In the Qianqing Palace in Beijing, Emperor Hongzhi got up early as usual, exercised in the gym, sweated a little, took a comfortable bath, and then enjoyed breakfast.
This is the work and rest arrangement that the team of Daming Medical College made for Emperor Hongzhi. Exercise every day, sweat, and feel comfortable physically and mentally. So much so that Emperor Hongzhi now feels uncomfortable if he does not exercise every day.
"Your Majesty, this is today's newspaper~"
Xiao Jing respectfully handed several newspapers to Emperor Hongzhi. Like ordinary people, Emperor Hongzhi had also developed the habit of reading newspapers.
For Emperor Hongzhi, the important information in newspapers was naturally not news. Emperor Hongzhi was the first to know many things, so he did not need to read newspapers to know about national events.
Emperor Hongzhi liked to learn about the livelihood of ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty by reading newspapers and understand all aspects of the Ming Dynasty. Only in this way could he have a better understanding of the entire huge empire and the various things that ordinary people faced.
"Think about the stock market first~"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly and ordered Xiao Jing while eating breakfast.
"Yes, Your Majesty~"
Xiao Jing nodded quickly, then flipped to the stock market section very skillfully, looked at it slightly, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the Egyptian Canal stock has risen again!"
Xiao Jing has followed Emperor Hongzhi for many years and knows very well what Emperor Hongzhi cares about.
Since his trip to Tianjin, Emperor Hongzhi has been paying attention to the stock market every day, and the focus is on the stocks of the Egyptian Canal Trading Company in which Emperor Hongzhi has a stake.
"It's gone up again?"
"How high has it gone?"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately asked.
"Your Majesty, according to the trading situation yesterday afternoon, the stock price of Egypt Canal has risen to 2.5 taels per share."
Xiao Jing quickly replied.
"2.5 taels of silver per share?"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately laughed with satisfaction, and then began to calculate silently in his heart.
"I have four million shares of Egyptian Canal stock in my hands. Isn't this 2.5 taels worth of silver per share worth ten million taels!"
"Not bad!"
After the calculation, Emperor Hongzhi was in a very good mood. The four million taels invested in the stock were already worth tens of millions of taels as soon as it was listed.
This speed is faster than mining gold, and wealth is growing too fast.
"What about other stocks?"
Emperor Hongzhi was in a good mood and his food tasted much better. After thinking about it, he asked about the prices of other stocks.
"The prices of other stocks began to fall yesterday. It should be that Liu Jin started to cool down the stock market in accordance with your Majesty's instructions. Yesterday, there were large selling orders for every stock, which kept the stock price from rising."
Xiao Jing read the contents of the newspaper and quickly replied.
"Well, the prices of some stocks are indeed too high, and it's time to suppress them~"
"However, the shares of the Egyptian Canal have just begun to be issued, so they cannot be suppressed. You can go back and send a message to Liu Jin. Please do not suppress the shares of the Egyptian Canal for the time being."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly. He asked Liu Jin to do this.
The prices of various stocks have risen very high. The market is too hot. In the entire Beijing and Tianjin areas, men, women, old and young are now discussing stocks.
The eunuchs and maids in the palace, the senior ministers in the court, and the street vendors in the market. With the popularity of the stock market, almost everyone is involved in the stock market.
It was time to suppress it, but Emperor Hongzhi had just begun to taste the benefits of the Egyptian Canal stock in which he was the major shareholder, so naturally he could not let Liu Jin suppress it.
"I understand~"
Xiao Jing nodded immediately, turned to a small yellow door and gave instructions.
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On the other side, outside the palace gate, many ministers were waiting to enter the palace to prepare for the morning court.
Since the time for morning pilgrimage has been changed, and there are stipulated holidays, everyone has become more comfortable going to morning pilgrimage.
It was already Chenshi. If before, everyone would have gone to the Jinluan Palace for the morning court. It is estimated that if nothing happened, the emperor might have asked everyone to go home.
But now, everyone has just arrived outside the palace gate, waiting for the palace gate to be opened to enter the court to discuss politics.
Many ministers were divided into two sides of the cultural relics, gathering together in twos and threes, and constantly discussing some things.
“The Egyptian Canal’s stock price has risen again~”
Liu Jian was holding the newspaper in his hand and reading the content about the stock market, he couldn't help but say.
"Isn't that right? It's already two and a half yuan, and it's already doubled in just a few days."
Li Dongyang also nodded, with a smile on his face.
This time, everyone subscribed for some shares of the Egyptian Canal. Liu Jian bought 100,000 shares, and Li Dongyang also bought 100,000 shares. Watching the stock price rise every day, silently calculating his own rising wealth, this feels quite good.
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"The stock of the Egyptian Canal will definitely continue to rise. Once the canal is built, people will just sit and collect money from now on. This is the same as building a port."
Xie Qian interrupted.
"Yes, yes, the geographical location of this Egyptian canal is very important. It is estimated that in the future, toll collection will cost several million taels of silver every year."
"The current price is nothing at all. Other stocks are already dozens of yuan. I estimate that the Egyptian Canal stock will rise to more than ten or twenty yuan, which will definitely be no problem."
"There is definitely no problem with more than ten or twenty yuan. I estimate that it may even exceed one hundred yuan in the future."
"It's impossible to break through 100. Other stocks seem to be unable to rise. People are selling a large number of stocks every day. It's obvious that they have reached a peak."
"How is it impossible? This is the stock of the Egyptian Canal. Once the Egyptian Canal is built and connects Europe, Asia and Africa, it will collect tolls every year. It will cost millions of taels of silver. And this is not two taels a year.
The harvest in one year, but the harvest in one hundred or two hundred years, you can calculate its value."
"Yes, yes, I think it can be raised to one hundred taels per share sooner or later. Maybe it can be raised to several hundred taels per share in the future."
The three of them were surrounded by a group of civil servants, and everyone was talking along with each other.
When Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian heard someone say that the Egyptian Canal stock could rise to one hundred taels of silver per share, they couldn't hide their smiles and laughed very happily.
"If it can really rise to one hundred taels of silver per share, wouldn't the 100,000 Egyptian Canal shares in my hand be worth tens of millions of taels of silver?"
Liu Jian calculated silently, and suddenly felt that he had enough money for his retirement. Let alone one hundred yuan per share, it had increased to dozens of taels per share, which was enough to support him in his retirement.
On the other side, a large number of officials gathered around Zhang Mao and Liu Jin. Most of these officials were military generals and nobles. With the Ming Dynasty's military reform and its continuous external expansion over the years, a number of officials also emerged in the Ming Dynasty.
A large number of new nobles.
For example, Yang Yun, the Duke of Australia, Huo Ying, the Marquis of Hezhong, etc., were all knighted for their military exploits and became the new nobles of the Ming Dynasty.
"Liu Gong, I just came back from the Western Regions recently. I don't know much about this stock. I heard everyone is discussing this thing. What I want to ask is, can I still buy this stock now?"
Yang Yun smiled and said to Liu Jin that the relationship between the two was very good. Yang Yun was promoted by Liu Jin. He also followed Liu Jin in his expeditions and made many contributions to reach his current position.
Currently, he is the Duke of Ao of the Ming Dynasty. He is responsible for the military affairs of the Western Regions, Hezhong and Nanyun of the Ming Dynasty. He can be said to hold great power and guard one area.
"Yes, yes, I also want to buy some stocks, but the price of these stocks is too high. Any one of them costs dozens of taels of silver per share. Even if you invest hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, you won't see anything."
Someone next to me immediately followed suit.
"The key is that you can't buy enough stocks even if you have money. I've had people try it. No matter where the list is, I can't buy more than a few shares in a day."
Yang Yun shook his head helplessly.
"You guys~"
"Can't you see that those who buy and sell in the stock market are small investors? With your status, you naturally want to be the banker."
"If you take out the trading company in your hand and list it on the exchange, you will suddenly have a lot of stocks in your hand. Then why do you need to work so hard to buy stocks?"
Liu Jin looked at the people around him and couldn't help but laugh.
I am also a little annoyed now. No matter where I go, I will be asked about the stock market.
"That's not possible. I have worked so hard to save some family property, how can I share it?"
When Yang Yun heard this, he couldn't help but shook his head. He was very reluctant to take out the golden-egg-laden business in his family and put it on the market.
"I have more than a dozen businesses and factories under my command, so what are you afraid of?"
Liu Jin curled his lips slightly. These people were all like this. They wanted to eat meat when they saw it, but when asked to bring out their own hens, none of them were willing to part with it.
"Ao Guogong, as far as I know, the plantations in Nanyang, the vineyards in the Western Regions, cotton plantations and horse farms under your command, and the wineries in Nanyun Province are all very good and high-quality industries. They can be traded in Tianjin.
So if it is listed here, it will definitely rise sharply.”
"No, no, that's all my hard-earned bit of family property, how can I put it on the market?"
"I'm not as big as you, Mr. Liu. Even if I take out more than a dozen properties, it's still just a drop in the bucket. It's insignificant. I only have this little family property and it's gone."
When Yang Yun heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head.
"Then there's nothing I can do."
Liu Jin immediately shook his head helplessly.
You don't want to go public, but some people want to go public. Now there are a large number of commercial banks applying for listing on the Tianjin Stock Exchange, so there is no need to worry about not having high-quality industries.
