The dignitaries of Chu State are discussing the war sweeping across Europe. What benefits can Chu State gain from it?

The people of Chu State have no energy to pay attention to Chu State's attitude towards this war for the time being.

Elderly people or women who have no jobs are queuing up in front of major food stores and farmer's market stalls all night long.

Even in Chu State, which was far away from the war, the prices of food, salt, and sugar, which are essential in life, began to rise.

In front of Xu's Grain Store, a group of people wearing gray cloth work clothes were queuing up in front of the door.

Two workers from Fubao Machinery Factory, Wang Shi and Li Tie, met when they were about to line up.

Li Tie said in surprise: "Old Wang, I remember you are working the day shift, why are you still absent from work to buy food?"

Wang Shi took a sip and cursed: "A bag of rice weighing one hundred kilograms has been stable at about three hundred yuan before.

It was 330 fen the day before yesterday and 350 fen today. If you wait any longer, you don’t know how much the price of food will rise?

My daily salary is less than one hundred cash.

The key is not about money, but that we people are crazy about buying food. If it is later, let alone rice and flour, we will not be able to buy even miscellaneous cereals."

When Li Tie heard what his co-workers said, he sighed: "The war has had a huge impact on ordinary people like us.

My grandfather once said that in those troubled times, a hundred pounds of grain cost one or two taels of silver.

In the later stage, even if you have money, you won’t be able to buy food.

A pound of grain can be exchanged for a beautiful girl. This is how my grandma followed my grandpa.

I have to stock up on food now, I don’t want to wait until Chu State gets involved in the war and my family has no food.”

Wang Shi nodded in agreement and said: "That's true, we must not be short of food.

Troubled times are clearly coming. Although we live in Changping, the enemy may not be able to break in.

But one day the enemy really invades, and these grain stores will continue to close, and prices will skyrocket.

Besides, if food prices continue to rise, this trend will double.

If you don’t buy it now, how much will you lose in the future?

I don’t have any means in the countryside, so I might as well buy some rice and store it at home for better storage. It can last for two or three years without any problem.

The situation should be clear by then."

Li Tie heard the shouts from the clerk at the grain store, and he reminded: "The grain store has restricted purchases, let's hurry forward, otherwise we won't be able to buy grain.

These profiteers are preparing to use this method to raise food prices."

…

In most cities in Europe, due to the stimulation of the war, food and other daily necessities have skyrocketed.

Countries like Chu and Song were not involved in the war and had strong control over the country.

They chose to open official warehouses, stabilize commodity prices, and increase the quantity of commodities purchased from the outside world.

Quickly stabilize prices through publicity and guidance.

Countries that are caught in a war use extremely rough methods to stabilize prices.

Merchants who dared to raise prices by directly using the power of the government were immediately thrown into jail.

Before the power of the country collapses, it is not difficult to control prices.

But this price rise has also made people in various countries deeply aware of the impact of war.

…

King Sulei of Rui received orders from the Four Kingdoms Alliance including the Gui Kingdom and the Three Kingdoms Alliance headed by the Wu Kingdom, and declared war on each other. A war sweeping Europe has broken out.

He laughed heartily, and most of the sadness in his brows disappeared.

The opponent that King Rui was most worried about was not Shu.

It is a well-known fact that the industrial power of Shu is weak.

Even now the Shu Kingdom can raise money through various methods to purchase supplies for the empire.

Rui produces its own weapons and ammunition, while Shu purchases weapons and ammunition from outside.

As long as the war continues to be a stalemate and the Rui Kingdom continues to be consumed, sooner or later the Shu Kingdom will be unable to bear it.

King Rui was most worried that some European countries had formed an alliance with Shu, so he chose to attack Rui from another direction.

If the Rui Kingdom were to fight against the Shu Kingdom, there would always be winners and losers.

If another opponent is added out of thin air, it will be difficult for Switzerland to withstand it.

There are some countries that like to add insult to injury.

Most countries in Europe are now involved in the war.

Rui and Shu were no longer the centers of war.

They will not attract the world's attention to themselves.

If the Central and Eastern Europe, dominated by Wu Gui, is in chaos, the security of Switzerland will be guaranteed.

It only needs to guard against the Chu State and does not need to worry about enemies from other directions.

King Rui Su Lei immediately summoned the governor Lu Qianjin.

Qi Kuohai, the former Grand Governor of Rui State, had to bear the responsibility for the Hongshanling defeat and had resigned from the position of Grand Governor.

King Rui Sulei saw the hurriedly arriving Governor Lu Qianjin.

He directly ordered: "Central and Eastern Europe has become chaotic, and the attention our country has received has dropped sharply.

We can play a little wilder in the Hongshanling area.

The Metropolitan Governor's Office can mobilize some of the troops remaining in the country to guard against accidents to the Hongshanling area.

We can finally let go and fight a good war with Shu.

When the entire Hongshanling area is captured, we, the Rui Kingdom, will declare war on the Shu Kingdom."

The Grand Governor Lu Qianjin said excitedly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that Rui Guo on the front line will definitely achieve an outstanding record.

Our country's advanced weapons, which are imitations of the empire, have now been produced in small batches and are being shipped to the front lines for testing."

King Rui Su Lei nodded and ordered with satisfaction: "The war in Central and Eastern Europe has begun, and they will inevitably purchase a large amount of weapons and ammunition from the empire.

If Shu wants to purchase the most advanced weapons, they will have to compete with other countries.

We will take this opportunity to inflict pain on Shu.

Let them know that we in Switzerland are definitely not to be trifled with."

Lu Qianjin's expression was firm, he bowed and said, "I will live up to the king's trust and do this well."

King Su Lei of Rui said calmly. He walked to the sand table in the study and said excitedly: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We in Rui have missed too many opportunities. We must not miss this opportunity."

As he spoke, he kept waving his fists to show his determination.

…

The advent of the telegraph and telephone allowed news to spread around the world in a short time.

There are also many people in the imperial capital who are paying attention to the situation in Europe.

The busiest financial street in the empire, it has become the most influential street.

This is the world's financial center, with the most developed stock markets, bond markets and futures markets in the world.

Every day, people get rich here, and there are also people who lose everything here.

But there is still an endless stream of people coming here looking for opportunities.

As a second-generation businessman with some wealth, Zhu Wenzhong doesn't like to visit places with fireworks. He most likes to watch the joy, anger, sorrow and joy here in the Financial Street.

He usually likes to stay in the stock trading floor, because he can understand most of what everyone talks about here.

People with a little wealth in the empire will also buy stocks of a certain company to practice their skills. The stock trading floor is the place with the most people.

The futures and bond markets are both professional institutions. If ordinary people enter these two places, they will be swallowed whole.

Zhu Wenzhong suddenly heard constant exclamations.

"The situation in the stock market today is so weird that I can't understand it at all."

"What's going on? All grain-related stocks have surged.

In particular, the stocks of Nanyang Agricultural Reclamation Corporation and Indian Agricultural Reclamation Corporation, two cross-regional agricultural giants, have risen too much."

"Oil has also skyrocketed, and it's not just Persian Gulf Oil shares that have skyrocketed.

The stock price of Cai Guo’s Luyin Petroleum has been very stable before, but now it has begun to skyrocket.”

"Grain and oil have only risen so much. Take a look, the stocks of two companies, Tangshan Heavy Industry and Hanzhong Industry, have doubled in price."

"Tangshan Heavy Industry is one of the major companies producing combat vehicles.

Hanzhong Industry, a company, produces various types of ammunition that are sold all over the world.
To be continued...