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The merchants would not know the impact of this incident on them later, but they just seized this opportunity to make money. The stocks of Xianguo porcelain, silk and mirrors over the past few years were wiped out in just a few days.

In order to maximize profits, the chamber of commerce that got the goods first held a site division meeting, which was resolved within an hour very efficiently. They pulled the goods, took the people and horses, and headed to the destination.

According to the transaction with Qing Cang, these chambers of commerce who received the goods at the forefront all have good commercial reputations, and did not do anything against the agreement, making it useless for the observers arranged by Weidou to monitor the behavior of these chambers of commerce. They don't have to show up to remind the merchants, and they have no way to record the violation of the agreement. This group of secret workers wailed and sighed for a while, why didn't anyone let them arrest?

However, in those countries where merchants spread their stalls, there is no doubt about the behavior of merchants, but they are complacent about being able to buy more luxury goods.

Since the advent of luxury goods such as silk, porcelain and mirrors, the rich and powerful have flocked to him. There are not many such luxury items in the house and they are too embarrassed to invite guests to their door. Coupled with the fact that businessmen are focusing their attention on those big countries, the rest of the countries can obtain even fewer of these luxuries.

It's rare that these merchants don't know what's wrong, so they sell these luxury goods to them in large quantities, and even as time goes by, it becomes cheaper and cheaper. Who doesn't have a lot of these things now, but no matter how many there are, no one dislikes them , even if the silk was sold at a low price, the women in the family did not stop their enthusiasm for buying. They divided them into different colors and patterns, and changed them every day, comparing them.

This discovery made businessmen realize how lucrative the market for women was.

The porcelain is exquisite, and it is a good decoration. There are not many mirrors in the first place, and it is almost enough to put one in each room.

There are also those merchants who buy salt and charcoal for what, these things are not worth much, so just buy them.

In this way, under the negligence of these countries, the two most common things, salt and charcoal, are rapidly decreasing in these countries.

Winter is officially coming, and the snowflakes start to fall. The dignitaries suddenly realize that the food is becoming less and less tasteful, and it’s already winter. Why is this stove only so small? I asked the housekeeper, it turned out that the price of salt has risen, exaggeratedly to one The price is two silver coins, but even so, there is not much table salt circulating in the market, because those who have salt have to use it themselves, and if it continues to rise at this level, the price of this salt will only increase.

The reason for not raising the stove is also because charcoal is no longer available in the market. Now these are the stock from the warehouse before, and now firewood is used on the stove for cooking.

Although the dignitaries felt that there was something wrong, they still didn't take it to heart, and asked the housekeeper to go to those wandering merchants' associations to buy them, but the steward told them that those wandering merchants left their country ten days ago, and the whole country couldn't find a wandering chamber of commerce. a member of.

More importantly, the families of the rich and powerful are running out of money.

Qing Cang has been looking at the observation data of various aspects sent by the latent spies in these countries in the capital. After seeing that the salt and charcoal wood have reached his estimated quantity, he asked those spies to tell the merchants, let the spies They all evacuated, upholding the good cooperative relationship with King Xian, they all obeyed the advice.But the more reason is that these countries have nothing to earn, and it is meaningless to stay any longer.

After plundering all the gold coins from these countries and taking away a large amount of salt and charcoal, the wandering merchants returned to the concession of Xianguo, burning charcoal, and eating food with salt. They already knew that food without salt was dangerous. How unpalatable, I spent a wonderful winter day in the concession with my family and partners from the chamber of commerce.

The countries that they have ravaged are not so happy. There is less and less salt, and the food is less and less tasteful. The inventory is getting less and less as you use it, but the weather is gradually getting colder, so you can't use it.

How can those who are used to enjoy such a difficult life, have no money to buy, so get some money first, and bring valuable things one by one, especially the luxury goods bought a while ago. Those who tried, ended up not wanting it because they had too many at home. If possible, they could transfer their treasures for some money.

The dignitaries who have nowhere to go pay attention to those common people. They are nobles, gentry, servants, and people with higher status than those common people. They should have the best treatment, and those common people should support them .

When Qingcang saw these reports, he felt very complicated. He was the original cause of the pain that the people suffered, but he would not regret doing so. He should not be kind to the enemy, but why he still couldn’t bear it, hey Forget it, these common people won't be of much use, because of the existence of talented people, the common people dare not even rebel.

Qingcang issued an order to let the spies in those countries spread rumors, saying that Xianguo allowed people from other countries to move in.

At the beginning, these common people didn't think much about going to the country, but as the weather got colder and colder, the things that could be used for heating were taken away by the superiors, and life became more and more difficult, unable to resist these man-made things. In the end, the disaster-stricken people could only come to Xianguo with apprehension and expectation.

These people have arrived in the country, and the border officials who have been ordered a long time ago have arranged a place for them. The simple but delicious food and the warm fire have moved these suffering people to tears. Xianguo will give them a new piece of land, and when they start their lives again, they knelt down and kowtowed, knowing that it was a gift from King Xian, facing the direction of King Xian's capital, and praising King Xian's kindness.

"I'm not merciful." Qing Cang put down the report on this matter in his hand, and said with some bitterness that their disaster was caused by him, and he just wanted to give them some compensation.

Hearing Qing Cang's words, he knelt and sat in the hall, Patriarch Chi, Patriarch Jin, Su Yeliao, Jin Yong, Chi Yuan, and several ministers remained silent.

King, you are really kind, otherwise who would care about the life and death of those people.

"Liao, Yong, Yuan." Put away the redundant emotions, the next step is the business.

"Yes." The three of them replied solemnly.

"I appoint you as the vanguard generals to lead the troops and set off in three days." Qing Cang ordered majesticly, he rarely put on such an aura of superiors, let these people see again the man who stood in the blood a few years ago , the proud king who proclaimed himself king on his own, saw the ruthless king who killed tens of thousands of troops decisively on the battlefield.

"Yes." No matter how disagreeable the three of them are usually, and how unhappy they are with each other, at this moment, the performance of the three of them is indeed similar. There is a war in their eyes, and they want to make some meritorious deeds.

Not only these three juniors, but also the rest of the ministers in the hall also burned up. Finally, they finally started to fight again, and this time the battle was the most difficult in their history, but they unexpectedly They are not timid, because they have a wise king, they believe that under the leadership of the king, they will win, just like the catastrophe many years ago, their king also led them to achieve an unprecedented victory.

Three days later, Su Yeliao, Chi Yuan, and Jinyong set off in three groups.

There are also many incidents in countries that are hostile to Xianguo. The people of Xianguo slipped back to their original countries under the special connivance of the officials. Relatives, told them a way to survive and brought back more people.

While the dignitaries were still plundering salt and charcoal, the people under their rule were meeting to leave, and the soldiers who had no loyalists were also leaving secretly, with the help of the spies lurking in these countries. s country.

The dignitaries got the charcoal from the plunder, but before they could enjoy it, they got an order from above that all the charcoal should be sent to the weapon station.

There is not a lot of charcoal in the weapon store. When the country is in a state of scarcity of charcoal, it was ordered to replace it with other materials. At the beginning, everyone thought it was feasible, but when the weapon was released, someone accidentally dropped the formed weapon. On the ground, the weapon was broken. The man was hit hard, and all the weapons in his hand fell off. As a result, all the weapons were broken without exception. The person in charge realized that something was wrong and tried all the weapons. On the one hand, completely broken, how can such a weapon come in handy, we can only do it all over again.

After experimenting again and again, nothing can replace the role of charcoal, and the response to the high-level has led to the behavior of the high-level search for charcoal from the powerful.

The dignitaries who had nothing to gain carried out a new round of raids on the common people, but found that the whereabouts of the common people had decreased. With the help of Xianguo spies, the common people left without danger.

At this time, wise people have begun to combine a series of things. The behavior of merchants to buy salt and charcoal caused a series of confusion. According to the behavior of merchants, luxury goods such as silk, porcelain and mirrors Goods are bait, and these bait will only come from one place, Xianguo.

There is an explanation for everything, that is, Xianguo is dealing with them, not with weapons and war, but with a new way, a way that nearly collapsed their country.

It doesn't matter if they understand it, everything can't be stopped, they have only two ways to go, one is to surrender, it doesn't matter if the country is behind it or the big country behind it, the other is to fight against the country, win the war, and take back everything that has been lost. return.

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