The dignitaries of the Eight Banners in the capital purchased a total of more than 1.8 million silver dollars in shares, barely making up 20% of the total share capital. Are they really short of money? Actually no, they just didn't believe in Emperor Tongzhi.
And the subsequent series of operations only exacerbated these people's worries! Why should it be sold openly and why should ordinary businessmen and ordinary people be able to buy it?
In a hierarchical society, nobles naturally believe that they have privileges. If the same thing is mixed up with common people, they naturally think that this matter cannot be done!
How can a noble do the same business as a slave? What's more, your underwriting of 10 million yuan from Zaichun is really not selling quickly, which means no one recognizes it!
In addition, the early closure of Fengxiu's sales point aroused the vigilance of the Eight Banners. These Eight Banners disciples, who were related to the Ministry of Household and Internal Affairs, had already planned for Fengxiu.
There is still more than one million yuan left, so why did you announce in advance that it is sold out? Are you fooling the devil?
There were doubts on both sides, and in the end, people with ulterior motives were involved, and there were so many rumors that the propaganda columns of the Qing Times were overwhelmed.
It was precisely because of various reasons that Fan Biao's unintentional drunken words made the entire Eight Banners boil. All the bannermen who did not trust Zai Chun began to sell stock visas to Fan Biao. This hundred-share , the one with three hundred shares, the most even reached one thousand shares.
Fan Da Nao's housekeeper and servants were all busy. They temporarily mobilized more than 20 bookkeeping experts from the Fan family's bank and business, and they were just able to keep busy.
More than 400,000 silver dollars is really not a lot of money. To the Fan family, anything less than one million is considered small money, but today's business is too disgusting.
There is too much small money, which is too cumbersome. In the past, the Fan family's business deals were with large investments of millions, but today they have to deal with small money of hundreds or thousands of taels.
This Fan Biao can actually mobilize the family's funds. It turns out that he is not bragging. It turns out that this guy is Fan Ru's grandson. He is his biological grandson but not the eldest son, so he is not well known.
This bloodline is very close, that's why Fan Biao can act so recklessly, and that's why the family turns a blind eye!
Such a large-scale acquisition of equity will of course attract the attention of the court, but you can't control it if you pay attention. These are legal and natural transactions, and you can't stop others from buying or selling!
If the imperial court bans this kind of private trading, then the panic among the banner people will definitely further intensify. By then, it will not be just the ordinary banner people selling, but even the princes will have to sell it!
Could it be said that all banner people are so ignorant and short-sighted? Of course there are exceptions, and some thoughtful and enlightened bannermen have also raised their own questions.
"Tell me, is this big-headed Fan really stupid or pretending to be stupid? He is so kind-hearted and takes away the shares we don't want? This is not a small amount of money, this is hundreds of thousands!"
"Can these shares really make money? What if Long live the Lord really gives us benefits? If so, we will really suffer a loss if we sell them now!"
"Take it! If you want to believe them, you can keep it for yourself. I won't keep it anymore! I did a good job in Chongwenmen's customs duties. Don't you make one or twenty taels that day? This money is so comfortable. Why take the risk!"
"You, you just didn't understand! Everyone has made it clear that this big head Fan is indeed the grandson of Fan Jian, a descendant of Fan Ru's branch!"
"Fan Jian himself has no sons, but only one daughter is married to the head of state. Naturally, Fan Jian treats Fan Ru's grandson as his own. How can he not take care of him?"
"This equity is a treasure in the hands of Fan Datou, but it is like a thunder in our hands!"
It's hard to persuade a damn ghost with good words. Those who don't trust will always be distrustful. However, the liberals or Westernizers within the Eight Banners firmly stand with Master Fuqing's choice and resolutely hold their shares. .
Time passed day by day, and by the end of April, Fan Da Nao had privately collected a total of 800,000 silver dollars in equity. This was already his limit. Although he was the grandson of the Fan family, he had spent more than one million yuan. , then you have to ask the old shopkeeper for special approval.
How dare he seek special approval from his grandfather without kicking him to death, so after receiving the limit of his financial resources, this big-headed fan directly hid from the capital, refused to accept him, and said that he was leaving the capital to escape the summer heat.
"Fuck! It's only the end of April and you're going to escape the summer heat? I'm still here in the capital in July. Is this guy out of money? Forget it, I'm just unlucky..."
The turmoil caused by stocks in the capital has finally subsided. We have to look forward to the future. There are countless things that happen every day in such a huge empire.
The progress of the iron plant and railway projects has begun to accelerate. The conflicts have been settled and public complaints have been subsided. Coupled with Xiao Letian's sufficient supply of cement and steel bars, the project progress has immediately started accelerating.
The railway bridges that were originally planned to be completed by the end of June have now been opened to traffic one by one. People in the Beijing-Tianjin area can already see the trains emitting black smoke running back and forth on the railway. This is a test run and a test of the rails. quality.
At the end of April, the Qing Times published a full page promotion of the Beijing-Tianjin railway plan. Now 99% of the railway has been repaired, except for the completion of the last railway bridge across the Grand Canal!
According to reports, Emperor Tongzhi issued a decree that the Beijing Railway must be opened to traffic by the end of June at the latest, ensuring that the people of the Capital would be able to eat the new Nanyang rice transported by train in a few autumns!
There is constant good news about railway construction, and the progress of the Jingshi Iron Plant project is also very good. Although the iron plant has not yet produced molten steel, the coking plant and cement plant have been completed and put into operation. From this month, the Jingshi Iron Plant can use its own Burnt cement!
Emperor Tongzhi was right to vent his anger on the people. These simple and kind-hearted people never expected that the emperor would stand up for them. So many murderers were killed, and the last trace of resentment in the workers' hearts disappeared!
Without villains coming to rob them of their money, the advantage of Emperor Tongzhi's high salary can now be highlighted. Workers who have earned enough money are very motivated, and banners and slogans have been hung up at the Jingshi Iron Works.
'In October of golden autumn, molten steel comes out of the furnace! '
What is needed is this kind of energy, what is needed to govern the empire is this kind of morale. Zai Chun inspected the iron factory on horseback, standing on the high hills and looking down.
The distant trial train began to transport various materials from Tongzhou to the iron factory, and the black smoke left a long mark on the horizon!
The endless industrial area is a completely new city. The billowing smoke from the coking plant and cement factory is the most beautiful scenery in the eyes of Emperor Tongzhi!
"According to my decree, let the palace painters draw these dozens of miles of scenery into a long scroll, which will be passed down forever... This is the Qingming River Scene of the Qing Dynasty!"
"Fu Qing! Let the good news out tomorrow so that all my people can feel happy!"
