The stock market plummeted, in less than an hour, all the new shares and new shares fell to the limit, affected by this, all stocks fell sharply, the stocks that fell to the limit abounded, the entire trading hall was full of sorrow, gloomy clouds overwhelmed the city, no one knew what the reason for this wave of such a violent decline, countless investment institutions and brokers crossed the sea to inquire about the news, but the Eurasian cable telegraph was interrupted at this time, the news spread, and everyone was cast a shadow in their hearts.

At the British Consulate in Shanghai, Consul McWartuo put down the phone and glanced at the dejected James. Northcott said with a bitter face: "All new shares have all fallen ....... limit." ”

"I warned them a long time ago that the stock market of Qingguo is not comparable to the European stock market at all, this is a stock market completely manipulated by Yuanqi!" Northcott's face was very ugly, and his tone was full of helplessness, "I have long let them accept it when they see it, and they are all greedy and unrestrained ......." ”

Who is not greedy? Mai Huatuo secretly slandered himself, and then said with a wry smile: "The economic crisis broke out, the stock markets of various countries were sluggish, only the Shanghai stock market was profitable, and it has been smooth sailing in the past few years, who is willing to withdraw easily, and the large-scale economic crisis broke out in China this year...... ”

After a pause, he said with concern: "Unprovoked, how could Yuan Qi suddenly suppress the stock market?" ”

As the agent of the Rothschild family in the East, Northcott's news is far more well-informed than that of McWartuo as a consul, and he clearly knows that Germany, France, Austria and Italy are about to jointly send troops to South Africa.

What he didn't expect was that Yuan Qi was so sensitive, and he had just started a large-scale sell-off, so Yuan Qi made a very decisive move, directly smashing all the new shares to the fall limit, and there was no need to worry about hitting the Qingguo stock market, what he was worried about was the stocks smashed in his hand, and Yuan Qi's posture would not be easy to stop.

He didn't have the heart or dare to reveal the news, and immediately said angrily: "Yuan Qi is a madman, who knows what he thinks?" ”

As soon as the words fell, he heard a gentle knock on the door, and Mai Huatuo ordered angrily: "Come in." ”

A counsellor opened the door and reported: "Several gentlemen have come to visit Mr. Northcott. ”

"Just say I'm not there." Northcote waved his hand, these people were nothing more than here to inquire about the news, he was in no mood to deal with it, and now that the stock market has plummeted into a trend, he doesn't need to bother anymore.

For several days in a row, the stock market has plummeted continuously, and the new shares and new stocks that have been popular in the past two years are the hardest hit areas of this plunge.

"Securities News", "Shanghai Daily", "Jinling Daily", "Beijing Daily" and other major newspapers have reported that the stock market has plummeted, and stock commentators, economic experts and scholars have published articles to express their views -- a serious economic crisis broke out in the Qing Dynasty.

The guidance of public opinion has further deepened the sharp fall of the stock market, and in just over a week, stocks that have been cut in half abound, especially new shares and new stocks are almost cut in half! What's even more terrifying than the cut in half is that the funds don't even have a chance to escape, and they are firmly locked in the stock market!

Changle Book House, Zhao Liewen looked at the precipitous market trend on the "Securities News", sighed in his heart, I don't know how many people went bankrupt in this stock market crash, and he was silent for a long time, he looked at Yi Zhicontent, and said tentatively: "This stock market crash will cause immeasurable losses to China's securities market....... ”

"Kill a thousand, and lose eight hundred." Yi Zhizhi said quietly: "This is a war with no winners. ”

Li Hongzhang's heart jumped, "Do you want to continue?" ”

"Those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety, and since they have already opened their bows, how can they stop halfway." Yi Zhicontent said in a sullen voice: "At such a heavy price, how can you let foreign funds flee easily." ”

There is no turning back from the bow, he disregards the image of the unscrupulous manipulation of the stock market this time, the purpose is to eat the foreign funds in the stock market, in fact, even if Yuan Qi does not make a move, the overseas funds will be violently smashed, rather than this, it is better for Yuan Qi to take the initiative, really let the overseas funds make a big deal and leave, and by the way, the stock market will be hit hard, it will not become a big joke, the Qing Dynasty can't afford to lose, and he can't afford to lose this person.

Before eight o'clock in the morning, outside the gate of the stock exchange, there were countless shareholders with umbrellas who were mourning, and in the cold rain, the shareholders were talking softly while exchanging information while stomping their feet, and this stock market crash can be called the most serious one in the history of the Daqing stock market.

"In the past stock market crashes, Yuanqi will shoot the tray, this rare plunge, how come Yuanqi has not moved at all?"

"Still counting on Yuanqi? It is said that this plunge was manipulated by Yuan Qi behind his back. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, the stock market has plummeted so much, and Yuanqi's loss is not small, Yuanqi is manipulating behind his back, and he is crazy?"

"There are different opinions, and no one knows what the real reason is, but with such a sharp fall, except for Yuan Qi, who else can have this ability?"

"Didn't the newspapers say it was an economic crisis? Who wouldn't want to get out of the panic early? New shares and new stocks fall at the opening limit, there is no chance to escape, those old stocks and large-cap stocks are not the same wild fall, and there are also a lot of closing limits. ”

"To say that Yuan Qi is manipulating behind his back, it is really unconvincing, there has been a run on the Qi Bank in these few days, if Yuan Qi is really manipulating behind his back, wouldn't he dig his own grave?"

"I'm afraid that an economic crisis is really about to break out, and in just a few days, more than 30 banks in Shanghai have collapsed."

"Listen to the alarmist talk in the newspapers, what economic crisis? Our Daqing Dynasty is in a stage of rapid development, as long as Yuan Qi does not fall, there will be no economic crisis. ”

"And what's going on with this stock market crash?"

"It should be related to Europe, on the day of the stock market crash, won't the cable cable with Europe be interrupted? How could it be so coincidental that even the cable telegraph in the Atlantic was interrupted? And it hasn't recovered for a few days, isn't it weird? ”

"This statement is still somewhat reliable, since the outbreak of economic crises in Western countries, a large number of Western funds have continued to flow into China's stock market, in recent years, China's stock market has risen against the trend, but it is not because of the continuous inflow of Western funds."

"There is some truth in this statement, there have been more than a dozen jumping off buildings and rivers in the past few days, more than half of them are foreigners, and there are seven or eight Western banks that have collapsed."

"Why don't we care about it now, we just care about when it will stop falling......

"Stop falling? Even if the fall is stopped now, can't it be cut and leave? Drag it in your hand, sooner or later it will rise, the ups and downs of this stock market, you haven't seen through it yet? ”

"It also depends on what kind of stock it is, and it is better to have a chance to leave the market for new shares and new shares, evil!"

"What's wrong with it?"

"It's not clear, the new shares and new shares have risen too much........"

At ten o'clock, the stock market opened, the new shares were still open on the limit, at a glance, a piece of green, everyone's hearts were cold and cold, no one knew how far to fall to stop the fall and stabilize, the entire trading hall was filled with an atmosphere of despair.

The stock market continued to plummet, and it was not only investment companies, brokerage banks and the vast number of shareholders who were desperate, but also the banks that were closely related to the stock market were also closed down one after another in despair.

The dangers of the broken capital chain soon became apparent, a large number of businesses fell into a difficult turnover, many factories were closed, and a large number of workers lost their livelihoods, all of which showed that the Qing Dynasty had fallen into a serious economic crisis.

Consulate General of England in Shanghai.

James. Northcott was stuffy in the room drinking alone, for the Qingguo stock market, he has been completely disappointed, in just over half a month, the new shares and new shares have been cut in half and then cut in half, not to mention the later entry, even the early ones are now suffering serious losses, and even more damn it, it has been falling to this extent, there is still no chance of escape, the trading volume of the entire stock market has shrunk to an outrageous level, he really didn't expect that Yuan Qi was so ruthless, it was to the point of madness!

"Tuk Tuk" A gentle knock on the door sounded, and without waiting for Northcott to speak, Mai Huatuo pushed the door in, smelling the smell of wine in the room, he frowned, "There is news from the stock market, Zibo Iron Mine has declared bankruptcy, ........" ”

Hearing this, Northcott's scared wine woke up halfway, Zibo Iron Mine is a new stock, bankrupt and closed? What is Yuan Qi trying to do? Swallow up all their funds in the stock market, and don't even give them any hope of holding stocks to rise! He hurriedly stood up, "Send a telegram and report to the country immediately...... ”

"The telegram has been interrupted, this time it was cut off by the Qing people on their own initiative, and now the telegram can only be connected to Java." Mai Huatuo looked at him coldly, "Now you should tell me, what happened?" ”

Northcott hurriedly asked, "What about New York?" ”

"The Pacific cable telegraph was cut off as well."

Northcott was stunned for a moment before he said, "Do you still need to ask about this situation?" Naturally, the war was about to start, and Britain, France, Germany, Austria and Italy jointly sent troops to South Africa to compete for the Transvaal gold mine. ”

Sure enough, it's war! Although he had expected it, Mai Huatuo still couldn't believe it, "If you want to start a war, why don't you even evacuate the embassy staff?" ”

Northcott spread his hands, "How do I know?" ”

McWartto quickly realized that the Qing had a policy not to regard citizens of the belligerent countries living in the Qing as enemies because of the war. It is precisely because of this that the Qing Kingdom was praised as a free and open country by various countries, attracting a large number of scholars, experts, and technicians from Europe and the Americas.

"Crazy!" Mai Huatuo was simply out of anger, "The Qing country is not Ottoman, not Persia, how can it be easily conquered!" ”

Northcott looked at him silently, he knew very well that no one wanted to conquer the Qing Kingdom, they just wanted to defeat Yuan Qi, but, judging from the current situation, this wish was afraid that it would be difficult to achieve.

The bankruptcy of Zibo iron mine triggered a wave of bankruptcy climax, a large number of new shares and new shares have declared bankruptcy, the stock market has entered the most tragic stage, countless investment companies and brokerage companies have collapsed, countless people have accumulated half of their lives and half of their lives have come to naught, bankrupts abound, of course, the biggest loss is foreign funds, and the main thing that promotes the rise of new shares and new shares is foreign funds, and Yuanqi's move is tantamount to robbery!

Changle Book House.

Li Hongzhang said with a puzzled face: "Although this move is happy and the benefits are not small, but the credibility and popularity accumulated over the years are once gone, and the stock market is afraid that it will collapse. ”

"How can everything be as it should be." Yi Zhishu said and sighed softly.

Zhao Liewen said slowly: "This move is mainly aimed at overseas funds, and domestic retail investors are just suffering from pond fish, can they be properly compensated?" ”

After pondering for a moment, Yi Zhizhi said slowly: "It's not that you are reluctant to make money, if you make compensation, if you sit on the basis that Yuan Qi manipulates the stock market!" After a pause, he said: "However, this time the stock market plummeted, and I always found a scapegoat, and planted it on the heads of Westerners, and I didn't wronged them left and right." ”

Zhao Liewen hesitated and said: "It has not yet been determined whether Western countries will send troops, is it a .......little early?" ”

Yi Zhizhi said: "Can there be other scapegoats?" ”

"Students think that it is better to be cautious because it is a matter of Yuanqi's reputation." Zhao Liewen pondered and said: "The big shopkeeper also said that before my country took the initiative to cut off the cable telegraph, they must still be able to transmit information, Yuan Qi took the initiative to smash the market, although it caused the stock market to plummet, but also blocked all foreign funds entering the stock market, in this case, whether the other party will continue to provoke war, it is difficult to ......say, and besides, there is no need to rush to transfer the charges." ”

"Okay." Yi Zhishu nodded slowly, "Then wait until the news is confirmed." After a pause, he continued: "The aftermath measures must be carried out as soon as possible, and we cannot wait any longer, and the factories that have stopped production because the capital chain has been broken must increase their funds as soon as possible and resume production."

Those precarious banks must also be rescued in a timely manner, and those who can survive until this time are worth saving, and the same is true for some other large firms, and the factories and mining enterprises that have declared bankruptcy in the northern provinces must also be immediately reorganized or reshelled, and production should be resumed as soon as possible. If a serious economic crisis breaks out as a result, it will be more than worth the loss! ”

"The students will arrange it right away." Zhao Liewen hurriedly said.

Zhao Liewen and Li Hongzhang, who were waiting, stepped back, and Yi Zhengxing, who had been silent, spoke: "After this turmoil, will it affect Shanghai's development into a world financial center?" ”

"What about the senses?"

Yi Zhengxing smiled, "Yuan Qi's appearance is a little ugly this time, and European and American capital is afraid that it will not dare to flow into my country again." ”

"It's ugly to eat, but they are also dumb and eat coptis, and they can't tell if they are bitter." Yi Zhishu said slowly: "They plan to share the fruits of China's rapid economic development as they did in the United States, but they have miscalculated. ”

After a pause, he continued: "The negative impact is certainly not small, but becoming a world financial center depends on economic strength and financial strength, not reputation. ”