A famous person in a previous life once said that there are three ways to win a war.
One, destroy the opponent's army.
Second, destroy the other party's economy.
Third, destroy the other party’s culture.
For Wei Changtian today, it is undoubtedly too difficult to lead his troops all the way to the capital, and subverting Daning's ideology is even more unthinkable.
But if you have a lot of money in hand, maybe you can try to do something from the "economic" level.
Of course, there are obviously no financial derivatives such as stocks and bonds these days, so Wei Changtian's entry point can only be commodity prices.
And "grain price" is undoubtedly the most important indicator among them.
If you can make food prices rise significantly in places other than Shuzhou, then more people will be willing to come and live in Shuzhou.
On the other hand, Ning Yongnian must also "rescue the market" and use the already small treasury reserves to purchase large amounts of grain and put it into the market to achieve the purpose of lowering grain prices and avoiding riots.
In the end, one can rely on the food in his hand to "conquer the enemy without fighting."
Um......
The idea is good, but Wei Changtian also understands that it is difficult to realize it.
Because this "ancient" method of economic warfare does not work quickly, and the results are not as devastating as those of previous generations.
But anyway, there's no harm in giving it a try.
"Wan'er, I have an idea, what do you think..."
After making up his mind, Wei Changtian thought up some words and told Xu Qingwan his thoughts as plainly as possible.
And the latter quickly grasped the point.
"I see......"
"If a large amount of grain is stored in various states, grain prices will inevitably rise."
"At that time, Ning Yongnian had to compete with us for food on the market."
"This will drag down the war between Shuzhou and Dafeng..."
"Changtian, but our foundation in other state capitals is still shallow."
Comrade Xiao Xu suddenly thought of a loophole: "What if Ning Yongnian directly sends troops to steal our food?"
"Rob?"
Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes: "If he wants to rob, then we will burn him early. It's not to make money anyway."
"ah?"
Xu Qingwan was stunned when she heard this, but she immediately figured it out.
Wei Changtian's motives were different from those of grain merchants who stocked grain in troubled times.
The latter is to enrich the "national crisis", while the former is to "disrupt the market."
Therefore, if Ning Yongnian is really prepared to intervene forcefully through violent means, then Wei Changtian can actually achieve his goal by directly burning the stored grain.
Of course, this is obviously an act that injures the enemy by one thousand and damages oneself by eight hundred.
But for Wei Changtian, who now has wealth comparable to that of Daning's treasury, he doesn't care how much money he will lose.
Only...
"Changtian, but this will also affect the people of the world..."
After hesitating for a moment, Xu Qingwan looked at Wei Changtian and said softly: "Food prices are already very high now. If they rise again... many people will starve to death."
"Won't."
Patting the back of Comrade Xiao Xu's hand, Wei Changtian's expression was calm, indicating that he had already thought about this issue.
"I have my own way, and you will know it later."
"Is it?"
Hearing what Wei Changtian said, Xu Qingwan breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good..."
"Um."
On the other side, Wei Changtian thought for a while, and then suddenly said seriously: "Wan'er, I want to leave this matter of opening a grain store to you."
"I?"
Xu Qingwan suddenly opened her mouth: "I, can I..."
"There's nothing wrong with it. Anyway, just buy food everywhere and stock up. The specific work will be done by the Freemason branches in various places. You are only responsible for giving orders."
Wei Changtian smiled and said, "Besides, don't you also like to do these things?"
"I like money, but I'm afraid I can't do it well..."
Xu Qingwan was a little excited and a little worried: "Where is Mr. Chu? Wouldn't it be better for him to do it?"
"Chu Xianping is busy enough, I can't exhaust him to death."
Wei Changtian shook his head: "There are not many people I can trust. After thinking about it, you are the only one who can help me."
"..."
Only you can help me.
As soon as these words were spoken, Comrade Xiao Xu no longer hesitated at all.
My husband has said so, so even if you have to go up a mountain of knives and go down into a sea of fire, you can't back down!
"Changtian, I will definitely do it well!"
With a stern face, Xu Qingwan issued a military order in an extremely serious manner.
Wei Changtian couldn't help laughing when he saw her appearance.
"Hahahaha, don't be so nervous, I will ask Chu Xianping to find some people to help you."
"Uh-huh!"
"I-I'm not nervous!"
Although Comrade Xiao Xu tried hard to cheer himself up, his mood did not relax at all. It seemed that he was destined to have insomnia tonight.
Good guy, I don’t know what her reaction will be when she sees those boxes of banknotes.
Judging from this posture, there is a high probability that I will faint from excitement...
"Okay, it's getting late. Let's go to bed first. We'll talk about other things tomorrow."
Wei Changtian rubbed his forehead dumbfounded, and then prepared to change clothes and go to bed.
However, these words seemed to remind Xu Qingwan, causing the latter to immediately come back from his thoughts just now.
"Changtian..."
She suddenly walked up behind Wei Changtian, who was taking off his outer robe, and asked in a low voice hesitantly: "It seems that you have never stayed at Sister Lu's place since you came back, spending the night..."
Um?
Wei Changtian's hand hanging up his clothes became stiff.
What's going on? Is this a warning or a reminder???
"I...I can't sleep with her."
Of course Wei Changtian would not tell Xu Qingwan the real reason, so he was stunned for a moment before trying to fool him.
But this reason is obviously too false.
"How could such a thing happen?"
Xu Qingwan shook her head seriously: "Changtian, are you having trouble with Sister Lu?"
"She has been depressed these past few days, and you haven't paid much attention to her... But you can't stay like this forever."
"Go and coax her, okay?"
"I......"
What a fool!
Have you ever pushed your husband into another woman’s house like this?
Wei Changtian was stunned for a moment and didn't know what to say.
Seeing his appearance, Xu Qingwan thought she had guessed it right, so she gritted her teeth and pushed him directly out of the house.
"Go quickly, I won't open the door for you again tonight."
"???"
Wei Changtian was pushed out of the door before he could react, and then...
"Squeak~"
Behind him, the carved wooden door was slowly closed "without mercy".
"..."
So awesome???
Wei Changtian stared at the closed door with dumbfounded eyes, as motionless as a stone sculpture.
As for Xu Qingwan in the house...
Although she felt very guilty about "throwing Wei Changtian out", she still "heartlessly" did not open the door after struggling for a long time.
On the one hand, she really wants Wei Changtian and Lu Jingyao to "get back together."
On the other hand, she also wanted to quickly plan how to complete the important task assigned to her by Wei Changtian.
"Da da da" ran to the table, lit a few more candles, and prepared pens and papers. Comrade Xiao Xu was obviously ready to "burn the midnight oil" to prepare for the "opening of the grain store."
But as soon as she sat down, she seemed to remember something again. She suddenly stood up and ran to the door, whispering to the figure outside who had not left yet:
"Long sky."
"Don't go looking for Yuan'er and Qiuyun. I have told them to lock the door when they sleep today."