, but if we are caught by the people of the Cao Family Trading Company, their navy will be idle, and they will attack our coast for a while, and then they will fully retreat. What can we do to them?

?After all, we don’t have a navy that can match theirs. On the vast sea, we will definitely suffer. We have to provide covert assistance. At this time, we see that the Southern Empire must be quite large in number. What they lack

It is estimated that it is something like weapons. The consumption of this thing on the battlefield is very huge. We can also send some slaves in our country to them and let them go to the front line to take on some unimportant tasks."

The prime minister of the empire thought for a while and said, "Others think this method is good. It can help the people of the Southern Empire and prevent the people of the Cao Family Trading Company from becoming very hostile to them. After all, we are not directly involved."

In this war, you can't catch us anyway.

"There is another thing we can do, and that is to use some obstacles to the Cao family business within the territory of our empire. Although we cannot close some of their places, we can raise the prices of some strategic materials. That way

If so, the Cao Family Trading Company will spend more money to do this, which can be regarded as indirectly supporting the battlefield of the Southern Empire. Although it may not have much effect, we have worked hard, and more or less people on the battlefield will.

It has shown some effects, especially the horses of the Western Empire and the Eastern Empire. They all need to adopt horses from your two empires. The number must be a lot. You can build two cavalry regiments on a large scale. Just say

Just go ahead with this slogan. I think the price of these horses will increase by at least 15%. This number may not seem like a lot, but the Cao Family Trading Company purchases between 2 million and 3 million every month.

Yes, based on the price of a horse of 1,000 taels of silver, they will spend billions of more silver every month. This method can also be used in other aspects, so that the Cao Family Commercial Bank will spend more than 1,000 taels of silver every month.

Tens of billions of silver, although it is nothing to the people of the Cao Family Trading Company, it is still a solution we can do." A staff officer from the Eastern Empire said that their only solution is to give the people of the Cao Family Trading Company a hard time.

It's itchy, there are basically no big solutions, because that's all they can come up with. Spending tens of billions more money is really nothing to the Cao Family Commercial Bank. Their money is worth more than a stone.

There are many.

"Another issue is road transportation. Their bulk goods travel everywhere, and it is impossible to transport them all by airship. We can cultivate some more powerful bandits. Their former

At that time, they naturally didn’t dare to mess with the goods of the Cao Family Trading Company, but now they are supported by the imperial court? Then they may have the courage. If they still don’t dare, we will take their heads. What will happen then?

We have the courage. Of course, the guards of the Cao Family Trading Company are very powerful. We don’t expect them to be able to do much. As long as they can be disgusted with it for a while, it’s good. After all, these people are just a mob.

Yes, when necessary, we can let our soldiers dress up as bandits to do this. If the soldiers and bandits are a family, the Cao Family Trading Company will not be able to do anything about it. At most, we will lose some soldiers. One place

If it's delayed for a while, or destroyed a little, it adds up to a lot. The people in the Cao Family Trading Company will feel some trouble." A guy from the Western Empire didn't know where he came up with such a thing.

Bad idea. In the past, a big empire like theirs would definitely not do such a thing. In their view, this was a low-level thing. But now, as long as they can deal with the people of the Cao Family Trading Company, they will use any method.

"In addition, we can also borrow a large amount of money from Cao's Trading Company to repair some of our projects, so that we can attract a large number of young people across the country, so that people from Cao's Trading Company cannot find help to work.

coolies, this can be considered as dragging them back. At that time, we can give some untouchables the qualifications of ordinary residents. For those people, the qualifications of an ordinary commoner are much better than thousands of taels of silver. Cao Cao

In addition to making money, the people in the commercial bank can do nothing else. We have this advantage because we represent a country. If we want you to be good, you can be good, and if we want you to be bad, you can be bad.

, especially for those untouchables, this is what they dream of. For those slaves, what they want is to let their children become ordinary people. Only a thousand of them have such an opportunity. As long as we are

It is enough to increase this opportunity appropriately, and there is no need to turn so many slaves into ordinary people. This is also a pressure on society. It is enough to let them see some hope, so that they will choose

The affairs of the imperial court, not the business of the Cao family, what will happen even if they have more money?" The Prime Minister of the Eastern Empire also proposed a method. From the beginning to the present, the method he proposed can be said to be a blow to the Cao family.

Suppression is the one with the greatest combat potential of trading houses. Although other methods are also effective, they are definitely not as good as the one in front of you. It can be said that the effect in front of you is immediate.

"Actually, after the war started, some favorable conditions appeared for us. According to what we know, the turnover of Cao's trading house and bank has dropped a lot. Many of their people have seen that the Southern Empire directly

The cancellation of the business of the Cao Family Trading Company made many people start to wait and see. They all felt that the banknotes in their hands were of no use. Although they could exchange for silver within our three empires, who would travel such a long distance?

They are also afraid that the three empires will also cancel the qualifications of the Cao Family Trading Company, but we will not do that. If we do that, the Cao Family Trading Company will make a lot of money. Over the years, they have been circulating banknotes.

Those hard currencies are all in their hands, and they will not admit it when the time comes. In fact, this matter is considered a failure of the Southern Empire, and he himself suffered a lot of losses. We can do it this way, for example

We can limit the amount that one person can exchange, which can also have the effect of curbing the popularity of banknotes. Of course, we can't just target the banknotes of Cao's Trading Company. If we do this, it will be too obvious, and it will cause damage to Cao's Trading Company.

People find excuses to talk to us about this matter. As for us, we can set such limits on banknotes across the country. Just have a daily limit. Although it will temporarily have a certain impact on economic circulation, it will also have a certain impact on Cao Cao's banknotes.

The banknotes of the Cao Family Trading Company have made a big impact." These people still have a lot of ideas if they want to stumbling upon the people of the Cao Family Trading Company, and just like now, all of them speak freely.

"But there is one business that we can't get going no matter what, and that is the elixir business and alcoholic beverages of the Cao Family Trading Company. Those luxury goods are just like coral in the sea. In the past, only an empire could

A few appeared, but now the Cao Family Trading Company sells those things in large quantities, as well as the Wujin thing. It’s all because the Southern Empire wanted to occupy it privately in the first place. If he communicates with us all, that Cao may not be able to get so much.

Wu Jin, there is nothing we can do to stop these things. If heavy taxes are levied, the Cao Family Trading Company will immediately pass on the cost to the people. At that time, they will also say that the reason for the price increase is actually the empire's increase in tax revenue.

The reason has nothing to do with them. In this way, people's hatred will definitely increase against the imperial government. The Cao Family Trading Company can still earn a lot of sympathy points. This is not beneficial to us.

...." A group of conspirators were discussing how to deal with the Cao Family Trading Company in the main hall, but what they didn't expect was that the Cao Family Trading Company had already started to deal with them. And they were beaten directly, leaving no room for them to fight back.

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The Cao Family Commercial Bank also has its own methods for dealing with the other three empires. When the war started, the decision-making leadership of the Cao Family Commercial Bank had already thought of these issues. They knew that the people of the three major empires would not just be so honest.

Yes, these people will definitely want to make some small moves behind their backs. Therefore, they must not be idle, so that the actions of the Cao Family Trading Company in the Southern Empire will not be affected. This is right to think about, if it is blindly

If we defend, the matter may not be resolved. Only attacking first will disrupt the enemy's deployment. This is the best defense method. Before they even walked out of the Eastern Empire's main hall, the Cao Family Trading Company's counterattack had already begun.

It's time. Didn't you say that food is your biggest shortcoming? Now I will make some noise for you.

This morning is the same as other mornings. The sun still rises at the same position. People still get up at the same time and go out to do their own things. Few people will notice Cao's Trading Company.

The sign hanging outside the grain store, because they basically buy a month's worth of grain at the beginning or the end of the month. After all, no one buys this thing every day, unless they are those who do it.

Small-time workers receive money once a day. It is impossible for them to have enough money to buy a month's worth of goods at once, so they go there every three or two days. Others, like my cousin, go to the county town to do business.

When they are in the countryside, they buy whatever they come to, and they don’t pick any special days. In their opinion, all days are the same. This is because the Cao family’s food supply has never changed for them.

The price is the official price of 15 cents every day. No matter what happens, there is no increase or decrease in price. This is also one of the reasons why other grain stores cannot continue to operate. When there is a good harvest, the price can be reduced.

Yes, but they can only check the price with Cao's Trading Company. If it is any lower, they will have no profit. When encountering a not so good year, they still need to increase the price, but if you exceed

When the price was 15 cents per pound, basically no one came to buy food from you. Over the years, countless food stores in the four empires have closed down. The food in the Southern Empire this year is still acceptable.

, Mainly because the Cao Family Trading Company has branches all over the country, and they are not very valuable. They did not take them with them when they retreated. They did get a lot of food, but it only took half a year.

What will they do if the food is used up in half a year? In fact, the Cao Family Trading Company wants to maintain its current posture. The Southern Empire will also take the initiative to sue for peace in half a year, and they cannot allow themselves to lose tens of billions.

The people will all starve to death. In that case, the Southern Empire will become a hell.

An old man who was walking on the street was about to go to the most lively place in the city to listen to storytelling. It was said over there that the war between the Southern Empire and the Cao Family Trading Company had begun, and those storytellers had obtained information from others.

After receiving a little bit of news, he started to show off. Although most of what he said was not true, it was already very good for people of this era. They also like to use this method to get some news. Some

At that time, many people stayed there for a long time. What they wanted there was to discuss something together. This seemed to show that they, scholars, cared about national affairs, so that the illiterate people could

If you think highly of yourself, what's wrong with having money? But you are uneducated.

The old man glanced at the notice board of Cao's Trading Company inadvertently. If there were usually many people, he would go there and read it. The feeling of talking to a dozen people without talking is definitely good, but today he almost didn't.

Show your eyes, mother, what? Price increase? Food price has increased. Food has been at this price for several years, and everyone is familiar with it. What? Because of the tense war with the Southern Empire, food prices have increased.

Transportation cannot come in, so the sales quantity is limited every day, and the price is raised to 20 cents per catty, and each person is limited to purchasing ten catties a day. As for when the price will return to the original price, it must wait until the war with the Southern Empire is resolved.

In order to solve this price problem, not only the grain trading companies, but other goods related to the Cao Family Trading Company have begun to increase in price. As for those luxury goods, the prices have increased even more, and some have doubled directly.

, but those are nothing to the common people. Rich people have money anyway. There is no difference between spending 1 million taels of silver and 2 million taels of silver for them, but it is different for the common people, although it is just a price increase.

5 cents can allow many families who used to eat white flour every month to change their main occupations. At least one person in a family of four will have to eat some mixed flour. Otherwise, they may not be able to survive this month.

The old man saw the limited sale above. This is no joke. He won't go there for a walk now. The things the storyteller said don't seem to have much to do with him. The food thing does have something to do with him.

, it doesn’t matter to you what kind of fight the Cao Family Trading Company has with the Southern Empire, but if you can’t buy food, you will starve. This is an urgent matter, and you must do it quickly. If

If he didn't do it well, he would have seen the matter. The old man hurried home to get the bag twice as fast as when he came. At this time, there were many people who saw the news like him.
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