Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Fang Zheng quietly observed the situation, a hint of apprehension in his heart.

The exchange, since its inception, was clearly extremely crude, utterly incomparable to its later iterations.

All the regulations were spearheaded by Liu Zhongshun and his team.

Even the calculations for the number and price of new shares issued were far from scientific.

But facing such a system, which would develop into something immensely vast and complex in the future, he had limited advice to offer.

He could only let time pass, gather collective wisdom, and improve it bit by bit.

Speaking of the Great Jing Railway stock, although he had confidence, seeing the silent scene below, he couldn't help but feel a little timid.

Today, it must skyrocket... otherwise, there would be trouble.

Just as the servant neatly posted the information about the Great Jing Railway on the notice board, the crowd suddenly stirred.

A large group of people swarmed towards the notice board like a hive of bees.

Even those who had secured good seats earlier stood up.

Shouts erupted again within the exchange: "Make way, make way! You're blocking the back!"

"Someone fell! Don't push me!"

"Is it real? Quick, see if it's real!"

After a moment of chaos, the first row of people stood firm, carefully reading the notice board.

The people behind them stood on tiptoe, eyes wide, trying to make out the words.

When everyone's gaze swept to the last line, their eyes suddenly flashed with excitement.

Someone shouted excitedly: "It's real! It's real! It's stamped with the seals of Dongjiao University and the Ministry of Revenue!"

Emperor Jing looked at Fang Zheng, his eyes filled with confusion.

Why is there a seal from the Ministry of Revenue?!

Fang Zheng played dumb, offering no explanation... it was all written in the booklet.

Just as Emperor Jing was about to ask, the people looking at the notice below reacted immediately, surging towards the trading counters!

Great Jing Railway, officially certified, issued at one tael, buying is making money!

When the crowd rushed to the trading counters, they were shocked to find them already surrounded by people, impossible to squeeze through!

The people who had read the notice first and ran to the counter were jumping up and down anxiously, their faces red!

How could there be so many people? How is that possible! He was clearly the first one!

Did they not even look at the notice and just buy blindly?

Seeing that the line at the trading counter wasn't moving at all, the people behind started to curse!

There couldn't be any more delay, a moment's delay was like cutting a piece of flesh off his body!

What was the railway? No one in the exchange knew better.

That would be the lifeline of Great Jing's future transportation!

Now, almost 70-80% of the listings and trades in the exchange were related to the railway, and even stocks with little connection to the railway were trying to ride its coattails.

Now they could directly buy the railway, would they still have to worry about making money in the future?!

The crowd became more and more frantic, the people in the back pushing hard on those in front.

The people in the first row at the trading counter were pushed forward.

Leaning over the counter, panting, they reached out, holding the silver notes towards the counter: "Ah~! Be gentle behind me! You're killing me! Buy Great Jing Railway...."

Seeing such an astonishing scene, Emperor Jing couldn't help but stand up, holding the railing with both hands and looking down.

His heart was filled with nervousness.

But before he could take a good look, the servant in the festive red robe took to the stage again and took down the price tag of the Great Jing Railway, which originally read one tael.

He directly changed it to one tael and five qian!

"Five qian! It's gone up five qian! Can the people in front hurry up!" Someone roared in despair.

Emperor Jing picked up the stock in his hand, looked at the contents in shock, and turned his head to ask Fang Zheng in a daze: "The stock in my hand is now worth one million five hundred thousand taels?"

Fang Zheng nodded solemnly.

Emperor Jing's eyes widened, and he felt his scalp tingling.

Five hundred thousand taels! In an instant, he had earned five hundred thousand taels! What a terrifying ability to make money!?

But before he could think more about it, the price tag on the board was taken down again and replaced with a new one.

One tael and seven qian... one tael and eight qian... two taels!

The speed of this stock price change was so fast that even Fang Zheng's hands trembled slightly in shock.

The most primitive stock market, without any limit-up or limit-down mechanisms... was so terrifying.

Now it seemed that it was far from reaching its limit!

My God, this time Taoyuan County has really made a bloody profit, a huge profit.... I don't know if it counts as stealing the country's...

The people of Taoyuan County were still standing at the front of the line, constantly enduring the fierce impact of the crowd behind them.

Cries of happiness and anticipation rose and fell.

Some people in the back had already started to break down, crying anxiously: "Hurry up! Hurry up! My silver!"

"Those in front, take your profits and leave! Please!"

"Who has bought the stock! I'm buying Great Jing Railway stock for five taels of silver! I want as much as you have!"

A bright gold mine was right in front of them, and seeing others frantically grabbing gold, with the gold decreasing bit by bit.

This was nothing short of torture for them!

The Taoyuan County residents who had already bought the stock stepped back to the front of the exchange.

Their eyes were red, and they clenched their stocks in their hands, shouting at the board: "Rise! Rise! Rise!"

Cries of abuse and shouts for rising prices intertwined continuously. Joy, regret, madness, and greed raged within the exchange.

The listed price had already risen to two taels and three qian, and Emperor Jing gripped the railing tightly with both hands, unable to maintain his composure, and couldn't help but roar: "Rise! Rise! Rise!"

One hundred taels of silver had now soared magically to two million three hundred thousand taels, and there was no sign of stopping.

Such a shock made the always steady emperor completely unable to sit still.

Even if he had countless questions in his heart, he didn't want to ask Fang Zheng anymore, he just wanted to see how high the stock price could rise!

The imperial treasury... when has it ever been so rich, I'm going to be rich!!

Beside Emperor Jing's screen, Xu Wenshu had already torn open his collar, exposing his chest.

His face was fanatical, and he shouted the word "Rise" in a hoarse voice.

His heart was already covered with ecstasy.

It's done! Listening to His Majesty's shout, this matter must be done!

Fang Zheng is indeed a man with great skills, as long as the rise of the Great Jing Railway stock tends to be flat, and the final results are reported to the court.

Then the follow-up will be a matter of course, and the worries of the Ministry of Revenue will be resolved.

More importantly, his Xu family will also get rich! Since he had known the news early, he certainly couldn't miss this wave of opportunities, but he didn't know how much his family's servants had bought now.

Just as he was still shouting for a big rise, a merchant-like person ran to him in a hurry.

After standing still, he kept wiping the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.

"Master."

Xu Wenshu turned his head, saw that it was the steward, and asked expectantly: "How much did you buy?!"

The steward said with a weeping voice: "I didn't buy any! I'm still in line.... There are too many people."

Xu Wenshu almost had a heart attack and screamed: "I told you a day earlier, why are you still queuing!"

The steward said with a crying voice: "I don't know! There are too many people queuing...."

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