Three Kingdoms Eschatology

When the other party saw his clothes and the large number of servants behind him, he knew that the other party was not young, so he said quickly: "This is a nobleman. I don't know the specific price, because the price fluctuates from time to time, but one thing is for sure, it is cheaper than the exchange rate." Much taller..."

Chapter 1091

Gaius, the chief senator of the Senate in front of the gate of the Lion Bath, waved his hand and said to his entourage and servants: "Go, let's go to the market." After that, he squeezed his bloated body into the carriage , the carriage, surrounded by servants, walked slowly towards the market.

When they arrived at the Moon Road where the market was located, they looked around for the bond-collecting shop opened by the butler Augustus.At this time, Gaius, who was sitting in the carriage, suddenly heard someone yelling loudly: "Take bonds at a high price, collect government bonds! Take sixteen points above the face value!"

Gaius was startled, and he made a quick calculation in his mind, so the 230 gold bond he bought less than a week ago is now worth 32 gold.In other words, in just a few days, he made 32 gold coins with [-] principal.In fact, [-] gold coins, or even two hundred gold coins are nothing to him.But the high profit margin surprised him.

He immediately jumped out of the carriage, stopped the shouting person and said, "You, do you really want to collect bonds?"

The person who received the bond at sixteen points above the face value was naturally Chen Bao's subordinate.Looking at Gaius's posture, he knew that Gaius was not an ordinary person, so he quickly said respectfully: "Boss, we are naturally sincerely collecting treasury bonds. Otherwise, who would be so bored as to shout on the street under the sun? Does the boss have stock?"

Gaius squinted his eyes and continued to ask: "Sixteen points higher than the face value? Can a bond of 110 gold be exchanged for [-] six gold coins?"

"Exactly, bonds with a total face value of 110 can be sold for [-] six gold coins. Boss, how much do you have? How much do you want? We are all willing to accept it!"

Gaius licked his lips with the tip of his tongue, and told his followers, "Go quickly, take the two hundred gold bonds at home...not just the one hundred gold bond."

Just as the entourage was about to turn around and leave, an idler who recognized Gaius shouted on the street: "Master Gaius, I advise you not to sell, do you know that the price of this bond is soaring like a falcon today?" It is. I think if this posture continues, it may rise to [-] points by tomorrow."

Gaius curled his lips and ignored the idler at all, but continued to urge himself to follow the servant and said, "Go soon?" But he secretly thought in his heart that I still care about the money?I just want to see if this bond is really so popular.

The two servants of Gaius flew towards the mansion, and within half an hour, they went back and forth.Gaius took the bundle of bonds with a denomination of one hundred gold from them, shook it in his hand and said, "This one hundred gold denomination is 110 six gold, and you will pay for it with one hand."

At this time, the man under Chen Bao also raised the money from his partner, spread the sacks on the street without saying a word, and then took out a large handful of gold coins and counted them on the sacks in front of Gaius. Light up.Gaius handed it to himself after seeing him round to 110 and six.

Gaius had just received the money, and the bond had not yet been handed over.I heard someone shouting beside me: "Boss, wait a minute, we close at [-] o'clock!".At the same time, shouts were heard from a place far away: "The bond is collected, the bond is collected at a high price, and the price has risen to [-] points above the face value!"

Gaius turned his head and saw a sweaty man hurriedly said to him: "Boss, why don't you sell it to us, we charge you [-] points! Why do you need a few less gold coins?"

It turned out that the housekeeper of Augustus raised the price by two points again after receiving the letter.

The subordinate of Chen Bao said to Gaius, "Every business has to be creditable. You have got all the money from the boss. Can you break the contract for these two gold coins?"

Gaius shook the fat on his face and laughed: "Of course, do you think I care about these three melons and two dates? Actually, I just want to see if this bond is really so rare." Said After that, he handed over the stack of Roman Empire bonds in his hand to Chen Bao's subordinates.The other party counted the stack of bonds carefully, and carefully collected each bond after checking its authenticity.Gaius curled his lips dismissively and said, "Don't worry, it's only a hundred gold, can I, Gaius, give you a fake one?" After saying that, he returned home swaggeringly with his entourage.

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In the wine shop, a man continued to report to Chen Bao: "I have reported to the shopkeeper that the price of the bond has been raised to [-] points by the other party. And just now there was a big order, and there was a person who paid the price of [-] points at a time." One hundred gold was given to us. According to my investigation, this person is Gaius, the chief elder of the Senate."

Chen Bao nodded and said, "How many gold coins do we have left so far?"

The man replied: "If we go back to the shopkeeper, in addition to the 450 gold at [-] o'clock, we also received a few small orders at [-] o'clock and [-] o'clock, and now we have [-] gold coins left. "

Chen Bao pondered for a while and said: "Since there are big orders coming out and some people are starting to ship goods one after another, then we will not increase the price for a while. But we still have to continue to charge at [-] points in a high-profile way. This We still have to put on a gesture! In addition, according to their purchase price of [-] points, we will first issue a coupon of [-] gold to get back some funds. Pay attention, pay in small sums, and do not frighten them, so as not to To scare the snake away."

"As ordered!"

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The butler of Augustus was pacing anxiously in the inner room behind the shop.In just half a day today, the market price of bonds soared to eighteen points.At this rate, the price does not know how high it can rise.Even if he did exactly what Augules ordered, but things really messed up, it would be hard to say that he would be exempt from Augules' punishment.

Finally, it was time for his subordinates to report the market to him on time.When the person who delivered the news came in, the housekeeper Augustus hurriedly asked: "How is it? Are they still increasing the price?"

"Report to the manager, although they are still clamoring to accept it in the market, they have not raised the price any more. Of course, with our price suppressing them, it is impossible for them to receive the goods."

After hearing this, the butler felt a lot more relaxed, and laughed and said, "They also have limited funds, and they can't afford the higher price." After that, he put away his smile and said, "So, are we still paying for the goods now? Well, how many goods have been received."

"Going back to the butler, before we raised the price to [-] points, we had already received ten gold bonds. Since then, we have received nearly two hundred gold bonds."

The housekeeper nodded in satisfaction and said: "Very good, I think as long as we keep going, we can receive two thousand gold today."

Chapter 1092 The situation changes suddenly

After lunch, the sun is slightly westward.The price of Imperial bonds in the market has remained at eighteen points for a long time.The cashing counter in the exchange was still empty, and there was no one there.

There is still a "sold out, out of stock" sign in front of the sales counter.But those waiting for pie in the sky at the counter have dispersed.Everyone knows that the price of bonds on the black market has risen to such a point that only the blind, deaf, and fools can take the bonds to the exchange and cash them at the listed price, so the exchange is impossible to have goods.

In the market, there were still three or four of Chen Bao's subordinates, who continued to yell to buy bonds at a price of [-] points.But it was impossible for them to receive a bond, because August's servants were still trying their best to yell to receive the goods at a price of eighteen points.

Since the price stabilized at [-] points, the small holders who were attracted by the price surge but did not sell began to sell.Therefore, August's people received the goods smoothly. So far, they have received more than [-] gold goods.Of course, the [-] or so gold included the [-] gold from Chen Bao and the others.

Just when Steward Augustus thought he would be able to collect the two thousand gold smoothly, a dozen people from Chen Bao's side suddenly yelled at the same time: "I'm collecting bonds, I'm collecting imperial bonds at a high price. It's [-] yuan higher than the face value." Pay a higher price."

No need to think about it, Chen Bao started to increase the price again.The people on Augustus' side rushed to report to their steward.Since the butler had collected more than 22 gold, he had some confidence and patted the table to increase the price to [-] points.After several rounds of bidding between the two sides, the price has been pushed up to an astonishingly high level of thirty points.That price was the last bid from Augustore's side.

The soaring price made many small rich and small households who sold in the early days beat their chests and regret.But it also leads to more new sellers and buyers.The sellers are naturally those who bought bonds in the arena in the early days, while the new buyers are those who previously set the price difference.Now because the exchange is out of stock, they can't afford the price difference, but seeing the price soaring all the way, a very small number of daring people have the idea of ​​eating the time difference --- buy, and sell immediately after the price rises a little.

During this process, Chen Bao still paid out at the same time, not only did not add a bond inventory.On the contrary, the original inventory of the exchange was over three hundred gold at a high price.

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Chen Bao was still soaking in the wine shop at this time. He heard his subordinates report that the other party had pushed up the price to a high level of [-] points. He looked at the sun that was still three poles high from the top of the city of Rome on the west slope, and said: "I won't follow today. They want [-] points to charge, so I will send them all our goods. It is the same as before, and I will send them in batches and small amounts."

As night fell, the city of Rome was already ablaze with lights.The butler of Augustus also lit a few oil lamps in the room, lighting up the night battle and taking stock of today's achievements.They have successfully collected bonds with a face value of more than 500 gold, which can be regarded as overfulfilling the task.But more than half of their funds were spent, leaving only more than 1000 gold out of five thousand gold.At the same time, Julius and Chen Bao had more than 600 cash in their hands.And the original bond inventory was really thrown away.

While the housekeeper was satisfied with today's results, he was also worried about tomorrow.Because according to the plan, tomorrow is the time to smash bond prices, triggering a bond market crash and a run on exchanges.

But if the opponent continues to collect bonds like crazy, then his own smashing will not see any effect.This can only be hoped that the other party's funds will be exhausted as soon as possible, and the purchase of bonds will be ended.But the key problem now is that I don't know how much the other party's funds have.

While Steward Augustus was worried, Chen Bao was also a little worried.Similarly, although he knew that Augustus's total net worth was tens of thousands of gold coins, his liquid funds alone had at least nearly ten thousand gold coins.But he wasn't sure how much money Augures had spent on the matter.

If Ogules could only get in and out with his abundant funds, he would have to concentrate on selling after receiving a sufficient amount of goods, such as goods with a face value of five or six thousand gold.Although he still has a way to deal with this situation, it is very troublesome.

His response was to keep pushing up bond prices to minimize the amount that Augustulez could receive.Of course, there will be risks in this process, such as a large customer suddenly selling a large amount of goods to them or a large amount of goods suddenly flooding into the market.If this is the case, he can only disappear temporarily.He also had to play some tricks before disappearing, such as saying that he would leave Rome temporarily, and he would come back to receive high prices in the future.In this way, when the price drops, people are reluctant to sell or willing to pay for the goods.

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The next day, Chen Bao changed his place to be the conductor. He booked a box in the only opera house at the head of Moon Road.Similarly, the butler of Augustus also came to the shop early to assign tasks to his subordinates.

Chen Bao instructed his subordinates: "If the other party's people haven't started to act, none of you should show yourselves, and stay in the room. Today we have to see what the opponent does, so that we can know what we should do next .”

At the same time, the steward also gave orders to his subordinates: "Today, your task is to dump the bonds at a low price, but only if those people on the other side have stopped accepting the goods. If they continue today, you can rest for now."

Today, although there is a drizzle in the sky.However, there were more people at the Moon Road market than usual. It turned out that some people who had tasted the sweetness of speculation in the emerging bond market also came to the market early.But what surprised them was that the two "super big households" yesterday did not show up for a long time.They had to start a small rival business with each other.The price was three or four points lower than the last thirty points yesterday.

An hour later, Augustus Butler's shop finally opened.His men also flooded the streets and started shouting, but this time they became sellers.

It turned out that the butler had waited for a full hour, and the other party didn't even see anyone, let alone take action.The housekeeper laughed loudly and said, "Yesterday, they didn't dare to increase the price to 28 points, and today they disappeared without a trace and stopped coming out to receive the goods. It must be that the funds have been exhausted, or the goods have already been purchased. Okay, now We can sit back and relax and hit the price to the bottom!"

"Sell bonds, sell treasury bonds, sell treasury bonds at the original price at face value." August's people yelled, but they simply did not lower the price little by little, but directly hit the price with a hammer on the floor.

At this time, on the streets of Moon Road, the first stock market speculators of the Roman Empire had different expressions.Some want to cry but have no tears, and some are happy to have survived the disaster...

Chapter 1093 buy low and sell high

Although August's people smashed the bond price back to face value in an instant, those who still had speculative ideas bought some of them in small stocks.

Augustus's housekeeper saw that there were still people who dared to take over.He did the same thing as a few days ago, lowered the price by another ten points, and sold it at 1000% off the original face value.Of course, the price below the face value allows people to go to the exchange for arbitrage.So they only sold [-] gold bonds and closed early.They plan to wait until the second day to sell the [-] gold bonds at a [-]% discount, and on the third day they will sell the remaining [-] gold coins with a face value of [-]% off.

There was another queue in front of the acquisition counter of the exchange, but this time the queue was not very long.This is because some of the four hundred gold bonds sold by the Augustus family were secretly eaten by the people sent by Chen Bao, and a small part was eaten by individual tourists.But these individual customers did not intend to set the price difference for a small profit, but waited for the price to rise before selling it to make a big profit.Therefore, only bonds worth more than 200 gold out of the [-] gold were thrown to the exchange.

The "sold out of stock" sign in front of the exchange's sales counter was finally removed, but after less than an hour, it was hung up again.Because the bonds of more than 200 gold were bought out by the people of Julius and Chen Bao themselves.The next day, the bond shop in the Augustores' house was packed with people even before it opened.Everyone got up early and tried their luck to see if there would be pie in the sky today.

Sure enough, as they expected, August's housekeeper still sold bonds at a low price today, and the price was lower than yesterday, and the amount sold was larger.Everyone rushed to buy, but the Augustus family still followed the previous strategy and only sold a small amount to a single person.And they are keeping pace, selling a batch every short period of time.

After Chen Bao knew this situation, he secretly laughed and said: "The people in Rome are really stupid. If you deliberately suppress the price to attract a large number of selling orders, then there is no limit to the purchase limit, and the effect of lowering the price little by little is better than this." It’s much better to stop and sell, and it’s much less expensive. Not to mention the previous surge in prices that raised people’s expectations for bond values, and it’s not effective if it’s not done.”

This has been the case for two consecutive days. Most of the bonds with a face value of more than 2000 gold sold by the Augustus family were recovered by Julius and Chen Bao at a price equal to or much lower than the face value.After eating these bonds, they still have more than 1000 and [-] gold cash on hand.

However, August's expectations did not come true.Although you can often see people queuing up to sell bonds in front of the exchange's sales counter, almost all of them come to eat the difference.Almost none of the people who originally held bonds are now selling them.After all, everyone knows that these so-called bonds sold for [-] percent above their face value just a few days ago.Now, unless there is an urgent need for money, who will sell these bonds to the exchange at face value?

On the contrary, on the afternoon of the third day when the Augustus family began to sell a lot, because their goods had been polished, many people who wanted to buy bonds for long-term holding saw that they could not get low-priced goods, so they came to the exchange to buy.But the goods received by the exchange were sold out immediately, which was naturally their own doing.So those who expected to buy it at face value can only look at the "sold out, out of stock" sign and go away disappointed.

On the fourth day, Chen Bao's subordinates appeared on the streets of the Moon Road Grand Bazaar again, shouting to buy bonds.But their approach is completely different from that of the Augustus housekeeper. They start asking prices from [-]% off the face value of the bonds, which happens to be the price at which the Augustus family sold the last batch of bonds.Of course, they can't get the goods with a [-]% discount, because those who really want to sell will definitely go to the exchange to sell them.

"Collect bonds, collect treasury bonds. Our boss said that the price will increase by another ten points, and the face value will be bought at [-]% off, and the face value will be bought at [-]% off!" Chen Bao's people began to increase the price bit by bit.

A speculator next to him jumped out and asked, "Brother, where have you been a few days ago?"

The subordinate Chen Bao replied with a smile: "Oh, our boss is going to Carthage across the sea to do some business a few days ago."

"Also, you still charged 28 points higher than the face value a few days ago. Why are you charging such a low price today?"

"Oh. This thing is not food or cloth. The price is inherently unstable and changes very fast. We are in business, and we follow the market as we go. We inquired. In the past few days, some people have sold a lot at low prices, and the price has been discounted by [-]% .Of course we can’t make things difficult for the money, and we still have to charge a high price!”

"Hi. I don't know what's going on with that company. It's hard to make money! As soon as you left, they dropped the price directly. However, they don't have much goods, and they should have sold out yesterday. And the official of the exchange today The price is one point higher than the face value. Therefore, if you can’t afford the price, it is impossible to receive the goods. I advise you, don’t increase it a little bit like this. It’s directly five points higher than the face value. It is still difficult to receive the goods, but at least it is possible. At your current price, unless the brain is full of water, who will sell it to you?"

Another speculator answered, "Five points? If someone really sells at this price, I'm willing to accept it?"

"Really? How much can you charge? I snatched a batch of [-]% off goods from that store yesterday, but I haven't sold them yet. I can give you..."

Just as a group of people were whispering, there was another voice shouting on the street: "Take bonds, take bonds at a high price! Let's take ten points above the face value." It turned out that the Augustus family resold for buying.However, their original [-] principal is now only a little over [-].

The group of speculators were stunned when they heard these yells, and immediately started talking again.

"Hey, aren't you willing to give five points? Give me all, as much as you want!"

"Hey, do you have a problem with your head, or are you daydreaming? There are ten points charged over there, and I will sell you five points? Let alone five points, I will not sell ten points now! Because I expect the price will be driven up by the bidding of both parties today.”

The speculator's prediction came true.Not long after the August family started to sweep the goods again, Chen Bao and his group also raised their prices.The anti-dumping and anti-dumping companies took turns to increase the price, and in the afternoon, the bond price was raised to an unprecedented height, [-] points higher than the face value.This means that even if the bond is cashed out from the government after ten years, it will only get twenty points more than this.

The ultra-high prices have finally led to a wave of selling from long-term holders.But they didn't actually sell much at this price, because Steward Augustus's funds had been exhausted.The inventories previously received by the exchange have already been sold at high levels.

Chapter 1094 Market Formation

In the Augustus mansion, the housekeeper repeatedly checked the account books with a pen and paper in the account room.The more than 5000 gold coins that Augustus called him are now less than two thousand gold coins left.That is to say, he lost more than 3000 gold in just ten days or so.

On the contrary, Julius's exchange now has more than 500 gold, of which more than [-] gold is actually earned from Augustus.This means that even if more than half of the issued bonds are sold to the exchange, the exchange can easily eat it.

In fact, there is no way such a large number of bonds will flood the exchange.Even if someone sells such a huge amount of goods, there will be a large number of speculators who will take these bonds without the exchange.

Because in the past ten days, an over-the-counter bond market has been formed.Subconsciously, people no longer regard bonds as a piece of paper, but at least represent hard currency with the same value as their face value in gold coins.Unlike gold coins, it can also collect interest.Speculation can also be carried out on the basis of this value.In addition, others have found that it can be used as a portable currency.Therefore, its demand can no longer be met by a mere [-] gold coins.

The steward Augustus was frowning, thinking about how to explain and explain to Augustus.Although in principle, he did it strictly according to Augustus's instructions.But he knew that Augustus would not tell him these reasons, and he would definitely use him as a punching bag to vent his anger at losing money on him.He is now wondering if he should find a scapegoat to block him.

At this time, one of his subordinates entered the accounting room and said to him cautiously: "Master, the master has returned from Gaul in the mountains! Now I call you to see him." Although the voice of this sentence was very gentle, it still made the housekeeper The body trembled slightly...

When the butler saw Augustoles, the other party was sitting behind the desk and writing something quickly.Seeing the butler come in, Augustus put down the pen and paper and asked, "How did you go with the things I told you when I left?"

The housekeeper squeaked and said, "Master Qi, I have followed my master's instructions every step of the way, and I have completed every step carefully."

Augustus smacked his mouth and said: "I mean what happened to the result, didn't I ask if you followed through?"

"Uh. Master, the five thousand gold you transferred to me is now only one thousand eight hundred and seventy gold. This is the account, and every transaction is clearly recorded on it. Please look over it."

"It means you lost more than 3000 gold? How many bonds do you have?"

"Um...all the bonds received are sold out, and there are only more than 3000 gold left."

Augustus frowned, but said without much change in expression: "It cost more than 3000 gold, which is a bit high, beyond my expectation. I estimated that it would be a great loss of a thousand gold. Well, Nothing, there is always a price to be paid to achieve the goal. So what happened to the bond exchange, has it closed its doors and no longer accepts those paper-like bonds?"

"Q...Qi lord, the exchange is still open. They are still continuing to accept...but...but now basically no one buys and sells with them..."

Augustus was taken aback and said: "What? They haven't run out of funds, and they are still open for business? Basically, what does it mean that no one is buying and selling on the exchange?"

The housekeeper said with a mournful face: "Master, I did exactly as you ordered. But when we hit the price, no one sold it with us. In addition, the exchange probably has abundant funds, so it didn't reflect What effect. No one buys and sells on the exchange, because there are always people collecting in the market outside the exchange, and it is five to ten points higher than the exchange price, so naturally no one will sell the goods to the exchange. No People buy it entirely because it is difficult to buy goods on the exchange, because the exchange cannot receive it..."

Before he finished speaking, Augustus's gray beard was trembling with anger.

Ogules jumped up from the chair, slapped the butler three times, and at the same time he roared angrily: "You waste, I spent more than 3000 gold coins and didn't even hear a sound. More than 3000 gold coins, enough to buy three large manors! I know, you must have tampered with it and embezzled the money. Isn’t that right? Come, someone, take this person and torture him.”

The housekeeper covered his swollen face and said aggrievedly: "Master, I was wronged. I followed your orders strictly."

When the butler was grabbed by two strong men with backhand locks, the butler could no longer care so much, and shouted vigorously: "Master! I know what's going on, please listen to me and report the details!"

Then Augustoles raised his hand and winked at the same time, signaling to let the butler go, and asked: "Then I will give you a chance to talk about why we failed to achieve our goal after spending more than 3000 gold. If you say no Come out, or talk nonsense is not the reason at all, don't blame me for being rude!"

Only then did the butler cry and said, "My lord, your strategy is good. But when someone secretly did the right thing to you, I thought about it for a day or two before I thought of this."

Augustus snorted coldly: "Tell me, who wants to fight me, and how?"

"I don't know who is going to be against the master. But I know that it must have something to do with the group of people who bid for bonds with us in the past ten days. They must be helping the exchange on purpose. , may even be with the exchange. They drive up the price, push up our acquisition cost, and when we suppress the price, they may secretly help the exchange funds..."

In fact, the steward has now realized that the other party's so-called "continuous funds" are likely to be the other party's income from selling high and low.But he didn't dare to say that directly, otherwise it would appear that Augustus was too stupid.

After the butler finished speaking, he concluded: "As for who this group of people are, it is not difficult to find out with the power of the master in Rome, and then follow the clues to catch the mastermind behind it."

When Augustus heard this, his angry expression gradually returned to normal.He asked with a solemn expression: "What are the characteristics of these people, no, where do they mainly come and go..."

Augustus really had great power in the city of Rome, and he had many followers, second only to the tribune Quintus.Soon, he got intelligence information, saying that the leader of this group was a fair-skinned young man with a typical Eastern Liang appearance.Moreover, some people saw that the young man had bought bonds several times on the exchange, and once bought all the bond stocks on the exchange.As soon as Augustus heard the word Liang Guo, he gritted his teeth and said, "We have only one person who is related to Liang Guo --- Feng Hu, the acting governor of Sicily!"

Chapter 1095 Feng Yu's Goal

Even though Augustus was certain that Feng Yu, the governor of Sicily under the pseudonym Feng Hu, was against him, there was nothing he could do about him for the time being.

One is that Feng Hu was recognized by the dignitaries of Rome as Alexander.To be openly against Feng Hu is to be openly against Alexander, Alexander's mother Amias, and the Severu family behind her.If he could openly be an enemy of the Severu family, Augustus would have done so long ago.But he thinks the time is not yet ripe, and it will take some time.