In fact, Emperor Tianqi also had only a little understanding of stocks.

He has learned a lot during this period.

But these messages are broken.

He only knew that he had lost a lot of money. The stocks Zhang Jingyi bought for him were valuable on the surface, but when everyone was selling wildly, they were actually worthless at all.

When I heard a group of Folang Ji people, they actually came to the capital from thousands of miles away, happily trying to sell Zhang Jing's stock.

Emperor Apocalypse was shocked.

This is not just a cold heart, but also a cold blood.

This means that the so-called stocks are boastful on the surface, but in fact they are worthless.

Whoever buys it will be stupid!

This undoubtedly aroused the anger of Emperor Apocalypse.

Especially the Minister of Rites Liu Hongxun was still chattering here, which made Emperor Tianqi feel hatred.

Is this stock worthless?

Those Folangji merchants regard me as a fool, will I not know?

But in front of Zhang Jingyi, he was not easy to show, so as not to be felt by Zhang Jingyi that he was too stingy and stingy! What if he ruined my 150,000 taels of silver after making so many contributions?

But Liu Hongxun is not so polite.

When he saw Emperor Tianqi furious, Liu Hongxun was startled and quickly bowed and said, "I... I'm dead..."

Emperor Tianqi waved his hand and said with a cold face: "Those Folang Ji people are still envoys after all, don't neglect them... They want to find Zhang Qing, what do you do with you? Why do you have your share in everything? Okay, just... retreat like this."

Liu Hongxun suffered a loss and felt that he could not bear the face, but he knew that if he continued to talk, he would only humiliate himself, so he had to hold his breath and nodded in a quiet voice to retreat.

When Liu Hongxun left, Emperor Tianqi sighed and looked at Zhang Jing and said, "Zhang Qing... Do some serious things, don't mess with these messy things. Think about it, can a company of Fanyi be worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver? I'm afraid that it won't be worth the price if you sell them all. Besides, you have spent so much money and only bought part of their equity... Okay, this time you make a mistake, I don't care, you can go down too, I'm very upset."

Zhang Jing was taught a lesson for no reason and felt aggrieved, but it was difficult to explain for a while. After all, it was just bragging if you explain anything.

So I had to leave the hall. As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the hall, I saw Wei Zhongxian coming excitedly with a tray, almost colliding with Zhang Jing.

Wei Zhongxian complained: "Brother Zhang, be careful."

When Zhang Jing saw the plate that Wei Zhongxian was holding, there was a bowl of hot yellow rice porridge on the plate.

Seeing that it was already midday and it was time to have lunch, Zhang Jing couldn't help but say, "Why, Your Majesty has no appetite for eating these days?"

Wei Zhongxian looked at Zhang Jing with a strange look and said, "It's not that he has no appetite, but His Majesty is hardworking and thrifty... He can save as much as possible."

Zhang Jing was stunned and then said in surprise: "Your Majesty will eat this?"

Wei Zhongxian also said with a bitter face: "Yes, our Majesty is so miserable."

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Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but curse, "From my opinion..." He lowered his voice and said, "It's not bitter at all. According to the usage in the palace, I'm afraid that this bowl of porridge will cost at least seven or eight taels of silver."

Wei Zhongxian gave him a blank look: "No, at most, two or three taels, don't be wronged by others, let alone the emperor is not a starving soldier, so many people in the palace want to eat."

He was very honest and did not hide this from Zhang Jingyi.

Zhang Jingyi sneered: "Outside, you can buy a hundred bowls of such porridge for two or three taels of silver. What's the use of saving like this?"

Wei Zhongxian said, "Brother Zhang, you don't know that drinking a bowl of such porridge is two or three taels, but if Your Majesty uses other meals, the price will be unstoppable. Maybe one or two hundred taels of silver will be spent on a meal. Therefore, the people have the methods of frugality in the palace, and the methods of frugality in the palace."

It sounds quite reasonable.

Wei Zhongxian dared to tell this matter so much, but I was afraid that Emperor Tianqi also knew about it.

However, there are too many things in the palace to explain. I am afraid that many of the eunuchs who buy and prepare meals... are all related households and they have to take care of them. If you break this rule, the eunuchs will be afraid that they will cause trouble.

Think about it, if the emperor was too harsh on eunuchs or palace maids, how many chaos would it eventually cause? Today is a fire, and tomorrow a group of palace maids suddenly hit your bedroom and tie your neck. It would be terrifying to think about it.

It can be seen that Emperor Apocalypse is a realist.

So Zhang Jingyi stopped talking about it and said, "Brother Wei, you are busy, I'm leaving."

Wei Zhongxian then hurried into the hall. Emperor Tianqi was sitting on the imperial chair at this time, looking weak, looking at Wei Zhongxian and said, "Who are you talking to just now?"

"I'm with Brother Zhang." After that, Wei Zhongxian smiled and delivered the yellow rice porridge to Emperor Tianqi.

Emperor Tianqi took the silver spoon and ate it slowly. After eating more than half of it, he couldn't help but sigh, "I actually have today."

"Your Majesty doesn't have to be so wronged." Wei Zhongxian showed a heartache: "I can endure hardships, how can Your Majesty not cherish yourself like this..."

Emperor Tianqi said, "You don't understand. Although I am doing this, I have reached the point of drinking porridge every day. I pursue frugality and reduce the cost. This is just a matter of saying that if I still eat and drink a lot, how can I teach the people in the palace to be frugal? Don't worry... I can hold on."

He wiped his mouth and looked down: "Panpa Wei, why are you patched on your clothes?"

Wei Zhongxian said bitterly: "I... are poor..."

Emperor Tianqi remembered something at this time and said, "When I saw that Liu Hongxun, the Minister of Rites, came, I also had a large patch on my body."

Wei Zhongxian lowered his head and said nothing.

Emperor Tianqi sneered: "I'm crying poor, as if I'm afraid I want to lend him money."

Wei Zhongxian said: "I don't know how they are, but I am real..." He blinked his eyes and acted sincerely.

At this time, who is not afraid?

Especially when His Majesty is wearing patched clothes, it is said that he has started drinking porridge every day. Isn’t this signal obvious?

This clearly means... that's the meaning of 'Who is good at doing it, borrow tens of thousands of taels of silver to overcome the difficulties'.

Emperor Tianqi looked angry: "And Zhang Guoji, this is still the father-in-law. I saw him yesterday and cried and said that there was water leak in my house and I had no money to repair it. I almost cheated him. I almost felt soft and wanted the Ministry of Works to give him some of the materials for the stopped palace."

Wei Zhongxian still didn't say anything, and he felt a little ashamed.

But...it's not something you can borrow, but lend money to the emperor. Isn't this a meat bun to beat a dog?

And it’s hard to guarantee the next time. Your Majesty has no money. Will you suddenly think that you have a lot of money? If... you have plotted to this point?

This kind of precedent cannot be opened.

Now the tailors in the entire capital are busy and they are not stuck in the ground. The mansions of each family have asked them to change their clothes, tear some of the old clothes at home, and patch them up...

Although I knew that I was doing it like this, it was obvious that I should not look for me anyway, if you ask me for money, I will go begging for food.

Emperor Aoki shook his head, sighed, and continued to lower his head to drink porridge.

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The Portuguese envoy finally came to the door and found Zhang Jingyi excitedly.

Everyone was extremely attentive and said that they had a total of 170,000 to 180,000 Dutch guilds on hand. They asked Zhang Jingyi if he was interested. This was probably around 60,000 silver.

Zhang Jingyi was generous and directly charged them, giving them the benefit of two thousand taels of silver.

These Folang Ji people were so happy that they danced with joy, and they all expressed their willingness to make friends with Count Zhang, no, Marquis Zhang.

They obviously realized that this upstart in the Ming Dynasty was not too repulsive to the Folang Ji people. Perhaps... this will be of great help to their future layout.

But Zhang Jingyi was too lazy to pay attention to them at this time, so he asked someone to take out the money and buy the stocks. He muttered in his heart, why hasn't this Dutch East India Company issued an annual report yet!

Before the autumn of each year, the Dutch East India Company will issue annual reports and then distribute dividends. This is the rule.

Logically speaking, as long as there is an annual report... the market may warm up.

However, even if it is in Europe, it will take two or three months to send the annual report and the news comes here. I just don’t know when the news will be delivered here.

Zhang Jingyi was afraid that if this continued, Emperor Tianqi would be afraid of being crazy.

It's ridiculous to say that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, especially when Emperor Tianqi and Emperor Chongzhen in history, most of the things they did after ascending the throne were to keep looking for money.

This is really poor. Although he has such a huge empire, he is extremely rich in the empire. He dare not say that he is the best in the world, but he can be called rich.

But the endless expenses put the country's finances and the emperor's treasury in danger, and there is a risk of bankruptcy at any time.

Of course, there is no concept of bankruptcy in this world.

However, there was no way to provide relief after a disaster occurred, and hundreds of thousands of troops in the border town were still owing wages. This was actually not much different from bankruptcy.

And at this time...

Macao.

A clutch from Malacca arrived at the port in a hurry.

A Dutch merchant wearing a triangle hat got off the ship. Here, several Portuguese mercenaries were guarding here with muskets. When they saw the Dutch, they immediately looked displeased. Without saying a word, they went forward to search his relevant documents.

The Portuguese at this time did not welcome the Dutch. The uncontrollable expansion of the Dutch East India Company in this area has long aroused the Portuguese's vigilance.

“Where is the exchange?”
Chapter completed!