Cao Jianqiu, Zheng Yizhi, and Liang Yanqing were all famous compradors in Tianjin. Before the time traveler landed, they were all influential figures in the business world of Tianjin, and were also figures that Zhao Weizhong had to look up to before. Years of working as an intermediary between Chinese local and foreign merchants allowed the three of them to accumulate a lot of wealth, but also in foreign merchants and Chinese locals, as well as in Hebei and Shanxi.

Although the East China government occupied Tianjin, it did not have much impact on the business operations of the three people. After the establishment, it was because the East China government attached great importance to the development of industry and economy and required a large amount of raw materials and materials supply. The three people had many ways in this regard. Therefore, the East China government had close business dealings with the three people. In the early days, the cooperation with the three people was large. Because Zhao Weizhong and the three met, Zhao Weizhong was mainly responsible for contacting and negotiating with the three people.

Later, as the strength of the East China government expanded, the proportion of commercial cooperation between the three and the East China government decreased, but the absolute amount increased significantly. Moreover, after the industrial development of the East China government, it also began to provide consumer goods to Chinese society. The three not only imported materials from the East China government, but also sold industrial products produced by the East China government to Hebei, Shanxi and other places. In recent years, they have cooperated well. The assets of the three have increased significantly.

As the East China government prepares for the Far East War, the supplies needed increased greatly, and the three people have the opportunity to come. So two years ago, the three people united more than 30 Hebei and Shanxi merchants to establish the Changhe Chamber of Commerce. This not only can better cooperate with the East China government, but also improve their own level.

Originally, the two sides could cooperate for a long time and achieve a win-win situation. However, after the breakdown of the Putsmouth negotiations, Britain and France decided to send troops to participate in the war. In order to weaken the strength of the East China government, they asked their Chinese merchants to fight the East China government from the economic level and stop or reduce trade relations with the East China government.

The three people had close contacts with merchants from Britain and France, and had large trade deals with the East China government, so they were also the key personnel of Britain and France to pull over. On the one hand, they threatened to interrupt business deals with the three people; on the other hand, they made some benefits and threatened and tempted the three people, promising to let the Changhe Chamber of Commerce be the general agent of Tianjin after defeating the East China government, and demanded that the Changhe Chamber of Commerce terminate their trade deals with the East China government.

On the one hand, the three were forced to coercive pressure with Britain and France. On the other hand, because the three had a lot of interactions with British and French merchants, they also had a certain understanding of the world and knew that Britain and France were strong. However, their vision could only be limited to China, and at most it would disturb the surrounding North Korea and Japan. Therefore, they did not have enough understanding of the general trend of the world, so they also made a wrong judgment on the current situation, believing that in the subsequent war, as Britain and France participated in the war, the East China government had a very small chance of winning, and the possibility of losing was extremely high, and even the probability of destruction was not small.

Of course, before the Battle of Taiwan Strait, there were indeed many people who thought this way, such as Cao Jianqiu, Zheng Yizhi and Liang Yanqing. After all, since the Opium War, the Qing court has almost never won any victory in the outside world for nearly 70 years. Although the East China government has won many victories after its establishment, it lacks valuable victory. Although the Eight-Nation Alliance is famous, the total number of countries is only 450,000 troops. In addition, except for Japan and Russia, other countries basically send troops from colonies. The Netherlands, a small country that protects overseas Chinese, can boast about it but not enough.

Reliance with self-improvement; although the Far East War defeated Japan and Russia, they were frustrated, but they were not enough to convince the public. Therefore, the East China government did not have any real record of making a move. Britain and France are the world-recognized as the strongest and second-largest. This time, a large fleet was sent with a huge momentum. Under normal circumstances, it is indeed difficult for people to oppose the East China government. In addition to forming a community of interests with the East China government, they are Chinese people who hold a sense of family and country and a simple patriotic concept.

If Cao Jianqiu, Zheng Yizhi, and Liang Yanqing are not patriotic, they are not completely right, but the three are obviously more personal interests. In addition, the conditions issued by Britain and France are indeed quite attractive. The three finally decided to manipulate the Chamber of Commerce and conduct a comprehensive cut with the East China government, interrupting all commercial transactions with the East China government. Several batches of materials have received deposits and are ready to ship the goods. As a result, the three not only deducted the goods but did not even refund the deposit.

Zhao Weizhong also asked the three people to argue twice, advising them not to do things too much and leave a way out for themselves. It is best to only reduce the trade volume with the East China government, but not to cut them off. It is better to keep a certain amount of trade with the East China government without hiding it. This will also explain to the foreigners and leave room for recovery for the East China government. With the current energy of the three people, this can be done in a short period of time.

But at this time, the three of them believed that the East China government would be defeated, and were also blinded by the promise of the general agents of Tianjin, Britain, France and Britain, and they were also very fond of vigilance and clues, so they were very determined, and the three of them were quite envious and jealous of Zhao Weizhong, because before the Gengzi Reform, Zhao Weizhong was just an ant in the eyes of the three, and Zhao Weizhong took the lead in a few years to reach the three of them. Of course, the three of them were unhappy. Now that they decided to cut, the negative emotions suddenly broke out, and they naturally had nothing good to say to Zhao Weizhong. Instead, they made a sarcasm to Zhao Weizhong, saying that overseas Chinese could not last long. It was ridiculous that Zhao Weizhong didn't know it, and thought that he could hold the thighs of overseas Chinese. It would be better to ask for a few words for him to speak in front of foreigners, so as to save his life.

In fact, Zhao Weizhong was not sure whether the East China government could defeat the Expeditionary Force at that time. However, after all, he had a close relationship with the East China government. He found that all overseas Chinese were very calm and seemed to be disdainful of the Expeditionary Force in his words. If it was only a few people, it could be said that he was pretending to be a pretender, but everyone was like this, it would not be a fake. In addition, he was deeply tied up with the East China government, but he was not as easy as Cao Jianqiu, Zheng Yizhi and Liang Yanqing. As a result, he parted with the three of them in disagreement.

After the Battle of Taiwan Strait, the wind direction changed drastically. At this time, anyone with a little wise will know that the East China government not only won the victory of this war, but also unified the world in the future and established a country, which is 10 years and 8 years. Those who were eager to cut off from the East China government were also panicked. This was offended by the unfinished emperor. Is that okay? So they all tried to find ways to find relationships to repair their relationship with the East China government.

Cao Jianqiu, Zheng Yizhi and Liang Yanqing were so regretful that their hearts were all blue. After cutting off the East China government, the three of them lost a lot of money, but now they are afraid they can't even save their lives. The only ones who know each other in the East China government and can speak are Zhao Weizhong, so they can only be shameless and give generous gifts to Zhao Weizhong, hoping that Zhao Weizhong can help them speak nice things in the East China government and are willing to donate most of their wealth to the East China government.

In fact, the East China government has also discussed this matter specifically. There is an attitude that it is believed that it will not be blamed for these people, because it was too impulsive to cut off from the East China government at the time. After all, except for time travelers, no one is optimistic about the East China government, and there is also pressure from the Qing court and foreign countries. Now the East China government needs to unite all forces that can be united; but this attitude has been strongly opposed. In the Senate Parliament, a member of the parliament expressed fiercely: "If it is forcing yourself to be exempted from responsibility or even guilt, then the murderer can also think that he is forced to kill people, and the traitor can be foreign because he cannot be forced to do anything, and he can escape from prosecution." He received unanimous cheers.

In the end, the East China government made a decision that under the pressure of the Qing court and foreign countries, people who still maintain certain relations with the East China government can be exempted from liability, but they cannot be used as the target of government support in the future; and whether it is harmful to the East China government's behavior will not be forgiven. The East China government will cut off all relations with it, and in future publicity, it will be marked as treason and treason. For merchants, it is only to reduce the trade volume with the East China government, but maintain a certain trade deal, which can be forgiven, but it will completely cut off trade between the East China government. If it is withholding deposits, goods, or intentionally raising prices, and malicious competition, it will not be exempted and will be hit on the pillar of shame forever.

From Zhao Weizhong's original intention, it is not impossible to reconcile with the three people. After all, Zhao Weizhong is a businessman, and everything can be measured by interests, but it is only to see whether the benefits offered by the three people are enough. Therefore, instead of breaking up with the other party completely, it is better to maximize your own interests. However, after the East China government's handling principle was determined, Zhao Weizhong also knew that he could reconcile with the three people. Of course, Zhao Weizhong did not feel a pity. The East China government has achieved great momentum and will establish a country's cause in the future. He is just a hero. Why should he be interested in this small profit? So he avoided the three people's request for advice and refused to accept all the gifts, of course, except for the deposit and goods he was detained at the beginning.

Cao Jianqiu, Zheng Yizhi, Liang Yanqing were also able to bend and stretch. When Zhao Weizhong was not seen, he would guard the door every day or leave messages on the shop, which made Zhao Weizhong untied. So he ordered that all his shops were not allowed to interact with the three people, and the shopkeepers of other shops naturally followed them. Only Han Jin did not know the depth and collected 500 silver dollars and ran to Zhao Weizhong to plead for the three people.

After explaining the causes and consequences clearly, Zhao Weizhong said: "You said, what Jin'er did is not annoyed."

Although Han Yuping is a wife, he is a family of officials after all, and he still understands the interests of the matter. He couldn't help but change his face and said, "Are you doing such a fool? Don't blame your uncle for getting angry and blame you. If your father knows, you must break your legs."
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