Chapter 654: The soul is back! Bless me in the Heavenly Kingdom! (please order, please vote)

Monday, January 2, 1859, at 7 p.m.

The gas lights on the dome of the Shanghai Stock Exchange illuminate the entire hall like daytime. Nathaniel Rothschild, holding a pen, hung in the air, staring at the "Vienna Bank issued 20% of its equity to Citibank."

This is the condition for the Rothschild family to keep their dignity. Nathaniel does not have to jump off the building, and the Vienna Bank will not become an international deadbeat. What the banking industry sells is actually credibility. If the Vienna Bank becomes an international deadbeat under the protection of the Habsburg Dynasty, even if it can survive, it will not be possible to have any good life. Businesses outside the Austrian Empire may have to be shut down. Financial institutions in other countries will treat the Vienna Bank with an attitude towards the deadbeat.

Maybe the entire Rothschild family will be dragged down!

However, handing over 20% of the bank shares and two director seats to Citibank is definitely a heavy blow to the Rothschild family - now Nathaniel has understood that Citibank, the so-called American foreign bank, is actually Luo Yaoguo's white glove. Citibank becomes the second largest shareholder of Bank of Vienna and has a board seat, which means that Luo Yaoguo, the angel king, has extended into the core of the European financial industry! At the same time, the Rothschild family has also been labeled as True Dealer and Taiping Heavenly Kingdom agents.

"My grandfather made a fortune by speculating on British government bonds during the Napoleonic Wars." The Jewish banker suddenly smiled nervously, "I didn't expect that I would shame the family in the same financial and military-linked bets.

Maria, holding the spear of Ronnusky wrapped in gold, said to the Jewish banker in Latin: "The Gospel of Matthew says that anyone who takes a knife will die under the knife. When you use military to make the foundation for finance, you should think of today, but your Rothschild family is more lucky than the Sassoon family, the Dynasty family, and the Chaton family, and you still have the chance to stand on the side of the winner and God!"

Steam cranes roared outside the window, and the grain transport fleet from the United States was still unloading goods at the Shiliupu Wharf. Bags of American flour piled up into hills, and were dragged by carriages in full view and sent to the warehouse of the Changping Department of the Ministry of Revenue of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

"Sign it." Luo Yaoguo patted Nathaniel's shoulder, "If you lose, you have to admit it, and you can stand up again in the future. If it is the same as Chaton and the land, then everything will be over." He smiled and said to the Jewish banker, "Tell you a secret, in fact, I am also ready to admit defeat - if the war in Nanyang is lost, I will give up some of the shares of HSBC Bank, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Beijing-Shanghai Railway, Xuzhou Steel, the Shanghai Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and the Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Bureau in exchange for British support. My representative Wu Chongyao is now in London."

Nathaniel sighed softly, and the signing pen wandered on the agreement.

"I announce that the closing agreement will take effect immediately!" Luo Yaoguo raised the agreement signed by Nathaniel Rothschild and Emanuel Lehman, and announced loudly to the red vests and yellow vests who were watching the ceremony in the exchange hall!

Tuesday, January 3, 1859.

HSBC Building.

Wu Chaoyue, the general office of HSBC Bank, placed a financial statement just calculated before Luo Yaoguo: "Your Highness, you have already calculated it. After deducting some of the temporarily unrecoverable income, HSBC, Citibank, Zhenqu Bank, Sanxin Company's total profit in this exchange battle was as high as 27.8 million Taiping Silver Dollars, 20% of the shares of Vienna Bank, as well as all the remaining assets of Jardinet Foreign Bank, Baoshun Foreign Bank, as well as the fixed assets of Sassoon Foreign Bank, the Netherlands East India Bank in China, Japan, North Korea, Ryukyu and other countries, and the value of these fixed assets and commercial channels they have been operating for many years. It is estimated that it is worth at least 10 million Taiping Silver Dollars, which is a great victory!"

"How much did Yang Xiuqing make?" Luo Yaoguo took the financial report and looked through it, while asking about the profits of the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing.

"The North Korean bank of Dongwang also opened a short position in rice on the Shanghai Stock Exchange," Wu Chaoyue immediately took out an evaluation report that had been prepared long ago. "He also sold 500,000 stones of rice from Nagasaki, Japan, and probably made a lot of money. The two should add up to five or six million Taiping silver dollars! In addition, the Nagasaki Republic also seems to have a share of Dongwang."

Luo Yaoguo thought for a while, turned his head to Maria who was guarding the side, and said, "I'll send a letter to the East King, telling him that he could take over the Dutch's assets in Nagasaki, and ask him to mediate the conflict between the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Netherlands. The condition is that the Netherlands can retain Sumatra and sell their assets in other parts of the East Indies at a reasonable price. I will not collect debts from the Netherlands East Indies Bank for the time being."

Luo Yaoguo did not take Sumatra Island, nor did he collect debts from the Netherlands East India Bank. It was not because he was kind-hearted. He did not take Sumatra Island because Britain would definitely interfere - Sumatra Island and the Malay Peninsula formed the Malacca Waterway. If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom took Sumatra Island, then the Malacca Waterway would become a shared ownership of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the United Kingdom, which would be too exciting to the British.

In addition, the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra is now a kingdom of heaven, and the Netherlands "has shared", but the actual control is already in the hands of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The waterways of heaven entering the Indian Ocean and going south to Australia are already unobstructed, so it doesn't matter if Sumatra is not used for the time being.

As for the Netherlands East India Bank - not collecting debts for the time being does not mean permanently not collecting debts! According to the liquidation report of the Shanghai Exchange, the contract held by the Netherlands East India Bank caused a deficit of more than 2 million yuan after being forced to settle the debt. Even if it uses its assets in Shanghai, Nagasaki, Osaka and Busan to settle the debt, it is still less than one million Taiping silver dollars.

This bad debt might as well be left first to see if the Dutch will rescue the Dutch East India Bank? If it is not saved, let it go bankrupt. Then Luo Yaoguo has no choice. If the Dutch rescues their East India Bank, then he will entrust Nathaniel Rothschild to chase the bill.

On January 8, 1859, Xiaguan, Tianjing.

The Yangtze River flowed eastward, and six "Shanghai-class" cruisers were coming against the current, and under the attention of everyone, they appeared on the surface of the Yangtze River near Xiaguan.

"Salute!"

As the Army Minister Yan King Qin Rigang waved the flag, eighty-eight red-clothed cannons were roaring. The smoke of gunpowder had not yet dissipated, and the Taiping Heavenly Navy officers and soldiers with brand new blue military caps had lined up on the side of the side of the officers. The officers' brand new tweed military uniforms were decorated with brass buttons, and the sailors were also wearing blue sailor uniforms made of cotton fabric, standing with guns. Many wounded people appeared in the sight of the Chinese representatives and Tianjing citizens who had gathered at the Xiaguan dock early in the morning - today, the Navy's military parade was held in Xiaguan, Tianjing!

"Soldiers of the Nanyang Fleet of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom." Luo Yaoguo's voice was torn to pieces by Jiang Feng, "Give me a merit! Give me a military rank!"

Tan Shaoguang was supported by two sailors and stepped onto the first one to step onto the red carpet. Although the hero who used a steamship to fight the jump gang battle saved his life, he lost one arm forever, and the sleeves of his left arm were empty.

When Luo Yaoguo put a "first-class Taiping Medal" on his chest, the Taiping Navy general who was born in a boy soldier suddenly cried out: "My thirty-eight brothers sank with the Batavia."

"The Kingdom of Heaven will never forget them!" Luo Yaoguo burst into tears, patted the hero on the shoulder, and then put a Venus symbolizing the rank of major general on the collar seal of his woolen military uniform.

Luo Yaoguo paused and said to Tan Shaoguang: "Brother Tan, our National People's Congress has passed the "Regulations on the Response of Heroes and Martyrs". In addition to one-time pension and military ranks and titles, all the families of the fallen soldiers can be granted 50 to 100 acres of land, which is equivalent to those who are seriously disabled. In addition, all heroes and meritorious people in the heavenly kingdom can enter the God-Worshiping Society Hall in Tianjing, and are respected for generations!"

After receiving the title and honor for Tan Shaoguang, the soldiers who made meritorious contributions in the Battle of the Sunda Strait, including Wang Yan, Zhang Bao, Zhou Wenjia, Fan Ruzeng, Huang Chengzhong, Ji Qingyuan, Chen Yongsheng, Chen Ashui, Chen Yongchang and others all walked to Luo Yaoguo one by one to accept the military ranks and medals personally awarded by Luo Yaoguo. Later, the "gods" of the heavenly kingdom such as Luo Yaoguo will also report the merits of these heroes to the heavenly father, brother, and king of heaven in heaven, and award them hereditary titles.

When the sunset dyed the river water golden red, Wang Yan, who had just been awarded the rank of lieutenant general, suddenly drew out his sword. At the point of the sword's edge, six scarred "Shanghai-class" cruisers lowered the battle flag at the same time - this was the last journey to send the fallen soldiers.

"Prepare—release!"

The brown bass rifles in the hands of three thousand naval officers and soldiers fired in the air, and lead bullets drew bloody ballistics in the twilight.

The river wind was sobbing, and Luo Yaoguo slowly climbed up to the platform, holding a yellow silk sacrifice, facing the Yangtze River, and the sound was like a bell: "In the winter of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the year of Wuwu, Luo Yaoguo, the Prime Minister of the Celestial Dynasty, wished to comfort the loyal souls of the sea with his red heart and green blood:

You and others worked hard in the waves and sacrificed their lives in the vast ocean.

The artillery fire burned without retreating, and the iron ship sank and still fought.

The Heavenly Father regarded you as a son, and the Heavenly Brother led you to heaven.

In the past, the Qing Dynasty was locked in the country, and foreign barbarians were rampant; now our Heavenly Kingdom navy broke through the waves and showed its power. In the battle of Sunda, seven courageous conditions were broken; when Palembang won again, the red-haired soul flew away.

Even if you die, the heroic spirit will never die. You should enjoy the sacrifices of Tianjing and be admired by all the people forever. Your wife will be able to get a farm, and the young and old will be raised; your name will be carved with stones, and your achievements will be remembered.

The soul returns! Watch my heavenly dynasty, and the ships and cannons are like forests; the soul returns! Bless my navy, and you will win again! I will only enjoy the fun!"

After the sacrificial text was recited, three thousand soldiers roared in unison: "I'm back from my soul! Bless my heavenly dynasty!" The sound shook both sides of the Yangtze River, and even the birds on the Purple Gold Mountain were shocked and circled under the sky. On the newly erected monument there, the four golden words "Mountains and Rivers are serenely erected" written by Hong Xiuquan, the four golden words "Mountains and Rivers are in harmony" written by Hong Xiuquan, were particularly dazzling.
Chapter completed!