Ringing noon, west of the city.

Southwest side of Zhenwu Mountain, Baihua Street and Lane.

After noon, a clear blue sky thunder slashed through the sky from the True Martial Sword Dao.

The waves of air emitted by the Endless Sword Shadow shattered the dark clouds that crushed the city, and the pouring rain poured down from the unreachable sky like a heavenly river bursting its banks. In just a few breaths, the sky and the earth, the rivers and the mountains, the lakes and the buildings were all connected by the rain. The hazy mist didn't know where it came from, and before I could see the direction of the rain, it had already blurred the entire city.

It's just that no matter how heavy the rain is, no matter how cold the rain is, it can't wet today's fever.

The joyful cries of the chattering people tear through the blurred vision, rendering the streets and alleys that should have been silent into a thick eerie. Figures are shouting and running between the rain curtains, or crowding in front of the courtyard of the building with umbrellas and robes. There were only two colors on the faces of these people at this time, either extremely happy or regretful.

I am happy with the money in my hand, and I regret the money in my hand.

After the foreshadowing of the first month's dividends, two months of anticipation, anxiety and brewing, today, whether it is Baihua Lane, Chang'an City, or even every city in the vast territory of Datang, all participants in this business reform have been imperceptibly transformed into mania by desire. The people in the Baihua streets and alleys in the west of the city didn't seem to feel that the rain was so heavy that it was enough for them to easily catch the wind and cold, and they had to run into it desperately.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

"Oh my God, it's going up again today!"

"The profit of the embroidery workshop this month is actually one percent higher than that of last month?"

"It's not just embroidery shops, basically all the small shops have gone up a lot. Look at the gold-encrusted shop in the north of the city, the profit is 50% higher than last month, this business is simply picking up money. I have lived for such an age, and I have never seen such a great good thing, and the Huang family is immeasurably virtuous this time!"

"Tut-tut, Baihualou made a profit of 600,000 taels of silver this month, and each share can pay dividends of three times and two dollars... Tut-tut, this is also a full 30% bonus compared to last month. Zhao Cai, do I remember that you borrowed a lot of money last month, and you bought all the shares of this Baihualou, right? Now you have saved up the stocks in your hand, to say the least, there are fifty numbers, right? Tut-tut, this time you have made a lot of money. ”

"Hehe, don't talk nonsense, where are there so many. ”

"Don't admit it, I was looking at you when you received the money just now. ”

"Hehe, yes, but not as much as you said. ”

"Not that much, how much?"

"When the dividends were distributed last month, the tickets for Baihualou had risen to eight taels a piece, and I took out my pocket to buy 20 tickets, and finally begged for life-saving money from my family, and bought four or five more. Now that you add up, there are only forty tickets in your hand, where are you counting fifty? ”

"Forty tickets! Zhao Cai said so, you will take more than ten taels of silver for this month's bonus alone!"

"Tut-tut, this lying down and picking up money is actually more profitable than me doing cattle and horses for more than half a year, I knew that there was such a way to make money, I should have learned from you to smash the pot and sell iron to buy tickets. Hey..."

In Baihua Lane, in front of Huangjiaqian Village, the heavy rain is still full of people.

The bean-sized raindrops frantically hit the jagged oil-paper umbrellas, burst into countless tiny fountains, crashed into the bluestone road in wisps, and then turned into countless droplets of water and splashed down the farther stone steps. The crowd of people crowded together was all wet, but the stuffiness of people's hearts completely dispelled the cold, so no one felt cold.

Zhao Cai, who lives at the end of the alley, was dragged from bed by their head of the house early today and rushed here.

Ever since he received a heavy box of copper coins from Huang's money village, he can't even smile with his mouth until now...

All thanks to a decision he made last month.

Last month, the stock bank issued dividends for the first time, and he dragged more than 20 Baihualou stocks in his hand and took out four taels of silver from Huang's bank. Four taels of silver is not much, but for ordinary people's families, it is a full dozen of two months' expenses.

Holding the silver in his hand, Zhao Cai felt excitement and pride that he had never felt before. When I returned home, I thought about it all night, and the gambling in my bones was completely stimulated. On the second day, he dug out a family tree and a house deed that had been sealed for many years from the tattered closet, and after breakfast, he took charge of his own house, and went to the official office in the west of the city to mortgage the house to the pawn shop in exchange for twenty taels of silver, and then used the silver to buy two sets of new clothes and three braised pigs and some silk and satin. Then Zhao Cai and his wife changed into new clothes, hired two heroic sedan chairs, brought roast pigs and silk, and according to the address on the family tree, they visited the relatives who were almost cut off.

The so-called, nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief.

Zhao Cai's swollen face and fat man are definitely not good.

Sure enough, in the next few days, Zhao Cai took his daughter-in-law and children to all the relatives he could find in the west of Chang'an City. Soft grinding and hard bubbles, deceived and begging, and tried his best, and finally with a flamboyant tongue, he was unprecedentedly borrowed nearly 100 taels of silver. Originally, those relatives who were negligent did not intend to lend him money, but the hearts of the people could not withstand the test of greed, and in the face of Zhao Cai's promise to pay off the monthly interest rate of seven percent for two years, and the stock was still stable at that time, everyone was watching. Therefore, most of the relatives couldn't help but lend all the money left over from the purchase of shares to Zhao Cai.

With this money, as well as the silver left over from the pawn deed, Zhao Cai exchanged it all in one breath for Baihualou stocks, which had risen to eight taels of silver. At that time, I don't know how many acquaintances were shocked by Zhao Cai's actions. Some people say that Zhao Cai is crazy about money, and some people say that he plans to make a fortune and run away with the grass. Even some relatives who had just lent the money regretted it and ran directly to the door to ask Zhao Cai for the silver. In this way, dragging a thick pile of tickets, Zhao Cai and his daughter-in-law hid in Tibet during the day, and slept under the bridge and cave by Xuanwu Lake at night for a whole month.

Don't be afraid of floating clouds to cover your eyes, and keep the clouds open and see the moon.

Stay up to the second month when the stock bank pays dividends...

Zhao Cai finally became the pig that climbed to the wind.

As of today, the people who have been robbed of the ticket price of Baihualou have more than tripled from the original issue price, plus a steady stream of dividends, Zhao Cai can be said to have spent two months and earned most of his life's money.

Holding a heavy box of copper coins, he looked at the list of stock prices posted outside the door of Huang's bank, listened to the sound of shouting for the purchase of stocks on the street, and the envy and flattery of those acquaintances who had always looked at him incorrectly. Zhao Cai's body became more and more enthusiastic, and even his wet clothes could no longer cool his excitement.

If he could, he really wanted to run to a no-man's place and hissed three times, "I'm rich!"

He got carried away and patted the man next to him who was worried about buying less stocks, and persuaded him: "Brother Jingwei, don't be angry." Don't all the storytellers in the painting boat talk about it, gold in troubled times, and wealth in prosperous times. This ticket is worth more than anything else now, and you can save it in your hand to make a profit, so you should hurry up and buy some more. ”

"Still buying?"

"Or else?"

The man should be a groom, because in front of the crowded Huang family's money house, as long as he leads a carriage to receive the bonus. The groom shook his head bitterly: "Hey, the tickets in the stock market have basically risen three or four times now, and I will definitely suffer a loss." I'm still waiting to see, I think... I think... This ticket will be cheaper after a while. ”

"Hillbilly, if you don't understand the market, don't talk nonsense. ”

The so-called speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention.

Ma Fu's words were actually grievances, but when these words fell into the ears of the shareholders who were dragging the tickets next to him, they became extremely harsh. Because, in this world, no one will be afraid of having a lot of money, and no one will want to see the price of the ticket in their hand drop. So, when the groom says this, it's almost the same as saying, "Hey, I think your ticket will be worthless sooner or later." Such ridicule is like scolding people's fathers and mothers, even if you don't pull your sleeves and beat people, how can you not attract the disdain of the shareholders here?

A strong man who was soaked in rain walked forward in two steps, twisted the ticket and pointed it at the horseman's nose, and then scolded: "Your brain is pretending to be? This ticket is the Huang family's financial route, what is the Huang family's financial route? That is the sky! The transaction has doubled in two years and four years, not to mention a three- or four-fold increase in price, even a tenfold or twenty-fold increase is also a lot of people rushing to ask for it. ”

"This rat-eyed person can't pick up money if he has it, and he is destined to be a poor egg. ”

"Now there is no market in the stock market, everyone is bidding for tickets, and you are actually waiting for the price to drop? ”

"Eh, little brother, you can't sell the tickets in your hand, I will accept all the current price. ”

“......”

The strong man scolded, and the people who were waiting for change outside the money village with umbrellas nearby then ridiculed one after another, and the horseman's face changed for a while.

One of them, a woman dressed in a brocade velvet robe, went straight up to buy the stock in the coachman's hand.

The coachman hurriedly pulled his sleeves in, and said in a panic: "I... I don't sell. ”

The woman smiled and said, "Hey, little brother, you were right. Now that the ticket price is so high, you make money when you sell it. You take the silver and wait for the stock price to fall and then buy it back, which is several times more profitable. If you wait for the price to drop before selling, it will be a loss-making transaction. ”

The coachman seemed to feel a little reasonable when he heard the woman's words, but when he glanced at the spectators around him, they all looked like they were watching the play with great interest, no matter how stupid he was, he knew that this ticket could not be sold, and the coachman immediately shook his head again: "No, no, no, I don't sell it, if you want to buy it, find someone else." ”

The woman looked a little impatient, and she stretched out a finger and said firmly, "I see that you are an honest man, and I will not deceive you." If you have a ticket in your hand, no matter which trade it is, I will give you an extra sixty cents on top of the current price. This price is not available in the stock market, can you sell it?"

"Another sixty dollars per ticket?"

"Yes, the money ticket is settled in person, and Tong Su is not deceived. ”

"This..."

The woman was very angry, and when she opened her mouth, she raised the price by nearly 10%.

The coachman was obviously tempted, but just as he hesitated, Zhao Cai beside him quietly tugged at his belt and shook it, giving him a vetoed look. This made the coachman have a little determination, and he hardened his anger again and refused: "Sister, I really don't plan to sell this ticket, you better find another house." ”

"Humph!"

After bidding again and again, to no avail, the woman's face suddenly darkened: "Okay, you are a car driver, you dislike the expensive tickets but you don't buy or sell them, so why are you in the way?

The woman scolded angrily, glared at Zhao Cai, who had spoiled her good deeds, shook her sleeves and held up the oil-paper umbrella and left angrily.

The rain continued to fall, and the momentum intensified.

Even with an umbrella and a coat, you can't avoid getting your hands and feet wet.

Even if there are buildings nearby, you can clearly hear the whistling of the wind.

When the woman walked away and the surrounding visitors no longer paid attention, the coachman dared to loosen the palm of his hand shrunk in his sleeve, and asked Zhao Cai in a stupid whisper: "Zhao Cai, the price given by the lady just now is not low." The tickets in my hand are 30 for 122 silver, and now the ticket has risen to 4 taels of silver, plus she gives 60 cents per share, I have earned nearly 80 taels of silver. I've never seen so much money in my life, enough for me to go back to my hometown in Wenchuan to build a house and do some small business. Why didn't you stop me from selling?"

"Huh..."

Zhao Cai showed a look of disgust, and began to drag the coachman under the carriage curtain, buried his head, and scolded: "Those people say that you are the life of a poor ghost, and they are really right. With your vision, you deserve to be a bachelor for the rest of your life! Do you think that the mother-in-law just now was a fool? She didn't want to sell tickets at the current price of the stock bank in the money bank, so she had to brave the heavy rain to go outside and buy the tickets in your hand at a loss?"

"This..."

The driver listened a little confused, but after a little thought, he knew something.

Scratching his head with his hand, he asked bitterly, "Then why is she?"

"Because of the strange goods, she can't buy tickets!"