At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, with the rapid development of the automobile industry, the demand for rubber increased sharply. At the same time, rubber has also become an emerging material for many industrial products. Cars, tricycles, and rickshaws have been replaced with rubber tires, and Shanghainese people wear a pair of rubber shoes and leather shoes, called galoshes, and then put on a rubber raincoat, even if it is raining, they can go out as usual. In addition to these, there are countless other rubber products, and rubber has become a popular product.

Of course, the demise of the Qing Dynasty can also be said to have a certain relationship with rubber, in 1908, because there was no artificial rubber at that time, so the rubber used by people are all naturally produced, considering the constraints of the growth cycle, climate, soil and other factors, the scale of rubber production can not be expanded in the short term, and it is also destined to continue to rise in rubber prices for a period of time.

The rubber stocks, which indirectly led to the early demise of the Qing Dynasty, began in 1908, when it can be said that the price of rubber in the London market rose exponentially, and this situation also led more people to invest in the crazy speculation of rubber.

It was also at this time that foreign rubber companies began to set up offices in the Nanyang region, which was suitable for rubber production, and their headquarters were all in Shanghai, the financial center of the Far East, in order to facilitate financing there. These companies advertised in Shanghai's newspapers that they said, "To buy rubber is to buy the future." "As a result, a large number of foreigners and local Chinese in China bought rubber stocks, coupled with some old companies to raise the stock price, it was normal for it to increase more than ten times at that time, and it even reached the level of 278 times at the highest time.

Of course, when the bonfire burned out, it would only leave a ground of ashes, and by the time London's stock market plummeted, the Huangpu River at that time was as full of floating corpses as the Ganges...

At this time, due to the stupidity of the Qing court, the Shanghai Provincial rescue operation failed, which also caused the rubber stock boom at the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the whole of China lost 20 million yuan of silver, resulting in the Qing court had to nationalize the railway and then mortgage it, which also caused the Sichuan Road Protection Movement.

In order to suppress the Baolu Movement in Sichuan, the new army from Hubei was transferred to Sichuan to suppress it, resulting in the emptiness of Wuchang, which also led to the Wuchang Uprising, and plunged the whole of South China into a frenzy of uprising.

Stock boom―――――― Baolu Movement―――――― Wuchang Uprising―――――― Xinhai Revolution

It can be said that if there is no stock trend, then the Qing Dynasty can continue for at least a few years, here we have to thank Comrade Chen Bangrui, the squire of the branch and his student, Comrade Cheng Dequan, who was the governor of Jiangsu at that time, if it were not for Chen Bangrui and Cai Naihuang of Shanghai Daotai at that time, so he and his student Cheng Dequan jointly participated in the impeachment of Cai Naihuang, resulting in Cai Naihuang's already successful rescue operation failed, I am afraid it will take a few more years to wait for the news of the success of the revolution.

Of course, those who jumped into the river and jumped off the building should be grateful to Chen Bangrui's eighteenth generation ancestors...

And now, Yan Guang is going to London to multiply his fortune tenfold or eightfold. Then he returned to China with a huge amount of wealth to contribute to Comrade Chen Bangrui's great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty.

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Standing at the bow of the passenger ship, looking at the misty city in the distance, when the passenger ship was about to come into contact with the fog, Yan Guang took out a mask from his arms and put it on his face, which surprised several passengers who were about to take a deep breath.

At this time, London was also the world's financial center, and as the capital of the world's most powerful country, London was quite famous for its smog, and many first-time visitors to London would even take a deep breath of smoke.

It's just that there will definitely be no Yan Guang in this...

The name of London's "fog capital" is very famous even in the 21st century, especially the London smog incident, which killed more than 10,000 people at one time.

At the beginning of the 20th century, most people in London used coal as fuel, and the resulting smog was added to the fog that permeated London. Although the London smog incident will not happen for decades, but even so, Yan Guang still does not dare to underestimate the toxic substances present in the smoke, if it is not for the fact that he can make a lot of money in London at this time, Yan Guang definitely does not want to come to this place that will make people lose their lives.

Of course, Yan Guang's practice of thinking about his own body is ignorant in the eyes of others, but how can they imagine how many toxic substances are contained in the fog that permeates London at this time?

After stepping off the passenger ship, Yan Guang soon found a hotel that looked pretty good not far from the port.

"Chinese? Say myself? After seeing Yan Guang walk in, the owner of the hotel asked with a little surprise.

"Chinese." In the United States for a few months, and even on the passenger ship to London, Yan Guang has encountered this situation many times, and even fought with the other party a few times, so he is no longer surprised by the current situation.

The innkeeper nodded. "Accommodation is two shillings a day, not including three meals, and five pence a day if three meals are counted." For him, as long as the guests have money in their wallets, he is not interested in caring about the rest.

"No problem, by the way, do you have any juice here?" After paying for a week's room and board, Yan Guang looked up and asked.

"No, but you can go to the store next door and buy it." After collecting the money, the owner of the inn handed the key to Yan Guang. "The seventh room in the corridor on the left, if you have anything else, you can come to me."

"Okay..."Yan Guang took a few steps towards the left hallway, but quickly turned back. By the way, where is the London Stock Exchange? ”

"Which one are you asking?"

Before 1973, the so-called London Stock Exchange was not a single exchange, but a collective name for dozens of exchanges, and Yan Guang was surprised when he got the news. Originally, he thought that as long as he went to the exchange and bought the stock, he could pat his ass and go back to the United States, but now it seems that he will have to run out of all these dozens of exchanges first.

More than 900,000 US dollars, equivalent to more than 100,000 pounds, is a huge amount of money in this era. Although the money may not even be wasted in the international financial system, he does not think that any stock exchange can afford it at a time when rubber stocks are just emerging.

But the next day, holding the stocks of this era in the largest stock exchange in London, Yan Guang admitted that he had miscalculated...