Chapter 1031 1027 [King Han who speculates in stocks]
Guangzhou, a warship docked.
Zhao Kuangbai and many navy soldiers disembarked. They had a month-long vacation and waited for the warship to be repaired before cruising again.
Zhao Kuangbai is the fourth prince, born to Liu Rushi, and has been named King of Han.
He didn't like the atmosphere in Nanjing very much. He was fully capable of getting into Jinling University, but he went directly to the Naval Academy. He didn't go to Chongming Island Military Academy because it was too close to Nanjing. He preferred to live in Guangdong and Fujian.
Zhao Kuangbai had a palace in Nanjing, but it remained vacant after only a few days of living there. After he joined the army, he was transferred to Guangzhou, so he brought Princess Han with him.
The King of Han and the King of Chu had a bad relationship since childhood.
Both have excellent academic performance and are of similar age, so they are often compared by teachers. However, King Chu's biological mother is the Queen, and King Han's biological mother is Liu Rushi. Teachers and classmates are inevitably biased towards King Chu.
Over time, King Han became more and more depressed. He always looked melancholy when he was alone. However, when there were many people, he had to pretend as if nothing had happened.
The King of Han, Zhao Kuangbai, always felt that his knowledge and literary talents were far superior to the King of Chu, Zhao Kuangping.
But except for his father and biological mother, no one else recognized him. So after graduating from high school, he was too lazy to study anymore and went to the Naval Academy to hang out. When he graduated from the military academy, his grades at the Fuzhou Naval Academy were the first among graduates of his class.
Two names.
Now, Zhao Kuangbai is an officer and is in charge of sixty sailors.
At a young age, Zhao Kuangbai smoked a cigar.
When a wealthy car came to solicit business, Zhao Kuangbai refused to sit on it and insisted on walking home - he had been cruising on the sea for many days, and now he just wanted to step on the ground more.
"Stocks, stocks, you can buy shares with just one tael of silver!"
"The Indian trading company made a huge profit from one business trip, and also won an order for armor from King Shivaji of India. Now it is eager to raise capital to build armor for the king of India. Anyone who wants to buy stocks of an Indian trading company can go to... Every year
Everyone can get dividends!”
"..."
stock?
India?
Are there any orders for armor?
Zhao Kuangbai suddenly became interested and ran to the boy who was shouting along the street to ask for a leaflet for the public offering.
He was not in a hurry to go home and planned to buy some stocks.
Anyway, he had some spare money on hand. When he was crowned king, the royal family gave him some money, and his biological mother Liu Rushi also gave him some money. He also got a salary as a naval officer. In addition, he also had the prince's salary. He didn't even need the palace guards, and the guards' expenses were all paid.
Convert it into silver and receive it.
The servants at home are all family members of the soldiers under his command, which is very safe and reliable, and can also shorten the relationship with the soldiers.
The housekeeper is a middle-aged palace maid 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 several home caretakers, all of whom are local retired navy soldiers from Guangzhou.
Zhao Kuangbai didn't want to have much to do with Nanjing, so he only went home once every winter, taking his wife to visit his parents and have a reunion dinner in the Forbidden City.
The place to buy stocks was in the business district outside the city. When Zhao Kuangbai arrived there, many people had already come to watch the excitement.
Those guys like Huang Qichong did not conduct any external IPO last year. When they successfully returned from the Indian trade, they immediately placed advertisements in newspapers and distributed leaflets to invite people to promote the business on the streets.
During the New Dynasty of Datong, Guangzhou was the first to open sea, and the business atmosphere here was 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 someone who made a fortune overseas in the streets and alleys.
In the past, maritime merchants, even if they engaged in joint-stock systems, were all partnerships between businessmen, and there was no precedent for attracting retail investors' funds. This time it directly caused a sensation in the whole city. Those who wanted to obtain the dividends of maritime trade, but were unwilling to take risks at sea,
People came to inquire about the situation.
The courtyard was already full of people, and Huang Qichong was there to explain in person: "This share is one tael of silver per share. Calculate the total income of the trading company every year, and then calculate the dividend per share based on the total number of shares. It has been agreed in advance that the profit
We won’t all use it to distribute dividends, we have to leave part of it for the subsequent growth of the trading company... Only 30,000 shares will be issued this year, first come, first served, until sold out!”
"I want to buy twenty shares!"
Someone immediately yelled, obviously it was a pre-arranged request. He only heard him say: "My nephew is also a sailor. I heard that the Indian trading company has made a lot of money. Buying their stocks will definitely not make a loss!"
"I'll buy ten shares too!"
Several people rushed to buy it, and other people were stimulated and crowded in.
"Stop squeezing and line up first!"
"If you want to buy stocks, you should queue up and get the lottery number. Each bamboo stick has a number. When you get the number, you can go in and pay for the stocks."
"..."
The more they fight for it, the more crowded they become, 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 in sea trade, and most people are unable to participate, now they finally find an opportunity.
Zhao Kuangbai was too lazy to squeeze in with the common people. He raised his head and glanced at the second floor and saw several businessmen watching the fun. They must be the old shareholders of this Indian trading company.
Zhao Kuangbai put on his navy cap, then took out his copper whistle and blew hard - Wow!
The sharp and piercing whistle quickly silenced the chaotic scene, and everyone thought it was because the government sent people here.
Huang Qichong stood out from the crowd, cupped his hands and said, "May I ask, Lord Jun, what do you do for me?"
"I want to go in for a cup of tea, would you like to treat me?" Zhao Kuangbai asked.
Huang Qichong put on a smile and said, "Master Jun, please."
In the past few years, the customs were rectified, and the navy was also rectified. The naval officers who dared to attack Qiu Feng must have a strong background, and Huang Qichong would never dare to neglect them.
Zhao Kuangbai was invited to the second floor, and a maritime merchant suddenly bowed: "The common people pay homage to His Royal Highness the King of Han!"
"No courtesy." Zhao Kuangbai nodded and said.
"King Han?" Huang Qichong was stunned on the spot.
The merchant said: "His Royal Highness the King of Han is a low-key person and never disturbs the people. After living in Guangzhou for several years, not many people know the true face of Mount Lu."
As soon as this statement came out, other old shareholders came to pay their respects one after another.
Zhao Kuangbai said: "Sell me one thousand shares of your stock."
Huang Qichong said: "Your Highness, there is no need to be polite. You can just give me five thousand shares as a gift."
"When I say a thousand shares, I need a thousand shares. One more share won't work, and one less share won't work," Zhao Kuangbai said. "If I don't bring any money today, I will send the money tomorrow. Don't use me as a gimmick to show off, just treat it as a gimmick."
Nothing happened. Did you hear that?”
Huang Qichong felt a chill in his vest and said quickly: "Common people, please take note."
There are so many wealthy people in Guangzhou that the 30,000 shares issued by an Indian trading company were sold out in a few days.
Those who bought stocks would brag to everyone about how powerful the Indian trading company was and how much dividends they received every year. With these people's free publicity, the name of the Indian trading company quickly spread throughout Guangzhou, and people came every day to ask where they could buy more.
stock.
Chaos happened!
Stocks began to be traded privately, and stocks of one or two denominations would be sold for one or two cents each, and the next day they would be sold for one or two cents each.
In just a few days, the stock price doubled, and the trend continues to rise.
This situation is very similar to China after the reform. There was no stock exchange at that time, but companies could issue shares to the outside world, so private stock trading markets were automatically formed in Shenzhen, Shanghai, Chengdu and other cities. There were no rules or rationality at all.
, and there is no one to supervise it, and many of them become a game of drumming and passing flowers.
There was a similar situation in the Ming Dynasty.
The first one happened in Yangzhou, where Yan Yin was speculated as a futures ticket.
The first is what happened in Suzhou. Merchants did not sell goods, but sold delivery orders. They changed hands at different levels, and the prices skyrocketed. The government did not care, until Japanese pirates invaded, causing a run, and a lot of merchants in Suzhou went bankrupt.
It wasn't until it reached 8,000 taels that Zhao Kuangbai sold the stock and invested 1,000 taels, which instantly turned into 8,000 taels.
And he didn't have to worry about selling. He asked his servants at home to take the stocks and sell them in batches. He only needed to shout on the street, and someone would come over to inquire, and then run to a bank or bank to deliver the goods.
This isn't chaos yet, it's just the beginning.
The huge profits of stocks have given rise to fake stocks.
Although the stocks of Indian trading companies are equipped with layers of anti-counterfeiting, many buyers are confused and happily buy fake stocks and then sell them for a few days, only to be seen through by those who know the goods.
The police station was overwhelmed. People came to report crimes every now and then, and police officers in plain clothes had to be sent to patrol the streets.
After the birth of fake stocks, fake trading companies appeared again.
They claimed to be a certain maritime merchant and followed the example of Indian trading companies in issuing stocks. After defrauding a group of investors, they quickly ran away with the money and the government could not find anyone.
Chaos returned to chaos, but many real trading companies were also tempted. These people also wanted to issue shares to raise funds!
Even mainland businessmen came to join in the fun.
Outside Guangzhou, Jiangxi Guild Hall.
Many of the tea, silk, porcelain, and cotton shipped from Guangzhou came 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 have forced many small sea merchants to death, and now they are lowering the price. Do you really think we can't find a buyer?"
"It's an old trick, no need to make a fuss."
"Recently, there is an Indian trading company that is issuing stocks for speculation. Why don't we do it too?"
"We are a maritime merchant, and there are people who will buy the shares when we issue them. Which fool would buy our mainland merchants' stocks?"
"Have you forgotten the salt of Ming Dynasty?"
"What do you mean?"
"Take porcelain as an example. There are only so many produced every year. Especially for high-grade porcelain, we control the sales in Guangdong. We make porcelain according to different grades and shapes into something similar to salt ware.
Things. We will no longer play with the maritime merchants in Guangdong and issue porcelain invoices to all maritime merchants."
"Porcelain ticket?"
"Yes, it is pre-sale of next year's porcelain this year. If you want to buy porcelain, you must first buy a porcelain ticket, and you can pick it up with the porcelain ticket next year. This thing is like salt, it can drive up the price. The key is that we can control the supply of goods.
The higher the quality of the porcelain, the smaller the quantity, and the easier it is to control the price."
"What a great idea!"
"..."
Not only stocks were born in Guangzhou, but also futures appeared.
The city of Guangzhou was in chaos due to merchants. The police went out of their way to catch fraudsters and even alerted Zheng Sen, the political envoy to the left.