Chapter 552 Great Love

Handan.

A large number of people gathered in the mansion opened by the former Zhao Xiang Guo.

Almost all of Zhao's surrender faction are here, but they only account for a small part of a large group of people. And the reason why they gathered like this was because of the business in Yandi.

"Sir, please make up your mind!"

Han Cang looked at Guo Kai anxiously, his eyebrows full of sorrow.

Originally thinking that Qin Yan was negotiating peace, the people in this house sold all their grain reserves to Zhao Shuang, most of them for forty yuan.

They were counting on being able to withdraw their funds quickly so that they could participate in the sale of Yan land.

Since the Xiongnu were defeated by the Qin army a few years ago and withdrew their main force to the front line of Yinshan Mountain, they started a war with Donghu.

In fact, like the Hu tribe, the more desperate the situation, the more ferocious they are able to arouse.

The Xiongnu suffered losses from the Qin people, so they planned to get compensation from the Donghu people.

The war caused a surge in the demand for hard currencies such as salt and iron from the Donghu and Xiongnu. It also caused some small tribes to go bankrupt and perish, producing a large number of cheap slaves, luxury goods and other spoils of war. It was a good time for them to buy bargains.

Some bankrupt Hu tribes could not survive, so they had to sell their elders, women, and children in exchange for the survival of the entire tribe.

A slave is quite cheap in border trade, but south of the Great Wall, it can be sold for three to four thousand yuan. Even if a good-looking woman goes to a singing and dancing studio, the benefits will be even greater.

This kind of hugely profitable business is just the tip of the iceberg of the entire business.

But now, with the outbreak of the Qin-Yan War, all this has come to nothing.

"How much grain did you sell to Zhao Shuang?"

Guo Kai asked in a deep voice.

"Everyone has done the math, and Zhao Shuang has received nearly 1.8 million shi from us. We only have 200,000 shi left in the food reserves."

After the Qin-Yan War broke out, the price of food soared, and the price once soared to 800 yuan.

"We did the math and found that the average price Zhao Shuang charged us for food was less than 80 yuan."

Guo Kai's teeth were itching with hatred and he smiled coldly.

"Zhao Shuang is really rich. Just on our business alone, we spent more than 12,000 yi."

This is a huge sum of money, and it is everywhere. At this time, everyone no longer cared about this, because almost all the money they received from Zhao Shuang was invested in the business of Yan Di.

But whether it was the wine ordered from western Liaoning, the ginseng obtained from North Korea, or the pearls purchased from Donghu... these all became a mess after the death of Yan Chunjun and the Yan royal family's flight eastward.

Can't even find the victim.

But they also know that these goods will not disappear for no reason, and it is very likely that they will enter Zhao Shuang's pocket.

This is the reason why they gathered in Guo Kai's mansion.

How to get these things back from Zhao Shuang's pocket to make up for some losses?

The sudden start of the war between Qin Yan and Zhao Shuang's rapid advance made Guo Kai wonder if Zhao Shuang had already done it and was harboring bad intentions towards them!

But none of this can be said.

"Lord Shangqing, no matter how evil Zhao Shuang is, he can't make us unable to even drink soup!"

But in this room, some things can still be said.

Zhao's armed forces were eliminated by the establishment, but the economic power still existed, and this power was represented by the people in this room.

Guo Kai and other surrendered ministers held a large amount of wealth and could affect the economic operation of the counties in Zhao. They chose to seek refuge with Qin because it was in their interests.

One day, Qin can no longer give them benefits, and they will stand on the side of the six countries without hesitation.

"If he doesn't eat us, he is showing mercy." Guo Kai said with a sullen face, "Now that the counties in Zhao have been established, the Qin court's bureaucrats have taken control of the operations of Zhao. When food prices soared, Qin The officials collected a large amount of cloth coins from Zhao, and with them half a tael of coins from Qin continued to pour in. If there was no plan behind this, is it possible?"

Guo Kai's words made everyone very angry.

Although Zhao State was destroyed, its economy still operated independently. To the north of the river, the Handan Metropolitan Circle and the Jicheng Metropolitan Circle influence each other but do not merge.

The two economic centers had their own coins, writing, weights and measures.

This is also the reason why they can still remain independent and powerful after the fall of Zhao State.

After all, in this world, it is not only soldiers and horses that are powerful, but also wealth and knowledge.

They monopolized writing and owned wealth, so if the Qin court wanted to govern the place, they could not avoid them and needed their support.

And if the news goes wrong in the future, they can still use the power at hand to survive in troubled times.

But now, what Zhao Shuang did made them uneasy.

Zhao State was destroyed, and they lost their respective armed forces. And once they lose their financial independence, they won't have much left.

Compared to the sword fight on the battlefield, this is more terrifying for them.

"What exactly is Zhao Shuang going to do!"

Among the people in this room, the eyes of those who were impatient almost turned red.

The former residence of Lord Yan Chun has now become Zhao Shuang's temporary garrison.

Raindrops fell on the bluestone bricks.

Zhao Shuang stood in the room and looked at the huge map. What is drawn above is the situation in the land of Yan and Zhao to the north of the river.

The Yan army escorted the princes and nobles of Yan State to flee eastward, taking away a large amount of wealth, which had a great impact on the economy of Yan State.

The war caused food prices to rise again in Yanzhao, and food became hard currency.

"Your Majesty, my officials in Great Qin have collected eight million sword coins from the people of Yan."

"It's not enough! Let the navy from Handan and Zhongshan send another two hundred ships of grain and one hundred carts of half a pound of money to Yandi."

"promise!"

Everyone in the room retreated. Zhao Shuang wanted to take a rest, but there was a slight movement on the railing outside the attic.

Zhao Shuang turned his head and saw the Moon God slowly walking in.

"Strange, I thought you would chase Yan Dan?"

Moon God looked at Zhao Shuang, with some dissatisfaction on his face at the moment.

Although she knew that Zhao Shuang was hiding many things from her, and she also had many things that she wanted to ask Zhao Shuang, the first thing Yue Shen said was: "Where is that little vixen?"

"Which little vixen?"

"Zhao Dabao, stop pretending to be stupid with me, you are the most coquettish and coquettish dancer in the Yan Kingdom."

"Ah! I'm afraid she has already arrived in Xianyang." Zhao Shuang said and coughed, "You also know that I am a person who has always kept a clean mind and is not very close to women."

Luna took two steps forward and pulled Zhao Shuang's sleeve.

"No, come again?"

"Stop talking nonsense and follow me!"

"..."

Zhao Shuang was helpless and shouted.

"Isn't Canglong Qisu important anymore? Don't you care about the affairs of the Yin Yang family? There are a lot of things in this world for you to worry about. Moon God, you are a person with great affection and love... wu wu wu... What are you doing? Why...wuwu..."

"If my sister can do it, so can I!"

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