Within the three empires, the power of the Cao Family Trading Company can be said to have spread to every corner of society. In particular, the grain stores of the Cao Family Trading Company have taken root in every city, and their grain business has already spread to all corners of society.

The grain merchants around them were all defeated. If the three empires really dared to take action on the business of the Cao Family Trading Company, some people in their country might encounter huge troubles in their production and life. The Cao Family Trading Company also took a fancy to this business.

A little bit, so don’t take the threats from the three empires to heart. If you want to destroy the entire society, just start carrying out your plan. There is nothing on our side that can resist you.

There is a way, so you just take action. If you can't do it, then we have nothing to do but continue to bully you. Just be prepared for this.

Among the three empires, the power in the Southern Empire can be said to be the weakest. It would be very easy for the Southern Empire to destroy Li Cong in one fell swoop. The top leaders of the empire have already formulated a series of plans. What the empire has to do

Things happened faster than the other two empires. They also wanted to take this opportunity to directly uproot all kinds of businesses of the Cao Family Trading Company. Especially the banks of the Cao Family Trading Company, and the Southern Empire also recently

How much money did the commercial bank borrow? Their tax revenue has been mortgaged for several years, and judging from the common people, they also like to use some of the currency poured out by the Cao Family Commercial Bank. Some high-level household officials in the empire

Having seen what will happen in the future, they believe that the empire's economy will be monopolized by the Cao Family Trading Company. Furthermore, the Cao Family Trading Company's share of the Southern Empire's economic total is not very large. It is very easy to get rid of him now.

, but if this continues to develop in the future. People at the top of the empire believe that now is the time when long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. Short-term pain can make everything end, but if the pain is long-term, it will continue to control itself like a cancer.

Yes, although most people understand this truth, the risk involved in this matter is too great, and they do not dare to take this risk, especially now that there are rumors that the Cao family business has a naval problem, and the Eastern Empire

Such a powerful navy has signed such an alliance under the pressure of the Cao Family Trading Company Navy. What kind of navy does their Southern Empire have? What sea power can fight? If the Cao Family Trading Company Navy sets its sights on them,

As for the empire, the loss it will suffer in the end will be so huge that it may even be unable to recover.

The Northern Empire did not have so many thoughts. The entire Northern Empire had a closer relationship with the Cao family business. Li Cong was also the prince-in-law of the Northern Empire and had a large number of various resources in the Northern Empire. The Empire wanted to control Cao's family.

It is even more difficult for the family business. The Northern Empire is also at the forefront of the battlefield with the Eastern Empire. Many cities in their eastern region have been destroyed, so they have suffered the greatest losses among the three empires. The Northern Empire is now

They are the weakest, and they are also afraid that the Cao Family Trading Company will cause some trouble in their territory. They most want to take action against the Cao Family Trading Company, but they dare not do it. They are afraid that if they really take action, the Cao Family Trading Company will cause trouble in the country, and the North

The senior officials of the empire have now seen clearly that it is absolutely not allowed to be tough and can only handle things in a more tactful way. This means establishing a good relationship with the Cao Family Trading Company and coexisting with them.

Go down proudly.

It would be really embarrassing for a huge empire to reach such a level. Think about it, nothing like this has happened in the hundreds of years of history of the Northern Empire. The whole empire has to please a person from the Chamber of Commerce. This is already the royal family of the Northern Empire.

It was an insult, but they were very comforting. They also said that everything was for their own empire, everything was for their own family business, and all sacrifices were worth it. Besides, now

The Cao Family Trading Company is a commercial organization that developed within their empire. The development of the Cao Family Trading Company will also bring some development to the empire's economy. They use this method to comfort themselves and slowly bring Cao Family Commercial Bank to their empire.

Li Cong is naturally happy to see such a thing, and has approved several loans applied for by the Northern Empire government. Your government has been completely kidnapped by me, and it seems that his own currency reform is about to begin.

Execution began in the Northern Empire.

I have already asked someone to calculate that the Northern Empire is the one that owes me the most money among the three empires. The Northern Empire's original income is not very much, but their royal family is still very happy with their achievements, and all kinds of phone bills cannot be wiped out.

Of course, various defense systems have been set up here, and some cities are also being renovated. This is all the result of public opinion from the Cao Family Trading Company. These people here don’t understand what deception is? People from the Cao Family Trading Company and these local officials

Whether it is with the central government officials or by deceiving them hard and letting them continue to start some very large projects, where does the Northern Empire come from so much money? In the past, the maximum annual cost for these infrastructure projects was

It is only 10% of the annual fiscal revenue, but now they have reached more than 50%. This number is already a very dangerous number, which makes them very surprised. If they do a little calculation, they will find that

They simply can't afford the money anymore.

Take a county in the southern part of the Northern Empire as an example. They used to have no money, and the annual administrative expenses of 20,000,000 silver were enough for them. However, since the people from the Cao Family Trading Company became the aide of the city lord, the money was barely even a fraction.

It’s not enough. First of all, the streets in their city need to be repaired, and some businesses on both sides need to be demolished. The government compensation for demolition will be enough to cover the previous administrative expenses for the whole year, not to mention such repairs.

With things like road beautification and the like, the people's lives are indeed very good, but what if they leave such a mess? The city lord sometimes thinks about this, but then he thinks that he has no money anyway.

Just borrow it from the commercial bank. If they have enough money, they can use the future taxes to mortgage it. If they don’t pay it this year, next year, next year, and the year after that, if this idea takes root in his mind, it will be a very scary thing.

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The city lord and some senior officials in the city will not think about this matter. In their opinion, what will happen to these debts? It is not their own debt, will the government still refuse to ask for money from a private person? If they now

If they can do some reconnaissance and calculation, they can see that the government really wants to pay back people's private money.

If they don't come to calculate the money, other businessmen have already started to calculate it. These businessmen all understand that Cao's firm now controls the brokerage artery of the entire city. As for now, the government has already posted notices.

The new tax policy will be implemented soon, and the amount you pay will not change. But the things you teach will be different from before. In the past, you directly used the bill numbers of various bank accounts, or banknotes and the like.

Everything is fine, even if you bring the money directly to the government, they will collect it. But this year is different from the past. The only things the government wants to collect are the currency of the Cao Family Commercial Bank, the banknotes of the Cao Family Commercial Bank, and the banknotes of the Cao Family Commercial Bank.

Silver dollars are what the government wants to collect. Other than these things, the government does not accept them. Today, the value of these things is also increasing. It is basically the same as the value of materials that are in short supply in society. In the beginning, society

It's really out of stock.

It is because of this shortage that major businessmen have begun to hoard these things, such as silver coins. Originally, his dismissal was only one tael of silver, but now you have to pay an extra 50 copper coins to exchange for one.

Silver coins, many ordinary people have things like this in their homes. It seems that if you can take out a little from other people's homes, it will be enough for you to look good. It's just like weddings and funerals in ordinary people's homes. If you follow the family

If you can sleep on a silver dollar. Or if you pay all the betrothal gifts with silver dollars, it will make you feel very proud. It does not mean that other silver is not silver, but at this time,

This has formed a fashion, a fashion that makes everyone feel crazy, which makes most people feel very happy and feel very comfortable in their hearts. This is the charm of the silver dollar.

Some other banknotes also began to change their strategies. They also began to print some banknotes similar to those of Cao's Commercial Bank. However, in the end they found that the things they printed did not give people the same feeling, even if they were

No matter how exquisite your design is, or how gorgeous the pattern is, it won’t be great when it comes out. It’s just no different from the printing on ordinary paper, so those businessmen won’t use it anymore, because after your thing comes out, it won’t be used at all.

There is no quality, why should I use yours? The thing made by Caojia Trading Company is so beautiful. Not only is it convenient for us to use, but it also feels pleasing to the eye when we hold it in our hands and look at it. Moreover, Caojia Trading Company also

I gave some so-called wallets to a big businessman. They used to be money bags. Look at his wallets, which are all made of leather. They seem to be called leather jackets or something like that. It's really nice.

People in Cao's Commercial Bank also started to make these things. Their purpose of making these things was to make the general public and some wealthy businessmen like this thing. Now it seems that they have completed the first phase, and the currency reform has been completed.

The first stage and the second stage are to make the empire recognize this currency as the empire's legal tender. Of course, this task is not simple. It is still impossible at present. The Cao Family Trading Bank is among the loans to major empires.

It’s not yet possible to just use silver dollars or banknotes. In Cao’s Commercial Bank, it seems that these things have to be done slowly. One bite will not make you fat. If you are too impatient, it will make all the empires feel bad.

If the royal families of these empires feel in danger, they will launch their own currency. It is safer to proceed slowly and step by step.

The northern battlefield is a good breakthrough point. In the northern battlefield, the armies of the three empires have already held the last line of defense. They can no longer retreat. The people of the Eastern Empire also see the hope of victory at this time, so naturally they continue

The troops were recruited to the front line. Now the army of the Eastern Empire can be said to be strong. All the defense forces in the southern coastal areas have been transferred to the central areas. The peasant uprisings in the central areas have been extinguished. These peasant uprisings have too many limitations.

, they did not establish the correct hopes and desires, they just thought that they could enjoy themselves. It would be a matter of time before they were destroyed by the army of the Eastern Empire. Li Cong had already predicted that he would be with these people.

If you cannot cooperate for a long time and achieve your goals, then retreating quickly is the best choice. Otherwise, you will get burned and you will end up like this.

After the peasant uprising in the central part of the Eastern Empire was suppressed, a large number of troops were vacated. Moreover, the newly formed troops formed due to the suppression of these peasant uprisings were also vacated. These troops were a large number. About 300 million people went directly to

It's the northern battlefield. The Cao Family Trading Company in the northern battlefield also has its own bottom line, that is, the last blockade cannot be passed. However, Li never tells his bottom line. He directly goes to the people of the three empires to continue guessing.

, you just think about it slowly, the people of the three empires don't have the time to guess, they can only quickly drop their troops at home. From the previous two million people per day to the current five million people per day, even like this

What's not enough, some large-scale plagues have also been caused in the local area, mainly because the corpses of the dead were not disposed of? Of course, because there are not many people around, this plague will not be affected even if it is prevalent in the army.

causing harm to society.

One of them is a person and the other is money. Now for the emperors of the three empires, they close their eyes and think about money. I don’t know what happened some time ago? Construction started all over the country.

There are many large-scale projects, each of which requires money. Not only has it spent all the money in the treasury, but also all the taxes for next year and the year after have been prepaid. Now I really have no money.

The frontline battlefield was like a bottomless pit, and a large amount of money was burned every day. Where should I get the money? When the emperor of Beijing woke up at night, he opened his mouth and said, "Where can I find it?"

Where's the money? It immediately scared the eunuchs and maids next to him. The emperor was also worried that he had no money. That was really huge news. At this moment, they were all worried about whether their salary next month would be paid as usual.

, it is said that the emperor has to cut all expenses. Don’t cut it on their heads.

Because of the war, the lives of the common people in the three empires were already very miserable. From the day the war began, they began to pay for other expenses, which accounted for 30% of their total living expenses. Originally, they could have

There are a lot of plans to do other things, but now they must hand over the money to the court. Letting the court support this unwinnable war is simply a trap set by Li Cong, which wiped out the people of the three empires.

Blood, they are bleeding slowly now. Are they not thinking about repairing the wound, or are they thinking about how to make the other party bleed? Since you have this idea, Li Cong doesn't mind adding fuel to the flames. First, Li Cong has to give it to

What they have is an improved serial crossbow. Everyone can see how powerful this weapon is on the battlefield, but the Cao Family Trading Company refuses to sell it.

If such weapons are really equipped on a large scale in the army, the absolute lethality will definitely increase a lot. On the other hand, the armies of the four empires will suffer more casualties. At that time, the war may enter a more severe stage.

For example, with the weapons used by soldiers today, you can only kill two or three people in a fight at most, but what if you use the new weapons provided by the Cao Family Trading Company? If you are lucky, you may kill dozens of people without even having one.

It can kill one or two people at least. Whoever has such a weapon can be said to have taken the initiative in the war. There is absolutely no problem. Of course, Li Cong will not sell the real technology to them.

, the range has been reduced, and the serial crossbow that can only fire five bows and arrows at a time, the one that fires more and has a longer range, of course, must be used by our own people, how could we let the four empires

What do people get?

You can never hand over what you have in your hands. If you hand it over, you will probably be the one who suffers the loss. Li Zhengzheng is very clear about this kind of thing. He will never teach a tiger how to climb a tree, so he has to do it himself.

There will be no place to hide in the future. People from the four empires can be said to want the weapons for sale very much. They also understand that what the Cao Family Trading Company sells to them are only some substitutes, and they also want these substitutes.

Yes, because the weapons in their hands have not caught up with this substitute at all, especially the three major empires. The three major empires have shown signs of retreating from this war, and various domestic anti-war alliances have also begun to form.

Although the force is not that strong, if the front line does not send back some good news, right? They may really drown in this ocean eventually. Purchasing weapons is the first thing they have to do now.

Li Cong has not had any contact with the senior people of the three empires during this period. People in the three empires also know why Li Cong did this to them? Both sides are obviously war allies. But because of the betrayal of the three empires,

What caused Li Cong's heavy losses was mainly due to the fact that there were no secret plans handed over by the three empires. The negotiations between Li Cong and the Eastern Empire may not have ended yet. How could Li Cong only need fifteen port cities to negotiate peace with the Eastern Empire?

You must know that Li Cong still gave up nearly 300 cities. The original plan was to bring at least about 50 cities, but now it has shrunk by nearly two-thirds. If this account is not included in the heads of the three empires, it would be nothing.

I'm sorry for them. Li Cong also had his own ideas about stimulating the war. For example, he directly gave away 50,000 serial crossbows for sale for the soldiers of the Eastern Empire to try. If it really worked, it would be great.

alright.

Of course. Li Cong also knows that the Gendong Empire has not said it in advance. Even if you have such weapons, you cannot attack my position. You can only face the positions of the three empires. Li Cong is now

I don’t want this position to be broken, because once the position is broken, the war between the two sides will be uncontrollable. It cannot be controlled in such a small area. After the Thunder Gate returns to the Eastern Empire on a large scale, things will definitely become large-scale.

If he attacks other empires, other empires will also launch all-out wars. For Li Cong, this is not in his own interests. It is in his interests to let the four empires slowly bleed. If the entire society is mobilized,

This is really terrible. At that time, the wealth of the entire Cao family business may also change, and there will be nothing left. This feels like a loss outweighs the gain for Li Cong. This must not be done like this, it is really a huge loss.

Yes, it’s better to take your time.
To be continued...