There is still a stalemate in the exchange, and a group of crazy businessmen send their relatives or cronies to run to the warehouse with the manifest.

At this time, the Tokyo Stock Exchange was quite rough and primitive.

You can't buy or sell short, because you don't have that condition. They even dug out silver dollars from the cellar and carried them to the exchange basket by basket, just because they were more convenient than copper coins.

Half a month ago, the imperial court took advantage of the big businessmen to speculate and issued Daming treasure banknotes in Tokyo.

As a result, a large number of merchants carried copper coins to exchange treasure money, so that they could operate on the exchange.

The collateral effect of the exchange is reflected: to enhance the circulation of money!

With the opening of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Daming treasure banknotes were issued in the capital, and the silver dollars hidden in the cellars also appeared.

In addition, each manifest has a limited pick-up date and a specific pick-up location. After the pick-up date, you will have to pay an additional warehouse usage fee.

The big merchants came to the warehouse with the manifest, of course, not to pick up the goods.

"Ladies and gentlemen, your manifest and delivery date have not yet arrived." The clerk replied with a smile on his face.

The son of a great merchant said, "We are not here to pick up the goods, but to inspect the goods today." ”

The clerk explained: "All the goods in the exchange have already been inspected. Only when you pick up the goods, can you re-inspect them. If you find that you are shoddy, or you are too much, you can appeal to the exchange. ”

"We're going to inspect the goods now!"

"I can't inspect the goods now, because the delivery period has not yet arrived."

"All the warehouses, we keep an eye on. It's not like it's all coal. The exchange can't do this, you break the rules and harm the merchants! ”

"There are no bad rules, everything is compliant."

"If you don't dare to inspect the goods for us, you must have broken the rules, and there is no goods in the warehouse at all. I've already inquired clearly, the warehouse on this manifest contains coal that was shipped ten days ago! ”

"There are no bad rules."

"Inspection! Inspection! ”

"Inspection ......"

The big businessmen have invested a lot of money, so they naturally have to keep an eye on everything.

Not only did they send people to keep an eye on the cargo ships entering and leaving Kaifeng, but they also bought off the officials of the treasury and the exchange warehouse. I didn't do anything illegal, I just asked the officials to help deliver the news.

Notify them as soon as new goods come in.

These people were very sure that the large number of goods orders thrown out by the prince corresponded to the warehouse, which was full of coal, and there was no cloth at all.

The matter is getting bigger and bigger, and even many retail investors are afraid of losing money, so they spontaneously come to the store to protest.

When hundreds of people gathered, an eight-rank official appeared, smiling and arching everyone's hands: "I am the official here, I can understand your feelings." But these bills are really compliant, don't be impatient, let me explain slowly. ”

The officials shut up and waited for the scene to gradually fall silent.

The warehouse officer continued: "Because too many people only speculate and do not pick up goods, the cloth warehouse is backlogged, and it can only be stacked in other warehouses. Now all kinds of warehouses have been piled up, and in order to cope with the explosion, the imperial court ordered several major official charcoal farms in Kaifeng to buy coal and empty this warehouse within a time limit......"

"What does this have to do with us?" A businessman is impatient.

The warehouse officer said with a smile: "It will take time for the official charcoal field to buy coal and clear the warehouse after receiving an order from the imperial court. In the next few days, they will remove the coal from this warehouse. As for the cloth on your manifest, it will be moved into this warehouse before the delivery date, so as not to delay your pick-up. ”

Wu Yong, who ranks second in financial resources in Tokyo, came to the warehouse in person at this moment: "Since they haven't entered the warehouse yet, why should the exchange let them make orders?" ”

The warehouse officer asked rhetorically: "Don't you all read the rules of the exchange?" There is no provision that you must enter the warehouse to make a order, only a provision provides that the goods can be made after verification. You businessmen don't care about the people's livelihood, you only speculate on orders and do not pick up goods, and fill up the government warehouses and warehouses. Not only fried cloth, but there are people who are so bold as to fry rice and wheat these days! In order to store more goods, the imperial court had to urgently allocate other warehouses. ”

"Let me tell you the truth, the manifests and fabrics in your hands are now in the military warehouse. The officials of the exchange have already gone to the military warehouse to inspect the goods. As long as the official charcoal yard empties the coal here, the cloth in the military warehouse will be able to transport the goods over. And definitely before the pick-up period. You see, these are the attachments to the deed of the official charcoal bank confirming the delivery of goods within a time limit, and these are the attachments to the deed of the military warehouse to transport the goods into the warehouse within a time limit. ”

"Everything is documented by compliance, and if they violate the deed, they will be compensated and fined according to the deed!"

"May I ask this Wu ...... Do you have any questions? ”

Wu Yong stood on the spot, completely speechless.

Due to the flow of goods from all over Tokyo, there were not enough warehouses at all, and several canals were lined with warehouses.

Therefore, a large amount of military supplies were not stored in Tokyo at all, but were placed in the Chenliu military warehouse thirty miles away.

This is a normal operation, such as the Ming Dynasty in another time and space, which is really impossible to put outside Beijing, and directly builds a warehouse in Tongzhou next door.

Who dares to probe in the military warehouse?

Even if you dare to investigate, you can't ask anything, at most you quietly observe how many ships and cars have been in the warehouse recently.

Only the high-level officials of the Cabinet, the Privy Council, the General Administration, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Household know about it, and even middle-level officials cannot inquire casually, because it is an absolute state secret!

Up to now, Wu Yong can basically guess that most of Chen Liujun's warehouse is full of cloth.

And to use it against them, it's just incidental.

Chen Liujun's hoarding of supplies was due to last year's major case, which led to turmoil in officialdom across the country. The prince was afraid that something would happen to the capital, so he directly transferred tens of thousands of soldiers into the capital, and these soldiers have been stationed around the capital for a whole year!

Correspondingly, the military funds that should have been transferred to the front line naturally had to be transferred to the Chenliu military warehouse instead.

In fact, there is another reason, in order to start a war with the Jin State, Zhu Ming has been quietly collecting materials in Chenliu. There was no fanfare to disturb the people, and there was no use of the department distribution system, but only a part of the tax in kind was intercepted from the tax offices along the Bianhe River and sent into the warehouse.

A little bit a month, a huge amount in a year.

It's now the third year of quiet storage!

The various military supplies that Chen left in the military warehouse, including cloth, were almost too much to pile up.

Even if he immediately started a war with the Jin State, Da Ming would not need to temporarily requisition materials. Because not only the military warehouses of Chenliu are almost full, but the military warehouses of Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, and Shaanxi are also sufficient.

Got rid of the three redundancies of the Northern Song Dynasty, various reforms were also deepening, and the population gradually recovered, and the abandoned land was re-cultivated, which was very terrifying for China's size.

The financial liabilities of previous years were fully paid off at the beginning of last year.

With the state treasury abundant, it has also increased investment in water conservancy since last year, mainly focusing on improving the water systems of the Yellow River and Jingjiang River.

A group of businessmen in the capital want to fight a futures war with the wealthy imperial court?

Their thinking is still stuck in the pre-Song Dynasty of financial embarrassment!

……

Off-exchange.

Zhao Kai squatted restlessly at the door, his ears full of gossip.

Zhao Shu rushed to the scene, panting and said, "Whew...... Call...... Juncang ...... It's the goods of the military warehouse, and I heard that the Chen Liu's military warehouse is full of cloth......"

"It's over, it's over......" Zhao Kairu was struck by lightning.

Because of the name of the former Song royal family, no one cares more and more, and he is getting worse and worse.

After learning from the pain, Zhao Kai seriously studied his painting skills and imitated Song Huizong's paintings to be eight or nine points similar.

Even if the master can still see that it is a fake, he can always deceive some wealthy laymen, and some people even buy Zhao Kai's paintings and take them to the south to be sold as the "posthumous works" of Song Huizong.

After making money again by selling "daddy paintings", Zhao Kai once again became a lavish consumer.

Last year, because of a major case, all the former Song royal families were placed under house arrest, and they did not regain their freedom until New Year's Day. Zhao Kai estimated that he was suffocating, and he took revenge consumption this year, and for a while, he directly regarded Fan Lou as his home. Instead, he owed Fan Lou a lot of debts, and even mortgaged the purchased house.

Seeing that speculating in futures could make money, Zhao Kai hurriedly pulled Zhao Shu to do it together.

They didn't even eat hot, and the price was already very high when they entered. smashed pots and sold iron to borrow money everywhere, but he couldn't buy many bills.

Once the investment fails, both brothers will have to drink the northwest wind.

"Brother, what should I do?" Zhao Shu's face turned pale.

Zhao Kai sat paralyzed under the corner, staring at the sky with blank eyes: "What else can I do?" Paint slowly to pay off your debts. ”

Zhao Shu hurriedly said: "You can make money by painting, but how can I live?" ”

"You figure it out for yourself." Zhao Kai didn't have a good airway.

Zhao Shu was furious, grabbed Zhao Kai's shirt and said, "I just said that the fried goods are unreliable, you have to pull me here." If I have nothing to lose, you have to help me pay off my debts! ”

Zhao Kai looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water: "If I let you fry the goods, you will fry the goods, if I let you die, then you will also die?" If you are greedy, don't complain. ”

Zhao Shu was so angry that he began to move his fists and feet, but Zhao Kai held his head in his hands and let him beat him.

In the end, Zhao Shu was also discouraged.

The brothers re-entered the exchange, and saw that the big businessmen no longer scanned orders, and the rest of the investors were reluctant to trade, and suddenly there was a glimmer of hope in their hearts.

The exchange of cloth commodities has stopped trading directly.

The prince's goods are still being thrown, but no one picks them up.

Someone!

An hour before the exchange was about to close, one after another came to buy orders from those who received the news.

These belong to serious shopkeepers who sell cloth, perhaps because they are timid, perhaps because they are slow, or they believe that the government will take action. None of them participated in speculation, but just followed the cloth shop to raise the retail price, and then used what little inventory they had in the retail market.

The higher the cloth bill is speculated, the more reluctant they are to buy, waiting for the price to be beaten down before buying.

Many shops have sold out of fabrics, so they are waiting for today!

In the past, even if they bought at a low price, they did not dare to sell it at a reduced price without permission, because they would be suppressed by big merchants.

Now that it doesn't matter, can the verbal agreement of the guild be bigger than the prince?

As long as the exchange can run smoothly, there is no need to look at the faces of big bankers in the future!

And the vast majority of ordinary people, seeing that the price of cloth has risen too outrageously, also endure not to make winter clothes and quilts, and temporarily use last year's old clothes to carry the quilt.

As long as the small merchants buy the prince's bill of goods and automatically lower the retail price, they can take the opportunity to make a profit. The people who lacked cloth and came to buy goods could even line up in front of the store.

The cloth trade, which had been temporarily suspended, suddenly became so popular.

Looking at the lively scene in the exchange, all the people involved in the speculation, whether they are rich businessmen or ordinary retail investors, are all in despair.

Especially those crazy people who take out loans to speculate, they really want to jump into the Bianhe River and get a hundred!

"Dangdang, dang!"

At this moment, an official suddenly rushed in and struck a gong and announced: "The imperial court reiterates the decree that loans that exceed the legal maximum interest rate will be illegal usury." Not only is the loan deed invalid, but the borrower can also report to the government to receive a reward! ”

Zhao Shu, who was already thinking about jumping into the river, jumped up and down when he heard the words, and shouted wildly in the exchange: "Long live the Ming Dynasty, long live the official family, long live the prince!" I don't have to take away the mortgaged house! ”

This guy really went to borrow a loan shark to speculate, and he didn't tell his brother yet, for fear that Zhao Kai would ask him to borrow money.

Prince Zhu's wave can be described as killing birds with one stone.

He not only took the opportunity to issue Daming treasure banknotes in Tokyo, but also allowed the silver dollars in the cellars of the rich to circulate again, and also taught the rich merchants and tycoons in Tokyo a hard lesson, and incidentally reaffirmed the law to crack down on usury.

The Jews in the capital will lose their pants this time!

(End of chapter)