The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

The price of gold is still soaring. More and more Zhao nobles are participating in the process of exchanging gold. The reason is that banks only exchange a small amount of gold every day. If they cannot be exchanged in time, serious losses may occur.

Thinking of their possible losses, the nobles became even more panicked. And the chaos became more and more intense.

Faced with this situation, Zhao Guo Li Mu held an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss countermeasures.

"Looking at the current exchange situation between banknotes and gold. Only all of our fiscal revenue can be exchanged for a certain amount of gold. This amount of gold is very limited." The Minister of Finance said pessimistically. The ratio of banknotes to gold continues to rise, and gold

The price of gold is rising rapidly, so banknotes need to cost more. This is not a good thing for the Zhao government, because the Zhao government does not have gold at all, so the banknotes in their hands are relatively

It's no longer valuable.

"We don't want such a result when we use banknotes," Li Mu said to the Minister of Finance.

"We are not exchanging the money in our hands for a certain amount of gold. If gold can solve the problem, then we will exchange it for gold. However, the root of the problem is that gold cannot buy many things." Li Mu

Then, Li Mu calmly analyzed the situation.

Although gold in Qin and Zhao has increased a lot, prices in Qin have been relatively calm. Food can still be purchased with paper money. Qin's paper money can still buy a large amount of coal from Zhao people. In this way,

, gold and paper money are confused, and it seems to be very impetuous.

"We use banknotes to buy things, not gold. We should understand this first." After calming down, Li Mu told his ministers the results of his analysis.

"Yes. That's it." The Minister of Economic Affairs said after reacting.

"What are the financial funds of Zhao State used for? If those nobles are willing to change, just go and change. We have to handle our own affairs ourselves." Li Mu said to everyone.

"The government's financial funds cannot be used to exchange for gold, but should be used to build economic issues." Li Mu said.

"Currently, Zhao State has a large amount of coal resources. There are many places where coal is used in winter. Coal sales should increase a lot. However, Zhao State's coal is only sold to Qin State, South Korea, and Yan State. The market is very small. And the demand is

There are many places where coal is used, because steam engines are used in many places,

Qin State also used coal to generate electricity. The next step for Zhao State is to find a way to transport this coal to more places. It cannot just be limited to one market in Qin State, but should also be extended in all directions to other places.

Go to places like Germany, for example, the Chu State in the south." Li Mu said.

"Well, Prime Minister, with the current funds, it is difficult for Zhao State to build a railway from Handan to Chu State." The Minister of Finance raised an objection.

"Sell all the surrounding lands as the Qin State did," Li Mu said.

"But, in this case, Zhao's railway may have to take a long detour." The Minister of Economic Affairs said at this time.

"Why the detour?" Li Mu asked.

"Because some land is the fiefdom of the nobles, it is impossible to give up those fiefdoms, and it is impossible for us to sell them," the Minister of Economy said.

"Yeah." Li Mu was speechless.

"However, one advantage is that currently, under the pressure of gold, the price of land is relatively cheap. It is very cheap. If we can acquire it, we can resell it." The Minister of Economic Affairs made such a proposal at this time.

"One hundred acres of good farmland cannot be sold for a single gold, but we have so much land in our hands. If we can buy all these things, it will be too easy for Zhao Guo to build the railway.

Although the railway still needs to bypass some places, the acquired land is enough for us. Prime Minister, this may be an opportunity." said the Minister of Economy.

"Wait. What did you say?" At this time, Li Mu seemed to realize something.

"The current land price is very low. If we can take advantage of the opportunity to acquire it, it may bring huge profits." said the Minister of Economy.

"Yes. That's right." Li Mu said, thinking about the matter.

What does gold bring? Li Mu doesn't know why the nobles exchange their land for gold. Maybe they like it or for some other reason. However, the current land price is indeed very suitable. You know, there are many nobles.

It is difficult to use the fiefdom because it is their fiefdom, and these

The fiefdom has become an obstacle to Zhao's economy, but now, due to the use of paper money and the problems of the nobles themselves, the value of the land has suddenly dropped a lot. In this way, the land problem in the hands of the nobles can be solved. This

It's not a big problem that I was worried about before, but now it's solved like this.

"Well. Take some of our financial funds and buy some of them." Li Mu thought for a while and said.

"However, if this matter needs to be done more secretly, it is best to let our bank do it. That's it." Li Mu thought for a while and said.

"This." The Minister of Economic Affairs looked at Li Mu.

"Just do it like this, don't ask why." Li Mu said.

In Xianyang, Qin State, in the office of the chairman of Wenyang Bank, Ying Yu also encountered a problem.

"Chairman, Director Xiao sent a telegram." Lu Pheasant said.

"Oh." Ying Yu took the telegram and looked at it.

"This is indeed a problem." Ying Yu said after reading the telegram.

"Most of these nobles are mortgages. Mortgage means that one day in the future, if they repay the money, they will be able to get their things back." Ying Yu looked at it and said.

Xiao He mentioned in the telegram that because of the bank's mortgage loan business, a large amount of money was withdrawn, and the bank accepted a large amount of fixed assets. In this way, the risk of the nobles was reduced a lot, because a large amount of funds were flooded.

go to the market, and the funds in the hands of banks

The gold was getting less and less. Although the gold was sold and part of it was recovered, a large amount of funds were flooded. At this time, the banknotes jointly issued by Qin and Zhao had not been withdrawn, and Qin was the only one on the market.

The country's paper currency is supporting the current situation.

"What's the attitude of other banks?" At this time, Ying Yu stood up and asked Lu Pheasant.

"Well, other banks are also expanding their business, but their business expansion is very limited, unlike ours, which is very large." Lu Pheasant reported.

"Well. If this continues, we will have to mobilize more funds to the Zhao market." Lu Pheasant said at this time. Lu Pheasant knew very well that Zhao Guo's bank managers had sent reports several times asking for more money.

Paper money, gold. Paper money gives a lot, but the price of gold is not much.

"Their mortgages include many things, such as land, fields, minerals, and real estate. Everything they can mortgage is mortgaged." At this time, Lu Pheasant said.

"Our financial situation is a little bad now." Ying Yu thought for a while and said.

"Send a report to our major banks and cooperating banks. We will provide them with a part of the gold, approximately, the gold in our hands, and release it. In my opinion, let's release Liancheng. We must release it gradually and as slowly as possible.

Release it and keep the mortgage price down." Ying Yu said after thinking for a while.

"Are you releasing gold at this time?" Lu Pheasant asked in confirmation.

"Release. Release some of the gold and withdraw the funds in our hands, that's it." Ying Yu thought for a while and said.

"Well. If possible, we can continue to release the gold in our hands, that's it." Ying Yu thought for a while and said.

"But this requires our confirmation." Ying Yu continued.

Inside Xianyang Palace.

"The Kingdom of Zhao is really in chaos." King Qin said while reading the newspaper. Regarding the sharp rise in gold in the Kingdom of Zhao, a large amount of gold began to secretly flow into the Kingdom of Zhao. As a result, illegal mortgages in the Kingdom of Zhao occurred.

There are more and more reports like this. After seeing such reports, King Qin could only shake his head. For such reports

Things. He felt that the order in Zhao State was extremely chaotic, but there was no such chaotic order in Qin State. King Qin was very surprised. However, thinking that Shangwen was dealing with these problems, he naturally had no worries. However, King Qin wanted to understand,

What exactly is going on here? But currently, only a few people know about these situations.

Sinjung, South Korea.

"Isn't this gold rising too much?" Han Shu said after reading the contents of the telegram reporting the rapid rise in Zhao's gold.

"Your Majesty, the price of gold in Qin has also increased a lot. The cost of the gold we are buying now is a bit high." Zhang Liang said worriedly.

"Well, that's true." Han Shu thought for a while and said.

"How about this, let's stop for now." Han Shu said.

"If we continue to collect like this, we will be short of funds. After all, there are still a lot of things to buy. If we use them all and buy a lot of gold, our situation will be bad." Han Shu thought for a while and said.

"This gold is good, but it's not easy to spend money like this." Han Shu said.

"In addition, we need to look for a large amount of gold overseas. Future gold replenishment must be carried out from this direction and cannot rely on purchases." Han Shu continued.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Liang continued.

"In addition, the people who negotiated with Qi State have returned." Zhang Liang continued.

"They have to carefully consider our requests. However, considering the help provided by South Korea before, they promised to provide us with some ports and provide preferential tariffs." Zhang Liang said.

"Is this considered flattering us?" Han Shu asked Zhang Liang.

"That's right." Zhang Liang said.

"That's fine. Didn't they plan to give Langya to us before?" Han Shu asked at this time.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Liang said. During this negotiation, this issue was confirmed, and Langya was given to South Korea. However, the actual control of Langya was in the hands of the Chu State. In this way, South Korea had

Such actual ownership can only be considered as having it by wresting it from the State of Chu.

"Negotiate with Chu State. If they don't give it, we will seize it by force. It is best to obtain it through diplomatic means. I don't want to use more force to solve the problem." Han Shu said.

As for why Qi State gave South Korea such favorable conditions, Tian Heng had his own purpose, because in doing so, he could gain South Korea's advantages in navigation, whether in terms of personnel or trade. Qi State would provide certain preferential treatment.

I will also get such an advantage. This is a win-win situation for Qi State. People in Qi State are happy to accept this situation.

"Although Langya was given to the Koreans, the Koreans also had to pay a certain price to obtain it. At the same time, by cooperating with the Koreans, we can also achieve great development in navigation, which is very beneficial to Qi."

Tian Heng analyzed this matter to his advisers. In this matter

In the past, the attitude of Qi State was more to develop its own navigation, because maritime trade can bring huge benefits. Such huge benefits are far stronger than competing for hegemony with other countries. The development of agriculture requires a considerable period of time.

However, the benefits gained from developing navigation are quite large.

The coastal area of ​​Qi State.

"How is it?" An official from Qi State asked anxiously.

"No, sir." An old carpenter shook his head and said.

"No? This, isn't this wood? It's wood, and you can build such a big ship. Why not?" the Qi official asked anxiously.

"I don't know, sir. The wood used for this big ship must be dried, and before it is dried, the mud in the river must be used..." The old craftsman explained. The wood used in the big ship is different from ordinary wood.

The wood of furniture is different, but Qi is a country that has just emerged in maritime trade. It can be said that Qi

The country is in its infancy. Qi State, which is in its infancy, needs a large number of ships to go to sea for trade. However, these ships require a large amount of wood, and these wood need to be reserved. Qi State cannot make so much wood in a year, plus

In the previous war, Qi State simply did not have that much wood available for Qi State to build ships.

"So, where does the wood for Korean ships come from?" At this time, the official asked.

"This." The old carpenter shook his head and said.

"Think of a way. You solve this matter immediately. If you can't solve it, just wait until you lose your head." After that, the official left.

Carpenters, you look at me and I look at you, they don’t know how to do it.

South Korea's merchant ships were built by the Qin State. Because wood was cheap, South Korea could only build a large number of wooden ships. Therefore, over a period of time, Qin State's shipyards began to mass-produce wooden ships, but wooden ships required a large amount of wood. In order to solve this problem. Qin

Chinese technical personnel specialize in solving key problems. They

They solved the problem of wood and specially applied for technical patents for protection. Therefore, Qin State produced such wooden boats in large quantities. But Qi State was different. There was no such technical reserve, and the reserve situation of wood was not optimistic, so Qi State

China's shipbuilding is not going very smoothly.

Xianyang, Qin State.

"The number of railways built in the Western Region and the North is very large. There are almost no main roads. There are more than 30 branch lines. The number suddenly exploded a lot." Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"With so much railway construction, we need a lot of steel." Naofumi thought for a while and said.

"Yes, currently, many steel plants are stepping up production and producing continuously, but they are still unable to meet the demand. Not only these, but also more, the demand for iron ore is huge, and iron ore cannot

Meet our needs." Meng Yi said.

"I know this. Qin still needs to increase its efforts in this area." Shang Wen said.

"Yes, but the demand for iron ore does not happen all at once." Meng Yi said at this time.

"Well, we can send some technical personnel or train relevant personnel to carry out widespread prospecting. Not only Qin State, but all countries should have such plans." Shang Wen thought for a while and said. Qin State has many plans in prospecting.

It's a great advantage, but the situation in each country is different. Prospecting relies entirely on people's discoveries, not intentional discoveries.

"Talent training is also a problem. Qin State should need more talents." Shang Wen said.

"Cultivating talents is not something that happens in one day." Meng Yi said.

"Well. If my brother's government can carry out such cooperation or grant relevant patent recognition, I think this method can be solved." Shangwen said.

"Just follow Qin's method and send a letter to the governments of various countries to let them prepare for this." Shangwen thought for a while and said.

"What solution?" Meng Yi asked.

"Let the government invest and use fiscal funds to attract a group of talents and send them to Qin for training. Qin will earn a certain amount of money, but these people need to sign certain contracts with them, and some patents for their research and inventions must have

Certain patent transfer rights. The government’s funds are derived from these patent fees.” Naofumi said.

"In addition, their legislation must be reliable, in order to ensure that such laws have legal effects." Naofumi paused here.

"Is this possible?" Meng Yi asked.

"Whether it works or not, it must be done. The laws of all countries must be unified, so that all countries have a common provision. This is beneficial to everyone, and it will prepare legal provisions for future unification, otherwise this will

If we go down, it won't be a mess." Naofumi thought for a while and said.

"Yes. This suggestion is very good. However, there are some problems that need to be paid attention to." Meng Yi said.

"What?" Naofumi asked.

"The confidentiality of technology, if we teach it, may be detrimental to our technology. And the things they involve are also detrimental to us." Meng Yi said worriedly.

"Well, if there was no competition, Qin's business technology would not have such great development." Shang Wen said.

"Don't worry about such things. Qin needs a lot of talents. As long as the system is perfect, we can solve these problems." Shang Wen said.

"Can the brains of a country like Qin alone come up with these problems?" Shangwen said.

"Obviously it's impossible, we should be more open." Naofumi said.

"Besides, education is a big issue. How much do you invest? It may not be how much you earn, but if you don't invest, there will never be any income." Naofumi said at this time.

"In this case, it's up to them." Naofumi said.

"Yes." Meng Yi nodded.

Meng Yi then drafted a report. Because it was related to Qin's technological superiority, at Shang Wen's request, Meng Yi submitted the report to the King of Qin.

"In this case, does Qin's technological advantage pose a great threat?" King Qin asked himself doubtfully after reading the telegram.

"Well, this is a question." King Qin thought for a while.

However, he quickly understood Shangwen's intention. Shangwen knew very well that it was impossible for the Qin State alone to fully fulfill the current requirements of the think tank. Previously, Shangwen had been emphasizing that the Qin State should treat the issue of unification with an open attitude. Through this

From a perspective, these are actually preparations for the unification of Qin.

Handan, State of Zhao.

"Qin Guo's idea is very good. This will solve our current problem of insufficient talent." Li Mu was very happy to see the telegram sent by Qin Guo. Zhao Guo had always wanted to solve technical problems, but technical problems were not solved all at once.

Li Mu also wanted to follow suit. However, the actual situation of Zhao State was difficult to change. At this time, Qin State sent such a request, which was naturally beneficial to Zhao State.

"Why is the Prime Minister so happy?" Li Zuoche asked after seeing Li Mu's happy expression.

"Look at this, the technical problem has been solved. Although the government requires some money to be spent, I think the money is well spent. Qin helped us establish basic education, and now it requires us to make a request to study abroad. Such a request,

It should be." Li Mu said.

"The other thing is the Technology Patent Cooperation Treaty. I think this is a key to Qin's technological development. Protecting the patent rights of those who have technology is also a right. It's a kind of wealth. Maybe it's like this

The Qin State's current situation was due to the demand for wealth." Li Mu said.

"Well. Doing this will indeed be very beneficial to the State of Zhao." Li Zuoche said after seeing it.

"However, Prime Minister, I think this is not enough. We should set up some more institutions." At this time, Li Zuoche said.

"Establish some more institutions? What institutions?" Li Mu asked.

"I heard that Qin State's research is all done by its own private institutions and inventions. Our Zhao State cannot do this, but we can set up such technological invention institutions according to the requirements of our Zhao State. In this case,

We, the State of Zhao, can concentrate our limited technical talents to solve the current technical problems." Li Zuoche suggested.

"Well, yes, this idea is very good and very creative." Li Mu stood up excitedly and said.

"I see, our State of Zhao has established a Technology Department and Technology Research Institute." Li Mu thought for a while and said.

"Specialized to solve all technical problems." Li Mu said.