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Chapter 1316 Primitive Futures Trading

Of course, the Qing court also knew the importance, and officials in two departments are usually not sold.
That is the official position of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites. The former is extremely powerful, while the latter is responsible for sacrifices.

The Ministry of Rites looks like an out-and-out Qingshui yamen today, but its status in ancient times was still very high.

It is clearly written in the Zuo Zhuan: the great affairs of the country are in the sacrifice and the army!

Sacrifice is sacrifice, which is under the control of the Ministry of Rites, and Rong is war, and "sacrifice" is still before "Rong", which shows what the values ​​​​were at that time.

The country can make do with it, but the ancestors can't be fooled.

The above are all gossip, but after Fang Linyan controlled 12 taels of silver, he began to buy, buy, buy, and mainly purchased kerosene and sugar. There are four common features of these two goods:
Daily necessities, (wide audience)

Consumables, (kerosene lighting)

shelf life,
rely on imports,
Under the general environment at that time, the bourgeoisie had just emerged in the late Qing Dynasty. Sugar was almost completely produced by hand in small workshops, and kerosene was not produced at all. Therefore, there was a big difference between imported (imported) quality and domestic production. The key is The cost of domestic production is even higher, so these two imported goods are best sellers.

Of course, Fang Linyan's five points of charm can't add much when purchasing, but the passive ability of Master Zheshang: spending money like water has played a huge role (in transactions related to money (including not limited to bribery, buying and selling, drinking flowers) wine), tends to achieve better results).

According to Fang Linyan's preliminary estimate, his ability increased the turnover by at least 15%. In other words, with this ability alone, the 12 taels of silver in his hand played a role of almost 14 taels.

However, Fang Linyan is more than that, he still has +3 reputation, so when he announces his name in the mall, with the extra fame he brings, he can get a lot of discounts, so the 12 taels of silver is almost Obtained a purchasing power of 16 taels.

It's just that Fang Linyan found that after his identity gained a +3 reputation bonus, his reputation has indeed become great, but it doesn't seem to be a good reputation.

Because when many people heard the name of the sixth young master of the Hu family, they showed suddenly enlightened expressions, and then looked at him with strange eyes, revealing the attitude of "so that guy is you".

Although Fang Linyan felt a little embarrassed about this, he said that I have a thick skin. You can see what you want, and when he spent this huge sum of money, he also divided one of them into two for use:
When buying goods, almost 6 taels of silver were directly collected as spot goods.

But the remaining 6 taels of silver is the deposit for payment.

After the deposit is in place, the merchant has to start stocking up.
Fang Linyan agreed with them to deliver the goods in ten days, and to pay the final payment within one month after delivery.However, the additional condition is that after the goods are ready, they must be placed in the warehouse designated by the merchant. If the final payment is not settled, they cannot be shipped out.

If the balance cannot be settled, the deposit will not be refunded.

This kind of behavior is not only at the time, but also very common now. It is the prototype of futures trading. The only thing that is special is that Fang Linyan's deposit is a bit small.

According to the market at the time, the deposit should be 6% in advance, so theoretically speaking, only 30 taels of kerosene and sugar can be booked for [-] taels of silver.

But there are still not many big customers like Fang Linyan, and they take a lot of goods at one time, and the price is not too hard to bargain, and they are willing to put the goods in the merchant's own warehouse.

More importantly, Fang Linyan is also willing to store the 6 taels of goods purchased with real gold and platinum.

Therefore, the two parties agreed that if Fang Linyan offered 6 taels of silver, he could actually order 70 taels of goods, which is equivalent to less than [-]% of the deposit.

However, in the market at this time, there are quite a few such things. In fact, several companies even told Fang Linyan that under the same conditions, they could even sell 80 taels of goods, but in the end Fang Linyan still chose the Qiao family. warehouse.

The reason is very simple, that is, the Qiao family is very famous, and the main business of the Qiao family tends to be bank accounts, and bank accounts value reputation more than anything else.

Fang Linyan knew his own affairs, and now he was doing business under the title of "Master Hu Family", actually?But he is an out-and-out speculator, and the only reason to purchase these goods is to do short-term.

The current import and export of bulk goods depends entirely on sea transportation, and a few days later, when the news of the Sino-Japanese Toshima naval battle on July 25 comes, the sea transportation will inevitably be affected.

Why?Because in history, the Sino-Japanese Toyoshima naval battle was actually a one-sided massacre!Japanese armed ships directly sank a ship transporting soldiers from the Qing Dynasty.

Here comes the point! !
This ship belonged to the United Kingdom, and even the first officer and sailors on the ship were British, and they were killed on the spot!
In this case, what will the ships leaving port think?The ships of the British father (although Britain was going downhill at the time, it was still the empire on which the sun never sets) were all sunk directly. The Japanese were so frenzied, who dared to risk their lives to leave the port?
Therefore, it can be expected that in the short term, the sailing rate of ships will inevitably plummet. If the ship is destroyed, what kind of cargo will be shipped?
The goods entering the port will also show a cliff-like decline, and the prices of sugar and kerosene on the market, which mainly rely on imports, will inevitably soar.

At that time, if a business with bad credit is faced with the "futures" contract signed by Fang Linyan, it is possible to be shameless in the face of huge profits. After all, there is no contract law, no list of dishonest persons, no court enforcement, and no Debt collection agency. Everything depends on conscience.

And conscience is something that has a price.

Compared with these people, the Qiao family had the highest cost of breach of contract, so Fang Linyan finally chose the Qiao family.

It is worth mentioning that Fang Linyan brought Laurent along with him during these business activities, and let him appear in his real face. When talking about business, he also said that he was helping Laurent. Things go more smoothly and you get a better price.
This was also a strange phenomenon in Wanqing at that time. The Manchus already had supernatural privileges in China, and the privileges obtained by foreigners were greater than that of the Manchus. It should be because of the first Opium War and the second Opium War. After the Eight-Power Allied Forces completely wiped out the direct armed forces of the Qing Dynasty.

The Eight Banners army that the Qing Dynasty was proud of, a weapon of war that advanced into the Central Plains, disappeared in the smoke of foreign guns and cannons! !

Without the army, there would be no backbone. From that moment on, the status of foreigners began to become detached.

After completing this series of commercial operations, Fang Linyan spent another three days of precious time.

There is no way, there are no mobile phones and no Internet in this era, even with Laurent's help, it must take so much time, and at this time, the time for the Toshima naval battle is getting closer and closer.

During these three days, Fang Linyan would call up the progress bar of the war from time to time to take a look, and found that this thing was like a stock market, always fluctuating and fluctuating, and the Chinese side's odds of winning even dropped to 26%. Fortunately, it quickly recovered to more than 27%.

Youdao is a habit. After Fang Linyan watched it for a long time, he became a little numb. Unless this thing suddenly dropped below 20%, otherwise, Fang Linyan probably felt indifferent in his heart.

Of course, Fang Linyan was not idle for the next time, and he planned to make friends with the person he valued.

If there is nothing wrong with history, this person should still be considered a celebrity now, and there are quite a lot of people who want to curry favor with him. It is too late for Fang Linyan to catch up with the cold stove now.But fortunately, Fang Linyan is very clear about this person's ambition, so as long as he can meet him once, he should be able to gain his trust.

Just when Fang Linyan was about to go out, Laurent suddenly handed Fang Linyan a newspaper, and at the same time drew a red circle on a piece of news. At this time, it was in traditional Chinese characters plus vertical typesetting. Not only that, but the reading order was still from From right to left. Even with Fang Linyan's own language proficiency, it is extremely laborious to read.

However, Fang Linyan quickly noticed what Laurent wanted to express:

".The enemy invaded Yashan. Ye Cheng, the commander-in-chief of Taiyuan Town, has built fortifications here. He divided his troops into four to defend against the enemy. One of the righteous warehouses in Ridao Island brazenly attacked. Ye Cheng's son, Ye Kezhong, fought bravely and led his troops to kill more than [-] enemies. The Japanese general Kamijo Yasushi, Asan is safe and sound."

To put it simply, this piece of news is that Ye Cheng's son made meritorious service here in Asan, killing more than 300 Japanese soldiers, and even killed a Japanese captain!

However, Fang Linyan came to his senses as soon as he saw the word Yashan. This was clearly the Battle of Yashan!

Back then, China and Japan did not enter a state of full-scale war from the very beginning, but Japan directly extended its hand into North Korea, which was separated by a river, and directly sent troops into North Korea to support a puppet regime.

At that time, North Korea still regarded the Qing Dynasty as the suzerain state, so the Qing Dynasty couldn't bear it, but the children of the Eight Banners had been abolished, so they could only dispatch Hanchen's army to fight against Japan, so they asked Li Gongzhang to dispatch his own Huai army to go there. The two sides fought first in North Korea and turned into a local war.

The first time the two sides fought was in the place of Asan.China called it the Battle of Asan, while Japan called it the Battle of Chenghuanyi.

The key point is that Fang Linyan read the historical materials of his own world before entering, and also let the goats bring the historical materials of their world to him to read, but the battle of Yashan was lost by the Qing Dynasty without exception, and it was still a one-touch collapse.

Because of this battle, 37 Japanese died and 91 Qing soldiers died. This was a battle of 3800 VS 4000!

However, the information in this newspaper said that the Qing army won the battle and killed ten times as many Japanese troops as in the original history. Not only that, the captain who killed the Japanese had 384 soldiers under his command, and his rank was also high. Not too low.

Therefore, there must be an external force intervening, which will lead to a change in history. Fang Linyan turned his attention to the name "Ye Kezhong". Obviously, this is likely to be a space warrior, and his purpose is the same.

But the relationship between space fighters must not be measured by the simple truth of "the enemy of an enemy is a friend"!This world is a world of mixed fish and dragons, and simple-minded people can't get in here at all.

After silently remembering the name, Fang Linyan became a little curious at this moment. It was obvious that the space fighters on the Qing side couldn't bear it anymore and took the first shot. Then how should the Japanese side deal with it?
With such thoughts in mind, Fang Linyan patted Laurent on the shoulder to signal that he had done a good job, then he called a human rickshaw, told him the address, got in the car and asked him to pull him over.

The address reported by Fang Linyan was: Sichuan Guild Hall.

At that time, the guild hall was a very special product. You can understand it as the function of fellow countrymen's association + club + teahouse + relief center (limited to a certain area) + fellowship + Beijing Office.

If Sichuanese who come to BJ encounter troubles, whether it is lack of money, being bullied, lack of connections, or even being alone, or even unable to bury their relatives, etc., they can come to the club to try their luck, maybe they will meet Someone who can help you solve your problems.

As for the probability of being able to get help, it is probably equal to your potential and investment value as a person.

At the same time, officials and gentry who were originally from the same place would often come to the guild hall to chat, hold meetings, and make friends. For example, many factions in the imperial court were formed in the guild hall.

However, there is one thing that most guild halls still do very well, that is, they do not save the poor.

For example, if a person is seriously ill and urgently needs medical treatment and has no money, most of them can get basic treatment when they go to the guild hall.

Another example is that those who have no money to go back to their hometown will most likely be able to get it if they go to their hometown to ask for some money. As for the death of a local person who died in a foreign country and no one cares about it, the guild hall will probably find a way to collect it and put it in the yizhuang.

This is also what the several shareholders who established the guild hall wanted, that is, to invite fame with money.

Fang Linyan came to the Sichuan Guild Hall, of course, not to seek help, because if this is the case, he should go to the Zhejiang Guild Hall. He came here because he wanted to warm up and get acquainted with the potential stock he was looking for.

Although in the eyes of most people, this guy is already very sharp, but if he is placed in the 5000-year history of China, he is like dust.

Fang Linyan felt that if he provided him with a bigger stage and opportunity, this person would definitely have the chance to be famous in history!
Time makes heroes. If Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a peaceful age, there would be one more monk in the world. If Tianqi hadn't had a good birth, he would be a carpenter.

Regrettably, good things never come. Fang Linyan came to the entrance of the Sichuan Guild Hall to inquire, only to hear from the gatekeeper that this gentleman was here last night drinking and laughing with a few friends all night long, and he left for less than an hour.

(End of this chapter)