The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1273

[1273.Chapter 1212: Rich as a Country]

: With money, things in this world will be easier to handle.

The railway has previously carried out exploration.

Xishan Jianye’s great engineer Chang Wei took the lead and began to make arrangements.

The craftsmen are all ready-made. In addition to recruiting a group of backbones, another group needs to be recruited.

This railway is centered on the capital and radiates outward.

The site you set up also needs to be researched.

The workshops began to work in shifts, and countless iron ore was transported to the steel workshops. Finally, it was turned into steel, and then became sections of railway tracks.

Things are much easier than imagined.

The terrain in the Gyeonggi area is all plain, so it would be very difficult to lay a railway.

This is much better than in the south. The south is full of water networks, lakes, and mountains. At present, there is no technology to build railway bridges at all.

In order to show the emperor that he attached great importance to railway construction and was worthy of His Majesty’s huge investment, Fang Jifan personally led students from Xishan Engineering College to conduct surveys along the line, which took seven or eight days.

On the other hand, railway stocks began to skyrocket.

Because all of this… happened much faster than the previous merchants had expected.

Everyone originally thought that railway construction was bound to be an extremely long cycle. Just like the small section of railway between the new city and the old city. It was only a short period of time and took nearly a year.

How did they know that this first section of railway was the beginning of everything, but now, the railway has passed through the new city and the old city, and has trained an engineering team, technical personnel, and has ready experience. They thought there would be no three or five The railway, which had not been completed for years, or even seven or eight years, began to develop rapidly.

The laying of the first section of railway track has begun.

The news from the Preparatory Office is that the current construction model is to start construction in stages, which means that it may be enough to complete the project in one year.

After a year, it may even be possible to make a profit.

The construction of the railway made the stations along the coast suddenly popular.

The land price in the capital was really unattainable, and many merchants began to set their sights on Baoding and Tongzhou.

There are even rumors that the railway will have a platform directly at the Tongzhou Canal, and a freight terminal will be built at the Tongzhou Canal.

What does this mean?

Now, many people have come back to think about it.

Railways were built in Tongzhou and Baoding to connect with the capital. These three points were then connected to the canal. The canal can be transported by water directly to Shandong, South Zhili, and Jiangnan…

Not only that, through the canal, you can also reach Tianjin Port. This Tianjin A port is a port. Even if the Ming Dynasty does not allow private trade to the sea, a large number of fleets sailing to the Western Ocean will need to purchase many supplies at Tianjin Port. Even…if the sea ban policy will be relaxed… So…

this…is undoubtedly a major artery.

Under the influence of The Wealth of Nations, countless people have already had a general understanding of economics.

This is a golden road.

This shipment alone is enough to make people salivate.

Not only that, the profitability of passenger transportation will never be too low. The Gyeonggi area is the largest population gathering area in the Ming Dynasty. The population in the future will probably increase. Once the railway is built, this means that Tongzhou and Baoding have almost become the suburbs of the capital. By then…

before…the price of the stock had doubled.

Some retail investors who bought sporadically felt that they had made a lot of money, so they began to sell stocks.

But as soon as he let it go, it was eaten by someone in the blink of an eye.

And… next, the stock still skyrocketed.

For the first time, the merchants looked at the rising Yang line in the trading center and felt a sense of despair.

I dare you to work so hard to earn this little money, why not buy some stocks and then earn the money while lying down.

A myth has been born.

Previously, news came out that Wang Bushi, a scholar in the Imperial Academy, bought three million shares…

Now, almost all the businessmen are going crazy and starting to calculate Wang Bushi’s wealth.

His stocks are already worth 7.9 million taels of silver.

In less than ten days, the net profit was nearly four million taels of silver.

People sighed and thought that the world was crazy. There was still such a way of playing in the world.

Perhaps, outsiders sneered at the king for not being an official.

But to many merchants, this king is simply a god-like existence.

Everyone knows that speculation can make you rich.

But who knows, this speculation is not just as simple as luck.

Not only does this require a precise enough vision, you can see through countless false and true gossips and see the essence of the problem at a glance.

But after seeing through the essence, it is still light.

In this world, there is always a shortage of smart people. Who doesn’t know how to make money by doing business, and who doesn’t know that you can make a fortune by buying a house.

Then… there is another thing, which is the difference between Wang Bushi and ordinary businessmen.

He dares to play and can afford it.

Just when many people are still talking about how much money this thing can make.

They just gave me 3 million taels and went straight for it without any hesitation or even a second thought.

But when everyone hesitated and decided to give it a try, in fact… they had already missed this huge opportunity.

Courage… not everyone has it.

In the trading market, people continue to spread the legend about Wang Bushi.

The Imperial Academy was boiling.

People looked at Wang Bushi in awe. How much is this guy’s current net worth?

Even the bachelor Shen Wen began to feel melancholy.

Stocks bring impetuosity. The legend of getting rich overnight has made countless people want to make a move. Unfortunately, some people are ready to make a move, but they can’t get it. In this way, it is inevitable that they will start to feel anxious.

The days are hopeless.

Wang Bushi remained calm.

He seems like an ordinary, ordinary person.

Still…still drinking tea, on duty and off duty.

The only difference is that he is now on duty. Outside the Hanlin Academy, there is a team of carriages waiting for him. Five carriages, twenty-five guards, plus five coachmen. Four carriages are empty. Wang Bu The official will randomly select one of the cars. In this way, even if he encounters a bad guy, the bad guy will not be able to determine which car he is in.

Sitting in one carriage, there were four empty ones. This…

Wang Bushi risked his waist and got into one of the carriages. The real power of these five carriages was not just that. The five horses were almost identical and had the same body shape. , the same hair, five cars, almost no difference… This… how much money does it cost.

The weather is a bit cold.

Wang Bushi’s motorcade moved slowly.

And a group of Hanlin officers, stamping their feet, breathing white air, shivering, stood at the entrance of the Hanlin Academy, looking around, their hands folded in their sleeves, sniffing, their eyes staring straight. Staring at the fleet of cars going away.

Everyone is envious, but…

they can only fantasize in their hearts.

“Hmph!” Someone in the crowd shook his head, showing a proud look: “A gentleman is poor, but a villain is poor.”

It seems that this sentence gave the other Hanlin officials enough spiritual strength.

Everyone nodded one after another, and their waists, which were stooped by the cold, straightened up a little.

Someone pinched his beard and looked at the snowy sky, and couldn’t help singing: “The north wind blows the snow at the beginning of the fourth watch, Jiarui Tianjiao arrives…”

“Yeah.” Someone said in surprise: “Here it comes, here it comes, the public carriage Here we come.”

The person who was reading the poem immediately cheered up before he could finish reading the poem, and everyone cheered and swarmed towards the large carriage.

There is nothing we can do.

The Imperial Academy is hard.

They were all high-ranking officials, usually without much luck, and the salary given by the emperor was low.

Although the vast majority of people have relatively well-off families, buying a house alone has almost wiped out everyone’s wealth. Not to mention, there is the damn mortgage, which is weighing down on everyone and making it suffocating.

In the past, everyone still wanted to have some dignity, so they bought a carriage and hired a driver. It can be found that the price of this coachman is getting more and more expensive, and the cost of labor is too scary.

Nowadays, public carriages have become popular, and more and more people are taking public carriages on duty.

If you can’t pay the mortgage, you will die without a burial place. At this time, you don’t need to be polite and face-saving, and you can save money as much as you can. There is not so much emphasis on it.

Everyone rushed forward, and those who had grabbed a seat were immediately smiling, stroking their beards, and shaking their heads. Those who couldn’t find a seat were like sardines, being pushed so hard that they were suffocating, making ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah sounds in their mouths. Occasionally, mixed with a few… He murmured something in a low voice, God knows what he was cursing.

………

“Young Master… Young Master…” Wang Jinyuan hurriedly found Fang Jifan and said breathlessly: “Master, that… that Wang Bushi is here and said he wants to pay a visit to the Young Master.”

Fang Jifan certainly didn’t like Wang Bushi. What a good impression it will make.

Fang Jifan pursed his lips slightly, glanced at Wang Jinyuan, and snorted coldly: “What’s this bitch doing here? Well, invite him.”

Five carriages stopped steadily at Fang’s house. door.

Then, Wang Bushi, dressed in an old robe and looking like a poor and frugal bureaucrat, strolled into the room.

When he saw Fang Jifan, he smiled and saluted calmly: “Meet the Duke of Qi.”

Fang Jifan sat, sipped his tea slowly, glanced at Wang Bushi, and said jokingly: “Don’t just talk about it, you are. “Come down.”

Wang Bushi: “…”

This greeting is just a courtesy. He is a bachelor of Hanlin, and Fang Jifan’s status is not enough for him to truly bow to the ground and salute.

Who knew Fang Jifan was so upright.

The king smiled and did not bow down, but said gently: “I am here to reward the Duke of Qi, and also prepare a generous gift for the Duke of Qi.”

The generous gift…

Fang Jifan looked around and looked up and down. , as for the etiquette, there is none.

Asking for a monthly ticket!

(End of chapter)