As the new round of market opening bell rang, investors who had been waiting for a long time rushed in, and soon the huge trading hall was packed to the brim.
"I want to buy 10,000 shares of Myanmar Jade Trading Company's stock. The price is 1 tael of silver for every ten shares!"
"I also want to buy shares of Myanmar Jade Trading Company. I will buy 10,000 shares and pay three taels of silver for every ten shares!"
"Burma Jade Trading Company stock, buy 10,000 shares, bid 5 taels of silver for every ten shares~"
Many people almost walked and ran, hurriedly came to the stock buying window, and hurriedly took out their banknotes to buy the shares of Myanmar Jade Trading Company.
The Zhang brothers waited for several years and finally took over Burma in one go. From then on, Myanmar was the colony of the Zhang brothers.
The Myanmar Jade Trading Company is the biggest beneficiary, almost directly owning the entire huge colony of Myanmar. In the future, it will not only monopolize Myanmar's jade, but also Myanmar's teak, mahogany, nanmu and many resources and minerals.
No one cared about it before, but the stock of Myanmar Jade Trading Company, which fell into the abyss of hell, suddenly became a popular stock. A large number of people waved their banknotes and wanted to buy the stock of Myanmar Jade Trading Company.
At the stock announcement wall of Myanmar Jade Trading Company, the entire wall was covered with orders for buying stocks in an instant, but the announcement wall for selling stocks was empty.
The stock price of Myanmar Jade Trading Company is also rising rapidly at the speed of a rocket.
Originally, ten shares were sold for less than one tael of silver, but in the blink of an eye, they were sold for one tael of silver per share, and then quickly climbed to more than ten taels of silver per share, and they continued to rise at a terrifying speed.
"Haha~"
"Get rich~ Get rich!"
"I just bought a thousand shares of Burmese Jade Trading Company stock yesterday, and they skyrocketed today. I just thought it was the cheapest and no one wanted it, so I bought it without worrying about it."
Some people looked at the soaring stocks and couldn't help laughing happily on the spot.
Some people laugh, and of course some people cry.
"Fuck~"
"I have owned this stock for more than a year, and it has been falling and falling. I originally thought that the Zhang brothers must have taken everyone's money to live freely, and the stock of Myanmar Jade Trading Company must be worthless.
It’s worth it.”
"Who knew that as soon as I sold it, it would skyrocket in value? What a scam~"
"My silver! My silver!"
"I sold 10,000 shares of Myanmar Jade Trading Company for more than 1,000 taels of silver, and now it has doubled dozens of times~"
The people who sold the shares of Myanmar Jade Trading Company couldn't help but wailed in pain. The difference between before and after was so great that it was difficult to accept this fact, and some people even started to make trouble.
Some people in the stock market are happy, some are sad, some are laughing, some are crying...
In the private room on the top floor of Wanghai Tower in Tianjin, a group of young people gathered together. Each of these young people was wearing gold, jade, and elegant equipment. It was obvious at a glance that they were children of powerful people.
"Brother Li, you are hosting a banquet at Wanghai Tower today. You must have something important to discuss, right?"
After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, these powerful disciples also began to discuss serious matters.
When someone asked someone, everyone looked at Li Zhaofan who was sitting in the middle. Li Zhaofan was the stepson of the current cabinet minister Li Dongyang.
Although Li Dongyang was a cabinet minister, his life was not very good. He gave birth to three sons. The eldest son died at the age of twenty-seven, the second son also died at the age of ten, and the third son died before he was even one year old.
This official became a very popular minister, but he didn't even have a son, which was naturally not possible, so his fourth brother adopted a son, Li Zhaofan, to be Li Dongyang's stepson.
"Brothers~"
"Everyone must have read today's Tomorrow Morning Post. What do you think?"
Li Zhaofan looked at the people present. These people were all descendants of important civil servant families in the current dynasty. They had always been close to each other and had often eaten, drank and had fun together.
"I'm filled with emotion. It's incredible that even idiots like the Zhang brothers were able to establish such a large colony overseas."
"Yes, the Zhang brothers, it's not like we haven't had contact with each other before. What abilities can they have?"
"Whether they are capable or not depends on actual actions. Now they have colonized eastern Tianzhu and Myanmar, and they are able to plunder tens of millions of taels of wealth from the colonies every year."
"In contrast, as for us, we have still accomplished nothing."
"In my opinion, it is not difficult to get a colony overseas. Our family has a colony here in East Africa, but it is not very big, just the size of a county, and there is no profit. We have to invest in it every year.
It’s a lot of money invested.”
"That's because you didn't choose the right place. Myanmar is very good. Jade, gold, silver, copper, mahogany, nanmu, and teak are all valuable goods."
"Forget it, all the good places have been taken away by others."
"Those noble sons, the Duke of England, the Duke of Ding, the Duke of Cheng, the Duke of Ao, the Duke of Liao, they have already been divided up, and there are also those vassal kings, each one is more powerful than the other, it's a good place
They robbed everything, and our family spent a lot of effort to get a colony here in East Africa."
"That part of your land is also called a colony?"
"This is what the Zhang brothers call a colony. They occupy a country in one fell swoop."
"It can't be compared. The Zhang family has tens of thousands of colonial troops. Our family even recruited all the men in the family. Plus the folks from the countryside, we only managed to create a team of a thousand people. We can get one
A colony the size of a county is not bad. At any rate, we can still sell ivory, various spices, and get some frankincense and myrrh, so we can barely survive, but don't expect to make much money."
"It's not good to have a colony overseas. At least in this colony, your Xie family has the final say. I heard that your land is quite fertile. At least, this will give you more options in the future."
"It's not bad. We have a lot of land, but we don't have enough manpower, so we spent a lot of money to buy slaves."
"A colony is actually not that easy to run. It still depends on the location. Of course, a colony in a good place is still very profitable. The brothers of this family also saw it accurately and acted quickly."
"There are many people who are interested in Myanmar, but no one can compete with the Zhang brothers."
"……."
When everyone heard this, they immediately started talking non-stop.
"Brothers~"
"There is a lot of potential overseas. The Zhang brothers can build large colonies overseas. Why can't we?"
"Are we not even as good as the Zhang brothers?"
"Can we only eat, drink and have fun in this land of Beijing and Tianjin?"
Li Zhaofan looked at the people in front of him and told him his plan.
"I want to work hard overseas and build a vast colony overseas."
"I wonder if any of you brothers are willing to join me?"
Upon hearing Li Zhaofan's words, everyone present immediately fell silent.
These rich and powerful children usually live a comfortable life here in the capital, eating, drinking, having fun, walking dogs and fighting cocks, but if they really want to go overseas, to a wild land, and work hard on their own to make a career.
"Brother Li?"
"are you serious?"
"Overseas is a barbaric land. The sea journey is long and traveling by boat is extremely dangerous. There are many barbarians and all kinds of unknown diseases overseas. I don't know how many people have died overseas."
"It's easy to get out, but I'm afraid I won't be able to come back in the future."
"Yes, yes, even if you really want to go overseas to seize colonies, you can just send someone from your family to go there. There is no need to go there yourself."
"I heard that the mosquitoes in Africa are bigger than dragonflies, the frogs there are as scary as cows, and the Kunlun slaves there are as black as charcoal. It is said that there are tribes that specialize in cannibalism. They are extremely barbaric.
, In addition, there are many diseases in Africa. Many people go to Africa and get sick and die for no apparent reason."
After hearing Li Zhaofan's words, everyone immediately began to persuade him.
"A bunch of trash who only know how to eat, drink and have fun~"
"I shouldn't hang out with them. How can I get anywhere with them?"
"Everyone keeps saying that the Zhang brothers are idiots, but at least the Zhang brothers dared to go out and work hard, and they dared to go out and conquer a huge colony."
"But when they heard that they were going out, they were all scared to death. They were afraid of this and that, so they could only watch horse racing and play football here in the capital."
After hearing what everyone said, Li Zhaofan felt very disappointed. He thought that someone would support him and go to sea with him, but now it seems that these people are just a bunch of trash.
"Brother Li, I don't know which place you have chosen?"
Just when Li Zhaofan was disappointed, someone stood up and asked.
"Arabian Peninsula~"
Li Zhaofan looked at the other party and then went to the huge world map beside the wall of the hall, drew a big circle on the Arabian Peninsula and said.
"Arabian Peninsula?"
"It is said that the Arabian Peninsula is a barren land, full of deserts and deserts. There are only a few villages and towns in the oases. What is the use of occupying such a place?"
"What's more, as far as I know, the Arabs on the Arabian Peninsula have been fierce and extremely xenophobic since ancient times. It may not be easy to occupy this place, and you may have to pay a heavy price.
"
When the man heard this, he immediately frowned.
It is a good thing to go overseas to develop colonies, but it also depends on the place. Some places are very rich and you will get rich if you conquer them, but some places are not only extremely poor. The key is that the poorer the place, the tougher these people are.
The more difficult it is to conquer, the more the gain will outweigh the loss.
In the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, the Arabian Peninsula was a barren land with deserts everywhere. What was the use of such a colony?
"I think it's quite nice here. It's of no use now, but maybe it will be useful in the future."
Li Zhaofan said helplessly, in fact, there is not much space to occupy, and the Arabian Peninsula seems to be pretty good. At least these Arabs can be sold as slaves.