Huo Yuhao couldn't help but reveal a light smile when he thought of this.
"Huh? Why are you laughing?" Jing Hongchen asked in confusion.
"I just suddenly thought of some interesting angles." Huo Yuhao asked, "Master Hongchen Hall, who do you think benefits more from this trade? The Sun and Moon Empire, or Tianhun and Xingluo?"
Jing Hongchen didn't understand why Huo Yuhao suddenly asked this question, so he waved his hand to the official who made the report: "You can go back first."
The other party responded, bowed and left the cabinet.
While Jing Hongchen was thinking, Huo Yuhao added: "Hall Master Hongchen, this issue is best analyzed from a long-term perspective."
After a brief pause, Jing Hongchen frowned and said: "Sun and Moon did make a lot of money from it, but in order not to dampen the enthusiasm of the people, you deliberately lowered the tax rate very low. In fact, the revenue to the national treasury is not high."
"Exporting soul guidance devices has crowded out the soul guidance device market in Sun and Moon. Now the prices of soul guidance devices and rare metals in Mingdu have also increased a lot."
"However, low-level soul tools do not use particularly valuable rare metals, so they will not have a big impact on Mingde Hall."
"As you said, after Tianhun and Xingluo calm down, the price of soul guidance devices will return to normal. Overall, they should benefit more."
Jing Hongchen carefully analyzed an economic account and came to this conclusion. He has been in charge of Mingde Hall for decades and he is very keen on this.
Huo Yuhao nodded, Jing Hongchen's analysis was correct.
But he still smiled and said: "Master Hongchen Hall, your analysis is good, but there is one thing I would like to remind you. The benefits are not limited to money and material things."
"Huh? Huo Yuhao, what do you mean...?" Jing Hongchen frowned even more tightly.
Huo Yuhao said: "The trade in Ming Dou City is so developed, which shows that the soul guides of the Sun and Moon Empire are very popular. Have you ever thought about why this phenomenon occurs, Hongchen Hall Master?"
Jing Hongchen smiled and said: "Of course the soul master of Sun and Moon is stronger."
Huo Yuhao answered: "Yes, although it was an enemy country in the past, Sun Moon Soul Master's strength and level are recognized by other countries."
"In the past, they just didn't have channels. Now, once the channels are opened, they will still prefer the soul guides of Sun and Moon to the soul guides made by their own country's soul masters."
Jing Hongchen nodded.
"Master Hongchen Hall, if I plan to conquer other countries, do you think this trade should be terminated immediately?"
Jing Hongchen said without hesitation: "Of course."
Huo Yuhao stretched out his right hand and shook it: "No, I will order this trade to continue and increase its scale."
Jing Hongchen was stunned and looked at him doubtfully: "Why, is there any reason to continue to seduce the enemy?"
Huo Yuhao said: "It's a very simple truth, Hongchen Hall Master, if there is a good thing that can be bought with only money, will you still go to all the trouble to make it yourself?"
Jing Hongchen was about to retort, but she seemed to have guessed Huo Yuhao's intention and kept her mouth half open without making a sound.
"Of course, if you have enough time and energy, you can make something like this yourself. However, the price of buying it directly is so low that it is not worth mentioning. Would you still make it yourself?"
Jing Hongchen was so shrewd, a light flashed in his eyes, and he seemed to have understood Huo Yuhao's intention.
Huo Yuhao continued with emotion: "The same is true for soul guides. Since you can easily buy better quality soul guides, why do you have to spend so much energy on research and development yourself?"
Jing Hongchen couldn't help but shout in his heart, this conspiracy really sees people's hearts too clearly.
A large number of low-level soul guidance devices continue to flow into Tianhun and Xingluo, becoming part of their daily lives, making them accustomed to it, and at the same time, they gradually lose the motivation to independently develop soul guidance devices.
This was a devastating blow to its soul guidance technology.
Not only that, the false peace can also make Tianhun and Xingluo relax their vigilance, and the Sun and Moon Empire can secretly plot to further widen the technological gap between the two sides, and then take advantage of them to annex them in one fell swoop.
Sun and Moon are originally the leaders of soul guidance devices. There are too many ways to manipulate the exported soul guidance devices. It is difficult for other countries to see it anyway.
When the time comes, those soul guidance devices used for defense may all fail at the same time.
After thinking for a while, Jing Hongchen asked, "But aren't you worried that it will have the opposite effect and arouse their interest in studying soul guidance devices?"
"At this time, it is up to you, the soul masters of the Sun and Moon Empire, to mobilize public opinion."
Huo Yuhao didn't think this was a problem that required a lot of trouble.
"As long as you ninth-level soul masters often go to other countries to compete and compete, show your attitude and tell them that soul masters are only strong when you are at a low level, and you will only be beaten by soul masters when you reach a high level."
"Promoting it a few more times will be enough to discourage them from learning soul guidance tools."
"Also, every time there is a young soul master competition, I hide it and pull out any advanced technology impatiently. Just to defeat Shrek, I have to compete for the first place."
Jing Hongchen said with some seriousness: "This is about the glory of the sun and the moon. How can I not go all out."
Huo Yuhao was puzzled as to why Jing Hongchen cared so much about the glory of this ruined competition.
"In short, a proper show of weakness is enough to make other countries ignore the true strength of the Sun and Moon Empire."
Huo Yuhao sneered.
"Other countries seem to have won trade, but they have inadvertently lost the most important security guarantee."
"If the Sun and Moon Empire had done this twenty years ago, they might have unified the continent by now."
Twenty years, one generation, is enough to change a lot of things.
Jing Hongchen savored Huo Yuhao's plan carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more bold but feasible it became.
Huo Yuhao looked at the excited Jing Hongchen and sighed secretly.
It is difficult for advanced industrial countries to resist the dumping of backward agricultural countries. If the Sun and Moon Empire is determined again and takes the opportunity to use more money to bribe the ministers and officials of the Douluo Three Kingdoms, they do not need to be treason, as long as they use their influence to slightly influence the policy.
It is impossible for Luo Sanguo to sense the sense of crisis.
Anyway, in Huo Yuhao's view, the Sun and Moon Empire occupies the best conditions, but it has not been able to successfully unify the continent for four thousand years, and the Xu family has somewhat occupied its position and stopped working.
He took another look at Hongchen, who figured out the context and nodded approvingly.
One thing Huo Yuhao didn't tell Jing Hongchen was that if the Sun and Moon Royal Family really did this, although the technological level between the Sun and Moon Empire and the Star Luo Three Kingdoms would continue to increase, it might not be a good thing for Jing Hongchen himself and the Hongchen family.
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Developed trade has allowed a large amount of gold soul coins to flow into the Sun and Moon Empire, and the commercial forces represented by Mingdetang will control huge wealth.
Many times, money can also attract the strong. The strong also need money.
This power hidden in money is a huge impact on the imperial power. It is very likely that the Sun and Moon Imperial Family will not allow the Hongchen family to continue to control Mingdetang, but will look for opportunities to take it back.
Only Huo Yuhao, the pseudo-emperor, would choose to support such an emerging class force. Although this force still has its own limitations and problems, in the face of the decadent and arrogant Sun and Moon Imperial Family, they already represent progress.
Huo Yuhao will not use war to unify the continent, he has a gentler way.
He slowly stood up and said to Jing Hongchen: "Hall Master Hongchen, Mingdou College will start in a few days, and I have to rush there."
"good."
Jing Hongchen nodded, and Huo Yuhao's figure disappeared into the room.