Chongzhen came to Kunning Palace and had dinner with the queen and two noble concubines.
Since the battle with Wei Du Gong, Chongzhen took all the concubines to live in the Housan Palace for easy protection, and developed the habit of eating with them.
Until now, the Housan Palace is still heavily guarded.
After all, the situation in the harem is complicated, and Mrs. Zheng still has great influence in the palace, court, and local areas. For his own safety, the emperor did not dare to relax at all about the three palaces.
As soon as he entered Kunning Palace, he heard the queen and the two noble concubines talking and laughing happily.
Seeing him coming in, the queen quickly got up from the table, led the two concubines, and knelt down to greet the emperor.
"Get up quickly, no need to be polite." Chongzhen said.
When I got here, I felt like going home from get off work, and the heavy mood I felt after reading the memorial was relieved.
"Why are you so happy today? Is there anything good you can do?" Chongzhen asked.
Chongzhen glanced at it and saw that the food was already placed on the dining table.
Now that the imperial court is in financial difficulty, Chongzhen starts from himself and imposes strict requirements on the harem. Limit the grade and quantity of meals.
Each meal consists of three meat dishes, three vegetarian dishes, three cold dishes and a pot of soup. The staple food is only rice and noodles or steamed buns and picture scrolls.
Basically, there are two staple foods: rice and noodles. In addition, there are pickles or pickles, kimchi and three or five other things.
The plates in the palace are not big, so four people can only eat enough if they eat them.
In fact, only the noon meal was eaten by the emperor and his concubines together. They would have breakfast and dinner in their own palaces, and their maids and eunuchs could cook small stoves for them.
Of course, the emperor would not know this. Only the emperor himself was practicing economy.
They actually complained a lot because the emperor's food was too simple.
However, you must always pretend to be in front of His Majesty. So as not to be disliked by His Majesty. If you lose the Sacred Heart, you will lose more than you gain.
They all have good food in their own palaces. After all, their natal families will give them a lot of money.
On today’s dinner table, there is a casserole with soybean stewed pig’s trotters, a portion of squirrel mandarin fish, and a portion of Shaanxi gourd chicken. The vegetarian dishes are stir-fried bean sprouts, lettuce in oyster sauce, and celery and lily. The cold dishes are a small plate of spiced beef tendons, a small plate of meat, and a glass bowl filled with mixed vegetables.
The soup is ginkgo pork belly soup. The pickles include a small dish of sugared garlic, a small dish of shredded radish, a small dish of soybeans mixed with mustard mustard, a small dish of red oil and sour beans, and a small dish of pickled cucumbers.
The red oil is chili oil obtained from the supermarket, and the pickled cucumbers are also canned from the supermarket. These two items were very popular with the Queen and the two noble concubines. These were only available after Yang Fan came.
Chongzhen sat down at the main seat, and the palace maid came up to tie the napkin.
"Your Majesty, my concubine bought more than 30,000 shares of Daming Petroleum before the stock exchange closed a few years ago." Queen Zhou said happily.
"Ah, Queen, you are so brave. Almost no one dares to buy that stock." Chongzhen said in surprise.
The merchants and nobles of the Ming Dynasty were not fools. After all, oil had not been found yet. Don't dare to buy more. Yang Fan still had more than 30,000 shares in his hand that had not been sold, and he was planning to take them all himself.
As a result, the queen's aunt, Tao Xueying, came.
When I saw Yang Fan, I asked directly if there was any oil in Tianjin.
Yang Fan had no choice but to tell the truth and clearly told Aunt Tao that there was a large oil field in Tianjin, located in the southeast. There is even a larger oil field in Binzhou, Shandong.
Aunt Tao asked how big the scale was. Yang Fan said that it was enough to be used by Ming Dynasty for more than ten years without any problems.
After hearing this, Aunt Tao felt relieved and asked how many more shares Daming Oil could subscribe for.
Yang Fan asked someone to check on the spot and found that there were still more than 35,000 shares.
Aunt Tao directly took out the check from Xinghe Bank, filled in the stamp on the spot, and bought everything directly.
As a result, three days later, it was the last trading day before the Spring Festival. News came from Tianjin that the first oil well successfully produced industrial flow. Black oil spurted out like a blowout. Three thousand barrels were sprayed that day.
When the news came, everyone in the exchange went crazy. They rushed to the trading counter of Daming Petroleum and held up banknotes to buy Daming Petroleum stocks.
Unfortunately, the last 30,000 shares were bought by a mysterious woman three days ago. There are now no shares on offer.
Although occasionally scattered retail investors saw the price skyrocketing, took profits, and sold a small amount, but there were more wolves and less meat, so they couldn't buy it at all.
In less than an hour, the price doubled.
In the exchange, there was a little eunuch who was responsible for watching the market. He ran back rolling and crawling. Go back quickly to report the news. Shuangxi was also shocked when he heard the report. Hurry and report to the Queen.
The queen was also a little dumbfounded. In just three days, more than 30,000 silver dollars had turned into 70,000.
Tian Guifei and Yuan Guifei also bought some other stocks in the oil sector. Stimulated by the discovery of large oil fields, the oil sector generally rose by 50% before closing in the morning. The two of them were also very happy.
However, this is not over yet. After the market opened in the afternoon, the stock price continued to rise sharply. By the end of the day, the Queen's stock was already worth one hundred thousand taels. Other stocks in the oil sector also doubled.
This time, the queen used the money from her inner treasury and invested a total of one hundred thousand taels to buy stocks. Now after calculating the accounts, she actually made a profit of one hundred thousand taels. This stock is just crazy.
Although the Queen comes from a business family, she has never made such a fortune.
Listening to the Queen's explanation of the stock market situation in the past few days, Chongzhen was also shocked. One hundred thousand taels in three days was too fast.
"Queen, why don't we sell all the stocks before the market opens? It has risen so fast, will it fall down, and we will be happy in vain." The emperor was worried about gains and losses.
His suspicious and unstable character, always swinging back and forth, is really not suitable for stock trading, as he can easily lose his pants.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I have been studying the book "Accounting" sent by Uncle Dingyuan recently. After discovering the big oil field this time, the value of these stocks will be rediscovered. I estimate that the stock price will soar to five taels of silver per share. . It’s only three taels now. There’s still a lot of room behind it. Don’t be in a hurry to sell. Besides, if we hold such a good deal for a long time, wouldn’t it be better to get dividends when the time comes.”
Queen Zhou was very calm and did not take the one hundred thousand taels too seriously at all.
Chongzhen felt that his mouth was a little dry, but it still continued to rise.
The Queen is really financially minded. Although Chongzhen was conceited, he believed that he did not have this ability.
In the past two years, as long as she invested, she had not lost any money. In the past two years, through various channels, one million taels of silver have been obtained for the inner treasury. It greatly supported his rectification of the Beijing camp and various reform measures.
Before the Spring Festival, the internal treasury received 100,000 taels of foreign wealth, which is indeed worthy of joy.
At the end of the year, Xinghe Supermarket distributed a dividend of 130,000 taels.
Chongzhen was happiest when he received a large sum of money from his inner treasury. He had a quarrel with civil servants over money.
Every penny spent in the Ministry of Revenue has to be argued with the civil servants repeatedly. Or the freedom to spend money from one’s own internal treasury.
