251 Red Ghost

The sonatas of the Western band composed by the Chinese became cheerful and exciting.

The Chinese stewer stood at the exit of the inner hall and shouted, "The Consul General of the British Empire in Hankou, Lord Gefugo is arriving!"

With a sound, both foreigners and Chinese businessmen all stood up.

The sound of footsteps, first of all, Pan En, who is full of spring breeze, is the leader. Then there was an old foreigner with a tall and thin figure, wearing a big dress and a serious look. His dress was covered with a big ribbon, and a diamond-encrusted star medal hung on his chest. It is dazzling in the bright lights all over the house.

The old foreigner looked arrogant and cold, with a steady pace, with a typical British big teeth.

In the sound of the music, the two walked to the main table, and Gefu nodded coldly. The crowd also nodded and saluted and sat down with a hum.

Li wanted to follow the action of the crowd, but he just looked at the real master curiously. Sure enough, the two forces are combined, but it's not a big deal.

Gofu's eyes slowly swept over and touched him, as if it was pierced straight into the bone. Li wanted to grin and smiled very unkindly.

Everyone sat down and looked up at the two people still standing there.

Goffe picked up a glass of champagne: "Ladies and gentlemen! Today's high meeting, everyone understands... The Chamber of Commerce of International is organized by foreign banks, banks and commercial companies in various countries in China. It aims to promote the development of foreign banks and banking business, and coordinate trade disputes between foreign banks. It existed since the Qing Dynasty. Each commercial company is a member, with a total of 56 member units. A plenary session is held every year. The plenary session is divided into import, export, shipping and banking groups, and each group will hold a meeting. Edit and publish Hankow Statistics (HankowStatistics) to record the weekly business situation in Hanbu. Today is the day when Hankou Statistics is published, which records the development of Hankou and witnesses the prosperity of Hankou! The businessmen of all countries sweated hard for the development and prosperity of this Chinese city, led the city to civilization and civilization, which also promoted the vigorous development of the Chinese revolution. Today, Wuhan has become the first place of the Chinese revolution. Can we celebrate the Wuhan revolution? Can you celebrate the prosperity of Wuhan?

Regardless of the ocean and soil, it should all be. The laughter is so colorful.

Li Xiang is as disgusting as swallowing a fly. In the rising countries, the introduction of talents and reform and opening up are the meaning of the question. However, this makes people control their lifeline. Every year, they look up to people's noses for Guan Yuyang, and they are grateful for big and small things.

In the modern history of the world, China is the only one.

Pan En nodded with a humble smile. Everyone followed Goffe's sign and picked up their wine glasses. While the guests were negotiating with each other, a cold snorting was heard all over the seat. It came from Xi Duan.

Everyone looked sideways and saw Li want to stand there without a glass of wine. Song Queqi's mouth behind him is full of oily gnawing German pig elbows. In contrast, he can barely be called a heroic hair.

At the moment, everyone thinks, "Crazy!"

The whole seat suddenly calmed down, and Goff and Pan's faces became gloomy.

Gofu held up his wine glass and touched Pan En. Then I took a slight sip. Everyone was in a mess.

With Goff's signal, everyone sat down.

Goff was still standing and said lightly, "I have been loyal to the royal family and the city for nearly 30 years. Seeing that Hankou is gradually stable, the communication with the world's civilized countries is becoming more and more normal. I feel very gratified in my heart. In the process of joining the civilized world, Hankou needs a large number of people who understand the whole civilized society to participate in the construction and management. Whether it's finance, politics, education, technology, or military...

Hankou is undoubtedly a beautiful city. Nevertheless, Hankou before 1861 was just a typical commercial town, and there was basically no commercial dealings with the civilized world. Hankou or Wuhan at that time did not have the urban connotation and characteristics in the sense of a civilized world.

·The opportunity to open the port

From the perspective of the civilization of Hankou city and the international city, the opening of Hankou in 1861 is an important boundary marker. After the opening of Hankou, the British Empire was the first to trade with Hankou, and merchants from all walks of life in the civilized world also "immediately flocked to it". The United States, France, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Japan, Switzerland, Peru and other countries first traded with Han.

At the same time, merchants of the civilized world also began to open raw material processing factories in Hankou. According to the records of Hankou Statistics edited and published by the International Chamber of Commerce, before Zhang Zhidong supervised Hubei, the merchants of the civilized world opened the following raw material processing factories in Hankou:

Shunfeng Brick Tea Factory opened by Russian businessmen in the first year of Tongzhi (1863)

New Thai brick tea factory opened by Russian businessmen in the fifth year of Tongzhi (1866)

Hankou Brick Tea Factory opened by British businessmen in the eleventh year of Tongzhi (1872)

Fuchang Brick Tea Factory opened by Russian businessmen in the 13th year of Tongzhi (1874)

Gold and silver smelter opened by British businessmen in the first year of Guangxu (1875)

Hankou Pressing Factory opened by British businessmen in the second year of Guangxu (1876)

Longmao Packaging Factory opened by British businessmen in the second year of Guangxu (1876)

Pingping and packaging factory opened by British businessmen in the sixth year of Guangxu (1880)

The most beautiful egg factory opened by German businessmen in the thirteenth year of Guangxu (1887)

The gift and egg factory opened by German businessmen in the thirteenth year of Guangxu (1887)

Yuanheng Egg Factory opened by German businessmen in the 15th year of Guangxu (1889)

The opening of these raw material processing plants has promoted the long-term development of Hankou's foreign trade in a very far-reaching positive sense. For example, the three major tea factories of SF Express, Xintai and Fuchang run by Russian businessmen, the brick tea produced by them was sold to Russia and Inner Mongolia. Before the 1890s, the capital was 4 million taels of silver, with 15 steam-powered brick tea machines, seven tea cake machines, thousands of Chinese employees, with an annual output value of nearly 50 million taels, with considerable regulations. Mold. The expansion of the tea industry has stimulated the growth of tea trade.

After the opening of Hankou, the emergence of "foreign bank" has also contributed the greatest contribution to the construction and development of Hankou. In 1862, Jardine & Pacific opened a branch in Hankou. At first, it was mainly engaged in the shipping industry, and then expanded its import and export trade and other businesses. Jardine has four departments: bow, bank, insurance, and import and export. Among them, there are four offices under the head of the ship: ship, barge, dock and stack, to handle all relevant shipping business. The banking department has set up a "beneficial bank" specializing in cargo trust and other businesses. The insurance department operates all kinds of water and fire insurance business. The Import and Export Department is engaged in tea, cotton, cotton yarn, cow and sheepskin, hardware machinery and other businesses. In addition to Jardine, the United States, Germany, France, Russia and other countries have also set up foreign banks in Hankou. The business scope of the foreign bank is very wide, which has a great impact on the development of Hankou. In terms of the shipping industry of Yihe Yanghang, it has more than 20 passenger and cargo ships, driving Hanshen, Hanyi, Shenyi, Yiyu and other routes, which plays a pivotal role in the transportation industry in the Yangtze River Basin. The development of the Yangtze River shipping industry centered on Hankou has promoted the circulation of goods and the growth of import and export trade.

It can be considered that after the opening of Hankou, the influx of merchants from the civilized world, the establishment of foreign banks, and the establishment of foreign-funded enterprises closely related to foreign trade have gradually promoted Hankou to move from an inland closed and backward city to an open international civilized city.

In 1902, the total value of import and export goods in Hankou was 10.321,000 taels of silver, and in 1910, it increased to 152.199 million taels of silver. Who is responsible for such a leapfrog development?

I can't believe that once the Hankou concession is recycled and the friendship that supports the civilized world that supports the development of Hankou towards civilization, can the city still have such glory and prosperity? ...I'm here to ask the general with respect. How much do you know about the national revolutionary movement in the civilized world? What insightful suggestions do you have for the current policy of Hankou? The construction of Hankou is progressing steadily, and the distance between Hankou and the civilized world is gradually getting closer. Do you have any unique suggestions for this process? After the recovery of Hankou, can you guarantee that the city will continue to prosper? As an old man, I listen here with humility.

Everyone's eyes are focused on Li Xiang.

Li wanted to have a cigar in his but still smile on his face. But this expression slowly sank down.

At this time, Li Xiang encountered the same problem when Mr. Deng recovered Hong Kong!

No wonder his unmovable Chinese businessman was invited by Gefu all of a sudden! Gefu and Pan En have such a big battle that they just want to criticize him, Marshal Li! Let the Chinese merchants in Hankou know that they have meat to eat with Lord Yang, and follow Marshal Li to cut their meat!

With the support of Chinese businessmen in Hankou, Marshal Li wanted to recover the concession, but he couldn't make much sound.

Li Xiang thought that the problem that had been hovering in his mind for a long time was so open-minded, and his whole body felt extremely light. I have to do it myself, but that's all!

He took off the cigar and sprayed a mouthful of blue-gray smoke crazily.

Lord Ge. I am very clear about the means by merchants in the civilized world to help build Chinese civilization... The full import tax is levied on foreign goods imported from abroad or from another Chinese treaty port (unless there is a tax exemption certificate to prove that the tariff has been paid at the original port of import). You can get a transit certificate by paying half of the import tax listed at the customs, and these goods can be transported to the destination without paying cents along the way. Chinese goods exported or transported to another treaty port are subject to a full export tax; if they are transferred to a second Chinese port, they are subject to a coastal trade tax equal to half of the export tax. For Chinese goods transported from the mainland to a treaty port and then abroad, if you want to obtain an export transit certificate that is exempted from the gold tax along the way, the customs should levy a transit fee equal to half of the export tax... I have never heard of such a thing in the civilized world!

Under the system of extraterriodicate power and "unequal treaties", the members of diplomatic missions and their consulates at treaty ports can actually be regarded as part of the Qing government and have exclusive jurisdiction over civil and criminal jurisdiction over foreign nationals in China. The magistrates are wary of all real or imaginary violations of the treaty - not only a literal violation, but also a spiritual violation. In the precedent accumulated for decades after the conclusion of the Nanjing Treaty, the spirit referred to has become the kind of vague and arbitrary interpretation of the rights of the contracting powers. God. Whenever the status and interests of foreigners may be affected by certain actions of the Qing government, the great powers will almost definitely exert enough pressure on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or other departments. They claim to have suffered direct losses and negotiate in every way, and rarely agree on moderate compensation. Officials who are "responsible for these "infringing interests" have been criticized unscrupulously. Like demanding the removal of obstacles to navigation on the Yangtze River and the Pearl River, they have repeatedly tried to demand the suppression of so-called publications that abuse foreigners. They spend a lot of time and effort to attack the exclusive concessions granted or contracts with or may be granted by the central or local government to other powerful countries.

I remember the former American minister Tian Bei wrote in 1906: In European countries, if he tries to do a small part of these things, he will get a passport and leave.

Looking at Li Xiang talking there, those foreigners' faces became whiter and whiter. The glass in Gofu's hand was about to come out of water.

Many Chinese who went to the meeting seemed to understand some. Foreigners gave them meat to eat, but the meat was cut from themselves!

Many people have also begun to look at this young man. What on earth is this boy going to do? Can he guarantee to get rid of the ghosts and continue to make money?

Li Xiang's thoughts at this time are not enough for outsiders to say.

He had a flat expression with a cigar, but the content of his words became more and more intense.

"... As for all these treaty ports, they are the centers of international commercial development in which Chinese people are increasingly participating in. Chinese capital and foreign capital are mixed in this development; buyers are the actual operators of foreign firms, not just employees. The treaty port was jointly completed by China and foreign countries, not the credit of some foreigners.

I believe that after abolishing the privileges of foreigners in Hankou, Hankou will develop healthily in a more open, just and civilized way. Hankou, in charge of my administration, is definitely open to the civilized world. As long as it is a legitimate businessman, I welcome it regardless of Huayang.

Hankou should be peaceful and fair. Only in a peaceful era can we get rich together, and only in a fair system can we live in peace together.

But for the sake of peace and fairness in Hankou, it is imperative to recover the Hankou Concession, even if we use force! I hope that the British authorities can see the situation clearly and not create artificial resistance for peace in Hankou!

Nowadays, the civilized world is turbulent, and even a small peace is hard-won..."

The Chinese were thinking in their hearts, but the foreigners suddenly made a noise. Pan En saw that Gofu's face was getting worse and worse. He coughed and said coldly, "In the civilized world, where can the situation be turbulent?"

Li Xiang smiled, but spoke in German: "A ghost, the ghost of communism, wandering in the European continent..."

Ge Fu's face is even more embarrassed. Now when he looks at this Marshal Li, he feels like a red element.

Li Xiang smiled, picked up a glass of champagne and drank it up. He arched his fist and said, "Brother, I've had enough wine. Let's say goodbye. Lord Ge, Lord Pan, thank you for your call. Next, Liu Yuan swept the path and waited for the arrival of the Negotiators of the British Empire.

As he finished speaking, he actually took Song Queyang to go like this.

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