Huo Qizheng didn't ask, and Yi Jingzu was naturally unwilling to explain. He was not worried about France's credit and repayment ability. He was defeated in the French-Prussian War and paid 5 billion francs in the French War, which was equivalent to a huge war reparation of 700,800 million silver dollars, but France only took three years to compensate them all. What is his national debt?

In fact, he didn't take this domestic French national debt seriously at all. French War bonds in the European financial market are his main goal.

After a slight pause, Yi Zhizuo changed his mind, "The Franco-Prussian War has not had an impact on the domestic securities market, right?"

"Except for French government bonds, there is not much impact." Huo Qizheng said slowly: "As the news of the expansion of the northwest spread, there have been strong gains in stock futures related to the war."

Yuanqi has repeatedly expanded to the outside world and has never been defeated. The government and the country now have great confidence in Yuanqi, and even blindly believe that Yuanqi will win every battle. Therefore, every foreign war of Yuanqi will stimulate the popularity of the securities market to varying degrees and trigger a strong increase. This has become a rule for the Guangzhou Shanghai Stock Exchange.

After pondering for a little, Yi Zhizu reminded: "The French-Popular War has a great impact on the European securities market, especially the stock market has fallen a lot, but our domestic securities market has risen against the market. As the saying goes, capital has no borders, so we must pay close attention and beware of the large amount of hot money from Europe flowing into our securities market."

After hearing this, Huo Qizheng hesitated and said: "Big shopkeeper, a large amount of European capital flows in is conducive to the prosperity of my country's securities market. This should be a good thing..."

"It's a good thing, it's a bad thing." Yi Zhizu said: "A large amount of inflow of hot money from abroad will cause a bubble in the securities market and create a false prosperity. Once the hot money from abroad is withdrawn, what is left is a mess. Therefore, we must pay close attention. Once we find that a large inflow of hot money from abroad will be found, we must take measures to keep them."

After hearing this, Huo Qizheng felt a little inexplicable excitement and nodded immediately: "I understand, I must pay close attention."

When Huo Qizheng came out, Zhao Liewen and Yi Zhengxing stepped in with a smile, "Big shopkeeper, good news! Xue Yan called and bought the 15% stock of the Suez Canal Operation Company held by Egypt from Egypt's Governor Paha for 4 million pounds.

He also said that due to the Franco-Prussian War, the share price of Suez Canal fell sharply, and if it delayed for another year and a half, the price would be even lower."

After receiving the telegram and looking at it, Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "We just change hands, it doesn't matter." After a pause, he continued, "With this 15% equity, the pricing power of several ports on the north coast of the Gulf of Oman will be transferred to our hands!"

Yi Zhengxing glanced at him and said, "Will English attach so much importance to the Suez Canal?"

"That's nature!" Yi Zhizu smiled and said: "English naval bases are known as the "Empire of the Sun" that spread to the throats of oceans of all continents and oceans in the world, firmly controlling the global maritime shipping, but the Suez Canal is not under the control of England.

The Suez Canal connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean greatly shortens the distance between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean and is a well-deserved golden route. Given the importance of India to England, it can also be called the lifeline of England.

From a military perspective, Egypt is located at the intersection of the three continents of Eurasia and Africa. The occupation of Egypt by England is conducive to concentrating its forces to carry out defense and offensive operations against Gibraltar or India.

In any case, the Suez Canal and Egypt are extremely important to England. 52% of the shares of the Suez Canal are scattered in the hands of the French, 29% are held by the British government and 15% are held by the Egyptian government.

If you acquire this 15% stake in Egypt, the British can occupy 44% of the canal. There is another more important reason. The British will definitely not tolerate this 15% stake in the hands of our country."

Zhao Liewen couldn't help but say: "This 15% equity is worth 4 million pounds, equivalent to nearly 20 million silver dollars. Will it be a loss if it is used to exchange several small ports on the north coast of the Gulf of Oman?"

After hearing this, Yi Zhi couldn't help but smile, "Who said that he used this 15% equity to exchange it? It is based on the transfer of this 15% equity to win the pricing power of those small ports!"

Yi Zhengxing asked: "The Suez Canal is both a golden channel and has great military value. Why did Egypt sell its equity?"

"There is another reason, of course, it is urgently needed to use money." Yi Zhizu smiled and said: "Egypt originally owed a lot of debts, and digging the canal has greatly overspent. Eighty percent of its annual income is used to repay debts. In addition, the canal stock price has plummeted. Selling the canal equity at this price can reduce a considerable financial burden."

After obtaining the 15% equity of the Suez Canal originally belonged to Egypt, the negotiations with the UK immediately became much faster. In just ten days, the two sides agreed that the UK would take 15% equity of the Suez Canal for 6 million pounds and sell four ports, including Karachi and Jask, to the Qing Dynasty for 3 million pounds. The only condition is that Karachi must be a free trade port.

The British were surprised to find this deal and accidentally acquired 15% of the shares of the Suez Canal. Several ports in the Gulf of Oman also sold a price that satisfies them. It was said to be a port, but in fact, Karachi and Jask were slightly worth a little money, while the others were small fishing villages.

Of course, the British knew very well that the price of equity transfer in the canal was much higher, but they could not buy it even if they had money, and they could not let the equity be controlled by the Qing Dynasty. They could accept the price higher. In fact, they knew very well that the Qing people offered such a high price to buy several ports in the Gulf of Oman. They naturally would not refuse such kindness to maintain the British Empire.

Yi Zhizu was also extremely satisfied with this transaction, which was equivalent to spending one million pounds to buy several ports, which not only avoided conflicts with the UK, but also cleared obstacles for smooth expansion to the Persian Gulf.

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Wittoma submitted a document and said: "Your Highness, please check it out. This is the "Persian Gulf General Peace Treaty". Your country is now a member of the Persian Gulf. For the sake of peace in the Persian Gulf, I hope your country can also sign it."

The Treaty on General Peace of Persian Gulf, the Treaty of Easy to Be Sufficient, has long been dependent on countries, mainly prohibiting maritime looting, permanent truce between countries, etc. For the small countries around the Persian Gulf, this treaty placed them as a protector of England and Geely, but for the Qing Dynasty, it was nothing more than restricting the use of force without any voluntary power.

During this period, the Nanyang Navy fleet had destroyed the Emirates of Tar with lightning speed and formed the fact that it occupied the Qatar Peninsula. Since the British did not mention this, he was willing to repay his favor and immediately said: "You will go to the capital to officially sign this treaty with our country, and then find Assistant Minister Wu Changqing."

Seeing that the other party agreed to sign a contract, Vitoma couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The Qing army swept across the Qatar Peninsula in just a few days, slaughtering all the soldiers and civilians on the peninsula, causing all the small countries in the Persian Gulf to talk about the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, Britain couldn't wait to ask the Qing Dynasty to sign this peace treaty.

"Things are always settled here, and the Tianjin lesson plan should be closed as soon as possible." Yi Zhizu changed his words and said, "You will not have any objection to the revised Concession Charter, right?"

The revised Concession Articles abolished the administrative, judicial, taxation, management of municipal facilities, education and health in various concessions in various countries, and the local government established a management agency, the SAR Administration, to manage it. It still has great autonomy, but it no longer damages national sovereignty. In fact, it is like imitating Shanghai's model.

Wittoma has been focusing on negotiations in the Persian Gulf for a while, but he also has some understanding of the revised Concession Charter, and he clearly knows that the ministers of France, the United States, and Russia have agreed to accept the new Concession Charter. After pondering for a moment, he said: "Tianjin cannot be compared with Shanghai, and the government in Tianjin is far less open-minded than Yuan Qi. Moreover, there has been a major xenophobic incident like the Tianjin lesson plan. How can the new Concession Charter ensure the safety of our lives and property and legitimate rights?"

"You don't have to worry about this." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "The civil servants of the Tianjin Special Zone Administration are either drawn from Shanghai or recruited from international students in Tianjin and foreign personnel in the concession, and elite officers and soldiers from the Beiyang Navy to form police forces and armed police forces to maintain the public order in the special zone. They will never allow xenophobic incidents like the Tianjin lesson plan again."

Witoma knew very well that England had no room for opposition at all. France, the United States and Russia did not oppose it. How could England and England oppose it? Moreover, the Qing Dynasty is no longer the Qing Dynasty thirty years ago. I said slightly: "As long as the lives and property of our citizens in your country can be guaranteed, our country does not mind the revision of the Concession Charter."

After pondering for a little, Yi Jingzuo said slowly: "The concession is a product of a special historical period. Now it is time to abolish the concession. With the promotion and popularization of constitutional ideas, as my country implements constitutionalism, our country will increase its efforts to open up to the outside world and gradually open up from the coast to the inland. It is impossible for every city to establish a concession, let us gradually adapt together."

After hearing that the Qing Dynasty Congress increased its opening efforts and gradually opened up mainland cities, Weituoma couldn't help but be very happy. You should know that England wanted to enter the mainland market of the Qing Dynasty. He immediately stated: "I will rush to Tianjin tomorrow."

After seeing off Vitoma, Zhao Liewen said with concern: "The big shopkeeper, signing the "Persian Gulf General Peace Treaty" is like shackles our hands and feet, which is not conducive to our continued expansion in the Persian Gulf."

"If we continue to use force to expand in the Persian Gulf, we will inevitably have conflicts with England." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "We must change the way of expansion, use money to open the way, and buy land! The land we buy is more secure than plundering and occupying with force."

"Buy?" Zhao Liewen hesitated: "The small countries in the Persian Gulf are not big, and their territory is limited. Will they sell them?"

Yi Zhizu said unconsciously: "Try it. If you can't buy it, it's not too late to start a war."

Five days later, Wu Changqing, the imperial envoy who fully handled the Tianjin lesson plan, signed an agreement with the Western ministers in Tianjin to revise the Concession Charter. At noon on the same day, Wu Changqing personally executed the prison and cut off more than 150 heads, and posted notices to participate in the accident. More than 500 people were exiled to Southeast Asia with minor circumstances.

Whether it was the officials, gentlemen and civilians in Tianjin or the foreigners in Tianjin, they did not expect that Wu Changqing would handle the Tianjin lesson plan so harshly. When a long bloody head was hung on the gate of Xicheng, the whole city of Tianjin was silent.

At dusk, when it was dark, Song Zigao led a strong man in his early thirties to the Haihe Pier in Sanchakou, boarded a sea boat that had been waiting for a long time, and then he clasped his fists and said, "This time we go to Persia, the sea is long, Brother Bai, take care of us!"

Bai Dalu, who was originally the leader of the Water and Fire Society, hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Brother Song's life is my only wish to repay you in the next life..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a surprise voice, "Da Road!"

Bai Dalu turned around and saw Tang Fei, an old brother from the Water and Fire Society, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Big Niu--, you are still alive."

"There are many brothers alive." Tang Fei smiled and said, "I was worried about you coming."

Bai Dalu turned around in surprise and looked at Song Zigao and said, "How many white ducks have been killed in the end?"

Song Zigao shook his head, "Don't ask me, I don't know, anyway..." Before he finished speaking, his feet shook and the boat moved. He hurriedly said, "Wait, I haven't got off the boat yet."

A strong man wearing a short jacket and barefoot came over and asked, "Song Zigao, right?"

"That's right." Song Zigao nodded in confusion, and a feeling of something bad appeared in his heart.

"You know too much." The strong man said in a muffled voice: "Come back in three years." Without waiting for Song Zigao to react, the two men quickly stepped forward and put him into the cabin without saying a word.

Once the revised Concession Charter and the handling results of the Tianjin Lesson Plan were made public in the newspaper, it immediately caused a sensation. Twenty or thirty foreign talents in the Tianjin Lesson Plan died, but they killed more than 150 people and exiled more than 500 people. The difference between this result and the expected result was really too different.

However, if you want to say that Wu Changqing pleases the foreigners, he had a tough attitude and revised the concession charter with Western countries, abolished all privileges in the concession, deprived all privileges of the foreigners in China, and made the concession dead in name only, and also gave a heavy blow to the Western church and missionaries.

For a time, there were heated discussions throughout the government and the country, with some praise and criticism, and there were constant discussions. However, after this case, Wu Changqing became famous all over the world.

Just as the Qing dynasty and the opposition debated over the handling of Tianjin lesson plans, the most critical battle of the Franco-Prussian War began.
Chapter completed!