From Douluo Dalu to Queen

Chapter 212 Financial Crisis
"This..." Leng Xiyao was shocked when she heard this method. Isn't this a trade crushing of agricultural countries by industrial countries?
With the level of the Sun-Moon Empire, it should have some production lines that can completely bypass the most expensive component in the smelting industry in Douluo Continent today - craftsmen.

Big merchants are different from small merchants. Big merchants are equivalent to big capitalists. They can completely realize their own production and sales and do not need to contact other peers at all.

Small merchants, on the other hand, don't have so many requirements. When the market conditions are bad, these small merchants can become traveling merchants, purchase cheap goods from the Sun and Moon Chamber of Commerce and then sell them, and they can still make money.

Of course, craftsmen are still indispensable for making high-end weapons, but the industrial assembly line definitely has more advantages in the low-end market. As long as there is enough iron, those trade items can be made as much as you want, and even if they are sold at half the market price, there is still a certain profit to be made.

But it’s different for those big merchants who have countless craftsmen under them. These people have families to support and have no way to take emergency measures like small merchants. The final result is bankruptcy.

"So, how did His Majesty the Emperor resolve this matter?" Thinking of this, Leng Xiyao couldn't help but feel curious about how Emperor Xue Ye resolved this crisis.

Use violence? Of course not! The Sun and Moon Chamber of Commerce does business legally, and benefits ordinary people without soul power and some small vendors. This is a great thing for the people. If the emperor drives away the great good people in their eyes, it will definitely cause unrest.

"The solution adopted by His Majesty the Emperor is to directly hand over this low-end industry to the Sun and Moon Chamber of Commerce for monopoly, but the monopoly area is limited to Tiandou City. The price of goods has also risen a bit, reaching a level where it is profitable to buy in Tiandou City, but it is not worth it to sell in other provinces."

"As a result, the merchants who had gone bankrupt in Tiandou City left their hometown and went to other cities of the empire with their families to reopen their businesses, and the stockpiled goods in their hands were bought by the royal family. Although the value of these goods depreciated greatly, they still recovered a sum of money and did not lose all their money." Ning Rongrong explained.

After hearing Ning Rongrong's words, Leng Xiyao couldn't help but sigh: "Emperor Xue Ye is really not an ordinary person."

This crisis seemed to have destroyed the stability of industry and commerce, but under the operation of Emperor Xue Ye, the royal family gained both fame and fortune.

The name, naturally, comes from the reputation of helping industry and commerce resolve bankruptcy crises. Both the small vendors who make money from it and the common people who enjoy the low-priced equipment will be grateful to Emperor Xue Ye; and the profit, naturally, comes from the equipment purchased at super low prices and the huge tax revenue brought by the Sun and Moon Chamber of Commerce.

After all, the Sun and Moon Chamber of Commerce only cheats its peers of their money and will not be boycotted by consumers. Instead, it will greatly stimulate people to consume.

Once these people start spending, won’t the royal family’s tax revenue increase?

After calling a carriage, the group headed towards the Sun and Moon Chamber of Commerce.

Soon, Leng Xiyao understood why the Sun and Moon Chamber of Commerce was not located in the prosperous area in the city center, but instead took root in this area almost close to the city wall.

Because it covers such a large area, it can almost be compared to an entire commercial district on its own.

Looking at the densely packed buildings selling all kinds of resources, Leng Xiyao couldn't help but sigh to the women beside her: "I feel like we came to the right place today. This place definitely has the good things we need!"

Seeing Leng Xiyao so excited, Xiao Wu asked with some confusion: "By the way, Sister Yaoyao, what are you going to buy here?"

"Of course I came to the Sun and Moon Chamber of Commerce to buy soul guides. I want to see if I can buy some weapons with high destructive power." Leng Xiyao touched the little fox in her arms and said as a matter of course.

"Soul Guidance Device?" Ning Rongrong's expression suddenly became a little strange when she heard that Leng Xiyao wanted to buy a soul guidance device: "Sister Yaoyao, why do you want to buy a soul guidance device? Aren't the weapons you and the dean sell more powerful, cheaper, and more durable than soul guidance devices?"

Hearing this, the others looked at Leng Xiyao strangely. Having been with Leng Xiyao for so long, they had all played with the weapons in Leng Xiyao's hands, so they were naturally familiar with them.

In comparison, soul guides are troublesome and require high usage, the two are simply not on the same level.

"You can't say that." Leng Xiyao said seriously, "Soul guides have been developed for such a long time, and there are still many things worth learning from. For example, weapons with range killing capabilities are something we are unable to create yet."

"There's a saying that goes, learn from the barbarians so that you can defeat them~"

After hearing Leng Xiyao's words, several people were immediately in awe. Sister Yaoyao is worthy of being Sister Yaoyao. To be able to build such a big business, her thinking is indeed far beyond that of ordinary people.

While chatting, the group walked towards the core building of the Sun and Moon Chamber of Commerce.

The scope of trade involved by the Sun and Moon Chamber of Commerce is quite wide. Most of the buildings facing outside the city sell some ordinary things, and most of them serve as a transit station to facilitate the transportation of goods outside the city for people who come to buy.

In addition to selling, the Sun and Moon Chamber of Commerce will also purchase many things, such as mineral resources or crops. These basic raw materials will be continuously sent to the headquarters in Donghai City for secondary processing, and then transported back for sale after being turned into finished products.

In order to complete this complete system, a very large area is required. After all, most of the people who come to sell these raw materials cannot afford soul guides and can only rely on primitive horse-drawn carriages to transport the goods. Things like unloading and counting the goods require a considerable amount of space.

The area facing the inner city is no different from an ordinary commercial street. The largest main building is the place that specializes in selling soul guides. Other buildings include restaurants, teahouses, and places selling clothes and soul master weapons and equipment. It can be said to be quite comprehensive.

The largest building is actually a shopping mall that specializes in soul guides. The architectural style of the entire commercial street is incompatible with the ancient temperament of Tiandou City. The neatly arranged shops and unified style are incompatible with the environment of Tiandou City. If you stand in the middle of the street and compare the buildings of the Sun and Moon Chamber of Commerce on the left and the original buildings of Tiandou City on the right, you can almost tell which is better.

The house built of white marble, with glass windows and sales clerks dressed in suits or cheongsams, made Leng Xiyao feel like she had returned to the modern era.

As you step into the mall, what catches your eye is a dazzling array of soul guides. Soul guides with various functions can be found here, such as the soul guides used for real-time broadcasts at competition venues, or the soul guides used for quoting at auctions.

(End of this chapter)