blackstone code

Chapter 1721
There is a saying that war does not break trade.

Extending one step further, it can be called war without breaking capital!

What does it mean?
In fact, the meaning of this sentence is very simple. It means that when a war breaks out, neither the country that launched the war nor the country that was invaded will stop its internal and external trade.

The business that should be done is still to be done, but the risk taken will be greater than usual!
The Penteo Empire launched a despicable war without declaring war. They are the destroyers of world peace and the creators of the shadow of war.

But this does not mean that they do not need to import goods, nor does it mean that they will not export goods.

At any time, as long as the two parties to the trade are willing to take greater risks than usual, no one will stop their legal trade practices.

Not just ordinary trade behavior, any capital behavior is allowed, as long as it is still within the legal scope!
In Penteo, people need to import, the main resources and rough parts come from its dependent countries.

There are also some goods from other countries, and they even import some things from the Federation, of course they will not directly identify themselves.

They will register a trading company in a neutral country, then purchase these goods, and then transport them to the empire.

This kind of thing is not only done by Peng Jieo, but also by the federal people.

You can't make money just because everyone is fighting, right?

This is not in line with the principle of pursuing interests in the capital world? !
Everything that does not conform to the principle must be wrong, so war does not destroy trade or capital!
During this period of time, the merchants in Penteo have been worrying about one thing.

Obak also has the same distress.

He was a businessman from the Penteo Empire, an honest businessman.

In this terrifying and powerful empire, not all businessmen are qualified to be called "capitalists". In a way, the title of capitalists is exclusive to the upper echelons of the empire.

Obak is just an ordinary businessman, running a steel business.

He will buy ore, then smelt it, and finally sell the metal ingots to factories that need it, such as some large heavy industry enterprises owned by imperial nobles.

Those people are capitalists, he is not.

He is just a poor, insignificant "small workshop" that provides purification materials for big shots.

It is worth mentioning that this small workshop provided jobs for 4000 people in the Penteo Empire!

Some people called Obaker a steel tycoon, but he took the initiative to apologize to those steel tycoons after learning the news. He told those people that he had never thought about it that way, and he would never do that!

He has always kept a low profile, and his business is good. The war has promoted the consumption of various metals, but recently he has encountered a trouble, that is, there is not enough ore.

In the Penteo Empire, more than 70.00% of the mining areas that have been discovered and are being mined are owned by nobles and imperial royal families.

The ores produced by these mines will be given priority to the steel factories exclusively owned by the imperial family and nobles.

Ordinary steel mills like Obak can only buy ore from some private mines.

However, after the outbreak of the war, large steel plants increased their production capacity, and the ore from private mines must also be given priority to these large steel plants.

Merchants like Obak can buy a small amount of ore, but the main source of ore is import.

Imports from neighboring dependent countries, as well as imports from overseas.

There are quite a lot of metal veins distributed in this world, especially some inconspicuous small places, which often hide amazing mineral vein resources.

In the easternmost part of the Southern Continent, some small countries seem to have a population of 200 million, but their per capita income is very high.

The reason why it is high is because it is rich in various ores. For this common small country that relies on selling resources, their only job is to hire people to dig out the ores and then sell them!
This is also the main area that affects the international ore price. For example, some areas that are rich in ore in the world have a huge output and control the price of the international market quite well!
They have no political stance, almost all neutral countries, and some small countries don't even have armies!

In the past, Obak and their cooperation were very pleasant, but as the war continued to the present, and the defeat on the Nagalil battlefield.

Things that were just troublesome for him before became tricky now!

To put it simply, you can't buy the same ore with the same money!
Because the Austrian Yuan is depreciating rapidly, when a Penteo Empire that launched an all-out war was actually repulsed on the Nagalil battlefield, even if they still occupied the eastern part of Nagalil.

But for everyone who knows them, they know what this means!
If the federal people can drive them from the central region of Nagalil to the eastern region, they will naturally be able to drive them out completely. This is only a matter of time and determination!
The Nagalil War launched by Penteio is not favored by people. No matter how well they fought in Amélia, they can't hide the fact that they have no good way to take the Federals!
This also led to the decline of Aoyuan!
People will not hold the currency and bonds of a country that has a great possibility of failure. When these people can't see the future, they will sell these things at a relatively reasonable price that can preserve some of their principal. Lose!
We all know that the so-called market and fluctuations are the changes in the transaction price of a commodity. Now that more people are selling Austrian yuan and Penteeau national bonds, these two commodities will become worthless, and the price will naturally increase. With the scale of the sell-off, and people's pessimism, the decline continued.

In the past, you could buy ten kilograms of ore for one dollar, but now you need to spend more than one dollar!

Maybe more than ten points, maybe twenty or thirty points more, it seems that such a little money is not conspicuous, but when converted into a ratio, it is amazing enough!
In the past, the money could buy ten cars at once, but now it can only buy seven and a half cars.

However, those large domestic heavy industry companies don't care about the cost of Obak, they only purchase according to the past price.

You don't need to sell, no one is forcing you.

Although the Penteio Empire was a feudal society ruled by the royal family, the royal family was relatively enlightened.

They did not want to start a war with the Federation when they paid attention to the Federation, but wanted to understand the Federation's social system.

Most powerful countries have realized that the feudal government is being eliminated by history.

Perhaps in the past when the society was not developed enough, people's exploration of nature and the world were not enough, and when people's education level was still very low, it played a great role.

But now, it's out!

Guafra's reform affects Penteio who has the same system. They will not reform all at once like Guafra did, they will come bit by bit.

Forgiving the people is the first thing to do!

If the price is too low, don't sell it!
There are a large number of people in the steelmaking plant of Obak, and the salary is a big expense every month!

What troubles him most now is that the amount of ore he can buy is getting less and less, and the metal ingots in the warehouse are getting more and more!

Large-scale heavy factories are not needed, and small-scale enterprises cannot use so much, and it is difficult to afford higher and higher prices. In short, the current situation is not very ideal.

Obak once thought about shutting down work, but the local city hall told him that no matter what, the shutdown cannot be stopped, and the town hall will help him find a market.

In fact, he did move the city hall to sell some metal ingots, but the price of the ore outside was getting higher and higher, which made him feel very horrified.

Maybe go on and he'll go bankrupt!

Depressed, Obak came to the club he often went to alone. In the Penteio Empire, the club is a very special place.

It is like a combination of bar, cafe and salon.

Just buy a cup, find a place to sit, and chat with everyone, or just sit.

Obak is an acquaintance here. As soon as he sat down, he found someone talking about a topic similar to him.

The situation that everyone encounters is basically the same. All the resources that rely on imports are "crazy", but the domestic price system keeps the domestic price at all times, which is a headache for many businessmen.

In fact, Obak is not bad. There are also some companies that specialize in providing spare parts for large enterprises. They have signed a contract. They have no way to increase the price. It's enough for them to have a headache for a while!

So everyone is talking about this topic.

Obak found a relatively close chair and sat down.

There are no sofas here, just chairs.

"... So doing this is the best way, although it seems a bit... You know, we have no other way!"

He heard someone saying something intermittently that he couldn't quite understand, but he realized that this might be the solution.

He couldn't help but moved closer, and found a familiar person, "What's going on?"

The people who knew him looked at Okba for a while, and felt that the other person was trustworthy, so they whispered to him what the person in the crowd had talked about before.

"He suggested that we exchange the money in our hands into the Federal Sol as soon as possible, or the currency of some neutral countries, but the currency stocks of neutral countries are limited. If we hold too much, it will eventually lead to the collapse of the currency system."

"So our main goal is the Federal Sol!"

"We can open some accounts in some neutral countries, deposit money in those accounts, the exchange rate of the Federal Sol is very stable, use it to buy what we need, and then ship things back..."

Obak kept nodding after listening. This is indeed a good way, but at the same time, he still has a question to answer, "But what we got is still Aoyuan, which actually doesn't improve any way!"

His friend pouted towards the crowd, "He's talking about this question..."

(End of this chapter)