C121 A Gold Card for Rakuten
When Xiao Letian had completely recovered, it was already noon of the second day. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw four young beauties with messy clothes lying on the tatami.
"Huh?!" Where was this? Why was there a woman? What did I do last night, could it be... Heavens, it can't be, right? How could I not remember anything? Losing. What a loss.
Just as Xiao Letian was sneakily trying to ambush a big-chested beauty beside him, a maid who was sleeping soundly suddenly opened her eyes. Prime Minister woke up … "Sorry, please forgive us for being disrespectful, we should not have fallen asleep …" After which, he kowtowed.
Xiao Letian was so angry that he looked like he was going to dig his way in through the collar. In the end, all the maids were awakened by his words. The four Wu steelers immediately kowtowed, asking Xiao Letian to forgive them.
"Forget it, why would I kowtow in such a huge matter? Where am I?" When Xiao Letian found out that he was living in the Shouli City's harem, he was so scared that his hair stood on end.
"Someone come!" "Who's serving outside? Hurry up and die for me …" While speaking, the Japanese sliding door opened, Dragon Lord and Luo Huo ran in, their big legs stomping on the tatami's feet until they were nothing but footprints.
"Are you stupid? How can you let me sleep in the Shouli City's harem? If you were to punish me with the sin of a obscene royalty, wouldn't those clear streams eat me? "Immediately give the order to keep this a secret, to not let anyone else know …"
Xiao Letian was still cursing, but Sun Tie said with a bitter face, "adults, it's too late …" "This morning, that Longma guy came to the southern gate to ask to see you. Japanese already knows that you are sleeping here …"
Xiao Letian was angry. He was especially angry over how his body was so weak. He could not hold on for more than a day and a night. How could he suddenly fall asleep? Just as he was angry, Minister of Revenue Lin Yuanmiao came running over with a group of people. The Prime Minister was furious, and their faces turned pale with fright.
Right now, Xiao Letian's position and the power of the three kingdoms' Cao Cao were no different. The Yuelin Army of the glume Kingdom had been disbanded by Xiao Letian, and like a mix of sand and large amounts of Chinese, the elite Liu Tie had been promoted to the middle and lower class officers. Xiao Letian's control over the Army was unshakable.
Furthermore, the entire treasury was emptied out due to the need for Xiao Letian's financial support. He only had around seven hundred thousand Silver and relying on such a small amount of money to support a Country was simply delusional.
There was money and guns, and his prestige was extremely high. If this wasn't Cao Cao, then what else could it be? It was understandable for Lin Yuanmiao and co. to be scared to the point that their faces turned pale.
"Prime Minister, why are you angry? Are these few servants of cheap maidservant not good enough to offend you? "I will immediately deal with it and change it for you …" Before Lin Yuanmiao could finish, Xiao Letian was already angered to the point of being happy.
"Bullsh * t …" Do you really treat me as a debauchee? "It's too late for me to hide from these things, aren't you guys just holding me up and roasting me …" "Aiya, Prime Minister is overthinking things. Our glume Kingdom does not have that many rules of etiquette, no one admits to it here. Just look at this Shouli City, there are not even many eunuchs here." Lin Yuanmiao patted his head, "Aiya, Prime Minister is overthinking things, we don't have that many rules of etiquette in our Country.
Forget it, Xiao Letian did not explain it to him. He quickly told the maid to change clothes and wash up, and then casually ate a few mouthfuls of rice before leaving the palace to busy herself with her own matters. Before leaving, he ordered everyone to return to the Cherry Blossom, where she could no longer stay.
Xiao Letian rushed to wharf at the first moment. He wanted to personally meet with the foreign merchants of various countries, especially USA Captain Dan Nier. He had to personally express his gratitude. Now that President Lincoln had gotten the title that he wanted, and more than expected, he had gotten the position of prime minister.
From the political perspective of the West, the Prime Minister was also equivalent to Prime Minister. For example, the UK and the Germany were both under the same system of Prime Minister. Hence, Xiao Letian and Prime Minister already had the authority to negotiate with the Country.
Without wasting any time between them, Xiao Letian and Captain Daniel sent Dan Nier to Tanggu to find the Rakuten. The 200 thousand taels of Current silver to buy the remaining goods on Endeavour were actually equivalent to thanking him. If Dan Nier did not want the Current silver, he could also get the most valuable Daqing goods from the Rakuten first. He believed that he would be able to earn a lot after shipping them to the USA.
However, there was only one condition. After arriving at the Tanggu, he immediately contacted Minister of Warrohan and quickly brought Special Envoy and the latest intelligence back to the North America. Xiao Letian was looking forward to the response from the USA and also looked forward to signing the cooperation treaty with Yue Ba.
coin casting machine, scissor boat, Artillery, the most advanced Speargun, these Baby that Xiao Letian had been dreaming about, finally had hope. How could he not be excited?
Since they had won the bet, now was the time to reap the rewards. As long as Xiao Letian did not fall, then the most oily business on the USA - glume would not be able to escape from them.
After sending off Dan Nier and Mike, Xiao Letian immediately discussed the details of the military expenditures with all the Merchant ships that had provided firepower support. He never thought that these armed Liu Steel of the Merchant ships would actually ask for such a big price, each ship actually asking for 20,000 taels of silver.
Damn, it's really dark. Xiao Letian had counted more than 40 Merchant ships s that had fired their cannons. This was a military expenditure of 800,000 silver.
Mr. Xiao, you have to consider our difficulties, we were just Trader to provide you with firepower support, we have to take a very big risk, even if we have to return home we will be judged, 20 thousand is already the lowest amount, for this small sum of money to get rid of Japanese's enslavement, isn't it worth it …
"Mr. Xiao, you should know that our armed intervention can give you extra points at the negotiation table. This world belongs to the west. As long as you have our support, what can you not do?"
Arrogant, really arrogant, but the foreigners had their reasons. The world was under the control of the West, as they said. There were no more colonies on earth, and the Western powers were unbeatable.
Being under the short wall, he had no choice but to lower his head. However, Xiao Letian really didn't have that much money to use, he didn't even have enough money to spend the seven hundred thousand from the glume's treasury. As for how much Tanggu could send them, that was not certain.
Xiao Letian still couldn't leave the support of these foreign merchants, but he didn't want to spend that much money, so he finally came up with a compromise.
"Everyone, mister, I will give everyone two choices. The first is to follow the twenty thousand taels that you have mentioned, I will use Mexico Ying Yang to pay for it, and the place to pay will be Daqing's Rakuten …" But the second method is a little special, I will create a batch of Rakuten's "V" Gold Card, from today onwards, the ones who hold this card will be my Rakuten's important customers … "
Just as Xiao Letian finished his sentence, the group of Sun steelers started to whisper to each other. Some of them were looking down on Trader as they said, "Mr. Xiao, your Rakuten has just been established, right? How much strength could he possibly have? "I'd rather choose cash …"
Most of them still chose cash, but there were exceptions. Amongst the forty armed Merchant ships, six of them belonged to the France and four of them unexpectedly chose the second option, which caused Xiao Letian to be stunned.
"Zhan Musi, we are very familiar with Captain Corsica. The day he left, we drank together …" It was Ke Xijia who had given them the news, and it was a lucky bunch.
Those short-sighted Trader would very soon regret his decision. When they saw that the members who had the Rakuten Golden Card could easily borrow money from the Oceanic at a low interest, and not only did they not have to line up in front of the Tanggu, but they could also quickly get those tight-line girls, causing their intestines to turn green.
Twenty thousand was a lot of silver, but to Ocean trade, it was nothing.
After taking care of these foreigners, the sky gradually darkened. When Xiao Letian walked down the Merchant ships and returned to the wharf, he found Ban Benlongma and bodyguard standing there obediently, waiting for him.
While Xiao Letian was still surprised, Dragon Lord said in a low voice, "This Japanese has been standing there for more than four hours. No matter how much we try to coax him, he won't leave." "He is also an emissary, we cannot use violence …"
Xiao Letian walked in front of Ban Benlongma, and what he got in return was a respectful 90 degree bow from Liu Tie, "Mr. Xiao, I don't know if I have the honor of inviting you to dinner. I spent one day preparing, I hope you can honor me!"
Xiao Letian looked at him for a long time, "If I don't agree, do you want to continue standing?" Do you want to put pressure on me by putting on such a bitter show in front of the foreigners? "
Ban Benlongma said in a low voice, "Indeed, I had such a little plan before, but now I understand, in front of Master of Western Studies, I don't even have the qualifications to brush my eyes. Today, I am treating you to a meal as a scholar and as a loyal follower of" The Journey to the West ", Reader … I assure you, this is not a negotiation.
Xiao Letian did not even need to turn his head to know that the Merchant ships deck behind him was filled with foreigners. Seeing the Japan envoys waiting humbly, they would definitely raise their evaluation of him, and perhaps this little story would spread through the entire Daqing, or even all the other Europe s.
To fawn over and kill, this was an unavoidable attempt to fawn over and kill. However, there was no solution to this kind of scheme. This Japanese was truly cunning.
"It seems that I have no choice but to give you face. If I don't go today, you might encourage tens of thousands of Japan Popular to go to my doorstep to kowtow and cry, are you determined to kill me? You want to bake me under the Daqing's official flames … "
Before Xiao Letian could finish his sentence, Xiao Hexin, who was beside him, had already thought it through. "Damn, this Japanese is too bad. He wants to use the court to kill people and make mister murder for you!" One sentence woke up the surrounding guards. With the sound of weapons being unsheathed, they were going to mince Japanese into minced meat in the next second.
Ban Benlongma was fearless and did not resist. He just looked at Xiao Letian calmly and said, "I've read mister's masterpiece. I believe in the morals of a man like Unparalleled National Scholars. If you want to fight, then please do so..."
Aiyo, this is just a piece of roasted meat! Xiao Letian was impressed. Ban Benlongma is indeed worthy of the name of the famous scholar in history. His courage and scheming are already admirable.