Wang Juan kept feeding Zhang Xiaobao the pancake until Zhang Xiaobao opened his mouth and said, "Tubo realized that they don't have enough money and can't afford to fight, but they don't want to admit defeat. This is mainly because of you. Don't think that you only led 10,000 people back and forth to fight, but Tubo mobilized a lot of people.
They can't keep up with the logistics. They are also waiting for the autumn harvest, but they can't not come after us. At the same time, they have to guard against the main forces of the Tang army. If it was in the past, they should be the ones to collect more taxes from the people of their own country. But this time, a person who thinks that he is powerful suddenly appeared, so they came up with a plan.
If I were to name this plan, it would be a contract selling operation. In fact, it is almost the same as cash flow. As long as there is a sum of money, they can use this money to buy assets, such as houses or food. When they are buying, they can discuss and give a portion of it. When they don't have any other money, they don't want this money.
Then, through the operation, they can change this agreement slightly and be able to borrow money from other banks. If it were me, I would sign two contracts. One is the successful transaction contract, and the other is the subsequent repayment contract. It is just to trick people into trusting me. I think that person is doing the same, unless he has more money to operate.
Then what is the use of this kind of false proof of assets? "
"It can be exchanged for more cash." Wang Juan still understood this point.
Zhang Xiaobao nodded and said, "Yes, it is to use this to exchange for money, and then use this money to buy local food and livestock, causing the price of everything to increase. But he shouldn't have bought mules. Does he think that everyone is a fool? Does he think that I am a decoration?
The problem now is, how many things has he bought and how much money has he used to pawn these things? The more money he has, the more food and livestock he will buy during the autumn harvest. It will create a situation where the price of goods doesn't fall even though it is the autumn harvest. "
"How can it not fall? How much can he buy during the autumn harvest? "Wang Juan agreed with Zhang Xiaobao's analysis but did not agree with the latter part.
"How could it fall back? Businessmen pursue profit. How many businessmen can see through such a plan? When the price of goods in a certain region increased, they would not think of suppressing it. They would work together. That person from Tubo would not say that he was from Tubo. If he wanted the merchants from Great Tang to cooperate, he would look for relevant merchants to cooperate.
The simplest way to put it was that when foreign hot money was hyping up the domestic financial market, how many businessmen in the country could fight to the death? How could there not be domestic funds adding fuel to the fire?
I'm sure that after the autumn harvest, the price of grain will rise instead of falling. Moreover, it will give people the impression that the price will continue to rise. As long as the people can still live, they will cherish the grain and not sell it. The Tubo people will increase the hype and achieve their goal. Their goal is … "
"That's to sell the grain from Tubo, as well as the livestock and poultry from Tubo. Once he sells them all, he won't want the money he invested in them anymore. Everything will turn into bubbles. Many merchants from Great Tang who do the same will suffer losses. Great Tang's commoners who don't grow grain will suffer losses. Yes, those who grow grain will also suffer losses.
The merchants have two choices. One is to raise money to continue raising the price of goods. The other is to sell at a loss. If they choose the former, it is easy for trouble to happen. Some of the citizens do not have grain and it will cause social unrest. If they choose the latter, once they sell their grain, the price of all the goods will fall again and again. Then, the Tubo people will be able to buy them at a very low price. Am I right? "
Wang Juan did not wait for Zhang Xiaobao to finish his words and analyzed.
"Yes, that is the case. However, this is not the final goal. It is not a peaceful time now and we can only rely on pure economic means. What do you think will happen when the Tubo people suddenly attack Great Tang?"
Zhang Xiaobao continued.
"Yes, it will make things very difficult for Little Li. After all, the cost of transporting grain from outside is much higher than the value of the grain itself. If transportation is still not possible, then I know what to do. The military is to serve politics."
Wang Juan had completely thought it through. She picked up the binoculars and went out to look at the terrain.
Zhang Xiaobao did not care about Wang Juan. He held his chin and knocked on his face. After thinking for an hour, he muttered to himself, "Since that is the case, then let's let the Tubo people see what an all-around war is. Let them understand that there is no distinction between the front line and the rear. Let's use both the military and the economy together."
After muttering to himself, Zhang Xiaobao started to write something. When dawn came, he asked Shui Yun to send it to Pengzhou.
*****
Pengzhou still looked like they were ready to go to war. They did not know that someone was fighting an economic war with them. Even Zhang Zhong did not expect that a letter he wrote would decide someone else's fate.
Until two days later, when a horse that was about to die of exhaustion rushed over, Zhang Zhong saw the news that was delivered and realized how great of a thing he had done. He wrote a letter that had a huge impact on the current situation.
After changing his handwriting and copying it again, Zhang Zhong sent the letter to Old Man Pi and the other two. He immediately went to make arrangements. This time, his son was in charge of remote command.
The people in the inner courtyard of Zhang Family and Wang Family were mobilized and were very busy.
Even Jang Wong Family, who usually only cared about her own family's matters, had no choice but to stand up and cooperate.
"Husband, it seems like I have to write more letters to Xiao Bao and Cuckoo in the future. It's just taking in a mule, but Xiao Bao actually saw through so many things. If it was someone else who said this, I would definitely not believe it, but Xiao Bao is right. This time, my family will have to take out a lot of money first."
"So be it. It's better than being schemed against by others. Qiao 'er, you have a good son and a good daughter-in-law. Otherwise, we would definitely be at a disadvantage this time."
At this moment, Zhang Zhong had already put aside the shock of receiving the news from before. If it was him who did it, he really wouldn't know what to do. However, with his son's plan, he wasn't afraid. He knew his son's ability, so he just had to follow his instructions.
After Jang Wong Family heard Zhang Zhong's words, she said with a rosy face, "If it weren't for Xiao Bao and Cuckoo, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened to us. The people of Tubo are indeed not ordinary. Unfortunately, they met Cuckoo during the war. When they were calculating the economy, they were discovered by Xiao Bao. Then, they can forget about it."
While Jang Wong Family and Zhang Zhong were speaking with confidence, Old Man Pi and the other two people were looking at the news sent by Zhang Zhong and fell into a certain state of mind.
They didn't know that it was Zhang Xiaobao who was helping them remotely. They thought that it was the experts from the Zhang family who found out that something was wrong.
Zhang Zhong only sent them a part of his son's analysis. It didn't include the response at the back. Therefore, Old Man Pi and the other two people were very anxious after seeing this analysis.
"What should we do? What should we do? Should we send people to catch the businessman who raised the price? I don't know if it's true or not, but it should be true. The Zhang family has never done anything wrong. "
Old Man Chang was the most anxious. The matter at the front line wasn't over yet, and something else had happened here.
Old Man Pi carefully read the analysis three times before saying, "The Zhang family is indeed not ordinary. After seeing what is written here and thinking about it carefully, it really is so. There are actually such capable people in Tubo. Fortunately, we also have the experts from the Zhang family.
Otherwise, this time, we would have suffered a big loss. How did the Tubo learn this kind of economic knowledge? Could it be that it's that game of Monopoly? There's quite a lot involved in that, especially the top-level stuff. If that's really the case, then I … I can only let more people from my dynasty go and have fun. I can't just stop it, and I can't stop it anyway. "
Old Man Bi sighed at the fact that there was someone more powerful on his side. Otherwise, wouldn't he have been tricked by the Tubo people? If others were only analyzing, he knew a lot of things. There was news that the Tubo people were preparing for the autumn harvest. Not only did the commoners have to work, but it was also said that some of the tribes had to come out to help as well.
What did this mean? It meant that the Tubo people were indeed lacking things and were waiting for this year's autumn harvest to be good.
In the past, the Tubo people were facing difficulties, but at that time, they could only think of using war to obtain things. This year, they actually used economic means.
Old Man Yao also frowned his white eyebrows. He looked at the analysis and understood the Tubo people's general plan. He didn't doubt it, but analysis was just analysis. He didn't write down any specific countermeasures. Could it be that there was no way?
He really didn't want to believe that the experts of the Zhang family couldn't come up with a countermeasure. How was that possible? If there was really no countermeasure, what was the point of analyzing?
Thinking about the experts of the Zhang family, Yao Chong said to Old Man Pi and Old Man Chang, "Why don't we ask Zhang Zhong and see what kind of countermeasure he can come up with?"
"Yes, ask Zhang Zhong. As long as Zhang Zhong comes up with a countermeasure, it will be the expert's countermeasure." Old Man Chang agreed.
Old Man Pi started to write a letter, "I have to tell this to the emperor and see if the imperial court can come up with a countermeasure."
Just as the three old men were preparing to send a letter to the capital, Zhang Zhong's memorial was sent out. It was also a pigeon, but this time, it was from his family and not Old Man Chang's.
Zhang Zhong really hoped to have an eagle like Shuiyun. He didn't need to waste pigeons. Shuiyun only needed to let it remember what sign was placed in a place and it could fly over and back by itself. Pigeons couldn't. Once they flew over, they would be gone. They needed to be put back in a cage. Wherever the pigeon nest was, the pigeon would fly there.
However, there was only one Shuiyun. It was a true companion. It could send letters, monitor the enemy, and cooperate to kill the enemy. There were more than a hundred eagles in San Shui County, but none of them could catch up to Shuiyun. Now, Shuiyun definitely couldn't be brought back. Without Shuiyun, his daughter-in-law would definitely feel very uncomfortable.
By the time Old Man Pi's letter was sent out, Zhang Zhong's pigeon had already left for a long time. This time, Zhang Zhong followed his son's idea and exposed his son. However, he used a test story to cover up the expert of the Zhang family.
When Zhang Zhong was waiting for the merchants to arrive, Old Man Pi and the other two arrived first. Just like what was said in the letter, as long as he waited, they would come over and ask. Then, they would cooperate with him. It was indeed correct.
"Yongcheng, why do I feel that the tea we drank last time tasted wrong? Don't tell me you used other teas to make up the numbers?" Old Man Pi spoke as soon as he saw Zhang Zhong.
Zhang Zhong thought to himself, 'You can keep pretending. My son already mentioned that you would come over. He even summarized the words he said at the beginning. One of them was to mention the tea leaves first. Fortunately, he didn't mention fishing.'
"So it's Master Bi. How can the tea be bad? How about this? I'll go and brew the tea now. If I find that it's different from yours, you can take my tea away. That way, it can't be bad, right? "
Zhang Zhong also learned to be tactful and followed along.
Old Man Pi nodded. When he saw Zhang Zhong go to get the tea set, he didn't wait for Zhang Zhong to brew the tea and said, "Drinking tea requires one to be in harmony with the mood and environment. The environment here is not good."
"Then … should we go to the river? At this time, the riverside is not bad. Some of the grass is yellow, while others are green, "Zhang Zhong probed.
"Yes, that's right. Look, I even brought the fishing rod." Old Man Pi immediately followed along with Zhang Zhong's words. When he was speaking, his' follower 'came over and showed the fishing rod to Zhang Zhong.
When Zhang Zhong saw the fishing rod, he felt sad for Tubo who wanted to fight an economic war. This is my son. Not only did he see the economic war, but he also had countermeasures. He could even predict Bi Gou's reaction in advance and had a follow-up response.
No matter how powerful Tubo is, can you compare to my son's finger? Yes, according to my son's words, I can't beat you to death. This is a true plan of mine. He can predict the enemy first. Plus, he has a daughter-in-law who is good at fighting. It will be easy in the future.
Seeing that Old Man Pi's people took out the fishing rod, Zhang Zhong was not surprised. He also took out a set of fishing equipment from the table beside him and said to Bi Gou with a smile, "If Master Bi didn't come, I was going to go fishing too. Let's go together. Bring the tea set and go together. I've already prepared the bait. It's enough for four people."
Therefore, while Old Man Pi and the others were surprised that Zhang Zhong also wanted to go fishing, the four of them went to the riverside outside the city. The weather was not bad today. It was not cloudy, and there was no fog. There was a group of children playing upstream.
The four of them had different thoughts, so they didn't care if the child would affect the fish. Everyone was just fishing for the fish.
Zhang Zhong divided the bait and casually threw out the fishing rod. He did not expect any fish to take the bait. He was fishing when he had nothing to do. If he wanted to eat fish, he would just use the net. He still had many things to do. If it was not to learn this kind of special method, he would not have come.
Her son and daughter-in-law had said that not all business had to be done in the office. Sometimes, there were more business to be done at the wine table, tea table, card game, and all kinds of leisure and entertainment activities than in a proper place.
It was the same even if they went to the brothel together. Of course, he did not want to think about it. He could not do anything to let Qiao 'er down. Besides, his son would not agree. Even if he really found a brothel, he could not expect to be accompanied by a woman.
Last time, he was forced to go there. In the end, there was no woman accompanying him. A group of men came out. That time, he saw his son's methods. When he came back, his son looked at him differently. He was wronged. He did not want to find a woman. Even if there was a woman accompanying him, he would not do anything to let Qiao 'er down.
Looking at his son's regretful and disappointed eyes, he felt that the sky was dark at that time.
Zhang Zhong left behind a sequela. Whenever he was about to talk about business with someone else, he would remember what happened in the past. That one time was enough. If anyone f * cking dragged him to the brothel again, he would fall out with that person. This was because he did not have a woman. If his son could not take care of himself, and a woman came out, how many people would die? Whoever dragged him should go and make arrangements for his funeral.
Zhang Zhong's thoughts flew away while he was fishing.
Old Man Pi changed the bait a few times, but he still did not catch anything. Thus, he said to Zhang Zhong, "Yongcheng, I just realized that fishing is also a skill. You know that the fish are in the water, and you also know that the fish need to eat, but sometimes you are not in a hurry to catch the fish. Just now, I was in a hurry, so the fish did not eat the bait. Don't you think so?"
Zhang Zhong also put away his fishing rod and changed the bait. When he heard Old Man Pi's words, he glanced over and thought to himself, Sure enough, my son was right. This old man likes to play with people when he is fishing.
"Lord Bi can actually see the skill in fishing. I admire you. I don't know how to fish. I just remembered today. I had nothing to do, so I asked someone to prepare a fishing rod. Maybe it's because the fishing rod is not good. I am not sure."
Zhang Zhong followed the steps written by his son. The small book also included this. According to his son, it was because he had been in contact with the fish for a long time and was familiar with it. It was a part of psychology.
Old Man Pi waved his hand. "Rather than saying that the fishing rod is not good, how can the fishing rod of the Zhang family not be good? Then you won't be able to find a good fishing rod in this world. To put it bluntly, only your father-in-law can come up with a few ideas in this area. It's a pity that you can't go and take a look like him. He hasn't been doing too well recently. "
When Zhang Zhong heard Old Man Pi mention his father-in-law, there was no longer any hatred in his heart. If there was anything to hate, it would be his own lack of ability. Which father would be willing to give his daughter to a man who was nothing? If Xiao Bao was bad, would the Wang family have let Cuckoo stay in their home?
Thus, he said, "Lord Tai Shan is indeed quite free. When Xiao Bao and Cuckoo come back, let them go and take a look. Then bring along Xiao Bao and Cuckoo. Xiao Bao and Cuckoo are sensible and won't cause trouble."
"That's good. This old man has a long tongue. Let me say something. After all, we are a family. The knowledge of fishing is easy to learn, but the knowledge of fishing is not easy to learn. Between people, just like between a man and a fish, there is always the existence of benefits. Or to put it bluntly, it is called seducing each other. Don't you think so?"
Old Man Pi then changed the topic to fishing.
"Yes, after hearing what Lord Bi said, it's really like that." Zhang Zhong didn't have a script now. His son didn't expect to mention this matter either.
"Then Yongcheng, what do you think about the economy? Is it the same as fishing? For example, if someone from Tubo wants to do something in this area, do you think he's a fish or a fisherman? "Old Man Pi put the bait and threw the hook in.
"Of course he's a fish. No matter how good Tubo's economic warfare is, it still depends on who the opponent is. It's still too early to be a fisherman. He has to learn. Give him ten years, and it's already not bad if he can roughly learn it. Does he really think that he is so free in the water and can hide behind other fish to eat the bait? Lord Bi, don't worry. Not all fish are so smart. It's just that it takes a lot of effort for one person to fish. If it's a fish in the water, Lord Bi, Lord Yao, and Uncle Zhang will fish together, then it will be easy. "
Zhang Zhong was relieved and finally returned to a normal topic.
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