As a summer waterway, the Yellow River is actually quite busy, especially after hundreds of years of peace and continuous dredging and development by successive imperial courts. On this turbulent river, there are even more boats and sails. cloud.
Not long after the boat set off, Jiang Tian heard that Chu Yu had woken up. "Sir...I am...what's wrong..." Chu Yu, who was curled up in the quilt, felt pain everywhere in his body, as if he had been trampled by something several times, while Qiqi Aiai, who looked pale, said:
"You are suffering from some kind of symptoms of being absent-minded." Jiang Tian couldn't help but categorically said: "So last night, you went out of the library on a night trip by yourself. I happened to bump into you and stopped you from bringing him back. So, , you must be under my supervision from now on to prevent accidents."
"Am I actually suffering from the syndrome of wandering at night?" When Chu Yu heard this, her mind was in a state of confusion, but she was vaguely thinking about something. She seemed to have had a strange and inexplicable dream. In the dream, the whole world turned into blood, and she also transformed into a female beast, craving for sweet and delicious blood food. However, just as she was sensing and searching for the vigorous energy and blood around her, a presence that was as scorching as the blazing sun suddenly appeared, and she couldn't help but want to resist. In the end, she could only lower her eyebrows and say gratefully: "Thank you, sir, for your kindness."
"You don't have to thank me specifically. Since you have become my subordinate, I will naturally be responsible for what happens to you." Jiang Tian shook his head slightly and said, "Next, you and Xiaomu can stay in the same room. No matter where you are, you are not allowed to leave sight.”
"Yes..." Chu Yu responded softly: When Linghu Xiaomu heard this, the obvious resentment in his eyes dissipated a lot, and turned into a gentle smile as if nothing had happened in person: "Since it is the officer's wish, Then just leave it to me and discipline your wife..."
At this time, there was an uproar and exclamation from outside. Jiang Tian couldn't help but hurriedly walked out of the balcony, but the fellow sergeants and attachés who were moving around on the relatively empty rear deck, usually used for checking cargo, all gathered on the side of the ship one after another, and started pointing at something?
"But what happened?" Jiang Tian asked from above. Hearing everyone below turn around one after another, Xin Pingping immediately explained: "Reporting to the supervisor, it was someone who jumped into the river one after another on the boat that just crossed the river; But it has been picked up nearby by a nearby boat."
Following the direction that Xin Gongping pointed, Jiang Tian also saw another large ship slowly stopping in the river, about a dozen steps away. Also on the flat side of the ship, several people were surrounding him. The limp figure was wet, and someone was squeezing and spitting water from the back.
A moment later, a drowning man who had just woken up after vomiting water and was still well-dressed began to cry uncontrollably. However, at the next moment, the wailing man who fell into the water was unprepared. Amidst the screams, he crossed the railing of the boat again and fell into the rolling river with a splash.
"What is this situation?" Jiang Tian couldn't help but frowned when he saw this. At this time, someone replied: "These are just poor people who are bent on seeking death." Jiang Tian took a closer look and saw that it was the man on the same boat. A short and fat cauldron couldn't help but asked: "Is there anything else to say?"
"When I go back to the Supervisory Office, these people seem to be well-dressed and come here to seek death on the river." The short and fat cauldron said confidently: "Most of them were the ones who lost all their wealth in the bond market of Baoquanfang in Luodu before. People can’t help but build a high platform with debts, and those who want to be free from it all.”
"It seems that you have encountered this kind of thing often?" Jiang Tian was a little surprised when he heard this and said: "Or is it something that has happened many times on the river near Luodu?"
"To be honest, over the years, as long as I walk on this waterway, I will bump into someone every now and then. In fact, there are all kinds of reasons. But there are still more people who have lost their homes in the debt market. But it seems to have changed recently for some unknown reason. There are a lot more." The short and fat Cao Li explained: "Of course, we have rescued a few people in the early years of sailing. This can be regarded as a good thing for ourselves and our descendants. But usually after being rescued from diving, I will not seek death easily again. It is quite rare for someone to drown again like this."
When Jiang Tian heard this, his heart moved involuntarily, and he immediately remembered the origin of the debt market in Baoquanfang, Luodu. Probably it can also be referred to the Anshi Rebellion that broke out during the Shuo Tianbao and Qianyuan years. Although it was pacified within a few years, it resulted in the devastation and ruin of the war that swept across the Northland.
Therefore, when a large area of land fell into war and the imperial court was in dire financial straits, Liang Gong, who came from the Land of Abundance in Sanchuan, Jiannan, raised troops to counterattack the pass, and also proposed a package of financial solutions for the imperial court. Among them are official bonds issued in the name of the imperial court.
It mainly targets the relatively well-preserved, densely populated, rich and fertile southern regions; especially the southeastern coastal states, and the wealth accumulated by the people in the hundreds of years from Zhenguan to Kaiyuan. The imperial court controls many monopoly quotas for salt and iron as the basis for issuance guarantee and pricing;
This helped the court to quell the rebellion and raise a large amount of materials after the war. It also opened up a shortcut for the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty who seemed to be able to enrich the country and strengthen the army in a short period of time without directly raising taxes. Therefore, long- and short-term government debt under various names mushroomed after the war.
Then, it was not limited to government bonds with interest discounts and profits, but began to issue another type of military debt (war bonds) based on existing joint-stock investments, and the proceeds from the conquest of the surrounding areas of Datang were expected to be fed back and repaid. . As a result, military debt and official debt formed the cornerstone of the imperial court's revival.
And that was also the thirty years that Liang Gong was in power. Therefore, he tried his best to suppress all radical measures that might overdraw the national credit in terms of the scale and projects of bond issuance; leaving a relatively well-functioning national bond for the court. Credit system and primitive financial order.
Therefore, in the later era of great conquests, although the imperial court occasionally had twists and turns in public debt operations. However, with the Tang Dynasty's overseas expansion and the growing number of overseas vassals, the massive resources and wealth that were continuously fed back and imported, and various public debt projects have always been creditworthy.
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Therefore, it also gave birth to the prototype of Baoquanfang, which was located in Luodu City, where various official and private ticket bureaus, flying money accounts and exchange offices were gathered together; however, the birth of the bond market was much later. It comes from one of the last decrees issued by Liang Gong before he left the court and retired to the Western Kingdom.
These include, conditionally permitting some, to protect Kyushu and establish overseas vassal vassals, and to issue private bonds with exclusive interest rates at designated places and institutions within the Sixteen Prefectures of the two capitals of the Tang Dynasty; in order to raise and absorb, Collect overseas and develop owned start-up funds.
Of course, everyone at that time thought that this was Liang Gong's plan to retire to the Western Kingdom of Daxia. However, when this policy was implemented, it also played an immeasurable role in promoting and stimulating the emergence of overseas vassals in an endless stream during the Great Expedition era.
But this also released a monster called the prototype of the primitive financial system. Because along with these names, private and private wealth suddenly poured into them, and the huge energy and potential influence they represented also shocked the imperial court.
Therefore, in order to specifically manage the private debts of these princes and vassals, and at the same time to restrict and regulate their operations and transactions, the imperial court issued an edict after various games. In Luodu City, which is the water and land hub of the Central Plains, close to Baoquan The original market place in the center of the square established a special bond market.
Therefore, to this day, the feudal vassals to which the Tang Dynasty belongs have their own set of strict review and verification processes and specifications based on their respective rankings, taxation, and resource output, which determine the scale and age of private bonds they can issue. Therefore, this is also one of the means to restrict the princes of foreign vassals.
However, since it is a privately raised bond in the name of the princes and vassals, in terms of specific credibility and the foundation of the pledge project as a reserve fund, it is undoubtedly not comparable to the Chinese imperial court with its extremely large population and land mass. They are also divided into three, six, and nine grades.
Among them, the one with the highest credibility and the largest scale is undoubtedly the Western Kingdom of Daxia, which was the first vassal of the Tang Dynasty and encompassed Persia and the homeland of Dashi; and because it borders the Western and Western Daqin (Eastern Rome), it controls the space between the East and the West in disguise. , the huge benefits of the Silk Road/Golden Highway.
Next is the Nanhai (Guangfu) branch, which also comes from the Yiliang Sanjia. Although it does not have the name of a vassal state, it has the actual status of a vassal state. It not only has the vassal authority of the South China Sea countries and the spice coast. There are also Xinzhou/Beijuluzhou (the coast of the American continent) and Xiaoao, with exclusive management and trade rights.
Therefore, it is also known as the most stable face value, and the interest discount income is also basically immutable; it is also used by many wealthy families as the equivalent of heirlooms and large payments. Because as long as the amount is large enough, the profit will be equally considerable, and there is no need to worry about the failure of the unscrupulous descendants.
However, in addition to these top-level vassals/big vassals, there are also a large number of small and medium-sized vassals and vassals scattered throughout the world. It is inevitable that there is a mixture of good and bad, and the good and the bad are mixed. Therefore, although they are also qualified to issue private placement bonds, their relative risks are different.
And this is also the main content used for daily speculation and hype in today's Luodu Baoquanfang bond market. After all, given their size and scale, there is a certain probability of failure or loss in overseas expansion, or they will undoubtedly discover new mineral veins and resource output, which will cause fluctuations.
A large number of government and private capital participated in speculation and profit-making; this also created and supported a large number of practitioners and ancillary service personnel related to this in Baoquanfang, as well as peripheral supporting industries. It is also a place authorized by a very small number of imperial courts to connect all parts of the world via telegraph communications.
Just to get market feedback from the two capitals and sixteen prefectures and the surrounding important cities before the market closes that day. Therefore, in this mixed half-bureaucratic, half-liberal game of primitive capital, it is not uncommon to get rich overnight and jump off the cliff tomorrow.
Obviously, driven by various desires, ambitions or other factors, there are far more unlucky people who have been swallowed up by this primitive financial monster called the bond market. It's just that they are basically far away from the level of most ordinary people, so they don't attract too much attention and waves.
But this time he encountered a group diving incident, Jiang Tian noticed a new variable; that is to say, under the usual national credit system, if the impact of many changes including animal disasters is added; in fact, it can also cause Do people achieve certain goals through ups and downs?
Therefore, he decided to send a message to Cheng Shilian who stayed in Luodu after he had the opportunity to go ashore, entrusting him to find someone to carry out a private mission. That is to collect some of the most volatile bond projects in the bond market in the recent period; to serve as some kind of follow-up reference and investigation direction.
After all, even those who caused the animal disaster behind the scenes also need financial resources to support their series of operations.
