In September 1874, the huge Qing Empire was like an 80-year-old man marrying an 18-year-old bride. It suddenly came to life!
Emperor Tongzhi's reform plan has entered the high-speed lane, but this time it went smoothly, which is unimaginable. I thought there would be a lot of opposition voices, just like before he took office, but today these voices seem to have suddenly disappeared!
Money fascinates the eyes, and benefits move people's hearts!
The Eight Banners, a stubborn conservative group, was given a good education by the Beijing-Tianjin Railway stock. They finally understood that this is a golden crop that is more fertile than a hard-core crop!
Hundreds of billions of funds are rolling around here. This is the ocean of money. As long as you have connections and connections, you can scoop up a scoop or a jar from it!
I was too stupid before, why should I oppose these good things? Why are you so stupid that you can’t live with money?
The conservatives of the Manchu Qing Dynasty changed their previous attitude and began to attack the financial market with all their strength. The total amount of market currency around the capital was almost exhausted at that moment!
The head of state's words of praise for the industrialization of the Qing Empire became the biggest benefit to the market. At this time, not only hot money from the Gyeonggi region entered the market, but also a lot of hot money from the south of the Yangtze River began to move northward!
Shanxi, Mongolia, the Central Plains... Many businessmen are preparing to make a big move. With such strong support from ticket buyers, the share price of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway quickly exceeded nine yuan!
People are eagerly discussing the benefits after the railway is built to Shanhaiguan. The goods outside the Shanhaiguan can be connected with the Central Plains. Mountain products, furs, ginseng, game, medicinal materials... so many good things can be transported to the Shanhaiguan through the railway. This How much money do you have to make?
The ironware, industrial products, grain, cotton, spirits in the pass... can also be driven northward one by one to Shengjing or even sold to Heilongjiang!
How much does this expand business? How could the railway not make money from such business transactions?
The second phase of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway project has excited all investors. Unfortunately, no one is selling in the market, and the trading volume has not been able to increase. Otherwise, it would be ten yuan or twenty yuan.
Prince Zheng and the others saw the market demand and made memorials almost three times a day, imploring the court to speed up the introduction of high-quality stocks from Jiangnan Chinese!
It originally took a month to prepare for the listing, but under their urging, it was launched in just half a month!
In mid-September, seventeen Chinese stocks, including military industry, shipping, steel, machinery, shipping...all are top companies in East Asia. They released a batch of stocks and took them to the capital for trading!
That day, the Capital Exchange was crowded and the people went crazy!
"Have you heard about it? Mi Group! The industry of Mi Fu, the top grain merchant in Ryukyu... You don't know who Mi Fu is? It's not the Mi Fu in ancient times, but a person with the same name!"
"Ouch... when Prime Minister Donghai Xiao Naha resisted the Fuso Shimazu family's army, it was the head of state who personally saved the lives of their family!"
"At that time, Mi Fu was an ordinary grain merchant. Because of this relationship, he was tied to the career of the head of state!"
"I heard that during the most difficult time for the Chinese people to fight, Mi Fu borrowed more than 10 million silver dollars to prepare food for the army! The debt collectors sent him blades and bullets, and he almost died!"
"Life is a gamble! The bet is that the head of state will win every battle. If the head of state wins, his debt will not be a problem, and he can make a lot of money! If the head of state loses, his family will have to be punished!"
"I really risked my life to pledge my allegiance to it, and just like that, I created the Mi Group, the largest grain merchant in the Chinese ethnic group! Now it only costs fifteen yuan per share, which is so cheap!"
"Look! Sihai Trading...Boss Niu's property is on the market! Oops...32 yuan per share! What a high price!"
"Bah... Thirty-two dollars for such an ignorant thing? Do you know that Boss Niu's trading group has monopolized all the bristle business in the Qing Dynasty?"
"Tung oil, hemp rope, bristle, wood, wool...and the group also has a very large ocean-going fleet that handles its own transportation!"
"People also do grain business, including fresh food and poultry...and the most valuable thing is not these businesses!"
"Boss Niu continues to invest in those Chinese universities. Do you know how many patents he has in his hands? Do you know how much money can be earned from these patents?"
"Buy it, what are you waiting for? If you wait any longer, it will be fifty-two!"
The momentum created by newspapers and news made these Eight Banners disciples who had never had anything to do with the world suddenly become new elements who open their eyes to the world!
Who says they are not smart? This group of people is actually very smart, but they have used their intelligence in other places. Now that they have seen the money being made, they have focused their attention on world trade and the international situation, and the result is really like that!
"Ouch! Hua Military Industry, Hua Shipping... these two stocks are listed! These are stocks held in large quantities by the head of state, and they are Chinese strategic stocks!"
"You have to buy it no matter how much you want! You can keep it at home as a heirloom!"
The further back the list goes, the more heavyweight the stocks become. When military and shipping stocks with the prefix Hua Zuguo were listed, these bannermen went crazy!
Lifeline companies share weal and woe with the Chinese people. These are companies that are the foundation of survival. How could the head of state allow these companies to lose money!
As long as the company is good, how can the stock not be good?
On the day when 17 Chinese stocks were listed on the Capital Exchange, the market trading volume exceeded 10 million silver dollars. The vast financial resources of these powerful people and businessmen in the north are really astonishing!
Weng Tonghe hid in the sedan and looked at the lively and prosperous scene in front of him. He felt an unspeakable feeling in his heart. He clenched his fists and whispered, "Your Majesty! What has become of this country?"
"Money and wealth are the bone marrow of the country! How can you reveal it? If you take it all out and turn it into wealth and circulate it, aren't you afraid that others will take it away?"
"It's hateful! It's hateful... What will happen to the Qing Dynasty if it continues like this? Prince Zheng is harming the country! Prince Li is harming the country!"
Outside the sedan, the old housekeeper whispered through the curtain, "Master! Do you still want to buy it or not? It's already half past two in the afternoon. If you don't make a move, it will be closed!"
"Hey... buy, buy, buy... go ahead and buy the Chinese United University stock! We are scholars and cultural people, so if you want to buy, you must buy stocks that are more polite!"
"You can buy as much as you can with these 20,000 taels of silver..."
"Hey! Let me go now... I have established a good relationship. If you place an order directly from the main office, you can close the deal in advance!"
Weng Tonghe looked at the chaotic scene outside and sighed, "There is no country without a general! It's true that evildoers emerge from troubled times..."
"Well... I heard that the United University is studying some kind of electricity... What exactly is electricity? Is it profitable or not? No matter, Xiao Letian has invested money in it anyway, so there must be profit!"
"Let's go back to the house..." The old man ordered the bearers to carry him back to the house, muttering endlessly along the way.
"What is electricity? Lightning in the sky? Can this lightning be studied? Could it be that he wants to borrow the power of the Thunder God and the Lightning Girl?"
"Haha... this is nonsense, this Xiao Letian is a madman! But a madman is a madman, this madman can really mess with money!"
