Chongzhen came to Kunning Palace and had dinner with the queen and two noble concubines.
Ever since the battle with Duke Wei, Chongzhen had brought all the concubines to live in the Housan Palace for better protection, and he developed the habit of eating with them.
Until now, the Housan Palace is still heavily guarded.
After all, the situation in the harem was complicated, and Mrs. Zheng still had great power in the palace, the court, and the local area. For his own safety, the emperor did not dare to relax at all about the three harems.
As soon as he entered Kunning Palace, he heard the queen and the two noble concubines talking and laughing happily.
Seeing him coming in, the queen quickly got up from the dining table, led the two concubines, and knelt down to greet the emperor.
"Get up quickly, no need to be polite," Chongzhen said.
When I got here, I felt like going home from get off work, and the heavy mood I felt after reading the memorial was relieved.
"Why are you so happy today? Is there anything good you can do?" Chongzhen asked.
Chongzhen glanced at it and saw that the food was already placed on the dining table.
Now that the imperial court was in financial difficulty, Chongzhen started from his own side and strictly required the harem to limit the grade and quantity of food.
Each meal consists of three meat dishes, three vegetarian dishes, three cold dishes and a basin of soup. The staple food is only rice and noodles or steamed buns and picture scrolls.
Basically, there are two staple foods: rice and noodles. In addition, there are pickles or pickles, and there are only three or five kinds of kimchi.
The plates in the palace are not big, so four people can only eat enough if they eat them.
In fact, the only meal at noon was eaten by the emperor and his concubines together. They ate breakfast and dinner in their own palaces, and their maids and eunuchs could cook small stoves for them.
Of course, the emperor would not know this. Only the emperor himself was practicing economy.
In fact, they complained a lot because the emperor's food was too simple.
However, you must always pretend to be in front of His Majesty, so as not to be disliked by His Majesty. If you lose the Sacred Heart, you will lose more than you gain.
They all have good food in their own palaces. After all, their natal families will give them a lot of money as subsidies.
On today's dinner table, there is a casserole with soybean stewed pig's trotters, a portion of squirrel mandarin fish, and a portion of Shaanxi gourd chicken. The vegetarian dishes are stir-fried bean sprouts, lettuce in oyster sauce, and celery and lily. The cold dishes are a small plate of five-spice beef tendons and a small plate.
Meat dish, mixed vegetables in a glass bowl.
The soup is ginkgo and pork belly soup. The pickles include a small dish of sugar garlic, a small dish of shredded radish, a small dish of soybeans mixed with mustard mustard, a small dish of red oil and sour beans, and a small dish of pickled cucumbers.
The red oil is chili oil obtained from the supermarket, and the pickled cucumbers are also canned from the supermarket. These two are very popular with the queen and the two noble concubines. These were only available after Yang Fan came.
Chongzhen sat down at the main seat, and the maid came up to tie the napkin.
"Your Majesty, my concubine bought more than 30,000 shares of Daming Petroleum before the stock exchange closed a few years ago." Queen Zhou said happily.
"Ah, Queen, you are so brave. Almost no one dares to buy that stock." Chongzhen said in surprise.
The merchants and nobles of the Ming Dynasty were not fools. After all, oil had not yet been found. They did not dare to buy more. Yang Fan had more than 30,000 shares left in his hand that had not been sold, and he was originally planning to take them all himself.
As a result, the queen's aunt, Tao Xueying, came.
When I saw Yang Fan, I asked directly if there was any oil in Tianjin.
Yang Fan had no choice but to tell the truth and clearly told Aunt Tao that there was a large oil field in Tianjin, located in the southeast. There was even a larger oil field in Binzhou, Shandong.
Aunt Tao asked how big the scale was. Yang Fan said that it was enough to be used by the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years without any problems.
After hearing this, Aunt Tao felt relieved and asked how many more shares Daming Petroleum could subscribe for.
Yang Fan asked someone to check on the spot and found that there were more than 35,000 shares.
Aunt Tao directly took out the check from Xinghe Bank, filled in the stamp on the spot, and bought everything directly.
As a result, three days later, on the last trading day before the Spring Festival, news came from Tianjin that the first oil well successfully produced industrial flow. Black oil spurted out like a blowout. Three thousand barrels were sprayed out that day.
When the news came, everyone in the exchange went crazy. They rushed to the trading counter of Daming Petroleum and held up banknotes to buy Daming Petroleum stocks.
Unfortunately, the last 30,000-odd shares were bought by a mysterious woman three days ago. Now there are no more shares on sale.
Although occasionally scattered retail investors saw the price soar, took profits, and sold a small amount, but there were more wolves and less meat, so they couldn't buy it at all.
In less than an hour, the price doubled.
In the exchange, there was a little eunuch who was responsible for watching the market. He ran back rolling and crawling. He hurried back to report the news. Shuangxi was shocked when he heard the report. He hurried to report to the Queen.
The queen was also a little dumbfounded. In just three days, more than 30,000 silver had turned into 70,000.
Tian Guifei and Yuan Guifei also bought some other stocks in the oil sector. Stimulated by the discovery of large oil fields, the oil sector generally rose by 50% before the market closed in the morning. They were also happy from ear to ear.
However, this is not over yet. After the market opened in the afternoon, the stock price continued to rise wildly. By the end of the day, Queen's stock was already worth one hundred thousand taels. Other stocks in the oil sector also doubled.
This time, the queen used the money from her internal treasury and invested a total of one hundred thousand taels to buy stocks. Now after calculation, she actually made a hundred thousand taels. This stock is simply crazy.
Although the queen comes from a business family, she has never made such a fortune.
Listening to the Queen's explanation of the stock market situation in the past few days, Chongzhen was also shocked. One hundred thousand taels in three days was too fast.
"Queen, why don't we sell all the stocks before the market opens? It's rising so fast, will it fall? Our joy will be in vain." The emperor began to worry about gains and losses.
His suspicious and unstable character, always swinging back and forth, is really not suitable for stock trading as he can easily lose his pants.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I have been studying the book "Accounting" sent by Uncle Dingyuan recently. After discovering the big oil field this time, the value of these stocks will be rediscovered. I estimate that the stock price will soar to five taels of silver per share.
.It’s only three taels now. There is still a lot of room behind it. There is no rush to sell. Besides, if we hold such a good deal for a long time, wouldn’t it be better to get dividends when the time comes?”
Queen Zhou was very calm and did not take the one hundred thousand taels too seriously at all.
Chongzhen felt that his mouth was a little dry, but it still continued to rise.
The queen was really financially savvy. Although Chongzhen was arrogant, he thought he did not have this ability.
In the past two years, as long as she invests, she has not lost money. In the past two years, through various channels, she has obtained one million taels of silver for the inner treasury. This has greatly supported her rectification of the Beijing camp and various reform measures.
Before the Spring Festival, the internal treasury received one hundred thousand taels of foreign money, which is indeed worthy of joy.
At the end of the year, Xinghe Supermarket distributed a dividend of 130,000 taels.
Chongzhen was happiest when he received a large sum of money from his inner treasury. He had serious quarrels with the civil servants over money.
For money from the Ministry of Accounts, you have to argue with the civil servants repeatedly to spend a penny. You should be free to spend money from your own internal treasury.
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