The two of them looked at each other and shook their heads: "We don't know either, but looking at the materials used in this building, it should be worth a lot of money!"

"Tell you, this house originally belonged to Mr. Liu of Houde Bank. Not long ago, Hanjing sent an order to allow all walks of life in Shanghai to elect virtuous people to form a consulting bureau to manage the municipal affairs. Mr. Liu immediately expressed that in order to express his response to the imperial decree, he would donate this newly built five-story building as the office location of the consulting bureau."

The two of them couldn't help but be amazed when they heard this: "Ah? Such a big house was donated. Mr. Liu is so generous!"

"Haha, it is certain that Mr. Liu has money, but it may not be a magnanimous person. To put it bluntly, this Consulting Bureau is the second yamen. Since it is to be recommended by all walks of life in Shanghai, we in Shanghai are the wise ones who have money. Since Mr. Liu has the most money, he is naturally the most virtuous! Since he is in charge of this Consulting Bureau, isn't it okay to pay for a house to build an office location by himself?"

"So that's the case!"

At this time, a noise came from the advisory bureau building, and people's eyes suddenly gathered. With the support of his son Liu Qingyang, Liu Zhiping walked out. Behind him were the big guys in the advisory bureau. The ones asked him to see him were the Shanghai governor Zhang Zhicheng and the Shanghai governor Liu Magistrate Liu. Zhang Zhicheng had a spring breeze on his face, and the face of Liu Magistrate Liu was much ugly, and the smiles on his face seemed to be forced out.

"Mr. Liu, there is no need to send it to you!" Zhang Zhicheng bowed: "What I just said is a bit hard!"

"Please rest assured, Lord Zhang!" Liu Zhiping turned to his son Liu Qingyang and said, "Qingyang, I will leave your affairs to you. If there is any mistake, even if I can't spare you!"

Liu Qingyang was very clever. He hurriedly bowed to Zhang Zhicheng and said in a deep voice: "Sir, please don't worry, the younger one will definitely supervise it personally, and there will never be any gaps!"

"That's good, that's good!" Zhang Zhicheng nodded with a smile, and he bowed: "That's the official, I'll say goodbye!" After that, he walked towards the carriage under the steps. The Liu Magistrate Liu, who was standing beside him, hurriedly bowed to the Liu family father and son, and followed. Looking at the two of them leaving, Liu Qingyang suddenly smiled and said, "Dad, the face of the Liu Magistrate Liu was so ugly just now, as if he had eaten something and was about to have diarrhea!"

"Haha, you are so arrogant and always speak so mean!" Liu Zhiping looked very good. He patted his son's shoulder lovingly and said with a smile: "But what you said is right. The court made us a consulting bureau, so it would have cut off a large piece of the prefect's pancake. Think about it, there was originally a governor in Shanghai, and we cut off the municipal management area. What is left?"

"That's true!" Liu Qingyang nodded: "It seems that Lord Zhang is going to be promoted!"

"Well, the news from Beijing is to go to the Ministry of Works!" Liu Zhiping nodded: "Is Mr. Wang resigned not long ago, and Mr. Hu became the second prime minister. Last time Mr. Hu and Mr. Shen came to Shanghai, Mr. Zhang served him well, so he went up this time."

"Well, this guy is so lucky, Dad, how much benefit do you plan to give him this time?" Liu Qingyang had no respect for this person in his tone. His years of rolling in Myanmar made him darker and he also had less respect for the officials in the court.

"You can buy his real estate and fields at a price of 30%, which is only 200,000 taels of silver!" Liu Zhiping coughed twice, turned around and walked into the door: "This Lord Zhang is pretty good. He has been with us in Shanghai for several years. Now he has gone to Hanjing again. Our road is still long in the future, so we can't treat it badly!"

"Yes, dad!" Liu Qingyang nodded: "What about this prefect Liu? Should I give some benefits too so as not to hold a grudge?"

"Prince Liu, let's take a slow down first!" Liu Zhiping sighed: "The usual rules that should be given are still given. Let's take a look at the others. To be honest, the charter of our Consulting Bureau has not been decided yet, and we haven't figured out the matters in our nest. So let's take a slow down before talking about the matter outside!"

"Yes, Dad!" At this time, Liu Zhiping suddenly coughed violently. Liu Qingyang hurriedly patted his father's back gently while shouting: "Dad, what's wrong with you? Why don't you call the doctor? You're a group of people who are blind! "

Liu Qingyang helped his father into the door and sat down. Someone else had already handed over bird's nest soup. Liu Qingyang blew two sips and presented it with both hands. Liu Zhiping took a few sips before he calmed down. Liu Qingyang asked carefully: "Dad, it's better now! The doctor will arrive soon, let him take your pulse!"

"No need!" Liu Zhiping handed the soup bowl to his son beside him and sighed: "It's all an old problem. Your father is already 60 years old this year. Your grandfather is almost 60 years old. Your great-grandfather is 59 years old. My great-grandfather is 58 years old. I haven't even crossed the hurdle of 60. I'm enough." Speaking of this, Liu Zhiping looked at his son with a bit of tenderness: "I have never failed the foundation left by his ancestors. You have become a weapon now. Even if you are below, I have the face to see the ancestors!"

"Dad, your son is not good enough, you must live a hundred years old!"

"Hmph!" Liu Zhiping snorted coldly: "That's not possible! Qingyang, a person will die at the age of 100, but the foundation left by his ancestors cannot be destroyed? Do you understand? It doesn't matter if I die, but this Houde Bank cannot be broken, otherwise he will not be able to see his ancestors in the nine springs!" Liu Zhiping said fiercely. In the end, it may be because of the irritation that Liu Zhiping coughed violently again. This time the cough was more intense than before. Liu Qingyang, who was a little panicked, patted his father's back and comforted him repeatedly: "Dad, don't worry, Houde Bank cannot be broken, it must be broken!"

Finally, the doctor came. After taking the pulse for Liu Zhiping for a while, he got up and said to Liu Qingyang: "Master Qingyang, Master Liu is old and has been too busy for this period of time, so external evil invaded and suffered from some wind and cold."

"Does that matter?" Liu Qingyang's face immediately showed a worried look.

"The master is old and he can't do it anymore. I'll prescribe a warm-tonifying house for him and keep it carefully for two months." The doctor said while writing on the table next to him: "Master Liu, let me say something about the taboo. At your age, let's leave the business matters to Master Qingyang. After all, my body is not as good as when I was young!"

"I understand!" Liu Zhiping nodded slightly: "Qingyang, thank you doctor for my good life!"

"Yes, Daddy!"

A few minutes later, Liu Qingyang came back from outside. Liu Zhiping made a gesture. All the idle people in the house retreated, leaving only the Liu family father and son. Liu Qingyang realized that his father had something secret to discuss with him, and his face immediately became serious. Liu Zhiping coughed low and asked, "Qingyang, what have you learned in Myanmar in the past few years?"

Liu Qingyang nodded and replied in a deep voice: "Dad, I have only felt the world's greatest in the past three years in Myanmar. I thought Houde Bank was already a big bank with strong capital and important capital. However, after having more contact with Westerners such as British, legal person, Dutch, etc., I felt that its strength was strong. Not only were they strong capital far superior to us, but their banks and factories, merchant ships, military and even the country have been completely integrated. From the production of raw materials to the final sales of products, they were almost under their control. Their power was incomparable. Compared with these groups, our Houde Bank is really too weak!"

"Okay, very good, very good!" Liu Zhiping praised three times in a row: "'Learn to know your shortcomings!" I asked you to go to Myanmar just to learn something that you can't learn in China. If you stay in China, at most you will be another Liu Zhiping. What's the use? Then how should you deal with it?"

Hearing his father's inquiry, Liu Qingyang showed shame on his face and gritted his teeth: "There is no way for a child to say there is no way, but it is not something that a child can do!"

"It's okay, let's talk about it!" Liu Zhiping pointed to the handchair opposite and signaled his son to sit down and talk.

"The boy is over!" Liu Qingyang bowed slightly, sat down carefully in the handchair, and recalled intently: "Myanmar is rich in tin mines. When the Burmese royal family borrowed money from us, they also took out several mines as collateral, so the boy also came into contact with this business when he was in Myanmar. The main purpose of this tin mine is to make tinplate, foreign cans, and the silver glowing thing on the kerosene lamp is that it is a thin layer of tin plated on ordinary iron sheets, which is both beautiful and beautiful and can't be embroidered. After the boy picked the tin ore from there, he originally planned to sell it.

I gave it to the British, but the price of the British was so low. Later, I changed it to several, but it was still the same. Later I found out that this price was set by one of the largest miners and the other three. These four accounted for two-thirds of the world's tin mineral production. Moreover, these companies and the largest tin producers also reached price agreements. Even if we opened a factory to refine tin, we could only sell it to the tin producers at a low price, but we still couldn't make much money. As a result, the child had to sell it to them at their price!"

"So that's it!" Liu Zhiping nodded: "A few days ago, I heard you were running around in Shanghai to see if anyone was willing to open a canning factory or a tinplate factory. It turned out to be for this!"

"Actually, the child is just doing his best!" Liu Qingyang smiled bitterly: "The production of this tinplate is not as easy as tin refining ore. Even if it is done, the British can reduce the price and squeeze out their domestic competitors. They can purchase the cheapest raw materials from the world, or use other local markets to subsidize the Dashun market. Their freight can be carried by water, which is cheaper than us. Both the cost and the process are better than Dashun. If the competition continues, Dashun's enterprises will definitely be defeated!"

Thank you for the rewards from the book friends and trainee police officers. Some book friends say that the protagonist has too few roles, but how can such a great era be just a stage for one person? People, only the people are the decisive factor that determines the development of history!
Chapter completed!