Although the Huns suffered successive defeats on the side of Dai and paid a heavy price, the Huns' huge strength is still there.
Coupled with several recent news, Liu Deng began to worry.
The military minister Shan Yu finally got over the shadow of failure. This old guy was so cruel that he actually dragged the defeated army and killed King Zuo Xian directly on the way back to the city.
With the death of King Zuoxian, King Youxian could only surrender, and Yi Zhixie naturally took over the position of King Zuoxian.
With the rise of Yi Zhixie, the entire pattern of the Xiongnu changed again. Liu Deng had already heard the news that the military minister Shanyu intended to lead his army to the west.
Of course Liu Deng knew in his heart that with the powerful military power of the Huns, the small countries in the west had no strength to resist, and soon the Huns would devour a large number of their populations.
With their population replenishment, I believe it won't take long for the Huns to lick their wounds quickly. When they come again next time, what awaits the Han Empire will be a fierce battle!
There was really not much time left for Liu Deng. Because of Liu Deng, Modao Army and Shenwu Army taught the Huns a heavy lesson twice in succession.
But it also changed the direction of history. Originally, when the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion broke out, the Huns army did not participate in the war, but now even Liu Deng is not sure. Will the Huns take advantage of it?
According to historical records, the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion broke out only four years ago. However, due to a series of reasons, Liu Deng is now not sure whether the original historical node is still credible...
But one thing he was sure of was that if he wanted to live well, he had to prepare himself.
Liu Deng has already begun to look for stores in the bank in Daiguo, and the bank's manpower is also undergoing intense training. Liu Deng still respects Zhao Wengu's opinion in the selection of these people.
After all, these are the people she will use to help her in the next few years!
But before that, Liu Deng still had one important thing to do. In today's world, when it comes to paper, everyone thinks of King Wu Liu Bi.
Liu Deng wanted to break out of Liu Bi's blockade and overthrow Liu Bi's blockade. This was not an easy task. He still lacked an entry point!
Therefore, after Liu Deng’s careful consideration, a store called Banriju quietly opened on the streets of Suiyang!
Different from Liu Deng's Jinyang, Suiyang in Liang State was not only the political, military and cultural center of the two countries, but more importantly, it was the gateway for the vassal states' materials to enter and exit the imperial court.
Regardless of the major vassal states, any country's supplies must pass through Suiyang if they want to enter or leave the imperial court.
Over time, Suiyang in Liang State became one of the most important material transfer centers in the Han Dynasty.
Merchants from the vassal states usually just sent supplies to Suiyang and then stopped moving forward, because after leaving Liang State, they had to pay taxes again.
And the merchants in the imperial court would not step into the vassal states. After all, that was the scope of the major vassal kings.
The power of merchants is complicated. Maybe the backer behind a very humble grocery store on the street corner is a high-ranking official from a certain vassal state.
In comparison, trading in Suiyang is safer.
In Suiyang City, the most in-demand product these days is of course paper, although this thing is expensive to make and sells for astonishingly high prices.
But this has also made it the new favorite of major wealthy families. In this day and age, the habit of raising scholars has long been a common practice. If any wealthy family does not have a few disciples, you will be embarrassed to go out.
Among these disciples, there are real knowledgeable people, but of course there are also a lot of thugs pretending to be such.
No matter what kind of person you are, if you don't use a few pieces of paper every day to write something, you will feel uncomfortable all over.
Therefore, paper has almost become a necessity for the daily consumption of major wealthy families, but all paper transactions in Suiyang have been taken care of by a few big businessmen sitting under the throne of King Wu.
Moreover, the price of this transaction was already forty-five dollars per knife.
No matter who comes to buy it, they will insist on the price anyway. If you want more than a hundred dollars, you need to add extra money!
Of course, it is precisely because of this reason that it directly contributed to the first batch of scalpers in Suiyang City.
These people were originally scoundrels, and by taking advantage of this opportunity, they all made real money.
You only need to queue up outside the store, chat with the shopkeeper for a while, buy some things, and then sell them after you go out, and you can make a few bucks immediately. This kind of good job is really hard to find even with a lantern.
Although merchants from all over the country already hated these Wu merchants, they had no choice but to let them control the source of goods. They could only hold their noses and admit it.
"Damn it, why did the Xu Jihuo store increase the price again? Forty-five guan for this knife is already a sky-high price. Why did it suddenly become 50 guan today?"
Li Fugui is also a well-known paper merchant in Chang'an City. He originally brought a large amount of copper coins to purchase goods today, but before he entered the door, he saw on the sign hanging outside the door that the transaction price had actually increased by five coins. money.
Suddenly he couldn't help it, and he and several businessmen who were traveling with him began to murmur quietly.
Although we all deal in paper, there is no competition for a while because the scope of business is different.
After all, the current Han Dynasty is too big for these small businessmen, and they cannot capture such a large market with their capital, so there is no saying that their colleagues are enemies.
"This King Wu's heart is getting darker and darker! I'm afraid that after we go back, we will be called profiteers again..."
"There's no need to be so pessimistic. If you get scolded a few times, just get scolded a few times. Anyway, if he raises the price, we have to follow suit. Otherwise, we can't go all the way in vain..."
"Fortunately, most of our guests are wealthy families, so they must not be short of these five dollars..."
Although they say this, everyone knows in their hearts that even for wealthy families, this copper coin does not fall from the sky.
Although they have money, they can't afford such massive consumption every day.
Take the Prime Minister's Mansion as an example. As a direct supplier, Li Fugui certainly knew that the Shentu family spent nearly 300 yuan on paper every day.
Calculated based on this number, it will be one hundred thousand yuan in one year!
The price of each piece of paper has increased by five guan. Presumably, this matter will spread very quickly. If any noble person murmurs in his heart, the backer behind him will not be able to protect him...
