Chapter 1401 Digging a Big Corner
"Your Majesty, I'm in trouble!" Inside the Tianshui Empire Palace, the Prime Minister on the right looked at the latest information with a solemn expression.
There was also a piece of information on the Emperor's desk, and he asked in a low voice, "Is there any further news from Wang Junbao?"
The Prime Minister on the right shook his head slightly: "Your Majesty, I suspect that Wang Junbao has already been discovered. I am afraid that the information Wang Junbao passed on to us was specially arranged by the other party. This can also explain why the information we get is always one step behind, and we are always one step behind. It is one layer away from the key information."
"Oh?" The emperor became interested, "How can you be sure that the information Wang Junbao gave us has always been one level behind?"
The right minister said without hesitation: "It's very simple, because Wang Junbao didn't get the three words 'trade war'! And these three words are the most important thing.
According to our hidden and other secret knowledge, the reason why Minghui Empire sold Du'er Jindan at a low price this time is actually for the trade war. The direct purpose of the trade war is to drain our domestic wealth.
In addition, it can disrupt the domestic market by adjusting the price of Duerjindan.
This information was gathered by many intelligence personnel, but none of them were top-level intelligence personnel, they just happened to be in a more appropriate position.
These circumstances are now sufficiently clear to justify the intelligence.
But Wang Junbao is in an important position, and he can't even get these; some information seems important, but it is always misled in key places, so that we miss the opportunity and let the matter get out of hand. "
The emperor's face was calm, but there was inevitably some worry in his eyes. Although the emperor does not say he fully understands the current domestic situation, he probably still knows the situation.
Indeed, as the Prime Minister said, the domestic situation is already a bit difficult to deal with. Who would have thought that a kind of "auxiliary" elixir in the transformation stage could cause such a disturbance, almost shaking the economy and people's livelihood of the entire empire.
The reason why the Tianshui Empire misjudged the current situation may not be the main responsibility for Wang Junbao's intelligence, but it definitely has a great responsibility.
Because of the misleading information from Wang Junbao, the Tianshui Empire deviated in its initial decision-making. Maybe this basic deviation is very small, but when the decision-making is scaled up to the whole country, to hundreds of billions or trillions of white tiger coins, this deviation will be fatal.
Just like spaceflight, it may be just a hairline deviation at first, but when it expands to the star system, this slight deviation can eventually lead to a deviation of hundreds of thousands or millions of kilometers, completely missing the target.
After considering everything that happened recently, the emperor finally had to admit: "Wang Junbao should have been exposed. Think about it, too. He was dispatched from the front line accurately and was responsible for the transaction with us. There are too many coincidences.
So, does this mean that Li Jichang was actually captured by the Minghui Empire or the Blue Star Group long ago. Then, all the intelligence systems that Li Jichang is in charge of must be sorted out. There's even a reverse osmosis investigation to do! "
"Your Majesty, don't worry, we are already doing it. Fortunately, we discovered it early. Although all the troops in Li Jichang's lineup are useless, the infiltration work is limited due to time constraints, and the other party dare not make a big show of it. On the contrary, it is not serious.
However, just in case, I have already let all relevant personnel stay at home, and some capable ones will turn from the dark to the bright, and enter some troops that can only accept orders, so there is no problem of leaking secrets. Even if he is really instigated, he can only spend his whole life here. "
The emperor nodded, with a slight joy in his tone: "I am most at ease when you do things. How do you think the problem of crossing Erjindan should be solved now?"
"There is no better solution, we can only 'lose the poison to the outside world'. We bought the Golden Pill from the Minghui Empire and resold it to other countries. This is what the Minghui Empire promised us before.
And speaking of it, although the market is a little volatile right now, it has actually increased our background and foundation. As long as we can survive the current crisis, the empire will grow a lot.
In addition, the planting of jiao snake vines can be reduced, which directly causes the phenomenon of out-of-stock in the market. This cannot be a false appearance, it must be an established fact. "
The Emperor frowned: "If the production of Jiaosnake Vine decreases, won't the price of the Golden Pill of Du'er increase?"
"No!" The Prime Minister said firmly, "Your Majesty, the means of the Minghui Empire are really unexpected. They raised the purchase price, but they bought very little. As a result, the market is a bit chaotic."
"I heard that the purchase price of the Minghui Empire has increased slightly, with an average increase of 5%, and the fruit of the Flood Snake Vine has increased by 7%, and I heard that there are quite a few purchases."
"Your Majesty, most of the medicinal materials they purchased were ordinary medicinal materials. Most of these medicinal materials were also in short supply in the Minghui Empire.
Now, due to the emergence of Du'er Golden Pill, the consumption of a large amount of basic elixir has increased, and the price of basic elixir has increased; therefore, even if the purchase price of medicinal materials is increased by 5%, the profit will be higher than before.
But in our country, as long as the price of our medicinal materials increases, the price of Duer Jindan will immediately increase, so that everyone dare not increase the price indiscriminately. The situation is getting worse.
The best way is to directly reduce the yield of the Flood Snake Vine fruit, it is best to directly reduce the planting of Flood Snake Vine. "
The emperor nodded slowly: "But the fruit of the flood snake vine is one of the main medicines of the Duer Jindan. If the production is reduced, will there be new bad changes?"
The Prime Minister on the right shook his head slightly: "Your Majesty, we have all been deceived. Because according to our investigation, the few snake vine fruits they bought were simply not enough.
In the Du'er Jindan, only a little ingredient of the snake vine fruit can be found; and this ingredient has almost no effect! In other words, the Flood Snake Vine fruit is not the main medicine, but actually an adjuvant medicine, and it is the kind with the least dosage and almost no effect.
Even if there is no Serpentine vine fruit as an adjuvant, other medicinal materials can be found to replace it.
We suspect that the fruit of this dragon snake vine may be just a medicine. Perhaps hundreds of thousands of catties of medicinal materials, as long as one or two fruits of the Serpent Vine are enough.
The possibility is not even ruled out. The Flood Snake Vine fruit was added later, just to deceive people.
Besides, even if the supply of the Flood Snake Vine fruit is cut off, the Minghui Empire will not give up the Fermenting Golden Pill. Because the profits are too big, and it also involves their trade war.
To take a step back, if they can increase the price of Duer Jindan, the domestic market will recover instead! "
The emperor immediately made a decision and immediately ordered to start reducing the production of Jiaoshevine. But since it is going to be done, it must be done as perfect as possible, and an accident must be created, so that at least the face of the two countries can live.
Two days later, a cargo spacecraft crashed into a major snake vine planet at almost 800 kilometers per second. There are various indications that this appears to be an accident, but in fact it was manipulated by a country next to the Tianshui Empire (in particular not the Minghui Empire).
A 50-kilometer-sized cargo spaceship crashed into the planet, directly causing the ecology of the entire planet to almost collapse. Dust covered the entire planet, volcanoes followed one after another, earthquakes struck the city, and a large amount of poisonous gas permeated the planet.
Because this impact caused the Earth's core to vibrate, the planet's aura environment was completely destroyed. And this caused all the snake vines on the entire planet to die. (Note ①)
In this impact, at least 500 million people died on the planet, and the economic losses caused are inestimable!
After the emperor saw this report, he just sighed and sent people to rescue him.
Although the destruction of this planet makes people feel sad and sad, but sitting in the position of emperor, one needs to consider the entire empire. The territory directly under the entire Tianshui Empire is 800 light years away, and there are tens of thousands of living planets.
Sacrificing a small number of people for the sake of the majority... is also a helpless and rational choice. Of course, it is also a cold choice.
During the rescue, it was discovered that the actual death toll was much higher. The entire planet of life is completely destroyed. Due to the intense vibration of the earth's core, the entire planet has lost its repair value and can only be discarded.
Affected by this 'good' news, the price of the Flood Snake Vine fruit in the market directly tripled!
However, this time, Minghui Empire stated that for the sake of the friendship between the two countries, it has supported 200 million white tiger coins for disaster relief, and also promised to try its best to stabilize the price of the crossing gold elixir.
As a result, Duer Jindan rose a little bit symbolically, that's all.
After seeing the news, Emperor Tianshui finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Sure enough, the fruit of the Flood Snake Vine is just false news. The Minghui Empire really did a great job!"
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When the news reached Zhang Hao, it was already two months later. The reason why it was much slower was because the Minghui Empire and Prince Rui didn't pay much attention to it.
In Prince Rui's view, since the planet is destroyed, it is useless to say anything. It is important to maintain the overall situation. Although everyone can basically understand with their knees, this planet should be destroyed by the Tianshui Empire itself.
However, when Zhang Hao saw the news, he sighed: "This matter... I did it wrong... Ahem, I can do better!"
Huang Long didn't care about Zhang Hao's little 'speech problem' - if he dared to directly say that a prince had done something wrong, most people would definitely give him a pair of small shoes. But Zhang Hao, Huang Long pretended not to hear.
But Huang Long refused to accept it: "What Zhang always thinks should be done?"
Zhang Hao immediately said: "We should immediately support one billion White Tiger Coins for disaster relief, and said that there is not enough; we also need to provide a large number of medical personnel and a large number of relief materials.
Especially those second-hand basic daily necessities that we don't want, we can give them all. This is rescue, not sales. And the sooner it's done, the better.
But on the other hand, the Tianshui Empire must be strongly condemned for failing to protect the common wealth of the two peoples!
Immediately, a strong observation team must be sent to observe the planet to see if there is a possibility of repair. Using the agreement we signed, the Tianshui Empire is required to guarantee the supply of the Jiaoshevine fruit and not increase the price. Otherwise, an ultimatum will be issued, threatening to raise the price of the pill!
In short, there are two steps: the first step is to care for the affected people, and donate huge sums of money; the second step is to ensure the supply of Jiaoshevine fruits, or we will not hesitate to fight! With warmth in one hand, iron blood in the other hand! "
After hearing this, Huang Long was silent for a long time, and then said quietly: "Mr. Zhang, how about being a prime minister in the Minghui Empire? I can give you the treatment of a prince."
(Note ①: Scientific calculations show that if an asteroid with a diameter of 10 kilometers/speed is only 20 to 30 kilometers per second, it can destroy the ecology of the entire earth. Search: Chicxulub Crater.)