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When Qin Mu heard that Li Yi was harassed by 26 matchmakers as soon as he returned home, and was finally dragged out of the street by a particularly sturdy matchmaker, and was "rescued" by the neighbors, Qin Mu laughed so hard that tears streamed down his face, regardless of his image as an emperor...
Well, there are more women than men in Daqin now, and young men are in great demand. Moreover, Li Yi has just won the Daqin Royal Science Award, and is famous all over the world, with a huge reward. It can be said that he has gained both fame and fortune, so it is not surprising that his house is broken down by matchmakers.
The question is, what does the matchmaker, who is said to be very strong, want to do? Just take Li Yi back to make it a done deal? This kind of "matchmaking" is not uncommon in the past, but this...
Anyway, the more Qin Mu thought about it, the funnier it got. Li Yi was a skinny and weak kid. He must have been pulled so hard that his feet couldn't even touch the ground...
"If I had known earlier, I would have gone back with Li Yi to take a look, hahahaha..."
Li Xiangjun, dressed in a moon-white Hangzhou silk palace dress, wiped his tears with a handkerchief and said angrily, "Your Majesty, you cannot go!"
"Ka... Xiangjun, why can't I go?"
"Your Majesty, don't you think you are so charming and handsome? If you go, you will definitely be the one who is dragged away. If the Emperor of Qin is dragged away by someone else, wouldn't it be the biggest joke in the world?"
Li Xiangjun said this seriously without a smile on her face. Instead, she looked worried, which made people think that the emperor was really forced into a marriage.
Qin Mu was amused by her and laughed uncontrollably. He put his arms around her and said, "Xiangjun, I have a plan. When the time comes, you just need to find a matchmaker and ask me to marry you. Hahahahaha..."
"No, I will go by myself. Let the matchmaker take me along. Your Majesty will be pleased."
At this point, Li Xiangjun chuckled and smiled sweetly. Qin Mu joked, "I was thinking, this matchmaking is actually quite exciting. Who knows how many people want to be matched. You say, a grown man, if you don't half-heartedly agree, will the girl really pull you to bed..."
When Li Xiangjun heard this, she couldn't help but spit at him and said angrily, "Your Majesty, you want to be matched up, right? You're talking about others. And you say it so harshly. Doesn't your Majesty know that just having a wedding ceremony is considered a marriage? It doesn't necessarily have to be..." Li Xiangjun stopped talking about this. Qin Mu wanted to tease her and kept asking, "Xiangjun, what do you want to be matched up with? It doesn't necessarily have to be matched up with something?"
"Hmph, Your Majesty is the worst. The worst!" Li Xiangjun said coquettishly, hitting his chest with her pink fists repeatedly, causing Qin Mu to laugh again.
Li Xiangjun simply sealed his mouth with her soft lips. Qin Mu's smug laughter stopped abruptly. He was stunned for a moment, then reacted and hugged her and kissed her back predatoryly. His hands also touched her soft peaks... ...
Li Xiangjun probably didn't expect that her kiss would cause such a fierce reaction from him. Her tongue was held by him. The long, predatory kiss almost suffocated her. Her petite and delicate body couldn't help but twist and turn under him... .
Qin Mu simply turned her body around, letting her lie face down on the table with her buttocks raised like a full moon. Qin Mu then hugged her from behind, and soon Li Xiangjun let out a sweet cry...
As the afternoon wore on, the sound of firecrackers could be heard from afar in the city. Outside the palace, orioles were chirping on the branches. An ivy was entwined around the tree trunk, and a red plum bud was tremblingly opening.
A wisp of faint smoke wafted from the mouth of the carved auspicious cloud and red crane incense burner. Li Xiangjun, who was lying in Qin Mu's arms, was as shy as a flower covered in dew. Her delicate panting gradually subsided, but the lingering blush on her cheeks remained. She was limp all over, as if she had no bones, and she leaned softly in Qin Mu's arms.
Qin Mu brought a cup of tea from the table and wanted to give her a sip, but Li Xiang shook her head to indicate that she didn't want to drink it. Qin Mu took a sip himself, and then put the remaining half cup of tea back on the table. As a result, the teacup was not placed properly on the bottom tray and turned to one side.
"Ah!" Li Xiangjun exclaimed, immediately stood up and grabbed the stack of papers on the table. Fortunately, she was rescued in time and was not wet by the tea.
She wanted to get up and clean the desk, but Qin Mu hugged her and said, "Xiangjun, clean it up later."
"Stocks?" Li Xiangjun looked at the two words on the paper cup she snatched. There was no doubt that they were written by Qin Mu. She asked curiously, "Your Majesty, what are these stocks?"
Qin Mu answered casually: "Stock is the abbreviation of share certificate. It is a kind of securities issued by a joint-stock company to shareholders as a certificate of shareholding in order to raise funds and obtain dividends and bonuses. Each share of stock represents the shareholder's ownership of a basic unit of the company.
Each share of the same class represents equal ownership of the company. The size of each shareholder's ownership share depends on the proportion of the number of shares held by him to the total share capital of the company.
Stocks are part of the capital of a joint-stock company and can be transferred, bought, sold or used as collateral. They are the main long-term credit instruments in the capital market, but the company cannot be required to return its investment. "
Li Xiangjun hugged his neck, kissed his cheek, closed her eyes and whispered: "Your Majesty, I understand a little, but I still don't understand."
"Hahaha, it doesn't matter if Xiangjun doesn't understand."
"Your Majesty, I'm curious. I have nothing else to do. Your Majesty, please tell me what stocks you are planning to buy?"
Qin Mu nodded with a smile. In fact, the practice of private joint ventures has existed since ancient times. The current Dutch East India Company, British East India Company, etc. in the West are all joint-stock companies, which are operated by a large number of shareholders.
Moreover, in the West, stock trading has gradually become popular. Qin Mu has seen some interesting stories about the famous scientist Newton's stock trading in later generations.
Newton was also a crazy stock investor. He once wanted to make a fortune by speculating in stocks with his genius.
Soon after Newton entered the stock market, he really got a taste of success. The British South Sea Company, which had a background in the British government, was established and issued the earliest batch of stocks. At that time, everyone was optimistic about the South Sea Company, and its stock price rose rapidly from around 128 pounds per share, an astonishing increase.
Seeing such good news, Newton used his own funds of about 7,000 pounds to buy the shares of the South Sea Company without hesitation. As expected, the stocks Newton bought rose. After only two months, the stock price doubled. The more cautious Newton immediately sold these stocks and made 7,000 pounds in one go.
Seeing the daily growth of stocks, which was faster than the printing press, made Newton, who was once the director of the Royal Mint in England, feel his heart beating fast. This amount of money was more than 300 times his annual salary as the director of the Mint.
However, Newton regretted selling the stock immediately because three months later, the stock price reached 1,000 pounds, an increase of almost 8 times.
Therefore, Newton decided to "take a gamble" and increase the investment in the stock market to chase the rise of the South Sea Company's stocks. However, the stock market is really unpredictable. What Newton never expected was that the South Sea Company was in a business dilemma at this time. The real price of the stock was seriously decoupled from the market price. There was a lot of bubbles in the straight-up price. In addition, a month earlier, the British Parliament passed the "Anti-Bubble Company Act" to impose policy restrictions on companies such as the South Sea Company.
As a result, not long after, Nanhai's stock price plummeted. Six months later, it finally fell to about 124 pounds, returning from the end to the starting point. Many investors lost all their money, and Newton was unable to get out of it, losing 20,000 pounds! This money was undoubtedly a huge sum of money for Newton, equivalent to his annual salary as the director of the Royal Mint of England for ten years.
Afterwards, Newton lamented: "I can calculate the trajectory of celestial bodies, but I can hardly predict people's madness."
Newton's stock trading experience is interesting to watch, but it also shows one thing: stocks have already risen in the West, and the stock market is an important part of national finance. It is an important platform for companies to provide financing and thus become bigger and stronger.
Since stocks have already become popular in the West, Qin Mu believes that the Qin Dynasty cannot lag behind the West. After all, he is a latecomer. In the stock market, he can avoid many detours, improve some regulations in advance, and avoid the formation of some bubble economies. In short, he believes that it will operate better than the West.
No matter what, even if there are some twists and turns, Qin Mu does not want to fall behind the West. (To be continued...)
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