Chapter 1786
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The businesses of Gangdong merchants or members of the Commerce Alliance would definitely be affected, but the target of their resentment would not be Yang Rui, but the person who caused this situation – Sun Jian.
This was also in line with Yang Rui's expectations. At this time, in the game background, the various feudal lords did not pay much attention to trade, and the status of merchants was low. However, no matter how low the status of merchants was, Yang Rui could use this to sow the seeds of disharmony in Gangdong.
After a few days of preparation, Yang Rui immediately used the Commerce Alliance to stop exchanging any amount of East Sea gold coins with Gangdong. He also stopped all "export" trade with Gangdong, and the "import" trade would continue as usual.
Wasn't he unwilling to exchange for East Sea gold coins? He might as well not exchange for a single gold coin. Wasn't he thinking that Gangdong was rich in resources? He might as well not buy anything.
Although it was a trade sanction, it was a competition of the wealth of the two forces, the abundance of resources, whether it was systematic, and whether it could be tied together and completely external.
Yang Rui's first wave of sanctions was quickly released and took effect, and the news spread very widely.
The key was that Yang Rui and Gangdong Sun Jian's relationship had always been friendly, and the two sides were related by marriage. Most people did not think that Yang Rui would target Gangdong Sun Jian's father-in-law like this.
It should be said that more people were concerned about Yang Rui's act of "suddenly turning hostile", and very few people thought that Yang Rui's trade restrictions would have a big impact on Gangdong Sun Jian.
Perhaps the small number of people who could feel the impact were the members of the Commerce Alliance in Gangdong and the other merchants in Gangdong.
After being attracted by the Commerce Alliance's internal trade fairs again and again, there were very few large merchants who were not members of the Commerce Alliance.
Yang Rui also figured out the situation, which was an important reason why Yang Rui was so determined to initiate trade sanctions – the merchants in Gangdong mostly served the large families, and they were basically the representatives of the various aristocratic families.
When Yang Rui realized the contradiction through Wei Xiu'er's explanation, he was even more determined to initiate trade sanctions in Gangdong.
If the merchants were to point the spear at Sun Jian, it would not be much of a deterrent, after all, they did not have much authority. However, if the aristocratic families were to point at Sun Jian, the situation would be completely different.
Even though the news had been widely spread, it was still not easy for such a commercial sanction to take effect immediately and show results.
Because of this, Yang Rui secretly adopted the second type of sanctions, which was military sanctions.
First, Yang Rui opened some restricted military sales to Sun Jian's nemesis, Liu Biao. It mainly involved the navy equipment and props.
Liu Biao's forces were one of the forces that Yang Rui must take down. However, Yang Rui had many ways to do so. The most direct way was through land.
This was because Liu Biao's navy strength was already very good. Yang Rui's navy strength had extended to Jingzhou, but he still lacked a forward base and logistical supply line.
Under such circumstances, if Yang Rui and Liu Biao's forces had an unavoidable final confrontation, the navy would only be one of the options. The most labor-saving method was definitely not a naval conflict.
Moreover, if Yang Rui chose to take action against Liu Biao in the Yangtze River, there would be Gangdong and Sun Jian's navy behind him. At that time, the situation would be even more complicated.
Because of this, Yang Rui decided to open up the 'export' of equipment and items to Liu Biao's navy. He also opened up the restricted class warships and limited the number of restricted class ships to Liu Biao.
At the same time, Yang Rui also opened up the Mohist's props other than the Heaven Piercing Ballista. Yang Rui decided to open up the supply of the Mohist's crossbows and crossbows. He would sell as much as the other party wanted.
This was not because Yang Rui had lost his judgement and wanted to arm his opponent. Of course, it was also not because Yang Rui wanted to go easy on Liu Biao and change his attitude towards Liu Biao's forces.
It was because Yang Rui still had control over the core technology and manufacturing of the navy equipment and props. Although he opened up many restrictions, the high price meant that Liu Biao's forces would not be able to purchase much from Yang Rui unless he invested most of the 3 billion gold coins into the navy.
The possibility of Liu Biao doing so was not high. What he needed the most was to increase the strength of his navy and other materials. Thus, Liu Biao would not give up other things just to strengthen his navy and become a cripple with one leg longer than the other.
If Yang Rui could think of using land to deal with Liu Biao, Liu Biao would also be able to think of this point.
Then again, even if Liu Biao spared no effort to purchase the navy equipment and props, Yang Rui could also limit the speed of supply and not increase the props.
Secondly, Yang Rui once again sent a secret envoy to Xiangyang City. He really wanted to use Liu Biao to make a fuss. It would be best if he could have a conflict with Sun Jian. At the same time, he could also restrict Sun Jian.
For this reason, Yang Rui specially requested an imperial edict from the Han Dynasty's Emperor Liu Xie to order Liu Biao to send troops to recapture the Gangdong's Sun Jian's' illegal 'Wulin and Hanyang cities.
Wulin and Hanyang cities were captured by Gangdong's Sun Jian when Yang Rui attacked Jingzhou. They occupied important strategic locations and allowed Gangdong's Sun Jian's navy to have the upper hand against Liu Biao's forces.
Hanyang city was close to Sanjiangkou and was heavily guarded by Gangdong's Sun Jian's forces. On the other hand, Wulin city's forces were relatively limited.
It could be said that Liu Biao's forces wanted to recapture these two cities that originally belonged to Jingzhou even in his dreams. This way, he could salvage the situation of the two navies confronting each other on the Yangtze River.
Yang Rui made use of the imperial edict from the Han Dynasty's Emperor Liu Xie and it could be said that it was Liu Biao's intention. Even if Liu Biao roughly knew that this was Yang Rui's intention and could roughly understand Yang Rui's intentions, Liu Biao was still duty-bound to seize these two cities.
Liu Biao had to pay attention to this matter. He hastily spent close to 500 million gold coins to purchase a lot of navy equipment and props from Yang Rui. After a short 10 days of preparation, he first launched an attack on the water and attacked Gangdong's Sun Jian's navy.
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