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到得花厅，见了胡雪岩，还来不及叙话，只见角门已开，闪出来两名差官，知道左宗棠要来了，当即招呼两名洋人站起来迎接。
左宗棠自然是便衣，一件旧薄棉袍，头上是兰州织呢厂所出的一顶鼻烟色的毡帽。胡雪岩跟古应春自然磕头请安，洋人则是一鞠躬，然后又跟左宗某拉手。
于是左宗棠独坐，问了些“哪天到的”、“路上如何”、“江南有什么新闻”之类的话，胡雪岩一一照答，一阵寒暄过后，谈入正题。
正题是借洋债。胡雪岩自同治五年至光绪四年，为左宗棠借过四次外债，以充“西饷”。西睡用兵，需由各省补助军饷，称为“协响”。但协饷分年解送，而打仗不能说今年饷银用完，不打了，明年有了饷再打。时而胡雪岩想出一个借洋债的办法，最大的“银主”是英商汇丰银行。还款的方式是由江海关开出期票，而由协饷省分，主要的是江苏、浙江、广东、福建四省的督抚、盖上大印，表示承诺在到期以前，将协饷解交江海关，偿还洋商。年限总在六年上下，半年一期，付息拔本。方式是由胡雪岩秉承左宗棠的意思，找洋商谈妥细节，然后由左宗棠出奏。奏准后，以上谕饬协饷冬省出具印票，并江海关，同时由总理衙门照会英闰公使，转知贷款的汇丰银行照付。
这套手续很繁琐，其中还有两道关口，一道是总税务司赫德。根据中英
条约，关税是用来赔偿鸦片战争失败军费的保证，因此英国人要求控制中国新开各口岩，称为“洋关”的海关，职称是税务司，都归总税务司赫德管辖，赫德不下命令，江海关税务司不肯出票，钱就借不成了。
再一道关口是英国驻华公使，没有他的核准，汇丰银行不能拔款，有他批准了，即等于英国政府担保汇丰银行不会吃倒帐。赫德还好，因为他毕竟是中国的客卿，不能不买总理衙门的帐，而且有回佣好分，亦愿乐观其成。
但英国公使这一关很罗嗦，哪怕上谕批准了，各省的印票也备齐了，总理衙门跟赫德也说好了，没有英国公使点头，饯仍旧借不到。
以左宗棠天马行空的性格，这当然是件不能容忍的事，中国人借洋债，要做中国官的英国人赫德同意，更起反感。因此当德国泰来洋行的经理福克，向左宗棠表示，有钱可错，手续可以节减许多，左宗棠自然是欢迎的。
福克之得以谒见左宗棠，出于胡雪岩的推荐，那是一年前的话，西陲已经平定，左宗棠准备在陕甘大兴实业，关照胡雪岩招聘技师，胡雪岩找上了福克。在哈密行营一席之谈，左宗棠认为福克“切实而有条理”，颇为欣赏，福克便抓住机会，为德国资本找出路，当然，要谈这笔借款，仍旧需要胡雪岩。
当时正是崇厚擅自订约，被捕下狱，中俄关系搞得剑拔弩张之时，左宗棠接到一个情报，说俄国举了一笔“国债”达五千二百万两之巨，用来扩充军备，认为中俄难免一战，将来兵连祸结，其势难以停止，亦须未雨绸缪，如果能惜二三千万银子，分数十年偿还，则饷源一广，练兵必精，写信给胡雪岩，要他跟泰来洋行谈判，而且约他在开年灯节以后，进京面谈。
不久，这件事打消了，因为由于曾纪泽斡旋，中俄形势已趋缓和，没有再大举外债的理由。
这是第一遍。第二遍旧事重提，又要借了。原来左宗棠内召入关进军机时，奉旨将他的一差一缺，分别交卸，一差是“钦差大臣督办新疆军务”，交由刘锦棠接替，一缺是“陕甘总督”交由杨昌浚署理。刘、杨都是左宗棠麾下的大将，但资望不足，难当重任，陕甘贫瘠，全靠各省协饷，各省如果不买帐，刘、杨就一筹奠展，因此，左宗棠必须为刘锦棠、杨昌浚筹好了饷，西征的功绩，才算有了着落。
照左宗棠的盘算，新疆与陕甘以玉门关为界，每年关外军饷要三百七十万，关内二百一十万，全年为五百八十万两。光绪五年起，上谕各省协饷，必须解足五百万两，相差八十万，前后套搭，总还可敷衍得过，哪知上谕归上谕，协饷归协饷，两年之间，各省协饷欠解竟达四百二十万两之巨。
为此，刘锦棠忧心忡忡，左宗棠为他出奏陈情说：“不虞兵机之迟钝，而忧饷事之难难，深惧仔肩难卸，掣时堪虞，将来恼不应手，必致上负圣恩，悔已无及。”这也是实在情形，即令宝鋆表示：“西饷可缓，洋款不必着急。”
朝廷仍旧许他再借一笔外债，弥补协饷之不足。
胡雪岩与福克，就是为这件事来的。
胡雪岩在左宗棠面前的信用，大不如前了。一则是借洋债及商款的利息过重，人言藉藉，连左宗棠都没面子，二则是采买军火有浮报情事。但左宗棠仍旧少不了胡雪岩，而胡雪岩亦想力盖前愆，对这趟借洋债，格外尽心尽力，希望左宗棠能对他的成绩满意。
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