The tavern was buzzing with people, and everyone was talking about this eye-popping war. At this moment, a gentleman seemed to suddenly remember something, picked up his hat, and ran away.
Just when people looked confused, the tavern owner stopped wiping the glass and said, "Oh! Mr. Kesang is a smart man. Did he buy bonds and stocks?"
"Oh God! Prussia has won two games in a row! The public bonds they issued will definitely skyrocket, and the stocks related to Prussia will also be robbed!"
When people heard this, they suddenly understood, and fully half of them ran out to pay the bill, "I have to grab some too!"
London is the world's well-deserved financial center. Surrounding the Bank of England, the Bank of England, there are more than 500 banks with different ownership rights, including securities trading companies with a long history.
In the Victorian era, the breath here could control the pulse of the entire world, and every financial change here could trigger a financial storm on the entire planet.
This is the area with the largest accumulation of gold in the world, and it holds wealth that people cannot imagine. In the Victorian era, Britain's wealth had not experienced dilution from World War I and World War II, and the air here was filled with gold fragments.
It can be said that in this era, any country that wants to fight a modern money-burning war needs to try its luck here. It can even be said that the attitude of the financiers here can determine the outcome of a war.
In Xiao Letian's previous life, Japan raised tens of millions of yen from here during the Sino-Japanese War of 1884-1894. Don't look at it too much, but this attitude is very subtle.
The Qing Dynasty did not understand financing at all, so it used its own wealth or Beiyang's wealth to fight this war, while Japan received small-scale investment from British financiers.
Although the amount was small, it was still a kind of support. Since the British financiers had invested in Japan, but the Qing Dynasty had no demands at all, it became a one-sided war.
European financiers naturally want Japan to win, because only in this way can they earn more, and the energy released by these people also adds a lot to Japan's diplomatic breakthrough.
During the later Russo-Japanese War, both sides borrowed heavily from the City of London or issued government bonds directly in the market. At that time, people bought government bonds from Tsarist Russia and Japan, just like gambling in later generations.
If Tsarist Russia has a high winning rate, the odds will naturally be low. If Japan’s winning rate is not good, then sales will naturally be sluggish!
But I never expected that Japan would win in the end, which means that the investors who bought Japanese government bonds at the lowest price all made a lot of money, and even doubled their profits several times.
And those who bet on Tsarist Russia may not be able to recover much of their principal!
The current war between France and Prussia is also a financial gambling game. The national debts of both sides and the stocks of companies on both sides are closely related to the outcome of the war.
Before the war, investors were not optimistic about Prussia. As a result, Prussia's public debt and stock prices continued to fall, while France's prices steadily rose.
The market has made a judgment of war, and investors are voting with their feet!
But they never expected that the war would turn out so unexpectedly. Some shrewd guys quickly wanted to change their careers. They were preparing to sell off French assets and acquire Prussian financial products.
As a result, these smart people gathered from all over London and gathered in Financial Street. They were all frightened when they saw the scene. It turned out that there were many people who had foresight. With the Bank of England as the core, the entire Financial Street was already overcrowded.
All the banks were crowded with gentlemen inquiring about the public bonds. The tellers had just brought out three million pounds of Prussian public bonds, but the gentlemen pounced on them like mad dogs and robbed them.
This is especially true on the stock exchange. Stocks related to Prussia, especially in the military industry, railways, steel... and other industries, have already doubled, and the transaction prices on the pink board are changing almost every minute.
In the era before computers, stock trading relied entirely on handwriting and over-the-counter trading. This lively scene was unimaginable to future generations of investors who would sit in front of computers!
"Damn it! Damn it! I have long thought that the French are not good. If only I had eaten three days in advance... I have made twice as much money! Damn it..."
The annoyed investor stamped his feet anxiously. Looking at the prices of national bonds and stocks, his intestines turned green with regret!
Three days ago, no one wanted Prussia's public debt. At that time, the price was at its lowest, but now, in just three days, the price has doubled!
This is not over yet. With the subsequent influx of funds, the price continues to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye!
"I bet wrong, I bet everything wrong...I am an idiot, why did I exchange all my funds for French garbage? Woohoo..." Investors who bought in all their positions regretted it and cried in their arms. .
The degree of accumulation on the financial battlefield is no worse than that on the real battlefield. Will one family be happy and others sad? Anyway, there must be no voice or shadow of Xiao Letian among the worried people.
At this moment in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Fang Guan was sitting at the stock exchange, looking at the telegrams from London and the local transaction prices in the Netherlands. This quirky opera goddess couldn't even close her mouth with laughter.
"Haha... This is called making money. What you make is war wealth!"
"Thirty million pounds. Mom, I bought 30 million pounds of government bonds and stocks at the lowest level for you. It has doubled in just a few days!"
"The Chinese have warships! How many ships can we build with 60 million pounds? No, no, no...it still needs to be raised. I want to make 100 million!"
Xiao Letian would not give up the opportunity to make war fortune. When he was in Jiangnan, he made countless profits from the military ticket crisis and directly established the Suzhou Stock Exchange.
He knows the secrets here very well!
Now that he is engaged in the Franco-Prussian War, he is facing a world-class financial war. How could he give up this great opportunity to make money, not to mention that he himself can influence this war.
Before the war started, he arranged for Fang Guan to sit in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and began to carefully acquire low-priced financial products.
Xiao Letian has almost used the money he brought out this time. Counting the remaining funds in the Law Popularization Foundation, the mobile funds he can use are only more than 30 million pounds.
For this financial feast, Xiao Letian has spent all the money he spent on the Zhiyuan's return to China to buy coal and water, and all the funds were invested in the financial market!
Don’t set your goal too big first, let’s make 100 million pounds!
And Xiao Letian knows very well that the final changes in this war will be very big, and the prices of financial products will continue to fluctuate, and there will be many opportunities to make money back and forth!
The feeling of making war fortune is really amazing! So cool!
