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Text Section 46 Securities (Part 2)

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    The "Chu Cao Lending" project allows buyers to obtain the right to participate by paying a five percent deposit. If the remaining funds cannot be paid in time, the deposit will be forfeited.  However, as long as the imperial court agrees to accept water transport in Tianjin, all obstacles will be cleared. All that remains is to bet on whether the Qing government will completely fail the water transport for a mere 380,000 taels of silver - there are many  People bet that the Qing court would not be so stingy and that the deal would be completed smoothly, thus bringing investors a net profit of 15% a month.

    "As long as you can know the news three days in advance, you can use all your money as a deposit to buy the fund. After the official news comes out, people who were waiting with money before will not be able to buy even if they want to. If they still want to be here  If you want to get a share of the business, you have to cooperate with people who have equity participation. I will definitely not give them a 15% bonus. Once the success is achieved, someone will do it. Even if you are more ruthless, someone will do it even if it is 50%. Bro, I guess  Let¡¯s think about it, for example, if the family property is one hundred taels of silver, and the shares are settled for two thousand taels of silver, the 15% interest is 300 taels, and the 10% interest distributed to those who actually contribute the money is 200 taels.  Wouldn¡¯t your own family property be doubled? If you are only willing to give five cents to others, then your family property of one hundred taels of silver will be quadrupled in one month."

    Niu Gulu explained carefully to Suo'etu that in this transaction, the court's news was very important. Among the profits of nearly 600,000 taels of silver, the first group of people to get the news might only need 20  Ten thousand taels can make a profit of 300,000 taels; but those without information channels may have to spend millions of taels to get the same profit.

    "We, the die-hard bookmakers of the bannermen, are also counting on water transport, otherwise we won't even get a few dozen taels of silver this year." Niu Colu smiled bitterly: "My younger brother can't compare with my elder brother. These few hundred taels of silver are worth it."  My brother is very excited about the reward. It's a pity that there is no one in Wuchang, otherwise my brother would also want to buy a deposit of dozens of taels."

    Suo'etu glanced at the other party. This Niu Gulu was obviously extremely shrewd. He didn't believe that the other party would let the money go without making any money.  Things are different now than before. When they first entered the customs, the annual salary of a hundred taels of silver could satisfy most bannermen.  But as life in Beijing gets better and better, and they have seen more and more luxury goods, young bannermen now feel that tens of taels of silver are simply not enough, and life is tight.  Especially the particularly beautiful stone called jade, which all the wives in the family want with envy, but few can afford it.

    Even Suo'etu himself couldn't help but feel a little moved when he heard that there was such a good thing about making money.  But what shocked Suo'etu even more was that if what Niu Gulu said was true, then the viciousness of the Sichuan merchants was even greater than what his Amma expected - if the Qing government broke the contract and took the money shipped by the Sichuan merchants  , then the Sichuan merchants did not suffer any losses, the losses were all those rich households, and they would definitely hate the Qing court to the bone; and if the Qing court completed the transaction honestly, most of these rich households would not think well of the court.  , but will shed tears of gratitude to the Sichuan merchants who made them rich - these Sichuan merchants will never lose anything, and they will definitely make a profit.

    After listening to Suo'etu's analysis, Niu Colu, who was opposite him, nodded in agreement: "Sichuan people are really cunning. But having said that, I heard that Liangjiang and Zhejiang will also handle things this way, earning tens of millions of taels of silver a year.  Water transportation is a bonus of one to two million taels of silver."

    Niu Colu inquired about the securities trading rules in the South in such detail, of course, not just to satisfy his curiosity. Hearing this, Suo'etu also knew something: "You don't just want to sell news, right?"

    "If you don't have capital, you can only sell news." Niu Colu said with a smile: "But I must not know that the Wuchang Stock Exchange also has a rule called 'short buying' and 'short selling'  , which is also a 5% margin, and the exchange has to charge a transaction tax of 5%"

    Niu Gulu told Suo'etu that these funds can be traded before the water transportation is successfully completed: "According to Sichuan merchants, this is for insurance, and they also gave it names like 'risk management' and 'risk hedging.'  , which confused many people.¡±

    ¡°In fact, not to mention ordinary people, even the powerful minister Suo Etu was already dizzy after hearing this.  Only this Niu Gulu still seemed to be at ease, and said to Suo'etu in a simple and profound way: "Actually, if you think about it carefully, you can understand that this thing sounds nice, but it is actually gambling. One is to bet on whether the court will keep its promise, and the other is  Betting on whether the silver ship will encounter rough waves at sea, and third, betting on whether the rumors of breaking the contract and sinking are true or false. If the weather is unpredictable and you don't care about it, it is completely fate. But there is also a bet on the reaction of the court.  If the court breaks the contract, it will be short, and if it is not, it will be long. The stock exchange is a casino, so it is natural to take the lead."

    Although there is a group of people who believe that the Qing government will not let tens of millions of water transport go to waste for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but there are also people who doubt that the Qing government can do it, or it will send out the navy to rob; or the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce will swallow more  With so many benefits, I can¡¯t bear to pay the dividends in full.  These people are potential short sellers.??Group.

    Suo'etu also understood: "If we knew whether the court would break the contract, wouldn't it be cheating in the casino?"

    Niu Colu patted his thigh and said with a smile: "Brother is right, that's what it is. In other casinos, it's rare to see high-rollers who spend a lot of money. It's not a big deal to play for a few taels of silver."  But this stock exchange is not like that. They are betting tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, and the bets are tens of millions of taels of silver a year. And most casinos exchange silver for chips. If you lose miserably, at least they will give you money.  I'm so jealous when I go home with two copper coins that I'm going to put pressure on my wife and daughter. Our family can't afford it, so how can we dare to get it back? But in this stock exchange, if you can't afford to gamble big money,  , he also lent you ten times or twenty times for you to gamble. Hehe, but if we have the court's approval, then this is not gambling, but moving money home."

    Niu Gulu wanted to gather a group of Eight Banners princelings like Suo Etu. Everyone would collect tens of thousands of taels of silver and go to the exchanges in Wuchang and Nanjing to earn a lot of money.  And these princelings can use their connections to ensure that the treasure is placed in the right position every time. At this time, Niu Colu is still thinking about using flexible information channels to make money, and has not yet tried to influence the government.  , or even the outcome of the war to create a gambling situation that is particularly beneficial to oneself.  After all, at this time, their status does not allow them to have such daydreams.  Niu Colu's current dream is to make a fortune of thousands of taels for himself and establish good relations with the princeling leaders in Beijing.

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    When Niu Gulu tried his best to pull Suo'etu onto his ship of fortune, the famous Qingyang King Feng Shuangli also left his hometown of Jianchang and rushed to Chengdu.

    Feng Shuangli definitely wanted to see Deng Ming when he came to Chengdu this time, but it is said that Deng Ming¡¯s ship has not yet entered Kuimen.  In the past, every time he returned to the east, Deng Ming would rush back to Fengjie before the army and report his harvest to Governor Wen.  However, after the news about supporting the Qing Dynasty and destroying the Ming army reached Fengjie, rumors spread to the committee that Wen Anzhi's face was not very good-looking.  This rumor apparently spread to northern Hubei, so the Sichuan army returned to Sichuan one after another. However, the admiral who helped the Qing Dynasty and destroyed the Ming army claimed that he had something to discuss with Li Laiheng and Liu Tichun and had not reported to Fengjie for a long time.

    Unless Deng Ming had the ability to hide in Jiangling until the next Sichuan army came out of Kuimen, Feng Shuangli also knew that Deng Ming could not find a reason not to go to the city to see Wen Anzhi during Fengjie.

    No matter this, before Deng Ming returns to Chengdu, Feng Shuangli needs to carefully consider the choice he is about to make.  King Qingyang, who is no longer ambitious, plans to retire and enjoy the rest of his life, but he has not yet decided what is a better choice. Should he be a local official with certain feudal rights or a rich man?

    The cause of this incident was He Daoning, the chief punishment officer of the empire. His father He Zhen passed away due to illness at the end of last year. His will was for his eldest son to return to northern Hubei and inherit his status as a warlord.

    However, He Daoning is not very interested in this. He Daoning has already married and started a family in Chengdu. He holds great power at a young age and is considered a very influential figure in Chengdu - although He Zhen's status is not comparable to that of Li Laiheng, Liu Tichun and Yuan Zong.  They compare, but He Daoning's status is not lower than Yuan Xiang, Liu Jinge and others.  Moreover, the living conditions here in Chengdu are much better than those in He Zhen's base area. Besides, the Han River Basin is surrounded by Qing troops, who may fight at any time. Unlike here in Chengdu, He Daoning is under strict protection of the imperial army.

    Therefore, He Daoning did not want to give up his position as chief punishment officer to inherit his father's warlord career. For this reason, He Daoning also made a high-profile statement, saying that power should be handed over to the "center" in his mind, that is, to Deng Minghe Yuan Hui.  .  However, Deng Ming and the Academy Council refused to buy it. Deng Ming believed that if He Daoning did not return to take over, the Allies would be suspicious that Deng Ming wanted to reduce the vassal, so he insisted that He Daoning should inherit He Zhen's legacy.  The academy association did not want to agree to He Daoning's conditions - He Daoning did not hand over the territory for free, but wanted to sell it to the academy association for a large price - if He Zhen's territory bordered Chengdu, maybe the academy association would pay for it, but  Now that there is still Kuimen in the middle, the hospital committee feels that the money is wasted, the risk is too great, and the return is doubtful, so it refuses to agree to He Daoning's conditions no matter what.

    In the end, He Daoning set his sights on Jianchang, planning to exchange his Hanshui territory for Feng Shuangli's Jianchang territory, and then sell Jianchang to the Yuan Hui, pocketing a large sum of money.  This exchange proposal was strongly supported by the young and strong factions such as Di Sanxi. They felt that the Han River Basin was richer than the remote Jianchang, and there was a chance to make military exploits for the empire. They could even think that they were infiltrating Deng Ming's forces.  Han River Basin, to contain the surrounding Kuidong warlords.

    Of course Feng Shuangli would not go against the wishes of most of his men, but he had no intention of continuing to fight in the Han River Basin.It¡¯s over.  This time he came to Chengdu just to discuss the specific terms of "exchanging houses" with He Daoning, and at the same time to discuss with this unambitious young man how to have a better future within the empire.
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