Shanghai, Zhennan Wangfu, Changle Book House.

Putting down the telegram sent by Feng Zicai from the Transvaal, Yi Zhizhi leisurely lit a cigarette, the Makqin heavy machine gun has an unparalleled deterrent effect on the Transvaal, which is proud of the cavalry, there is no doubt about this, this is also the main purpose of he asked Feng Zicai to hold a live-fire exercise, to deter the Transvaal, so that the Transvaal is desperately on the side of the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, there is a risk of leaking the Maxim machine gun in advance, after all, they don't know much about the situation of the Transvaal, but in order to stabilize the Transvaal, they can't take care of it so much, besides, even if the British know about the Maxim machine gun, they can't imagine the unparalleled lethality of the Maxim machine gun.

You must know that in later generations, the Maxim machine gun was called a super weapon, one of the most murderous weapons, and he kept it hidden, not only to make the Maxim machine gun famous in the Transvaal, but also to inflict a heavy blow on the British army.

For Yuan Qi, the Makqin machine gun is a real ten years of grinding a sword, after the rear-loading rifled gun was finalized, he ordered to develop the Makqin heavy machine gun, this complex structure, many parts of the machine gun embodies the efforts of many military technicians, but also promoted the development of the Qing Dynasty machinery manufacturing industry, from pure manual manufacturing to machine manufacturing took two years.

"The big shopkeeper." Zhao Liewen walked in slowly and said, "Shopkeeper Huo is here." ”

"Just in time." Yi Zhifen smiled: "Please let him in." ”

After Huo Qizheng came in to salute, he said with a sad face: "The big shopkeeper, it has been falling for half a month, and if it continues, I am afraid it will cause panic ......." ”

"Don't worry." Yi Zhizhi smiled and said: "I have asked the head office of Yuanqi to print an additional 200 million banknotes, you go to the head office to find Kong Jian'an and Hu Guangyong, and all of them are proposed to be ....... in the city." ”

Hearing this, Huo Qizheng couldn't help but smile, but Zhao Liewen was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Big shopkeeper, ....... suddenly issue an additional 200 million banknotes?" ”

"Don't worry." Yi Zhixin said confidently: "These two hundred million are locked in the stock market, and there will be no chaos in the short term. ”

After a pause, he continued: "If the stock market crashes and causes panic, then that is the trouble, and a large number of sales under the panic are turned from the stock market to increase the pressure of the run, will it not be the intention of European capital?" Stabilize the stock market first and see how much gold they fill in! Let's take as much as we want! ”

As he spoke, he looked at Huo Qizheng and said: "It is expected that in half a month, the news of our involvement in the war in South Africa will spread, and at that time, there will inevitably be a wave of big falls, and we must bear it." ”

"The big shopkeeper can rest assured." Huo Qizheng said with a smile: "With such abundant funds, it can definitely stabilize the stock market!" ”

Yi Zhishu nodded, looked at Zhao Liewen, and said, "Why didn't you see it today?" ”

"It's going to the stock trading floor." Zhao Liewen said slowly: "I said that I wanted to feel it for myself." ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, "It's better for him to feel it for himself." ”

The stock market trading floor, despite the stock market recession, continuous declines, but the trading floor is still overcrowded, no one knows what kind of changes will occur in the stock market, but one thing is certain, this time is particularly sensitive, there is a possibility of a strong rebound, there is also a possibility of a series of plunges, what exactly is the situation depends entirely on whether Yuan Qi will go to war with England in South Africa.

The trading hall of Nuoda was as noisy as a vegetable market, and those who knew and didn't know each other were all discussing the current situation and discussing the direction of the stock market.

"If you want to say that England is nothing to be afraid of, Yuan Qi has also fought two battles with England, which time did he lose?"

"The first time, the British fleet died by itself into the Yangtze River, and the second time, the British army still died by itself and entered the Bohai Bay. But in South Africa, it's .....different. ”

"What I said is that South Africa is the territory of the British, this time, the time and place are favorable, we do not occupy it, and the British Navy has dominated the sea for 200 years, and its naval strength is recognized as the world's first ......."

"Wasn't France also recognized as the hegemon of Western and Central Europe, and the result? The Franco-Prussian War was fought by the little-known Germany, and there was no way to fight back! Do you know that England is not the second France? ”

"France has always been a defeated opponent of England, how can the two be compared?"

"Our Qing Dynasty is not Germany! When have you ever lost countless battles of Yuan Qi's size? ”

"That's hard to say, after all, they are all small vassal states that are not worth mentioning in the surrounding areas, how can they be compared with countries such as Britain and France?"

"It's not that I haven't fought with Britain and France, and wasn't the armistice negotiation that was also fought by Yuan Qi when the invasion of the Four-Power Alliance? When expanding in the northwest, didn't Tsarist Russia also retreat? There is also the Persian Gulf, isn't that also the sphere of influence of the British, didn't our Qing naval fleet go directly to the door? ”

"When the troops were sent to the Persian Gulf, it was the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, and England had no time to take care of Asia, so it cannot be said that the British were afraid of us."

"It's far away, it's far away, what we care about now is the ..... the stock market."

"Isn't it the stock market? You are nothing more than worried about our Qing Dynasty going to war with England in South Africa, worried about defeat, if we can win this battle, what does it mean? That means we have access to South Africa's gold mines! Maybe there will be a diamond mine, which is definitely a big plus! ”

"What if the battle is defeated? How much was the Franco-Prussian War France reparation? Seven hundred million taels of silver! ”

"You all know the consequences of defeat, can King Zhennan not know? In my opinion, you don't have to worry at all, if you really want to send troops to South Africa, it should still be good! ”

"I think it will be difficult to say whether it will send troops to South Africa, the newspapers insist on sending troops to South Africa, but it is because the king of Zhennan gave the imperial court 20% of the shares of the South African gold mine free of charge, but at the moment there is no sign of sending troops."

"South Africa is at war, mainly in naval warfare, what signs can we see? Besides, isn't the main force of the South Seas Fleet always in Java? ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhengxing couldn't help but show a smile, interesting, there is really no shortage of knowledgeable people in the stock market, but it is obvious that there are not many people who are so knowledgeable, otherwise the stock market will not continue to fall, squeezing into the hall all the way, and the entourage can hear all kinds of discussions, however, most of them are worried about sending troops to South Africa, and Britain's unshakable maritime supremacy for two hundred years is like a mountain pressing on the hearts of shareholders, and almost no one is optimistic about the Qing Navy.

However, although most people have a pessimistic view, they are still reluctant to throw out the stocks in their hands, and they are waiting with a wait-and-see mentality, after all, the current situation is not clear, and the most important thing is that the stock market of the Qing Dynasty has experienced too many wars since its inception, and each war will cause a lot of shocks, and the result will usher in a wave of climax.

It can be said that every war is a rare opportunity for speculation in the Qing stock market, and the stockholders who have experienced too much wind and rain have been as frightened as the sparrows on Dongting Lake, and they are easily reluctant to cut their meat.

Yi Zhengxing leisurely walked around the trading hall, seeing that it was almost noon, he squeezed out and planned to go back, but before he squeezed to the door, he noticed that the atmosphere in the hall was different, and the hall that was originally noisy like a vegetable market suddenly became quiet, and he turned around and glanced at the trading card hanging in the hall, which was still a green arrow marked downward.

Qian Kun, who had been following him and was familiar with the stock market, said softly: "Someone is eating a lot, not one stock, but almost all stocks, the stock market is about to change." ”

What's the situation? Yi Zhengxing frowned, could it be that Yuan Qi made a move? Otherwise who has such a big penny? The trading floor was only quiet and then noisy, such a large amount of chips, the stock market will definitely stabilize and rebound, and this stroke at a glance knows that it should be Yuanqi to protect the disk!

The quick response has crowded to the trading desk, at this time, as long as you can buy it, it is definitely a profit and no loss!

As soon as the afternoon opened, the stock market quickly stopped falling and stabilized, only a quarter of an hour after a slight consolidation began to rebound strongly, and when the afternoon was suspended, the whole line was red, all stocks were rising, and the Shanghai Index rebounded by more than 100 points.

British Consulate in Shanghai, on the second floor, in the office, James in his early forties. Northcott said angrily, "This is cheating!" It's malicious manipulation! ”

"I warned you a long time ago." Consul Mai Huatuo shrugged his shoulders and looked like he didn't expect, "The stock market in Qingguo is not a completely free investment market, this is a stock market that is completely manipulated by Yuan Qi, I hope you can accept it when you see it, and don't have any unrealistic ideas."

It is no exaggeration to say that Yuanqi is not something that any financial family can contend with, not even the Rothschilds, who are known as the Sixth Reich, unless you can unite all the financial forces in Europe. ”

"Thank you for the kind reminder." James said impatiently, "However, I need to report to London right now. ”

Mai Huatuo glanced at him and said, "Yuan Qi is doing everything possible to implement the gold standard in reserve gold, and I hope you will stop exchanging silver as soon as possible." ”

"You know, it's not for me to decide." James stood up, "I think they're more concerned about making money, how much money they can make. ”

Zhennan Wangfu, Changle Book House.

Yi Zheng walked into the room, and said straightly: "Yuan Qi's large-scale protective disc is too obvious, will it startle the snake?" ”

"There is growth." Yi Zhizu praised with a smile, pointed to the chair, and then said: "Even if you know that you will startle the snake, there is no way to do it, the stock market will not protect the disk, once the news of the war in South Africa comes out, it will inevitably cause great panic, and the stock market panic will inevitably increase the run, and foreign capital will add fuel to the fire, what will be the situation?" ”

After a pause, he said slowly: "It is important to absorb gold and increase gold reserves, but it is more important to stabilize the financial market, and you can't put the cart before the horse. ”

South Africa, in the Transvaal, British army camp.

At dusk in the South African highlands, the scenery is very beautiful, and the climate is also very cool, Napier, the commander of the British Transvaal Expeditionary Force, is sitting on the grass outside the tent with a pipe in his mouth, and the orderly is roasting a hare not far away, and the aroma wafts in the wind, and he can't help but sniff.

It was less than 200 kilometers from Witwaters, where the Qing had discovered the gold mines, and along the way, they encountered no decent resistance, only sporadic Boer cavalry harassment, and the Qing people were never seen at all.

After countless battles, they have figured out how to deal with the Boer cavalry - mortars, this kind of artillery invented by the Qing State that can be carried by individual soldiers is the most suitable for dealing with the Boer cavalry, after equipping the sentry with mortars, the casualties of the Boers have gradually increased, and the appearance has become less and less, and the range of their sentry reconnaissance has expanded to a hundred miles, which makes him feel a lot more at ease.

He believed that as long as they advanced steadily, in such an open area, whether it was the Boer cavalry or the 6,000 Qing army, they would have the advantage of crushing!

The only thing that worries him is that the logistical supply lines are getting longer and longer, and the Boer cavalry has been continuously found to be harassing the logistics supply lines, but the 15,000 troops reinforced from Australia are rapidly approaching his troops, which is enough to ensure the logistics supply.

A fast horse galloped towards his tent, and when he arrived at the tent, the rider jumped off his horse and rushed to him to salute and report: "General, General White has sent fast horses to report that the Qing people have abandoned the Witwaters gold mine. ”

Napier muttered, "White's troops have arrived at Witwaters?" ”

"Nope." The liaison officer hurriedly replied: "I sent a sentry to investigate, and General White is still fifty kilometers away from Witwaters." ”

Napier breathed a sigh of relief, what he was most worried about was that White's troops were marching too fast and too far away from the main force, once surrounded by the Qing army and the Boers, he would not even have time to rescue, he knocked on his pipe and refilled a pot of tobacco, and the Qing people actually gave up the mine, what does this mean? Is it unintentional to intervene in this war? If you have no intention of intervening in this war, you can declare neutrality, and it seems that the Qing army is ready to go to war!

Taking off the pipe from his mouth, he commanded in a deep voice: "Tell White that after arriving at Witwaters, he will be stationed on the spot, and the sentry will be sent out, focusing on the situation in Pretoria, especially the movements of the Qing army must be investigated clearly, and the east and west directions must also be carefully investigated!" ”

The most urgent thing at the moment is to find out the movements of the Qing army, if the Qing army withdraws eastward, he will not have to pay attention to it, and attack Pretoria first, if the Qing army still stays in Pretoria and does not move, it will be a bit abnormal!

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