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British Army camp.
Brigadier General Gazelli led Redcoat’s forces into the heart of the Bund in Shanghai. With the Dreadnought Fleet’s coastal grip, the supply ships could be laid quickly, so they advanced almost as if running to the Bund.
“Gentlemen! We are marching to Daechung Bank!”
British Army friend.
They brought a few machine guns and artillery into the Bund, but the Bund was already on fire. Gazelli’s expedition quickly arrived at Daechung Bank with about 10,000 people.
“Fortunately, it wasn’t too late.”
The rising smoke was the result of the rioters of the Boxer Corps, not the Governor-General’s legitimate pursuit of silver. Unless it was a legitimate silver collection, it was enough to collect it with a legitimate right.
“We protect the British from Parliament!”
Even the Bank of England landed in Shanghai. In fact, it was as if the state was putting a spoon on the banks’ collections, but it had no choice but to finance the shortage.
We have no choice but to follow the wishes of Downing 10th Street.
In the midst of a confrontation with Nok Young-gun of the Government-General of the Qing Empire centered on Daecheong Bank, an aide came running.
“General Nok Young-gun wants to negotiate in the lobby on the first floor of Daechung Bank.”
It was nice for Gazelle.
It was not in a situation where neither themselves nor Nokyoung could shoot each other anyway. Ironically, both of them had the greatest reason to punish the Boxers.
If they shot each other’s regular troops, that meant an all-out war, and both armies wanted to avoid unnecessary manpower wastage.
Nokyoung’s army had already deserted and the army was crumbling, and the British army had to go north to Tianjin and dispatch to Beijing when work was completed in Shanghai, so the loss of the personnel was painful.
“I accept the negotiation.”
He accepted the negotiation.
“I’m Brigadier General Gazelli.”
Daechung Bank 1st floor lobby.
The commander of the expeditionary battalion, Gazelli, led hundreds of red coats into the brief meeting room.
The general of Nok Young-gun also brought a gang, so neither of them said much.
“If you are Nokyoung’s general, you must know that shooting at each other in this situation is the worst.”
“Of course. We are aware of the fact that it is a loss without any benefit to each other. There is no justification in the first place, and there is nothing left.”
“Then it seems we are ready to negotiate with each other.”
It seemed that the cool thing was going to be easier than I thought.
Brigadier General Gazelli quietly whispered to the lieutenants.
“Bring the director of the Bank of England.”
Brigadier General Gazelli wanted to get the job done as quickly and effectively as possible. A person recommended by Admiral Siminer was accompanied by this expedition.
The Bank of England director entered the meeting room escorted by red coats.
“He will tell you the terms of the negotiation.”
“Nice to meet you. I am a director at the Bank of England.”
“Nice to meet you.”
It was not uncomfortable to have a conversation with an interpreter in the middle, but the director of the Bank of England did not reveal it. Rather, the admiration of the Detroit director’s progress as planned was neutralizing it.
He was armed with a gentle smile.
“We, the Bank of England, propose to collect a fee in lieu of providing weapons to your Green Army.”
Nok Young.
The ill-fated army that had fallen into an abyss when the Qing Empire went to the goal while already in a state of disrepair by being pushed by the armies.
The military commander-in-chief’s army, which was formed without even the right equipment, in a slack standard of deserters, was always short of weapons.
In such a situation, General Nokyoung’s ears were persuaded.
“What is a fee?’
“Anyway, tens of thousands of Boxer mobs have been rushing in, so you can’t even perform properly.”
At the end of the day, only some of them had shotguns, and the rest were practically no different from the Boxer mobs.
The Detroit director was well aware of the situation in the Qing Empire, and gave them advice to take advantage of their flaws and make friends. They give you the gift of military supplies.
Indeed, General Nokyoung’s eyes lit up.
“So, we would like to receive 30% of the currency swap as a fee, instead of taking over military supplies and machine guns from the bank and providing them to Nokyeong-gun.”
30%.
strong. However, he was well aware that the core of the British army was the machine gun. I can’t know. The British army was changing machine guns against the colonies, and if only machine guns were used, the indigenous forces were eliminated by 10,000 units.
Even in the Fashoda incident, the Mahdis forces were literally wiped out with machine guns.
General Nok Young-gun stole a sniff.
‘You have to beat the Boxers anyway to make them vomit out the silver ingots they swallowed, but it’d be better to borrow a machine gun and pay a 30% fee.’
I can only give you 15%.
The British Army and the Bank of England must not have thought they would give the full 30%. In the first place, it was impossible because there was no administrative power to buy silver ingots one by one.
“It’s 30%. That’s good. Instead, you have to provide a machine gun with a certain performance.”
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
The red coats put heavy DWM machine guns on the table! When I put it up, Young-gun Nok accepted it with a satisfied face.
“Let me accept it.”
The British and Green Army had to be wiped out first, and the Boxers had more than several times the combined number of the two camps.
“Bucheong and Goblin!
“Guns don’t even work in our inner circle! Let’s shoot the cannons! Cheolpo ginseng wrapped around our body will protect us!”
“Sweep all the battlefields! Silver ingots are buried in the ground!”
bang-!
An officer from Nok Young-gun rushed into the lobby on the first floor of Daechung Bank. In the hands of the soldiers who followed the officer, Green Young’s deserters were held. Apparently, he was hiding among the boxers, his clothes were shabby and ragged.
The officer, nervous because he was in front of the British army, saluted in a polite manner.
“The deserters were arrested and the silver bars were collected.”
At the officer’s words, Young-gun Nok jumped up from his seat. Brigadier General Gazelli also stood up as the negotiations had been completed.
Nok Young-gun slowly approached him.
“Gazelli, do you have a pistol?”
“Yes. But don’t you also have a pistol?”
“You can’t kill them all at once because the performance is bad.”
shudder.
Brigadier General Gazelli held out his pistol to General Green. The revolver rotated round and round, revealing the back of the bullet. Nokyoung’s general loaded the revolver as it was.
bang-!
The general, who narrowed his eyes, looked down at the deserters. Holding a pistol, he shot the deserter in the head without hesitation.
Nokyoung’s soldiers were shocked by the sudden gunshot.
‘Is it pre-pressure?’
Brigadier General Gazelli chuckled inwardly.
sometimes there In order to reduce the morale of the British army, they brutally kill them by summary execution right in front of their eyes. I had enough experience while working in British India.
“Give it back when you’re done.”
already worn out
He didn’t move an eyebrow.
***
“It is said that the Boxers were wiped out in just four days.”
Hong Kong Government-General.
The Governor-General of Hong Kong, Sir Black, also held the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Army Garrison in Hong Kong. What was called this time was a celebration of the founding of Nam Cheong Jobo, but the event had already ended and he had a private time with the Governor-General of Hong Kong in a private room.
‘The Deputy Secretary of Agriculture… I’m worried about that gentleman.’
Hongjang Lee and Governor-General Yang Guang were overturned by this.
The moment the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture was killed by the Boxers, 200,000 Filipino troops must have landed on the mainland of China, a threat serious enough to point the tip of a knife to the neck from the point of view of the Governor-General.
After Lee Hong-jang was stripped of his feet, all the available manpower that could be brought to Guangdong Province were organized as a search force and released.
In fact, the single meeting with the Governor-General of Hong Kong was also for the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture’s request for a search, but the Governor-General said that he would do it simply.
After receiving his confirmation, I moved on to business and talk.
“How was the machine gun we gave you?”
I smiled.
The Governor-General of Hong Kong was in awe.
“The British Army and the Green Young Army are all well-received. The low price does not degrade the quality, and it is no different from the existing DWM machine gun. Rather, it felt like an upgraded machine gun.”
Tokyo Ordnance Bureau.
This time, the newly built factory line was turned and several machine guns were supplied to the Hong Kong garrison, and Brigadier General Gazelli, who commands 10,000 troops, including the Hong Kong garrison, actively utilized these machine guns.
It was the quantity provided for testing.
It was used to check whether the Tokyo Ordnance Bureau’s factory line was running properly without defective products, so I handed it over for half the price.
Because the machine gun was produced by Japanese, the defect rate could be high, but fortunately there were no defects.
The Tokyo Ordnance Bureau also set high wages for the four-team, two-shift system in order to reduce the defect rate and foster skilled workers.
“Are you sure you want to sign a contract?”
“The military government of the Hong Kong garrison in charge of military affairs is my legitimate right as the governor of Hong Kong. If I will sign a contract, I sign a contract.”
“Still, the Hong Kong garrison is not part of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force.”
“I’m blindfolded. I can’t be sure who’s using what weapon every day, and I love machine guns. Especially since they were soldiers playing in the colonies.”
I feel omnipotent.
There was some truth to what the Governor-General of Hong Kong said. The British soldiers dispatched to the colony must have felt as if they were a messenger because they used machine guns to erase the colonists.
There is nothing wrong with saying that he has become omnipotent.
‘Well, no matter what.’
Anyway, the marketing was successful.
I was satisfied to be able to see the war special.
“When we shed a small amount of machine gun prices, the Ryanggang Government-General also secretly contacted our Hong Kong Government-General. They also said they were willing to trade.”
“It looks like you had some fun too.”
“Haha, everyone in Shanghai is having fun right now. Who would have known that the Han Chinese were hiding so much silver?”
The Hong Kong Governor-General laughed.
The thought of the silver ingots pouring out seemed to melt already.
The silver bars were literally pouring out ‘crazy’.
“It is a habit of the symbols of Shaanxi Province. The soil in Shaanxi Province where they work is not rotten and the ground is hard. So, it is said that they have a habit of storing silver ingots in the ground.”
“That was the first time I knew.”
“In addition, Chinese financiers are people who have been usuryers rather than investing in businesses.
Why don’t modern people know the sign of Shaanxi?
Clear.
because it’s ruined
They were the powers that held the financial world in China during the Ming and Qing period, but they became increasingly conservative and formed a solid concrete vested interest.
Until modern finance came in.
It is said that four investment proposals were made to Pyoho through Yuan Sky.
Invest in a modern bank.
they never did
and ruined it
“The flow of money was blocked by sticking to the traditional way of being caught up in the usury business. When it comes to investing, it’s about investing in the top, investing in raw materials, and investing in Kwansi. Nothing more, nothing less.”
“It’s definitely a rigid money management method.”
“Actually, America is not that different.”
It is almost the same as the reason why investment banks are downplayed in the United States. This was the structural reason why WASP took over commercial banking and investment banking turned into a Jewish-only financial business.
Deposits and loans will become sacred.
But America is a capitalist country.
At least as much as an investment, all risks were taken off and it was made like crazy.
Money is not stagnant
However, China was more familiar with transactions by personal connections, by the imperial family, and by officials.
Rigid investment worsened the flow of money, and silver ingots piled up in their soil.
Even during the Qing Empire period, silver bars from all over the world were pouring in. The amount of silver was so huge that Britain started the Opium War with the silver leak.
He was scooping up those silver ingots that had been lying there.
“Probably at least 100 times more silver ingots than Shanghai lies on the floor of Shaanxi.”
Shaanxi Province is a Wall Street in the Qing Empire.
There must have been an enormous amount of wealth lying there.
The money flow that had been dormant for hundreds of years was being mined in the form of currency swaps.
Every time you sell with a shovel, silver ingots are poured out.
probably would have turned around.
Shanghai is just the beginning.
And it was time to collect the 30% commission.
“The race has just begun.”
***
Berlin Palace, Germany.
Emperor Wilhelm and the governor of the Reichsbank (Central Bank) were sharing a single table in a private room.
“You said you were going to get a guarantee from the German government.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. Deokhwa Bank and Deokhwa Railway Corporation are the central financial forces in Qingdao. They have to take over a currency swap contract, but since Qingdao is located in Shandong Province, it seems that the deposit is unstable.”
“There’s a point.”
The Boxer Movement originated in Shandong Province.
Who will lend to banks in Shandong Province? If there was no guarantee from the German government, it seemed that he would not do it even if he was himself.
“Did those eel eaters have a lot of fun? George is going to love it.”
“Yeah, the Banks of England said that when they collected the silver bars in Shanghai, they literally spilled out. They said they were pouring out so much that they couldn’t even load them all on the fleet.”
Reichsbank.
The governor of the central bank felt his butt heat up. German banks also wanted to go to Shandong Province as soon as possible to collect money. Shandong is a province near Beijing. It was expected that there would be more silver ingots since it was a castle located right next to Jikryeseong, the capital area.
The fact that there are almost no mining and smelting costs means that silver mines do not have such silver mines.
“Would there be no complaints even if the Hohenzollern imperial family charged the Reichsbank and Deokhwa Banks with state guarantee fees?”
“Of course, Your Majesty. Rather, if the great imperial family of the German Empire, which is closer to the monarchy, gives a guarantee, we will be able to get a higher credit rating.”
“Okay. Allow me.”
“Is that true!”
The Reichsbank president’s face brightened with anger.
But Emperor Wilhelm also had a plan. Counselors advised that Krupp would need a lot of money to nationalize it.
This silver collection was an invaluable opportunity as a source of funding for the nationalization of Krupp.
Emperor Wilhelm said quietly.
“Instead, you should procure 10% of the silver ingots to the imperial family as a commission from the state guarantee. I will also send the German army instead.”
“Yes, I will. Your Majesty.”
“great.”
Emperor Wilhelm nodded.
“You protect Germany’s sacred treasure.”
***
that time.
Shandong Province.
“Bucheong and Goblin!
“Aren’t your children the Qing dynasty’s army! Why are you oppressing the Boxers? Our enemy sheep are over there! Whoa!”
“Release this right now! Bullets don’t work for us! No artillery works for us, armed with the iron guns of the right-of-way!”
Governor-General of Shandong Province.
Thousands of new soldiers under the governor’s office were arbitrarily lined up.
Hundreds of captured boxers shouted and groaned, but the new soldiers remained immovable.
As if their movements were neither seen nor heard.
“Empress Dowager Seo is not even sane. What do you believe in these people to keep you going in the Forbidden City?”
Yuan Sky.
As the commander-in-chief of the new army, he wandered around and inspected the line of the new army with his back. Unlike other Nokyoung troops, the Shingun was an elite army armed with a mouser rifle.
It used to be a powerful force in the Qing Empire that was funded by Yi Hong-jang, the former minister of Beiyang, but now it was only a handful of Yuan Sky.
“Neonoom! Wonsegae! Because of your betrayal, the Blue House fell to hell!”
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One of the Boxers, who seemed a bit intellectual, began to chime in.
Stop.
Wean Sky’s footsteps stopped.
When he stopped at his words, the excited Boxers continued to provoke Yuan Sky with spitting in their mouths.
“Isn’t it because you betrayed the imperial family and got attached to Empress Seo?”
“A benediction? I mean. Aren’t you tied up.”
Yuan Sky smiled as if it was a bit funny.
Then the boxer, whose eyes were bloodshot, put a blood stick around his neck and began to point.
“Kyaah”
“hey.”
Fireworks flashed in Yuan Sky’s eyes.
In a voice as cold as ice, he gave orders to the gods.
“Bring that bastard out. Stop it over there.”
“Yes, General.”
“Prepare to fire, aim.”
shudder.
The new soldiers load their mouser rifles. Just raise the barrel and aim at the Boxers.
Comfort Sky looked at the Boxers with frosty eyes for the last time.
“Yeah, guns don’t work. I trust you. Stop it.”
“Come on, wait a minute!!!”
“Give me a coat.”
Ignoring the protesters’ protests.
Yuan Sky lowered her hand.
“Shoot.”
Tatatattattattattatang!
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One time, a gunshot rang out.
Ten seconds later, something unrecognizable rolled around the floor, but no sound was heard.
Yuan Sky looked down at the bodies with satisfaction.
“It’s dead.”
What is iron ginseng?
The faces of the rest of the Boxers were dying.
“viceroy.”
Then, Yuan Sky’s lieutenant came running to him.
“What’s going on?”
“I have received an interview request from the German Naval Office in Qingdao. There was a strong request from German banks, how should we handle it?”
“Ah, that.”
Comfort Sky made an expression that seemed to have come just in time. The recent events in Shanghai were told through his warlords, so he was already aware of the silver bullying.
And I knew.
Like the contract between the Governor-General of Yanggang and the British Army, I wondered if the German army would also sign a contract with them.
“I mean, you contacted me this way first.”
There was a big weakness.
Unlike Nokyoung, Yuan Sky’s new army was strong, but unlike Governor Yanggang, there was no currency swap contract.
So German banks were absolutely necessary.
“Set up an appointment right now and treat the German banks with utmost respect. There shouldn’t be any mistakes.”
“Yep!”
Wean Sky’s eyes began to glow dangerously.
***
“Master, it is a report that the German banks and Yuan Sky have contacted.”
quiver-
I leaned my back on the chair. He quickly smiled at James’ report.
The news I most wanted to hear came.
“He took the bait.”
Yuan Sky.
he asked for the bait The circuit of the dilemma lit up. An arms race between the governors would be inevitable as long as he stepped in. One loach called Yuan Sky will violently cloud the entire pool.
reached an inflection point.
“Now I can’t stop.”
Soon the curtain of the warlord era will come.
If so, I’ll have to start slowly now.
“James.”
“Yes, Master.”
“Please enter the director of the New York Ordnance Bureau in Tokyo. Also bring in Archibald, Director of Standard Oil.”
I calmed my eyes.
“Now, let’s start working for the war special in earnest.”
The time was approaching to give wings to the US, my bankbook, and the third low boom.
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