The Maputo victory in the naval battle, the government and the opposition were jubilant, and the biggest and most significant influence was the stock markets in Guangzhou and Shanghai. As soon as the news spread, it fell sharply because of the outbreak of the South African War, and because Johannesburg was captured by the French-Austrian coalition, it plummeted again. Then, the stock of Transvaal Mining Company, which had not died and was hovering at a low level for several consecutive months, was directly blocked by a huge purchase order.

Immediately afterwards, Yuanqi Silver stocks, which are regarded as the trend of the stock market, also hit the daily limit directly. In less than half an hour, the stock market indexes of the two places went crazy and rose steadily. Within an hour of opening, a rare scene of thousands of stocks hitting the daily limit were seen. The stock market hall was crowded with people and crowded.

The booming stock market has driven the entire financial market, bonds, insurance, foreign exchange, gold and other exchanges to the whole market. All financial speculators know what the victory of the South African War means to the Qing Dynasty! At this time, no matter what securities it is, as long as you can earn, it will bring considerable returns.

Yuanqi Bank's branches are also suddenly lively, especially the rare hot scenes of gold bars and bricks trading business. However, it is not about buying gold to preserve value, but about using gold to exchange for banknotes. A large amount of funds can't wait to pour into the securities market.

Some people are happy, but some are naturally sad. The newspapers are covered with reports on the Maputo Naval Battle, while diplomatic officials from various countries stationed in the Qing Dynasty have different reactions. America and Russia, which have close ties with the Qing Dynasty and are out of the matter, are mixed.

The two countries are not only happy to see the Qing Dynasty weaken the strength of the European powers, but also happy to see the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty's economy. After all, this is a good thing for both countries. Over the years, the trade volume between the two countries and the Qing Dynasty has been steadily and significantly increasing. This world economic crisis has greatly helped both countries.

However, the rise of the Qing Dynasty's military strength was so fast that the two countries were also very worried. It is a good thing that the strong allies are, but it may not be a good thing that the strong allies are.

As for the five countries that declared war on the Qing Dynasty, they were shocked, heartbroken and worried. In the past two days, major newspapers in the Qing Dynasty have reported on the Maputo naval battle, and there were also reports on the battlefield of many battlefield reporters. They were shocked and heartbroken by the annihilation of the five-nation naval fleet. They were worried that the submarines developed by the Qing Dynasty could launch torpedoes under the water and new mines that could be laid under the water, and even more worried about the army in South Africa.

German Consulate, Hongkou, Huangpu Road, Shanghai.

The German Consulate is located at the intersection of the Huangpu River and the Suzhou River, facing east, facing the Huangpu River. It is composed of a three-story office building and residential building. In the Consul General Office on the second floor, German Minister Alphons von Mummer put down the newspaper and walked to the balcony in dismay to look at the view of the river.

As early as when the two countries declared war, he rushed to Shanghai from the capital and lived in the consulate general for a while. Not only him, but other ministers are now in Shanghai. The reason is very simple. Although the Qing Dynasty had emperors and prime ministers and parliament, the one who really controlled this huge empire was the King of Zhennan, Shanghai, which was more like the capital of the Qing Dynasty than Beijing.

Consul General William Knape followed suit and lit a cigarette, and then he said, "My country and the Qing Dynasty have always had good relationships with each other. I have never understood why the country agreed to send troops to South Africa..."

"Of course there is a reason to send troops." Mu Mo said in a deep voice: "But no one expected that the Qing Navy's combat power was so powerful."

"The Qing army is also very powerful." Knape said slowly: "The South African War is no longer necessary to continue. At present, we need to find ways to repair our relationship with the Qing."

"Repair the relationship?" Mumo turned around and looked at him and said, "The war is not over yet, how can he repair the relationship?"

"Secret peace talks." Knape said: "You can also try to buy the seized warships from the Qing Dynasty."

Purchase the batch of warships seized by the Qing Dynasty? Those were sixty iron-clad ships! Mummer's heart moved. If he could really buy them all, the strength of the German naval forces would immediately compete with England! However, he soon calmed down, "The scale of our navy is limited, so it's useless to buy so many warships..."

Knape said: "What would happen if France bought those warships?"

After the defeat of the French-Prussian War, France was always worried. If France obtained those warships, it would be a disaster for Germany! After pondering for a while, Mumo said: "Which warships are sold by the Qing Dynasty?"

"The Qing Dynasty had a severe drought in the north for five years, and then the war broke out in South Africa. Yuanqi's family is probably empty." Knape said: "If someone is willing to buy it, I think Yuanqi will not refuse. After all, with the Qing Dynasty's existing naval combat power, there is no need to quickly expand the scale of the navy."

Mumo's heart moved and said decisively: "Prepare the car and go talk to him."

"Don't go, it's too eye-catching." Knape smiled and said, "I'll go and test it."

Zhennan Wangfu, Changle Bookstore.

"Big shopkeeper." Hu Guangyong said with a wry smile: "It is a good thing to return a large amount of gold to the cage. However, in recent years, banknotes have been in a serious over-issuance state. The reason why they can maintain a strong banknote is to put a large amount of gold into the market. Now that the large amount of gold is returned, it means that the banknotes circulating in the market are seriously flooded, and therefore there may be a phenomenon of high prices and low money, that is, inflation."

As early as when the banknotes were issued, Yi Zhizu had already expected that such bad consequences would occur sooner or later, and had long begun to consider how to deal with the possible severe inflation. He immediately said slowly: "We can start from two aspects. First, we should minimize the total amount of banknotes in the domestic circulation field.

my country has implemented a gold standard system, and paper money is directly linked to gold. Although paper money is not allowed to be exchanged for free in China for the time being, it is allowed to be exchanged for free internationally. There are a widespread domestic paper money. We can transfer large amounts of paper money abroad and increase investment in North America and South America countries, as well as Ottoman, Transvaal, Mozambique and other countries.

Furthermore, banks must moderately adjust their monetary policies, reduce credit scale, increase loan collection efforts, and try to control the amount of money in the circulation field.

In terms of national finance, we must also vigorously reduce fiscal expenditures, increase fiscal revenue, and adhere to a balance between income and expenditure. I believe the court will actively cooperate.

Another one is to control the scale of fixed asset investment, strictly control the investment and construction of factories and mining enterprises and expand the scale, and reduce various large-scale infrastructure projects.

On the other hand, it is to increase the effective supply of commodities, appropriately adjust the economic structure, adjust the industrial and product structure, reduce military products, expand the production capacity of civilian products, and support and support the production of short-term commodities.

Simply controlling the amount of money will seriously affect economic growth. Two-pronged approaches can reasonably alleviate the pressure of inflation without affecting economic growth.

In addition to these two aspects, there is another way, which is to limit prices, establish a price department, and limit prices for some major livelihood commodities..."

Speaking of this, he looked at Zhao Liewen, "The current first thing is to curb inflation, otherwise it will be unfavorable to the stable growth of our country's economy.

Inflation itself is a very complex economic phenomenon, and different governance measures need to be adopted according to the reasons and prescribe the right medicine.

Relying on Yuanqi alone cannot curb inflation. We need to cooperate with the court to jointly establish a special department. This matter will be handled by Huifu. The personnel required can be drawn from various industries and departments."

After hearing this, Zhao Liewen was stunned. In the end, the matter actually fell on him. He hesitated and said, "Big shopkeeper, the student's weight is probably hard to take on such a heavy responsibility..."

Yi Zhizu said undeniably: "Don't be humble. In a blink of an eye, King Gong is about to step down, and you should let go and experience it."

As soon as the words were finished, the secretary came in to report: "The shopkeeper, the Consul General of Germany asked for a visit."

"No." Yi Zhizu said simply, not to mention that the Consul General or the Minister came, he would not see him. The South African War was not over, and it was not the time for negotiations. He did not want to see any of the Ministers and Consuls of the Five Kingdoms.

"Big shopkeeper--." The secretary hesitated for a while before saying, "The other party said there was a big deal..."

A big deal? Yi Zhizu smiled, "What big deal can Germany have at this time?"

Zhao Liewen smiled and said, "It's just a consul, so it's okay for the boss to meet him. The students are curious about what a big deal."

"Then let him come in." Yi Zhizu said distractedly.

Knape was not tall and a little thin, with Europeans’ usual thick beards. As soon as he entered the room, he bowed and said, “William Knape, Consul General of Germany in Shanghai, greeted His Highness, King Nan.”

After listening to the translation, Yi Jingzuo smiled and said, "Consul William does not need to be polite." He said, and reached out to give in and said, "Please sit down."

Zhao Liewen asked directly: "I don't know what business you want to discuss with the Consul?"

Knape smiled and said, "The Navy of Maputo won a great victory, and 60 large and small ironclad ships were seized. Our country hopes to buy them all."

After hearing this, Yi Zhizu was surprised and immediately smiled and said, "Sixty iron-clad ships, this is really a rare big deal! However, our country has not claimed to sell these warships to the outside world."

Knape said: "Your country's navy has unparalleled combat power, and its current fleet is comparable to that of England. There is no need for these warships at all. In addition, your country's ironclad ship design is first-class, so your highness should not look down on these warships."

Interestingly, Yi Zhizu smiled and lit a cigarette casually. The war was not over, and he didn't think about how to deal with the seized warships. Knape took the initiative to come to him, but instead provided him with an idea.

The Qing Dynasty's industrial scale is now quite large. It has strong ship manufacturing capabilities and its navy is not small. There is no need to quickly expand its scale. After the end of this war, the Qing Dynasty will be able to maintain peace for at least twenty years, and there is no need for these warships to remain in their hands.

Moreover, he really didn't see the seized warships. Even the existing warships of the Qing Navy will gradually be updated. He knew very well that with the development of shipbuilding technology and artillery technology, the era of real giant ships and cannons - the era of dreadnoughts.

At present, the warships equipped by the navies of various countries, including the Qing navy, will soon face elimination. It is obviously a good idea to sell the seized warships that are destined to be just transitional products.

In addition, selling these warships can also stimulate the arms race among European countries in advance and break the balanced situation on the European continent. It can be said that it will kill two birds with one stone.

After pondering for a moment, he spoke: "There is no suspense in the war in Maputo, and the war in South Africa is no longer the same. Our external cable telegram communication will be opened soon."

After listening to the translation, Knape quickly stood up and bowed slightly and said, "I believe that it will soon bring you definite good news."

After waiting for Knape, he said goodbye and left, Zhao Liewencai smiled and said, "It's indeed a big deal. Sixty ocean-going armored warships cost at least 300 million to 400 million yuan. I'm afraid Germany can't afford such a large sum of money."

"You can pay credit." Yi Zhizu's face showed a meaningful smile.

"Credit?" Zhao Liewen was stunned and then reacted, "Does the shopkeeper want to break the European equilibrium pattern?"

"I have this idea." Yi Zhizu nodded, "After Germany obtained these 60 warships, England would be unable to sleep or eat. Even if it did not trigger a war in Europe in advance, it would at least allow them to restrain each other and have no spare energy to take care of us."

Zhao Liewen smiled heartily and said, "Engli really shot himself in the foot this time."

South Africa, Fars Bay, Simon Military Port.

Several warships and supply merchant ships were parked sparsely in the huge military port, which seemed very deserted. On the deck of the "Sonor" battleship, Arthur Hood, bathed in the afterglow of autumn, looked at the sea in the distance with concern. The coalition fleet headed to attack Maputo. No news came for several days, and he was full of anxiety and worry.

The last time I received the news from the Joint Fleet was when the fleet left Durban three days ago. Durban was only more than 200 nautical miles away from Maputo. With the speed of the patrol ship, it could arrive in one day. Now three days have passed, and there is no news at all. It is really abnormal.

He really couldn't understand what was going on in Maputo? Even if the joint fleet was defeated, there should be news. It would be impossible to be wiped out all the troops, it would be impossible to be wiped out all the troops. Naval warfare is not as good as land warfare, and it is impossible to be wiped out all the troops. There are many fast patrol ships in the joint fleet, and it is impossible to even escape a warship.

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"Break Durban?" Hood browned. How could the joint fleet cross directly over Durban? This is impossible! Regardless of victory or defeat, the joint fleet should go to Durban for supplies. How could it cross over Durban directly?

Something happened! Something big happened! His face suddenly turned pale, "Go back to the headquarters!"
Chapter completed!