"Giving a gift?" Prince Li put down his wine glass. "Abbott, please tell me clearly. I am so stupid that I really don't know what this gift is..."
When Fengxiu came, she brought an exquisite leather briefcase. After opening it, a few thin pages of paper were handed into the hands of Prince Li.
"His Majesty ordered me to prepare for the issuance of shares of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway. The railway that is about to be completed will soon have shares. We must learn from the methods of foreigners and Chinese to raise funds..."
"Ten yuan per share, one million shares will be issued in advance, and 10 million silver dollars will be raised... Your Majesty, take a look, the specific terms are below!"
Prince Li looked at it very carefully, even wearing the reading glasses he bought from a foreign goods store. Of course he had heard of the stock market in Jiangnan, but these Manchu princes were still very resistant to such things.
They did not directly eliminate these things, but their servants and disciples who were officials in Jiangnan occasionally mentioned them in their letters.
Of course, a lot of the money these people receive from southern slaves and disciples every year is earned from the Jiangnan stock market.
But money is money, and he doesn't know how it works!
After reading it for a long time, Prince Li put down the prospectus in his hand and said, "What do you mean, the emperor wants to give us shares in the railway?"
"No, no, no... Your Majesty is wrong. I'm here to ask you to buy some. This is a good opportunity to make a fortune without losing money!"
"Huh? You don't want me to pay for it as a gift?" Prince Li's face suddenly darkened. If Fengxiu's status wasn't special, he would probably have to send him away.
"This... Lord Fengxiu, do you mean this by the emperor or by you?" Prince Li stopped calling him the abbot and just called him by his first name.
Fengxiu could hear the displeasure in the prince's tone: "Hey... Of course your majesty just mentioned that it is such a good opportunity to make a fortune, so don't forget to share some of it with the family, the emperor and the country's relatives, so as not to appear unkind and unjust." …”
"Xiaguan came to see Prince Li as soon as possible. He just wanted to give him good news. You are an old man, so you must be the first to take action!"
"Haha... It turns out that it was Master Long Live who suggested it! Isn't it forced to buy? Tsk tsk..."
When he heard that it was not forced, Prince Li suddenly gnashed his teeth and Hanako said, "Tsk, tsk... To be honest with the king, I look like a noble prince, but my inner pockets are also churning up, and my family's wealth is actually empty." Got it!"
"It's not that I'm disobeying Lord Long Live, but I really don't have that much spare money! I know Master Fengxiu has a hard time running errands, so why don't I buy a thousand shares from my pocket, which is 10,000 silver dollars, so that's all!"
"I..." Fengxiu was confused by the number reported by Prince Li. The dignified iron hat king took out ten thousand silver dollars? Is this money enough for you to buy two good horses?
The winter grasshoppers you play with cost thousands of taels of silver. How can you fool people with this kind of thing?
Fengxiu was also a veteran of the capital. He knew at a glance that Prince Li didn't understand anything and thought that the emperor was forcibly apportioning the money!
Fengxiu really came with a mission this time. Although the emperor Zai Chun was a bit cruel and murderous, he was not stupid. He didn't want to kill Guang Liang and other stewards at first. Who wants to have a quarrel with all the princes? ?
But things developed so suddenly and unexpectedly that he was suddenly suspended in the air and unable to get down!
If Guang Liang doesn't kill them, the people won't be able to get angry, but if they kill these princes, they will definitely be devastated. The only choice is to give them a slap in the face!
The Beijing-Tianjin Railway stock issuance plan has long been planned, but in the early stage, it was planned to wait one or two years after the opening of the railway, because for the time being, Emperor Tongzhi did not lack money.
He wanted to wait until the ironworks and railways had made some money and become familiar to the public before issuing stocks. The money raised could be used to continue to implement other industrial plans.
As long as the society can see the profitability of railways and iron plants, future stock issuances will be very smooth!
But at this moment, the situation changed, and with the instigation of Xiao Letian's telegram, Zaichun made up his mind to issue the Beijing-Tianjin Railway shares first, not to raise money, but actually to make money with these princes and calm their hearts.
Zai Chun has seen the crazy scene in the Jiangnan stock market. There are many dark things here, and money and wealth are transferred very quickly!
As long as he is willing and joins forces with the master, it will be too easy to speculate on the stock price. Not to mention the percentage of profit, it is no problem to double it. If there is an expert to lead some swings, it will make several somersaults. It's also commonplace.
Isn’t this easier and more glorious than embezzling workers’ hard-earned money? Why bother eating that human blood steamed bun!
Zai Chun had given Feng Xiu some details. He didn't reveal too much but told him clearly that this stock would definitely make a lot of money and asked him to contact Prince Li and others to buy some quickly.
What Feng Xiu gave as a gift was this good deal that was sure to make money, but Prince Zheng thought that the emperor was giving him shares for free, which was a twist.
"My lord...don't you understand what the official said? This is a good business with a sure profit and no loss. There will be no shop like this after passing this village!"
Fengxiu was from the Ministry of Household Affairs and knew a little about economics. In recent years, with the rise of the Chinese people, he had also received some new knowledge.
But he is a traditional official after all, and he always knows little about emerging economies, so his ability to explain is definitely much worse than that of Liu Henzhen and Shopkeeper Fan.
Prince Li drank while listening. He was polite on the surface but rejected it in his heart.
"Hey... Master Fengxiu, I don't understand. Why are the Beijing-Tianjin Railway stocks of our Qing Dynasty not issued in the capital, but they are issued in the stock market run by the Jiangnan Chinese?"
"I'm afraid it will be difficult to get this money back once it's in Xiao Letian's hands!"
"Ouch... Your Majesty, you have misunderstood. You are not issuing this stock in the capital because there is no stock market in the capital!"
"If we don't have one, let's build one. How much will it cost? Find an empty house, hire some bookkeepers, and just buy and sell it. It's simple..."
"No...my good prince, how can it be so simple!"
"To establish a stock market, you must first have a lot of buyers. From top to bottom in our capital, from officials to ordinary people, no one knows this stock. After it is established, no one will buy it!"
"But Jiangnan is different. Jiangnan's economy is active and its people are civilized. They have long been accustomed to the stock market, so our stocks can be sold there!"
"Look...you also said that the people in the capital don't want stocks, so why are you recommending them to me?" Prince Li suddenly found an excuse.
Feng Xiu slapped her forehead anxiously, "My good prince, why can't you understand?"
"Jiangnan not only has a lot of investors, but the key is that there is a lot of spare money in the society... Wherever our stocks are issued, the purchasing power will be huge!"
"The wealth in Jiangnan is much greater than that in the capital. The same stocks are selling like hotcakes there. Everyone rushes to buy them, so won't the prices go up?"
"There is money to be made, there is money to be made by publishing in Jiangnan!"
Prince Li curled his lips, "Profit? What if we lose?"
