Chapter 999 Panic
The emperor of Yue is in a very good mood today, very, very good, beyond imagination. Finally found the weakness of the Shang Dynasty, and now it has made the Shang Dynasty helpless-at least it seems so.
This sudden attack by masters caused serious damage to the Shang Dynasty. Although the Shang Dynasty blew up many facilities in the Yue Kingdom, and the planes in the sky continue to fly, the Yue Kingdom has already taken the initiative—anyway, the emperor of the Yue Kingdom and all the civil and military officials think so.
As long as it persists, the Shang Dynasty will inevitably be dragged down. And actually, it seems to be. The Shang Dynasty, which had been developing rapidly, suddenly broke out in an economic crisis. Li Yuanming personally gave a speech and explained the specific situation.
That's good, the fast-growing Shang Dynasty is like a carriage that hit a hill and has begun to collapse. Haha, maybe it's time for me to prepare an elite army of masters, go to the Shang Dynasty to rob, and capture the technology and talents of the Shang Dynasty; if I can capture Li Xiandu, that would be a surprise.
In contrast, the emperor of Yue didn't care about the destruction of domestic industries, docks, and transportation hubs—wasn't that how they came here in the past, and now they just lost them temporarily. What's more, the technology, main talents, and foundations are all there, and it won't take long to rebuild.
Everything is so beautiful!
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The emperor of Yue State was dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Period, but the merchants of Yue State felt the crisis first. Among them, the most obvious feeling is the person in charge of the largest group in the Yue Kingdom——Yue Zijing.
The largest group in the Yue Kingdom is the 'Biyuntian Group', a group controlled by the royal family of the Yue Kingdom; and the person in charge of this group is Yue Zijing, the adopted son of the Emperor of the Yue Kingdom.
Using adopted sons to control a huge group without worrying about usurping the throne or loyalty is a method often used by the royal family. In fact, as long as the emperor himself is not too naughty, and after careful selection and training, most of the adopted sons are trustworthy. And this Yue Zijing is one of them.
Ever since he quietly took over Biyuntian Group, Yue Zijing has been hiding behind the scenes, and the outside world doesn't even know that Biyuntian Group belongs to the royal family of Yue Kingdom; limit.
Before the Shang Dynasty attacked the Yue Kingdom, the production capacity of Biyuntian Group accounted for almost one-tenth of the entire Yue Kingdom; in terms of arms supply, it accounted for almost 20% to 30% of the Yue Kingdom's arms supply. The group controls more than one million people involved. Calculated according to the standards of the Shang Dynasty, the total assets of the group are expected to be around 15 billion yuan/100 million taels of gold.
However, when the Shang Dynasty launched an attack on the Yue Kingdom, Yue Zijing could feel the changes most.
In just a few days, Biyuntian Group was almost paralyzed. But at the beginning, Yue Zijing was not too pessimistic, but as optimistic as the emperor of Yue Kingdom—we have so much accumulation, as long as we do a little activity in the later stage, we can recover.
However, after just two days, Yue Zijing frowned, feeling that he seemed to have overlooked something, as if there was a huge crisis waiting for him.
This morning, Yue Zijing was thinking, when suddenly there was an urgent knock on the door, and it was Zhang Dexiu, the bright president of Biyuntian Group, who came in.
After Zhang Dexiu came in, his face was very ugly: "Your Highness, things... are not good. Our group's wealth has evaporated 90% out of thin air, and we lost 13 billion yuan overnight. Now, this loss has not stopped!"
Yue Zijing's heart skipped a beat, but Shuran also jumped up, very annoyed: "What nonsense are you talking about! How can money evaporate out of thin air! We didn't move at all. Could it be that these wealth can grow wings and fly away by themselves? !"
Zhang Dexiu's face was pale and panicked: "Your Highness, it's really... long wings and flew away by itself. The situation is like this, some economic crisis broke out in the Shang Dynasty, which led to the stock market crash, and now it has affected us.
According to the estimates of the group's think tanks, this economic crisis may affect the entire Yue country, and even the entire Yingzhou. "
"Wait, the economic crisis..." Yue Zijing is not an idiot, otherwise he would not be in charge of Biyuntian Group. When Zhang Dexiu said the words 'economic crisis', the door in Yue Zijing's heart suddenly opened, and Yue Zijing finally knew what he had overlooked just now!
Gradually, gradually, Yue Zijing's face turned pale, and he sat down in the chair. After a while, Yue Zijing finally sighed: "I see, you go out, I'll be quiet."
But Zhang Dexiu asked tremblingly: "Your Highness, what should we do? Are we just watching the wealth evaporate like this?"
"What else can we do except watch!" Yue Zijing tremblingly wanted to pick up the water glass, but spilled water all over the table. He slammed the cup on the table, and Yue Zijing used a small spell to clear the water, and then said: "This is capitalism, capitalism. What everyone said is very clear, capitalism is based on money. social mode of production.
But how to manipulate such a social system was in the hands of the Shang Dynasty. And all the industry and commerce in Yingzhou, etc., are all rooted in the Shang Dynasty.
In the past, the Shang Dynasty was strong, so naturally everything was fine. But now that the Shang Dynasty has fallen, this is a catastrophe for the industry and commerce in Yingzhou, especially the industry and commerce in the east of Yingzhou!
We destroyed the Shang Dynasty, but we also destroyed our own foundation. As we have not completely escaped the influence of the Shang Dynasty, we will inevitably be implicated by the Shang Dynasty. "
"Ah...then let's cut off the connection with the Shang Dynasty."
"You go out, I'll be quiet for a while!" Yue Zijing looked a little ugly. Cut off the connection with the Shang Dynasty? Is it possible at this time!
Under the watchful eyes of Yue Zijing, Zhang Dexiu slowly exited the office, but he didn't dare to go far, and walked anxiously in the corridor; he answered a few calls from time to time, but his face became ugly every time he didn't talk about it.
After going on like this for more than two hours, Yue Zijing finally came out, glanced at the anxious Zhang Dexiu, Yue Zijing snorted coldly: "See how anxious you are. Now the whole group must be in a panic, but The more you are at this time, the less you can panic. Everyone in the group is watching you!"
Hearing this, Zhang Dexiu took a few deep breaths and forced himself to calm down: "Yes, Your Highness."
"Let's go, I'll go see what's going on outside!" The two came to the group's high-level conference center, where all the high-level executives of Biyuntian Group could come. Seeing Yue Zijing appear, everyone stood up to greet him.
Yue Zijing sat at the top and said calmly: "Everyone, I already know the situation. But I regret to tell you that I have no better way now. This is an economic crisis, an unprecedented economic crisis.
In fact, what is the economic crisis, how it broke out, how it develops, and what results it will lead to, I cannot fully understand. All I know is that almost all of our industry and commerce are rooted in the Shang Dynasty. If the Shang Dynasty collapses, we will inevitably be affected disastrously.
I am afraid that this disaster will exceed our imagination. The only thing we can do now is...shrink! Shrink all the main talents, technologies, and funds that can be used in the group, and wait for the economic crisis to pass. "
Everyone was shocked immediately, no one expected that after Yue Zijing came forward, he would come to such a conclusion and give such a method. If formed like this, it is almost equivalent to completely abandoning the current huge Biyuntian Group.
Everyone, naturally not reconciled! There were endless quarrels, and everyone was trying to save the group. To build such a huge group from scratch, a group like an empire, no one is willing to give up.
Seeing this, Yue Zijing shook his head slightly: "Okay, don't argue, just do as I say. Remember, prepare for the worst!"
"Worst plan?" Zhang Dexiu's heart skipped a beat, "Your Highness, is there someone behind the scenes for this so-called economic crisis?"
"This economic crisis broke out so suddenly and so strongly, it would be strange if there was no promotion from the Shang Dynasty behind it. I just don't know whether the Shang Dynasty adopted the method of dying together, or some kind of means of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, or premeditated means."
After speaking, Yue Zijing was about to leave.
Does it make a difference? Zhang Dexiu wanted to ask, but he still didn't say it. It becomes clear after a little thought: the three ways represent three possibilities for the future of the Shang Dynasty.
If they all died together, it means that the Shang Dynasty is already at the end of its battle. If it is PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, it means that the Shang Dynasty still has the ability to revive. But if it had been premeditated, then...it would be too scary; no, I might not be able to think about it, and my heart would tremble if I thought about it for a while.
But someone next to him asked, "Your Highness, how long do you think this economic crisis will take to end?"
Yue Zijing paused, and said slowly: "If the Shang Dynasty perishes quickly, then we need to rebuild the past industrial and commercial system. It is estimated that it will take a year. If the Shang Dynasty persists, it depends on the situation.
In short, prepare for the worst. "
Biyuntian Group began to shrink, a large number of workers were laid off, social resources began to be extremely scarce, and prices inflated rapidly. And many people who use their wealth to speculate in stocks or invest have tasted the taste of investment failure. Countless wealth was in vain, and an unimaginable huge amount of wealth evaporated out of thin air.
After the next day, the emperor of Yue Kingdom could not be idle anymore, and a serious problem was placed on the table of the Emperor of Yue Kingdom—in just three or four days in the past, the Yue Kingdom actually evaporated more than 20 billion wealth out of thin air, and this The numbers are still growing rapidly!
Hundreds of thousands of workers were laid off. Also, as a large amount of wealth evaporated and a large number of workers were laid off, the industrial system that had taken shape in Yue State collapsed. Coupled with the continuous bombing by planes of the Shang Dynasty, the situation in Yue State became more and more critical.
The first crisis occurred when a large number of factories stopped production, which actually led to workers' strikes and demonstrations-needless to say, there were spies from the Shang Dynasty leading them.
Then, a large number of resources began to be scarce, such as liquid aura, such as ammunition, such as black iron and so on. It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality; after getting used to the new living habits, the masters of the Yue Kingdom can hardly bear the life of lack of resources.
In addition, with the paralysis of industry and commerce, the evaporation of funds, and the continuous air raids of the Shang Dynasty, the Jiatong transportation system of Yue State also quickly collapsed. Problems with troop movements etc. are starting to appear!
Seeing the rapid weakening of the Yue Kingdom, several small countries in the south of the Yue Kingdom are also a little bit ready to move - the Yue Kingdom wants to bite the Shang Dynasty, but these small countries want to bite the Yue Kingdom.
To say that these 'small countries' are not small, they are all countries with a radius of three to four thousand miles; it's just that these countries are indeed eliminated under the current environment. But now, they have found a chance to make a comeback!
However, in the early days of the Yue Kingdom, after the officials reported the domestic situation, the army commander Chai Daokui said: "Your Majesty, the soldiers demanded an increase in military pay. Now in just a few days, prices have risen more than ten times, and the wealth in the hands of the soldiers can't even fill their stomachs." .”
At this time, the emperor of Yue Kingdom was full of anger, but he snorted coldly when he heard the words: "In the army, at least they are all on the sixth floor of the Qi refining period, so it's okay to let them miss a meal!
The country is in crisis, can't they think about the country? "
What are you talking about! Chai Daokui really wanted to punch the Emperor of Yue. Yes, everyone is a cultivator, let alone not eating a meal, even if they eat one meal every two days, there is no problem. But you say that people will work hard for you, and you still can't let the soldiers eat with their stomachs open. What kind of reasoning is this?
Chai Daokui could imagine that if he told the emperor the exact words, he would be buried in the ground by angry soldiers tomorrow, and his face would be completely changed.
Fortunately, Gou Yuanli, the prime minister next to him, understood the seriousness of the situation and quickly persuaded the emperor. The emperor was confused by the sudden change. Also, the current war situation has completely exceeded everyone's imagination. Faced with such a new war situation surrounded by clouds and fog, everyone will inevitably feel a little at a loss, a little confused, panicked, and so on.
The Emperor of Yue finally sighed: "Doubling the salary first. But it needs military exploits! Chai Daokui, you lead the soldiers to attack the north, attack... Qingcheng!"
"Qingcheng?!" Everyone was taken aback, Qingcheng was of great significance. It used to be half of the territory of Wu State, which was later assigned to the Shang Dynasty. The land here is fertile and the rivers are criss-crossing; now the Shang Dynasty built many dams to intercept and store fresh water, making Qingcheng one of the few oases in Yingzhou.
The grain output of a single place in Qingcheng was enough to meet the rice demand of the entire Shang Dynasty. This is a piece of fat and oily meat.
However, this piece of fat is not easy to chew.
But His Majesty the Emperor did not give Chai Daokui a chance to refute at all, and ordered the navy commander Yu Ai to lead the main force of Yue's navy to assist Chai Daokui in attacking Qingcheng.
Now the main masters of Yue State have gone to attack the Shang Dynasty, and all the remaining soldiers can't be idle, so let's attack Qingcheng. What's more, Yue Quxin, the admiral of the Yue State, was captured by the Shang Dynasty, and the Yue State could not remain indifferent.