The next day, morning.
For the citizens of the main city of the empire, the first thing they do when they get up every day is to shout...wrong, just pay attention to today's Poseidon Stone market and see what the price is.
After all, this aspect is still relatively primitive, so there is only one way for everyone to check prices, and that is to go to various trading stations to look at listings. Originally, various tabloids planned to add this section, but later they found that people were faster than newspapers, so I had to give up in frustration.
However.
When citizens came to the trading post opened in Night Sin City in large numbers, they were collectively dumbfounded.
"Inferior Poseidon Stone... forty silver coins per one hundred grams?!"
Seeing the price on the listing, people stared.
Yesterday it was fifty silver coins per gram! How is it possible to dive so much in one day? !
This time it has shrunk more than a hundred times! It’s not even comparable to the very beginning of the Shanghai Divine Stone transaction!
In other words, even if you bought Poseidon on the first day of trading and did nothing after that, you would still have lost a full 20%!
There is a saying that a loss of 20% is not a small amount in the first place, and this is only limited to the special situation of "the first day of trading".
The price of Poseidon Stone is soaring every day, and the funds required to enter the market one day later will be much higher, so the amount of loss will only be greater.
This gap is tantamount to jumping off a cliff. For the citizens who were still dreaming of getting rich yesterday, who can accept it?
Including medium and high-grade Poseidon stones, the price decline is also the same.
It's a group dive!
"Is there something wrong with your brand? Is it written wrong?"
Someone woke up and hurriedly confirmed.
If it's 40 silver coins per gram, or 4,000 silver coins per 100 grams, it might seem a little normal. Although it's a lot cheaper than yesterday, it's still acceptable, right?
You wrote less or more zeros, right? You wrote less or more zeros, right? You wrote less or more zeros, right?
"Um...no."
It was the expressionless person in charge. After carefully checking the price tag, he shook his head seriously and said, "This is the price. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it."
That's right, the reward from the Bull Demon!
The crowd exploded, this is crazy!
The first reaction of many people is that the despicable foreigners are hysterical. Do they want to use this method to receive a large amount of goods, and then raise the price back tomorrow to make a huge profit?
Dream on!
When such a situation occurs, no matter who it is, they will certainly not continue trading here, and leave here in twos and threes cursing.
You are not the only trading post, there are also the royal family and the Holy See! No matter how bad it is, there are many sites for small amounts, so you don’t have to buy and sell here!
only.
Even after arriving at the new site, the situation has not changed.
Regardless of any trading station, the prices given are no different from those in Night Sin City.
Maybe there is a slight price difference of three or two copper coins? But with such a sharp drop, this number is not much different from nothing.
This is actually something that is easy to think of - because although the opening time is fixed every day, the prices are actually set earlier, which makes it easier for each site to maintain uniformity.
Otherwise, if something like today really happens, I won’t follow you even if you plummet, and I won’t let others earn the difference and die?
When it comes to the Poseidon Stone transaction, everyone else is basically following the City of Night Sin, following the leader. It can’t be wrong, right?
so.
After confirming that the price of Poseidon Stone really plummeted overnight, people were completely desperate.
To be honest, those who come to see the price must be visitors, who have more or less inventory on hand.
Those with a small inventory may feel a little more comfortable, but if they are hoarding a large amount of Poseidon Stones, their hearts will really bleed at this moment.
After all, many of them had lost all their money to participate in this transaction. It was normal to sell houses, land, and livestock. Now that the Poseidon Stone in their hands has shrunk to this, it is not a matter of whether they can recover their capital, but There will really be nothing!
That's all. The most important thing is that today's Poseidon stone trading is no longer an era of spot trading, but a contract!
To give a very simple example, someone may have just signed an order yesterday and bought 100 grams of Poseidon Stone at a price of 50 silver coins per gram. The delivery upon expiration will be 5,000 silver coins.
If the price of Poseidon Stone rises all the way, this is certainly not a problem. Even if it is sold after the order is delivered, the overall profit will definitely still be made.
But it's different now. The money to be delivered after expiration has not changed, but the Poseidon Stone you got is only worth forty silver coins!
Five thousand for forty, how can this be fun? !
Can't play!
The most important thing is that many people have more than one order in hand. Even those speculators who trade back and forth cannot guarantee that they only have sell orders and no purchase orders.
In other words, under such a plunge, no one can escape this wave, and even if there is, they are only rare.
"It's over..."
"What can I do? My house has been sold!"
"Don't worry, don't worry, there might be a turning point, right?"
Some people still don't give up and maintain the last bit of hope, "Wait until noon, wait until noon, maybe the price will go back up?"
Yes.
With the Hualan Empire's technical level, it is difficult for the price of Poseidon to change in real time. Therefore, over the past month, a common practice at various trading stations is to open the market every day on a four-hour basis, at noon and afternoon. Updated once in each of the three periods.
Four hours is neither short nor long.
But for the current citizens of the empire, these four hours seemed like a century of torture.
finally.
Noon has arrived.
People raised their dull heads and looked at the staff coming out of the trading post. They erased the original prices and filled in new numbers.
Change.
a big change.
Twenty silver coins for every hundred grams.
Cut in half again.
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…
…
"屮!"
Someone was the first to come to his senses and jumped up almost like crazy, "Go and sell goods! What are you waiting for!"
Now it is no longer a question of whether it will recover or not. Even if the price of Poseidon does rise tomorrow to the same level as before, it will definitely not be able to keep it now!
After all, no one knows what the future trend will be. Judging from the current situation, it is good to get back a silver coin!
Otherwise, just looking at this trend, it is very likely that by tomorrow, the Poseidon Stone will completely turn into a garbage-like existence!
The person who had the bill of sale in hand was a little relieved. Anyway, he could still get some of the funds back.
Those who only had spot stocks looked helpless. This investment was a complete failure. Why didn't they stop it earlier?
What's more, they are guys who have signed countless purchase orders. Unless a miracle really happens, it is conceivable that in addition to losing their entire family, they will also have to bear a large amount of debt.
"Don't stop me, let me die!"
"Come here, save our leader..."
…
"Gu Jian Gong, what should we do now...?"
"Gu Jian Gong, what should we do now...?"
In the royal study room of the imperial palace, Dongfang Xiao examined Cheng Gujian in front of him, showing an unprecedented questioning look.
"minister……"
Cheng Gujian, who was always high-spirited, was rarely stuck at this moment, and he didn't know how to answer the question for a while.
You must know that not only the general public is involved in the Poseidon Stone trade, but the royal family is also involved. Now that the price has plummeted, of course they cannot be immune.
Their losses were even greater.
The reason is simple. They already have a large amount of Poseidon Stones on hand.
It would be okay if the royal family's reserves did not flow. After all, everyone did not regard this thing as too valuable in the first place and just laughed it off as a farce.
But the problem is that within this month, these Poseidon Stones have already been circulated in the market, whether they are selling or buying, and as one of the three major trading stations, they have even more orders of all kinds!
Most of them are not small orders from retail investors, but many large orders!
For example, the purchase orders packaged together by traders, or the transaction orders of princes and nobles for medium and high-grade Poseidon stones... Each of these orders may involve tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of gold coins. The losses are unimaginable.
This is not over yet. As the royal family of the Hualan Empire and a serious ruling class, they need to pay for the losses of many people. The original orders were all approved and issued by you. If anything happens, who should I turn to? ?
This cannot be solved by relying on reneging on accounts or forceful suppression - it's not that they can't do this, but the consequences will be more serious.
Not to mention that there are already many intricate disputes between various noble families. What if it really triggers a backlash from the people at the bottom and plunges the empire into turmoil? Judging from the current momentum, if it is not handled well, big chaos will inevitably occur.
This is Xu Shi's real intention... Cheng Gujian closed his eyes and sighed longly. The fact is that no matter how they deal with it, I am afraid that the credibility of the royal family in the hearts of the people will drop a lot from now on. Who can let them? Are you involved?
The only thing worth celebrating might be...
"I think the Holy See is also having a headache now. I guess they will have less trouble than us."
He quietly changed the topic, trying to stabilize the little queen in front of him.
"Who cares what the Holy See does?"
Dongfang Xiao didn't buy it, his brows were still furrowed, "The top priority is to come up with a solution, otherwise a large number of citizens will go bankrupt and people's hearts will be unstable, and we will not be able to get any benefits."
But it’s not bad, you can’t be worse than bad, can you? Especially the royal family has this extra responsibility compared to the Holy See. You are the ruler, right?
"……yes."
How could Cheng Gujian not know this? Hearing what the little queen said, she could only nod and agree, "As for how to solve the problem, I will find a way. Even if the royal family really steps in to fill the shortfall, it will take time to calculate."
"Well, I always feel at ease when Duke Gu Jiang does things."
Hearing this, Dongfang Xiao nodded with satisfaction and smiled again, "But from my point of view, shouldn't we still talk to Xu Shi? He was the one who caused the matter. I guess he certainly has his own purpose."
"...What your Majesty said is absolutely true."
Cheng Gujian thought that this was the case. For Xu Shi, it would be unreasonable for him to go to such great lengths to cause such a turmoil, if it was just to make money.
"So? Did he say when he would come to see me?"
"If I remember correctly... it's tomorrow."
…
Xu Shi is indeed on the way.
This was the second time he went out to sea on a local boat. It was familiar to him once and twice, and he felt much better than last time. At least it was not as uncomfortable as the last time - the boats on Yinsong Island had also been improved by Jiang Chengcheng. That’s it.
But what's more interesting is Xie Qingyan. In comparison, she is really on the same level. Not only does she not look like she was dying like last time, but she is relaxed and very happy.
"Is this one of the benefits of your new ability?"
Xu Shi couldn't help but ask.
"probably."
The dog woman did not deny that Poseidon was a serious sea creature anyway, and now that she had acquired its ability, even if it was a castrated version, this convenience would be passed down.
While speaking, she also released her energy tentacles and looked very proud, "Hmph."
"Oh~ It's so scary."
Of course, Xia Keyan was also accompanying him. When he saw Xie Qingyan switching into Octopus Girl, he couldn't help but tease her.
"What did you say?"
The dog woman was unhappy and raised her tentacles behind her, "You're almost done, little brat. I'll whip you later and see if you still say that."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Auntie thank you for bullying me, daddy save me..."
The old aunt became frightened and hid behind Xu Shi for protection.
"Don't hide, I have to take care of you today!"
Xie Qingyan didn't care, "Xu Shi, please get out of the way, or I'll deal with you too!"
"Okay, okay, what are you doing?"
Xu Shi burst out laughing, sandwiched between the two of them, jokingly saying, "She is just a child."
"Get lost, what kind of child is she?"
But the dog woman didn't accept this, "Even if she is really a child, is it right for her to do this? It's because you indulge her all day long that she behaves like this!"
The more she spoke, the more emotional she became, "I know you all have prejudices against me, but is it necessary to be so specific?"
"...What did you say? Who targeted you?"
Sensing that something was wrong with her state, Xu Shi also frowned, "Tai Shang Gang is online."
This is true. After all, the girls are actually quite harmonious with each other. It is common for you to joke around. Xia Keyan enjoys it even more because of his current status.
But no one really took it seriously, because everyone knew very well that there was no actual ill will between each other.
But then again, it wasn't the first time that Xie Qingyan's condition was problematic. There was something wrong with Shen Qin when she woke up last time, and it seemed even more abnormal now.
"Are you OK?"
Realizing this, Xu Shi thought for a moment and stretched out his hand to her, "Why don't you go back to the cabin and take a rest first?"
Who would have thought that Xie Qingyan suddenly flicked him away with his tentacles as if his hair was exploding.
"Do not touch me!"
When she looked up again, her eyes were completely dark.
There won't be a knife
(End of chapter)
