Xiang Wang Su Zhenxing has been very nervous during this period.

He was initially worried about Cao Guo's attack. They had a feud with Cao Guo.

Cao State is likely to give priority to Xiang State when the situation is chaotic.

But as the strategic goals of Cao State become clear, it will compete with Wei State for regional hegemony.

King Su Zhenxing of Xiang knew that Cao would not attack Xiang.

Only then did he remember the famous saying of the great dynasty of Cao State: Make friends far away and attack close by.

Cao State seems to be very close to Xiang State, but the land border between the two countries is completely blocked by the empire's Bull Run Road.

The empire has made it clear that it will not prevent wars between vassal states.

But the empire will never let a certain vassal country use its own territory to invade other vassal countries.

As the threat from the south was lifted, Prince Xiang Su Zhenxing immediately noticed the threat from the north.

All the buffer states between Xiang State and Zhao State were captured by Zhao State.

The entire northern border of Xiang State borders Zhao State.

Zhao Guo has already captured so many city-states, and his expansion ambitions are obvious.

It should be said that Zhao State did not capture Xiang State and achieve his hegemony of unifying North America.

Prince Xiang Su Zhenxing simply couldn’t believe it.

When his father was seriously ill, he changed his name to Zhenxing, which meant that he could revitalize Xiangguo.

Let him keep this family property and not be embarrassed to meet his ancestors.

When Prince Xiang Su Zhenxing faced the mess left by his father, he began to face many difficulties.

Until he used an iron fist to deal with the nobles in the country who disobeyed the king's orders.

Prince Xiang Su Zhenxing initially took control of the country, and he has been thinking of ways to protect himself in the complex environment of America.

He bought Song's warships in anticipation of major changes in the environment in America.

He bought a warship from the Song Dynasty. Although it was a bit more expensive, the Song Dynasty included training.

They provide sufficient officers to enable the navy to form combat effectiveness as quickly as possible.

Now the threat from Cao State has weakened, and the threat from Zhao State has strengthened.

The role of the navy is not great, and the revitalization of King Xiang Su can only improve the capabilities of the army.

When he was confused, he discovered the reason for Yan Guo's warranty.

Xiang State does not need to be nearly as powerful as Zhao State.

They just need to prove that they can cause Zhao Guo to suffer heavy losses.

If Zhao Guo weighs the pros and cons, he will not choose to invade Xiang Guo.

After all, Zhao State suffered too much, and other vassal states were developing.

The few benefits he can gain now will be spit out later.

King Xiang Su Zhenxing saw the war between Cao and Wei.

He finally realized that the current war was completely different from the previous wars.

Even if the Xiang army is slightly weaker, as long as it has sufficient artillery and ammunition, it will definitely cause huge damage to the enemy troops that invade the Xiang country.

King Xiang Su Zhenxing realized this, and he immediately placed a big order with the empire's arms dealers.

Xiangguo is a relatively wealthy country in America and has several large silver mines with considerable reserves in the country.

His father was injured by a stray bullet during the war because he was competing with the Spaniards for the ownership of the silver mines.

Silver is the mainstream currency in the world, and the country of Xiang, which has silver mines in the country, is very financially wealthy.

Prince Su Zhenxing of Xiang directly mortgaged two silver mines, and he borrowed a considerable loan from the Imperial Bank.

Over the past few months, the purchased weapons and ammunition have gradually arrived in Xiangguo.

Only then did Prince Xiang Su Zhenxing gain some confidence.

He waited until the war between Cao and Wei ended and kept observing Zhao's actions.

As long as Zhao Jun enters the border, he will immediately be bombarded.

Prince Xiang Su Zhenxing wanted to frighten the Zhao army as soon as possible.

This can ensure the safety of Xiangguo.

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Prince Su Zhenxing of Xiang is worried about the invasion of Zhao.

However, King Zhao Su Xiong has decided not to fight another war.

Zhao State was simply not prepared to fight a protracted war with an industrial country of similar size.

Zhao Guo learned about Wei Guo's expenses for this war, which directly shocked Zhao Guo's ministers.

The cost of this war is too huge. If Zhao chooses to fight a war of the same scale, it will consume the foundation accumulated by Zhao since its founding.

King Zhao Su Xiong heard bursts of noise outside the palace.

Someone was shouting through a loudspeaker, "Pay back your debts."

The loud voice could be heard clearly by King Zhao Su Xiong who was working in the palace.

He frowned slightly, Zhao Guoren would never do such a thing.

The people who can do such a thing must be those shameless businessmen of the empire.

He waited for a moment, and Prime Minister Cheng Deyou walked into the Wei Palace.

As soon as he saw King Zhao Su Xiong, he complained: "Your Majesty, I really don't have a good way to deal with the businessmen outside the palace.

They are all businessmen with noble titles in the empire and are not suitable to be dealt with through coercive measures."

King Zhao Su Xiong snorted coldly and said: "The money borrowed by the Han, Qin, and Zhou, the merchants of these empires, how dare we ask Zhao to pay back the money.

They went to the kings of Han, Qin and Zhou to pay back the money.

Even a small country with a big butt is still king.

These people also have many means to borrow so much money.

Think about how much we paid to develop the land in America back then.

Even today, more than 60% of Zhao's land is in an undeveloped state.

These newly occupied places are all familiar land.

There are a lot of farmland and factories in many places.

As long as these places can be managed well, Zhao's national strength will definitely increase."

Prime Minister Cheng Deyou said with a wry smile: "This is not the group of businessmen who buy bonds.

The country that issued the bonds disappears, and the bonds become worthless.

Businessmen can only pay for their own vision.

The empire now relies on those merchants who are not leaving our country. They insisted on loans from the King of Han and his group, using mines, farmland, and factories as collateral.

Now their creditors are either in prison or dead and can no longer repay their loans.

They now have to collect collateral to offset their borrowings.

These people cannot be persuaded by using the excuse that debts will be wiped out by death.

Besides, these businesses are not retail investors, they are bulk traders in the bond market. They have neither time nor money to buy tickets to Zhao.

But this group of businessmen are all big businessmen with a certain status.

I have negotiated with these people many times. They value interests more and are by no means those who compromise easily."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! King Zhao Su Xiong snorted again.

"Don't reason with them, talk to them with fists.

I must have figured out the nature of these businessmen many years ago.

When these businessmen encounter this incident, they will definitely not invest in Zhao again.

For Zhao Guo, this group of businessmen were people of little benefit.

Deport all these nasty people from the country.

Those who dare to resist will be put in jail and let them reflect for a few days."

Prime Minister Cheng Deyou didn't know what happened, which caused a huge change in the attitude of King Zhao Su Xiong.

Zhao Wang Su Xiong, before today, he had allowed himself to make false concessions with these imperial merchants.

Now he expressed Zhao Guo's attitude directly.
To be continued...