MTL - I-Chapter 1031 1027【Han Wang, who speculates in stocks】

  Chapter 1031 1027 [King of Han who speculates in stocks]

  Guangzhou, a warship docked.

  Zhao Kuangbai disembarked with many naval soldiers. They had a one-month long vacation and waited for the warship to be repaired before returning to cruise.

   Zhao Kuangbai is the fourth prince, born of Liu Rushi, who has been named King of Han.

  He doesn't like the atmosphere in Nanjing very much, and he is fully capable of taking the entrance exam to Jinling University, but he goes directly to the Naval Academy. Moreover, he did not study at the Chongming Island Military Academy, because it was too close to Nanjing, and he preferred to live in Guangdong and Fujian.

  Zhao Kuangbai had a palace in Nanjing, but within a few days, it remained vacant. After he joined the army, he was transferred to Guangzhou, so he took Concubine Han with him.

  King Han and King Chu had a bad relationship since childhood.

   Both of them have excellent academic performance and are of similar age, so they are often compared by teachers. But King Chu's biological mother is the queen, and King Han's biological mother is Liu Rushi, so teachers and classmates inevitably favor King Chu.

  As things went on like this, Han Wang became more and more depressed, and he always looked depressed when he was alone. But when there are many people, he has to pretend nothing happened.

  Han Wang Zhao Kuangbai always felt that his knowledge and literary talent far surpassed that of Chu Wang Zhao Kuangping.

  But except for the father and the biological mother, no one else recognized it. So after graduating from high school, he didn't bother to study anymore, and instead went to the Naval Academy to hang out. When he graduated from the military academy, his grades at the Fuzhou Naval Academy were the second among graduates of the same class.

  Now, Zhao Kuangbo is an officer, and he is in charge of sixty sailors.

  At a young age, Zhao Kuangbai was smoking a cigar.

  There was a wealthy car coming to solicit business, Zhao Kuangbai refused to sit in it, and insisted on walking home—after cruising the sea for many days, now he just wants to step on the ground more.

   "Stocks, stocks, you can buy shares with one tael of silver!"

"The Indian trading company made a huge profit in one trip, and also won the order for the armor of the Indian king Sivaji. Now it is eager to raise capital to build armor for the Indian king. If you buy shares in the Indian trading company, you can go to... every year Can pay dividends!"

   "..."

stock?

India?

   Still have an order for armor?

   Zhao Kuangbai suddenly became interested, and ran to find the young man shouting along the street, asking for a publicity leaflet for the public offering.

  He is not in a hurry to go home, and plans to buy some stocks.

  Anyway, I still have some spare money in my hands. When I became king, the royal family gave some, and my biological mother Liu Rushi also gave some. He also got a salary as a naval officer. In addition, there is the prince's salary, he doesn't even want the guards of the palace, and the guards' expenses are all converted into silver to receive.

  The servants in the house are all the family members of the soldiers under his command. They are very safe and reliable, and they can also shorten the relationship with the soldiers.

  The butler is a middle-aged court lady who has no relatives in the world, so she is unwilling to leave the palace. She has served her biological mother Liu Rushi for almost twenty years.

   There are also a few caretakers in the nursing home, all of whom are veterans from Guangzhou.

  Zhao Kuangbo didn’t want to have too much to do with Nanjing, so he only went home every winter, took his wife to visit his parents, and had a reunion dinner in the Forbidden City by the way.

  The place to buy stocks is in the commercial area outside the city. When Zhao Kuangbai arrived there, many people had already come to watch the excitement.

  Huang Qichong and those guys did not make an IPO last year. When he successfully returned from the Indian trade, he immediately advertised in the newspaper and printed leaflets to invite people to promote it along the street.

  During the Datong New Dynasty, Guangzhou was the first to open the sea. The commercial atmosphere here is stronger than that of any other city.

  Even children of a few years old know that shipping is very profitable, and there are countless legends about who made a fortune overseas.

  Maritime merchants in the past, even if they had a joint-stock system, were all partnerships between merchants, and there was never a precedent for absorbing retail funds. This time it directly caused a sensation in the whole city. Those who wanted to obtain the bonus of sea trade but did not want to take risks at sea came to inquire about the situation one after another.

The yard was already full of people, and I saw Huang Qichong explaining there himself: "This share is one tael of silver per share. The total income of the company is calculated every year, and then the dividend per share is calculated according to the total number of shares. It is agreed in advance, profit Not all of them will be used for dividends, but a part must be reserved for the subsequent growth of the company... This year, only 30,000 shares will be issued, first come, first served, until sold out!"

   "I want to buy twenty shares!"

  Someone shouted immediately, obviously it was arranged in advance, and he said: "My cousin and nephew are also sailors. I heard that the Indian trading company has made a lot of money. Buying their stocks will definitely not lose money!"

   "I also buy ten shares!"

   Several trustees ran to snap up the purchases, and other commoners were stimulated and rushed in.

   "Don't squeeze, line up first!"

   "Those who want to buy stocks, come in line to get a lottery number. Each bamboo stick has a number, and when the number is called, go in and buy stocks."

   "..."

  The more you scramble, the more crowded you are, for fear that the stocks will be sold out.

  It is normal for this kind of thing to happen in Guangzhou.

  Because there are too many legends about getting rich by sea trade, most of the common people are unable to participate, and now they finally find a chance.

  Zhao Kuangbai was too lazy to squeeze in with the common people. He looked up and scanned the second floor, and saw several merchants watching the fun. They should be the old shareholders of the Indian trading company.

  Zhao Kuangbai put on the navy cap, then took out the brass whistle, and blew hard—Woo!

  The sharp and piercing whistle made the chaotic scene quickly quiet, and everyone was because the government sent someone to come.

  Huang Qi rushed out of the crowd, cupped his hands and said: "Dare to ask the military master what is your business?"

   "I want to go in and have a cup of tea, would you like to treat me?" Zhao Kuangbai asked.

  Huang Qichong put on a smiling face: "Master, please."

  A few years ago, the customs was rectified, and the navy was also rectified. Admirals who dare to fight Qiufeng must have a big background, and Huang Qichong dare not neglect.

  Zhao Kuangbai was invited to the second floor, and a sea merchant suddenly bowed: "Cao Min pays homage to His Royal Highness King Han!"

   "Excuse me." Zhao Kuangbai nodded.

   "King Han?" Huang Qichong was stunned.

  Na Haishang said: "His Royal Highness is low-key and never disturbs the people. He has lived in Guangzhou for several years, and few people know the true face of Mount Lu."

  As soon as this remark was made, other old shareholders came to pay their respects.

   Zhao Kuangbai said: "Sell me a thousand shares of your stock."

  Huang Qichong said: "Your Highness, why don't you be polite, you can give five thousand shares as a gift."

"I said 1,000 shares, and I need 1,000 shares. I can't do more or less," Zhao Kuangbo said, "If you don't bring money today, you will send the money tomorrow. Don't use me as a gimmick, just treat me as a Nothing happened. Did you hear that?"

  Huang Qichong felt cold in his heart, and said quickly: "Caomin remember."

  There are so many rich people in Guangzhou. The 30,000 shares issued by Indian trading companies were sold out within a few days.

   Those who bought stocks would brag to everyone about how powerful the Indian trading company is, and how much dividends they can get every year. With these people free publicity, the name of the Indian trading company quickly spread throughout the city of Guangzhou, and people came to ask where they could buy stocks every day.

   Chaos happened!

  Stocks began to be traded privately, and stocks with a denomination of one or two were sold for one or two, and the next day it rose to one or two.

  In just a few days, the stock price has doubled, and there is still a rising trend.

  This situation is very similar to China after the reform. At that time, there was no stock exchange, but the company could issue shares abroad, so in Shenzhen, Shanghai, Chengdu and other cities, private stock trading markets were automatically formed. And there are no rules and rationality at all, and no one to supervise, many of them have become a game of drumming and passing flowers.

  Ming Dynasty also had a similar situation.

  One is that it happened in Yangzhou, and Yanyin was speculated as a futures ticket.

  First, it happened in Suzhou. The merchants did not sell the goods, but sold the pick-up orders for the goods, which changed hands layer by layer, and the prices skyrocketed. The government didn't care about it until the Japanese pirates invaded, causing a run on, and a large number of merchants in Suzhou went bankrupt.

   Zhao Kuangbai didn't sell the stock until it reached 8 taels of silver, and invested 1,000 taels, which instantly became 8,000 taels.

   And not worrying about selling, he asked the servants at home to sell the stocks in batches. Just shout on the street, someone will come to inquire, and then go to the bank or bank for delivery.

   This is not too messy, just the beginning.

  The huge profits of stocks have given birth to fake stocks.

  Although the stocks of Indian trading companies have set up layers of anti-counterfeiting. But many buyers can't figure it out. They bought fake stocks happily, and then put them on sale for a few days, but they were seen through by those who knew the goods.

  The police station was overwhelmed, and people came to report the crime every so often, so the police had to be sent to patrol the streets in plain clothes.

  After the birth of fake stocks, fake trading companies appeared.

  They claim to be a certain maritime merchant, imitating the Indian trading company to issue stocks. After defrauding a group of investors, they quickly took the money and ran away, and the government couldn't find anyone at all.

   Chaos to chaos, but many real trading companies have also been tempted, and these people also want to issue shares for financing!

   Even Lu Shang came to join in the fun.

  Outside Guangzhou City, Jiangxi Guild Hall.

  Many of the tea, silk, porcelain, and cotton cloth that go to sea from Guangzhou come from Jiangxi, so the Jiangxi Guild Hall was built here early.

  A group of Jiangxi freight forwarders are having a meeting at the moment.

   "The large sea merchants in Guangdong are not authentic. They drove many small sea merchants to death, and now they come to lower prices. Do you really think we can't find a buyer?"

   "Old trick, no fuss."

   "Recently, there is an Indian trading company that is issuing stocks for speculation. Why don't we do the same?"

   "He is a marine merchant, and someone buys the shares. Which fool would buy our Lu merchant's stock?"

   "Did you forget Daming's Yanyin?"

   "How to say it?"

"Take porcelain as an example. There is only so much produced every year. Especially top-grade porcelain, which is controlled by several of us in Guangdong. We make porcelain according to different grades and shapes, and make some kind of salt-like porcelain. Things. Let’s stop playing with the big merchants in Guangdong, and issue porcelain tickets to all the big merchants.”

   "Porcelain ticket?"

"Yes, it is the pre-sale of next year's porcelain this year. If you want to buy porcelain, you must buy a porcelain ticket first, and pick up the goods next year with the porcelain ticket. This thing is like Yanyin, which can drive up the price. The key is that we can control the supply of goods. The more high-grade porcelain, the smaller the quantity, and the easier it is to manipulate the price.”

   "Good way!"

   "..."

   Not only stocks were born in Guangzhou, but even futures emerged.

  Inside and outside Guangzhou city, merchants made a mess of smoke, the police saw the sky everywhere to catch fraudsters, and even alarmed Zuo Buzheng Zheng Sen.

  (end of this chapter)