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"Then do the math, how much I have earned." Zheng Zhilong said.

Since the price range is filled in when applying to buy stocks, the matching transaction prices are also different.The agent tapped the abacus and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the Sir, after deducting the tooth fee (broker's commission) and ticket tax, excluding the money for buying the application form, the Sir has a net profit of 112 yuan, 3 cents and 6 cents today. . . . "

Zheng Zhilong was surprised and said, "Sitting here, I don't dare to do anything, just buy some stocks, and I can earn more than 100 taels of silver?"

"Sergeant paid for it," said the agent.

Zheng Zhilong was tired of being crooked at home, and tried various entertainment methods, and now he finally found a new way to play.

Zheng Zhilong is not short of this money, he just thought it was very interesting, so he said: "Go buy it again, the stock price of the bank has reached its daily limit, and other stocks have not yet stopped, so go buy futures when all of them have stopped."

Brokers don't persuade them either, because there are few stocks, and now everything they buy goes up.

In just over 20 minutes after the market opened in the afternoon, all nine stocks had their daily limit.Immediately afterwards, even the futures price limit.

There are too many wealthy businessmen along the coast, and the stock exchange is new. Many rich people have nothing to do, so they come here to speculate in stocks just like Zheng Zhilong.

In this way, the daily limit has continued for more than three months, and the number of stocks has also increased to 17.

Suddenly there was a news that a ship of the Indian trading company was missing, but it encountered a storm on the way.

The Indian trading company, whose share price has reached an outrageous level, no longer has a buy order within a few minutes of the opening.Zheng Zhilong had a pile of stocks in his hands, and kept lowering the selling price, but no one came to buy them.

This situation lasted for more than a month, and the stocks that were locked up were finally sold one after another.

"How much did you lose?" Zheng Sen smiled.

Zheng Zhilong said: "Not much, only a loss of more than 3000 taels of silver."

More than 3000 taels of silver is not much to Zheng Zhilong, but he is very annoyed in his heart, and it is difficult to keep face.

Zhao Zhenfang said: "Someone hanged himself."

Zheng Zhilong was surprised: "Suicide for stocks?"

Zheng Sen sighed: "That man made a lot of money buying stocks, and his playing became more and more wild. He even mortgaged his house and asked for a bank loan to speculate in stocks. The stocks of Indian trading companies plummeted, and several stocks with extremely high prices also fell. He also Unable to afford the loan, the house was confiscated by the bank, and the whole family lived on the street. When he couldn’t think about it for a while, he climbed over the wall and climbed into his house, hanged himself in the main room.”

"This stock is harmful." Zheng Zhilong was also quite emotional.

Zheng Sen took the opportunity to say: "Father can play stocks, don't be too obsessed."

Zheng Zhilong insisted, "I'm just playing around."

Newspapers and magazines in Guangzhou published the news of suicide by speculating in stocks, which immediately aroused heated discussions in the city.

Shengdou Xiaomin regards stocks as poisonous snakes and beasts, thinking that it is gambling, and educates his children not to enter the stock exchange.Some intellectuals also wrote articles attacking securities trading, blaming stock futures for being demagogic and the most morally corrupt thing in the world.

However, new stock listings continued, especially banking stocks.

Some newspapers and magazines have also added sections, talking about stock economics, and stock experts who don't know where come from, give advice and teach people how to trade stocks in newspapers.

Zheng Zhilong is very interesting. His own company is not listed, but he likes to play in the stock market.

He also particularly likes short-term operations, because long-term investment is not exciting.

Zheng Zhilong also met some stockholders, all of whom are rich and wealthy businessmen.They joined forces to fabricate fake news, bribed newspapers to spread it widely, and artificially caused stock prices to skyrocket and plummet.

Afterwards, those newspaper offices were smashed, and even an editor of a newspaper office was beaten to paralysis by angry stockholders. ....

The matter was so big that even Zheng Sen's official residence was surrounded by stockholders demanding justice.

"Father, you also participated in it?" Zheng Sen's face was very ugly.

Zheng Zhilong blurted out and denied: "I didn't."

Zheng Sen said: "All the employees of the newspaper office involved have been interrogated, and we have found the person who bought them after following the clues."

"Did you confess me?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

Zheng Sen sneered: "Who dares to confess you, the lord? But the rich businessman who traded in stocks with his father has been arrested by the government four times!"

Zheng Zhilong said disapprovingly, "Forgive them for not daring to expose me."

Zheng Sen was extremely angry: "Is father short of that little money?"

Zheng Zhilong said: "Not lacking, but interesting."

Zheng Sen said: "In addition to fines, all the newspapers involved will have their licenses stamped with a red seal. If they dare to commit another crime, their licenses will be revoked, and their descendants will not be allowed to operate newspapers. As for those wealthy businessmen, their commercial companies will also be stamped with a red stamp." Yin, if you come twice more, it will affect your sons and grandchildren's imperial examinations to become officials. Father, please do it yourself!"

Zheng Zhilong didn't dare to deliberately create false news, but he quickly learned other tricks.

There is a small stock that has just been listed. Because Zheng Zhilong bought too much, he turned into a banker in a daze.Then he discovered that he could operate, and stockholders were led by the nose like fools.

Zheng Zhilong has tried repeatedly to wash dishes, raise prices, and ship goods. With this routine alone, he has made tens of thousands of taels of silver in the stock market.

Gradually, the stockholders also learned to be smart, knowing that someone is sitting on the bank.Anyone who plays the dealership on small stocks will soon be noticed by the old stockholders, and maybe the dealer will lock himself up instead.

Another group of securities brokers secretly united to use customers' money to manipulate stock prices to make huge profits.

There are more and more messy ways to play, forcing the China Securities Regulatory Commission to make new regulations.

When Li Quan returned to Shanghai again, he found that it was different from last year.Even the driver who pulled the rich and expensive car was talking about how much money a certain person made in the stock market, with an envious look on his face, wishing he could also invest in stocks.

The people at the bottom really dare not speculate in stocks, because the minimum investment is one tael of silver, and how many catties of rice can be bought.

Li Quan wrote to the emperor, asking if the Four Seas Trading Company was listed, and said that he planned to go sailing and explore.

His ambition is not to do business. The American route is already on the right track. Li Quan has also built two new ships and plans to take the crew to look elsewhere.

Zhao Han received the letter and learned about the situation of the three major exchanges. He wrote back and said, "Sihai Trading Co., Ltd. will not be listed for the time being, otherwise the stock will be snapped up wildly, and even rise to an unbelievable price."

Before the regulations were made, a very important content was omitted.

Some original shareholders of a listed company, seeing their stock price soaring, even sold a large amount to cash out.Due to improper operation, this move caused the stock price to plummet, other shareholders sued it to the government, and investors who failed to invest also became riots.

Due to the lack of relevant regulations, the case can only be left alone, and the Securities Regulatory Commission submitted a proposal for the approval of the Ministry of Finance and the Cabinet.

That is, the original shareholders of listed companies, the stocks they hold must be different from ordinary shareholders.All original shares are prohibited from being sold on the stock market within two years of the company's listing, and the sales limit is increased year by year after two years.

Zhao Han develops in the securities market every month, and there are many disturbing things, but the rules are constantly being improved.

The exchange in the Netherlands is actually in a similar situation.The operation of wealthy businessmen to take advantage of loopholes has affected the safety of the market and forced the big capitalists to make adjustments.

It's just that China's rectification efforts are even greater.

On the Dutch stock exchange, all loopholes that benefit big businessmen have been selectively ignored.

It only takes a year or two to develop, and China's stock exchange is bound to be more regulated than that of the Netherlands. This is the unique advantage of a centralized government.

Chapter 1031 [Country Scholars and Village Officials]

Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Li Quan stared at the stock price on the blackboard, but his mind was on sailing adventures.

In the past few years, he has traveled between China and the Americas, and he has discovered the Hawaiian Islands, the Great Eastern Islands, Midway Island, Wake Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands.Although half of them have been discovered by Spain long ago, this is the first time for China.

Next, he did not plan to go to America himself, but went south from the Philippine Islands.

Li Quan heard from the Spaniards that there are big islands in the south, all of which are tropical rainforests.The headhunters there are more cruel than those in Luzon and Taiwan.

The expedition ship has been built, there are three ships in total, none of them are very big, and they will set off when the trade wind comes.

He offered a salary higher than that of the American route, and finally recruited the crew.The most active one is Cheng Jingming, a rich second generation in Suzhou who signed up without asking for salary, and just wants to travel around the world by boat.

"Dangdang! Guide Salt Factory's daily limit, Guide Salt Factory's daily limit, please don't bring the application form of Guide Salt Factory again!"

The ringing of the bell ahead disturbed Li Quan's thoughts.

Li Quan couldn't help complaining: "It's a boring trick."

He is engaged in maritime trade, so of course he knows the significance of issuing shares, and the company can easily raise funds from the private sector.However, the various routines in the stock market make stocks a gambling, at least for retail investors, which makes Li Quan feel very boring.

"Won't Commander Li try his luck?" A wealthy businessman next to him asked.

Li Quan said: "It is enough to take risks at sea, and there is no need to take risks in the stock market."

The rich businessman complimented him: "Commander Li traveled thousands of miles across the sea, narrowly escaped death to do business for His Majesty, and his devotion to serve the country with every fist truly makes me admire you."

No matter how Li Quan explained it, the Four Seas Trading Company was considered an imperial merchant, and he was the leader of the imperial merchant in people's minds.

From Nanjing to Luzon, as long as the name is reported along the way, both the officials and the people must be polite to Li Quan.Really, Li Quan met whoever he met. Governors, chief envoys, and other big officials in Xinjiang were summoned immediately when they received Li Quan's invitations.

Today's Four Seas Trading Company has 19 ships, all of which are capable of oceangoing sailing.Counting the staff in China, Japan, America and Tanzhou (Hawaii), the company has more than 6000 employees.They have private armed forces, and even colonies—Tanzhou and Xindeng Village, which are essentially the colonies of the Four Seas Trading Company.

Moreover, the business is no longer limited to American trade. There are a group of merchant ships sailing between Shandong, Liaoning, North Korea and Japan.

It even monopolized the trade from Shandong to the Tumen River, but this monopoly was a helpless move.The estuary of the Tumen River is very remote, and there are only more than 200 Han people (all exiles), and there are not even many Jurchens.You can't make a lot of money by traveling, and private merchant ships are reluctant to go.

Therefore, the Four Seas Trading Company has some official attributes.It is not easy to make money running Tumenjiang, and it is not profitable to continue to immigrate to the Americas, but the Four Seas Trading Company is willing to do it, and its eyes are obviously set in 30 or [-] years.

Li Quan chatted with the wealthy businessman around him, and suddenly one of his subordinates ran in and said in a low voice, "The ronin of Japan's Satsuma clan rebelled, and Tsurumaru Castle was captured by the rebels!"

"The Crane Maru Castle was breached?"

Li Quan was surprised and said: "When the Datong army attacked Tsurumaru City, it took a lot of effort to bring cannons. How could those ronin conquer the city?"

....

People kept rushing into the exchange, obviously getting news.

More than ten minutes later, the stock price of the company mainly engaged in Japanese trading suddenly began to plummet, and it fell directly to the limit in less than an hour.

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Since the Datong Army went to Kagoshima to fight, the history of Shimadzu has been completely rewritten.

The family governor who was supported by China has passed away, and the current family governor is called Shimadzu Yoshimasa.The war indemnity paid to China was only settled with interest six years ago.

Not only had to pay indemnities, but also was busy enjoying themselves. Even though the smuggling trade was hugely profitable, Shimadzu couldn't bear it, so they increased their exploitation of the people.What's more, the profits from the smuggling trade must be distributed to the elders of the shogunate, otherwise the elders threatened to strictly investigate the smuggling.

Japanese farmers in the Edo period were both like owner farmers and tenant farmers.

The land is owned by the lord, and the peasants can only cultivate it as tenants.However, the leased land can be passed on to descendants, which is equivalent to obtaining permanent tenancy rights.

Then why do we say that they are like self-cultivating farmers, because farmers not only have to pay rent, but also pay land taxes.

Paying rent and paying taxes is not uncommon in Daming.

Land rent and taxes are collectively referred to as annual tribute, accounting for about 60% to 80% of farmers' total income.

Do you think this is over?

You have to pay miscellaneous taxes, mowing grass, fishing, hunting, making salt, crossing bridges, sailing boats...as long as you have these behaviors, you have to pay taxes according to the rules.

In addition to annual tribute and miscellaneous taxes, they also had to serve corvee and work for the lord for free.

"Studies on Peasant Riots" published in 1928 counted 200 peasant riots in Japan during the more than 574 years of the Edo period.But after World War II, Japanese scholars continued to study historical materials and found that there were more than 1000 peasant riots in the Edo period!

On average, there are four riots per year.

Moreover, the further the time goes, the more detailed the riot plan is, because there are already countless experiences, and even mature uprising routines have been summed up.

Smart peasant uprising leaders will start preparing years in advance.They are often ronin or xiangshi (village warriors), dressed as monks and traveling around, spying on people's hearts and enlisting fellow villagers.The number of companions is increasing, so they dress up as doctors and masseuses, travel between villages, and pass news regularly.

Before the riots began, representatives of the villages gathered together to make blood alliances and elect leaders.

The first to be attacked is the neighboring villages. Wherever the peasant army goes, the local people must join them.Those who do not join will burn their houses and force them to rebel, similar to the coercion of Chinese bandits.

Then attack the county magistrates, burn their houses, and lay siege to the lord's city.

The most classic case is the Kurume riot, in which 20 Japanese farmers participated.Collect weapons, ammunition and other materials in advance, set up contact points in each village, and decide on strategies, tactics and goals of the uprising.It was also determined which buildings had to be demolished, burned and which officials had to be killed.

However, the endings are all the same.

During the uprising, no matter how the lord bought it, the number of traitors was negligible.The rebels were very loyal, but their demands were nonsense. They just forced the lord to implement good governance, and never thought of overthrowing the lord and the shogunate themselves as the boss.

It is often the lord who agrees at the time, but after two or three years, he will revert to his old ways, and the leader of the uprising will die miserably.

....

Just like the Asakawa riots, the peasant uprising army grew to more than 8 people, and their uprising goal was to get the lord to agree to their eighteen demands.

……

three months ago.

Kagoshima, Kawara Village.

Kuroda Taro came to this village in the valley wearing a monk's robe.

"The mage is here, come and sit at home." The village official Nakamura Shiro greeted him with a smile.

The two entered the house together, Shiro Nakamura's wife, and were soon sent off to cook the food.

Kuroda Taro took off his bamboo hat and said in a low voice: "I have already contacted 17 villages, and they are all willing to rebel. There is also the castle town of Tsurumaru Castle, where many ronin are willing to cooperate. What about you? Haven't made up your mind yet? "