After the war, Yunzhou began to recuperate, after all, the god of war also needs to rest.

The last threat to the north was eradicated, and the basic framework of clouds and clouds stabilized.

The people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and everything returned to normal.

Just a very important problem slowly surfaced, and after eliminating the surrounding nomads, Guo Jia found that the border trade had entered a stage of shrinkage. The annual trading volume began to decline, and the magnitude was also very large, and the big one was shocking.

At this rate, it won't take a few years for the border trade to be closed.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that the main body of border trade is these steppe nomads, and Yunzhou sold the products of the Han Dynasty to them at a low price, and then sold their fur livestock to the Central Plains at a high price.

One in and one out, Yunzhou made huge profits.

The reason why Yunzhou has been able to develop rapidly in recent years is due to this huge profit.

But in order to prevent hidden dangers, Guo Jia completely eradicated these powerful nomads, so that the balance was broken.

Demand from the northern steppes is falling off a cliff.

This also made Guo Jia a little unexpected.

If you don't do it, you won't die!

It was Guo Jia who single-handedly eradicated the extinction of grassland nomadism, and also eradicated the border trade in Yunzhou.

Yunzhou's border trade is Guo Jia's money bag, once the border trade is over, what will he use to build the four northern states, and the army of more than 100,000 is about to face disbandment.

To this end, Guo Jia convened an enlarged meeting.

Cai Yu, the commander of Skynet, Jia Xu, the new personal strategist, Xi Zhong, the assassin of Yunzhou, the Shou Xin Ping of Zhongshan County, and Su Qinglian, the president of the Yunzhou Chamber of Commerce.

This was a meeting that decided the fate of Yunzhou.

Yunzhou Assassin Xi Zhong stood up first, he took out a bunch of scrolls and put them on the table.

"This is the business situation in the first half of this year, and from the data point of view, it is not optimistic."

After looking at it, everyone also felt that the problem was very serious.

The border trade, which was originally full of money, suddenly showed a cliff-like decline.

According to the statistics of Xizhong, I am afraid that it will not be long before Yunzhou will have a deficit.

Xin Ping also stood up and said worriedly: "Xiaguan also has a data here, which is the proportion of merchants in Yunzhou who leave and newly open stores. All along, this percentage has been extremely low. Since the second half of the year, this proportion has begun to slowly widen, and I am afraid that it will not be long before there will be a net outflow of businesses. ”

Merchants are the main body of Yunzhou's border trade, after all, Yunzhou is the government and does not participate in the operation, but only picks wool from these merchants.

Although there is no tax on transactions in Yunzhou, the clothing, food, housing and transportation of merchants here are astronomical.

Of course, the border trade was prosperous, the merchants made money, and they dared to spend.

Once the border trade declines and they can't make ends meet, they will be forced to leave.

"In the second half of the year, some businesses closed their doors and left, including some time-honored brands."

Xin Ping said helplessly.

The departure of the businessman caused Yunzhou's financial revenue to plummet, and he, the Zhongshan Taishou, was the most direct victim.

This year's financial pressure has been high.

At this time, Su Qinglian, who had not spoken, suddenly said: "In fact, the departure of the merchants, except for the shrinkage of the border trade in Yunzhou. One of the most important reasons is the rise of Xudu. ”

The rise of Xudu?

The interest of the crowd was immediately attracted by her.

Su Qinglian smiled faintly and said, "Yanzhou assassin Cao Cao, after welcoming back the emperor, built a new city of Xudu. Other families have gathered in Xudu, and now Xudu has every inch of land, and a new business circle will be formed in the long run. The businessmen had a keen sense of smell, and they also saw the potential of Xudu, so they rushed to Xudu. ”

As the successor of the business, Su Qinglian is naturally very clear about the trend and dynamics of the country's commerce.

Xu Du?

Guo Jia couldn't help frowning.

Cao Apu is quite capable, it only took half a year to occupy the Central Plains, and some of the widows and young of the Han Dynasty defected to Xudu, forming a small force.

Hum!

Cai Yu suddenly slapped the table and sneered: "These treacherous people, when Yunzhou was prosperous, they came here one by one to make a lot of money. Now that Yunzhou is in decline, they turn around and want to take refuge in Cao Cao. It really doesn't make sense. Yunzhou doesn't come and go when you want to. Can't be so cheap for them. I'll leave this matter to Skynet, and I'll make sure they spit out everything they eat, and then peel off a layer of skin. ”

The girl gritted her teeth a little, and was very angry at these unchaste merchants.

Today's Skynet has become a hot department in Yunzhou, and it is overkill to deal with a few businessmen.

Cannot!

Su Qinglian hurriedly said: "Second Miss, businessmen are born to pursue profits, which is understandable. Yunzhou is prosperous, and they are naturally uninvited. Once Yunzhou declines, they are also destined to leave. People go to high places, and water flows to low places, which is the general trend and cannot be stopped. Besides, the reason why our Yunzhou can prosper has a lot to do with these businessmen. If we attack these heroes now, we will inevitably end up with a notoriety of rabbits and dead dogs. In the future, who will dare to come to Yunzhou to do business? ”

Su Qinglian, who was born in a businessman, naturally knew the nature of a businessman, so she also strongly opposed Cai Yu's method of killing chickens and taking eggs.

Hehe!

Cai Yu suddenly sneered and said, "If I remember correctly, President Su is a member of the Su family of Zhongshan Dajia." Your Su family is the largest merchant in Yunzhou, so you naturally want to talk to those merchants. ”

Her face suddenly sank, and she said: "According to reliable information, the Su family has also opened a branch in Xudu, President Su, are your Su family also going to leave Yunzhou and go to Cao Cao!" ”

Cai Yu had long looked at this Su Qing with pity, but now that he had seized the opportunity, how could he let it go easily.

In the face of Cai Yu's aggressiveness, Su Qinglian just smiled faintly.

"Although the little woman was born in the Su family, she is at the meeting of the Yunzhou Chamber of Commerce at the moment, so she naturally wants to contribute to Yunzhou. As for the Su family's opening of a business in Xudu, it was also a business development, not a betrayal of Yunzhou. Besides, the decline of Yunzhou's border trade has already appeared, and instead of doing these useless investigations, it is better to concentrate on finding a solution. Since the little girl became the president of the Chamber of Commerce, she has been working hard to plan for Yunzhou, if the second lady thinks that I Su Qinglian is selfish, then the little girl is willing to abdicate and make way for Xian. In other words, with such a big ability as Skynet, it must be easy to recover the decline of Yunzhou's border trade. ”

Su Qinglian is naturally not the one who suffers, since Cai Yu took the initiative to challenge, she naturally wants to fight back.

She has always been independent and alone, and she didn't even take Cai Yan in her eyes, so how could she take her sister seriously?

(End of chapter)