"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is in trouble... The latest news from the capital is that the stock price of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway has shot up to 3.5 yuan, and the whole capital is going crazy!"
Na Duobao stumbled all the way, and quickly reported the latest information from the capital to Guiziliu. Prince Gong took the secret letter, looked at it a few times, and burned it on the candle.
"I know, why are you panicking?"
"Your Majesty! Can you not panic? This foolish king has made it clear that he wants to use money to win people's hearts! I have been living at the bottom of the capital for most of my life, how can I still know the faces of those villains?"
"There are a few who are really loyal, but they are all bastards who can't pull out the money! They told us all very well before about their loyalty, but I'm afraid that once the money goes away, they will all forget their duty!"
"Haha... You can see through this layer. Do you think I can't understand it? It's a pity that you only know one but not the other. Zai Chun is also stupid. How can you spend this money like this?"
"What a simple truth. If you give him some small favors, these people will be grateful to you. If you make huge profits of tens of millions in one go, these people will only disturb other people. Think about it, look at how many people in the capital are crazy?"
"Even those princes couldn't help but go to the palace to complain, let alone the other lower-level bannermen!"
"The human heart is like this, fearing power but not morality. No matter how they live their lives, they will never look for the cause of their problems within themselves!"
"Do you know what virtues the saints have most admired since ancient times? It is introspection!"
The little ink in Duobao's belly was not enough to feed the dog, so he definitely couldn't understand the sage's words, so naturally he looked confused!
Guiziliu sighed, "It means self-reflection, self-reflection, and finding the reasons for yourself when things happen, that's what it means... And this ability is what we lack the most!"
"If you are poor, you blame others. If you have no rights, you blame others. Even if you fall down while walking, you will blame others! You may even blame heaven and earth and blame your parents!"
"Isn't it obvious? I missed such a good opportunity to make a fortune. When they went to sue Fengxiu, no one scolded me for being incompetent and short-sighted!"
"Zai Chun doesn't understand human nature! He thinks that he can win over these people by giving money and being reasonable? Wrong, these people have not caught up with this good market, and they will hate that foolish king even more!"
"Let's not be anxious, we can afford to wait! Now it's very fast that Zai Chun is about to collapse his own building. The smoother his career is now, the sooner the world will collapse in the future!"
"Hey... I understand, I will tell everyone in the capital to stay quiet and never move!"
Seeing Duobao walking away, Yixin looked to the north in the distance: "Nephew! Are you confused? Why is this Eight Banner so difficult to control?"
"Everyone understands the principle of giving both kindness and power, but you can't control this situation! You wanted to establish your authority, but you killed too many people and pushed these people to my side again!"
"You wanted to show mercy, but you did it too big and too new. So many people couldn't get on the sedan, and they were thrown off alive in the end. They still hate you!"
"You are so reckless and have no idea that running a big country is like cooking a small fish. You are going to die! Just wait, your good days are coming to an end!"
No one can hear Prince Gong's prophecy, and even if someone hears it, they probably won't believe it. Emperor Tongzhi's prestige is really at its peak at this moment.
The Beijing-Tianjin Railway stock issuance was a great success. It started trading sideways at the price of 3.5 yuan, and the trading volume was increasing every day. However, no one expected that the takeover volume would be so large, and so many social funds were desperately pouring into it!
You can throw it as much as you want, it doesn’t matter how much you throw! As much money as you throw away, there will be as much money to take over, and the price fluctuates back and forth around three and a half yuan!
It can reach as high as three or eighty-nine yuan when it's the highest, and it won't drop three yuan when it's low. Many smart people have learned how to make swings, buying in at low prices and selling out at high prices. There's trading volume anyway, so what's there to be afraid of?
The stock market is not a new thing for Jiangnan, but it is really a new thing for the capital. The people did not understand and resisted it from the beginning. Stimulated by the Beijing-Tianjin Railway to make money, people began to become familiar with and accept this new technology. thing!
When stocks go up, people have to find a reason to go up! At this time, the Qing Times specially set up a new publication, which copied the stock market news and lectures from Jiangnan to popularize knowledge among the people in the capital!
When do people want to learn new knowledge? Of course, when you make money! These bannermen and Han people who wanted to make money finally let go of their arrogance and began to accept new knowledge!
Xiao Letian's plan to popularize Western learning has been going on for several years, but it has not been accepted by these stubborn bannermen and Han conservatives. However, the money in the stock market has huge magic power!
People spend less time bragging and talking about big things. When they have time, they also talk about economics knowledge and stories about making a fortune overseas!
They finally understood that the Dutch red barbarians whom Zheng Chenggong defeated back then relied on the stock market to raise funds and then became sea coachmen.
Why can railways make money? It turns out that this train is so powerful and can pull so much cargo, which directly reduces logistics costs and improves time efficiency!
Needless to say, after the railway was built, all the fruits, pears and peaches along the way were mobilized. Fresh peaches from hundreds of miles away were delivered to the capital in a few hours, and seafood caught from Tianjin , it can be delivered to the capital for sale in half a day.
These are all good and profitable businesses, and these businesses have to pay tolls to the railway. Do you think the railway is profitable?
In this way, throughout July, Beijing-Tianjin Railway stocks fulfilled many people's dreams of getting rich, and also forced a ray of knowledge into these closed brains!
The iceberg with the greatest resistance to railways in the entire Qing Dynasty, this huge group melted away little by little!
The old diehards who once desperately opposed the railway construction also go to the exchange every day to check the prices, and invest their family money in the stock market to make some profit!
At this point, no matter how thick-skinned he is, he is still embarrassed to say that the railway is not good!
On July 20, under Liu Peiqi's strict order, Mr. Qin began to buy a large amount of Beijing-Tianjin Railway stocks. On that day, the railway stock price shot up from 3.2 yuan to 3.7 yuan, and the trading volume also doubled!
And just two days later, on July 22, the court released the latest news!
"At nine o'clock in the morning on July 22, trains will be sent from the Beijing and Tianjin Dagukou stations at the same time! The Beijing-Tianjin Railway has just started commercial operation!"
"It's making money. This railway is starting to make money... He's making money, but our stock price will still go up!"
On July 22, in the Northern Industrial Zone, truckloads of cement, steel bars, rivets, and spare parts began to gather at the train station!
The ship from Dagukou brought basket after basket of Bohai prawns, swimming crabs, and various shellfish...all packed with ice, enough to fill three carriages!
Chinese and Qing officials, as well as passengers preparing to visit relatives and friends in the capital, also gathered at the station!
The first commercial train in the Qing Dynasty finally left at nine o'clock!
The platform was crowded with people, and the front of the black-red steam locomotive was spraying white mist. Hundreds of passengers looked excitedly at the iron guy in front of them, and children clapped their hands and jumped excitedly.
There were only four passenger carriages, and the remaining six were cargo carriages. A total of ten carriages carried the dream of revitalizing the Qing Dynasty. It was finally time to set off.
A dark-faced waiter in the crowd smiled innocently, but his eyes occasionally flashed with light, showing his extraordinary identity!
In the far corner of the station, two CIA spies were staring at this person and whispering in a low voice, "Remember, keep an eye on this person. This person is the direct guard Eagle next to the Ninth Commander of the Hunan Army!"
"He is suddenly preparing to go to Beijing. He must have a special mission. Remember who he met along the way!"
"Yes! Promise to complete the mission!"
