The Weapon Tycoon Who Traveled to Great Qin

Moqi Railway Station, here is the actual control area of ​​the Western Regions of the Qin State, which is actually the actual control area of ​​the Yueshi area obtained by the Qin State. This is the largest railway and highway transportation hub in the Yueshi border and the actual control area of ​​Qin State. The Yue people built a simple railway here, which has poor traffic capacity, but it barely equals the Yuezhi road they built. However, this road is customarily called by the people of Qin State as Yueshi No. 1 Highway. In the southern region, it is called Yueshi No. 2 Road. Both roads are paved with stones, have a good drainage system, and the roads are extremely spacious, with a width of more than twelve meters. This is the case of Highway 1. The condition of Highway 2 is not very good because it is close to the mountains and the widest place is only two feet. And many places need to be maintained.

A large number of Indian prisoners of war were escorted to that place. They gathered to build the Yueshi No. 2 Highway. If it were not for the poor condition of the road, the Yueshi might soon end the war, and they would receive hundreds of thousands of prisoners. If there is no accident, these prisoners will use them to build these roads.

"We need a lot of money. Too much money. The war in the South is not going well. The main reason is that our financial funds are not supporting enough. If it were not for the army to have more prisoners of war, the road might have been overwhelmed. "Yes." Ulm, the Minister of Defense of the Moon, said worriedly.

"I know, so we must solve this problem when we go to Qin." Yue's Finance Minister Suofu said. Yue's economic situation is no longer likely to support such a war. The main income of Yueshi comes from commercial taxes. Their tax revenue is about 10%, which is actually not very high. However, the people of Qin think it is very high. In desperation, the people of Yueshi can only take 3% of Qin. Low taxes encourage the people of Qin to do business here, because they can bring more business development. In contrast, businessmen in their own country do not have such treatment. The only thing they can do is to do some trophy business and then fall. It is sold to the people of Qin, but the military is more willing to do business with those people of Qin. In fact, their involvement in the business is relatively narrow. This is why the Yueshi people are willing to sell some intelligence to the Indians, because the Indians need it, and at the same time they can expand their income, which is their biggest source of income.

However, as the war gets bigger and wider. Especially weapons and ammunition, as well as the consumption of various combat materials, most of these materials are imported from Qin, from soldiers' uniforms, boots, socks, to some weapons, ammunition, and grenades. There are more shells and artillery, they are all imported from Qin in large quantities, such imports directly exhausted the Yueshi people's finances.

The Yueshi people desperately need these things, but their finances cannot support such expenditures. The only way is to constantly borrow money.

So far, they have borrowed more than 2.5 million gold coins from the major banks of the Qin State. These gold coins were continuously lent from the major banks of the Qin State. Then they soon returned to the hands of the merchants of the Qin State. The Clan bought a large amount of munitions, military supplies, and various building materials to build roads, and their railway plans were constantly being backtracked. Now the war has continued to expand, but the major banks are very worried about Yue’s financial situation. They are worried that Yue’s people will not be able to repay their debts. Therefore, the Minister of Finance has to go to Qin Guo Bank to request more loans. For funds, he plans to issue more bonds. This time he pledged Yueshi’s spoils of fighting in Indy, while before they pledged Yueshi’s taxes. If the war continues, the Minister of Finance will not know what to mortgage to the people of Qin. Perhaps he is willing to mortgage himself to the people of Qin, the prerequisite is that the people of Qin need it.

Wenyang Bank, in the Western Region Branch.

"The rest matter seems to need the government to proceed, although the rest of the people seem to be very short of funds. But they are very tough. Such an attitude makes us look very annoyed." Fan Dou said to his assistant.

"But, sir, there is a big market for the Parthians. If they open up this market, we will get a lot of income, which is bigger than we thought before. Moreover, in the Korean telegrams It is also mentioned. There may be oil there. If the oil exists in the area, then there may be the oil resources we need. Just like iron ore and coal, they can bring great development to our industry. Opportunity." Fan Dou's assistant said.

"I know, but the **** restless people don't let go of their market. They look at their market like a dog. This is already a huge threat to us. The government has no way, maybe The government will find a way to solve their problems. But it will take a long time, unless the war is fought next year, but is it possible? Only this year will the problem of railway transportation for the Dawan people be solved next year. I think the war is not very good. It may continue. The final problem can only be solved by war." Fan Dou said. His assistant just nodded. Agree.

"What should I do now? Sir, I have noticed the situation of the Yue people. The Yue people have been borrowing money recently. They have borrowed 2.5 million gold coins. But their war in the south will continue. If If they cannot borrow money now, the war will stop. This is the most unfavorable situation for the Yue people. Not only that, the major banks seem to be considering stopping borrowing because the Yue people have already mortgaged their taxes. .But their taxation situation is not very good. And the Yue people have already released their words, they actively promote the war, they claim that they can achieve the greatest results, they can get hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war, and there are large-scale movies. Territory, the most important thing is that they can open the Indian market. In other words, the door to Indy has been opened." His assistant said.

"What do you mean. This time the Yueshi plan to mortgage their spoils in Indy?" Fan Dou said.

"Yes, sir, this is what the people of Yue mean. They think they can only do this now. After all, they are in a bad condition to support this war. They need more funds. And this war is still Continue. The Yue people can no longer bear the huge financial expenditure brought about by this war." His assistant said.

"No one will believe these things. After all, there are big unknowns in the spoils of war. Can the Yue people be able to guarantee that they can bring great spoils in this war? War is the same as our business. There are risks, and the money is sometimes available. You can still lose money. We are unlikely to believe in such a thing. After all, such a loss is unbearable for us." Fan Dou said.

"But, sir, I think the future situation of Indy is relatively objective. Indy is a big market. If we can control such a market, it will be a very favorable situation for us. Otherwise. If we do not participate at this time, we may lose such a market. There is a large population and a very dense population. The most important thing is that they are agricultural countries. We can easily destroy their economy and let their economy depend on it. To us." The assistant said.

"Yes. That's right. But I can't decide on this matter. We just made a big mistake in rest. We need to adjust. After all, whether we continue to put it on rest or move to Yueshi. "Fan Dou thought.

In Meng Tian's office, Meng Yi hurriedly felt here. Meng Yi's condition is a bit not very good because of the rest of the people.

"The condition of the Parthians is very bad. We can feel that they need a lot of money to buy arms, but they refused. We just established normal diplomatic relations, but these diplomatic relations cannot maintain our advantage in other aspects. This makes me feel very worried." Meng Yi said.

"I think you may be too anxious." Meng Tian said.

"Too anxious?" Meng Yi asked his brother curiously.

"Yes, I think so. Qin State only caused a threat to the external environment, but this threat did not actually constitute a threat, and the Anthians only regarded us as a potential threat, but it was not. The main threat, in their view, they still maintain the advantage, but what they need is the advantage from the West to make up for their disadvantaged situation in the eastern part of the weapon, and we cannot constitute a military in Dawan and Tochara. It can be said that our lack of military affairs led to our diplomatic defeat this time. I think it can be said.” Meng Tian paused and said.

"Our military advantage exists, but the threat is not enough. We need to strengthen our military threat. Only in this way can we force the Parthians to yield." Meng Tian said.

"Yeah. Wei Liao of the Ministry of National Defense also means the same. They think our military deployment in Dawan and Tocharo is too weak." Meng Yi said.

"Yeah. We feel the same about this, but Qin’s current situation does not seem to allow this, you know. Our military expenditures simply don’t have that much, and there seems to be no such plan in terms of finances, not just There is no such plan. In the next few years, it seems unlikely that this amount of military expenditure will be increased during the tenure of Prime Minister Shang Wen." Meng Tian said.

"This is very likely." Meng Yi nodded in agreement. Because Meng Yi was Shang Wen's deputy, he was very clear about Shang Wen's thoughts. In his opinion, Qin State maintained too much military advantage. Maintaining this advantage for a long time is of no use to Qin, especially in terms of economy. Too much military advantage will directly drag down Qin's economy. Shangwen seemed to be very nervous about Qin's economy, especially with regard to taxation. He would rather borrow debt than increase Qin's taxation. It seems that he is very worried about Qin's economy. In this way, Qin's military superiority may be further degraded. This is also why the Qin State obviously had a feeling of retreat after expanding the Western Regions. This feeling came from Shangwen’s worries, because Shangwen was very clear about the historical trend. After the reunification of the Qin State, it did not bring about rapid economic integration and development. Instead, it formed The trend of economic collapse, Shangwen absolutely avoided the development of such a situation, but the more Shangwen avoided, the faster the development of the Qin state, resulting in a lack of military. This caused widespread dissatisfaction among the Qin military. But dissatisfaction returned to dissatisfaction, but Qin's military advantage was indeed great. Although they can easily bring unity. But the cost of this unification is high. The revolution in weapons has brought huge casualties. The casualties are actually another kind of destruction to Qin's economy. The loss of a large number of markets led Qin economists to generally oppose too radical unification, and the use of force became the biggest obstacle.

"But if we want to solve such a thing, can we only use force?" Meng Yi asked.

"This. I think that such a thing can only be solved by force. You must know that the Western Regions are different from the Central Plains, where Qin has economic ties with other countries. If a war is launched, it will inevitably damage the economic development of Qin. But here What Qin needs is to expand the market, but the Anxi government’s actions have severely damaged the development of Qin’s economy, as you can see. Qin’s banks are not accessible at all, and countries can generally accept the existence of Qin’s bank, but Qin State Bank cannot enter at all. The most important thing is that some collaterals have no value at all, which is very unfavorable to the development of Qin State Bank. This is a threat to the bank." Meng Tian calmly analyzed.

"However, in my opinion, the banks may instead urge the government to adopt another approach, which is to support countries like Dawan and Tocharo, because you have seen it. The economies of these countries have developed, especially In Dawan, the increase in domestic copper prices has directly led to their rapid economic development. Under such conditions, they should develop military affairs. Because they face a great military threat from the Shamans. If this threat still exists, he will treat Dawan. The security of Qin is a great threat. Qin State imports a large amount of mining products from Dawan. This is an economic threat, and Qin State absolutely does not allow such things to exist." Meng Tian said.

"Yeah. That's right. I think after returning to China, we must rethink Qin's policies in the Western Regions." Meng Yi said.

"No. It's a kind of strategy. I think the term strategy is more suitable for Qin." Meng Tian emphasized. Meng Yi just nodded.

State of Zhao, Handan. Guo Kai's prime minister's mansion, Guo Kai lay comfortably on the back of a chair. Lou Jing is persuading Li and Mu to cooperate.

"As far as the news is received, the Qi State has a great defect in naval construction. You can't even protect your own merchant ships. This makes us very worried. Moreover, if Zhao Guo and Qi State develop the navy aspect, Although Zhao can obtain a naval officer and the right to garrison a railway. However, if the two countries become hostile, the situation will be extremely unfavorable to Zhao, and Zhao’s navy will become a lone army. Loss. Very big." Li Mu fully expressed his concern in this regard. Although Guo Kai didn't have the knowledge of military strategy, he still knew something about this. If a naval agreement is really reached with Qi, Zhao will face such a threat.

"This. We have fully considered this aspect, but as far as we can see, we have no such threat. First of all, the Qi State Army has undergone extensive disarmament. The number of the Army is far below 100,000, and In terms of equipment, it is far inferior to the Zhao State Army. Not only that, in terms of quality and tactics, Zhao State far exceeds Qi State." Lou Jing said.

"In order to eliminate Zhao's concerns in this regard, Qi decided to give up a very long passage within 100 miles on both sides of the road. No army will be sent to garrison. It is completely handed over to the Zhao army." Lou Jing said To. This absolutely humiliates the country. However, in order to get technical support from Zhao Guo. Especially Zhao Guo's support in steel development. Lou Jing persuaded Tian Heng to only accept such things.

"The conditions are very tempting." Guo Kai said at this time. Li Mu was still very worried about such conditions. He didn't make up his mind to do so, but Guo Kai spoke at this time.

"But. The people of Qi are fickle. Who knows, the following things will affect us. Although we need to go to the sea urgently, from the north, we are unlikely to get the sea from the people of Yan, but the people of Qi There are great dangers, and we must fully consider such dangers." Guo Kai said. Guo Kai wants greater conditions, such as completely liberalizing the entry of Zhao's commodities, for example, from ironware to cement, glass, and full entry of bank capital. In fact, the invasion of Qi State is very large.

"This, Qi is fickle, but we still insist on some of the bottom lines. Prime Minister, I think you should pay attention to what kind of era this is now, the trade brought by the sea, and the western continent. To discover the distant Kingdom of Seth." Lou Jing said. The people of Qi have inquired about the existence of Seth from all aspects, and Qi decided to develop Seth next. After all, Seth has a greater chance.

"In the era of great navigation, navigation can bring trade, and trade brings huge economic income. This can maximize our economic capacity. This is a considerable financial income. Such an opportunity is missed. I am afraid it will cost. It takes a long time to make up." Lou Jing said regretfully. Guo Kai heard this and looked at Li Mu. Li Mu just shook his head. He was still worried about the military threat. After all, this threat was a catastrophe for the Zhao State Navy. It is extremely unfavorable.