New Warlords 1909

Most merchants politely decline.Expressed no intention to be involved in any dispute.and pledged to remain neutral.Do not disrupt the market.After Hua Fei said goodbye.These merchants think about it.Why did Hua Fei come to the door.Did he already know that they were not involved in the operation?Think here.Many people couldn't help sweating and terrified.The intelligence system of the Hua Commander is too scary.

It is impossible for domestic capital to flock to Suzhou, Shanghai and other places.What Hua Fei is most worried about is the capital of foreign merchants.

After visiting many merchants in Shanghai.Hua Fei visited several foreign consulates one after another.Exchanged some concessions and the temporary amendments to the circulation of currency and goods in Shanghai, etc.It has received verbal acquiescence from countries such as the United States, Germany, Britain, and France.

The consulate verbally acquiesced.It does not mean that those foreigners will give up their interests.Do not participate in this blocking operation.As long as there is enough profit.No law can restrain them.What Hua Fei needs to prepare for is when they lose everything in the end.Can not rely on the power of the government.Forcibly interfere.

Although ordinary citizens do not know that a market storm is brewing.Even those revolutionaries came to protest.Accusing Hua Fei should not be before the establishment of the self-government government.Issue banknotes.Moreover, it is issued by Pacific Bank of a private nature.Solemnly declare that Pacific Bank does not have this right.

Of course, most of them could not see Hua Fei. When some revolutionaries were angry, they even published newspapers calling on the people to refuse to use the new currency, and organized demonstrations to denounce Hua Fei's illegal behavior.

With the help of people with good intentions, the momentum became louder and louder.According to news reports, with Hua Fei's stunned temper and iron-fisted character, he will inevitably take tough measures to suppress him.

But who would have thought that everyone waited and waited, Hua Fei seemed to have left Suzhou and Shanghai, not only did he not make a sound, but all the recent news reports did not see any news or presence of him.Only interested people have noticed from the newspapers that the Second Army of the National Defense Forces stationed in Anhui, the First Army of the National Defense Forces main force in Jiangsu, and the Third Army of the National Defense Forces stationed in Shanghai have all mobilized border guards and other places to strictly investigate and monitor food supplies. Outflow of flour etc.

There is also a piece of news that is not very eye-catching, that is, in several remote locations in the suburbs of Shanghai, some people have invested in the construction of several large granaries.At the same time, according to rumors, many cities such as Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, Wuhu, Anqing, and Hefei are building large grain depots.

In addition, small businessmen and citizens in customs and defense places such as Shanghai Port suddenly discovered that there are heavily armed soldiers on duty 24 hours a day to assist the police in maintaining order.In addition, the Pacific Bank also set up a temporary office here to be responsible for the exchange of banknotes.

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Once the customs and other staff found the inflow of funds with an amount of more than 3 silver dollars, they persuaded the silver owner to exchange banknotes.If the silver owner does not exchange, the newly established metal currency entry tax will be levied.The tax rate of one hundred silver dollars is not too high, if it is one thousand silver dollars, then there is a tax rate of about 10%, and if [-] silver dollars enter the country, the tax rate is as high as [-]%.

This move has little impact on citizens and small businessmen, because banknotes can be freely converted into silver dollars when they leave the country.Therefore, for ordinary citizens and businessmen, it is easier to carry light banknotes.But those big businessmen with ulterior motives are not willing, and some money houses and banks even lodged a solemn protest to the Shanghai government.Such a policy is obviously extremely unfavorable to the transfer of capital between banks.

After reporting to Hua Fei's headquarters, the Shanghai Municipal Government quickly responded.No one is allowed to violate the Temporary Implementation Act of Currency Reform. If banks and banks really need to transfer capital, they can apply to the Interim Audit Office of Pacific Bank for review. After confirmation and approval, the reserve funds can be released in a special way.

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief and was about to cheer, another decree was promulgated and implemented, a temporary special notice on banking loans.

The notice stipulates that all bank banks in Jiangsu and Shanghai shall not grant a single loan of more than 1000 yuan to any individual or collective without authorization, and shall not grant a total of more than 1 yuan to any individual or collective within one month unless they have received this notice. A loan of [-] yuan.

Individuals and factories that need to apply for a large loan must submit the loan application amount and the loan bank to the Temporary Audit Office of Pacific Bank.Only after passing the review can a large amount of special loan be obtained.All banks and banks that violate this notice will be punished with heavy fines, and in severe cases, the business license of the financial industry will even be confiscated.

A series of moves and measures have been launched in a short period of time.Ordinary businessmen and citizens at most had a little more to talk about, guessing Hua Fei's intentions.But those capitalists with ulterior motives knew that Hua Fei might have heard the news and started to take measures.

The more intense Hua Fei's reaction was, the more empty his heart became.Because of their investigation, the capital that Hua Fei can use will not exceed 5000 million yuan in cash.Even with the issuance of banknotes and the adoption of metal currency entry tax, the reserves that Huafei can mobilize will not exceed 1 million yuan.

And these capital crocodiles have already combined more than 20 billion yuan in cash and goods in Shanghai, Nanjing, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang and other important cities, of which Shanghai has collected more than 70% of the cash and goods.This is not counting those private capitals that will fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the fire.What makes these capital crocodiles most confident is that many foreign businessmen in Shanghai and other places have reached a joint agreement with them, blocking all Hua Fei's escape routes.

This plan has been plotted for so long, who is sending capital now.Although Hua Fei's reaction was ferocious, it was already too late.Originally, I planned to plan more carefully, but now that the action has been known, let's start to sweep the market quietly!

"Report, Commander, your phone number!"

"No, didn't I say that I won't answer anyone's calls at this time!"

"But... it's a woman!" Wang Meng said cautiously.

Hua Fei was so angry that he almost threw a teacup at him, but thinking of Wang Meng's character, if it wasn't special, he would never bother him at this time.Immediately took a breath and said, "Who is it?"

"It's that Inge...man, Man Heli's female reporter, it's her phone number, she said, I must... want you to answer her call!"

"It's Ingrid Hermann, what is she calling at this time? Didn't you tell her that I'm not in Shanghai?" Hua Fei asked in confusion.

"I said it, but that lady said...Young master, you are not an honest...person, so...that's why she doesn't believe me!"

"I'm dishonest, what's none of your business?" Hua Fei couldn't help laughing, stood up and said, "Okay, I'll answer the phone and ask this lady reporter, is she urging me to return her news!"

"Hello……"

As soon as Hua Fei made a sound, Herman exclaimed on the phone, "Aha, I finally guessed it. I said how could you not be in Shanghai during such a critical period. Mr. Hua, you include you None of your adjutants are honest people, this is not because Miss Ben is slandering you!"

Hua Fei's heart tightened, he noticed that Heman mentioned the word "critical period", could it be said.Hua Fei smiled lightly, and said calmly, "Hello, Miss Herman. I have to admit that a woman's intuition is indeed very accurate. But if you call me and urge me to return your news or Invite me out to dinner, sorry, I don't have time right now!"

"Not only are you dishonest, but you are also very ungentlemanly! I have never heard from any man, waiting for me to invite him out for dinner." Ingrid Herman seemed very annoyed.

"I'm not a gentleman, I'm just a soldier!" Hua Fei shrugged, although Herman couldn't see it at all.

"Okay, okay, I know our commander is busy with military affairs, so I won't waste your time. I'm calling this time to tell you something!" Herman's voice finally sounded normal.

"what's up?"

"I just heard the news from a friend. Recently, it seems that a group of big businessmen want to speculate in Shanghai and other places. You should pay attention. My friend is American. According to him, many foreign businessmen are waiting I want to salvage a fortune. Of course, after my warning, my friend will never participate, so you can rest assured!"

really!What Hua Fei is most worried about is still coming. Although the consuls of several countries have made verbal promises to Hua Fei, they do not have much right to interfere with the behavior of businessmen. Once the capital of foreign businessmen participates, Hua Fei's opponents The strength will be even bigger, huge enough to crush him to nothing left.

"Hello? Commander Hua? Mr. Hua? Hua Fei? What's the matter with you?" Herman on the other end of the phone couldn't help calling out cautiously seeing that Hua Fei hadn't made a sound for a long time.

"It's okay, I already know about this matter, and I'm dealing with it! By the way, thank you and your friend. When everything is over, I will invite you and your friend to have dinner!"

Heman froze for a moment, and didn't take Hua Fei's words as a joke, but rather worriedly said, "My friend said, this time the plan is big, do you need help?"

"Haha!" Hua Fei laughed loudly, "Dear Miss Reporter, if you can really help me, why not help me apply for a loan of several hundred million dollars from a bank in the United States, then all problems will be solved!"

Hua Fei said it casually, and it was completely joking, but Heman listened, but said very seriously, "It needs hundreds of millions of dollars? Well, I'll try it out and give you news as soon as possible!"

"Uh... ah... again...!" This time it was Hua Fei's turn to be dumbfounded, and Heman had already hung up the phone before he finished saying goodbye.Hua Fei stared at the microphone in a daze for a while, then shook his head with a helpless smile, put down the phone and went back to the study, continuing to plan

details of the measures.

Two weeks have passed, and in just two weeks, prices in Shanghai have risen rapidly.The price of rice has broken through 7 yuan per stone from about 9 yuan per stone, wheat has risen from about 5 yuan per stone to 37 yuan per pack of powder, and other cotton cloth, cotton yarn, sugar and salt have different increases of 10-30%.Steel, coal, cement and other industrial products, because the demand is not very large, the current increase has not exceeded 10%.

In just two weeks, the entire Shanghai market has seen such an increase.It has already caused quite a commotion. Many citizens and businessmen have joined the army of hoarding grain. Seeing that the price of grain has risen so rapidly, some grains have reduced their shipments to seek greater profits.

"How is it? What is the status of our grain, cotton, flour and other material reserves in the early stage?" In a remodeled conference room of the Jiangnan factory, Hua Fei was meeting with members of the emergency team to discuss the current situation.In addition to the original team members of the emergency team, several staff officers from the headquarters and more than a dozen outstanding students from the School of Administration also came to listen and help.

"Commander, since we made the move quietly three days in advance, we have already stockpiled 30 shi of rice, 20 shi of wheat, and 30% of the flour production in Jiangsu and Shanghai have been ordered by us, and the hoarding of cotton cloth, cotton yarn, sugar and salt is slightly less. However, all the goods imported by the customs are temporarily detained by us. If necessary, they can be forcibly bought at a slightly higher market price than usual. As for steel and cement, since we have our own factories, although there have been many orders recently, the products Most of them are in stock, and only approved orders and our own construction projects will be shipped. In addition, all small and medium-sized coal mines in northern and northern Jiangsu are monitored by us. Although the price fluctuates, it is estimated that their funds are all concentrated in food and other aspects Scan the goods. As of yesterday, we have used more than 4000 million funds, and since today, our inventory speed has slowed down!"

CEFC has been in charge of most of the financial calculations and audits since Huafei joined the army.In this crisis, CEFC's accounting skills were fully demonstrated, and it skillfully used capital to reprimand Fang Qiu.His mental outlook has also changed from the original cautious and silent, and has become much more cheerful.

When he was young, Hua Fuyuan sent him to Xinxue to learn business skills, and since then he has been running several small factories of the Hua family, which is quite profitable.However, since Hua Fei sold those factories, although Huaxin has managed more and more factories in name, he has not dabbled in heavy industry and so on. Most of his daily work is auditing and calculating various financial statements. , It is often ten days and a half months without seeing anyone.

"Second brother, listen, the speed of sweeping goods cannot be stopped, especially daily necessities and strategic materials such as grain, flour, oil, etc., you must collect as much as you have." Hua Fei knew the reason why Huaxin slowed down. In just one week, it cost more than 4000 million yuan.And with the soaring prices, it is not clear how long the remaining funds can last.There is no telling when this war will end.

"In addition, tell the steel and cement plants that they can release goods to the market properly, but the price must be increased. Our funds can also take the opportunity to raise the prices of steel and cement in exchange for a certain amount of capital. In addition, order the construction management office, Huainan and The large coal mines in Huaibei should produce coal for me as soon as possible. In addition, explore the route from Huaibei to Jinpu line for me, and build a railway from Huaibei to Jinpu line as soon as possible to facilitate the transportation of coal.”

"I agree!" Cao Yuan immediately agreed, "According to my estimation, they are currently concentrating on sweeping the food market, and they are only tentatively making moves, and the funds used are no more than [-] million yuan. Sensitive materials. Now we are not only not allowing food to leave the country, but also importing large quantities, it is impossible for them to stay in the food for a long time!"

Cao Yuan’s analysis seems to have been well thought out, “Their motivation is obvious. They want to make a lot of profits, but also want to completely crush the self-government, so we have to ask the central government and foreigners for help! So their main funds will eventually come from Flowing to resources such as steel and coal, once these resources are controlled, it is tantamount to choking our industrial development neck. Even if we can sustain it, those businessmen will turn their backs!"

"One thing I need to explain in advance." Huaxin worried, "Currently, Yuan Shikai has blocked all the food passages in the north on the grounds of food shortage. Jiangnan and other provinces do not know what agreement they have reached with Yuan Shikai. Food transportation has also created a large number of obstacles. Zhejiang has even closed all land ports and waterways that border us, and it is strictly forbidden to transport all products to Jiangsu, Shanghai and other places! In the entire surrounding area, only the grain passages in Jiangxi remain normal!"

"They are taboo. They taboo us to grow stronger and annex them! Especially Zhu Rui, the governor of Zhejiang, has always been as timid as a mouse, and he is on both sides. This time he is such a bastard, how dare he blatantly provoke our National Defense Force!" Staff officer Bai Kaijun Can't help standing up and cursing.

"Crack!" Hua Fei slapped the table and said coldly, "Immediately send a telegram to Zhu Rui, governor of Zhejiang Province, remember that it is an open telegram. Don't be verbose, give him an ultimatum for the last day, ordering him to open a connection with me within one day All the ports in the city must not prevent any normal commercial flow. Otherwise, let him be responsible for all responsibilities and consequences!"

"Okay!" Bai Kaijun clapped his hands loudly, "I will send this telegram myself to scare the chickens and monkeys!"

"Even so, due to the rapid rise in prices, which caused panic buying among citizens, and the deliberate hoarding of merchants for profit, the current grain shipments in Shanghai are declining sharply. If this continues, not only will the price of grain continue to rise, I am afraid It will cause riots! Especially the ordinary peasants and laborers, they don’t have much left to buy stones and grains for their monthly labor. Now that the price of grains is soaring, I’m afraid the lives of countless poor families will be in trouble!”