produced, Liu Hai arranged it for him.
A biochip.
After that, Liu Hai tried this biochemical man and found that he was no different from ordinary people. If there was any difference, it was that he had rich experience in land warfare and was loyal to himself.
Liu Hai named this biochemical man Liu Zhi, and said to the outside world that this man was a talent sent to him by Liu Kunyi.
The next day, in front of everyone, the command of the army was handed over to Liu Zhi. Not everyone was satisfied with this matter.
People who came out of Tianjin Military Academy originally thought that Liu Hai's departure would give them a chance, but they didn't expect that Liu Hai would just accept his fate.
In fact, Liu Hai did it a little hastily this time, but Liu Hai still doesn't completely believe in these people from Tianjin Military Academy. After all, they have only been together for a month or two, so he can really treat them as confidants.
After Liu Hai arranged the affairs of the Nanyang Marine Corps, he gave up on the affairs of the Marine Corps.
On the second day, Liu Hai took Liu Da and the others out of their residence and went straight to the concession in Shanghai, because in this colorful world of Shanghai, to be strong, you have to look at the British banks. Only they have the ability to exchange millions of taels of silver.
into gold.
At that time, the British-owned HSBC had the most extensive business in China.
Since HSBC entered China in 1865, it has developed over the past few decades and has become one of the leading banks.
He was also a pioneer in British capital's control of China's finance. His shareholders included almost all important British dignitaries, which shows how powerful HSBC was at that time.
HSBC is the most famous bank in Shanghai, so it was very easy for Liu Hai to find HSBC.
When Liu Hai entered the lobby of HSBC Bank, the person who received Liu Hai was not a foreigner, but a Qing man wearing a suit.
This salesman from the Qing Dynasty was very polite. As soon as he saw Liu Hai accompanied by more than a dozen armed guards, he knew that the young man in front of him was no ordinary person.
He quickly came forward to say hello to Liu Hai, "Sir, welcome to HSBC Bank. What business do you have to do?"
Liu Hai laughed and said, "I wonder if your manager is here. I have important matters to interview with him."
The salesman from the Qing Dynasty did not immediately guide Liu Hai, but asked with a smile: "Sir, your surname is great, where do you work?"
"Counsellor of the Nanyang Navy, my father-in-law is the Governor of Liangjiang, Zeng Guoquan."
The salesman was shocked after hearing this. On the ground in Shanghai, Zeng Guoquan trembled every time he stamped his feet.
The man quickly moved his bangs to the sofa next to the living room and asked him to sit down. Then he ordered someone to bring him fragrant tea and hurriedly walked towards the back of the hall.
Within a few minutes, I heard the rushing footsteps of a foreigner walking in front of me in the hall, followed closely by the salesman just now.
The foreigner came to Liu Hai and bowed quickly, "It turns out that Mr. Liu is here. I didn't receive you well just now, so why don't you please Haihan?"
This foreigner was actually talking about a Beijing movie. He had been in China for a long time and was a China expert.
When Liu Hai saw the other person bowing, he quickly stood up and returned the bow.
The two were polite, and the foreigner invited Liu Hai to his office for a detailed discussion. Liu Hai followed the foreigner to a luxurious office at the back of the hall.
After the two parties sat down, the foreigner introduced himself. It turned out that he was Ned Land, the manager of the Shanghai office of HSBC Bank.
After Ned Land introduced himself, he then spoke, "Mr. Liu, I came to HSBC Bank once. Do you have any business to do?"
"Yes, I have a sum of silver that I want to convert into gold. I wonder if HSBC can handle this business."
"I wonder how much silver Mr. Liu wants to exchange?"
"Two million taels of silver."
Ned Land laughed after hearing this. Just now he thought the other party wanted to exchange how many taels of silver he wanted, but he didn't expect that it was only 2 million taels of silver.
"Mr. Liu, don't worry, we at HSBC are strong and can do this deal at any time."
"I wonder how much gold this batch of silver can be exchanged for?"
Ned Land picked up the pen and kept calculating on a piece of paper on the table. Finally he raised his head and said: "In this way, the first time we met, I will not transfer Mr. Liu's money. I will exchange 20 for Mr. Liu."
Ten thousand taels of gold."
Liu Hai was very satisfied with this answer. He had already inquired about the market conditions before coming. According to the exchange ratio of silver and gold on the market, the manager really did not make any money from him.
"Okay, be happy. I'll bring the silver in a moment. I hope HSBC can prepare gold for me right away."
"As long as Mr. Liu's silver can be transported to HSBC's bank, HSBC will immediately pay 200,000 taels of gold."
Liu Hai and Ned Land agreed on the spot that early the next day, Liu Hai would bring the silver to HSBC Bank to exchange it.
Even after the deal was completed, the two began to talk about romantic matters, and Ned Land somehow brought the topic to the use of these silver coins.
Liu Hai did not hide anything about the use of the money, and directly told the other party that the money was used to purchase British ironclads.
Ned Land's eyes lit up after hearing Liu Hai's words. This was a big deal, so he strongly recommended to Liu Hai that he deposit the gold in their HSBC bank, and then Liu Hai draw the gold directly in London, China, with the money order.
Save yourself the hassle of traveling all the way.
If it were an ordinary person, the other party's suggestion would indeed be a good idea, but Liu Hai wanted to use this batch of gold to buy and resell in modern times. How could he agree to it? Now that he revealed the use of this batch of gold to him, he just wanted to pass this
The manager of HSBC had a chat with the British side.
Ned Land tried to persuade Liu Hai to meet him several times, but Liu Hai refused, so he gave up. However, he finally assured Liu Hai that he would give Liu Hai the best discount in future business dealings.
When Liu Hai said goodbye and left, Ned Land personally escorted him out of the door of HSBC Bank. It was not until Liu Hai disappeared that China Film Academy returned to his office.
Soon after, a telegram was sent from Shanghai to London, England, and soon the telegram was transferred to the British Admiralty.
After the Chinese Navy failed to obtain this information, it immediately reported it to Secretary of the Navy Mills.
After receiving this information, the minister was all smiles. Since the last time the Qing Dynasty gave up cooperation with Britain and instead purchased two ironclad ships from Germany, the whole British people were very depressed about losing this deal.
This time the Qing people are planning to once again purchase ironclad ships from the great British Empire. It seems that the Qing people still know who is the most powerful navy in the world today.
However, we can't let this deal get messed up by the idiots below this time.
Therefore, Secretary of the Navy Mills put down the work at hand and went to the Prime Minister's official residence in person.
At this time, the British Prime Minister was the Marquess of Salisbury. This man was a Conservative and a hard-liner on foreign affairs. It was this Prime Minister who set the famous naval two-power standard.
The so-called two-power standard requires that the number of British naval warships be the sum of the second and third strongest navies in the world.
And it was during this prime minister's tenure that the British colonies expanded greatly.