Maima Street, Governor's Office, and side courtyard.

Bao Shichen was guiding the servant to tidy up his clothes. When he looked up, he saw Lin Zexu slowly stepping into the yard in casual clothes. He hurriedly went up to meet him and bowed, "You have something to do to send someone to call me, why don't you come here in person?"

Lin Zexu heard that Bao Shichen was packing his luggage and came here specially. He smiled and returned a bow before saying, "Is this the boss of Shen going back to Jiangnan?"

"It's time to go back after coming to Guangdong for a few months." Bao Shichen said bluntly, saying, "When he was in Guangdong, Lord Quan Nai's house, I thanked him here."

"Why should I be polite to me?" Lin Zexu said with a smile.

Bao Shichen naturally knew that Lin Zexu would not be so leisurely, and he would have to say something when he came here, so he immediately reached out and said, "Sir."

The two of them went into the house to sit down, and Lin Zexu didn't go around in circles and asked directly: "Uncle Shen decided to go to Shanghai?"

Bao Shichen smiled and said, "I didn't have any detailed talks with Shopkeeper Yi Da yesterday."

After packing up without further discussion, Lin Zexu did not point it out and said sincerely: "The defense of the two rivers is empty and the combat preparations are relaxed, which is the focus of the British attack. The court actually taught Yi Quest Shanghai Road at this time, and it was intentional to use the Yuanqi delegation to train to help Shanghai. Yi Quest is not familiar with the situation in Jiangnan and was also the first time he became an official. Shen Boxu helped him. In addition, I also wrote a letter to Mo Sheng (Wai Yuan), who lived in Jiangning, hoping that he could go to Shanghai as well."

After hearing this, Bao Shichen couldn't help but feel moved and said, "Will the British still poison the Liangjiang River?"

Lin Zexu smiled, "This is Yishishi's speculation. Shen Bo might as well ask him, he knows best." He hesitated a little, and he said: "Yishishi is a rare economic talent. He is familiar with the West and is good at military affairs. However, he is young after all, and his temperament is not determined. Shen Bo should be good at guiding."

After hearing this, Bao Shichen felt nervous and said in a deep voice: "The master of the ministry suspected that he was unjust?"

Lin Zexu slowly shook his head and said, "The Yuanqi and his fellow villagers are all gentry, merchants and wealthy families. There is no need to worry too much about this. They are easy to be content with Western learning and their styles are similar to those of Western foreigners. If they are not good at guiding them, they are afraid that they will not be tolerated in the officialdom and in the court. If they are so talented, they will not be valued by the court, which is too regretful."

After hearing this, Bao Shichen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If you don't use your talent with Yi content, it would be a great loss to the court. Lin Zexu was purely a love for talent. He was about to speak, and a long-time man stepped in to report: "Report to the master of the ministry, Yi content is looking for a meeting outside." "Saying Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived." Lin Zexu smiled and ordered: "Take him here."

When he heard that Lin Zexu was in Bao Shichen's yard, Yi Zhi was secretly happy. Needless to say, this must be a lobbyist for him. He walked into the yard quickly. He bowed to the two of them with a smile. Lin Zexu reached out to give up his seat and asked with concern: "There are frequent runs in Yuanqi Bank these days, taking over the government bonds, and maybe he can turn over?"

"Don't worry, Lord Budang." Yi Zhizu said calmly after sitting down: "Yuanqi took over this ten million treasury bond, but was not swallowed by Yuanqi, but issued the treasury bonds through Yuanqi Bank. The losses are inevitable, but within the scope of being able to bear it."

After hearing this, Bao Shichen said with concern: "Ten million taels of silver, this is not a small amount, can it be issued all?"

"In order to successfully issue this treasury bond, Yuanqi specially set up a stock exchange." Yi Zhizu said and looked at Lin Zexu, saying: "The amount of 10 million is indeed a bit large, and the ministers of the ministry need to help this matter."

"Say." Lin Zexu said without hesitation: "Within the scope of his ability, the Ministry of the Ministry will definitely spare no effort."

"This is the first time the imperial court has issued treasury bonds." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "It is necessary for officials, gentlemen and businessmen to buy actively to cause a sensation. Yuanqi's boss has many gentry, merchants and wealthy families, and many officials, but it is incomparable to the current officials. This time, the issuance of treasury bonds is hoped that Guangzhou officials, the chief shareholder of the Ministry, can actively purchase them. Here, they can guarantee that the purchased treasury bonds can be made safely without losing money. Even if they are transferred to Yuanqi Bank in a few days, Yuanqi can still acquire them all."

"The court issued national debts and local officials should strongly support it. This is a matter of duty." Lin Zexu said cheerfully: "This is not a difficult task. Just report it before issuing it."

Yi Zhizu bowed and said, "I'll thank you to Master Butang first."

Lin Zexu waved his hand, stood up and said, "I'll go and handle the official business first, you guys talk first."

Yi Zhizu quickly stood up and said, "Mr. An Wu came to Guangdong and deserves to be the best of his landlords. Today, he specially held a banquet in Leiyuan. He also invited Nanshan Gong. He also hoped that the master of the ministry would like to admire his face."

After hearing this, Lin Zexu looked at Bao Shichen and smiled and said, "Look at this kid, please don't only let Zishu (Zhang Weiwei) accompany you, but also let me, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, be with you! After being content, I spoke, but it was difficult to refute this kind of affection, but what I need was a dinner."

The two sent Lin Zexu outside the gate of the yard. Seeing Lin Zexu walking far away, Yi Zhizu bowed to Bao Shichen and said, "Today, when Leiyuan is hosting a banquet, he also invites his husband to move to Leiyuan, so that it is convenient to come and ask for advice nearby."

"I dare not take it for advice." Bao Shichen returned a polite greeting and said, "When talking about economics, if you are content, no one dares to recognize the first place. After I came to Guangzhou for several months and learned about Yuanqi's situation, I really admire it. Contentment is the real model for practical use in the world." "Mr. praises me so much, how dare I take it?" Yi Zhizu said humbly, and then said, "I am going to go to Shanghai to take office. Mr. Xu is familiar with the military, government and civil affairs in Southeast China, and has insight into the pros and cons of all walks of life. If I don't mind being young, I hope Mr. Xu can help me."

This is the formal invitation. Bao Shichen bowed and said righteously: "Mr. Yi is well-versed in Chinese and Western learning, is familiar with the economy, and is used to apply what he has learned. He founded Yuan Qi in his youth and was famous in the court and the country. Since he was loved, he dared not refuse. He is not talented and is willing to do his best to follow the horse's tail."

As he said that, he straightened his hat, bowed and said, "Bao Shichen has met Dongweng."

Yi Zhizu was solemn and treated with a courtesy, then bowed and said, "Yi Zhizu met Mr.." This was equivalent to deciding his name. He couldn't help but feel happy. Of course, hiring a master is not that simple, and formal hiring etiquette is required, but those are just formalities.

For a while, Yi Zhizu was busy preparing to issue treasury bonds, and he kept talking about people every day, choosing a site for the exchange, promoting newspapers, lobbying a group of shareholders, mobilizing employees of various factories under Yuanqi's name, and printing of treasury bond notes, etc. In addition, he did not dare to slacke in the training of Yuanqi's group, producing ammunition bureaus, casting of copper cannons in land wars, etc. He was busy all day long as he was fighting.

As for the matter of going to Humen to negotiate with England three days later, he pushed it cleanly and asked Qishan to send officials to talk to the British side first, and wait for him to have this time before contacting the British side.

In the blink of an eye, half a month was coming. On this day, Yi Zhizu was in Rongyuan and Kong Jian'an, Jie Xiuyuan discussed the opening of a semicolon in Suzhou and Songjiang Prefectures. Li Wang quickly stepped in and reported: "Wei Sanwei was looking for a meeting outside."

Wei Sanwei was responsible for printing treasury bond notes. Yi Zhizu was happy and quickly ordered: "Please invite him in."

When he entered the room, Wei Sanwei spoke fluently in Chinese and bowed in a look: "I have met the shopkeeper Yi Da."

Yi Zhizu smiled and stood up and bowed, saying, "Mr. Chinese is becoming more fluent, but has it brought good news?"

"Yes." Wei Sanwei smiled and said, "I'm here to deliver tickets today." As he said, he took an envelope, took out a few paper notes from it, and put them on the table, saying, "Shopkeeper Yi Da, if you have no objection, you will start printing in large quantities."

There are five tickets in total, with the ticket amounts of one yuan, five yuan, ten yuan, fifty yuan and one hundred yuan. This was specially compressed by Yi Zhizu in order to save the carving board and catch up with progress. Yi Zhizu picked up one and looked at it. The pattern of the banknote was a dragon on the front and the city gate of Guangzhou on the back. It was decorated with dragon patterns around and wavy patterns at the bottom. The three-color overprinted pattern is very exquisite and the printing quality is also very good. However, the quality of the paper is lacking, and the feeling of buying it makes Yi Zhizu not very satisfied.

Xie Xiuyuan praised softly: "No, it's not a little better than those silver notes."

Looking at the watermarks and hidden patterns on it, Yi Zhizu asked: "How likely is it to be counterfeited?" The reason why paper money is required to be printed so exquisitely is not for the sake of beauty, but for the purpose of eliminating counterfeiting.

"Don't worry, manager Yi Da," Wei Sanwei said confidently: "No one can forge it even in Guangzhou, even in England and America."

So confident? There are endless counterfeit banknotes in later generations. It seems that it is not very difficult to counterfeit banknotes these days. Yi Shizuo gave up his mind and shook the banknotes and said, "The paper is not good, and the government debt is not liquid, and it is barely possible, but it still has a shortage to issue as banknotes."

Wei Sanwei smiled and said, "Yes, we think so too."

"Let's start the printing." Yi Zhizu ordered. He knew that he could not be impatient and had to take it slowly. He had to buy machinery and equipment from the Meijing Banknote Printing Factory and hired technicians for only two years. It would be good to be able to reach this level.

"Okay, then I'll say goodbye first." Wei Sanwei said and bowed to the three of them.

Waiting for Wei Sanwei, Jie Xiuyuan asked casually while admiring the banknotes: "When will the shopkeeper issue banknotes?"

"When you can print high-quality banknotes, you will issue them." Yi Zhizu said, getting up and said, "Take them all, I rushed to the Fantai Yamen and checked them out. They probably were worried about waiting."

The vassal state yamen has long been occupied by many people, and the imperial envoy Mianxing's headquarters is located in the vassal state yamen. As for the vassal state yamen, he had to feel wronged and temporarily moved to another place. Wu Qijun, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue who came on the same boat as Mianxing, and several officials of the Ministry of Revenue also lived in the vassal state yamen with Mianxing.

Yi Zhizu rushed to the Fantai Yamen to submit a post, and was invited in. The person who greeted him was Wu Qijun, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. As for the imperial envoy Mian Xing, he didn't know where to go and where to wander around again.

After seeing the ceremony, Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "The bills for the national debt have been released. I'm here to ask the adults to take a look." As he said that, he took out the few paper bills.

The sample of the treasury bond bill means that it can be printed in large quantities. Wu Qijun was naturally happy. When he picked up the ticket, he saw the exquisite printing. He immediately couldn't put it down. After looking at it one by one, he praised it: "Okay, okay, I didn't expect that Guangzhou can have such a high printing standard. This pattern is also well designed, good, and I'm content and carefree."

Seeing that he was full of praise, Yi Quezuki smiled and said, "Sir, I am satisfied. Yuan Qi has not been in vain for his work during this period."

Wu Qijun asked: "When will it be released?"

"Ten million is not a small amount." Yi Zhizu said: "Although the large denomination accounts for nearly half, it still takes some time to print. It is estimated that it will take more than a month, mainly because there are too few machines."

Wu Qijun nodded. For him, he had already felt it quickly for more than a month. After pondering for a moment, he asked, "This printing supervision."

Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "You can send officials to the printing factory today."

"Okay." Wu Qijun immediately ordered to the outside world: "Go and invite Lord Wang."

Soon, Wang Maoyin, who was in his forties, walked in. Wu Qijun ordered: "The national debt sample has been released and is ready to be delivered for printing. From now on, you can bring people into the printing factory and clean up, and go with Lord Yi."

"Sir, please follow the order." Wang Maoyin bowed quickly.

"The official is leaving." Yi Zhizu also bowed and retreated.

The issuance of treasury bonds, the Ministry of Revenue sent personnel to supervise the whole process, mainly to prevent Yuanqi from using the opportunity to issue treasury bonds to make money. Although the interest rate of treasury bonds is not as good as Yuanqi's deposit interest rate, treasury bonds were issued by the court after all, and Yuanqi's indiscriminate is ultimately the court's fault. Wu Qijun did not dare to neglect the supervision of all links, especially the printing link.

Yi Zhizu was originally planning to send Wang Maoyin and others to the printing factory personally, but Li Wang brought a clerk to the Yuanqi General Office to meet him quickly and said, "Report to the young master, Lord Qi, the imperial envoy, urgently summoned him."

It seems that the negotiations with England have made a comeback, but Yi Zhizu didn't want to run back and forth. He pondered for a moment, and said to Wang Maoyin and others, "Mr. Qi is urgently summoned, and I am not inconvenient to delay."

Wang Maoyin hurriedly returned the greeting and said, "Mr. Yi, please do whatever you want, just arrange for someone to send us there."

Yi Zhizu nodded and ordered Li Wang: "You send these adults to the printing factory. All matters must be arranged properly, regardless of size."

"I understand little." Li Wang said quickly.
Chapter completed!