Chapter 153 North Vietnam

1883 gradually passed.

The biggest mark left by history for this year is "the death of Hu Chuyuan", and another major mark is the beginning of the Sino-French War.

After living in Changle County for half a month, Hu Chuyuan readjusted the personnel around him and secretly redeed more than a dozen elite guards through Fuqingshe, under the management of Chen Shanyuan.

In addition, the general account of this year was also handed over to Hu Chuyuan in advance.

In 1883, even if the arbitrage income in the U.S. stock market was not calculated, Hu Chuyuan made more than 47 million taels of silver through its Jiangnan Commercial Bank, CITIC Bank, CITIC Financing Company, Jiangnan Cooperative, Yufengshe, CITIC Ticket Number, Wanqi Foreign Bank, North American Wells Fargo Investment Bank, etc., etc. Yu Qingzheng axe 1/2 of the annual fiscal revenue.

After several years of gradual efforts, the joint operation system of Jiangnan Agricultural Cooperatives has been completely expanded, controlling 64% of the tea production in Fujian Province, mainly concentrated in Quanzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Funing Prefecture, and the most northernmost part of Fujian and the southernmost tea production areas of Zhejiang - Zhenghe, Qingyuan, Shouning, Taishun and Fuding. County.

These tea markets are characterized by low transportation costs and are also the main production areas of Fujian's export tea.

In southwestern Zhejiang, central Anhui, Jiangxi and other major tea producing areas, the joint camp of Jiangnan Cooperative also occupies half of the country.

With the continued large-scale investment in advertising and publicity in the United Kingdom, we will stabilize the traditional green tea market, promote new flower tea, white tea and black tea products, promote new black tea technology in eastern Fujian, Huizhou, Jiujiang and other places, gradually expand the sales of black tea, and reduce costs through one-stop operation through production, marketing and sales, etc. In 1883, China's tea market began to pick up significantly, and the total exports to the UK increased by 23% compared with last year, which was also the only big increase in the British market in the past decade.

In the United States, Russia, France, Spain and other markets, the sales of Chinese tea have also increased significantly, especially in the United States, with total sales increasing by 37% compared with two years ago.

In South American countries, Australia and Nanyang, Hu Chuyuan has also added new sales networks and channels to promote tea exports.

Because Hu Dazong has obtained the Shandong commercial bank in Mingchi. Using the channels of the commercial bank, the expansion of Yufengshe in Shandong has suddenly increased, with its own land reaching 6.52 million mu, and the joint land occupies almost 1/4 of the total area of arable land in Shandong.

According to Hu Chuyuan's arrangement, Hu Dazong took down all the land near Qingdao and set up new ports and factories in Qingdao to invest in the cotton textile industry and oil extraction industry in Qingdao.

Zhongrun Company controls nearly 70% of the shares of Beiyang Commercial Bank, and Hu Dazong's Yufeng Company also controls 70% of the shares of Shandong Commercial Bank. In addition to Jiangnan Commercial Bank and Hu Chuyuan's holdings in Nanyang Commercial Bank and Liangguang Commercial Bank, Hu Chuyuan can get 20 million taels of silver for the annual profit of these official stock firms alone.

The figure in 1883 is not surprising. After all, Shandong Commercial Bank has just started, and Beiyang Commercial Bank has just been hit hard and is being rectified. Next year and the year after next, this number will be really amazing.

Almost half of the huge profits generated by China's salt industry fell into the hands of Hu Chuyuan. At the same time, he also controlled raw silk, tea, cotton, hemp, sugar cane, peanuts, soybeans and other bulk agricultural products.

Through the banknote issuance right of CITIC Bank, more than a dozen large ticket numbers all over the country, through the small agricultural loan system of various agricultural cooperatives, and through more than 400 small mortgage loans (pawnshop business) rooted in cities under Poly Company, he basically controls China. The country's financial system.

Through Jiangnan Commercial Bank, Beiyang Commercial Bank, Shandong Commercial Bank, Liangguang Commercial Bank and Nanyang Commercial Bank, he has also established a large-scale commercial channel comparable to Wal-Mart, controlling China's internal trade.

In fact, he pursues small profits and more sales, which is beneficial to the country and the people. If he wants to pursue real profiteering, his annual income in China can exceed the annual fiscal revenue of Qingzheng Axe.

Even so, including his huge profiteering investment in the land industry and huge loan interest, his annual income far exceeds the fiscal revenue of Qingzheng Axe.

But... it's embarrassing.

This is really embarrassing. The huge wealth brings him not luxury and glory, but an unpredictable disaster.

Behind Inoue are the consortia of Mitsui, Sumitomo and Mitsubishi. Everyone spends more than 100,000 taels of silver every year, which is enough to pose a fatal threat to Hu Chuyuan's personal safety.

At this time, Hu Chuyuan was a little helpless and could only use the news of his death to temporarily ease, at least to let his family spend a safe time, and he had to secretly manage another thing.

Now, he is no longer satisfied. He wants to really have his own military power... Not only because of the change and persecution of the situation, but because his plan has indeed reached this point.

The time is ripe. Now is a good time for him to establish a direct line in Hunan. Zuo Zongtang will never treat him badly and will continue to take care of him. However, after all, Zuo Zongtang is Zuo Zongtang. Zuo Zongtang is always above, and he will always be below.

Unless Zuo Zongtang dies, this situation will never change.

It takes a little time and patience to establish their own direct line among the Hunan forces... It will take a little time and patience, at least to wait for Zuo Zongtang's death. In Mei Qizhao, there is no doubt that the Jiangxi army they jointly established together is the direct power of Hu Chuyuan.

This force is the relying force of Mei Qizhao to ascend to the throne of the governor, and it is also the oppressive force that the Humei Alliance has emerged to make Manqing have to continue to endure.

The current Manqing Dynasty seems terrible. In fact, it is just a paper tiger. What's so terrible about the paper tiger?

They don't have their own military strength at all. They can only rely on the military power in the hands of the Han people to balance each other. When they shouted that "If the Han people are strong, the Manchu people will die", the Manchu Qing Dynasty was actually doomed to extinction.

It is not because of the economic collapse of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the people who are not living, but because the military power is in the hands of the Han people, it must perish.

Of course, Hu Chuyuan also never hoped that the Manchu Qing Dynasty would perish too early. If so, it would only leave China a situation of warlords in a melee. At least until he controlled most of the military forces, the Manchu Qing Dynasty could not die. The Manchu Qing Dynasty still had the puppet role of maintaining domestic unity and the passage of government orders.

After reading the general account in 1883, Hu Chuyuan sat silently in the room and reflected.

He has made up his mind. When the Sino-French War is over, before the Qing Zheng Axe decides to devour his family business... He will appear. At this time, his child was also born. If it really doesn't work, he will secretly send his family, Wu Shuzhen and children to the United States.

At that time, he didn't care.

January 15, 1884.

Hu Chuyuan left Lehua County and went to Hong Kong.

He did not stay in Hong Kong for a long time. He quickly got a pass through a foreign bank in France and ventured deep into the Red River. On February 3, 1884, he arrived in Xuanguang Prefecture, Vietnam, and then continued north.

At this time, it is the cool season of the dry season in Vietnam. The climate is cool and very suitable for people to travel.

Hu Chuyuan rode an ox cart all the way and swayed forward, pretending to be a merchant, and the car was still loaded with some goods.

A few days later, the mountain road became wider and wider, and the front suddenly opened up. A wide basin appeared, and flat rice fields were reclaimed everywhere.

Several of the people transferred by Hu Chuyuan from Fuqing Society were from the Red Flag Army. They used to haunt here, and soon told Hu Chuyuan that this was He Ye, and then behind was the Kepumi Spring, which was the nest of Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army.

This area is already safe. Those who live here are all immigrants from Guangxi. When the paddy fields are reclaimed here, Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army also emerged here.

The telegram operated by Hu Chuyuan has already covered Guangxi and northern Vietnam, and there is one by sea and land through two lines.

He had already secretly contacted Liu Yongfu and told Liu Yongfu that he was about to arrive.

Because Liu Yongfu took thousands of troops to wait in Heye.

As soon as he arrived outside the Heye Village, Hu Chuyuan saw the black seven-star flag dancing in the air. The scale of the military village was very large. At least 20,000 to 30,000 people could be stationed, all of which were made of stones, with a circle of black cannons on top, and there was also a circle of forts on the surrounding hills.

The people of Fuqing Society immediately advanced to the military village to report, but for a moment, the black flag on the fortress waved continuously, the door opened, and people rushed out on a military horse all the way. The leader was a military officer who was over half a hundred years old and thin, wearing a variegated coat, but wearing the top of the Qing Dynasty's first-class admiral on his head.

In a short time, half a hundred military officers arrived in front of Hu Chuyuan's ox cart. Regardless of his age, he rushed down in a hurry, looking particularly good at it.

Hu Chuyuan could guess who this person was, and the members of the Fuqing Society around him secretly reported the name of the person who came. He was sure it was Liu Yongfu himself, so he got off the dirty ox cart and came forward to meet him.

This is Liu Yongfu.

Hu Chuyuan is a little strange. This person is a little strangely thin and strange, which seems a little unusual.

Liu Yongfu has come up, laughed loudly, and hugged Hu Chuyuan and said, "Lord Hu, Liu has admired you for a long time, and now I finally see your true face."

Hu Chuyuan smiled and also hugged his fist and said, "I have also been the name of the general for a long time."

Liu Yongfu smiled and said, "Your Excellency, you have worked hard all the way. Come on, please come to my military camp and rest quickly. Let's talk about it when we enter the camp!"

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly and asked Chen Shanyuan and Cheng Tinghua to follow him into the Heye Village.

Those who live in the village are all Guangxi people. Speaking of Guangxi dialect, there are about thousands of people, mostly civilians. Most of the people of the Black Flag Army live outside the city. They usually work in agriculture and are transferred in wartime. There are also some elite soldiers stationed in the village all year round, and the number of people is not a few thousand.

The Black Flag Barracks are located in the middle of Heye Village, covering a vast area. There are more than a dozen small villages, large and small, and most of them are wooden walls and grass fortresses without decoration.

Despite the financial support of Hu Chuyuan, Liu Yongfu did not dare to compare with the army of the imperial court. Even in his own base camp, he was very thrifty and tried his best to spend every penny in practice.

Hu Chuyuan looked at it all the way and was still very satisfied.

After entering the main village, as soon as Hu Chuyuan sat down, he said to Liu Yongfu, "General Liu, I'm here to take refuge this time. I hope you can keep it a secret and don't let outsiders know."

Liu Yongfu said silently, "Don't worry, I'm all my own family here, and I won't leak any wind. What's more, I have made arrangements for a long time, and everything is very secretive. You can continue to live in the name of the merchant and open an oil and salt shop here as a cover.

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly and asked, "I heard that the Qing court has appointed you as a named admiral, and the Vietnamese emperor has named you Admiral Sanxuan?"

Liu Yongfu sneered and said, "It's all false names. It's said that Admiral Sanxuan, and the funds still have to be raised by myself. However, the grain and salary in the Sanxuan area are allowed to be collected by myself, and finally there is a way to make a living. As for the named admiral of the Qing court, it is even more a false name in the false name, not to mention it. Without the support of Lord Hu for so many years, Liu would have been buried in the wilderness. Now you can take a look at the strength of Liu's soldiers and horses. Among the Vietnamese army, I am the only one who can compete with the legal person. When it comes to equipment, I am actually more powerful than the French. As for the Qing army, let's not talk about it. It's just a pile of mud that can't support the wall.

(to be continued)