Imagine one country's right to issue currency being held in another country's hands. What would happen?
Even if they merely used a soft blade to slice away the flesh, the Heaven Dou Empire's Gold Soul Coin reserves would gradually be devoured, or the economic lifeblood of the entire empire would be placed completely in their hands.
By then, everyone would be using Nine Provinces Coins for transactions. Even if Heaven Dou realized what was happening and tried to sever ties, that would mean the Nine Provinces Coins held by most people would become wastepaper, unless the imperial family was willing to pay a terrifying price to exchange them and restore confidence in the Gold Soul Coin system.
Leng Xiyue was extremely satisfied with this outcome.
Holding a country's economic lifeblood was another way to control it, and it worked far better than military occupation. Beautiful Country had been very familiar with this during the Cold War.
Now, however, one superpower was carrying out this sort of economic infiltration against another. It had to be said that this was quite exciting, and succeeding would bring a tremendous sense of accomplishment.
Heaven Dou had not defied her expectations, either. Clearly, the imperial family had taken no precautions whatsoever and did not take it seriously. By the time they came to their senses, it would probably already be too late.
Next, Leng Xiyue looked over the other sections. Luo Qianrou had now also organized an intelligence network among the populace. Although this was the empire's wealthiest region, many people were still exploited. These ordinary folk, who owned no businesses of their own and suffered heavy exploitation, naturally would not rest content with the status quo. They gathered whatever intelligence they could for the Trade Guild without hesitation.
"Mm, not bad. Just keep developing