I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 472 Let the News Fly for a While
Hao Ren, the chief steward of the Railway Chamber of Commerce, laughed angrily and walked away in a huff.

As expected, Hao Ren's unusual expression at noon today was over-interpreted by some people.

At this point in time, everyone who should have bought the Railway Chamber of Commerce stocks had already done so, and the rest were people who wanted to buy at a low price or wanted to cause trouble for Zhou Tieyi, so any strangeness would be the source of malicious interpretation.

As expected, as soon as the news came out, the share price of the Railway Chamber of Commerce, which had been able to maintain its price at ten taels of silver with difficulty, instantly fell below ten taels. Fortunately, the trading started at noon in the morning and lasted for an hour at noon, and now it closed at noon. Therefore, the Railway Chamber of Commerce finally remained at nine taels of silver per share. At the same time, affected by the decline in the share price of the Railway Chamber of Commerce today, the other stocks were weak in rising. Everyone was worried that another housekeeper similar to the China Railway Corporation would appear.

Just when the people were grieving, the only good news was that the Railway Chamber of Commerce sent out invitations, inviting the most powerful shareholders in Tianjing to the Railway Chamber of Commerce to discuss important matters.

Although it was not explicitly stated that the purpose was to stabilize the stock price, everyone knew it and therefore was hopeful.

Flower Hall of the Railway Chamber of Commerce.

Because the Taoist Lan Cang, an earthly immortal, had preached the truth before, in order to express his gratitude to Zhou Tieyi for his preaching that day, he specially led a stream from his own blessed land to run through the Railway Chamber of Commerce. The water in this stream is clear, and the dark yellow lotus flowers are always blooming, which adds a different kind of vitality to the winter.

"Everyone, I believe you all understand why I came here to see you."

After figuring out what to do, Hao Ren did not beg the major shareholders of the Railway Chamber of Commerce. Inviting them was one attitude, but what to do was another.

Today the Railway Chamber's shares are divided into three main parts.

The first is the Zhou family. Because of Zhou Tieyi, even though they had released two rounds of stocks and sold them to the market at a low price, they still had more than 30% of the stocks.

The second is the major chambers of commerce that initially contributed two million taels of silver. They originally occupied a considerable share. After the Railway Chamber of Commerce issued the shares, although Zhou Tieyi required a unified sale of 20% of the shares to the market, they secretly collected the shares through various means, so their share is still more than 30%.

The third group is the families of military honor. Initially, they invested 100,000 taels together with Qingkongming because of Zhou Tieyi's gift, but they accounted for 30% of the shares. However, after two rounds of selling, they now hold less than 30% of the shares.

Fourthly, the senior workers of the Railway Chamber of Commerce hold shares. Small businessmen and retail investors in the market hold less than 10% of the shares.

After everyone exchanged information with their peripheral vision, Zhong Shuliang, president of the Northern Province Chamber of Commerce, stood up and asked tentatively, "Is Marquis Zhou not coming?"

He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and also a person of military honor, so except for Qian Guangyun who is calm and composed, his questions represent the opinions of the majority.

"Your Excellency is not only concerned about the affairs of the Railway Chamber of Commerce now, but you also said in front of everyone a long time ago that I can make the decisions on the affairs of the Railway Chamber of Commerce. Why, President Zhong thinks that I, the chief steward, can't take charge?"

"Manager Hao, I definitely don't mean that."

Although Zhong Shuliang denied it verbally, only he knew what he was thinking in his heart.

Everyone present disagreed with Hao Ren's answer, because the previous discussion on the shares, including the recent pressure on everyone to sell 10% of the shares, was handled by Zhou Tieyi. Now that the price has dropped, if they want people to buy them back, no one dares to act rashly without Zhou Tieyi's guarantee.

What's more, even if you buy it, can't you wait until the price is lower?
Thinking of this, many people picked up the tea and took a sip.

Hao Ren pretended not to see it and continued, "Because the court issued bonds, it had a certain impact on the stock market. I thought that as a major shareholder of the Railway Chamber of Commerce, we should buy stocks to stabilize the stock price..."

Before Hao Ren finished speaking, he heard someone say in a sarcastic tone, "We also want to share the worries for Marquis Zhou, but Marquis Zhou can't always let us share the worries. We accepted that he didn't let us sell at the highest point, but why didn't he let us buy at the low point? The price dropped by three taels of silver in one day, which is a full six million taels. Even if you are rich and powerful, how can you afford to put in so much money?"

Everyone present was naturally well-informed, so they had a better grasp of the affairs of the Daxia Railway Corporation. This would definitely be something that the imperial court would bring up in the future, and it would inevitably become a burden on the Railway Chamber of Commerce.

At the same time, the situation in the court is complicated. The military heroes who were originally on the same side as Zhou Tieyi are now unwilling to stand on Zhou Tieyi's side. In addition, the Queen Mother has already arranged her carriages and summoned foreign officials from the north gate. All these signs indicate that it is now more necessary to wait and see.

If Zhou Tieyi himself said this, everyone would grit their teeth and accept it, but for Hao Ren, it was far from enough!
"Yes."

Someone immediately echoed, "Business is business, Zhou Hou often said this, how can you always lose us money, not to mention that someone has already sold it first, right?"

He glanced at Qian Guangyun, who looked calm and composed.

There is no wall that is impenetrable. When the trading just started today, no one noticed who was selling at a high price. But after the trading ended, so many accountants took a look and naturally knew who sold the most.

Qian Guangyun was also regarded as Zhou Tieyi's man. Although Zhou Tieyi did not sell his stocks, Qian Guangyun sold so many that everyone couldn't help but think too much and sold theirs as well.

Hao Ren's face suddenly darkened. "Have you forgotten how much silver the Railway Chamber of Commerce had when it was first established, and how much silver it has now?"

He looked towards Wu Xun. At the beginning, Wu Xun had contributed a total of 100,000 taels of silver, but now the shares he held were close to 20 million taels, and with their abilities, 2 million taels would be more than enough to provide a bottom line at this time.

The military heroes subconsciously looked towards the location of the Yuchi family. Strangely, Yuchi Jing did not show up this time. Instead, another young master of the Yuchi family came. The young master of the Yuchi family snorted coldly, "Manager Hao knows how much money the army needs. How can we get the money? If the front line is delayed, no one can bear the blame."

The army is indeed short of money this year. Zhou Tieyi investigated the Mo Shi case. Although the matter did not really become a big deal, many of the military heroes' lackeys were cut off. What's more, they will lose this business that is worth tens of millions of taels a year in the future. It is impossible for everyone not to hate Zhou Tieyi, but even the emperor cannot touch Zhou Tieyi, let alone the military heroes. In addition, the stock business is also worth tens of millions of taels a year, which can just make up for the losses of the military heroes, so they smiled and didn't say anything before.

But now it is obvious that Zhou Tieyi's people are eating the meat first, how can everyone work together?
If people are not united, it will be difficult to lead a team.

So this extraordinary shareholders' meeting ended in a noisy atmosphere, and in the end no agreement was reached on what price or how much money should be paid to stabilize the stock price.

And this news spread to the four cities and one mountain as the carriages returned to Baihu City from the Railway Chamber of Commerce.

"Hao Ren is still too young. Does he think that just because he works under Zhou Tieyi, he is another Zhou Tieyi?"

"Today's disturbance was originally caused by Zhou Tieyi. He set up the Railway Corporation without consulting us, and now he wants his subordinates to escape first. We have to support them, but there are not so many good things in the world. What if he really escapes? Wouldn't we be doing him a favor for nothing?"

"That's right, whoever caused the trouble should solve it, you can't put the blame on us for everything."

"He asked us to sell our shares for three taels of silver before, and now he wants us to buy them back for nine taels of silver. Does he really have the final say over all the money in the world?"······
These rumors multiplied again with another letter.

"Master, Master, this is the manuscript that the Railway Chamber of Commerce gave to the Tianjing Newspaper. It will be published tomorrow."

In a general's mansion, although it was late at night, the matter was urgent, so the housekeeper still called the person in charge of the family.

Now that the Tianjing Daily needs to be reviewed by the Newspaper Department, it naturally needs to have manuscripts circulated. In addition, printing newspapers requires the involvement of a large number of people, so those in power can almost know in advance what will be in the next day's newspaper.

"Three-Year Planning Guidelines for the Kaiping-Southeast Line", Hao Ren.

This planning guideline is very lengthy. It first clearly states the purpose of the eight million yuan of railway and water conservancy bonds allocated by the state, including the five million yuan of railway bonds. It is expected to build a 400-mile railway connecting Kaiping to Lingjiang, and then start to build new ship terminals along the Lingjiang River, and transport them to the southeastern provinces by water. At the same time, due to the large number of waterways in the southeastern provinces, various short-line railways will be prepared, with technical support from the Railway Chamber of Commerce and fundraising from local county governments in various provinces. Once connected, the railway and waterway mileage will reach an astonishing 3,000 miles!

What was written above was indeed shocking, but the old man and the young boy who were reading the newspaper were very calm.

"It is not surprising that a parrot can imitate others' words."

The general's grandson said this with a slightly dissatisfied look on his face.

He did have the capital to look down on Hao Ren before, as he was just an outsider who was ostracized by his family and sent to the God-Slaying Division. But he never expected that he would meet Zhou Tieyi, and not only would he soar to fame, but his family and friends would also soar with him.

But even so, Hao Ren's sixth-level business rank was still too weak compared to his current power, and everyone was wondering whether they could bring Hao Ren down.

“Even though it’s a parrot, it still flies following the phoenix’s tail.”

Qu Shu sighed and taught his son a lesson, "Just say this at home, don't leave any evidence outside."

"I know that. I heard that after the meeting today, Hao Ren visited several companies with whom he had good relationships. It seems that he wants to provide support here."

"Where's Zhou Tieyi? Is there no news about him yet?"

"No, although he cannot be said to have all the power in the court, I think he is not much different from the regent. The Ministry of Revenue is so big that the money and grain of various departments of the Great Xia court have to be transferred to him first, so that everyone can have a meal. If he manages everything, he will not be able to handle it even if he has three heads and six arms."

Qu Shu listened to his son's words and pondered for a moment, "Then we..."

“We sell stocks!”

Qu Yi said affirmatively, "I have contacted several companies. They all have big gaps this year, which is ambiguous to begin with, but as long as we agree, we will sell the stocks we have."

"How about Zhou Tieyi's explanation?"

Qu Yi smiled and said, "There's no need to explain this. His status is so high. If he really wants us to buy it, would we dare not obey him if he said it in person or issued a written document?"

"It's obvious now that he wants to test Hao Ren's ability. We are happy to be confused. If he really wants to protect Hao Ren, he can give us the written document and we can buy it later. But the profit of a few taels of silver per share is real. What's more, if he really thinks Hao Ren is not up to standard, that will be our real chance!"

Only by removing Hao Ren from the position of manager of the Railway Chamber of Commerce can everyone nominate a more suitable person. Everyone is afraid of Zhou Tieyi, but not afraid of the Hao family and Hao Ren!

Since Zhou Tieyi is too busy and wants to test Hao Ren's ability, then everyone should help to test him. If his ability is not up to standard, Zhou Tieyi will lose face and will have to replace him.

And everyone knows that the useful people in his hands have been arranged in various key departments and cannot be moved easily. In the end, whether it is selecting new people from the military merits to train or winning the hearts of the people in the name of accepting disciples, it is good news for everyone.

What's more, this matter did not offend Zhou Tieyi on the surface. Just as Qu Yi said, if Zhou Tieyi really blamed him, he would just send another letter and everyone would buy it back. Then the fault would be pushed onto Hao Ren, saying that he did not convey the good intention. Let's see if Hao Ren still has the prestige to stay in such an important position.

Train Chamber of Commerce Manager!

This is indeed a position worth taking a risk, and Qu Jia, who is also a titled general, also believes that he is capable of giving it a try.

Qu Shu said, "Do things naturally, don't push too hard and appear to be in a rush."

Hearing his father's approval, Qu Yi quickly clasped his fists and said happily, "I know the limits."

The same newspaper manuscript was also sent to the Central Bank of Daxia.

Now the office of Daxia's Central Bank has been finalized. Although it is not located on Yujing Mountain, it is restructured from a vacant royal palace in Qinglong City, which is enough to show the importance of this department to Daxia.

Under the lights, Zhou Tieyi and Mei Qingchen were checking the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue. Zhou Tieyi could settle the silver issue, but the prerequisite was that he needed to know the output and destination of necessities such as grain that were actually circulating in the market. Otherwise, even if his theory of increasing the currency issuance was not wrong in terms of total amount, mistakes in places and links would lead to fatal consequences.

The servant brought the draft of today's newspaper. Zhou Tieyi took a look at it and then handed it to Mei Qingchen.

Mei Qingchen read it carefully and commented, "Pertinent words, but not enough to save the market."

Zhou Tieyi stretched lazily, then smiled and said, "No hurry, wait for the news to spread for a while."

Then he said with a hint of regret, "It's a pity that we can't short now."

If the short-selling mechanism is introduced this time, Zhou Tieyi is sure that he can not only get those unsteady people off the bus, but also make a lot of people lose their fortunes. However, this is a fragile market, and as a manager, he cannot just focus on the immediate interests.

(End of this chapter)