C2702 A gamble of £30 million

The tavern was in an uproar as everyone was discussing this shocking war. At this moment, a gentleman seemed to have suddenly recalled something, picked up his hat and ran away.

Just as people were puzzled, the tavern's owner stopped wiping the cup. "Aiyo!" Mr. Corsan is a shrewd man. Did he go to buy bonds and stocks? "

"My God! Prussia won two games in a row! Their public debt is bound to skyrocket, and so are their Prussian stocks! "

When people heard this, they were suddenly enlightened. Half of them immediately ran out after paying the bill. "I have to take some too!"

London was the world's well-deserved financial center. Around the Bank of England, the Bank of England, there were more than five hundred banks with different property rights, large and small, including the long-established securities trading companies.

In the Victorian era, breathing here could control the pulse of the world, and every financial change here could set off another financial storm on Earth.

This was the area with the largest gold hoard in the world, and it possessed unimaginable wealth. In the Victorian era, the wealth of England had never been diluted by World War I or World War II, and the air was filled with the debris of gold.

It could be said that in this era, if any country wanted to fight a modern war for money, they would have to come here to try their luck. Even the attitude of the financiers here could determine the end of a war.

In Xiao Letian's previous life, Japan had raised tens of millions of yen from this place during the war.

Great Qing did not know how to raise money, so she used her own family assets or the family assets of Beiyang to wage war, while Japan received a small investment from a British financier.

Although the amount was small, it was still a form of support. Since the British financier had invested in Japan, but the Great Qing did not have any requests, then this would become a one-sided war.

European financiers naturally want Japan to win, because that is the only way they can make more money, and the energy they unleash also adds a few points to Japan's diplomatic breakthrough.

Later on, during the Russo-Japanese War, both sides raised a large amount of money from the City of London or issued bonds directly to the market. At that time, the citizens would buy Russian and Japanese government bonds, just like how the later generations would bet on their future generations.

With a high win rate in Russia, the odds were naturally low. If the odds in Japan were not good, then natural sales would also be depressed!

However, they never thought that Japan would win in the end. That is to say, the Investor who had eaten the Japanese public debt at the lowest price had all made a huge profit, and even multiplied their profits by a few times.

However, even if the bets were placed on the Russian side, they would not be able to take back much of their capital!

Now the war between France and Prussia was also a game of financial bets. The debts of both sides, the stocks of both sides, were closely related to the outcome of the war.

Before the war, the Investor didn't think much of Prussia. As a result, the price of Prussian public debt and stock continued to drop while the price of the France steadily rose.

The market has made the judgment of war, the investors are using their feet to vote!

But it never occurred to me that the war would be so unexpected. Some smart guys, eager to change sides, were ready to sell off their French assets and buy into Prussian financial products.

As a result, these smart people from all over London gathered on Finance Street. Upon seeing this scene, they were all frightened, because there were a lot of people who knew beforehand, with Bank of England as the core, the whole Finance Street was already packed with people.

All the banks were swarming with consulting gentlemen, who were asking for information about the bonds, and the clerks had just come out with three million pounds of Prussian bonds, and the gentlemen had rushed at them like mad dogs.

The stock exchange was even more so. Prussia was particularly concerned with military, rail, and steel... The stocks of the industry had already doubled, and the trading prices of the powder board were changing almost every minute.

In an era without computers, stocks were traded by hand and by the counter. This lively scene was unimaginable to the people who would be guarding the computer in the future!

"Damn it! Damn it! I didn't think the French would be able to do it. I wish I had eaten three days earlier... I earned twice as much! "Dammit …"

The frustrated Investor stomped his feet. He looked at the prices of the government bonds and stocks, regretting so much that his intestines turned green.

No one wanted the Prussian public debt three days ago. That was when the prices were at their lowest, but now, in just three days, the prices had already doubled!

This was not the end. As more funds came in, the price kept increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"I made a mistake, I made a mistake …" I am an idiot, how did I turn all my funds into France's trash? "Sob, sob, sob …" Investor who had eaten all in one go hugged his head and cried in regret.

The level of accumulation on the financial battlefield was not worse than on the real battlefield. In any case, Xiao Letian's voice could not be heard from the group of people who were worrying about him.

At the moment, the Dutch Amsterdam and Fang Guan were overseeing the stock exchanges. Looking at the telegrams sent from London and the prices offered in the Dutch cities, this weird opera goddess was grinning from ear to ear.

"Haha …" This is what making money is called, it's what making money in war! "

"Thirty million pounds, ah! I ate thirty million pounds worth of government bonds and stocks for the old master and it doubled in just a few days!"

"The Chinese have a battleship! How many ships can sixty million pounds make? No, no, no... It's still going up, I want to earn 100 million! "

Xiao Letian would never give up on the opportunity to make money in the war. Back then, he had made numerous gains from the Military Ticket crisis in Jiangnan and set up the Suzhou Stock Exchange.

He was very clear on what was going on inside!

Now that he had thrown himself into the Franco-Prussian War, he was facing a world-class financial war. How could he give up such a great opportunity to earn money?

Before the battle, he had arranged for Fang Guan to stand guard in the Netherlands Amsterdam to carefully purchase low-priced financial products.

This time, Xiao Letian had spent most of the money he had brought out. Including the remaining money from the Pufa Foundation, the amount of money he could use was only around 30 million pounds.

For this financial feast, Xiao Letian had already spent all of the money Zhiyuan Warship used to go back to China to buy coal water. All of his money had been poured into the financial markets!

Don't set your target too high, earn him a hundred million before thinking about anything else!

Furthermore, Xiao Letian was very clear that the final outcome of this war would be very big. The prices of the financial products would also constantly fluctuate, and there would be many opportunities for him to make money back and forth.

The feeling of being rich in war was too wonderful! Too awesome!