Chapter 1162 The aunts who sell cakes are here to buy stocks
The next day, in front of the Tianjin Stock Exchange.
It's almost an hour and a half before the stock exchange opens, but a large crowd has already gathered at the gate of the Tianjin Stock Exchange.
There are old stock investors who usually come here often, and there are also people who came here to collect the dividends after getting the news, and there are also a lot of aunts and uncles who dug up the cellar with red eyes all night, took out the money in their hands, and prepared to come to buy stocks.
Wait and so on.
"Second Uncle, can I really buy this stock?"
"The more than two hundred taels of silver in my hand are all the money in the family. I plan to keep it for my children to start a family in the future. We must not let anything happen."
A woman in her forties clutched the banknotes in her arms tightly at all times and looked at the people around her with vigilant eyes. She seemed very nervous. She looked at the door of the exchange from time to time and looked at a middle-aged man next to her.
said.
"Sister-in-law, can I still lie to you?"
"The more than two hundred taels of silver in my hand are now worth more than four thousand taels. I am going to sell some of them and use more than a thousand taels of silver to buy a house."
The middle-aged man seemed a little impatient. He didn't know how much he had talked about. His sister-in-law wanted to eat meat but was afraid that her money would be wasted, so she told her not to buy it. But she got pink eye again and saw that she had more than two hundred taels.
After the silver became more than 4,000 taels, he became even more envious and jealous. He took out the buried silver all night and exchanged it for silver notes, preparing to come here to buy stocks.
"Second uncle, you have become rich now. Don't forget your eldest brother's family. Your eldest brother left early and left behind a few children. If the world hadn't been so good these years, I really don't know how to support them."
When the middle-aged woman heard this, her eyes turned slightly red.
Her husband passed away early and left behind four children. Life was very hard in the past. In these years, capitalism and colonialism developed rapidly in the Ming Dynasty. There were various factories, workshops, trading houses, etc. in Tianjin.
I don’t know how many there are.
She is a native of Tianjin. She not only raised several children but also saved a lot of money by selling steamed buns, steamed buns, wontons and the like.
"Sister-in-law, what you are talking about is a family, and you are just talking about it."
"A few months ago, when the stocks came out, did I ask you to buy stocks together? At that time, you scolded me bloody, saying that I had no good intentions."
When the middle-aged man heard this, he curled his lips helplessly.
"It's all my fault. I'm a woman and I don't know anything about this."
"If I had listened to you then, I would be able to buy a house for several children now, and it would be much easier for the eldest son and the second son to find wives."
"Nowadays, wives in Tianjin are very expensive. It is difficult to find a wife even if you don't have a house. You can only marry Koreans and Japanese."
The middle-aged woman couldn't help but blame herself, and she couldn't help but frown when she thought about her eldest son and second son marrying wives.
In the past, you could marry a wife with just a few taels of silver.
But in recent years, it has become increasingly difficult and expensive to find a wife in Beijing and Tianjin.
One of the biggest problems is getting a house. These local girls will not consider marrying you without a house.
Housing prices in the Beijing-Tianjin area are very expensive. The most common apartment costs thousands of taels of silver. If you want to buy a single-family house with a yard, it will be even more expensive.
Therefore, marrying a wife has become a headache for everyone.
Of course, this is marrying a local. If you are marrying a Korean or a Japanese, it is not necessary. There are a large number of people who come from Korea and Japanese to work in the Beijing-Tianjin area. They all prefer to marry people from the Ming Dynasty.
You don't need to spend much money to marry a Korean or a Japanese, but generally speaking, everyone still prefers local Ming people.
The worst thing is to buy slaves. There are a large number of female slaves sold from Europe and West Asia in the Beijing-Tianjin area. If they are not good at it, they can only buy these slaves and bring them home to carry on the family line.
"Okay, okay~"
"It's still okay to buy now. Although it has risen a lot, I estimate it will rise again next year."
The middle-aged man shook his head slightly.
….
"Dalang, I heard that your stocks have risen again and are now worth more than seven thousand taels of silver."
Jiang Dalang was surrounded by many people, including workers in the cement factory, people from his hometown, fellow villagers, relatives and friends.
Everyone now knows that Jiang Dalang has become rich. The stocks he bought for a few hundred taels of silver have now become thousands of taels of silver.
Thousands of taels of silver were nothing to the wealthy people of the Ming Dynasty, not even a drop in the bucket.
But for ordinary people, this is a huge sum of money.
You must know that you can only earn a few dozen taels of silver after working hard for a year, but it will take hundreds of years to earn these thousands of taels of silver. You will know that this is a huge sum of money.
So Jiang Dalang suddenly became the object of everyone's envy and jealousy. Naturally, after everyone knew that Jiang Dalang had made money by buying stocks, they followed him to the stock exchange one after another, preparing to enter the stock market.
"I didn't do the math either. I heard from Brother Yong that it seems to be about the same."
Jiang Dalang touched his head and the stock certificates in the bag, smiling from ear to ear.
"That's more than seven thousand taels of silver~ I can't eat it all in a lifetime."
Bald Jiang on the side couldn't help but said with envy.
"Dalang, I still have some money in my hand. Which stock do you think is better to buy?"
"How did I know? I just bought it casually."
Jiang Dalang replied speechlessly.
I know nothing about stocks, but now my friends, relatives, and co-workers are all coming to me to inquire about buying stocks.
This troubled him very much, because he himself bought Changlu Saltworks stocks randomly without any understanding or research on the stocks, that is, he only bought the stocks after listening to Wei Yong's words.
"You don't need to ask. Of course I bought the stocks of Changlu Salt Farm with Dalang. This Changlu Salt Factory sells salt. What is salt? In the past, the richest people were the salt merchants. Sure.
Can’t be wrong.”
"That's right, everyone is going to buy the stocks of Changlu Saltworks."
"You're right to follow Da Lang."
The people around him were all shouting that now Jiang Dalang has become a god-like existence among them.
When buying stocks, everyone is ready to buy the stocks of Changlu Saltworks and blindly follow the trend.
"Dalang~"
At this time, Jiang Dalang's supervisor came over.
"Supervisor~"
Jiang Dalang saw it and said with a smile.
"Your stocks are valuable now. I think you should sell some and buy a house in Tianjin so that you can settle down in Tianjin in the future."
Wei Yong was very kind to Jiang Dalang, and the advice he gave was also very pertinent.
"Medium~"
"I'll listen to you, Brother Yong. I'll sell some stocks later and then buy a house."
Jiang Dalang nodded quickly.
"Don't be in a hurry to sell it now. I estimate it will go up a bit in the next few days. Wait a few more days to sell it. What I mean is that you are old enough. It's time to start a family and start a business. Only when you have your own house can you marry a wife.
"
Wei Yong patted him on the shoulder and said.
"Hmm~"
Hearing Wei Yong's words, Jiang Dalang couldn't help but blush slightly.
In the past two days, there has been an endless stream of people looking for matchmaking with him. In the past, everyone looked down on Jiang Dalang, saying that he was poor and had a lot to eat, but now he is better and has become a fragrant steamed bun.
"Dang~dang~"
Just when everyone was talking and discussing.
It was finally the opening time of the stock exchange. As a bell rang, the door of the exchange slowly opened, and many investors who had been waiting for a long time rushed in.
Long queues quickly formed at each window.
"Hello, do you need to buy stocks or sell stocks?"
At a window, a staff member asked an elderly man.
"I, I want to buy stocks~"
The uncle said tremblingly.
"What stocks do you want to buy?"
"How many shares do you want to buy and how much money are you prepared to pay?"
The staff asked very patiently.
"I want to buy shares of Changlu Saltworks, 10 shares."
The uncle thought for a while and said.
"Buy 10 shares of Changlu Saltworks~"
While writing the order, the staff also asked: "How much are you prepared to pay per share?"
"I'll pay fifteen yuan per share~"
"Uncle, yesterday, the stock price of Changlu Salt Farm was already nineteen taels per share. You can't make a deal at all for fifteen yuan per share."
"It's gone up to nineteen yuan?"
"Yes, uncle, if you want to buy it, you have to at least put it at this price."
"Nineteen yuan is too expensive. It's not even worth buying."
"Then uncle, do you still want to buy it?"
"That's right, if you don't want to buy it, get out of the way. I want to buy the stocks of Changlu Saltworks for only fifteen yuan. They were about the same half a month ago, but now they are no longer at this price."
“I won’t sell it anymore, it’s too expensive, it’s too expensive~”
The uncle shook his head and left.
"I want to buy stocks of Changlu Saltworks. I want to buy one hundred shares. The price is twenty taels of silver per share~"
Seeing the uncle leaving, a young man behind quickly took out his banknote and said anxiously.
Another window.
"Auntie, you can't buy stocks with your scraps of silver and copper coins. We only accept silver dollars and bank notes issued by the First Bank of Ming Dynasty. If you want to buy stocks, you must first exchange them for silver dollars and bank notes."
"why not?"
"This broken silver is not silver, and these copper coins are not money. Can't I buy something to eat?"
"That's not what I mean. This is the regulation of our exchange, and it is also to facilitate transactions. If everyone uses broken silver and copper coins, our transactions will be very troublesome."
"No, no, I have to use broken silver and copper coins."
"This stock is going up day by day, and I don't know how much it will go up if I change the money."
"Auntie, it's really not possible."
"If you can't do it, you have to do it. I don't care about that. If I give you money, you must give me stocks."
When the aunt heard this, she immediately started acting up.
"Auntie, let's not talk about the broken silver and copper coins you have. We can't buy them. Besides, the stock you bought in Changlu Saltworks was only priced at 18 yuan. It's hard to buy it at all. If the transaction is completed, it will be successful.
stock."
"What?"
"I can't even buy it for 18 yuan. The Changlu Salt Farm was issued for only one tael of silver per share at that time. Isn't there anyone willing to sell me some shares at a low price?"
"Anyway, I don't care. If I give you this money, you must give me stocks. I will accept this."
The aunt suddenly became even more unhappy and pushed a bag of broken silver and copper coins onto the counter.
"Auntie, if you act like this, I can only call the official. There is no use in acting in front of the official. You will get a slap in the face when the time comes. If you want to buy stocks, you must follow our regulations."
"If everyone was like you, would we continue to operate the stock exchange?"
The staff saw her being unreasonable and said helplessly.
After hearing this, the other party had no choice but to pick up the money and leave cursing.
As young and old men all know about stocks and flock to buy stocks, various things happen on the exchange.
Some people want to take advantage and set a very low price in the hope of buying stocks.
Some people don't even understand the rules of the exchange, so they bring a bunch of copper coins and scraps of silver to buy stocks.
Some people are anxious to buy stocks and set a very high price as soon as they come up, fearing that they will not be able to buy the stocks.
…
There was a long queue at the window for buying stocks, and the stock announcement walls were quickly filled with orders for buying stocks. Many new leeks looked at the announcement walls anxiously, expecting to be able to
Buy stocks.
However, the public notice wall for selling stocks on the other side is empty, because people who have stocks in their hands are queuing up to receive dividends, and at the same time, they are watching the stocks rising with smiles on their faces.
