Han Wangran subconsciously clenched his fists and said in a low voice: "Wei State, how do you explain this? When Bolangsha was completed, Wei State swore to the outside world that its domestic court would never interfere in commercial affairs..."

"It is said that Yang Yi, the Minister of Household Affairs in Luoyang of the Wei State, has explained to the outside world that this is a spontaneous move by the "patriotic businessmen" of the Wei State. Luoyang does not support it, but it is not easy to criticize it. Other than that,

It’s just some nonsense calling for mutual restraint, saying “business knows no borders” and so on.”

"Business has no national boundaries?" Han Wangran snorted coldly when he heard this, and said coldly: "But businessmen have national boundaries!... Can you still not see through such a simple truth?"

Regarding Yang Yi's so-called appeal, Han Wangran simply listened to it as nonsense, because there had been precedents for this matter: when the "All Nations" alliance was held, the Wei State used the excuse of calling for the whole world to stop war and benefit the people, and invited

All countries went to Daliang.

But what’s the result?

As a result, the Wei State showed off its powerful military power and basic national strength in front of the envoys from various countries, and through this alliance, it logically consolidated its position as the hegemon of the Central Plains. As for the previous call to "hope that the world will stop war", it has long been

He was left behind by those shameless Wei people.

After hearing Han Wangran's complaint, Zhuang Gong Han Geng smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that he can't see through it, it's just that there are a group of famous disciples in the Daliang Academy of Wei who are helping Wei. Among them is a man named Gongsun Long, who is even more powerful.

, The words are so colorful that no one can refute..."

Han Wangran remained silent. After all, he had also heard that when it comes to quarreling, the famous disciples deserve to be the first. Ten Confucian disciples cannot compare to one famous disciple, let alone most of the Confucian disciples in the world, if they are not already in Wei.

The country, which is the country of Wei, almost no one will come forward to speak for him in South Korea and quarrel with those famous disciples who are good at sophistry.

After taking a long breath, Han Wangran said in a low voice: "According to what you said, although Luoyang and Daliang of Wei State did not come forward directly this time, but like Wen Shaobo... no one in the world knows that he is Zhao

Run's royal merchant? Without Zhao Run's instructions, Shaobo Wen would not hesitate to delay his efforts to make money and attack our Korean merchants? The same is true for Chengling King Zhao Shen."

It cannot be denied that Han Ran's judgment is correct. Although the recent attacks on Korean merchants are all due to the alliance of Wei businessmen who claim to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, behind these people, there are vaguely "Su's Chamber of Commerce" and "Wen's Chamber of Commerce".

Chamber of Commerce", as well as the shadows of the wealthy Wei people and nobles of Wei such as King Chengling.

But having said that, Han Ran wanted to use this matter to attack Wei State, but it was not justified. After all, Wei State's Luoyang court did not directly come forward. As for Tiance Mansion, other countries had no control over this Wei State's privileged institution.

Little is known about its existence.

After chatting for two full hours, Duke Zhuang Han Geng said goodbye and left, leaving Han Wangran alone in the palace, thinking worriedly about the bad news told by Duke Zhuang Han Geng.

I still remember that a while ago, he was very worried that the Wei State would use a large number of troops to attack his country, South Korea, so that when the Chu State would rise in the future, his country, South Korea, as an ally of the Chu State, would clamp down on the Wei State.

However, the King of Han never expected that instead of using force, the Wei State adopted another incredible tactic: letting his Wei merchants charge into the battle, starting the first battle of the war between Wei and South Korea.

How should we fight this kind of war?

Because it was unprecedented, Han Wangran was at a loss what to do.

However, it didn't take long for the merchants of Wei State to take the lead in teaching Han Wangran and the merchants of South Korea a lesson by preaching through words and deeds.

This different kind of war broke out in Linzi, the capital of Qi State.

Between May and August, merchants from Wei State transported a large amount of sheepskin, wool, cashmere, wine, rice, dates, jade and other goods to Linzi. In Linzi City, they started a price war with merchants from South Korea.

In just a few days, the price of rice, wine, sheepskin, wool and other goods plummeted. Korean merchants sold it for ten yuan, and Wei merchants sold it for eight yuan. If Korean merchants sold it at a low price,

After selling it, Wei merchants sold it at a lower price, as if they didn't care about the cost at all.

"Wei people are crazy!"

The scholar-bureaucrat Uncle Bao screamed in surprise after learning about this incident.

He couldn't imagine that in the past, it took two or three gold coins from the Wei Kingdom to buy a high-quality jade pendant, but now, Zhao Shen, the Chengling King of the Wei Kingdom, actually sold it for three to five silver coins per piece, forcing the Korean Zhong clan to almost

He wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the river.

The remaining sheepskins, wool, pickled mutton, smoked mutton, etc. were so cheap at this time that even the common people of Qi could have three meals a day on the table. One can imagine the ferocity and intensity of this war.

However, after listening to Uncle Bao's words, the scholar-official Guan Zhong had a different opinion. He believed that Wei's strategy of "repaying blood with blood" was really clever.

The reason is very simple. Take mutton, sheepskin and other livestock goods as an example. Wei State has three natural pastures: Sanchuan, Hexi, and Hetao. In addition to the Wei people who graze their own animals, there are also hundreds of thousands of Yi, Jie, and Yi people.

, as well as Hu people and Ba people slaves to help with the grazing.

Therefore, Wei State does not need to consider the supply of goods at all.

The only problem is whether to earn more or not - even if the Wei people only earn back their costs, or even only earn back a part of their costs, compared to the Korean businessmen who cannot even make back their capital, the Wei people are still the winners.

However, this kind of trick is too strenuous. Even a big country like Wei does not dare to use it excessively - just like this time, Wei only targets Korean businessmen and does not dare to target other countries in the world.

What the merchants wanted to avoid was that the attack would be too large, causing Wei to become the target of public criticism.

Since Wei merchants took the lead in starting the war, Korean merchants quickly united and launched a counterattack even after losing the opportunity.

But unfortunately, the enemy they faced was too powerful.

Wen Shaobo of Anling, Tao Hong of Dingtao, and Zhao Shen of Chengling, the king of Chengling, do not know whether it was because of the stimulation of the foreign enemy Korea, or because of the death of the leader of the Beibo Army, Xiang Xuan, the Wei court had recently

The efforts to win over Song County in 2006 finally paid off, making the Wei people and Song Dynasty

For the first time, the people of the county stood on the same side - the Wei merchants were led by Wen Shaobo, while the Song merchants were led by Tao Hong of Dingtao. The two sides cooperated sincerely and launched a fierce pursuit of the Korean merchants.

Further eroding the market share of Korean merchants in Linzi.

As of mid-August, in Linzi City, the capital of the King of Qi, many merchants from South Korea were forced to close their shops and transfer their industries. Only a small number of people were left, and they were still suppressed by the joint efforts of Wei merchants.

Survive with difficulty.

During this period, many Korean merchants were crushed by Wei merchants, drank themselves to pieces, and committed suicide by drowning themselves in the river in Linzi City.

This made the world further realize how cruel this bloodless war was.

By the beginning of September, the Korean merchants were basically forced out of the Linzi market by Wei merchants. Immediately, Wei merchants took Linzi as the center and radiated to all counties in Qi.

After learning about this, the scholar-bureaucrat Guan Zhong sighed: "This is to kill them all."

It has to be said that the Linzi court witnessed this unprecedented bloodless war one after another, but there was nothing that could be done about it.

To be honest, Qi State has the ability to assist Korean merchants to repel Wei merchants. Even the Linzi court can assist Korean merchants through manipulation, but the Qi people do not dare.

After all, Wei and South Korea are already on the verge of war. If the Qi State dares to assist South Korea, it is likely to be resented by the Wei State - Qi State is not like South Korea, and it does not have a vast territory.

Deep down, if Wei State sends troops to Qi State at this moment, Qi State may not be able to defend it for even half a year.

Soon, Qi State, the second largest market in the entire Central Plains after Wei, was almost immediately occupied by Wei merchants. Wei merchants used a large number of cheap and high-quality goods to seize the market share of Korean merchants, and will

It was driven out of the Qi market.

However, after winning this victory, Wei merchants were still not satisfied. As if premeditated, they pursued them all the way to South Korea and dumped a large number of various goods into South Korea at low prices. Not only did South Korea's

Merchants suffered heavy losses, and even farmers were affected. Large amounts of agricultural products accumulated and could not be processed.

When the news reached Jicheng, Han Wangran was furious as never before. He kicked the imperial court in front of him to the ground and was immediately knocked unconscious on the spot.

In the eighth year of Wei Xing'an, the Wei State went through a trade war between merchants, which made the world deeply realize that this bloodless war was actually as cruel as a real war.
Chapter completed!