Chapter 1229
Yu State is located in the southwest of Yun State and is also a country bordering Yun State.
Some time ago, there was a war between Yu State and surrounding countries.
The scale is not very large.
After the war, Chen Ping launched an"economic war."
Chen Ping learned this move from Guan Zhong.
Chen Ping is backed by Lu Yan, who has strong financial resources and sufficient capital.
Therefore, Chen Ping has the capital to launch a larger economic war.
In this regard, Lu Yan and Chen Ping learned from Guan Zhong's allusion of"planting mulberry and destroying the country".
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Duke Huan of Qi wanted to dominate, but the State of Lu and Liang State developed rapidly and posed a threat to the hegemonic State of Qi.
Duke Huan of Qi asked Guan Zhong:"Is there any way to deal with these two countries?"
He wanted to fight but was afraid of destroying neighboring countries, hurting himself, and losing the buffer zone with other big countries.
Guan Zhong knew what the King of Qi was thinking and said:"The people of Luliang are good at weaving silk. Please and the nobles take the lead in wearing silk clothes, and call on the wealthy families in Qi to wear imported silk clothes. In addition, domestic industry must be restricted. Production is not allowed. So the landowners in Luliang must give up farming and let farmers produce silk to make silk clothes."
Duke Huan of Qi acted according to his plan. For a time, silk clothes became popular all over the country, and the price of silk clothes in Qi State rose sharply.
The state can intervene in procurement.
As a result, Lu silk was in short supply and the price soared.
When the people of the State of Lu saw that weaving silk silk was profitable, they voluntarily gave up farming and started weaving silk silk in droves.
Guan Zhong said to the merchants of Lu and Liang:"If you sell me a thousand pieces of ink, I will give you three hundred catties of gold; if you sell me ten thousand pieces of silk, I will give you three thousand catties of gold."
This immediately attracted the merchants of Lu and Liang. Transport the silk to Qi and sell it at a high price to make a profit.
The fiscal revenue of Lu and Liang has soared, and only taxes collected from merchants can meet the treasury expenditures. The monarchs of the two countries were secretly happy and encouraged their people to produce silk. For a time, the nobles of the two countries lived extremely prosperous lives.
In this way, it added a catalyst to Lu's enthusiasm for weaving silk. The people of Lu were jealous of money, and Duke Zhuang of Lu was also greedy for taxes. He allowed the whole country to weave silk and stopped growing grain. As a result, there was a textile frenzy in the State of Lu, where"every household's textile machine was buzzing and every household was busy weaving silk silk".
As a result, the originally fertile fields of Lu State were barren.
Thirteen months later, Guan Zhong sent people to Luliang to inspect. It was found that Luliang State was very prosperous in its silk-making industry. Large numbers of vehicles are constantly being transported and exported to Qi State.
Guan Zhong said:"We can close the net and kill these two countries!"
Duke Huan of Qi was overjoyed and asked what to do.
Guan Zhong said:"Our nobles have changed to wearing silk clothes, and the whole country is not allowed to wear silk clothes. The trade routes and customs are closed, and trade with Lu and Liang is strictly prohibited!"
Duke Huan of Qi agreed to do so.
Ten months later, Guan Zhong sent people to investigate and found that the agriculture of Lu and Liang had declined, the silk fabrics could not be sold, taxes had not been collected, and the people of the two countries fell into poverty after unemployment, and there was a general lack of food.
The two monarchs had no choice but to order the people to return to farming. But it was too late. Food production could not be restored within a few months. The hungry people also ate the seeds and fell into a vicious cycle.
As a result, the price of grain in Lu and Liang soared. The people of Lu and Liang spent thousands of dollars per shi to buy grain from Qi, while the price of grain in Qi was only ten dollars per shi.
24 months later, the people of Lu and Liang fled to Qi one after another, leaving ten houses and six empty. Private industries were also monopolized by Qi merchants.
Three years later, Lu and Liang became Qi's military vassals and economic colonies, and were forced to succumb to Qi.
It can be said that Guan Zhong defeated Lu and Liang without spending a single soldier.
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Chen Ping used a similar method.
Chen Ping and Shen Wansan cooperated and sent personnel to spread the news in Yu State.
Yun State wanted to fight with the northern grasslands.
A lot of cotton is needed.
And, make acquisitions at high prices.
In the first year, Shen Wansan and Chen Ping purchased cotton on the market at a price much higher than the market price.
This made many people watching and watching completely feel relieved.
As a result, more and more people are planting cotton.
By the second year, not only did the price of cotton not drop, Yun Guo's demand was even greater.
Those who grow cotton have completely made money.
Yu Guo also made a lot of money.
They used the money they earned to buy food in Yun Kingdom.
Not only was there no shortage of food, but there was also a lot more money.
By the third year, the entire country was growing cotton.
At this time, Chen Ping and Shen Wansan started their actions.
They first purchased large quantities of grain in surrounding countries and cities.
As a result, food prices rise and supply exceeds demand.
Then, not only did they stop buying cotton.
There is also a ban on the sale of grain.
Food on the black market has fetched sky-high prices.
Demand simply outstrips supply.
At this time, the leader of Yu State was dumbfounded. this······
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The leader of Yu State immediately sent people to the surrounding countries to buy grain.
But most of the food has been bought by Shen Wansan's caravan.
There wasn't much food at all.
The entire country fell into famine, and riots and uprisings began.
Refugees began to appear.
The army also began to mutiny.
At this time, Jiang Wei's army arrived.
Troops press the territory.
The leader of Yu State had no choice but to surrender.
The whole country surrendered, hoping that Yun Guo would help tide over the difficulties.
