Zhang Mingyue saw Chen Ji coming back with a solemn face, and asked, "What's the situation?" Chen Ji said: "The Zhan Lu sword is in Shunzhi's hands. Now if you want to kill Shunzhi, it's even more difficult. It is impossible for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to have an ancient famous sword, it must have been given to him by the Yuanjue monk and the Red Dragon Dao chief Zhan Lu sword. These guys are really hateful, for the sake of their sect's little interests, they can take out anything. ”

In the restaurant just now, Chen Jizhen wanted to attack Monk Yuanjue and the Red Dragon Daoist. It's so damning. Considering that it was in the city of Guangzhou, Chen Ji finally endured it.

Zhang Mingyue said: "Zhan Lu Jian. Among the top ten famous swords, it ranks second. is even stronger than the cadre Mo Ye. Xianggong, Zhan Lu's sword is indeed very powerful, but Shunzhi's swordsmanship is not as good as yours. ”

Chen Ji nodded, in the entire Huaxia, he was the only one who had practiced the sword with a god, and Shunzhi's swordsmanship was indeed inferior to himself. But Zhan Lu's sword was in Shunzhi's hands, and Chen Ji still felt like a fish in his throat, which was very uncomfortable.

The sword, in Shunzhi's hands, is impossible to steal if you want to.

The gleam in Chen Ji's eyes flashed, and he said in a cold voice: "Mingyue, give Wang Xu an order to let him carry out an economic blockade of the Manchu Qing." ”

The territory of the Manchu Qing was too large, and it was not easy to block its economy. If before, the Manchus were not afraid of the White Lotus Sect, and the White Lotus Sect would not dare to do so. Because even if the coastal zone was blocked, the Manchus could still play by themselves behind closed doors.

This is the so-called closed country.

But not anymore.

The city of Guangzhou has long been a treaty port. The big merchants and the big world inside the Manchu Qing Dynasty have begun to look at the world. Doing business with foreigners, those people in the Manchu Qing Dynasty tasted the sweetness, and the White Lotus Sect suddenly blocked the economy at this time, and the Manchus would be beaten back to their original shape.

The White Lotus Sect began in the Industrial Revolution, and with industrial products, it was possible to completely destroy the Manchu self-sufficient agrarian economic system. At that time, all the craftsmen in the Manchu Qing Dynasty would go bankrupt.

Even if it was grain, the White Lotus Sect could use the grain base in Southeast Asia to monopolize the grain and oil of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The eight Jin merchants, using smuggling, dug up the foot of the Ming Dynasty, so that the economy of the Ming Dynasty collapsed, and the Ming Dynasty collapsed. Chen Ji kept the eight Jin merchants and did not kill them all. For what? Precisely because they are being used now.

Capitalists have no borders, as long as they are profitable. Betraying the country is a very simple matter. Even if the Manchu capitalists still had the butcher's knives of the bannermen on their heads, as long as there was enough profit, they still dared to do anything.

Zhang Mingyue said: "Xianggong, once we do this. I am afraid that our struggle with the Manchus will enter a white-hot stage. At that time, there will be chaos in the territory of the Manchus. ”

At that time, perhaps the decisive battle was not far away.

Chen Ji said: "I have my own measure. The number of students trained by Minglun Hall will increase exponentially. There are people to manage the territories that we have taken down. ”

In the past, Chen Ji planned to do it slowly.

But after Shunzhi got the Zhan Lu Sword, Chen Ji changed his plan. Take advantage of the vast wealth in the hands of the White Lotus Sect to destroy the economy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Only by first letting the Manchus become chaotic can Chen Ji's army be truly overwhelmed.

According to Chen Ji's estimate, the entire south of the Yangtze River in China will be his own territory.

In this way, many people may be killed or injured. But Chen Ji couldn't take care of that much.

Since the White Lotus Sect's power accumulation is enough, why not do it?

It's like a person, with a clenched fist, always going to punch out. Otherwise, you will suffocate yourself from internal injuries.

Chen Ji secretly said in his heart: "The plan can't catch up with the changes." Even if you comprehend the way of sincerity, you can't control everything in the world. Only when the plan changes according to reality at any time is the real avenue. ”

Chen Ji has a deeper understanding of the Taoist Tai Chi Yin and Yang way.

Zhang Mingyue said: "That's good. I'll let Wang Xu know now. ”

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Wang Xu was very excited when he received Chen Ji's order. The Sect Master is about to start moving again, okay, that's great.

Wang Xu managed the economy of the entire White Lotus Sect, and he knew how much wealth there was in the sect. In the past, when fighting with the Manchus, they all relied on the army and martial arts. That's as violent as it is, it's as violent as it gets.

Economic warfare is a soft knife to kill. Equally very brutal.

If the self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy in the Manchu was really destroyed, the whole Manchu would be in chaos. Maybe the Manchus will be in flames, and there will be no need for the army in the sect to be dispatched, and the Manchus will be in chaos.

Wang Xu sent down to his subordinates: "The sect leader has an order to carry out an economic blockade of the Manchu Qing. We felt that we could do a little more ruthlessly, and we used cheap goods to destroy the economic system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. From today onwards, the price of light industrial products in the church will be reduced tenfold and sold to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Those merchants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, we gave them as much as they wanted. However, steel, grain, could not enter the territory of the Manchus. The Manchus couldn't take as much silver as they could. Once you find smuggling steel and grain, you will not be spared!"

Guangxi and Hunan were occupied by the White Lotus Sect, and Zhejiang was occupied by Zhu Cihong's army. The Manchus can be said to have lost half of the taxes and grain in Jiangnan.

Steel and grain are strategic materials at this time. Whoever dares to smuggle is looking for death. Wang Xu will definitely not show mercy.

Cloth, salt, tea, leather, etc., these things, Wang Xu could give them as much as the Manchu merchants wanted. With the cheapest goods, quickly occupy the market. At that time, almost all the big businessmen of the Manchu Qing Dynasty would go bankrupt. Even if he doesn't go bankrupt, he can only rely on the White Lotus Sect and become a seller of the White Lotus Sect. The White Lotus Sect could cut off their supply at any time.

The White Lotus Sect's business community made great moves, and not only did the Manchus notice it, but Zhu Cihong's forces also felt that something was wrong.

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Chen Jinnan, as the chief helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society, is responsible for the intelligence of various places. It can be said that he is Zhu Cihong's eyes and ears.

The price of the White Lotus Sect's goods was greatly reduced, and Chen Jinnan passed the news to Zhu Cihong as soon as possible.

In a hidden cave.

Zhu Cihong, Zheng Chenggong, Wang Jiang, Zuo Li, Chen Jinnan and other high-level officials are all there.

This cave is very huge, dry and ventilated, and warm in winter and cool in summer, making it a good place to hide. In order to avoid Shunzhi's assassination, Zhu Cihong has been living here for a short time.

Chen Jinnan told the news again, and finally said: "Your Highness, the price of the White Lotus Sect's products has been greatly reduced, not only will the Manchu Qing Dynasty be wiped out, but even we will have very big trouble. Maybe our economic system will be destroyed. The merchants in our territory have already begun to buy goods from the White Lotus Sect on a large scale. Refined salt, cloth, tea, porcelain, etc., all flowed into our jurisdiction in large quantities. ”

The price of goods has been reduced tenfold, which of those merchants does not go to the White Lotus Sect to purchase goods?

Although those businessmen have not studied financial economics, they are still very clear about the relationship between costs and profits. If the cost is low, it is equivalent to an increase in profit. Such a good thing, of course, they have to participate.

Zhu Cihong is a disciple of Chen Ji, and he knows too well the methods of his master. His face was solemn, and he said firmly: "My master, he is forcing us to death by doing this! Those cheap goods enter our jurisdiction, and the salt farms, tea plantations, and major workshops that we have built with great difficulty will be abolished. Hongu will never allow such a thing to happen. We can't let the merchants in our jurisdiction go to the White Lotus Sect to buy goods. Also, create some chaos and divert the attention of the White Lotus Sect. ”

Chen Jinnan was silent for a while, and said, "Your Highness, the White Lotus Sect's stronghold in Beijing City is very important, so it is better for us to end it and frame it for the Manchu court." In this way, the White Lotus Sect will definitely fight with the Manchus. ”

As long as the White Lotus Sect and the Manchu army fight, Zhu Cihong's side will have a chance to occupy more territory. And it will be able to get out of the "economic crisis".