Although Han Huaiyi emphasized that this was given afterwards, wasn’t this a kickback?

Han Huaiyi explained to Xiangshuai with reasonable reasons: "The reward after the event is not a pre-transaction. I was a little surprised when he gave it to me, but I can't push the money out."

"Then did you promise someone that you would win the bid this time?"

"Of course I didn't agree. The amount of the bid is determined by you. How can I promise others? Which rat slandered my innocence?" Han Huaiyi finally understood why Zhang Zhidong was unhappy with him. He asked righteously.

Fevorli's trouble was relieved, and Deweet also resigned, so he still paid attention to BNP Paribas!

So he was very confident. As for the leaked BNP Paribas, haha!

What he said was very reasonable and thought about Zhang Zhidong.

He then changed the subject: "I see that you are now showing fierce eyes. Are you planning to check which one reported you and then go to ask someone for trouble?"

"I dare not." Han Huaiyi himself didn't believe this.

Zhang Zhidong finally told him: "Did you offend the Japanese? There is nothing wrong with Shanghai recently."

It turned out that the old man had a long walk, and in addition to finding out the situation, he was actually concerned about him.

Han Huaiyi thought to himself that BNP Paribas sold the situation to the Japanese.

These damn gods are really good at playing, but they actually came to Wuchang in one shot. Haha! He said the story of the Le family. Xiang Shuai suddenly realized that this guy had blackmailed the Japanese silver before!

But Zhang Zhidong then did not comment on Han Huaiyi's extortion. The younger generation had the younger generation's way of dealing with things. He had seen everything at his level and age, so he didn't need to care about these branches and leaves.

For Xiang Shuai, the point he wanted was that Han Huaiyi did not let down his trust.

He did not mess around with national affairs, and the earth-shaking tender meeting of this money in the newspaper was not a show!

That's enough.

So Zhang Zhidong's expression finally became truly kind. Seeing the dark clouds dissipated, Han Huaiyi took the opportunity to take out the bag and give it to him.

"What is this?" Zhang Zhidong asked in confusion.

When he opened the box, he saw a Western pocket watch in his hand.

This watch is made of pure silver as a shell, with auspicious clouds on it, exquisite patterns, but simple and elegant layout.

Open the case and there is also the word "not fighting" that represents Zhang Zhidong's famous saying.

This is a Swiss product that Han Huaiyi arranged for Merlot to help him through the channels in advance.

"Xiangshuai, do you like it?"

"It's not bad. Why didn't you take it out before?"

"It's not clear that things are, and good filial piety has become a life-threatening money, which is meaningless."

Zhang Zhidong likes to hear these words. He stood up with satisfaction when he saw them, and then put on his pocket watch on the spot.

Then he asked Wei Yungong and Han Huaiyi, "Have you eaten? Let's go with me to have some food."

Han Huaiyi went up and held him happily, and his mouth was endless: "Do you care about the chef? I can't eat spicy food. I said you should eat less, too, you're so angry that you might be able to eat. Maybe one day I'll send my brother Yungong to the palace..."

"You guys are talking nonsense all day! You only let you eat spicy food at noon!" Zhang Zhidong glared at the beard, actually very happy.

Wei Yungong, who was following them, saw the wonderful atmosphere between the old and the young, and was only envious.

He would never dare to talk nonsense to his old boss like Han Huaiyi.

Han Huaiyi does not take revenge overnight.

After having some lunch here at Zhang Zhidong, he immediately ran to Wuchang Pier in New Rome.

Because the warehouse here is temporarily used as the site of the New Roman tender meeting.

Therefore, most foreign businessmen live nearby.

Han Huaiyi did not ask for a notice when he arrived here. He first asked Gu Jiatang for some information.

After knowing it, he asked Xie Miao, who was accompanying him to send some Belarus, and then went to Wei Litao to ask him to inform the foreign businessmen. Then he handed over the accounts with Wei Litao.

Seeing him come to Wei Litao, it was so relieved because those foreigners were too difficult to serve.

When Han Huaiyi was not here, he suffered a lot of anger.

However, Wei Litao was a tolerant person and did not complain to Han Huaiyi.

But he didn't know that Gu Jiatang had reported these situations to Han Huaiyi.

Currently, there are 16 businesses in Germany, Japan, Spain, Belgium, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States, who are here to fight for this business.

Each of them paid a deposit of 10,000 taels.

Han Huaiyi saw some familiar names according to the list.

Mitsui Steel, American Carnegie Steel, German Krupp, etc., including French Northern Steel supported by BNP Paribas.

"Mr. Han, you seem to have some thoughts?" Wei Litao was a sensitive person, he asked.

Han Huaiyi did not deny: "I almost got rid of the old man today, and someone gave me eye drops in front of him!"

Wei Litao was shocked: "Who? It doesn't matter."

He came from the Qing court and understood that when he reached the position of Xiang Shuai, he would be killed by ordinary people.

Whenever you find a problem, you will get rid of you and you will be fine. There is no need to be ambiguity.

Han Huaiyi shook his head: "It's okay, because I didn't do anything bad, but I don't like this."

Although Han Huaiyi always plays tricks with Xiangshuai like a slut, he actually knows very well that even a famous official like Xiangshuai still has the old-fashioned thinking.

To put it bluntly, those who follow me will live and go against me will die.

That's why he is so careful in Wuchang. A mature person must adapt to the environment if he cannot change the environment.

As a time traveler, although Han Huaiyi admires Xiang Shuai, he hopes to stay in a place like Shanghai with relatively better development and civilization progress.

This is why he was absolutely unwilling to come here.

He was chatting with Wei Litao while Han Huaiyi pointed his fingers across the list and had some idea in his mind.

It just so happened that all the foreigners came and were clamoring outside.

He went out and asked everyone to sit down.

"I know you are here to inquire about the news. I can promise that this matter will be fair and just, because at noon I have discussed the specific way of bidding with Xiangshuai, which is the right one."

But before he finished speaking, the noise below started to spread.

The one who jumped the highest was Gago, the representative of the Bichais company in Bilbao, Spain. This is a burly middle-aged man who has been living in the British Concession in Hankou and is almost fifty years old this year.

He had a beard with a straight waist and looked like he had been a soldier.

Before, this guy repeatedly targeted and despised Wei Litao.

The hot-tempered Gago then started yelling: "What does it mean to be the right one? This method is so vague..."

When Wei Litao saw that it was him again, he couldn't help but look at Han Huaiyi.

What he unexpectedly thought was that Han Huaiyi picked up the teacup at his hand and smashed it directly: "Shut up!"

At the same time, Xie Miao brought more than a dozen Belarusians into the venue and pointed the gun directly at this guy-

ps:

It is really annoying to those "historians" who regard the relationship between the boss and the manager as princes and slaves in Qing palace dramas.

After Sanjiang, someone once again told me why I didn’t kill anything that was ripped off at the beginning.

The death penalty of the Qing court was all subject to the central government's resignation, so how could the Han family, who were staring at by their opponents, kill people at will?

In the grievances of Yang Naiwu Xiao Baicai in the late Qing Dynasty, the framer was the magistrate of Yuhang. He didn't dare to silence him directly, let alone a merchant in the Han family!

I have always seen the Qiao family compound.

Sun Maocai, played by Mr. Ni Dahong in the Qiao family courtyard, even his boss's sister-in-law thinks of that!

Zhou Ada, the manager of Han Family Wharf, is not slavery.

His daughter Yuer, naturally, is not a slave or a maid in the book!

Let’s talk about Yangzhou during the canal transportation era. Some people say that the Han family is too poor and ask me, “How rich are the salt merchants in Yangzhou”?

I know, but Yangzhou salt merchants declined as early as the end of Qianlong. That was a hundred years ago since the book was published. OK?

In 1842, the British army captured Zhenjiang in the Opium War and blocked the canal transportation, which prompted Emperor Daoguang to make a quick decision to seek peace. Soon, the Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing was signed, which became the decisive battle in the entire war.

After 1853, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom occupied the riverside areas along Nanjing and Anhui for more than ten years.

After the Yellow River was diverted in 1855, the Shandong section of the canal gradually became silted and abolished. From then on, the canal transportation was mainly changed to sea routes.

By 1872, the Steamship Merchants Corporation was established in Shanghai and officially used ships to transport grain. Since Daoguang, the river grain had been between 120,000 and 30,000 shi, while the sea grain had been transported by about 1.2 million shi.

In 1901, the canal transport was gradually stopped.

In 1904, the Qing court simply abolished the Governor of the Cao Transportation Army.

1904 is next year in the book.

I can't figure out how awesome the Han family in Yangzhou Caoyun in this era can be, how many thugs and how much financial resources can they have!

I've already exaggerated their starting strength a little.

Let’s talk about the problem of 3,200,300 ships. Please first figure out the style and grade of Yangzhou Yuanbao Ship, and then convert the RMB. (One or two is converted to RMB 350-700, and take the intermediate value of 500)

The total price is 1.5 million, and is it very cheap for a wooden boat about 5,000 yuan? You should know that the purchasing power was even stronger at that time.

Sources of this book include: Yangzhou local literature, Shanghai Concession Chronicles, American business development history, Godfather, Rockefeller Scott Carnegie JP Morgan and other biographies, etc.

Among them, because I couldn't buy the Shanghai Concession Zhi, I simply used a printer to print out more than 800 pages, and then classified the ingredient volume according to the outline, and kept it at hand for reading and reference at any time.

Because it contains various details from the establishment to the end of the Industrial Bureau and the Public Administration Bureau.

It's finished.

As for those low-level trolls who scold for scolding, pick on the thorns, and get slapped in the face for showing off their excellence, how far they are, I am not your Uncle Wang, don’t bother me.
Chapter completed!