Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 224 Bond Repurchases
Shanyang is very close to Yangzhou, and not far from Nanjing.

In the evening of the previous day, the slave-building army had just approached the city of Shanyang, and by the evening of the second day, this amazing news was sent to Nanjing in four hundred miles.

The disadvantages of poor news in ancient times have been exposed again.

After the news that Jiannu hit Huai'an Mansion was accidentally leaked, monsters and monsters appeared, and all kinds of rumors were flying everywhere.

It is said that Xuzhou has fallen, Chongzhen has died in battle, the prince, Yongwang and the soldiers who accompanied the army have also died in battle, and the Ming Dynasty is about to fall.

It is also said that Chongzhen did not die in battle, but was seriously injured and fled to Wuchang.

It is also said that Chongzhen's defeated soldiers had fled to Shandong and joined forces with Shandong Governor Wang Jiayan.

Others said that the Qing court and Prince Shuoyu Duoduo were about to lead an army of [-] troops to the south, and threatened to slaughter tens of millions of officials, gentry and people in the south of the Yangtze River without leaving any dogs or chickens behind!
In short, there is no good news, all bad news.

The officials and gentry in Nanjing City, including the three cabinet assistants, were all alarmed three times a day, and they were in constant panic all day long. Some censors even suggested that King Yong should take the throne as soon as possible to stabilize the hearts of the people and the army.

This proposal was firmly opposed by Meng Zhaoxiang and other officials.

It is impossible for Shi Kefa and his four ministers to agree to this suggestion.

But at the same time, Shi Kefa and the others also dismissed Meng Zhaoxiang, Wu Linzheng and other ministers of national distress who proposed to severely punish the leading censor on the grounds that the censor had the right to play rumors.

In short, the official circles in Nanjing are already jittery.

If the officialdom is as good as it is, the folks can imagine it.

The Exchange on Chaoku Street has been surrounded by gentry and merchants who "defend their rights".

No, the big gentry and big merchants will not come forward, but their slaves and those small and medium-sized gentry and small and medium-sized merchants will come forward. Filled with righteous indignation, more people cried bitterly and begged the stock exchange to buy back their bonds.

"Repay our hard-earned money, and the dog officer will return our hard-earned money."

"Is there still a law in the Ming Dynasty? Isn't this a money grab?"

"God, this is the coffin book of Xiao Lao, ouch."

Looking at these wealthy slaves who were crying or scolding, as well as gentry and merchants, Zhu Yousong frowned into a knot.

This is really a leaky house, but it is raining continuously, and the ship is late and the wind is blowing. I thought that if I entered the stock exchange and became a clerk, I would have a rather expensive salary and live a decent life from then on. Who would have thought?

Before entering the straight line, the bonds issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs began to plummet.

With this drop, bond trading on the stock exchange came to a standstill.

Then, those gentry and merchants who held bonds started to make trouble.

Zhu Yousong could only lament his bad fate, and it seemed that this assignment was dirty again.

God, what happened to the Ming Dynasty? Why is it so difficult to make a living?

……

There was already a commotion outside the stock exchange, but Kang Wanwan and other large and small shareholders could only stare blankly, because the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is the largest shareholder of the stock exchange, had not given clear instructions.

Although the Holy Majesty has issued a decree, there is no deadline.

Therefore, the final decision rests with Ma Mingpao.

No one dared to repurchase even a penny of bonds before Ma Mingpao said anything.

Fang Wenzhen hurried back to the hall and said: "Everyone, there are a few gentry who fainted on the spot. I am worried that if this continues, people will die again, and those censors will use this to make a fuss again. What should I do?"

Zhang Han turned his gaze to Kang Wanwan and asked, "Brother Kang, do you want to send someone to ask Vice President Ma for instructions?"

"Vice-President Ma has already been troubled by the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so he has no time to manage the affairs of the Exchange." Kang Wanwan shook his head, and said, "Ignore them, if they want to waste money, then waste time Bar."

Having said this, Kang Wanwan turned his eyes to Zhan Yangzhi again: "Brother Zhan, how is the expansion of the arsenal going?"

"Don't mention it, it's really not going well." Zhan Yangzhi shook his head and said with a wry smile, "the number of craftsmen is too small, especially the number of skilled craftsmen in casting, molding, forging and drilling guns is far from enough, and the newly recruited apprentices are not skilled enough. Therefore, it is really impossible to increase the production of Bird Gun, Lumi Gun, Tiger Crouching Cannon and Hongyi Cannon in a short period of time.”

"This is a big deal." Kang Wanwan said with some annoyance, "In the past, only the raw materials constrained the arsenal. After finally solving the problem of raw materials, we found that skilled craftsmen are more difficult to recruit."

"No." Zhan Yangzhi said with a wry smile, "If an apprentice wants to grow into a skilled craftsman, he must work hard for three to five years, but the Holy Majesty and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are in such a hurry, it's really worrying."

Fang Wenzhen said: "Why don't you buy it directly from Hongyi, doesn't Hongyi also have Hongyi Cannon?"

"The quantity is too small." Kang Wanwan shook his head and said, "Purchased from Hongyi, it's hard to quench the thirst in the distant water."

While a group of large and small shareholders were talking, a figure flashed outside the door, and Ma Mingpao in a green robe hurried in.

Ma Minglu was originally the magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture and was qualified to wear scarlet robes, but since he became the deputy chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he can only wear back the blue robes he once wore when he was the magistrate.

But the shareholders of the stock exchange dare not underestimate him because of this.

Including Kang Wanwan, everyone present hurriedly stood up to greet him, calling him Deputy Director Ma.

At this time, Ma Mingpao looked thinner and thinner, so that his cheekbones were protruding, and he bowed and said, "Everyone, the heat is almost here, let's start buying back the bonds, and buy them back at a [-]% discount."

Chongzhen said it was half price, but Ma Mingpao was only willing to buy it back at [-]% off.

In fact, Ma Mingpao felt that the [-]% discount was too high.

If he is allowed to make the decision, he will only give a [-]% discount on the price.

……

At this time, outside the gate of the Exchange, Wang Tao was regretting his mistakes.

Wang Tao has changed his address to Sun Tinglan: "Brother Tinglan, Brother Yu regrets not listening to your golden advice. If I had listened to your advice and sold the bonds at the highest position, I would have made a steady profit of [-] taels!"

After a pause, he said dejectedly: "It's not like now, all the money has been lost."

"Don't worry, Mr. Wang." Sun Tinglan said, "The Exchange may buy back the bonds."

Wang Tao smiled wryly and said, "Even if it is repurchase, the price is not as good as the original eleven, what a blood loss!"

Sun Tinglan persuaded: "Mr. Wang, you are already better than most people. How many people didn't even sell a penny of the bond, that would be really ruined."

"That's true." Wang Tao was in a slightly better mood.

He sold a small amount anyway before bond prices plummeted.

So even if it is a loss, it is only a slight loss, and it will not hurt the bones.

But those gentry and businessmen who bet all their wealth on bonds really lost their money. They exchanged thousands of taels, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of real gold and silver for a pile of beautifully printed waste paper.

While speaking, the closed big iron gate of the Exchange suddenly opened.

Then a steward came out and posted a notice on the bulletin board.

The aristocratic slaves, small gentry, and small merchants who were guarding the square of the Exchange immediately rushed forward.

After reading the announcement, some people wept with joy, knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly while crying loudly: "Holy Majesty is wise, Holy Majesty is wise, we are saved, we are finally saved!"

"Great news, the stock exchange has repurchased bonds."

"Everyone, I don't have to go bankrupt."

"The kindness of the Holy One, I will repay you in the next life with a grass ring."

The reason why Ma Mingpao delayed repurchasing until now is because of this effect.

If these gentry, merchants, and Jiahaonu make trouble, the stock exchange will immediately repurchase them. Not only will it not be able to exchange the gratitude of these people, but it will also encourage their arrogance. Future bond transactions will no longer be able to proceed normally, because once the price falls again , these people will once again gather crowds to make trouble and force the stock exchange to buy back bonds. How can this work?

So I kept procrastinating until these people were about to despair and completely lost their temper, and then repurchased.

Only in this way, these talents will not develop the bad habit of gathering crowds to make trouble, and they will also be grateful to the Holy One.

Ma Mingpao was also ruthless enough, he had to let these gentry and merchants lose most of their wealth, and he had to be grateful to Chongzhen.

Judging from the current situation, Ma Mingpao's method of extreme pressure is very effective, and almost everyone is grateful.

Wang Tao was also very fortunate. Although he sold all the bonds in his hand, he could only sell them for [-] taels, which was far from the original [-] taels. But then again, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.

Immediately Wang Tao was ready to call his assistants to sell the bonds.

However, at this moment, Sun Tinglan suddenly whispered: "Wang Gong, wait a minute!"

"Huh?" Wang Tao looked at Sun Tinglan with some astonishment, "Brother Tinglan, do you have any suggestions?"

Sun Tinglan frowned and thought for a while, then said to Wang Tao: "Mr. Wang, don't sell the bonds in your hand."

"Ah?" Wang Tao was stunned for a long time before he said again, "Why? Didn't you also persuade me to sell it just now?"

Sun Tinglan said thoughtfully: "The Exchange is actually willing to repurchase, which is beyond my expectation. There may be other unknown reasons."

"Oh." Wang Tao also reacted, and said, "Brother, you mean..."

"Hush!" Sun Tinglan motioned for silence, and said again, "If my guess is correct, there must be a change in the battle situation in Xuzhou, and the imperial court dared to buy back the bonds at a low price because they knew When the news of Xuzhou's great victory spreads back to Nanjing, those gentry and businessmen will flock to them again, asking for the reopening of the bond business."

Wang Tao also whispered: "Then, the bonds will rise back to the sky, right?"

"Yes!" Sun Tinglan whispered, "So not only can't sell bonds, but also buy a lot!"

"Ah? Still want to buy?" Wang Tao was a little worried, and whispered, "My dear brother, let's forget about buying a lot?"

"Wang Gong is the one, and my younger brother will not accompany me first." Sun Tinglan turned around and left in a hurry after speaking, but went straight to the Royal Bank on Chaoku Street to deposit money.

Seeing this, Wang Tao was also a little moved.

But thinking about the risks of doing so,

Wang Tao immediately started to retreat again.

(End of this chapter)