In Bian Kingdom, in the Eastern Capital, little Yuan Lin was leaning on the railing and gazing into the distance; his face still had a somewhat childish look, but his brows were furrowed with worry.
"Things shouldn't be like this! Why did it turn out like this?!"
Yuan Lin was very confused. There was always a gap of five colors between reality and dreams—from rainbow to black and white.
According to Yuan Lin's initial idea, economic unification should be able to promote the unification of Bian State. Even if it cannot promote the final unification, it can lay a solid foundation for the real unification. The unification of Bian State in the future will be a natural and simple matter.
However, the first half of this plan was very good, and it can be said that it perfectly demonstrated Yuan Lin's conception. However, in the middle part, it was a bit out of Yuan Lin's expectations. That is, economic unification did promote the improvement of Bian State; however, the emergence of the customs union made Bian State more "barrier-ridden".
The Bian State, with a radius of 10,000 li, was divided up by 10 customs unions, which means that the land area of each customs union was between 2,500 li and 3,000 li. (Note that it is the radius here, not just the length and width)
A country with a territory of 2,500 to 3,000 li already has the capital to become an empire. Back then, the Great Xia Kingdom was only more than 3,000 li.
It is conceivable that the customs unions in Bian will develop in independent directions and go further and further. Under this situation, the next step will be a battle for supremacy among the various powers.
But at this time, another crisis broke out. That is economic control from the Shang Dynasty.
At the beginning, Yuanlin introduced a large amount of the Shang Dynasty's "banking system" in order to promote economic unification and create a more trustworthy environment.
Of course, the banking system was nothing, but what followed was the tentacles of various large groups of the Shang Dynasty. These groups gradually influenced various customs unions through technology and economy.
In the process of the various customs unions fighting each other, it was inevitable to introduce a large amount of arms, technology, industry, economy, etc. However, the customs unions fought every day, so they had no time to develop their own economy and industry, and could only "borrow" from various groups in the Shang Dynasty.
The more wars there are, the greater the demand and the more borrowing there is, gradually forming a vicious cycle.
Well, now the various customs unions have almost become puppets in the hands of the large groups of the Shang Dynasty.
The current situation is: the war in the land of Bian cannot be stopped. In order to repay the loans and for the ambitions in their hearts, the various customs alliances cannot stop the war.
But the above is only the surface! The real underlying reason is that the large business groups of the Shang Dynasty, using Bian State as their chessboard and the country (the divided customs union) as their chess pieces, were competing and testing.
To put it bluntly: the people of Bian State and even the cultivators were killing each other on their own land, and they were happy to become pawns of the Shang Dynasty's business groups!
Holding the railing, Yuan Lin suddenly felt a little tired, and... angry! Why is it like this? If the Bian State continues like this, there will be no hope at all, and it will become a puppet in the hands of the major groups of the Shang Dynasty!
As for the Bian State wanting to default on its debt? Haha, forget it! The Shang Dynasty has now annexed the Liu State, the Lu State, and the Xing State, and is completely adjacent to the Bian State. If the Bian State dares to say "default on its debt", the million-strong army will immediately crush the Bian State.