Chapter 125: Years ago

A few years ago, it can be said that the entire Southern Dynasties political affairs were deployed around issuing paper money. The Guangdong Daily and Ning Daily also began to promote the upcoming paper money, analyzing the various benefits of using paper money, and promoting the benefits of bank savings. It is probably because the people who make money to save themselves, they will definitely be exchanged for silver dollars, but if the savings are put into the silver dollar number, even if the deposit is a silver dollar receipt, their savings can still be circulated and loaned as paper money.

Several newsprints highlighted the three most powerful and reputable banks in the southern country, namely the Guangfu Silver, Tianfeng Silver, and Taihe Silver. Moreover, these three banks already have the operating mechanism of modern banks. For example, Taihe Silver, which focuses on lending to various commercial banks and factories. With the development of the southern country's economy, their returns and assets can be said to have increased in a geometric multiple. It is said that the initial operating capital was only about 100,000 taels. Three years ago, the assets exceeded one million yuan. To this day, with the great success of various projects they invested in, especially the success of the generators of Taihe Electric Company, the entire Taihe Bank's assets may have exceeded 100,000 yuan, because the projects it invested in involved the first commercial banks, factories, and factories that started in the Southern Dynasty, almost all of them became the best in the industry. The more the economy of the Southern Dynasty, the more the Taihe Bank's assets expanded, and almost like a giant.

Taihe Bank also cooperated with the Southern Dynasties policy and joined hands with hundreds of merchants and factories that had close ties to it. Its factories jointly stated in newspapers that it supported the central bank and accepted paper money unconditionally, including Guangzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Fuzhou and other largest department stores.

Although, in front of the wooden antique, touched this and looked at that, it was the first time that Yuanzi had come in.

, but she has psychologically impacted her again and again. Even if she does not agree with her own approach, she hopes that she can understand herself.

"Okay, go out for a walk." Ye Zhao nodded. Perhaps it was because she came to Guangzhou that made her look like a yellow bird out of the cage, and she was moved by herself and wanted to go out and see the outside world; perhaps she wanted to see the people under her rule and find her weaknesses and shortcomings; or perhaps she wanted to see herself more clearly...

Ye Zhao thought silently and went back to change his clothes.

When she was walking in a carriage from ***yuan, Lan Guiren had already changed her clothes. In fact, Ye Zhao didn't know whether she was wearing a cheongsam or a uniform. Because the black fur tightly wrapped around her soft body, she could only vaguely see the bright little red leather shoes and the exquisite black leather jacket that were faintly visible on the hem of the fur, which made her look even more cool.

When Concubine Lan was wearing leather shoes, Ye Zhao was a little stunned. In fact, although Concubine Lan was one year younger than him and was only twenty-five years old, Ye Zhao had heard too much about her charming power methods, and she had never underestimated her.

He took out his pocket watch and took a look, and Ye Zhao said, "Go to watch the show."

Jinling Theater and Cantonese Theater are just like this, with classic folk songs, crosstalk, drums, singing and dancing, and various programs gathered together. This afternoon is a special crosstalk show.

The living standards of the people in the south have also led to rapid development of entertainment projects. For example, this crosstalk is just a funny conversation or a joke that makes people laugh. However, since this year, two artists with the stage names "Xiao Jinbao" and "Sancuo Mao" have begun to create many counterpart crosstalk scripts and quickly become famous comedians in the Southern Dynasty. Today, it was these two who took the stage, and the first joke was a comedian with the opium soldiers in the North as jokes.

In Ye Zhao's opinion, these two people are naturally exaggerated, but crosstalk criticizes current ills and irones social phenomena. Sometimes, the art forms of the general public are most likely to spread the values ​​that the upper class wants to promote.

Guiren Lan didn't expect that the elegant seat here was a small private room with two people. He sat in the private room with Ye Zhao, and was pitch black and didn't say anything.

However, the program really made her disgusted, "It's hard to get into the elegant hall."

Ye Zhao couldn't see her expression, but the disgust in her tone was obvious. Ye Zhao smiled slightly and said, "The people liked it. These jokes spread quickly. Sister-in-law, tell me, do the opium soldiers in this joke make people hate him so much that they want to chop him up? Hi, that's right. The harm of sucking opium comes out. This is more effective than cutting off the heads of a few opium dealers."

Guiren Lan was silent for a while and said, "Well, that's how you think?"

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Actually, whether it is newsprint or these programs, they have their audiences, and they can be called public opinion. What we want to do is to guide public opinion and use it for my own use." He also said, "Those who can enter this theater to watch opera have a few spare money, and it is also a potential group that may smoke opium. This is called prescription of the right medicine."

Just as he was talking, he heard that there was a quarrel in front of him. After a while, several men and women were invited out by the theater. The thin man in a jacket made the most fuss. He rushed out angrily and shouted, "I will see when your theater will be closed!" He even pointed at the stage and cursed: "You two grandsons are waiting, my mother will beat you once when you see you."

Obviously, the smoker was stabbed in pain. Although the opium restaurant was banned from opening in Nanjing, there were still some people who were secretly brought in to suck.

Ye Zhao laughed: "It's so lively, my sister-in-law, you can't see this in the palace, right?"

Guiren Lan picked up the tea cup and tasted the tea without saying a word.

After order was restored, the two crosstalk artists on the stage began to exaggerate their burdens again. Ye Zhao said: "Sister-in-law, I will prepare for the Northern Expedition next year."

The movements of Lan Guiren drinking tea stopped and then returned to nature.

"No matter what happens in the future, the two princesses can rest assured that they will definitely enjoy the glory of the Empress Dowager for the rest of their lives."

"What you said seems to be meaningful?" After a while of silence, Concubine Lan finally spoke.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Whether there is something to point out or nothing to point out, the emperor's sister is Rong'er's sister, so she will always be my relative."

Guiren Lan stopped talking, and both of them remained silent.

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On the 29th day of the 12th lunar month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs finally received the first letter from the Southern Dynasties Minister to London, and the staff on duty quickly submitted the letter to the Regent's Mansion.

Liang Chongming, Minister of the Southern Dynasties to the United Kingdom, was formerly the salt transport envoy of Hunan Salt Transport Department. Later, he was transferred to the deputy general manager of the Salt Transport Department. The State Council was established and the Salt Transport Department was reorganized into the State Administration of Taxation. Less than a month after Liang Chongming continued to serve as deputy general manager, he was appointed as the ambassador to the United Kingdom and led foreign affairs personnel to London.

The Southern Dynasties have just established contacts with European countries. How important is the Minister to the United Kingdom? They can only select suitable candidates from various systems. Liang Chongming is one of the officials with experience in foreign relations and is smart and capable. Although the tax system may be more suitable for him, the talents in the South are now short of their ability and can only delegate them to the positions they need most.

In the letter, Liang Chongming reported on the preparations of the embassy and had rented a house, No. 12, Pokrenburys, a three-story building with an annual rent of 600 pounds, a four-wheeled sedan carriage, 150 pounds, etc.

Everything was described in detail, and it was said that Queen Victoria received the first day of the messenger's arrival, and also held a dinner party for the *** dance. At the dinner, she also met the British Prime Minister Viscount Parmeson and talked with him for nearly half an hour.

From Liang Chongming's letter, we can see that the British were full of confusion and interest in this great Eastern power, and were adjusting the pace of dealing with the East. Especially for the British government in London, they were obviously more cautious than their colonial officials in the Far East.

Liang Chongming also wrote that Viscount Pamezun expressed confusion about the Chinese Regent's public support for the American Republican candidate Lincoln in the newspaper, believing that Oriental people would not understand American affairs and should not give frivolous opinions.

Liang Chongming immediately refuted righteously, criticizing the slavery in the southern United States, and vaguely criticized Viscount Pamezon's behavior of supporting slave owners in the southern United States. He also asked Viscount Pamezon to pay attention to his words and commented rashly on the Chinese Regent, which was insulting hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens.

Bamaitun was shocked when he wanted to come. He probably wouldn't have thought that Chinese officials would be so clear about European and American affairs, nor would he have thought that Chinese people would know his position on the dispute between the north and the south of the United States. Although this is not a secret in London, it was a surprise to him that the Chinese officials who had just arrived in London could also find out their own secrets.

When criticizing the Chinese rulers, I felt the inherent arrogance of the Chinese people again. However, the arrogance I feel now is obviously very different from before. The arrogance of the Chinese people before brought him more a ridiculous and ignorant feeling. However, after Chinese officials were righteously criticized their American policies, they then threw out the arrogant arrogance of the Chinese Tianbang rulers, which was obviously no longer so ridiculous, but a kind of fresh pressure, a pressure brought by a new force.

The Chinese mission did cause a sensation in London. When Liang Chongming explained the "Five Principles" of equal exchanges between China and Europe at the banquet, in the grand banquet hall, celebrities, nobles, merchants and tycoons all listened very carefully, and the Chinese voices rang out on the European land for the first time.

Looking at the letter and imagining the scene where Liang Chongming calmly stated the Chinese's claims in the living room of the Buckingham Palace Grand Banquet, Ye Zhao silently drank wine.

"I'm leaving!" Seeing that Ye Zhao didn't speak for a long time, Foreign Minister Zou Kaizhi stood up. This was the study room on the west side of the Political Affairs Hall. There were tens of thousands of books in rows of bookshelves. Ye Zhao sat on the throne of the Minghuang throne, with a large desk inlaid with gold and jade, with dried shrimps, desserts and fine wine.

Ye Zhao waved his hand and said, "You, go back and think about it carefully. I will send a telephone call to the American government in the name of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to congratulate Lincoln on his election as president."

"Yes!" Zou Kaizhi bowed and said goodbye.

Ye Zhao's eyes were betting on the letter again, and history was running in an orderly manner according to the original trajectory. Lincoln was elected and the war between the central and southern United States was about to begin. In other words, the Southern Federation has declared independence, but the news has not yet reached the East.

What role should the Southern Dynasty play in this war?

"Husband?" Rong'er's little head was revealed next to the door, and she looked at Ye Zhao with a little curiosity. Obviously, she didn't know whether she should disturb her husband, but during the Chinese New Year, many people at home always called her husband out.

Ye Zhao laughed and waved to her.

Rong'er laughed and jumped in, wearing a red plaid uniform skirt, small red pants, and shiny leather shoes, which were extremely sweet and cute.

He moved to Ye Zhao with a small step. Before he could speak, he was held onto his legs by Ye Zhao, pinched her tender and delicate little face, and smiled and said, "Do you miss me?"

Rong'er just lit her head and said, "We're waiting for you."

Ye Zhao laughed and said, "Okay, but you can write a letter for me first to the people of the Northern Dynasties. What does it mean is to say a happy new year to them. This article will be powered all over the country and will be published in newspapers in the northern concession."

In front of Xiao Rong'er, Ye Zhao was willing to give up on the disadvantages of this kind. Rong'er is often called to do this kind of thing. Rong'er is familiar with it, and she bit her little head and leans on her chin to think about it. Ye Zhao smiled and clapped her hands, and a little maid came in to grind the pen.

Ye Zhao kissed Rong'er and thought to himself, "Isn't this a bully for child labor?" Thinking about the first time when Rong'er helped her write a letter, she seemed to be only thirteen, and she was immediately ashamed.

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The update will be held at 10 in the morning in the future, but it is also temporary. Maybe one day I will be in trouble and sweat.
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