"Lao Cheng, which stock did you queue up to buy today? Or a promissory note? ”

The establishment of the Keelung Exchange has led to the prosperity of the originally desolate area around the exchange, and many far-sighted businessmen and ordinary people have opened inns, tea shops and restaurants around the exchange.

In a small tea shop with a faint fragrance of tea, the guests almost filled the entire tea shop, gathering in groups to discuss excitedly.

This is the third day since the opening of the exchange, and aside from the first day and other frenzy, the exchange in the next two days is also crowded, with people either buying or selling stocks and futures in order to make some profits, or simply invest for a long time.

Among the tickets invested in the early stage, some small and medium-sized factories want to expand to raise funds and sell factory shares; There are also those merchants and maritime merchants who sell the benefits of a voyage in advance to minimize their risks.

Of course, Hongmen did not forget to take this opportunity to sell his bonds, and the one million bonds issued again were quickly divided up by the people and merchants who were enthusiastic at that time.

"Grab a fart, grandma's first day Lao Tzu desperately squeezed inside, and the teller of the exchange said: I'm sorry, all the tickets have been sold out, so I'll send it away!"

When it came to the grand scene on the opening day, the one called Lao Cheng was angry, and then stared at a certain place with his eyes, and said in a tone of envy, jealousy and hatred: "Look at the guys over there who grabbed a handful of tickets, in just two days, the tickets in their hands have almost risen by two percent, and they are crazy!" ”

"Well, who's to say it's not?"

"I finally grabbed the shares of Liu's Textile Factory, but unfortunately the capital is not enough, I only bought fifteen taels of silver stocks, and now the value of this stock has risen to eighteen taels of silver, and I earned three taels in three days, which is much faster than our hard work in a day!"

Another lucky person at the same table said with a little regret.

"You can be content, it's much better to earn than the two of us doing this!"

"That's it! No, you have to pay for this tea today, and if you make money, you have to invite your brothers to eat and drink! ”

"Yes!"

"Okay, okay, I'm going to have this meal!"

"Man, come here, add two more pots of tea, and serve a few side dishes!"

"Hey, don't go too far, you guys!"

In the small tea shop, there are all kinds of joys, sorrows and sorrows of ordinary people, and you can feel the hope and future shown in it.

The exchange that has just been officially put into operation has made ticket trading more formal and legal, and at the same time, more people and businessmen can participate in it.

Subsequently, it is the professional buyers who make a living from this, buying low and selling high to seek profits, and becoming professional shareholders in the context of this era, but also have a lot of gains.

Of course, the greater gains were the various small and medium-sized factories, workshops and shops in the Hongmen sphere of influence.

By selling a small part of their shares, the factory owners reinvested the capital without interest in the expansion of the factory and the purchase of raw materials, so that the production scale of their factories increased greatly, and the goods produced were purchased by the maritime merchants, small and medium-sized merchants who had surplus money to buy the goods, and then went south to the south or further west to sell the goods in their hands.

Anyway, the Chinese products of this era have always been the best-selling products that do not worry about selling, whether it is in India, which has a large population, or in backward Africa, or the American continent that is being enslaved and occupied, or even in Western Europe, which thinks it is a powerful civilization, all of them are without all kinds of Chinese goods.

The dumping of products in exchange for endless wealth and other riches, large quantities of gold and silver shipped back from the Americas, dark oil and shining gems from Africa and the Western Regions, gold, spices and people from India.

The prosperity of commerce has fed back to Hongmen's further increase in tax revenue, which has increased by more than 50 percent, so that half of the two million bonds that Hongmen has been saddled with have been quickly recovered, and Hongmen's financial situation has gradually eased.

In the face of this situation, the members of Hongmen, who were originally resistant and disgusted with the new things of the exchange, gradually closed their mouths and began to agree that these products were promoted and popular in Hongmen's territory, and even many people themselves participated in it and invested a lot of money.

However, Li Tianyang, who was born as an advocate and supporter, has never relaxed his understanding and tracking of the progress of this matter.

Although he rarely participated in the stock market, he was exposed in the news and on the Internet for the countless facts that had appeared in this market to harvest ordinary investors as leeks, so he was unwilling to establish the exchange he supported, and finally became a means for businessmen to exploit the common people again.

Fortunately, at this time, the first exchange in the West has appeared, the Amsterdam Exchange, and with the existence of their pioneers, Hongmen can take a lot of detours, so that the Keelung Exchange can walk on a relatively correct path.

The only pity is that these merchants of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce have made a lot of money in ocean trade with Hongmen, and they have countless amounts of money in their hands, but they have never thought of listing part of their industrial shares for financing.

Li Tianyang may not necessarily understand that those huge companies in later generations are willing to go public, but at least it shows that there is some truth in it, so he actually hopes that these allies of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce can make concessions and contribute to the exchange.

"Go and discuss with the people from the Finance Bureau and the Ministry of Finance to see if our Bengang Shipyard can promote the listing, what is the pricing, and how much is the right amount of shares to sell?"

Li Tianyang wanted to make the proprietors of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce change their outdated economic understanding, so he wanted to let everyone see the benefits by listing and financing important industries in Hongmen.

"Huh??"

Liao Juncheng, director of the Secretariat, was stunned for a moment, and then reacted and replied repeatedly: "Yes!" ”

Business at Bengang Shipyard has always been booming, and with the transition from sailing ships to steamships, the Bengang Shipyard and several of its branches are lined with orders, and several dockyards are full of workers.

In recent years, the annual profit of Bengang Shipyard has exceeded 300,000 silver dollars, and it stands to reason that there is no shortage of funds at all.

In Liao Juncheng's opinion, this is a loss-making business, but because of the orders issued by Li Tianyang, even if Liao Juncheng hesitated in his heart, he quickly conveyed this order.

(End of chapter)