The Weapon Tycoon Who Traveled to Great Qin

Although Qin's expansion has brought huge spoils, a large amount of territory and the expansion of various resources, Qin's expansion has also brought side effects, that is, Qin's strategic security line of defense is very threatening.

The Huns in the north and the mountain people in the northeast are the ancestors of the Khitan and Jurchens, even though they are still in the backward tribal era. However, some tribes among them have begun to come into contact with the Qin people, and some of the advanced civilizations of the Qin people have been accepted by them.

To the south is the Central Plains countries. The Central Plains countries generally have serious political problems. The root of these political problems lies in their outdated economy. The economy has triggered a series of political and economic crises. For example, in the state of Chu, the reason is that the income is not distributed. Both led to large-scale riots, and such things need to be resolved by the State of Chu himself.

Further south, there is the issue of various ethnic minority tribes. There are also such countries in the Bashu region of Qin State, such as Yelang in the south, Dian State and so on. Qin State did not solve it well. Although it will not cause a greater crisis for the time being, Shang Wen is very clear that these problems will appear sooner or later as Qin's further expansion begins.

"The problem that Qin State will never solve." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi. On the returning car, Shangwen commented on the current safety situation.

"These problems need to be solved one by one. There is no end to the east side, and the west side, and the king's meaning is very obvious." Meng Yi said to Shangwen.

"These problems need to be solved, we must rely on our strength to complete." Meng Yi said to Shangwen.

"Okay." Shang Wen nodded. In this regard, Shang Wen could do nothing.

"Qin has too many problems at present. The list weighing on us is not small." Shang Wen said.

"We need to focus on dealing with these problems." Shang Wen said.

"The king gave us great authority to use these minority soldiers." Shang Wen said.

"These soldiers are of great significance to us. If Qin uses local combat power, although the problem may be solved, the price paid is too great." Shang Wen said.

This is true for the Qin State in history. For example, the Qin army that went south cannot withdraw after occupying the Lingnan area. It stayed there, making these areas part of the Qin territory, plus the build-up of troops from the north. As a result, most of Qin's main army was transferred out. This resulted in the emptiness of the central forces and gave the peasant uprising army a chance to take advantage. What Shangwen has to do now is to avoid such a situation. Therefore, Shangwen has always emphasized the use of minority soldiers, and has been very cautious not to mobilize Qin's war mobilization. Wang Jian hoped that Qin would use local power instead of those ethnic minorities. Because these minorities have a great crisis of trust.

"General Wang Jian is very opposed to this kind of thing. The Qin army seems to have extremely distrustful of these troops, and if they fight with the Qin army, it will cause a series of uncontrollable problems. In this matter, I think we should It's better to be more cautious." Meng Yi offered some suggestions to Shang Wen.

"Prudence is good. But it can't solve the problem." Shang Wen said.

"Wang Jian is thinking about issues from a military perspective. However, fighting is not only a matter for military leaders, but also for us politicians, as well as those taxpayers. If Qin taxpayers continue to take money to pay taxes, nothing will happen. If they don't get the benefits, they don't have all the services they want. Think about it, what will they do?" Shangwen asked Meng Yi at this time.

"Now that they have votes in their hands, they will not vote for us, and we may not be the prime minister of Qin, but if they are not holding votes but weapons, we will be killed in the prime minister's mansion." Shang Wen said To.

"Qin’s financial problem lies in resolving the current predicament. Those taxpayers want to be able to enjoy various public services, rather than go to wars and fight with a lot of money. They keep fighting. In that case, taxpayers will drive us away sooner or later. Step down." Shang Wen said.

"It is also a problem to continue the war without restrictions. Therefore, the next plan is to use these minority soldiers to participate in the war. It is best not to participate in the Qin State. The scale of the war should be as small as possible. However, the Qin Army The combat effectiveness must be much stronger." Shang Wen said. In his mind, Shangwen, when he first thought of the British Empire, Shangwen had not read the history of the British Empire very well, because Shangwen's interests were not there. But looking at the territory controlled by the entire British Empire at that time, Shang Wen felt that Qin could do the same. At present, Qin needs a lot of markets, and these markets will never open the door to Qin friendly. Qin uses force to open the doors of these markets when needed. However, if force is used, fiscal expenditures need to be expanded, especially It's military expenditure. As a result, Qin's financial capacity, especially the government's investment in infrastructure construction, will be reduced a lot.

This is definitely not good news for domestic construction. Therefore, Shangwen needs to balance this issue. If the domestic people do not get real benefits by blindly expanding, they will not do it, and stepping down is a small matter. Putting Qin into an unprecedented predicament is Shang Wen's most worrying issue.

Therefore, using a large number of minority soldiers around has become the best way to solve the current problem. In this way, Qin can save a lot of financial funds. Not only that, it can also solve a lot of market problems when developing these areas. It can be said that Shangwen's strategy is very beneficial to Qin.

"Is it feasible to do this?" Meng Yi believes that it is very difficult to continue this operation because it needs to persuade these minorities. How to persuade them is still difficult for Qin to understand. How to solve it? These are unknowns.

"Do you know?" At this time, Shang Wen did not answer Meng Yi's question, but raised another question.

"What?" Meng Yi asked.

"I specifically checked our reports in the north, as well as some reports from mountain people in the northeast." Shangwen said.

"There is content about trade." Shangwen added.

"The news I specifically checked." Shang Wen said.

"The reaction from those places is that business is very good. For example, the Huns need a lot of things, salt, various iron products, knives, arrows, stirrups, etc." Shang Wen said.

"In addition, they also need a lot of tea, they need too much." Shang Wen said.

"However, what they can give is very little, or what we can get from them is not so compact." Shang Wen said.

"What do they have?" Shang Wen said.

"They have no paper money, no gold, and some only have horses, cattle and sheep, and leather. Except for some leather, we even have an advantage over them in flattering, cattle and sheep. In this way, we have their necessities in hand. , But we can suppress the superior products in their hands. In this way, the trade gap between them will be too great. If the Huns cannot get their necessities, they will pay for war. For war, the cost of our trade is far Far less than the cost of war, we do not want war, but this problem is difficult to solve?" Shang Wen said.

"At this time, what shall we do?" Shang Wen asked.

What Shangwen responded to was the fact that the northern trade started much smoother than Shangwen, because the Huns and Hu people were driven to a more northerly position by the Qin army. In addition, their vitality is severely injured, and it will take a long time to recover, but they need too many supplies. This demand is also the main reason for the development of Qin’s trade, but it is also the main reason for restricting the development of Qin. Because the Xiongnu tribe does not have a large amount of currency, the Qin deliberately lowers prices among the same commodities. The foundation will receive a great challenge. For the Huns, this is a life and death challenge. Therefore, in the northern border areas, the Huns actively attacked the trading tribes controlled by the Qin people and robbed property. Both sides are in constant bloodshed.

Meng Yi knows a little bit about what happened in the north. Shangwen asked this question, and Meng Yi also began to think carefully about how to solve it.

According to some information Meng Yi understands, Meng Yi believes that this is a simple currency problem. The Huns who lack sufficient currency cannot conduct such trade. When there is no way, they can only take the traditional method to solve it. War, this is also the problem of northern nomads that plagued traditional China.

Nomadism requires a lot of resources, especially the various items of the southern farming civilization. However, this problem cannot be solved by means of trade. In the north, when they lack horses, cattle and sheep, this problem cannot be carried out, because these are They have the basis for survival and no survival skills. With these things, they cannot survive. This has caused the northern nomadic tribes to constantly harass and go south, and the farming areas are constantly troubled by this problem and contradictions in between. It can't be solved completely.

"This is actually a currency issue. The Huns do not have enough currency in their hands, and they cannot carry on such a contradiction. They do not have enough commodities to sustain it. In this way, they can only use the means of war. "Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"Yes, very right. This is the key to contradiction." Shang Wen said.

"So, we have to solve this problem, that is, let these combative northern nomadic tribes change their way. Don't use their horses for trade, for trade, use their people for trade, and use their army for trade. In this way, we can not only solve the contradictions in various regions, but also solve the threat of nomadic pastoralism in the north. This is very beneficial to Qin State." Shang Wen said. In Shang Wen's view, the whole problem can be solved by changing a way of thinking and a different angle to solve this matter. Using these Huns’ armies to solve their financial problems and at the same time solve the troubles of the Qin State. In this way, the Huns would have funds, currency, and currency, and they would be able to solve what they needed. This was an acceptable plan for the Qin State and the Huns.

At this time, Shangwen seemed to think of a piece of history about the British Empire. In the early days of British expansion, the problem of Scotland caused the British people to have a headache. Because Scotland continues to pose a threat to England, England spends a lot of money on military expenditures. Even the use of military means cannot solve this problem. In the end, the two sides have to reach a compromise in diplomatic negotiations. Scotland is expanding to the United Kingdom. It has provided sufficient army resources and solved a considerable number of labor issues. In contrast, the current state of Qin should also solve this problem in this way. Only in this way can these problems be properly and fundamentally solved.

"So, at present, this must be done. For other countries, Qin can also proceed in this way." Shang Wen said.

"In terms of specific implementation, I suggest that we still hope to conduct business cooperation. The country and the government should not participate in it, and try to avoid letting the problem rise to the ideology of a country. This is not good for Qin, and it is not good. It should be avoided. "Shangwen considered.

"En. This consideration is indeed very sufficient." Shang Wen said.

"Some of these nomads, ethnic minority tribes, some of them have not yet formed a national consciousness, even if they do, they have loose alliances." Shang Wen said.

"If we use the method of commercial cooperation dispersedly, their power will be dispersed. If it is carried out in a national manner, they will gather together. At that time, it will be very detrimental to the State of Qin. I don't want to see a huge empire appear next to me." Shang Wen said.

"En. It is considered." Meng Yi nodded and said. For Shangwen's consideration. Meng Yi agreed that the reason why Qin State did this was because he did not want powerful enemies to appear around him.

"As for how to cooperate, I think the government should not intervene in specific ways. Those businessmen are much smarter than us. We don't need to let them interfere." Shang Wen said.

"Just leave it like this?" Meng Yi asked.

"Yes. Freedom, free trade, that's it. If we manage everything, the government will be too tired. If something goes wrong, we will manage it again." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi. Speaking of Meng Yi, he began to sort out and get off the car. After returning to the prime minister's house, Meng Yi began to draft documents and issue orders.

Shang Wen deals with some things. Because some things are really tricky. For example, the gold in Handan of Zhao State soared. Shangwen hopes that the major banks of Qin State can help, but it seems that these banks don't care about Shangwen at all. On the contrary, some banks that feel profitable have also joined in. For a time, the number of Qin State Bank in Zhao State increased a lot. The funds on the Qin State market have also fallen a lot. There has been a certain degree of decline in the stock market. Shangwen is quite unfavorable in dealing with such a matter, because he doesn't know where to start. Shangwen can only study and study.

Zhao Guo, Handan, regarding the emergence of the gold boom, Li Mu saw that Captain Qin took any measures, so he let it go. Although Zhao Wang was a little worried, Li Mu just kept persuading that nothing would happen. As for what would happen, Li Mu really didn't know. After all, he had no bottom in his heart, and Qin Guo was unable to take any action for a long time, which gave Zhao Guo a lot of uncertainty. Nevertheless, Li Mu felt that it would be better to handle Zhao Guo's own affairs well.

"Qin Guo has already adopted the willingness to cooperate with some of our companies. However, the current situation is panic. There are very few cooperation projects. Most of them are negotiating. I think the matter of gold should be ended as soon as possible. Otherwise, The longer the delay, the more detrimental it is to the State of Zhao." The Minister of Economy reported.

"En. I know about this." Li Mu felt that he should send a reminder.

"Is there anything else?" Li Mu asked.

"There is also the project." The Minister of Economy said at this time.

"What's wrong?" Li Mu asked.

"It is these projects. Some of them are in charge. If we can make some concessions, mainly to give some tax concessions, I think they can take the initiative. After all, they invest in technology. The cost of patents takes up a large part. Our side is only the input of minerals and personnel. The current low prices of minerals are definitely not a good thing for our investment." The Minister of Economy said.

"En. According to what has been said in advance, they will be given certain preferential treatment. If they can export and gain a lot of wealth, then they must also be given certain tax preferential treatment." Li Mu thought about it and said. Only if it can solve the current problems of the State of Zhao, it will do.

"It's just that, in this case, a lot of funds are needed. I think we should mobilize the power of nobles and merchants to participate. In the future, these commodities will need to be transported. Therefore, the demand for railways is also great, and Zhao Guo also needs to build. Several railways can be solved." The Minister of Economy said.

"Yes. This is a good reminder." Li Mu said.

"I heard that the railway in the northern part of Qin State is also under construction. If we can start some projects with them, extend the Qin State-Northern Railway and connect our north-south railway line. In this way, the leather and meat products in the northern part of Qin State will be able to Entering the State of Zhao, the coal and other advantageous resources mined by the State of Zhao can also be exported to the State of Qin. This is a good thing. This should be done." Li Mu encouraged.

"Most of the projects carried out by Qin people are iron smelting. It can be predicted that there will be a large number of iron smelting plants in Zhao State in the future." The Minister of Economy said.

"It is not enough to just smelt iron. We have to catch up with the State of Qin. The current technological advantage of the State of Qin is too obvious." Li Mu thought for a while and said.

"What do you think is the future development direction?" Li Mu asked at this time.

"This." The Minister of Economy thought, scratching his scalp.

"There is a steam engine. Qin also has an internal combustion engine, but I think the internal combustion is small or small, but the overall power is not as good as Qin’s steam engine. In the future, a lot of coal may be needed. This is good for us, but coal is not only provided for steam engines. , You know, the boiler of the steam engine can also burn other things." Li Mu thought about it at this time. In Li Mu's view, Zhao Guo's current situation is extremely passive, and he is always in the midst of Qin's calculations. If this continues, it will be extremely disadvantageous. Li Mu was eager to get rid of Qin's control, but the solution to this matter was not so simple.

"Coal, coal." Li Mu muttered.

"Think about it, what else can coal do?" At this time, Li Mu asked the Minister of Economy.

"Burn the fire, cook, I heard that Qin is now making a kind of briquettes, and it's good to burn. And the firepower is also very good. It's particularly good." The Minister of Economy said excitedly.

"Otherwise, if we make briquettes and ship them out, we can also make money." The Minister of Economy proposed.

Hearing this, Li Mu shook his head. Li Mu quickly rejected the briquettes' proposal. Because the cost of making briquettes and transportation issues, etc., these are too simple for Qin. As long as the introduction of a set of equipment can be solved, it is better to import equipment where you need to buy a large amount of raw materials for processing.

"No. Think about it, what else can coal do?" Li Mu asked at this time.

"Coal is just burning fire, heating, cooking, what else can you do?" At this time, the Minister of Economy asked Li Mu, and Li Mu thought about it.

"Burning the fire?" At this time, Li Mu seemed to vaguely think of something. But he still doesn't know what the specifics are.

"Burn the fire." Li Mu muttered at this moment.

"This is a fire, and it can still illuminate." Li Mu said at this time.

"Well, I heard that coal can do a lot of things, and the people of Qin can turn coal into a lot of chemical products, but we don't have such technology in Zhao country." The Minister of Economy said at this time.

"Wait. You said, where did Qin's electricity come from?" At this moment, Li Mu suddenly thought of something and asked the Minister of Economy.

"Electricity, power plant," the Minister of Economy replied.

"So where does the electricity for the power plant come from?" At this time, Li Mu asked again.

"This. The electricity from the power plant, of course, seems to be." At this time, the Minister of Economy realized something.

"It seems, it seems, is electricity generated from coal. Qin State needs a lot of coal resources. If you use a steam engine, the problem may not be big, and you don't need so much coal, but if you want to generate electricity." At this time, the Minister of Economy realized. What has arrived.

"Yes, it is a power plant. Qin State needs a lot of coal to generate electricity." At this time, Li Mu sat down excitedly and said.

"The reason why Qin State needs so much coal is because they need to generate electricity. Qin State’s Xianyang is very large, and almost every family has electric lights. The amount of electricity is amazing. But where does this electricity come from, it’s from the power plant. Power generation requires coal, and life generators need to be turned. This is the secret." Li Mu said.

"If we also have power plants in the country of Zhao, and countries need to generate electricity in the future, then the demand for coal in our country will be very large." Li Mu said what he thought of.