Before Deng Ming could arrive in Nanchang, he met the banker of Chengdu Development Bank who was released by Zhang Chao.

"This is 500,000 taels of silver, please accept it." A banker named Feng Ziming handed over the money he paid for in purchasing public debts to Deng Ming. After finishing the promotion in Huguang, under the leadership of Yu Youming of the Industrial Bank, all bankers canceled the discount requirements for the agency to sell public debts, but Deng Ming still set the exchange ratio to one tael of silver for one tael of IOU to make profits for the agency distributors.

"Didn't Zhang Chao make things difficult for Boss Feng?" Deng Ming asked with concern.

These bankers are pioneers of the financial invasion in western Sichuan. The profits they make by relying on agency sales are also of great significance to western Sichuan. The more abundant the funds these banks have, the more loans they can provide to fellow scholars in western Sichuan.

"At first, he wanted to make things difficult for me, but I shouted 'Call the soldiers in western Sichuan to attack you', and Zhang Chao didn't dare to make things difficult for me anymore." Feng Ziming said proudly.

"Well, it's better to change it to the imperial army in the future." Deng Ming nodded, very satisfied with Feng Ziming's reaction. However, he did not intend to let Zhang Chao go easily. After carefully asking about Feng Ziming's experience in Nanchang, Deng Ming sneered: "The fellow scholars who were under house arrest in the empire and openly lied to the empire's bankers. If Zhang Chao did not pay a little price, I'm afraid that someone would be lucky in the future."

Deng Ming's plan was to ask Zhang Chao to pay some compensation, but Deng Ming had no intention of dividing the profits, but planned to hand them all over to Chengdu Development Bank. However, unexpectedly, Feng Ziming did not intend to blackmail Zhang Chao again: "Duke, I just agreed to Zhang Chao. This matter was revealed, and I will not blame him."

"Oh?" Deng Ming was about to say that not punishing the criminal was to condon the crime, but suddenly reacted and smiled, "Has Zhang Chao agreed to pay Boss Feng any compensation?"

"Yes," as Deng Ming expected, after receiving the urgent report sent by Jiujiang, Zhang Chao immediately invited Feng Ziming back to the court and agreed to all the new requests from the other party in one breath: "Zhang Chao agreed that half of the porcelain income in the future will be used to purchase imperial government bonds. No matter what kind of government bonds it is, our Chengdu Development Bank will represent the sales of this part of the government bonds."

"Haha, it's very good." Deng Ming laughed. It's certainly gratifying that Zhang Chaoda used half of the porcelain income to buy imperial government bonds, but compared to this, bankers can make Deng Ming happy by using the situation to make profits for themselves. It's much better than just lending to their own people and then not giving interest as much as possible: "Don't worry, Boss Feng, the Empire will never let you do it in vain. No one can take this agency right away from your bank."

Today, Deng Ming's ship was gathered on the ship. The sales activities of public debt in Huguang were quite smooth, but they were boycotted in Jiangxi. After realizing the resistance, Deng Ming did not ask the bankers to go to Jiangnan immediately, but returned to the army to stand by. If Deng Ming had to launch a war in Jiangxi, he really needed to reconsider his tone of speaking to Jiang Guozhu and Zhang Changgeng. The more intense the resistance in Jiangxi, the more bargaining chips it can win for Nanjing and Wuchang. However, the troubles in Jiangxi have been resolved smoothly, and the Ming army has suffered no losses at all. It is imperative to promote public debt in Jiangnan, and the Ming army can also become tougher toward Jiang Guozhu.

"Now Jiang Guozhu is isolated and helpless, he doesn't have to expect support from Huguang and Jiangxi; and Huguang and Jiangxi both swallowed their anger and bought our bonds. Will they be willing to see Jiang Guozhu safe? No, if Jiang Guozhu dares not to buy it, Huguang and Jiangxi will pay to support us to fight Jiang Guozhu, and will never see Jiang Guozhu enjoying the benefits they failed to enjoy." The only problem is that the first batch of bonds brought by Deng Ming has been sold out. Although someone has been sent back to order Xiong Lan to print it immediately, the second batch of war bonds may take some time to ship to the front: "I will give you some authorizations. You can sell some government bonds to Jiang Guozhu in my name. After the second batch of war bonds arrive, you can receive war bonds that are not more than my authorized amount."

"Okay, Duke." The bankers were ready to go, wishing they could fly to Jiangnan to do a big fight. With the Imperial Army behind their backs, their sales activities were all invincible. The profit was even more amazing. After wandering around Huguang and Jiangxi, the profit was more than ten times or dozens of times the profits of lending subsidies in western Sichuan in the past few years.

"Okay." Seeing that the bankers were so angry, Deng Ming was also very satisfied, so he invited Sichuan financial tycoons to have a meal. At the dinner table, Deng Ming also suggested that everyone discuss sales experience. He remembered that sales techniques were also a very famous science in his previous life, involving complex psychology.

"The key is to strengthen the construction of the imperial army." Yu Youming said without hesitation.

"Yes, as long as the Imperial Army is strong, there will be no business that cannot be done." The bankers applauded. Several of them were members of the Imperial Parliament, but they were concerned about the amount of taxes before, but they had never worried about how the Imperial government spent these taxes.

The discussion on business practices on the dining table became more and more lively, and finally everyone reached a consensus that after returning to Sichuan, they must make good use of the supervision power given by Deng Ming and carefully check the use of military expenditure.

"The imperial government has a military training system. In order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the scholars, there is a day off every five days. I think more money should be invested to ensure the quality of the military source."

"I think the more important thing is the scale of the standing army," said another man: "and the equipment of the Imperial Army. Well, I decided that in the future, I would give him the lowest interest if the weapons-producing business comes to borrow."

"I am considering investing in a weapons business. What weapons do the Duke needs most? Big sword, armor, spear or musket?" Someone also asked Deng Ming a question.

"Didn't the Duke always say that he needs a virtuous cycle? I think that a virtuous cycle means that the Imperial Army follows us behind the scenes and go out to do business. Whoever doesn't do business with us will call the Imperial Army to attack him; when we make money, we will go back to help the Duke build a stronger imperial army." During these days of house arrest, Feng Ziming has more time to think about the relationship between personal and national interests. After being released by Zhang Chao and signed and agreed to the agency of the treasury debt, Feng Ziming deeply felt that his personal interests were closely related to the interests of the Empire: "A stronger imperial army can make us earn more money - the Imperial Army becomes stronger and stronger, and our business will become easier and easier. Until the Imperial Army is arrogant in the universe, and we no longer have to pay for business when we go out, this is called a virtuous cycle!"

Feng Ziming's incisive summary immediately caused a lot of shouts.

Deng Ming smiled slightly when he heard this. The reactions of the bankers reminded him of Ye Tianming and the salt merchants. They also quickly moved closer to the empire and quickly considered the interests of the imperial army as a top priority. Today, just before Deng Ming's eyes, Sichuan's financial elites also embarked on this path. In the IOU storm in Wuchang, banker Yu Youming still played the role of dragging his legs.

"If this is the inevitable trend of the development of imperialists," Deng Ming thought in his mind: "It's no wonder that the word imperialism is notorious all over the world. Their ultimate goal is to do business without spending money."

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After receiving Feng Ziming, Deng Ming ordered the fleet to turn around and leave Poyang Lake to return to the Yangtze River. When the Ming army returned, a team from Nanchang arrived in a hurry. After learning that Deng Ming had led his troops to approach Nanchang, Zhang Chao's reaction was no different from that of the governor of Yuezhou. Anyway, the bonds were bought and the silver was delivered, and Deng Ming's people were not hurt. He also signed a public bond subscription contract. Zhang Chao's courage became strong, and he also prepared a lion dance and a dragon dance team, and brought firecrackers to welcome the Ming army.

When he saw Deng Ming, he was about to leave. The envoy of Nanchang who boarded the ship to ask for a meeting hurriedly asked: "The Governor has already come here with a light car. I dare to ask the Duke to stay for an hour. The Governor hopes to meet with the Duke."

"If Governor Zhang did not detain our people this time and did not lie to our bankers, it would be okay for me to wait for an hour to meet him." In front of the guards, Yu Youming, Feng Ziming and others, Deng Ming loudly rejected the Nanchang envoy's request: "But I came here for Feng Ziming and his fellow scholars from Sichuan. Since they are all back safely, I am not interested in staying too much. Let's talk about it next time I have the chance."

Amid the sound of gongs and drums on the shore, the huge Ming army fleet turned north and returned to Jiujiang, guarded by Dong Weiguo. The Ming army would stop here for a short time again, waiting for the Sichuan Army and Kuidong Army to come from the upper reaches one after another; while the bankers left the army again and rushed to the downstream first.

While Deng Ming was waiting for reinforcements, Premier Zhou Peigong of the four provinces also rushed to Jiujiang.

This time, Deng Ming suddenly launched an Eastern Expedition, which was beyond Zhou Peigong's expectations. When the Ming army entered Jiangxi through Huguang, Zhou Peigong was discussing the southeast situation after Zheng Chenggong's death in Huai'an and Lin Qilong. Zhou Peigong then received an urgent letter from him to Huai'an like snowflakes, including Jiang Guozhu, Zhang Chao and Dong Weiguo. One of the letters from Nanchang and Nanjing was about funding, and they agreed to urgently allocate 100,000 taels of silver from their own account before checking out; the rest

They all asked Zhou Peigong, the "Deng Ming issue expert", to rush back to the Yangtze River area immediately to deal with the major problems they are facing. Zhou Peigong even received an urgent letter from Zhang Changgeng, but when Zhou Peigong hurriedly returned, Huguang's emergency call disappeared first; and when Zhou Peigong arrived in Jiujiang, the matter in Jiangxi seemed to be almost solved. Only Jiang Guozhu was still urging Zhou Peigong to respond with all his strength, and he must try to persuade Deng Ming to give up the unreasonable demand of selling public debts to Jiangnan.

"I haven't seen each other for two years, and my style is better than the past." After learning that Zhou Peigong had arrived in a hurry, Deng Ming walked to the camp gate to greet him. Neither Zhang Changgeng nor Dong Weiguo had received this treatment, let alone Zhang Chao, he had no chance to meet Deng Ming.
Chapter completed!