C485 banknote

was essentially a astute businessman. In his previous life, his job was mainly business negotiations and he had really received strict training in understanding the human heart.

In his eyes, if the Singapore only accepted the worship of tens of thousands of people, drank some wine and accepted some flattery, then this landing would be an absolute failure.

Under such a passive situation in Europe, he was able to take advantage of the situation. Now that he was back in Asia, back in the familiar Chinese cultural circle, if he returned empty-handed, wouldn't that be a crime?

"Fellow villagers … If he wanted to have a strong navy, army, or a strong industrial nation, he would need money … Why do Europeans want global colonization? "It's because industrialization is a gold-eating monster. Before he can lay his golden egg, he needs a huge amount of money to fill it up …"

"How could Europe, after the Dark Ages, have had so much money to develop industry? They only had one way, and that was to steal! "Robbery across the world is worthy of the name of colonization …"

"We Chinese are not robbers. We cannot base our happiness on the pain of other people …" Xiao Letian secretly cursed in his heart. Damn it, if it wasn't for the westerner, I really wouldn't have any more colonies to take down.

"We are an ancient country with thousands of years of civilization. We are a nation of etiquette. We would rather tighten our own belts. We would like to create an industrialized nation that belongs to the Chinese …"

"Fellow villagers, I, Xiao Letian, am not a shameless official in the Manchu dynasty Hall. I, Xiao Letian, do not know how to do whatever it takes to earn money by leaving my home. I, Xiao Letian, am not a beggar either.

"So I'm begging everyone, please lend me your money. I'm just lending you money to fulfill my promise!" Xiao Letian's eyes swept across the crowd and suddenly shouted: "Where is Letian Firm's sub-manager?"

Before he finished speaking, a fatty rolled out of the crowd and knelt in front of Xiao Letian to pay respects, "Good morning, Young Master! The Singapore Branch, Fan Jin, will await Young Master's order. "

Hearing that, Xiao Letian laughed: You know how to pay homage? Your name is Fan Jin? "Ha ha-ha, well then, today you have won the prize …"

"This little one is an orphan, and I don't know where my parents live, but old shopkeeper saved my life, that's why I'm surnamed Fan …"

In fact, Xiao Letian had long been connected to the Singapore branch name. The current Letian Firm already had the prototype of a Western bank, and Xiao Letian's ultimate goal was to turn the Letian Firm into a Happy Heavenly Central Bank, the first bank in East Asia that could issue paper money.

Fan Jin waved his hand, and two servants squeezed through the crowd, holding two large rattan boxes. Opening them, they saw that they were filled with Military Ticket s that Xiao Letian had printed before, they were the small deposit slips that the Tanggu people said they were.

The microcertificates that Xiao Letian saw were no longer the same as before. The production industry had been upgraded more than ten times, and the level of printing had increased by a large amount. These small certificates of deposit printed with one, five, and ten were in fact paper money, which no Englishman present could recognize.

"Fellow villagers of the Singapore, this is a small deposit slip that you can freely exchange for. Even if I, Xiao Letian, borrow your starting capital, as the Letian Firm is everywhere in East Asia, anyone can use this deposit slip to exchange for the same amount of silver coins …"

"Also, I can guarantee that this kind of deposit slip can be used to do business with foreign banks. Honestly speaking, in Ryukyu and in Tanggu, this kind of small deposit slip is common, do you still not believe in my, Xiao Letian's, credit?"

Hong! The crowd immediately erupted, and during the welcoming ceremony, the people who were able to gather around Xiao Letian were all business elites, this group of smart people with a monkey tail, how could they not understand what was going on?

"Isn't that the Westerners's note? The Letian Firm of the Prime Minister is about to become a Western Bank? You even want to issue paper money? and so on... That might actually work, because the prime minister had an army now! Furthermore, there are allies within the foreigners. We don't dare to even think about such a heavenly treasure, but the prime minister definitely dares to … "

A bank that was able to issue paper money could easily tell that it was a big deal to make a fortune. However, this kind of money needed to be protected by a very powerful force. In other words, it was a strong country and army.

The group of aged elders rolled their eyes and without even looking at each other, they came to an agreement. The Prime Minister would definitely get involved in this cause, even if he had to spend all his wealth, he would still have to take a share in the Letian Firm.

What did you say? Lose money! Pui … Even if he lost money, it would be better to lose it on one of his own than to let the foreign devils clean him up in the future.

"Prime Minister, you don't need to say anything …" We are also the leaders of the Singapore, and we, the Broken Family, must support the Prime Minister's cause. Forget about borrowing it, as long as the Prime Minister can bring the Iron-armored Ship team, why can we give it away for free? "

"Singapore Lin Family, purchase one million … Singapore Huang Family, one million four hundred thousand … Singapore Chen family, purchase two million and one hundred thousand … "

The series of roars quickly ignited the flames of anger in the hearts of the masses. Originally, those who were trapped in the group could easily obey the orders of the masses. How could they withstand the added fuel to the fire of this group of Chinese leaders?

"If the prime minister wants money, we can provide it even if we destroy the family. We won't allow the prime minister to spend any time to think about it …" This was the voice of tens of thousands of citizens, causing Governor of England's face to turn pale.

"My God, are you giving up England? In just that short period of time, Xiao Letian had already swept away five to six million silver, is he a devil? " The Governor was cursing inwardly, but he dared not utter a single word in this situation.

Was this still the inferior people who had their capital burnt down? Was this still the cowardly country that would kill their family and not dare to take revenge? Why doesn't it look like it today!

Xiao Letian understood the kindness of Singapore's large Chinese families. He used a gaze that only the people inside could understand to look at the group of elders, and the patriarchs could clearly see the encouragement and praise in their eyes.

When they saw that Prime Minister was also a very good seller, they immediately became fanatical. They even shouted out to the tens of thousands of citizens, "Fellow villagers, we support the Prime Minister's cause, and that is to support us, the Han people of the entire continent, in our cause. Our thirteen Singapore s solemnly promise that from today onwards, our thirteen families will accept the small Notes trade.

With the security of the Singapore's thirteen large Chinese families, even if the paper money business starts, what would the citizens believe in it? As long as the Letian Firm could guarantee that they could exchange at any time, as long as someone used their credit to guarantee that they could accept these notes, then what was there to be afraid of?

This was not a loan, this was the issuance of a new currency by the Prime Minister, the Chinese people present were not the people who grew up in an isolated place in the country, they already understood, at least 60% of the citizens understood Xiao Letian's plan.

Afterwards, Fan Jin had counted the wealth of over seven million eagles that the Singapore had raised for the Prime Minister within three months. The morale of the people that had been stirred up by Xiao Letian had now turned into handfuls and handfuls of silver ingots, which then turned into big yellow fishes one after another. Within three months, all the precious metals in the Singapore had been plundered clean.

This was just a Singapore. In the following half a year, the entire South Asia was also stirred up by this wave of people: Da Ma, Xi Shui, Thailand, Indonesia … Countless Chinese people gathered around to purchase Letian Firm's currency. At the end of the year 1866, the Letian Firm's general ledger was completed.

The results of the statistics shocked even Xiao Letian. Merely within half a year, South Asia had provided Xiao Letian with 17 million hawks worth of wealth.

Xiao Letian never thought that the commoners of South Asia would accumulate so much wealth. How much was the Qing Dynasty's annual revenue? In the past, dryad seemed to have reached a peak value of around 7 million silver. After that, it gradually decreased until Guang Xu's actual financial revenue for the last year was only more than 10 million silver.

The precious metal that Xiao Letian had accumulated for half a year, was almost as good as what the government had obtained for a year in Guang Xu's lifetime.

Right now, it was not time for Xiao Letian to celebrate. He still had a second matter that he had to ask of the citizens of Singapore. He once again raised his hands, and the cheers of the masses were once again suppressed within ten minutes.

"Fellow villagers, I, Xiao Letian, have one more thing to ask of you …" As you know, before I came back to Asia, there was a group of despicable bandits walking around, and I was already dead! "Everyone should have heard of it …"

"Now, I, Xiao Letian, have returned. I am standing here alive, and have brought back victory … But the Ryukyu that I work for is still ravaged by the French battleship even now. The war has not ended yet! "

Xiao Letian cupped his hands and bowed to the tens of thousands of citizens: "Singapore is located in Malacca, and is the Asian traffic hub. I, Xiao Letian, request that all of you spread the news that I, Xiao Letian, am still alive during your voyage, and let the entire Asia region know that I, Xiao Letian, have returned in the shortest time possible …"

At that moment, Xiao Letian really had the domineering aura of Hu Han San returning. He waved his hand and said, "Fellow villagers … I only hope that before you guys go to sea, hang a flag on the bow of your ship and my Xiao character recognition flag s … "All the Chinese ships sailing on the sea and the Friend States' merchant ships, you will all send them off …"

"I want to make my name, Xiao Letian's, float all over the seas of Asia. I want to make sure that those warriors who have been working hard don't lose hope and make them persevere until my return …"

When people heard this, it was no big deal. It was just a few flags, the Singapore had already spent millions of silver, but they did not care about ink or cloth.

"We shall obey the Prime Minister's orders!"