Yi Zhizu's smile soon became a little stiff because he realized that what he was most looking forward to was that the two countries' wish to re-determine the boundary between the A'ertai Mountains was dashed.☆□ Tomato Xiao☆○△ Sayings.com w`w`

Sure enough, after talking about the railway, Putiyatin changed his mind, "I wonder if our country can still purchase land in Shanghai and establish a concession?"

"Of course." Yi Zhizuji said first: "However, the land price in Shanghai is a bit expensive now. Your country might as well buy it after a while after the war breaks out..."

His words are purely nonsense. The land from Shanghai to Baoshan is under the control of Yuanqi. At this stage of rapid development in Shanghai, land prices can only rise and cannot fall.

Putiyatin did not understand this situation, but instead felt that this suggestion was very pertinent. He felt that it was easy to be content with their shoes. After thanking him repeatedly, he tentatively said: "Your Excellency seems to have strong confidence in the war that is about to break out."

Yi Zhizu glanced at him and said, "I can only beat him up when someone came to him!" As he said that, he asked directly: "Agreement on the transfer of Alaska and Kamchatka can be drafted?"

Seeing that he was not in high spirits, Putiyatin took out the transfer agreement and handed it over, whispering: "There are a lot of domestic oppositions regarding the re-discussion of the two countries' borders..."

"It's okay." Yi Zhizu waved his hand and was unwilling to take the initiative to ced. I sent troops to take it by myself. It was just a little more work. At least East Siberia, he was determined to win.

The transfer agreement was written in Chinese and Russian. After careful comparison and consideration, Yi Zhizu signed the agreement. After pushing it over, he said: "Before this agreement officially takes effect, I hope your country can keep a secret. In addition, the railway matters of the two countries must be temporarily blocked, otherwise, your country may trigger unnecessary wars."

After waiting for Putiyatin, he said goodbye and left, Zhao Wenlie couldn't help but say, "Big shopkeeper, the Russians will continue to build this railway if they don't cede the places east of the Altai Mountains?"

"Of course." Yi Zhizuji said first: "This railway is not well built for ten or eight years, but it will take a few years to obtain the territory east of Altai."

As he was talking, Cao Gensheng came in to report: "The shopkeeper, the capital, Su Xiang called."

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"The emperor has decided to start with Mongolia in the northern desert, gradually relax until the various restrictions on Mongolia are finally lifted. Will the Yuanqi banknotes cause people to misunderstand that the court and Yuanqi have reconciled?"

Yi Jingzu said without thinking: "There is no need to worry about the call back. There is no priority to stabilize people's hearts, avoid large-scale runs, and avoid causing depreciation of paper money."

Seeing Cao Gensheng's record, Lin Meilian said, "Big shopkeeper, no matter how good our Yuanqi's banknotes are, it is still not as reassuring as the real money. Even if the imperial court designated Yuanqi banknotes as legal banknotes of the Qing Dynasty, it is probably impossible to stop the people from exchanging real money."

Yi Zhizu glanced at her and explained: "Yuanqi is not worried about the run. What he is worried about is the depreciation of the banknotes caused by the run. Because not every semicolon has enough cash to exchange in time. What you said about the people's exchange, Yuanqi is not afraid of the bank bank bank with strong funds in various provinces..."

Speaking of this, he looked at Zhao Wenlie and said, "Hui Fu drafted an announcement. Once the imperial edict was issued, he established the legal status of Yuanqi banknotes and published it in the newspaper immediately..."

After pondering for a moment, he continued: "Financial is the core of a country's economy, banks are the lifeblood of a country's economy, Yuan Qigui is the Chu Qiao of the Qing Dynasty's finance, the leader of the bank, the entrusted by the imperial court, and was in charge of the issuance of currency in the Qing Dynasty, and was frightened.

In order to maintain currency stability, promote currency circulation, standardize currency issuance, strengthen currency management, and strictly supervise currency exchange and payment, Yuanqi sincerely invites bank bankers from all provinces to come to Shanghai to build a national banking association, and jointly discuss and formulate various relevant rules and regulations to build a monetary system that conforms to the national conditions of the Qing Dynasty."

Speaking of this, he paused, "At that time, we will generate electricity to the Ministry of Revenue and invite the Ministry of Revenue to send senior officials to participate in the meeting."

After Zhao Wenlie quickly finished recording, he frowned slightly and said, "The shopkeeper wanted to win over the bank banking banks in various provinces to prevent them from taking advantage of the chaos. However, in this way, he would have to share some benefits... Will the gains be depreciated? Yuanqi Bank is now a monopoly on the Qing Dynasty's money industry..."

"Monopoly is a good thing, not a good thing." Yi Zhizu said: "There is no need for Yuanqi to monopolize the entire Qing Dynasty's money industry. In fact, it cannot monopolize. What Yuanqi wants to do is the central bank of the Qing Dynasty."

Xianfeng did not delay, and issued an imperial edict the next day, specifying that Yuanqi banknotes were the only legal banknotes in the Qing Dynasty.

This decree has little effect on ordinary people. Yuanqi banknotes are highly credible, exquisitely made, easy to carry, widely circulated, and can be exchanged for cash silver anytime and anywhere. Whether it is a legal currency designated by the court or not, it is not important to them at all. The coastal prefectures and counties, out of panic about war and trust in real money, will not be affected at all.

But this imperial edict is like a thunderous thunder for the Qing Dynasty. Yuanqi Bank is already the magnificent name of the Qing Dynasty. With the legal status of paper money, Yuanqi monopolized the Qing Dynasty money industry, which is just around the corner! What’s even more unlucky is that the silver banknotes that imitated Yuanqi’s issuing paper money can be said to be crying without tears!

The next day, the announcement of Yuanqi's establishment of the National Banking Association was published in newspapers of all sizes. Seeing this announcement, the owners of the bank banking houses in various provinces were overjoyed and rushed to generate electricity for the Yuanqi Bank headquarters, saying that they would go to Shanghai in person to participate in the grand event.

No one is stupid, let’s not talk about whether there is any benefit. This is the National Banking Association. If you don’t go, you will not be able to gain a foothold in the Qing Dynasty’s money industry in the future. Of course, no matter what intentions you had before, you would have quickly extinguished your thoughts. If the Yuanqi silver account is difficult to shake, no one would want to make themselves uncomfortable at the critical moment.

Just as Yi Zhizu was busy preparing for the National Banking Association, London, far away in Europe, was in a turmoil. As Temasek cable telegram resumed connection, the Minister Bao Ling of the Ministry of Public Security to China reported a series of events caused by the "Da Special Account Incident" one by one.

The commander of the fleet stationed in East India and China, Xima Geli, led the fleet to shell the Humen in Guangzhou. The Emperor of Qing Dynasty issued an edict to declare war on Britain. The Qing navy captured Hong Kong and forced 3,000 defenders to surrender.

Immediately afterwards, the news that the South China Sea Navy captured the three ports of Singapore, Malacca and Penang in the Strait of Malacca, and the destruction of twenty-five warships of the East India Fleet on the sea surface of Penang were also confirmed one after another.

These sudden news has fooled all the ministers and MPs in London. No one would have thought that a "big special incident" would cause a series of changes, and no one would have expected that such serious consequences would have occurred in the few months after the cable telegram was cut off.

The Qing Dynasty had declared war, and without hesitation, all British strongholds in the Far East were eliminated, and even the East India fleet was destroyed. The attitudes of the ministers and members of the parliament were rare. They sent troops to the Far East and declared war on the Qing Dynasty!

Just the day after Britain declared war on the Qing Dynasty, Charles Canning, the Governor of India, sent a telegram to seek help from Kolkata, also arrived in London. The Qing Dynasty's army of sea and land approached Kolkata. By land, 20,000 Qing Tibetan soldiers set off from Sikkim on the southern foot of Tibet, less than five days away from Kolkata. By sea, a huge fleet of more than 100 warships had already reached the mouth of the Ganges River. Kolkata had less than 20,000 defenders, including the local soldiers, and was in danger!

The telegram from Indian Governor Charles Canning caused shock to the British top leaders. No one expected that the Qing Dynasty would dare to send troops to attack Kolkata, and they sent troops from both sea and land. They were all stunned!

India is the largest colony in the United Kingdom overseas. Kolkata is the center of the Indian colony and the base camp of Britain in South Asia. It is the second largest city in Britain after London. It has an extremely developed textile industry and jute industry. What will happen if it is captured by the Qing army?

Bamaitun was also a little stunned. The East India fleet was destroyed in the Strait of Malacca, and the Chinese fleet was forced to surrender in Hong Kong. More than 100 warships of the Qing fleet were at the mouth of the Ganges River. The Australian and African fleets were transferred to the fleets in Australia and Africa, and they could only transfer troops from all over India to reinforce by land. The question is, how long can Kolkata last? Can it last until the reinforcements arrive? Also, will the Qing army cut off the wired telegram from Kolkata again?

He felt a vaguely unpleasant feeling. Now it seemed that the Qing Dynasty sent troops to Tibet to capture Gurkha and drive the Taiping Army into Myanmar all came to Kolkata. Moreover, the Qing Dynasty responded too quickly to shell the Humen! Declaration of war, captured the Strait of Malacca, encircled and suppressed the East Indian fleet, and sent troops to Kolkata. This link seemed to have been planned.

What puzzled him was that the Qing people should be very clear, especially the Qing Nanyang minister Yi Zhizu was very familiar with the situation of European countries and paid close attention to the Crimean War. They should be very clear that they could not be opponents of the British Empire at all, so why did they still anger them so much? What is the purpose behind this?

Government Building, Kolkata, India.

Charles Canning, the British Governor of India, stood on the wide balcony of his office, looking at the Hugley River in the sunset with a melancholy expression. Back then, the Portuguese, French and British all broke into the fertile land of the Ganges Delta along this river.

Finally, the British East India Company gained the upper hand, squeezed out the Portuguese and French, monopolized the trade in Bangladesh, and then built an extremely large castle, Fort William, here, as the base camp for conquering Bangladesh by force and conquering the entire India. Kolkata gradually developed with Fort William as the center.

Kolkata has a history of more than 100 years, and there is only one record of being captured. It was in 1756, when it was in conflict with the French, and Fort William was captured by the French.

What he could not have imagined was that in a full hundred years, Kolkata would face the threat of another fall.

This time, the Qing army seemed to be determined to win Kolkata. Nearly half of the 20,000 Tibetan soldiers from Sikki were Yuanqi's Northwest New Army, the Minni guns equipped with one color, and the fleet coming from the sea had more than 20,000 troops, and there were many steam gunboats. They were even more than Yuanqi's elite. With more than 10,000 poorly equipped defenders of Kolkata, it was impossible to defend them at all.

As the governor to India, he knew better than anyone that when he lost his maritime control, it was impossible for reinforcements to come to reinforce in time and stick to it. There were only two ways to wait for them. One was the entire army was annihilated, and the other was the defeat and surrender. There was no possibility of negotiation. After all, the Qing Dynasty had declared war on them!

He knew very well that the Chinese fleet shelled the Humen, which should be instructed by London. Bao Ling would not have to fight head-on even though he knew that the Humen was very strict, but he still had to fight head-on. It was obvious that London was dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty's intervention in Myanmar and preventing Britain from wanting to expand Southeast Asia.

Now, once Kolkata falls, the British army in Myanmar will be in an isolated and helpless situation. He is sure that the Qing Navy will inevitably go to Myanmar after capturing Kolkata, and the other party will never miss such a great opportunity.

After suffering such a big loss, London will definitely not give up. I am afraid that the scale of the Far East battle will not be smaller than that of Crimea. I just don’t know how long it will take to fight?

"Your Excellency." A servant walked in quickly and handed over a telegram: "Telecom from London."

The telegram voluntarily withdrew with one line of words and gave up Kolkata. The signature was Bamaitun.

Charles Canning held the telegram tightly, which may be the wisest choice! Take the initiative to evacuate and preserve his strength. The Qing army could not be stationed in Kolkata for a long time. Whether it was Tibetan soldiers or Qing navy, it was impossible for them to station in Kolkata. They would evacuate and recover them.

However, the price was too great. He slowly turned around and looked at the city of Kolkata. This city, which developed from three small villages, has been developed for more than a hundred years. After more than a hundred years of development, it is now a well-known commercial capital in the East. Its population has exceeded 300,000. If it falls into the hands of the Qing army, it will inevitably be destroyed.

On the wide surface of the Hugley River, steamboats were raising black smoke and dragging sails and warships slowly upstream. Golden dragon flags were flying on the masts of the warships. Many local people came to see the fun. For the local people, whether it was Britain or the Qing Dynasty, they were all invaders. The two sides fought to the death and had nothing to do with them. They were so happy that they watched the fun.

Fang Weisheng stood on the deck and swept the people on both sides of the strait with a telescope. He felt funny in his heart. The communications officer quickly stepped forward to report: "A fast ship came down from upstream, with a sea soul flag flying."

Fang Weisheng knew that this must be a transmission of information, and immediately ordered: "Take the people on the boat to see me."

The one who was taken on the boat was a young man in his early twenties. He saw that he was a Han man. He took the boat and glanced at the epaulette on Fang Weisheng's military uniform, saluted neatly, and said, "This morning, the British troops in Kolkata began to evacuate to the West Bank."
Chapter completed!