Newsboys on the streets of Shanghai are selling the latest issue of the Tang Dynasty Daily!
But the slogans hawked by the newsboys made many passers-by stop in their tracks and show doubts in their eyes!
"The Portuguese barbarians wantonly attacked our Tang Dynasty merchant ship!"
"The Portuguese barbarians provoked a war for no reason, and our Tang Dynasty merchant ship was sunk in the port of Malacca!"
"Datang's overseas trade is in danger!"
Each of the different slogans attracted attention. Immediately, a middle-aged man in business attire stepped forward, took out a copper coin and said, "Have one!"
After taking the newspaper, the middle-aged man quickly scanned the front page.
However, he did not see what he wanted to see on the front page. The content reported on the front page was that the Holy Emperor held a special meeting on education recently to discuss the many problems existing in today's education, especially basic education.
He questioned the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Rites and other officials about the issues in this regard, and ordered the Ministry of Rites and other relevant officials to regard education issues as their main work now and in the future, and not to relax in any way.
He once again emphasized that education is a century-old plan and the foundation for the long-term peace and stability of the empire. Officials at all levels must do a good job in education.
The second page reports on the completion and smooth opening of the Beijing-Kaifeng Railway. In addition, it also reports on the construction of the Datang Railway. So far, the railways completed and opened to traffic on the Datang Railway have been from Jiangnan Railway to Shanghai.
Section, and it is expected that by the end of this year, the section from Dangtu to Jiujiang Hukou and the section from Shanghai to Hangzhou will also be completed and opened to traffic. By then, the main construction project of the Jiangnan Railway will be completed.
In addition to the Jiangnan Railway, the Beijing-Kaifeng Line, the section from Luoyang to Kaifeng, the section from Tianjin to Youzhou, the section from Tianjin to Shanhaiguan, the section from Foshan to Guangzhou to Hong Kong, the section from Hangzhou to Ningbo, and many other miscellaneous railway lines have been completed and opened to traffic.
branch line.
In the third edition, this middle-aged man found what he wanted to see!
Here, Datang Chao Bao reported that in June, a Datang merchant ship was heading to Malacca for trade, and when it entered the port of Malacca, it was suddenly attacked by a Portuguese warship. The merchant ship was sunk on the spot and sank.
Within the port.
Subsequently, many more Tang merchant ships were attacked by the Portuguese.
My brave and fearless Datang Navy warships, after learning the news, immediately dispatched warships in nearby waters to approach Malacca, and assisted the evacuation of many imperial merchant ships staying in Malacca. At the same time, they also dispatched fast communication ships as quickly as possible.
The news was sent back to China quickly.
At first glance, this matter seems very simple. It is nothing more than the Portuguese acting recklessly, actively attacking imperial merchant ships, and provoking a dispute between the two countries. However, the report does not describe it too clearly. At least, it does not say what the Portuguese are.
Why did you take the initiative to attack the imperial merchant ship?
Is it true that the Portuguese are acting recklessly? This is unlikely.
The Portuguese are not stupid. How could they take the initiative to attack the imperial merchant ships at their doorstep and leave such a big clue to the empire? If they really want the imperial merchant ships, then they will do the same as before, pretending to be pirates in the sea and attack the imperial merchant ships.
, the Portuguese have done this before, it makes no sense to suddenly change their approach now.
Could it be that the Portuguese wanted to completely cut off trade with the empire?
This middle-aged man smelled a conspiracy from the simple report, but he did not stop. After stopping a rickshaw, he went straight to the company.
Regardless of whether there was any conspiracy behind it, but since this article was openly published on the third page of the Tang Dynasty Daily, and was reported in the entire page, and the wording of the article was extremely tough, he knew that,
War is coming.
War is not possible. What is terrible is that trade with the Portuguese will be completely cut off. In this way, many industries related to overseas trade will inevitably suffer a major blow.
As a project fund manager of a fund company, the only thing that needs to be done at this time, and what must be done immediately, is to immediately sell stocks related to overseas trade, and those stocks whose main business is ocean trade with the Portuguese
Companies, the businesses of these companies are bound to be hit hard. If you don’t sell them now, you will wait until later!
On this morning in Shanghai, the busiest thing was the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Numerous stockbrokers, even fund managers and even company bosses who usually held high positions of power, all went to battle in person, and some wanted to do it quickly.
Sell the stocks of related companies, but some also want to take the opportunity to acquire more high-quality stocks!
Regardless of their purpose, the violent actions of these people instantly caused the stock trading volume of the Shanghai Stock Exchange to skyrocket. Then the stock prices of some companies plummeted, while some companies were greatly sought after.
For example, the stock prices of several trading companies that have close ties with the Portuguese have almost been cut in half, and they continue to fall, with no one taking over.
However, the stock price of Datang Western Trading Company has been rising all the way. When the market temporarily closed at noon, the stock price of Datang Western Trading Company had already increased by 13% compared with yesterday's closing!
Don't think that 13% is less. You must know that Datang Western Trading Company is the largest weighting stock in the imperial stock exchange market. It is huge and its performance is stable on weekdays. There are occasional fluctuations but it is not big. It has always been
Maintaining a slow growth trend.
But today, the share price of Datang Western Trading Company has soared by 13% in just a few hours. This has also made the market value of Datang Western Trading Company exceed the 200 million yuan mark!
It became the first company in the Tang Empire with a market value exceeding the 200 million yuan mark!
Why did the shares of Datang Western Trading Company soar in an instant?
Because everyone knows that the Tang Dynasty Western Trading Company and the Portuguese East India Trading Company are fighting to the death around the Indian Ocean, and the official forces of both sides have not personally ended this competition.
But now, the war is about to break out. The huge military power of the Tang Empire will undoubtedly be able to destroy and occupy Malacca, and then occupy the Strait of Malacca, a strategic maritime channel, and at the same time completely open up the road to the Indian Ocean.
Subsequently, with the support of the Imperial Navy, it was just around the corner for the Datang Western Trading Company to seize India and even the whole of India!
Therefore, the war with the Portuguese may be a bad thing or a mixed blessing for many countries in the country, but for Datang Western Trading Company, it is definitely a good thing, a great thing!
Stimulated by this kind of good news, coupled with the fact that there has always been blind following in the stock market, and because the stock market is now violently turbulent, some ordinary investors and even smaller fund companies, in order to avoid risks,
They all started to carry out a large number of prudent operations, such as appropriately shorting certain stocks, appropriately adding some stocks, and at the same time purchasing a large number of stocks of super large companies for hedging.
This is also why the stocks of large domestic companies represented by Datang Western Trading Company have risen instead of falling amid this considerable stock turmoil!
For example, the Yangtze River Shipping Company and Feng Shipping Company, the two leading companies in the domestic shipping industry, theoretically have nothing to do with overseas trade, but people feel that if the overseas market shrinks, the domestic market will become even worse.
Importantly, many companies will turn more attention to the domestic market, which will in turn drive further prosperity of the domestic market.
People's guesses were not wrong. In order to prevent the economic turmoil caused by the shrinking overseas trade, Li Xuan had already prepared to boost domestic demand and let the domestic market digest the many goods originally intended for export.
Take silk, for example, which has a huge export volume, but now Li Xuan is preparing to encourage the domestic market to expand silk consumption in order to stabilize silk-related industries.
All of this has also led to bullish performance expectations for such companies, such as Yangtze River Shipping Company and Feng Shipping Company, which are rooted in the domestic shipping market.
In order to avoid economic turmoil caused by the war with the Portuguese, Li Xuan made extensive preparations in advance to offset the impact of the war!
A few days later, according to the data reported by the Ministry of Commerce, Li Xuan was relieved!
Although an article in the Tang Dynasty News caused turmoil in the stock market, it mainly affected a few trading companies and some manufacturing industries mainly engaged in European trade.
However, although some other industries will also be negatively affected, this negative impact is controllable and can be alleviated through supplements in the domestic market.
Interestingly, some industries were stimulated by the good news about the war, and their stock prices rose, creating a prosperous scene.
Cutting off trade with the Portuguese had an impact, and it was not small, but strictly speaking it was controllable.
After all, the main economic body of the Tang Empire was not an economic system oriented by overseas trade, but an economic system oriented by domestic demand. Overseas trade was just a supplement.
Now the Portuguese conflict and war will allow the empire to further adjust its economic system, further increase domestic demand, and continue to reduce its dependence on overseas trade.
The next time he goes to war with the Spanish, Li Xuan doesn't want to see the slightest fluctuation in the domestic economy!
After seeing that although the economic system was affected, it was generally stable, Li Xuan also made his final determination and asked the Chaobao Department under the Ministry of Rites of the Tang Dynasty to conduct a second round of publicity to completely lay the foundation for Portugal's official
The public opinion basis of propaganda allows the public to support this war, at least, they have to oppose it!