The regional naming of the empire in the Xijin area was established during the Western Expedition of Li Junwei. In Li Junwei's view, the Xijin area is simply a mirror image of the Bohai Bay. The Sea of ​​Azov is like the Bohai Sea, the Black Sea is the Yellow Sea, and the mountainous Crimea Peninsula and the Kerch Peninsula are the Liaodong Peninsula. The city deep in the sea and the rivers flow into the sea is called Tianjin in the east, abbreviated as Tianjin, and naturally it is called Xijin in the west.

Some regions are named after this principle, but not just the prefix of the word "Xi"; but they use some historical names, such as the Sea of ​​Azov is smaller than the Bohai Sea, and the Bohai Sea was called Bohai Shaohai in ancient times, so it was called Shaohai. In addition to Xijin City, there is another important port in the Xijin area, which is the Black Sea Fleet home port of the Imperial Navy. It was originally called Karamita (Sevastopol), but now it has been renamed Xibin.

Xibin's name comes from the home port of the Beiyang Squadron in the empire's local fleet. At first, this port was in Qingdao. Later, as Qingdao's commercial value became prominent, the Beiyang Fleet, which had occupied a good position, had to give up its position. After a while, it simply moved to Lushunkou. With the expansion, it formed the Dalian Military Port. This port is known as Bincheng, and the home port of the Black Sea Fleet was named after this.

Although Li Junwei's first stop was the Xibin Military Port, he did not stop or visit the Black Sea Fleet of the Empire. He just stopped for a short night and took a military ship to Xijin. The reason was that the Shaohai and Don River in winter would freeze, and if he could not arrive, it would be difficult to get there.

The schooner crashed into the flowing ice and docked at the dock of Xijin's wharf. Compared with Xinbin, it seems that it is much more popular. In the era of the Crimean Khanate, the estuaries of the rivers flowing to the Black Sea were controlled by the Ottomans to control the grain trade in the building plains on the north coast of the Black Sea and to curb the Cossack pirates. However, it also gave Xijin a good foundation. The current city of Xijin was built on the basis of the original Azov Port.

The administrative office of Xijin was just established and was completed before Li Junwei arrived, but Li Junwei did not move in. He did not like the smell of paint and wood chips. As the chief executive of Xijin and Li Junwei's friend, Pei Yuanqi placed him in his home, but Pei Yuanqi's private residence was not big. His family had more than a dozen of them already lived here. In order to prevent his friends from rushing their family to the manor outside the city to suffer the cold winter, Li Junwei chose an old building, which was already regarded as a warehouse in the Tianfang Sect Temple.

With the cooperation of local administrative agencies and merchants from all over the country, the temple, which was one street away from the administrative office, took only two days to clean up. Everything was ready-made because the displays in the Khan Palace of Crimea were originally stored here. Pei Yuanqi did not dare to use a table and a teacup. It was originally planned to be auctioned, but because the local area was not prosperous and the domestic financial support was very large, I was afraid that it would not be sold at the price, so I kept it. Now it is best to clean it up for King Yu to use.

"The third brother...Haha, Prince, you are a boy from Shancai now. I originally thought that these furniture was auctioned in two years, but now you use it once, it is immediately different. How can the things used by the little Khan of the Crimea Khan be compared to those used by the imperial royal family? If you live in this, you can at least double the value of these things." When Pei Yuanqi was in front of outsiders, even if he was joking, he would not dare to be too presumptuous, but everyone present knew that Prince Yu and Chief Pei grew up wearing open-crotch pants.

Li Junwei came from India this time, and he was not in the camp for the first time. He suffered a lot of hardships, especially after the snowy and cold Xijin area today, he had frostbite. He sat in front of the brass radiator and baked his newly washed hands and said, "Is there a radiator in this temple? The charlatans still use this, will their master not warm them?"

"This is Mr. Xu's dedication. It was originally installed in the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce Hall, but when you came, Mr. Xu immediately came here. The local boiler has not been built yet, so you have to burn the stove by yourself." Pei Yuanqi said with a smile.

Xu Bangyan said, "The prince has traveled thousands of miles for our Shanxi merchants. He has worked hard and made great contributions. The people said that the prince cannot endure hardship no matter what."

Li Junwei laughed: "This thing is rare in Xijin. Is it Yili shipped in Penang? I gave it to me. Your people have to endure hardships. It is better to live in Shanxi merchants. Your temporary guild hall was originally a shop, which is too embarrassing. Let's talk about the important matters in that small place. I see that the temple is spacious and elegant, and it is just here to work. The shack next to it is not small, so I just bought it together, so it will be convenient to expand it in the future."

"There may be ominous when the place of worship is unstoppable..." a businessman whispered.

Li Junwei laughed: "The Supreme Emperor said, in the year I was born, auspiciousness came from heaven. I am a person of auspiciousness. I live here, and even if I am not good, I can live in auspiciousness."

Xu Bangyan quickly distanced himself from the businessman and introduced: "This is Mr. Zhu Wenhe, the foreign affairs director of Nanyang United Bank."

Li Junwei smiled and asked Mr. Zhu to sit down, then said to Pei Yuanqi: "I just said that the matter was settled."

"It's simple. The most valuable thing in Xijin is the land." Pei Yuanqi also responded casually. Xu Bangyan knew that Xijin's land was not valuable, but the land in Xijin City was not worthless, let alone such a land at the core of the city, which was quite valuable, but the most valuable thing was King Yu's care for the Shanxi merchants, which was really too face-saving.

After sitting down, Pei Yuanqi took the initiative to introduce Zhu Wenhe. The reason why Zhu Wenhe was elected by Nanyang merchants was also very behind. In other words, he was considered the former Ming royal family and belonged to the Tang King. At that time, this royal family was gathered in Qiongzhou. Although Lin Shizhang, who was in charge of the rule, did not have any special treatment to the Zhu family's vassals, he only took care of food and drink. Zhu Wenhe lived a life of food and clothing when he was young.

After the establishment of the empire, although Emperor Yongli was beaten as a war criminal, Zhu Ming's royal family was properly resettled. The original Zhu Ming royal family had all granted titles, but they could only settle in Nanjing to guard the tombs, and they could not be hereditary. After the death of the recipient, the title was automatically reduced to a third-class baron, and only one person inherited the title and could not leave the scope of Nanjing Prefecture.

But it was not forced to accept titles. Like Zhu Wenhe, this branch of Zhu Wenhe, was unwilling to give up his industry in Qiongzhou because he had a small business in Qiongzhou. Therefore, he automatically left Zhu Mingzong's vassal and became a commoner according to the rules. However, Zhu Wenhe's father had a good business experience. In Zhu Wenhe's generation, he became famous and became a wealthy man in Nanyang. Nanyang United Bank was a private bank founded by Zhu Wenhe and contacted a group of merchants. Although it only had a fifteen-year history, it was already the best in Nanyang.

If you talk about personal gain and judge the seniority, if you count from the empress dowager, Li Junwei would have to call Zhu Wen and his uncle. But Li Junwei pretended not to hear it. Not to mention that he had long been separated from the vassal system, even those old people from the previous dynasty in Nanjing, Li Junwei could find eight hundred uncles when he went there, and this uncle was not worth it.

Zhu Wenhe also knew this, and he knew what King Yu wanted to know, so he said: "Nanyang United Bank Penang Development Bank Huacheng Bank and other seven private banks in Nanyang have granted the people full rights to be sent by King Yu."

Li Junwei knew about these banks. They are all private banks. Not to mention combined, two of them have financial resources that are no less than Jinshang Bank. After all, Jinshang Bank's business model is relatively backward, mainly for big businessmen, while Nanyang banks are all aimed at all the people in Nanyang. Private savings alone are amazing.

This is also the reason why Xu Bangyan has always been very positive. Ten million taels are a bit difficult for Jinshang Bank, but after joining the seven Nanyang banks, it is not enough to divide the shares. He has to be glad that it is King Yu who has divided the cake, otherwise Jinshang Bank will not be able to compete with the other party.

"Well, it's great to have full authority, so things will go smoothly. Is there any cooperation between you?" Li Junwei asked.

Xu Bangyan said: "Your Majesty, we have already agreed that Jinshang Bank and the seven major banks in Nanyang have jointly established a Xijin Bank and Xijin Trading Company, but we rely on you for the proportion of equity allocation and external cooperation."

Li Junwei nodded, which shows that both sides have reached a cooperation intention and jointly responded together, but the two sides cannot decide how to distribute the interests. Li Junwei said: "The Ottoman Sultan said at the beginning that he wanted 10 million taels, but it was mostly supplies. A small amount was military expenditure, several million taels of cash and some supplies. To be honest, both of you can eat it. I will divide it. No matter how much you divide it, it is not easy to divide it. If everyone is satisfied, it is better to make this cake bigger, the bigger the better."

Xu Bangyan and Zhu Wenhe looked at each other, their faces were all happy. Ten million of funds and goods were indeed not enough for the consortium represented by the two. However, if the cake was bigger, for example, doubled, both parties could make a lot of money. If it expanded further, more people would need to be invited.

Zhu Wenhe took the lead and asked, "Prince, how can you make this bigger?"

Li Junwei chuckled and did not answer. Xu Bangyan immediately reacted, patted Zhu Wenhe on the table, trembling hands, and said, "Brother Zhu, this involves the national strategy of the empire, which is a secret, and it is not something that we and other merchants can inquire about randomly. Loaning to the Sudan is not only the economic interests of you and me, but the strategic interests of the empire. What we need to do is to cooperate with King Yu to achieve the imperial strategy. King Yu, as our sincere friends, will also allow us to get the profits we deserve on this basis."

Speaking of this, Xu Bangyan looked at Li Junwei and said, "Prince, we can't ask how to grow bigger, but in order to prepare in advance, we must know how big you are going to grow bigger?"

Li Junwei nodded, becoming more and more satisfied with Xu Bangyan's self-knowledge, and said: "At least double it. I need you to prepare 10 million taels of silver in cash and weapons to arm more than 50,000 troops, and of course various war materials. Let me put it this way, I personally expect that the Ottoman Sultan will launch a national war-level war. The combined forces of both sides can exceed 200,000 or even 300,000. Of course, not all military expenditures and materials are provided by us, but we will definitely have a huge share. Finally, I want to remind you that the purpose of the two is to make money, and the purpose of the empire is balanced. There is no contradiction between this. We are not allies of the Ottoman Sultan. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Xu Bangyan said first, and Zhu Wenhe obviously couldn't keep up with these jumping thinking, so he looked at Xu Bangyan, and Xu Bangyan said: "The prince means that we can eat both ends, and the Ottoman Sultan and his enemies are our customers."

Zhu Wenhe then realized that Li Junwei continued: "You have to do two more things well. Of course, these two things are closely related to your interests. First, through your relationship and the energy of the administrative agencies in Xijin, we will investigate the borrowing ability and debt repayment ability of the Ottoman Empire. How much wealth is the 20 million level of funds and materials, principal plus interest, and how can the Ottomans return it? Who else can they borrow and what is the interest.

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