#401 - Comrade Xiao Xu, the "heartless"

In his previous life, a famous person once said that there are three ways to win a war.

First, destroy the enemy's army.

Second, destroy the enemy's economy.

Third, destroy the enemy's culture.

For Wei Changtian, leading troops all the way to the capital is undoubtedly too difficult, and subverting the ideology of Da Ning is even more fanciful.

But with a large sum of money in hand, he might be able to try to make some waves from the "economic" level.

Of course, there are obviously no financial derivatives such as stocks and bonds in this era, so Wei Changtian's entry point can only be commodity prices.

And "grain prices" are undoubtedly the most important indicator among them.

If he could significantly increase grain prices in areas other than Shu Prefecture, then more people would be willing to come to Shu Prefecture to live.

And on the other side, Ning Yongnian must also take action to "rescue the market", using the already scarce national treasury reserves to purchase large quantities of grain and put it into the market, in order to lower grain prices and avoid riots.

In the end, with the ebb and flow, he can rely on the grain in his hand to "subdue the enemy without fighting."

Hmm...

The idea is good, but Wei Changtian also understands that it is very difficult to achieve.

Because this "ancient" method of economic warfare is not effective quickly, and the effect is not as devastating as it was in his previous life.

But no matter what, there is no harm in trying.

"Wan'er, I have an idea, what do you think..."

After making up his mind, Wei Changtian pondered for a while, and then explained his idea to Xu Qingwan as simply as possible.

The latter quickly grasped the key point.

"I understand."

"Hoarding large amounts of grain in various states will inevitably cause grain prices to rise."

"At that time, Ning Yongnian will have to compete with us for the grain on the market."

"This will drag down the war between Shu Prefecture and Da Feng..."

"Changtian, but our foundation in other states is still shallow."

Little Comrade Xu suddenly thought of a loophole: "What if Ning Yongnian directly sends troops to rob our grain at that time?"

"Rob?"

Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes: "If he wants to rob, then we will set it on fire early, anyway, it's not for making money."

"Ah?"

Xu Qingwan was stunned when she heard this, but she immediately understood.

Wei Changtian's motive is different from those grain merchants who hoard grain in troubled times.

The latter is to make a "fortune from national disasters", while the former is to "disrupt the market".

So, if Ning Yongnian really intends to forcibly intervene through violent means, then Wei Changtian can actually achieve his goal by directly burning the hoarded grain.

Of course, this is obviously an act of hurting the enemy a thousand and harming oneself eight hundred.

But for Wei Changtian, who now possesses wealth comparable to Da Ning's national treasury, he doesn't care how much money he will lose as a result.

Only...

"Changtian, but this will also affect the people of the world..."

After hesitating for a while, Xu Qingwan looked at Wei Changtian and said softly: "Grain prices are already very high now, if they rise again, many people may starve to death."

"No."

"Yeah."

On the other side, Wei Changtian pondered for a while, and then suddenly said seriously: "Wan'er, I want to entrust the matter of opening a grain store... to you."

"Me?"

Xu Qingwan opened her mouth wide: "Can I, can I do it...?"

"What's impossible, anyway, it's just buying grain everywhere and hoarding it, the specific work will be done by the branches of the Gongji Association in various places, you just need to issue orders."

Wei Changtian smiled and said: "Besides, don't you also like doing these things?"

"I like money, but I'm afraid I won't do well..."

Xu Qingwan said tangledly with some excitement and some apprehension: "What about Young Master Chu? Wouldn't it be better for him to do it?"

"Chu Xianping is already busy enough, I can't possibly exhaust him to death, can I?"

Wei Changtian shook his head: "There are not many people I can trust, after thinking about it, only you can help me now."

"..."

Only you can help me.

As soon as these words came out, Little Comrade Xu no longer had a trace of hesitation.

Her husband has already said so, so even if she has to go through fire and water, she can't back down!

"Changtian, I will definitely do well!"

With a serious little face, Xu Qingwan solemnly made a military pledge.

Wei Changtian couldn't help but laugh when he saw her like this.

"Hahahaha, don't be so nervous, I will have Chu Xianping find some people to help you."

"Yeah, yeah!"

"I, I'm not nervous!"

Although Little Comrade Xu was working hard to cheer herself up, the emotions in her heart did not relax in the slightest, it seems that she is destined to be sleepless tonight.

Good家伙, I also don’t know what her reaction will be when she sees those boxes of silver notes.

Judging from this posture, she will probably be so excited that she faints...

"Alright, it's getting late, go to sleep first, we'll talk about other things tomorrow."

Wei Changtian rubbed his forehead with a wry smile, and then prepared to change his clothes and go to sleep.

However, these words seemed to remind Xu Qingwan, causing the latter to suddenly recover from her thoughts.

"Changtian..."

She suddenly walked behind Wei Changtian, who was taking off his outer robe, and asked hesitantly in a low voice: "You seem to have never spent, spent the night at Sister Lu's place since you came back..."

Hmm?

Wei Changtian's hand hanging up his clothes froze.

What's the situation? Is this a warning or a reminder?

"I, I can't sleep with her."

Wei Changtian certainly wouldn't tell Xu Qingwan the real reason, so after being slightly stunned, he tried to muddle through.

But this reason is obviously too fake.

"How can there be such a thing?"

Xu Qingwan shook her head seriously: "Changtian, are you having a quarrel with Sister Lu?"

"She has been feeling down these past few days, and you don't pay much attention to her... But you can't always be like this."

"Go coax her, okay?"

"I..."

Coax my ass!

Are you the kind of person who pushes your own husband into another woman's room??

Wei Changtian was dumbfounded for a while and didn't know what to say.

And Xu Qingwan thought that she had guessed correctly when she saw him like this, she gritted her teeth and actually pushed him out of the room.

"Go quickly, I won't open the door for you tonight."

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Before Wei Changtian could react, he was pushed out the door, and then...

"Squeak~"

Behind him, the carved wooden door was "ruthlessly" slowly closed.

"..."

So ruthless??

Wei Changtian stared blankly at the closed door, motionless like a stone sculpture.

As for Xu Qingwan in the room...

Although she felt very guilty about "kicking Wei Changtian out", she hesitated for a long time but still "relentlessly" did not open the door.

On the one hand, she really wanted Wei Changtian to "reconcile" with Lu Jingyao.

On the other hand, she also wanted to quickly plan how to complete the important task that Wei Changtian had entrusted to her.

"Da da da" ran to the table, lit a few more candle lamps, prepared paper and pens, Little Comrade Xu was obviously preparing to "burn the midnight oil" to prepare for the matter of "opening a grain store".

However, she had just sat down when she seemed to remember something again, she suddenly got up and ran to the door, and whispered to the figure outside who hadn't left yet:

"Changtian."

"Don't go looking for Yuan'er and Qiuyun, I've already told them to lock the door when they sleep today."

"..."

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