I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 562: You can’t buy it all, you can’t buy it all

The Queen Mother issued an order, and soon the palace servants brought up Hao Ren, who was meditating in the back hall.

Although two days had passed, there was no sign of fatigue on Hao Ren's face. This was because he was confident, so he did not feel sorry for himself even though he was imprisoned in the palace.

After entering the main hall, Hao Ren first paid his respects to the Queen of Heaven, and then to Zhou Tieyi.

After Hao Ren bowed, Wang Mingyi said, "Manager Hao has not shown up for a few days, causing speculation among the people in the market, which has caused a sharp drop in stock prices and disrupted the economy. We ask Manager Hao to show up at the stock exchange to dispel people's speculation."

Neither Zhou Tieyi nor the Queen spoke, so the fight below naturally would not stop.

Hao Ren thought for a moment and said, "There is no smoke without fire. Now that the speculation has been raised, it is not an easy task to dispel it. Lord Wang only learned about fortifications from Marquis Zhou before, and he does not understand economics, so he would say such naive words. Moreover, since it is to dispel the people's speculation, why didn't Lord Wang even tell me what the speculation is? How can I dispel it?"

Although Hao Ren was inconspicuous in front of the Queen, he had been the manager of the Railway Chamber of Commerce for such a long time that the power in his hands was no less than that of a third-rank official. Facing someone who was promoted from Wang Mingyi, Hao Ren naturally had a tendency to suppress him. At the same time, he also knew about the feud between Wang Mingyi and Zhou Tieyi, so he said to Wang Mingyi, "You haven't even learned half of the skills of the adults, so don't pretend to know in front of me."

Wang Mingyi sighed in his heart. When it comes to economics, there is indeed no one in the world who is better than Zhou Tieyi. Moreover, Zhou Tieyi had already made arrangements for the current situation. Today, it suddenly broke out. No one can suppress Zhou Tieyi and his party members while taking into account the country and the people. The only way is to retreat first and maintain the basic situation before being able to plan slowly.

This political matter is slightly different from the economic one. As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood!

So it is normal to swallow the humiliation and endure the insult.

"I was confused. Manager Hao has been in this palace for two days and is still unclear about the outside world. Now there is a rumor in the stock exchange that the court wants to establish a railway company to replace the Railway Chamber of Commerce, which has caused the people to worry and sell their stocks. But we all know that the court has no intention of doing so."

Wang Mingyi only explained half of it. After a little thought, Hao Ren realized that the Queen and Wang Mingyi were in such a hurry to release him, it was definitely not just because of the stock market crash. He first looked at Zhou Tieyi, only to see that Zhou Tieyi was calm and composed, and it seemed that he had not tried to explain to him in private.

After thinking about it, Hao Ren realized that Zhou Tieyi was testing his ability to respond on the spot.

He looked at the silent Queen again, knowing that something else must have happened, not just the stock market, which made the Queen so busy. So he naturally couldn't just retreat at this time.

"Your Highness, as I just said, there is no smoke without fire. People have been speculating about the Railway Corporation for a long time. Now people are convinced that it is a trend. I am afraid that it will be difficult to dispel people's speculation just by showing up. It is better to come up with a real charter to relieve people's concerns. It is worse than trying to cover up the truth like this."

The China Railway Corporation must be established; this is the general trend. Rather than leaving the uncertainty entirely to the future and waiting for Wang Mingyi to find a way to properly split up the Railway Chamber of Commerce, it would be better to take advantage of the situation today and bring it up and take the initiative to participate.

The Queen Mother wanted to delay and said, "This is such a big matter that I dare not make a rash decision. Tomorrow there will be a court meeting with His Majesty in the audience, and it won't be too late for the ministers to discuss it. What matters most today is to stabilize the people's hearts."

Ever since the Queen Mother opened the Pingzhang Palace, the Emperor of Daxia has actually delegated more power over court affairs to the Queen Mother, and has focused his main energy on cultivation. The Queen Mother said this, obviously wanting to wait until today to see how things change.

Zhou Tieyi suddenly interrupted, "Hao Ren, since the Queen Mother said we'll discuss it tomorrow, then you should go back to the back hall. The ministers in the court didn't say anything about this matter, and you can't take the blame."

Since you, the Queen, find it difficult to handle, then don’t do it. Let’s see who can’t sit still first!

My methods are not limited to Tianjin!
The Queen glanced at Zhou Tieyi, but she absolutely could not give in at this time. She thought that it was only half an hour before the exchange stopped trading. Wang Mingyi also asked Zhang San to go to Tianbao Tower and Linshuixuan to mobilize gold and silver to calm the stock market. What if the price could be stabilized?
Moreover, how to reform the Railway Chamber of Commerce and establish the China Railway Corporation concerns many forces in the court, at least the interests of the Military Merit Group, and even the Queen Mother cannot make the decision alone.

On the other side, Zhang San went to Tianbao Tower and Linshui Pavilion respectively. He didn't waste much time on talking. Just as he had thought before, for the crown prince and the seventh prince, suppressing Zhou Tieyi's unrest in the country was more important than anything else. The loss of a mere gold and silver was not as important as the country.

Neither of them was stupid. Even though the prince was not in Beijing, he had advisers in Beijing who immediately mobilized real gold and silver and transported them to the exchange.

Although they don't understand economics, they naturally know how to stabilize the people's hearts. At the beginning, Zhou Tieyi pulled a cart of silver bills to buy stocks. Today's essay implies that the silver bills will also be intervened by the court. So why not just use silver and gold to buy them so that ordinary people can see and touch them.

So a strange scene occurred at the Tianjing Stock Exchange.

Carts of silver were shipped to the exchange one after another, forming a silver stream that stretched for ten miles. After entering the exchange, several managers saw the wailing crowd, looked up at the large green screen, looked at each other, and then said to their men, "Buy."

A large amount of real money poured into the stock market, and the stock price, which had been falling like a guillotine, was abruptly stopped. However, the managers did not show any joy because they discovered something.

That means you can never buy all of them, you can never buy all of them!

Nowadays, the Daxia Exchange is no longer just located in Tianjing. When discussing the listing of new factories in Pingjindu and other places, Zhou Tieyi also established the Jiguancheng Exchange to operate the listing of stocks such as Baizhishan Coal and Steel Plant. However, these stocks are smaller in size and have not attracted attention before.

However, in the past few months, the eight major banks have been listed, and local areas such as Pingjindu, Shantongfu, and Tangzhoufu have also achieved many results in industrial reform. Many new factories in various places want to be listed, and Zhou Tieyi naturally accepts all of them. The prosperity of the stock market does not just rely on a few stocks.

At that time, there were only five stocks in the exchange, which were later commonly known as the "old five stocks" by the people. It happened to be the stage when silver bills were gradually accepted by the people. When Zhou Tieyi was in charge of the Central Bank of Daxia, he naturally expanded the stock market while issuing silver bills, so that the excess silver bills could be locked up in the stock market reservoir.

For several months, because everything was running in an orderly manner, even Mei Qingchen, the deputy, felt that there was no problem. After all, it was better to spend the borrowed money easily. The same applies to the court officials. With the money, there are so many things they can do for the people.

But the money has to be borrowed and repaid, although it has only been a few months, but as soon as the short essay came out today, the stock market plummeted. Using real money to support the bottom is much more difficult than Zhou Tieyi using several carts of silver bills to support the bottom.

At this time, the exchange manager came over.

Yan Zhen and Dai Cunfu looked at each other, and Dai Cunfu said, "What? Doesn't the exchange allow selling?"

In their opinion, the people from the exchange came to interfere with their stock purchases at this time because they were clearly afraid that they would ruin Zhou Tieyi's plan.

Yan Zhen was the former chief steward of Tianbao Tower. Because he handled the confrontation with Zhou Tieyi well, and Zhou Tieyi later rose to prominence, which further proved that Yan Zhen was a man of great tenacity, he was entrusted with an important task by the seventh prince Li Hao, and is now a fourth-rank Feng Shui master. Dai Cunfu was a third-rank physiognomist who came to Beijing with Chu Wentian. Later, when the prince's mansion recommended himself, he was also treated with courtesy by the prince. Dai Cunfu felt that he had a good chess piece in his hand, so he asked for the position of chief steward of Linshui Pavilion.

In front of the two, Lu Yuanbo, the manager of Tianjing Exchange, practiced business and was already a fourth-rank cultivator. He was neither humble nor arrogant in front of the two and said with a smile, "You two have misunderstood. Stock trading is between the people of the world. Our exchange only manages the trading procedures. I came here because you two have made huge transactions and are already distinguished guests. According to the rules of the exchange, we can open the tea room on the second floor. Why don't you go up and have some tea? The scenery there is just right, and then you can wait for the people below to trade."

Yan Zhen and Dai Cunfu thought for a moment. They had heard of the VIP room on the second floor of the exchange, but had never seen it in person. This time they came here with a lot of silver and enjoyed the treatment.

When the two of them went up to the second floor, it was just as Lu Yuanbo said. The scenery here was just right. Not only could they have a panoramic view of the huge exchange that was like a bird's nest, but they could also see all the joys and sorrows of the world, the joy of making money, and the sorrow of losing money.

But the two of them had seen this kind of scene many times, but seeing it is one thing and experiencing it personally is another.

In particular, the subordinates who bought stocks came up to report the results every moment, but on the huge screen in the center that was like a bright moon, round after round of numbers passed by, and there were still more green than red.

Yan Zhen had no choice but to ask Lu Yuanbo beside him, "Is this display wrong?"

Lu Yuanbo smiled but said nothing.

The entire exchange was bustling with activity, and the business practitioners behind the counters were calculating their abacuses. But now the Tianjing Exchange was like a gold-devouring beast. Truckloads of silver were pulled into the exchange, but they disappeared in a quarter of an hour, and the stock prices rolling above were mostly sideways, with no signs of a rebound at all.

After a quarter of an hour, Yan Zhen and Dai Cunfu's breathing became rapid. They were in charge of Linshuixuan and Tianbaolou, and they had seen the lavish gambling.

But even if you are gambling a huge amount of money, with silver and gold on the table, you have to at least wait for the cards to be dealt. But in this exchange, the silver was pulled in by carts, and it just rolled on the screen and disappeared!

Yan Zhen was like a gambler who had lost a lot of money. He looked at the crowd below and asked a soul-searching question, "Who is selling? Are they so stupid? Can't they see that we are buying to support the bottom?"

You can’t buy it all. You can’t buy it all.

It seemed as if everyone in the entire Tianjing Exchange was their opponent, and they had no idea where the enemy came from!

Lu Yuanbo smiled without saying anything. Nowadays, all merchants in the world are under the command of Marquis Zhou, because only under Marquis Zhou are there second- and first-grade roads. The third- and fourth-grade people of other doctrines are usually considered to be well versed in human nature, but compared with the business path, they still don't know that human nature is evil.

Fortunately, there was not much trading time left in the afternoon. After half an hour, when the last transaction order was frozen on the screen, Yan Zhen and Dai Cunfu remained silent for a long time before they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They managed to cope with today's situation temporarily, but they also witnessed the horror of this exchange.

In the past, people in Tianjing City said that they were a den of money, but compared with this stock exchange, it was really a dwarf compared to a giant. The problem was that they had not found a way to reverse the situation today, and they only managed to stabilize the situation temporarily by desperately spending money.

But gold and silver always have their limits. Until now, they still don’t understand why, even though there are obviously people supporting them, the people are not buying it at all and are selling desperately.

Of course, these 'people' are definitely not ordinary people.

Yan Zhen and Dai Cunfu looked at Lu Yuanbo who had been smiling but saying nothing. Most of the people who held these stocks were dignitaries in Tianjing and businessmen from all over the world. As long as they took the lead in selling, there would always be people who would follow suit.

"Good means."

Dai Cunfu said coldly.

Then, without waiting for Lu Yuanbo to speak, he turned away. This matter was beyond his ability to handle. As a fortune teller, the first thing he thought of was how to save himself, so he had to pass the news back as soon as possible, otherwise the ten-mile silver carriage they pulled over might not be able to survive until tomorrow morning.

Yan Zhen also sighed lightly, bowed to Dai Cunfu, and immediately went to the residence of the seventh prince Li Hao.

In Qinglong City, the seventh prince Li Hao and counselor Qi Xuanyi already knew the results of the exchange, but they were still waiting for Yan Zhen, the person involved, to tell them in person.

Li Hao frowned and said, "It seems that our method is not used correctly. When he buys and sells stocks, he always gives people a feeling of using a small amount of money to achieve a great result. Even if we buy so much today, why are we just spinning in circles like a stupid donkey pulling a millstone?"

Qi Xuanyi thought about it and vaguely grasped the key point. "The increase in stock prices is related to how much you buy, but it is also related to 'trend'. If a trend is formed, then naturally you can use a small amount of money to achieve the desired result."

"Mr. Qi, have you thought it through?"

Li Hao asked in surprise, if Qi Xuanyi could figure this out, he would have a huge advantage at the court meeting tomorrow.

Qi Xuanyi shook his head. "It's just some ideas. If you really want to figure it out, you have to put it into practice. Otherwise, it will be like the Queen of Heaven seizing power in the central bank. It seems to have won a great victory, but in fact it is trapped in prison, unable to move forward or backward."

He continued, "After this battle, the usefulness of merchants and business will surely be known to the noble families of the world. Merchants can no longer be treated lightly as before. Your Highness must recruit more of them."

Li Hao knew this too, he said with a wry smile, "But now, everyone in the world who is interested in business knows that they can only go further by following Zhou Tieyi. Even if we want to recruit them now, we can't offer a good price."

Qi Xuanyi shook his head and said, "Your Highness, you don't have to think so highly of yourself. After all, there are only a few merchants who aspire to the upper third rank. We can control most of the middle and lower rank merchants and monks. At least we can stabilize the situation and avoid having no one to discuss with if something happens."

(End of this chapter)