Merchants of the Song Dynasty spent two whole years purchasing the goods, incurring enormous financial losses.
However, such enormous wealth was but a drop in the ocean compared to the entire Song Dynasty, utterly insignificant.
However, the results so far are remarkable.
The same applies to Japan and Korea.
According to statistics, large tracts of fertile farmland in Japan have been abandoned, and the people are experiencing food shortages.
Japanese merchants began buying grain from the Song Dynasty to make money, which caused the price of grain in Japan to rise considerably.
From the perspective of Japan's economic structure, if the Song Dynasty simply stopped buying cloth and stopped exporting grain to Japan, the country would immediately be paralyzed and thrown into panic.
The same was true for Goryeo.
After reading the report, Xu Churen and Tang Ke's palms and backs were covered in cold sweat.
They finally understood why the emperor had so steadfastly pursued that seemingly arduous and thankless strategy.
As the art of war says, the best strategy is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
The Song Dynasty is now a nation that can be destroyed without a fight!
Solving the problems with Japan and Goryeo was clearly a preparation for besieging the Jin Dynasty.
From addressing the allocation of domestic power to the allocation of domestic resources, and then to resolving domestic commercial and agricultural issues, the government uses transportation and technology to drive the rapid development of new businesses and resources, thereby accumulating enormous wealth.
At the same time, economic and military means are used to develop a regional strategy.
Let the southern continent become the granary of the Song Dynasty.
By the seventh year of the Jingkang era, the emperor's series of strategies had already yielded significant results.
Even Tang Ke sensed that the Song Dynasty had become stronger, and not just in terms of military strength.
It has become stronger in many ways!
If agriculture and food production recover this year, the emperor will be confident that he can take the initiative to wage war against the Jin Dynasty next year!
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