God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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In Sima Yi's conjecture and design, such a method can not only complete the economic cycle, but also bind the beneficiaries from multiple angles, thereby improving class stability, as well as the majesty and deterrence of the rulers, and strengthening the rule over the subordinates.

It can be said that through this method, the Parthian Empire's internal control became much stronger within a short period of time.

Once an empire's internal control increases, the strength it can exert will naturally be powerful.

With the improved strength, they will naturally be able to deal with the Roman Empire head-on and bleed the Roman Empire.

Of course, there is an upper limit to using this method. Through this upper limit, it is also possible to restrict the power that the Parthian Empire can obtain to a certain extent, thereby preventing the Parthian Empire from escaping from his control and becoming completely independent.

After all, it was just to allow the Parthian Empire to better bleed the Roman Empire, not to let the Parthian Empire survive completely.

"So the upper limit is determined by silk?" Xu Shu thought about the variables in this plan and said thoughtfully.

Sima Yi nodded confidently, and then said, "According to the book on supply and demand in the library, it discusses a very simple truth, that is, among commodities, if there is no other coercive or deceptive interference, the real supply is greater than the real demand, and the price will naturally fall. By relying on the simplest and most simple price reduction, the market can be won. On the contrary, if the supply is less than the demand, then the price will rise..."

Of course, this set of theories also applies to phenomena that only occur under natural conditions without any other interference. It is much more complicated in reality.

Factors such as hunger marketing, advertising effects, social effects, policy effects, herd effects, etc., determine the supply and demand relationship and price of a commodity in many ways.

The method Sima Yi used was the most simple and unpretentious one, which was to increase the number of merchants, increase the number of purchases, increase the safety rate of employees and transportation, and thus increase the input of silk.

In this process, supply and demand will inevitably increase, and correspondingly, the supply and demand relationship will gradually change, and there may even be a trend of falling prices.

And it is this point that is used to restrict the upper limit of this economic cycle and avoid exceeding the upper limit in one's hands.

In order to complete this plan, the preliminary preparation by Nature Hall is essential.

In the Pamir region, Sima Yi's method, in addition to strengthening the road safety from Yumen Pass to the Pamir region, was to increase the amount of silk sold abroad.

After all, if there are merchants who want to buy, there must be goods to sell. According to his rough estimate of the Parthian market, Sima Yi combined the number of nobles in the Parthian Empire, and then simply replaced the silk consumption among the nobles of the Han Empire, and gave a rough number.

Then he thought about it and realized that the Roman Empire, which was to the west of the Parthian Empire, seemed stronger than the Parthian Empire and naturally had more nobles. However, it had not conquered the Parthian Empire for hundreds of years. Taking into account the factor of expedition, Sima Yi directly calculated based on twice the number of the Parthian Empire and then came to a rough result.

To put it simply, it means preparing three times the amount of silk consumed by the nobles of the Parthian Empire to balance supply and demand, and this amount is used to limit the upper limit of the Parthian Empire's trade.

However, such a large amount of silk could not be produced through normal foreign sales and trade.

However, the person who made this decision was Sima Yi, who had an excellent background. He could make up for this part of the gap by contacting Shu, Chang'an, and the people in his family, coordinating some funds and materials, and increasing purchasing power from Shu.

In order to expand better, Sima Yi even took out some high-quality or even top-quality silk from his own home, using it as a means of tempting high-end luxury goods to seduce big businessmen. After all, in this world.

"The book "Nobleman's Words" says that what a noble is is to only buy expensive things, not the right things. If something is both expensive and right, then you will definitely buy it. If something can reflect your identity and value, then this thing is full of temptation!" In this regard, Sima Yi, who had read relevant books, was extremely confident.

In the Han Empire, silk was considered high-quality and top-grade, and was a relatively luxurious item even for some aristocratic families.

Only first-rate families would regard this thing as relatively ordinary, but the annual output of this kind of thing is limited, so even in the Central Plains, the price is not low.

It’s not as heavy as gold, but it’s pretty close.

Therefore, in Sima Yi's inner expectation, with this identity, the value and material of the item itself are extremely excellent, plus it has an extremely rare characteristic. In this way, it should not be a problem to be ten times heavier than gold.

I never imagined that the real finest silk, when it first appeared in Rome, was worth its equal volume of gold.

So much so that when Lu Jun received this information later, he actually understood in his heart the Romans' pursuit of silk, and was shocked and speechless.

You should know that the volume ratio of silk is often less than 50 kilograms per cubic meter, while one cubic meter of gold basically weighs more than 19 tons.

In other words, the volume-to-weight ratio of the two is close to 400:1.

I can only sigh that they are worthy of being aristocrats, worthy of being aristocrats of the Roman Empire. Their pursuit of silk is worthy of being the primary motivation for defeating the Parthian Empire.

Of course, the above things have not happened yet, and Sima Yi still believes that he has very strong control capabilities.

Apart from the Pamir Mountains, the rest is naturally the layout within the Parthian Empire.

The layout of the Parthian Empire was relatively simple, but not that simple either.

Naturally, he didn't need to interfere with the merchants' trade and routes. After all, in this regard, merchants only believed in their own ways, especially some so-called shortcuts and lucky paths favored by fate.

What he needs to do is to increase the number of merchants coming and going, and to convert some of the common people into merchants. This is not as easy and simple as simply giving money to the common people and making them merchants.

"Set up a pole as a sign of trust and gain the trust of the people; learn from the people's strengths and accept them as business; lend money to the people and collect it as taxes; the source will be long-lasting and the cycle will never end." Sima Yi confidently stated his decision-making policy in the Parthian Empire.

These short thirty-two characters demonstrate a school of thought that is inclusive of all schools of thought, and can also reflect an ancient allusion: Tian replaced Qi!

(End of this chapter)