Yuan Xi said: "These are all old methods, Sun Quan won't find out, right?" ”

"No, it won't."

Zhen Yan smiled: "Sun Quan dreams of wholesale paper and salt, and we don't reduce the price of wholesale, how can he doubt it?" What's more, the lord has just married his sister-in-law, and this is the time when he is the least vigilant. ”

All three of them have learned.

Zhen Yanguo has economic talents.

Guo Tu frowned and said, "But in this way, we also have a lot of losses." The price of salt and paper has been reduced, how can we sell it in the future? ”

Zhen Yan smiled and said: "Mr. Gongze, this is simpler, after suppressing Sun Quan, can we just raise the price?" Anyway, only we can make these two things, and the people can afford the price now, and they will be able to bear it in the future. ”

"So how does it work?" Yuan Xi asked.

Fu Zhu and Tian Feng also looked at Zhen Yan.

Everyone didn't think about this economic problem for themselves at all, and they all counted on Zhen Yan.

Zhen Yan replied: "First secretly transport the goods to Yangzhou and Jiangdong counties, as well as the major chambers of commerce in the Central Plains. Reserve another copper paper currency in case you need it. When everything is ready, go down to Sun Quan and wholesale salt and paper for him. As long as the goods reach him, before he can transport them back to Jiangdong, we will start to reduce the price and control the chambers of commerce in various states and counties. ”

By the time he shipped the goods back to Jianye, the price of salt and paper had basically stabilized, and no matter how much money Sun Quan invested, he couldn't save the situation. Of course, it is impossible for him to invest money to raise the price and fight an economic war with us, because he does not have that strength. His only option was to hoard the goods for the time being, so that the large sum of money could be left unavailable for military and profit. Another option is to sell cheaply and lose 90% of the principal. ”

Zhen Yan said that the head was the Tao, and Yuan Xi and Fu Zhu thought about it carefully, and they both felt very promising.

So Yuan Xi clapped: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you to deal with with it all." Yuan Hao, you help him, and the goods and paper and copper currency needed will be supplied by your household. ”

"Yes."

Tian Feng responded.

.......

After this meeting, Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Guo Tu and Zhen Yan studied the suppression of Jiangdong's economy many times. After all, it takes a lot of resources and money to use, and it is necessary to ensure that nothing goes wrong. Be able to control all the situations.

Fortunately, with Zhen Yan taking the lead, everything is going well.

Mid-July.

Sun Quan sent people to Hebei again.

Coincidentally, Sun Quan was ready to build a ship in this year, but the money was not enough, so he sent Zhuge Jin to find Yuan Xi to wholesale paper and salt, wanting to make a lot of money, and then build a ship.

At this time, the layout of Zhen Yan and Tian Feng has been basically completed.

Just wait to contact Koto.

Zhen Yan pushed the boat down the river, agreed to Zhuge Jin's request, and wholesaled paper and salt worth 60 million to Jiangdong at a very high price.

And the route of transportation, as well as the specific process of the transaction, were formulated.

Zhuge Jin didn't doubt it at all, let alone realize that he had walked into the trap set by Zhen Yan and Tian Feng.

Early August.

Sun Quan was very happy when he received Zhuge Jin's report. He thought that Sun Shangxiang played a role and blew the pillow wind on Yuan Xi, so Yuan Xi was uncharacteristically and gave him so many benefits.

He was afraid that Yuan Xi would regret it, so he immediately scraped together enough money and transported it to Pingyuan County in the east of Jizhou, where he completed the transaction.

From Pingyuan County back to Gangdong, almost all of them are waterways.

At the current speed of the warships in Jiangdong, it will take fifteen days to make a round trip.

When the transaction ended, Zhuge Jin escorted the goods back.

All over the Central Plains, including the counties of Jiangdong, a large number of small traders suddenly appeared. These small traders have large quantities of paper and salt in their hands, and they sell them very cheaply.

Of course, in the first few days, there was no price reduction in the Central Plains and Hebei. It started in Wu County, Jiangdong, where Sun Quan was his hometown.

The reason why Zhen Yan did this was to clear up the relationship.

In case Sun Quan reacts one day and asks Yuan Xi to settle accounts, Yuan Xi also has a statement. You can also bite back, saying that Sun Quan deliberately lowered the price and disrupted the market, causing Hebei to also suffer losses. This statement is also valid, after all, in this battle, Yuan Xi himself will also suffer certain losses.

The trend of price reduction began in the five counties of Jiangdong.

The small traders sold their goods to local families, who in turn sold their goods wholesale to some shops and then sold them to the common people. Although the price has increased. But those small traders had too many goods in their hands, and the prices were lowered again and again, and in the end, the local shops had to follow suit, otherwise no one would buy them.

In just a few days, Wu County was very chaotic.

Gradually, in the Yangzhou area, prices also began to drop.

The situation is similar to that of Wu County, Jiangdong, where small traders first disrupted the market and lowered prices, and then the local chamber of commerce could not sell the goods, so they could only follow suit.

From Wujun to Yangzhou, and then to Xuzhou and Qingzhou in the Central Plains, Jizhou and Bingzhou in Hebei, five or six major states were edited. Even Cao Cao was affected.

Cao Cao focused on purchasing and hoarding grain. Due to the decline in the price of salt and paper, the families did not dare to do wholesale business anymore, and all of them grabbed grain from Cao Cao.

It is necessary to mention. In recent years, Yuan Xi has rectified the economy in Hebei, which has been of great help to Cao Cao. In the past, the families in the area under his jurisdiction were all engaged in the grain business, and it was difficult for Cao Cao to raise grain. And it is quite troublesome to take food from the family. When Yuan Xi sold a large number of high-end products, the families were too lazy to rob Cao Cao, how could they make more money from selling high-end products? So they all went to Hebei for wholesale, which created good conditions for Cao Cao to raise grain. It is precisely for this reason that Cao Cao dared to launch many battles.

However, now there is no money to be made from selling salt and paper, and all the goods hoarded by the families have become waste.

If you don't find a breakthrough as soon as possible, how can you recover your losses?

In this case, the families all aimed at the rice and grain in Cao Cao's jurisdiction. After all, rice grain is the most stable commodity, and the people have a demand, and no matter how much they hoard, they can sell it.

.........

Except for Cao Cao, who was affected, everything else was fine.

Yuan Xi's Jizhou is the most stable place.

Although the price fell to the same level as Koto, no one bought it. The families are also old foxes, all of them are in the perfume and soap business, and they don't care about Zhen Yan at all.

Of course, Zhen Yan didn't pay attention to them.

This matter was originally aimed at Sun Quan, and it had nothing to do with the Hebei family, and it was a very normal and wise choice for them not to cooperate in buying salt and paper. Sun Quan couldn't see that there was a problem.

On the contrary, if all the Hebei families go to Zhen Yan to buy things, and then sell them to the people and shops in Hebei at a low price, it will be suspected of helping Yuan Xi and taking the initiative to reduce the price.

Therefore, the reaction of the Hebei family can be regarded as indirectly helping Zhen Yan.

Mid-August.

Zhuge Jin escorted the goods back to Sun Quan's capital Jianye.

As soon as he unloaded all the goods, went to report to Sun Quan, and walked out into the street, he heard about the price of salt and paper.