Just three days later, the Liao Kingdom, which first initiated the wave of national acquisitions, encountered a problem, a very thorny problem - there was not enough money!
However, it is said that the emperor of Liao actually wanted to purchase a small country next to Shang. The conspiracy is self-evident. Purchasing a country next to Shang was to plant a nail next to Shang and hinder the development of Shang.
But the problem was that the capitalists of Shang State began to compete. The price was originally expected to be 17 billion taels of gold, but due to everyone's competition and bidding, the price soared to 40 billion taels of gold.
At this point, the Liao Kingdom exceeded its bottom line. If it purchased at such a price, even if it could curb the Shang Kingdom's conspiracy to expand, the Liao Kingdom would suffer heavy losses. Paying an extra 23 billion taels of gold meant that the Liao Kingdom would have to reduce the same amount of gold in national defense, scientific research, infrastructure, etc.
Even so, the price is still rising slowly. Because this country is located on the extension line of the traffic artery of Shang State, and its geographical location is very important.
In fact, all countries joined forces to purposefully acquire small and medium-sized countries around the Shang Kingdom. The Liao emperor had agreed to this country. But at this time, the Liao emperor regretted it a little.
"We... can borrow money from the private banks of the Shang Kingdom!" Liu Chenghui, the Southern Prime Minister of the Liao Kingdom, spoke up in confusion. "Your Majesty, I have heard a piece of news before. The private banks of the Shang Kingdom can lend money to enemy countries. The Shang Kingdom even supports this."
"Is Shang Guo stupid?" Taiwei Yelu Xiaoxi spoke directly, his face full of disbelief.
"This news is true!" Grand Tutor Shulü Ayang spoke up, "I have investigated this matter. The Shang State attaches more importance to the establishment and maintenance of the industrial and commercial system. For the Shang State, maintaining the industrial and commercial system itself is the greatest benefit. This is equivalent to the Shang State creating a brand new way of cultivation at the national level."
Everyone was thinking. The Liao emperor immediately decided to contact the private banks of Shang. Don't underestimate private banks. The private banks of Shang were not established for a long time, but there is a capital tycoon behind each private bank. Its influence, financial strength, etc. should not be underestimated; a few private banks are richer than some big countries.
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The outside world was in turmoil, but in the observation room of the Large Hadron Collider, Li Xian was observing the self-inspection of the collider, which would take 36 hours to complete; on the other hand, he was also paying attention to the situation in the country.
On Li Xian's computer, the map of Yingzhou was marked with two primary colors, one color represented the countries purchased by Shang State, and the other color represented the countries purchased by the various powerful countries, major powers, and alliances in Yingzhou.
The two sides are playing black and white chess on the big chessboard of Yingzhou.
The countries that Shang bought were all in important locations; but the rest of the countries were purchased in key locations such as around Shang and in important hubs of Pan Yingzhou. It seemed that Shang was in a defensive position.
Under this capital competition between the two sides, the entire Yingzhou capital market seemed to be in chaos. Countries could be invested and auctioned like commodities, and the resulting panic among the people was naturally needless to say.
However, as a wise king, Li Xian understood the order behind this "chaos" - free competition of capital and survival of the fittest!