Li Cong glanced at Mr. Linghu in front of him in surprise. Is there something wrong with his brain or something? How can I let myself change the repayment date? This is simply impossible. Don't talk about you. Even the emperors of the four empires can't have any face talk here. You know, the people of the four empires now owe themselves all the debts combined. There are hundreds of billions of silver. This number is definitely not a small amount. The interest alone costs hundreds of billions of silver every year. Although it is composed of small loans one after another, to be honest, everyone Each link has its own use, and you cannot decide the repayment date arbitrarily. It can be said that everyone on the entire planet is your debtor, and everyone hopes that you can give them a reprieve. But this daily silver requires a lot of money. Just like the 70 billion silver in front of you, the annual interest is nearly 8 billion silver, which is about 700 million silver every month. If this is If I delay it for a while, another sum of money will be due next month, so there are some things that absolutely cannot be delayed. I believe you are all very clear about such things. If you even do this If you are not clear, there is no need to say more about this matter. Li Cong snapped his fingers and someone immediately sent a document to Li Cong. Naturally, Li Cong was not satisfied with such an arrears of only tens of billions of silver. It¡¯s clear, so these things need to be prepared by the people below. The people below are not fools. They have already heard what Li Cong and the others said, and now they quickly The loan information was sent. The total amount of this money is 70 billion silver. When the loan was originally issued, it required a three-year term, and the annual interest rate was 11%. It can be said that this is already a very low interest rate. According to the current three-year term The loan amount has reached more than 13%. This kind of benefit is nothing compared to some other banks, but the amount is a bit too large. The people of Cao's Commercial Bank have their own policies for ordinary people's loans. There are restrictions. If you borrow a loan of thirty taels or fifty taels, they basically won't accept it. It's not as good as the handling fee. So the starting point for the loan is five hundred taels of silver. Of course, that's all for the common people. Naturally, there are other standards for big nobles like Linghu. Don't make loans casually if they don't have tens of billions of silver. That's called short-term lending. We can also give it to you. But the interest is calculated on a monthly basis, with a monthly interest rate of 5%, and all of it needs to be mortgaged. If you have a mortgage, it is your own business to deal with it. But if you do not have a mortgage, we will not be able to handle this matter. Whether it is the imperial government or people from the four major sects, it does not matter to us what your status is. Yes, what we want is this mortgage. Only those who make the mortgage can be regarded as our distinguished customers. Even the emperor of an empire has no other relationship with us. Of course, if you have something valuable in your hand If it's a baby, that's no problem. We'll accept it whether it's life or death.
Li Cong took a look at the information in front of him. According to regulations, he should now need to return the principal and the interest for the last year. The total amount is 78.32134 billion silver. This is naturally not a big number for Li Cong. In the past, for Li Cong For the Fox family, this is nothing. After all, their family is not that kind of small family. It is possible to get the money just by finding a place. But now they are facing the pressure from the Eastern Empire, and there is also internal pressure. It is not very stable. The Eastern Empire has been instigating rebellion over the years. They also need some money to appease their internal affairs, so they really can't come up with the money. In the past, Linghu didn't even think about it. They came to talk to Li Cong about this issue for such a small amount of money. If they had more money, it would be understandable to come forward by themselves, but now there is really no benefit to having such a small amount of money. It is not easy for them to open their mouths. According to his understanding of Li Cong, it is impossible to directly delay it for him. Li Cong must have his own ideas, and he probably doesn't know how much flesh he will lose, but this is also There is nothing that can be done about it. If I hadn't expanded those legions more, I would have been fine with the money. But the Eastern Empire's army was already in front of me. If I couldn't maintain the two-to-one pressure on them, I guess. The people here really don't have many good results, so there is no response to such a thing? Is there something wrong with my brain? That is absolutely impossible. It is for this reason that the money that was already prepared is gone now. There is a sum of five hundred next month. Billions of taxes will be collected. At that time, we can use some other things to make up for the money. Seeing that Li never spoke, this guy said, "Brother, let's forget it like this. I also know you." It's very difficult, and I won't delay it for long. It will only take a month at most.Okay, at worst, I'll give you double the interest for this month. This should be no problem. "The guy thought for a while and said, although this will cost hundreds of millions more money in a month, he can still get through the current difficulty. If Li Cong was a short-sighted person, he would probably agree immediately. , but this guy is not a short-sighted person, and Linghu Fake is not a small force. The reason he is so embarrassed right now is to give himself an opportunity. If he cannot seize such an opportunity, then he is really a little bit He was no longer very competent, so Li never hurriedly answered this guy, but continued to look at the documents on the table. In addition to this time about the debt, there was another plan, and that was the Linghu family. The two naval bases are to be built. The meaning of the Cao Family Trading Company is very clear. We actually don¡¯t need this money, but we ask you to cede us a land the size of a county. We will also build it here. A naval base. The nearest naval base here is about 3,000 miles away from the Cao Family Trading Company. It would be great if one could be established here. It would be much more convenient.
Li Cong took a closer look at the locations of the two naval bases and found that he indeed needed a base. Even if he couldn't get such a place, he couldn't get there so easily. If there were these two naval bases, The base can not only make the Linghu family's navy very powerful, but it can also be a threat to its own fleet. Since the Cao Family Trading Company has seen such a thing, it cannot If something like this can be prevented, it will naturally be stopped. If it cannot be stopped, it will be stopped. Then you must change this matter to your advantage. It seems impossible to stop them now, but it is still possible to make one of the bases your own. There are also some requests submitted to Li Cong by people from the Navy Department. Li Cong saw that this plan was very detailed. It seems that the people below are really thoughtful. He couldn't let the person who made this plan lose this opportunity in vain. He was not that kind of person. After reading this, Li Cong glanced at Young Master Linghu in front of him. There is an expectant look in this guy's eyes. This look is probably all fake. The more you look like this, the less likely I am to believe this. No matter what your expression is, everything requires us. Li Cong thought of the requirements and excuses in the document and said slowly, "Brother, as you know, many things within our Cao Family Trading Company are not done by me, and I have no control over their operation." They don't really interfere. Just like the bank, which has committees and groups like this, it can be said that I have the least real power. The people below can do whatever they want, as long as it is beneficial to the bank. They will do it directly and report it to me later. As you can see, I basically put all my energy into this bone-forming Tianlu Dan. After all, this kind of thing is our Cao Cao at this time. The most important thing for the people of our commercial bank is to do. If I can¡¯t distinguish the priorities and interfere with some of their actions, they will inevitably think too much about things. Besides, tens of billions of dollars are not worth it. It's a big sum. If you owe a lot, like trillions or something, it would be pretty good for me to ask. The people below also know that this matter is relatively big, so I won't feel too little. To save face, but now because of tens of billions of money, I am asked to go over and say that what they do is not very good, and even change their rules and methods of doing things. This matter is not very good. I also have my own difficulties. Yes, as a person in a superior position, I must be very aware of this matter. Many times we don¡¯t have much say. You said that the guys are loyal and work for you, but you are talking nonsense. If this is said out loud, my boss will really become the biggest laughing stock on the whole road. I think it is better not to do such a thing. Your Linghu family is considered a big business, so you can find a place wherever you want. You can get this account sorted out. If there are any big projects that can't be solved in the future, I'll help you and let it go." As expected, Li never said anything further on this issue. Because he already understood it very clearly. As long as you are not a retarded person, you will probably understand how to do such things and can't get entangled in them.
Linghu's face immediately turned ugly. I told you in person just now that our relationship is pretty good. In the past, we were more or less fighting side by side. How could this happen? I can't even ask you to slow down for a while. You yourself said that this is not a relatively large amount. In short, Master Linghu is not very satisfied with Li Cong's answer, but he can't just walk away at this moment. If In this case, many things will not be able to continue, Cao ?There are many partners of the commercial bank on the whole road. Although the Linghu family is more important, they are not the only ones. But those who can spend so much money to help the Linghu family are probably That is to say, there is only the Cao Family Trading Company, so he cannot leave like that. If he really does that, it is estimated that the person in front of him will not be able to become the patriarch of the Linghu Family, and such a willful person will not be able to do so. There will be such great achievements. Thinking of this, this guy continued, "Oh, brother, to be honest, the people I want to meet the most these days are probably people like me and creditors like you. Our Linghu family used to I didn't really care about the money back then, but things are different now. We don't have the money coming in as quickly as before. I really need my brother to help me with this matter. You said it took so long. , I don¡¯t have anything to trouble my elder brother. I know the amount this time is not very big, and my elder brother also knows that I am a relatively strong person. If I hadn¡¯t really had no other choice, how could I have done this for so little money? Why don't you come here and tell me about this matter in person? I also want to save face, right? There are many things that need to be considered. Maybe my brother felt that I didn't have much sincerity in the conditions just now. It's better to do this, if you can give me more In a month's time, we recently discovered a small silver mine on the island. It is estimated that the reserve is about one billion taels of silver. If possible. In addition to the double interest just now. This should be regarded as It's a gift to make amends with my eldest brother. I wonder what your eldest brother means?" The guy gritted his teeth and said, in fact, there are quite a few islands on this planet that are very good. I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s because God favors the Eastern Empire. Most of the islands are in the Eastern Empire. Although there are not many islands outside the other empires, to be honest, the real There are not many useful ones. It is for this reason that people from the Eastern Empire, including the Linghu family, will find many treasures of their own on the sea again and again. The area of ??this silver mine is quite large. It's not very big, but a reserve of more than a billion dollars is pretty good. According to Li Cong's experience, people on this planet don't have much mining ability. If they say that this mine has a reserve of more than a billion dollars, , then as long as you can study it carefully and use things on the earth to explore it, it is estimated that this number will increase more than ten times. It would be so depressing without technology. If there is technology, Everything is very easy to say.
"Haha, brother, this matter is not as simple as you think. Maybe I also know some of the internal affairs of our Cao Family Commercial Bank. Many things within our Cao Family Commercial Bank are not decided by me. Although I He is the boss of the Cao Family Trading Company, but I usually tell my subordinates that everything is decided by the rules and regulations. As long as they do not violate the rules of the Cao Family Trading Company, they can do whatever they want. I will not prohibit them from doing anything. As long as they develop the Cao family business after they come out, they can get what they need. On the other hand, even I can't do it. As long as someone comes to destroy Cao's business, According to the rules of the family business, no matter how noble the person is, even I can't, they can tell this shortcoming in public, so many people outside think that I am very brilliant, but I I know my own difficulties, and many employees don¡¯t give me face. Just like Wang Quantai, the old guy you often work with. This old guy can say that whenever he sees me every day, he doesn¡¯t come up and say a few words to me, as if Even he can't live like this. I don't know if I owed this guy in my previous life. If I really did something wrong, I won't even have room to refute. Such a thing may not be possible with you. It will happen, but in my case, it is a fact. This is why, dear brother, you have already come forward, but I still can¡¯t let go. It¡¯s because I don¡¯t have the right. Even though I¡¯m desperate, It's okay, but if those people take this matter as my little braid and say it casually in the future, I won't have any so-called management in front of the employees, and they will probably laugh at me." Li Cong said slowly. , with a look of embarrassment on his face, it was impossible to bring this matter to Daying anyway. Seeing that Linghu had not figured out how to do this, Li Cong quickly said, "Brother, we are all a family. There's nothing else to do, so there's no need to say so many polite words. You asked me for a loan, and that's to give me face. Why should I charge you more money just because of this matter? In fact, I'll tell you something. Yes, even if this can be postponed, I will not charge you more money. Our Cao's Commercial Bank does not have any regulations saying that this debt can be postponed. This is the most important thing. After all these years Everyone under me understands the education, as long as they don¡¯tIf I violate the rules, it won't matter even to me, the big boss. They are not afraid of me. It's really frustrating to be this boss. "Li Cong's acting ability is also very strong. The guy on the side seems to have been deceived. Such things make him feel very helpless. He has already said this to this level. It was impossible to use both soft and hard tactics. If he continued to talk about this, he would be too shameless and could never let such a thing happen. Linghu was already going out, and there would be no result if he continued to talk. Just pretend that you didn't come this time. Alas, the family has no choice.
"If that's the case, I have no other way to say it. Otherwise, forget it. Anyway, the mortgages this time are all about land. Just treat it as if there is a problem with my credit this time. I will take care of the mortgages and so on. No more, oh, it¡¯s so difficult.¡± After all, this guy didn¡¯t have the guts to fall out with Li Cong. Now the only thing they can rely on is the Cao Family Trading Company. If they fall out with Li Cong, they really don't know what to do in the future. If this kind of thing continues, they really don't know what to do. Then they will have to follow The people from Cao's Commercial Bank have discussed this issue carefully. In the past, he owed so much money without knowing why. In fact, it is not something that he can figure out by himself. The people from Cao's Commercial Bank If I want you to get a loan, I will naturally try my best to ask you for a loan. If you have a crisis, you will definitely need a loan. It doesn't matter if there is no place where you need the money. We can definitely find this crisis for you. If this is the case If so, we can give you more opportunities to produce. You are all very clear about such things. It will be our own business to do what we want to do at that time. We can definitely make you fall into this trap one by one. Look. Seeing that this guy actually said this, Li Cong, who was ready to say something, didn't know what to say. In fact, how could Linghu not know what Li Cong said next? Both of them are like human beings, why? I don't know what the other party will do next. I have already talked to this point, but Li Cong still has no intention of reconciliation, so what he wants to say next will definitely be something he can't solve. It is probably about that matter, that is, the matter about the naval base. Over the years, some of the civilian facilities of the Linghu family have been infiltrated by people from the Cao family business. However, there is one aspect that the Linghu family has not let go. When people from the Cao Family Trading Company went in, it was a military matter. No matter what kind of difficulties they encountered, they were not allowed in. If people from the Cao Family Trading Company were allowed to get in, the rest of the matter would not be the same. It¡¯s so easy to do. Many people will do a lot of excessive things. None of these people care about the so-called feelings. The most emotional people in the Cao family firm and the Linghu family are Li Cong and the people in front of them. This is Young Master Linghu, but looking back on their history, it is estimated that most of the handovers are related to interests. Now in the most difficult time, no one is helping me, let alone what will happen in the future, this time the mortgage land It is land worth about 100 billion silver. In this way, the people who came to the Cao family business can be said to have earned 30 billion silver at once, which is considered a big fortune. But for Li Cong, the navy If the matter is not settled, what is the use of getting so much money? In the end, this matter is still a failure, but Linghu seems to understand the matter very well, and there is no chance for Li Cong to continue speaking. This guy actually I have to say goodbye first. This kind of thing has never happened before. It seems that this kid has also learned very shrewdly. Such a thing is really his fault.
It should be said that Li Cong needs to be responsible for this incident. Both the navy and the intelligence department actually have high hopes for this incident. They need the naval base because they are within 2,000 miles of that range. There is no naval base. In the past, it was no big deal that no one had such a base. The actual situation now is that the Linghu family has such a naval base, although the Cao family firm has some mobile naval bases. , but there is still a certain gap compared with such a fixed one, and the navy of the Eastern Empire is becoming more and more powerful. If the shackles on their heads are not tightened, they will not be able to fight with the Eastern Empire next time. The war may fail. You must know that Li knew from the beginning that the Eastern Empire would be his enemy from now on. Even if the other three empires unite, there are ways to solve it. Just like the last problem with banknotes. one example. The economic lifeline of the three of them is controlled by the people of the Cao Family Trading Company, but it is different in the Eastern Empire. The economic lifeline of the Eastern Empire is now in the hands of two people, one is Li Cong and the other is Dong. As for the current large-scale forces in the empire, it can be said that Li Cong still cannot dominate the territory of the Eastern Empire. The Eastern Empire had a relatively good foundation before.?They have not completely fallen into a debt crisis. This is what Li Cong is most afraid of. If the output of the Eastern Empire is more than it consumes. This matter is a bit troublesome. In this case, one day they will get rid of their debt crisis. If these loans are not a shackles for them, they may really become a tool for their growth. Such a thing is definitely not Li Cong's. Want to see. The official discourse of loans is to support your economic construction. But Li Cong didn't think so in his heart. Supporting one's enemies in economic construction isn't there something wrong with one's own brain? But now there is a sign that the people in the Eastern Empire are turning this matter into a very beneficial thing, if it continues like this. Sooner or later, the Cao Family Trading Company's loan will become a joke, so the people from the Cao Family Trading Bank started a series of activities against the Eastern Empire, asking them to go to war with the Northern Empire's navy, and letting the Linghu family take the initiative to fight against the Eastern Empire. A series of frictions began, many of which were done slowly by people from the Cao Family Trading Company. The main reason was to hope that the internal strife in the Eastern Empire would become more serious. However, for the entire Eastern Empire, such things were really insignificant. The economy is really too strong, and they have their own fleet. They can earn hundreds of billions of money from overseas trade every year. Although it is not worth mentioning compared to the Cao Family Trading Company, it is still much more. It can be regarded as a piece of meat. Now that something like this has happened to Linghu, he is probably going to separate from himself. Alas, I really don¡¯t know what to do in the future. Li Cong has been depressed all afternoon. Even that The Ancestral Talisman thing is not that important anymore. Those things are nothing compared to the rise of the Eastern Empire. An empire is the most difficult thing to maintain.
Wang Quantai returned to the headquarters with the fleet from the Eastern Empire a few days ago. He has been looking forward to the two naval bases of the Linghu family for a long time. The first one is that there are indeed many around it. Although the escort fleet of the Cao Family Trading Company is very powerful, the pirates are also very courageous. They all know very well that as long as they can rob a merchant ship of the Cao Family Trading Company, then their own Life is worth it. They all planned it. Although losing one ship every time is nothing to the entire fleet, the Cao Family Trading Company's fleet sailed very frequently. In the end The total losses were definitely not a small amount. Last month, three pirate robberies occurred in that sea area. In the end, about 20 million silver was lost. If this was used to purchase warships, We can get a lot of warships. People from the Cao Family Trading Company will still settle accounts for such things. Although there are a lot of naval warships around, the lack of a naval base around them is a shortcoming. In addition, One is the diplomatic issue. Both the Eastern Empire and the Linghu family now have their own navies. The navy of the Cao Family Trading Company cannot have an absolute advantage in that area because they can only stay in that area for a short period of time. You need to go to your own base to replenish the foster care, so the warships of the Eastern Empire and the Linghu family do not have much overwhelming advantage. It can still be passed at this time. After all, there is no war. Not a threat? The people of the Eastern Empire and the Linghu family will not look for trouble, but it is difficult to say accurately what will happen in the future. Some things may be different by then. If a war really breaks out, follow some of the current steps , they can directly cut off the Cao Family Trading Company's route. Now this route can be said to have become an important economic lifeline for the Cao Family Trading Company. If it is cut off, it will definitely be a disaster for the people of the Cao Family Trading Company. A fatal loss. At that time, many fronts may be hit by unexpected blows. Whether the people of the Cao Family Trading Company can be integrated is unknown, and because of the problems with these goods, the people of the Cao Family Trading Company have also established their own If these goods are gone, whether this personal relationship can be maintained in the future is still a very important issue, compared with some other large commercial organizations. These are the problems that Cao's Commercial Bank lacks. They must pay more attention to this issue. Li Cong also glanced at Wang Quantai with a guilty conscience. This old guy was so angry that he was blowing his beard and staring. People were already coming to his door. , it¡¯s just you who are here to control it. Didn¡¯t you grasp this matter very well before? What on earth is going on now? Why can't I live with confidence? Why do you just let others play with it? I really don't know what to say about this kind of thing. In the past, Wang Quantai felt that his thoughts were not as careful as Li Cong's. In fact, he can't blame Li Cong for this. Some of the things he has encountered recently are just too many. Many things happen without feeling it, which is also a very important reason.
"Okay, boss, you don't have to look at me like that now. I have a spare one here.of the plan. But this matter will be postponed for a month. We just need to take over these lands first, and their naval base will not be built immediately. I guess we still have a chance. "Wang Quantai said with a sigh. Li Cong was just waiting for this guy to say that. He would have felt uncomfortable for a long time before something like this, but after hearing this, Li Cong quickly stood up and said, "There is still a way. ? What else can be done? Don't think that the Linghu family may beg us at any time. You must know that they are also very capable. If we don't handle this matter well, we may all suffer a lot in the end. , and they are already guarding against us about this matter. This time we have reached a dead end. They have not accepted our conditions. Will there be better opportunities in the future? "Li Cong's face was full of disbelief. This matter was really unbelievable to him. It is impossible for the Linghu family to have so many places for help. Wang Quantai did not say anything immediately, but took a look at himself. There was no tea in the teacup. Li Cong had no choice but to quickly pick up the teapot and serve it to him. Now what he didn't know, the old man in front of him knew that in fact, the senior management of the Cao Family Trading Company was not that kind. The hierarchy is strict, and many people have a good relationship with Li Cong. Just like Wu Zuoxi and Wang Quantai, they are both strategic people. Li Cong has given them a new life, and they will naturally try their best to help Li Cong. If they don't do that, they will all feel a little sorry for Li Cong. Wang Quantai regards Li Cong as his junior, so it is very normal to ask him to pour water. This kind of thing would never happen in other organizations. Even the most polite person would never do such a thing, but here in Li Cong, there is no such thing, everything is It depends on whether you have the ability. Wang Quantai saw that he had done it all and was pretty good at it, so he said, "Actually, next month will be the time for the Linghu family to issue military pay. They will be unlucky this time." , their military pay and our other loan are all for the same period. The other one is that the grain harvest on the Linghu family's land has failed this year. At least half of the grain needs to be purchased. We are already prepared. If he wanted to maintain stability, he would definitely ask us not to raise prices. At that time, the army had no salaries and the people could not eat food. His internal affairs would definitely annoy that guy to death. If he had not discussed this issue with us at that time, , we can just ignore it. Besides, the people from the Eastern Empire are watching closely. As long as there is a problem, they will rush up like hungry wolves. At that time, the Linghu family will be in trouble. It¡¯s not that simple anymore. When the time comes, things won¡¯t be decided by them. It¡¯s possible that both naval bases will be sold to us. "Wang Quantai said proudly, it turned out that it was all planned.
Li Cong was really a little confused. He really didn't know how the Linghu family got along these years. When they divided hundreds of provinces, half of them were not very good, but the other half of the provinces were not very good. They are all from the relatively powerful provinces in the Eastern Empire. No one would be able to manage such a thing like this now. It can't even survive a famine. I really don't know what a government like this does in normal times. Li Wang Quantai was happy when he raised his question. Li Cong was focused on the overall situation and could not focus on one place. But it was different for Wang Quantai. The place this guy focused on was the Eastern Empire. , especially the Linghu family. In fact, he had studied this issue at the beginning. The Linghu family should have signed an agreement with the people from the Cao Family Trading Company. The people who handed over the northern border directly to the Cao Family Trading Company were the ones who , they just need to form a small army. Unlike now, there are a large number of troops on their territory. Such a thing is not a good thing for anyone. Many people feel that This matter is very uncomfortable. After all, some people feel that if that is the case, they will not have any sovereignty issues. Whatever they want to do depends on the face of the Cao Family Trading Company. This is absolutely unacceptable, so the Linghu Family They embarked on another path. They regard the military as the first direction of their development. No matter what they do, they must obey this matter. As long as they have a certain amount of funds, everything must be invested in the military. In this way This is not a good thing for anyone. They all feel very depressed about this matter, but they still have to do it. Who knew that they chose such a continent in the first place? Well, but by now, they have probably seen their mistakes. The whole thing is not as easy as they thought. In the end, they really suffered a lot. They couldn't save anything militarily, and they were constrained everywhere. The Eastern Empire was also in economic collapse. Without the help of the Cao Family Trading Company,If you want to help, I really don¡¯t know what they should do with their lives now. This kid Linghu didn¡¯t expect this kind of life, but it can¡¯t be corrected. It can only continue to go on, and no one will accept it. This mess of his. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!