Under Powell's soft and hard persuasion, the merchants finally took the initiative to purchase this batch of supplies. After all, after weighing the pros and cons, the merchants also understood that if they did not purchase this batch of supplies, the economic war would be completely defeated. Not to mention all the investments of the merchants in the early stage were wasted, at least most of the losses would be lost. If the goods were eaten up, there might be a chance. Maybe as Powell said, this was the last batch of supplies received by Shanghai, and then the merchants would cheer for victory.

However, in order to eat this batch of supplies, the merchants did do their best. Most of the merchants took out their final capital and borrowed a lot of foreign debts, which was to borrow usury. Under the pressure of Powell, banks in various countries still released some loans. In this way, they bought 890% of them in 3 or 4 days.

When looking at truckloads of rice, cloth, coal and other items dragged away from the shops opened by the Shanghai Municipal Government from the wharf, the merchants were in a very complicated mood, far from being as enthusiastic as the previous few days, but one thing was the same. Every merchant was praying in his heart, hoping that this was the last batch of supplies shipped to Shanghai and no new supplies would come.

But if you are afraid of anything, you will come. Before this batch of materials has been completely purchased, a new batch of materials has been shipped to Shanghai. At the same time, the Shanghai Municipal Government announced a price cut again, reducing the price index of major daily necessities to about 2 times. In this way, all merchants involved in speculation are like losing their parents, because all merchants have lost money. The difference is that they lose more or less. Even the merchants who sell at a small price cut are disgusted at this time. Banks in various countries have announced that they will no longer provide loans.

After hearing the news, Powell felt like he was struck by lightning. Unexpectedly, the East China Government had materials to support Shanghai, but at this time, he could only advance but not retreat. Therefore, Powell was racking his brains to find ways to persuade merchants and add another effort; persuade the bank to lend another loan, and at least buy all the materials first. Fortunately, the Shanghai Municipal Government lowered the price again, and the funds needed would be less, which would reduce the difficulty of his work, and at least there would be a frontier opportunity. In addition, Russia and Japan should also urged them to quickly create border friction with the East China Government.

But at this moment, two more things happened in a row, completely destroying Powell into hell and never turning over.

The first thing was just two days later, and another batch of supplies was shipped to Shanghai, and the Shanghai Municipal Government announced the price reduction again, this time it lowered the price to the low level before the price increase, which was the price level during the New Year. It also announced that two days later, a batch of supplies would be delivered to Shanghai.

It turned out that before the Shanghai Municipal Government raised the price, Qingdao had prepared 100,000 tons of rice, 200,000 pieces of yarn, 3 million pieces of cloth, 50,000 tons of coal, 2 million pieces of various small hardware and other materials. The ships were arranged to be sent to Shanghai based on the needs of Shanghai. The Shanghai Municipal Government transferred animal resources from Qingdao according to the progress of the situation. Now the merchants involved in speculation and speculation were gradually exhausted. Therefore, Li Songchen decided to take the medicine in a row. While lowering the price, he mobilized a large amount of supplies from Qingdao, completely knocking down the merchants involved in speculation and speculation to the ground and unable to get up.

The second thing was even more unexpected. Song Shou, the former governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, announced that the prince of Rui County Prince Zaiyi, had formerly deposed the eldest prince Fu Jun as the emperor, inherited the incense of the Qing court, and demanded that the governors and governors of southern provinces declare allegiance to the new emperor.

The news was quite shocking. No one expected how Zai Yi, Fu Jun and his son came to Fujian and how they had a relationship with Songshou. How could Songshou dare to make Fu Jun the new emperor? Of course, only Yuan Shikai knew in his heart that it must be the Japanese who were doing it. Because the Japanese came to him a few months ago, hoping that he could make Fu Jun the new emperor, but he was politely rejected. It was probably because he saw that Songshou was Manren's identity, so he found Songshou. Of course, Yuan Shikai would not say these things. Anyway, he is now in Jiangxi, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, which is equivalent to a semi-independent situation. Even if Fu Jun becomes the new emperor, what can he do? Besides, this emperor is not so easy to be aware of. It only depends on how they end up.

But this news completely stunned Powell because according to the British plan, it was planned to support Shanqi, Pu Wei, and his group of people who had withdrawn from Beijing, Zai Yi, Fu Jun and his son were not within the scope of consideration of Britain. Other countries also basically agreed with the British plan. Now, a sudden emergence of Fu Jun as an emperor was naturally disrupted Britain's plan. Therefore, the top priority now is to deal with this matter quickly. In contrast, Shanghai's economic war is secondary.

Without Powell's urging and command, the merchants involved in speculation and speculation did not know what to do, because two days later, another batch of materials was indeed transported to Shanghai. At this time, three batches of materials had been piled up in Shanghai. I still didn't know how much materials Qingdao could support Shanghai. Moreover, the merchants involved in speculation and speculation had basically exhausted their funds at this time. Many people still had a lot of debts. Even if there were still a few people who still had some funds, in the current situation, if this little money was invested in, it would be useless to put it into the ocean. It was useless. It would be better to leave some coffin book for yourself.

However, at this moment, the Shanghai Municipal Government announced the price cut again, which reduced the prices of major daily necessities to normal levels. This also symbolized that the Shanghai economic war was over and the East China Government achieved a comprehensive victory. It took 55 days to run the silver dollar, and if it started from rushing for supplies and raising prices, it was 26 days, nearly two months before and after.

In fact, with the current national strength and material resources of the East China Government, it is naturally more than enough to support Shanghai, but it can mobilize a large amount of funds and materials in a short period of time and deliver them to Shanghai at all times. Such an organization and dispatching capacity are also quite considerable.

Now that Shanghai's economic war has achieved a comprehensive victory, of course, we should summarize it well, and also give the public an explanation. In this economic war, many Shanghai residents have also suffered some losses. Although the impact is not large in general, it is necessary to tell the citizens of Shanghai to know who caused their losses and who saved them from greater losses. Moreover, during this economic war, they made those mistakes, etc. In the end, the Shanghai Municipal Government decided to write this Shanghai economic war into a series of articles, first serialized in newspapers, and then publish a book. This also received support from Qingdao.

While celebrating its victory, the merchants involved in speculation were crying at this time. Many merchants had already started selling at a lower price, which could at least recover some of the funds and minimize the losses. However, the Shanghai Municipal Government directly reduced the price to a normal level. If sold at this price, then all merchants involved in speculation would basically lose all their money. In addition, all merchants involved in speculation bought in batches when buying, and basically everyone gathered a large amount of supplies, but now they can only be sold out in retail, and there are a large number of competitors, which can only be sold out in the year of the monkey and horse. With such a backlog of funds, loans and loans have to be paid back. Except for a few merchants with strong capital and affordable losses, others can afford it.

So all the merchants involved in speculation gathered together to discuss and finally came up with a solution, and decided to jointly petition the Shanghai Municipal Government, admit their mistakes, and apologize publicly, hoping that the Shanghai Municipal Government can purchase supplies from these merchants at a price index of 1.5 times, and if they are absolutely loyal to the East China Government, they will definitely obey all the orders of the East China Government in the future and will never do speculative things, etc. At the same time, they also stated that if the Shanghai Municipal Government can accept this condition, the merchants are willing to jointly donate a huge sum of money to the Shanghai Municipal Government. They also asked Sheng Xuanhuai, Zhang Jian, Zhao Weizhong and others to come forward to help them submit the petition letter and plead for coordination.

In fact, according to the price index of 1.5 times, merchants who participated in speculation also lost, but they lost less. Moreover, merchants also knew that the East China government would never be able to recover at the price for sale. This price should be the bottom line that the East China government can accept. At this price, the East China government is also making a lot of money, and most merchants can still bear this loss. At this time, only the East China government can purchase on a large scale, allowing merchants to quickly recover funds.

As for the merchants who can't bear the losses even if they recycle at this price, they can only leave it to fate. After all, it is impossible for all merchants to escape this time.

After the end of the economic war in Shanghai, Sheng Xuanhuai, Zhang Jian, Zhao Weizhong and others were relieved. Sheng Xuanhuai, Zhang Jian was glad that he finally took the right position this time, because after the Shanghai Municipal Government raised the price, Sheng Xuanhuai, Zhang Jian and others were a little shaken, but in the end, several people still stood on the position. First, several people did not feel that the East China Government could not bear it, and there was probably another reason for this; second, several people were all wealthy families and did not look down on speculation to make money. In addition, Shanghai Bijing is still under the control of the East China Government. Even if the East China Government lost this economic war, it would still be possible to deal with them.
Chapter completed!