News of the price increase of Anyi salt pond. At the fastest speed, Li Jinsi sent people to Zhao Xing, who was still far away in the north.

As the Minister of Intelligence, whom Zhao Xing has increasingly relied on, Li Jinsi has always stood behind many influential figures, but he has become more and more mature in the field of intelligence, and many times he has made judgments and analyses comparable to those of Jia Xu.

Although Li Jinsi didn't know what Zhao Xing could do to reduce the price of salt, he clearly saw that the price increase of the salt pond was obviously aimed at the Jin Kingdom. Although the reason for the price increase was high-sounding, and even the Shangdang of the Jin State was involved, as if it was because the Shangdang people had raised the prices in Hedong County, Li Jinsi knew that this was all a disguise, and the imperial court must have means in the future, so he did not hesitate to pass this important economic information to Zhao Xing.

Seven days later, Zhao Xing received a report from Li Jinsi. At this time, he had already followed Gao Shun's road-opening troops from an ice and snow road to the east for hundreds of miles, and then turned around and headed south. If someone stands in the clouds and looks down on the northern snowfield, they will find that a huge "several" character has been written in the middle of the horizontal bending hook. Adopting this circumferential passage situation can rescue the trapped herders for dozens of miles along both sides of the road, and it can also be regarded as a more reasonable route of travel when the goal and direction are not clear.

Looking at the information that Li Jinsi urgently sent, Zhao Xing sneered a few times, and then said to Pang Tong and Qin Yilu beside him: "Hmph, some people in the court have very smart noses. Soon after the snowstorm occurred in the north of the Jin Kingdom, we guessed that we might use a large amount of salt in the next step, and even increased the price of the salt pond by fifty percent, and also reduced the supply to the three prefectures of Youji and Liang! This is obviously that some people are ready to take the opportunity to bargain with us......

"I don't know how Taifu should deal with this?" Pang asked Zhao Xing in an humble tone.

"Our preparations are not yet in place, and we will be temporarily constrained by the imperial court in a few months, but we are not without the ability to fight back. At present, the salt reserves of the Jin Kingdom are enough for the people of the three states to eat for about two months, enough for us to hold on until the 'snowflake salt' is on the market in large quantities, at this time, we will not make any statement, and see how the imperial court will make the next move!" Zhao Xing said confidently, the "snowflake salt" he mentioned in his mouth was the name of the next high-quality salt produced by boiling salt.

Qin Yilu nodded, expressing his understanding and support for Zhao Xing's decision, and then said: "It's just that after this incident, I'm afraid that other states in the world will follow the practice of the imperial court and restrict and raise the price of some commodities that the Jin State buys from other states in large quantities, such as the medicinal herbs, miscanthus salt, and sulfur we buy from Yizhou, the iron ore and copper ore we buy from Jizhou, and the large quantities of grain we buy from Yanzhou, Yangzhou, and Wuzhou." If the states raise the price of goods by a few percent, it will make us pay a lot of money, and then reduce the cost of selling goods to the Jin State. ”

"It is indeed possible that this kind of chain reaction that we don't want to see happens, but Jin Guo is not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated casually, I will let the states and counties that dare to raise prices casually fully taste the wonderful feeling of lifting a stone and shooting themselves in the foot!" Zhao Xing said a little fiercely, looking at that look, it turned out to be against the people of the world.

"Notify the relevant departments and prepare for the price increase of the following commodities: meat products, books and paper, finished pills, farm tools and equipment, Changhe Daqu, candy ......" Zhao Xing listed the names of more than a dozen export commodities in one breath, which made Qin Yilu and Pang Tong very surprised.

Zhao Xing made such a big move, he was actually preparing to fight a war without gunpowder with the central court and the world forces in the economic field!

"Hmph, if some people still don't remember to eat or fight this time, after the trade fair is over, there will be more awe-inspiring means waiting for them!" Zhao Xing finally said with some indignation.

As Zhao Xing passed a secret order from the north to Crouching Tiger City, some processing workshops and relevant departments began to secretly plan. This kind of planning not only involves the hoarding of commodities and the adjustment of output, but also some covert hands and feet, which are being deployed in a way that is not noticed by ordinary people.

Soon after, Jin Guo's warm reaction reached Luoyang, which made everyone very puzzled. Some people speculate that Zhao Xing is stiffening, and after the salt reserves of the Jin State are consumed, it will be time for Zhao Xing to turn his head and beg the imperial court. After all, once the common people can't eat salt, he won't care if you are a little bully or Zhao Shaved, and he will definitely rise up to make trouble and rebel in less than half a month.

Sure enough, as Qin Yilu predicted, after the price of salt produced in Yanchi rose, the price of refined salt in Yizhou also rose, and then the prices of grain, ore, medicinal materials, cotton and linen, and timber in other states began to rise.

The only ones who did not raise the banner of price increase for the Jin State Sacrifice were Qingzhou and Xuzhou. Most of the trade between Qingzhou and the Jin State was concentrated in a gold mine in the territory, because the Jin State sent people to manage and mine, and the Qingzhou Mansion only sat on the benefits, so Kong Rong was not interested in mixing with the ranks of price increases.

Xuzhou sells mainly rice and crystals to the Jin Kingdom, and there is a huge family of the Mi family in the East China Sea who secretly supports the Jin Kingdom, and other small traders can't pry the grain market in Xuzhou at all. Since we haven't even figured out the use, how can we rush to increase the price?

In fact, the Jin Kingdom purchased a large number of East China Sea crystals, mainly to make glass-related products. During the Han Dynasty, although there was already an early technology for firing glass, it was obviously very flawed, so Zhao Xing had to use crystal ore with excellent texture and high purity to make the lenses of military telescopes, as well as some other unknown lenses. For the Protector Army, generals who can use binoculars must be at the rank of division commander or above. And the first rule in the use of hands is: to take care of the telescope as you love your own eyes, once lost, military law will be engaged!

With the sound of price increases in various places, the business travelers and warehouses sent by the Jin State to various places suddenly felt the pressure on their faces, and the letters asking for help were transmitted back to the Ministry of Commerce and Trade of Crouching Tiger City like snowflakes. These business travelers sent by the Jin State government to various places did not have the courage to purchase raw materials at high prices, and even if they did not buy anything, they would not suffer a loss.

The reaction of the Jin Kingdom was very fast and very cold, just like the heavy snowstorm that had just passed, not only super strong but also long-lasting, like a slap and a stick, which suddenly beat many forces who were originally sitting and watching the jokes.

Although Zhao Xing is not an economist, he understands a simple truth: in the economic war, the side that is always in the upper hand must be the one with advanced technology and standing at the top of the food chain.

The result of the Jin Kingdom's refusal to purchase grain from all over the world was that the raw materials for brewing would decrease, and then the amount of Changhe Daqu that could be drunk in all parts of the world would decrease, and the price would skyrocket. Because the price of soju has risen, the loss of the Jin Kingdom is negligible.

If the Jin State does not purchase the medicinal materials produced in Yizhou, the finished pills sold to the world by the Hua's Pharmaceutical Factory, which is under the name of the divine doctor Hua Tuo, will reduce the production, and the price will also rise, and in the end, it is the people of the world who are unlucky, not the Jin Kingdom.

The Jin State did not buy ore from Jizhou, so it stopped supplying well-made agricultural tools to various places, which attracted a shout and scolding from the people who were waiting for spring farming.

This economic war, which began to show a one-sided counterattack from the Jin State, lasted until May in the support of all forces in the world, and it was not until the beginning of the trade fair that it ended secretly with the complete victory of the Jin State, which can be regarded as saving some face for the states that came to participate in the trade fair.