catastrophe! catastrophe! catastrophe!
An unprecedented catastrophe.
Emperor Jiang knew who was behind this, and he remembered the threat from Li Zhen: "I will make your Xinyuan Kingdom suffer the disaster of national destruction within seven days."
The whole person was dumbfounded. Is this the calamity of national subjugation
The fourth day.
Jiang Tianzi made a worried private visit incognito and came to the city. When he saw the bustling market, the worry in the corners of his eyes became more intense.
Every store has a huge flow of people.
There are many new things appearing in the market of Xinyuan Kingdom. They are all Dongzhou's industrial products, very novel, but very useful things.
Various consumables emerge in endlessly.
Jiang Tianqi was in front of a steamed bun shop, picked up a steamed bun and said, "How much does one cost?"
The boss looked embarrassed and said: "This... I can't count the money alone."
"What's the meaning?"
"Ten buns are one coin. If you buy one bun, how can I calculate the money for you?"
"What!"
Jiang Tianqi exclaimed, his eyes about to burst: "Ten buns only cost one coin?"
The owner of the bun shop rolled his eyes: "You are from outside at first glance, right? Haha, let me tell you, our Xinyuan Kingdom is now in good weather under the governance of Emperor Jiang. Prices are the lowest in Kyushu, lower than those in Dongzhou. This This is what truly allows people to live a good life.”
When Jiang Tianqi heard this, his heart beat wildly and cold sweat broke out on his back. All he felt was deep fear.
Looking at the bustling market, ask yourself, is it prosperous
Once this kind of castle in the air built by Li Zhen collapses, Xinyuan Kingdom will be reduced to ruins in an instant.
Jiang Tianqi looked at the stall in the distance and found that the cotton clothes and pants were piled on the ground so casually: "How to sell clothes and pants?"
The boss said impatiently: "The scale is there, you weigh it yourself. Ten coins per catty, no bargaining."
"Sell by the pound?"
Jiang Tianqi asked in surprise.
The boss clasped the back of his head and said, "Round up the fractions and calculate the whole number. That's interesting."
"so cheap… "
"Is it from outside? Hahaha, let me tell you, prices in our Xinyuan country are so low."
“…”
Overnight, all the people in the Xinyuan Kingdom became super rich.
Price collapse is not a collapse of individual items. It caused a chain effect, that is, all prices collapsed.
And this will have a more terrifying chain effect, that is, the wages of everyone in the entire Xinyuan Kingdom will collapse.
Because this is a conservation condition. Low prices will inevitably lead to low wages.
In the past, a laborer could earn twenty coins a day. Now that prices have collapsed, a worker can only earn two or three coins a day.
This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that now everyone in the Xinyuan Kingdom has become a millionaire overnight.
Some of the money I saved before has now become useful.
In the past, one hundred coins was only enough for a family of three to survive for a month.
But now, with one hundred coins, a family of three can live in extreme luxury for two to three months.
Jiang Tianqi's eyes were splitting, and he looked back at the Finance Minister beside him: "You said... After a period of time, if Li Zhen gives another order, Dongzhou will start wholesale goods at the original price, or Dongzhou will not even wholesale goods. Xinyuan Kingdom General What will happen?”
The minister lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "Then overnight, prices will suddenly rise again, even higher than before. But people's wages have dropped more than ten times, so... Theoretically speaking, the new dollar The country will collapse."
Jiang Tianqi sighed and asked again: "But Dongzhou will also lose a lot, right? He is really willing to do it?"
The minister muttered: "The loss is not much... Prices in Dongzhou are already extremely low, and the lowest price in Kyushu is in Dongzhou. It's really not much. And there is one more thing, I don't know whether to talk about it or not."
"explain."
"The invasion of Dongzhou's goods caused many local big businessmen in the Xinyuan Kingdom to go bankrupt overnight."
"How is that possible? Don't they all purchase goods from Dongzhou?"
"No, I'm talking about the original 'manufacturers' of the Xinyuan Kingdom. The prosperity you see, Emperor... is actually all local dealers. They are not manufacturers."
"What's the difference?"
"The difference is... Suppose a pair of shoes is processed and manufactured by our Xinyuan state-owned factory. But the price of the shoes is 10 yuan. But after the influx of Dongzhou goods, the price of the shoes is only 1 yuan. Then the dealer will choose to purchase the goods from Dongzhou , and the original manufacturers in Xinyuan Kingdom can no longer sell, all the goods are piled up, and once the capital chain is broken, they will all collapse."
"According to statistics, at least hundreds of big bosses have committed suicide."
"Why would you commit suicide? If you can't sell it, why don't you keep it and wait to sell it later?"
"You don't understand, the manufacturer's money is all in the goods. If the goods cannot be sold, the money cannot be recovered. It relies on the economic cycle of producing and selling at the same time to make profits. Once it is interrupted, it will collapse."
A look of panic flashed across Jiang Tianzi's face: "Tell me, what will be the consequences?"
"The consequences are... if this continues, it will take up to a week. The Xinyuan Kingdom will completely lose its productivity. All goods will need to be wholesaled from Dongzhou and can only be bought, but they will not be able to produce anything themselves. Because what they produce will never be It’s more expensive than Dongzhou’s and will never be sold.”
The minister continued: "If we continue to purchase goods from Dongzhou, then from now on, the entire Xinyuan Kingdom will be completely dependent on Dongzhou for survival. The Xinyuan Kingdom will completely become a vassal state of Dongzhou, or in other words, it is an order from Li Zhen , we will have to implement the subordinate units..."
Jiang Tianqi said tremblingly: "What if we don't rely on Dongzhou's breath?"
"Then... the Xinyuan Kingdom will perish."
"We have an army, how can our country be destroyed?"
"There is an army, but... no money. The Xinyuan Kingdom has just been founded. It doesn't matter whether the government has money. The people have no money. And the people have no money, and the people cannot afford to buy anything at all. The result will be... another uprising. The Xinyuan Kingdom An uprising, and possibly, an uprising within an uprising.”
Emperor Jiang took a few steps back: "Can't you kill them to serve as a warning? We are strictly prohibited from contacting Dongzhou merchants. Kill every one you see."
The minister sighed desperately: "Have we killed them? The dealers are all businessmen from the Xinyuan Kingdom, and Dongzhou is just a wholesaler. No matter how many we kill, we will only kill people from our own country. And... this condition has been formed No matter how much you kill, it’s useless. You can’t produce it yourself, and you can’t sell your own goods. Everyone has to live, and if you want to live, you still have to buy goods. And... How could Dongzhou see that we don’t buy goods from them? What? They will have many means to restrain us from killing one to serve as a warning to others."
Jiang Tianzi sighed silently. He has already thought that the prosperity in front of him is just a superficial bubble that will burst with a single poke. The market is prosperous, but in fact... no one has any money.
Businessmen began to make small profits but quick turnover, and small profits were destined to make no money. In the past, you could earn 100 coins by selling one item, but now you can only earn 100 coins by selling 100 items. Now that prices have plummeted across the board, one hundred coins seems to be worth more.
But one day this bubble bursts. Is one hundred coins still worth it
When the time comes, the wealthy businessmen will become common people, and the businessmen will become poor. The poor are poorer.
Jiang Tianqi suddenly roared crazily: "Contact Li Zhen, contact Li Zhen!"
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