Chapter 76 Three million taels of business
"Za." Uraji stood up, walked to the door, and hesitated: "Shuisheng, it's all my fault. This matter... I've got someone to get trapped."
"It's not your fault. Your order is strange. I thought it was won by my friendship with Master Yuan. Now it seems that someone is trying to get it." Wang Maoru said, "You should rest first. These guns are nothing, they are just two million arms."
After Uraji left, Wang Maoru paced back and forth in the house. Thinking of the relationship between Jardine & Huaxing Company and he was the chairman of Huaxing Company. The Army Department must have known that this business was ordered by Huaxing Company in the United States and was acquired by Jardine & Huaxing Company. During this period, he received special approval from China, the United States and Britain. Huaxing Company paid the money. Jardine & Huaxing Company made a link to approve the official documents of gun certificates, the Army Department paid the deposit, and his identity was General Shangwu of Beiyang. But in this case, even though the Army Department ordered 300,000 yuan of arms, it abandoned it after Huaxing Company took the goods to Tianjin, which was obviously a cheating person.
Could this be the reason why Xu Shuzheng was doing it again. He was Yuan Keding. Yuan Keding had always hoped that Yuan Shikai would become the emperor, and Xu Shuzheng opposed Yuan Shikai's proclaiming himself emperor, so the Army Department first cut off Yuan Keding's hands and feet. They thought that in this way, they must have borrowed a lot of money from the bank and three million arms were enough to force themselves to go bankrupt. It was such a ruthless plan.
Of course this is a speculation. The Army Department would rather pay 200,000 yuan in silver than cheat itself. But where did the Army Department get 200,000 yuan in private money? It costs 320,000 yuan to be replaced by Yingyang. Does the Army Department have so much money to make a fortune? Will Xu Shuzheng pay for it himself? Another idea, if this matter was not done by the Army Department, but someone else? Then who would take out 200,000 taels of silver to make himself bankrupt?
The next morning, Wang Maoru called Deputy Brigade Commander Li Pinxian, Chief of Staff Zhu Yongquan and various officials to ask other officers to be responsible for the training of recruits, and he had to return to Beijing if he had something to do. After the meeting, Lu Jinsheng asked privately: "There are 20 death row prisoners coming here today. Should we continue to find recruits to train their courage?"
"Practice, continue to practice." Wang Maoru said fiercely, "You go to Baoding again, Chengde find someone, and buy death row prisoners to practice courage."
Lu Jinsheng said: "The coach of the hiking team, I'm afraid I can't buy them with great fanfare. I'm not familiar with those two places. If someone impeached the coach of the hiking team..."
"I'll leave this to you, you can do it."
"Yes, the coach of the voyage." Lu Jin Shengdao.
Wang Maoru brought Pu Ji, adjutant, and personal soldiers back to Beijing. He first ran to the Army Department to report his duties, but none of the senior officers of the Army Department received him. He invited Weng Zhilin, the director of the Ordnance Department, and was turned away. Seeing that he was still a popular person a month ago, he didn't like anyone now, so he had to go home and take a break first. When he returned home, the more he thought about this, the more he was more angry. He waved his hand angrily, clenched his fist and punched the table. The sisters beside him had just walked out of the inner room. Seeing Wang Maoru's expression on his face, Zuo Yuzhuo hurriedly asked, "Master, what's wrong with you?"
"Someone is framed by me, alas." Wang Maoru sat down, looked at the two extremely beautiful mixed-race girls, smiled, and said, "I will send you back to Zuojiazhuang in a few days, but now is not the time, I am afraid I will be unable to protect myself. But since I promised you, I will do what I said. Please be content with what you lack, let Wang Peng replenish you."
Seeing that he was anxious, the two girls nodded, and Zuo Yuzhuo advised, "I have taken care of us enough, and we are not in a hurry. Thank you, Mr."
Wang Maoru nodded and led his team to the headquarters of Huaxing Company outside the city. Huaxing Company is now quite strong. With the concerted efforts of the two managers, Huaxing Company has crossed industries such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, and chemicals, which really makes people jealous of its financial resources. In this arms transaction, Huaxing Company mobilized funds from all subsidiaries within the company, and borrowed 1 million taels of silver from Citibank with the company and 500,000 taels of silver from Japan's Taisho Bank. Then he raised enough money to order three million taels of arms from the United States East Arms Company.
This incident was long been rumored by the company. Everyone thought that it would make a fortune. But the Army Department openly broke the contract. At this moment, the company was in panic and some even refused to resign. Cui Zhou, Ma Xiaoshui and Pu Ji and others contacted all the managers early and held a meeting to solve the problem together. The managers or persons in charge of Huaxing Branches in Beijing, Tianjin and various provinces have all returned. Pu Ji, who is responsible for foreign companies and commercial investigations, Ma Xiaoshui, general manager of Huaxing, Zhao Jiacheng, who is responsible for the canning factory, Cui Zhou, who is responsible for the grain processing flour factory, and Pu Na, who is recently responsible for the transportation and delivery of goods, and more than a dozen other small managers. Although the arms business is in foreign companies, Pu Ji is responsible for the first time. Ma Xiaoshui has no right to interfere, so although the foreign companies have an accident this time, Pu Ji can only be responsible.
After the people arrived, Wang Maoru nodded to Uraji, so Uraji purchased arms through Jardine Mahjong in Tianjin. However, when the 3 million taels of silver arms arrived at Tianjin Port, he suddenly tore up the contract and explained to the company's owners. Although everyone knew it in their hearts, they still screamed in a noisy way, scolding the Army for not being a good person.
After everyone scolded for a long time, Wang Maoru cleared his throat and stopped his voice. He said, "Today I asked everyone to have a meeting. This is the first time that our company has held a meeting so neatly and solemnly. I also hope that everyone can overcome this difficulty together. Everyone has an idea. The arms are now in the American warehouse. The monthly storage fee is 500 taels. Originally, the arms freight fee is 30,000 taels, and the monthly storage fee is 500 taels. As well as the interest of Huaxing Group and Citibank borrowing one million taels from Japan's Taisho Bank, the interest of 500,000 taels of silver. Alas..."
When he spoke, he stared at everyone, and he was also looking at everyone's thoughts. What he said was a bit exaggerated. He is now worth 50 million US dollars, but if he had to be Yingyang, it would be more than 200 million yuan, which was equivalent to 13,000 taels of silver. He would not care whether he would borrow money or not. Just to make people not doubt his wealth, he borrowed 800,000 yen from Japan's Taisho Bank in China in the name of Huaxing Group, totaling 500,000 taels of silver. This business war also made Wang Maoru truly see the dangers in the business war. If he hadn't been really strong, he would have lost everything this time. At the same time, he also realized that there must be someone spy in his company, otherwise the Army Department would not have to tear the contract as soon as their arms arrived in Tianjin.
Chapter completed!