Chapter 199: The Big Fish Takes the Bait
At this time, the rubber stock is not the star of the small people can participate, Tianjin Rubber Company stipulates that at least ten shares need to be purchased, nearly a thousand taels of silver, even if the family does small business can not come up with so much money, many middle-income class for this matter in a hurry, borrowing money everywhere, or other members of the family, business partners, etc., hoping to get involved, but unfortunately the rising stock price made them make up the money that day, only to find that the price of rubber on the exchange rose again!
Rubber stocks were destined to be only owned by a very small percentage of the population, and this was LΓΌ Liang's original intention, if the rubber stocks led to the bankruptcy of all the middle and lower classes in the north, then the economic recovery would lead to the collapse of the government. The upper echelons are different, their funds originally came from the wrong way, and Lu Liang took them away, and then used them for economic construction in the north, which was taken from the people and used for the people. It can also loot the money in the hands of corrupt officials, which is more effective than any anti-corruption method!
The Forbidden City, the residence of the Chinese royal family, can smell a strong rancid smell within a few dozen meters of it. It represents the core of feudal society, represents the ruling power of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, sometimes Lu Liang thinks in his heart, that radical era, everywhere is the destruction of feudal remnants, in fact, the biggest feudal remnant is this palace, why don't you let students come here to have an activity?
Don't mention to Lu Liang any national symbols, cultural carriers, and cultural inheritance, some things are treasures left by their ancestors, which must be valued, kept well, and recovered from abroad, and some things must be destroyed, this decaying palace, or some kind of X drama that represents the good male style of ancient times!
Now, in the bottomless palace, the heat flow from outside passes through the red walls and yellow tiles, and sets off a wave of heat inside the palace.
"Lord Wang, why do you have time to come and see my old woman today?" The richly dressed Cixi was half-lying. The countless decorations on her body and the foundation on her face made her look like a thousand-year-old demon who had just come out of a coffin. It's a pity that no matter how gorgeous the decoration is, Cixi's old state can't be concealed, at the age of seventy, she has experienced harem battles, curtains to listen to politics, foreign invasions, long-haired rebellions, boxers and bandits, and even an embarrassed escape to Chang'an, but these did not make her lose, because the power of Huaxia is still in the hands of the Manchus. In the hands of this thousand-year-old demon. However, the occupation of the Yangtze River by the revolutionary party made it impossible for her to remain quiet, and the panic of losing power continued to beat her heart.
****** Yixuan, who was also aging (it was really hard to type these two words), lowered his head slightly, and then sat on the chair that Li Lianying had placed. In his opinion, this ruler of the Qing Dynasty has been deeply hit by the revolutionary party, and I am afraid that he will not survive this year, and once the Queen Mother returns to heaven, this Qing Dynasty will come to an end.
"The Queen Mother is blessed with all the blessings. The power is overwhelming, even if he is old, he is also a fairy-like figure. β
"Don't laugh at me, don't laugh at me, let's all be half-cut people in the ground, outside things, let the little ones make trouble, as long as they can keep the Qing Dynasty." Whatever you want. Cixi sighed, this is true. Her control over the imperial court is getting smaller and smaller, and the Beiyang Group represented by Yuan Shikai basically controls the government, which is also a helpless thing, if it were not for the imperial court still holding the financial power, maybe the Beiyang Group would have taken its place.
"Say, what is the matter of labor, you will go on a trip yourself. Is Yuan Gongbao making some trouble again? He doesn't train his soldiers well, and he always makes trouble for us! Saying that, Cixi actually sat up, it seemed that she was not resigned to Yuan Shikai, and there was no trace of anger in her helplessness.
"The Queen Mother is angry, not Yuan Gongbao. This person was very honest during this time, and I heard that he was frightened by the fighting of the revolutionary party in Japan, and his army continued to retreat from the north of the Yangtze River, and he was preparing to train the new army of the two towns, and the day before yesterday the Daqing Bank was ready to take out 10 million taels for his training, which you also know. β
Seeing Cixi waving her hand, knowing that she didn't want to hear this, Yixuan continued: "This time I came to tell the Queen Mother a great happy event, if it is done, it will definitely benefit our Qing Dynasty and do no harm." β
"Tell me about it."
"Jason, a native of Tianjin, opened a rubber company, which produces tires for American cars, which is a big deal, and now only Nanyang can produce rubber, and we Tianjin has the advantage of geographical advantages, so it is opened here. The company sold shares on the exchange, raised funds and opened hundreds of plantations in Nanyang. β
"So we came to raise money in Daqing, not because we are rich in Daqing!" Cixi took the moment to interject.
"Exactly, I heard that the price of that company has risen to 780 taels per ten shares, and it has only been less than half a year. Last month, the people of Shanxi raised 20 million taels to invest in, and this month the rubber company gave them dividends, I heard that the Qiao family invested 5 million taels, and the monthly dividend is 100,000 taels, and such a deal can not be found anywhere! β
"You mean we're going to mix it up too?"
"Shanxi people are very shrewd, they have never made a mistake in their fancies, the old man saw that the treasury was empty, and Yuan Shikai asked for money to train the army every day, and I am afraid that the loans of foreigners alone will not last long, and the money of foreigners is not so easy to use. If we make a fortune in stocks, we may be able to spend a lot of money to train troops, or hire foreigners, select a person from the Manchus to train another army, such as Tieliang in the first town, and then compete with Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Division. The Queen Mother knows that Yuan Shikai can become bigger, and there are also reasons why foreigners are strong, if we can block the revolutionary party without relying on foreigners, then Yuan Shikai's role will be greatly weakened, and we will cut off the supply of money and grain in Beiyang, and then the eight towns of Beiyang will all be in the hands of the Manchus. β
Yi Liang couldn't help but pant after saying this, but fortunately he didn't work in vain, Cixi was obviously moved by him, no matter how much silver there was, it was useless, only by controlling the army in his own hands could he ensure that the court would last for generations.
"The prince said it well! We Manchus don't have those Han people, we can still have fun, you can do this thing, the money to buy stocks comes out of the Daqing Bank, isn't there still a loan of 40 million taels of foreigners, all of them are taken out to buy stocks! "The Han ministers have always been a pain in Cixi's heart, since the death of Li Hongzhang, the Han ministers are not as good as one, first Zhang Zhidong surrendered to the enemy, then Li Jingxi, Ke Fengshi, in the end, the Manchus themselves are reliable!
It was getting late, and Yixuan returned to Qingwangfu, preparing to discuss the matter with Wu Dingchang (president of Daqing Bank) tomorrow. Jae Jin took Yi Xuan's coat and saw his father's happy face, knowing that the matter was done. He asked, "Amma, how are things going?" β
"Hehe, the Queen Mother agreed very happily, who would refuse such a transaction to send money?"
"What about us?"
"How much money do you have at home?"
"There are three million taels of silver in the house, plus the grange and the business, a total of seven million taels can be raised, and the rest are antiques of the house title deed, and they can't be exchanged for cash for a while."
"Well, it's almost over, tomorrow you will go to Tianjin, bring all the silver, buy as much as you can!"
"Hey!" Zai Zhen was excited, seven million taels, according to the estimation of the group of businessmen in Shanxi, it can bring ten million taels of income in the end, so much money is enough to ensure the continuation of the family for several generations.
In fact, the dignitaries and nobles in Beijing are raising money to transport to Tianjin, and in this world, everything else is empty, only real money and silver are real. This Qing Dynasty can't last a few years, once the revolutionary party fights, do you want to be buried with the Qing Dynasty? Of course not, some people have already started to buy land in the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, France and other places, if they wait until the revolutionary party comes to fight and then run, will it be too late?
Beijing City, the Bai family compound, more than ten years ago the patriarch Bai Yintang died of illness, passed the throne to the Bai family's second young grandmother Bai Wen's family, although this young grandmother is a woman, but the Bai family's business is prosperous, but her own son is worrying, and he went to the south to join the revolutionary party! Bai Wen's family was forced to expel him from the family, in fact, he still cried often in secret, just such a son, can he not worry about being a mother? Moreover, the descendants of the Bai family are scarce, and there are few who are promising, so they can't let the Bai family's time-honored brand be lost in their hands.
Therefore, Bai Wenshi was also moved after hearing about the Tianjin rubber stock, if he saved a sum of money through this stock, he could also make the Bai family live a little more comfortable in the future, and save enough money for those juniors to live a good life, which can be regarded as living up to the hard work of Baiyintang.
"Young grandma, young grandma, young master's telegram!" When Bai Wenshi heard the housekeeper's shout from the compound, his heart couldn't help but tremble, his son had been away from home for a few years, and a letter would come every year during the New Year, but now it was not the New Year, how could he send a telegram?
"Don't shout, bring it in!" Bai Wenshi hurriedly said to the housekeeper that his son's participation in the revolutionary party had already put the Bai family in a difficult situation, and if outsiders knew that the family was still in contact with him, he would definitely find the government to track him down.
"I'll see!" The second master snatched the telegram in the envelope and couldn't wait to tear it open.
"What did you say?" Bai Wenshi leaned over and asked.
"I don't understand, what planes, majors." The second master continued to read, and his brows furrowed after turning the page.
"What's going on?" I'm just as impatient as a mother.
"He advised us not to put our money in stocks."
"How did he know?"
In the face of Bai Wen's questioning, the second master couldn't hide it, and said with a squeak: "Actually, I send a telegram to my son every month, isn't this thinking about my son, I haven't seen you for a few years, I really want to!" And he began to cry as he spoke.
Bai Wenshi didn't blame her husband either, touched a few handfuls of tears, and took the telegram. The son means that there is another hidden reason for this stock sale, don't buy it, otherwise you will lose everything, and you will be instructed. The two of them are very strange, how does the son know that there is another hidden story about the stock? (To be continued.) )