The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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"There are a lot of people. It is difficult for us to handle too many people." The chief of staff said.

"How many people are there?" Wang Ben asked.

"Preliminary statistics show that there are about 6 to [-] people. The food and drink of these people must be a problem. We can't kill them all, right?" said the chief of staff.

"Yes. That's true. We can't kill them." Wang Ben said.

"Do you know?" Wang Ben said to his chief of staff.

"This morning, I received a lot of telegrams and letters. They all pleaded for their Western Region partners and businessmen. They hoped that we would release them unconditionally, and they could make guarantees." Wang Ben said.

"What should we do? Shall we just let them go," said the chief of staff.

"If we let them go, what kind of consequences will it cause? They are businessmen, they have a lot of money, they must be dissatisfied with us, they have a lot of financial support, they can control a lot of material resources, this is not what we want What you see." The chief of staff continued.

"Yes. However, these Qin people are also under a lot of pressure." Wang Ben said with some embarrassment.

"Think of a way, by the way. Isn't the prime minister here?" The chief of staff said at this time.

"Okay. I'll ask the prime minister. Let the prime minister think about this problem. Maybe he has a better way to solve this problem." Wang Ben said.

Inside Shangwen's temporary office.

"Hello, Mr. Wang Pi. You came to me. Is there anything I can help you with?" Shang Wen asked proactively at this time.Wang Pi is a local socialite.He does all kinds of business here, the first is leather business, and then all kinds of blankets. He has a profitable business.

"With all due respect." Wang Pi said.

"I came here for a friend and a business partner of mine. He is from the Western Regions. Now I know about the restoration of the Western Regions. We feel very sorry for the harm caused by the restoration of the Western Regions. However, those People from the Western Regions are not the same as those from the Western Regions. They are our business partners, and I can guarantee them. Otherwise, I will suffer heavy losses. Prime Minister, I know that you respect business development. At present, when we meet It's difficult. You have to help us." Wang Pi said sincerely.

"I understand." Shangwen nodded.

"However, the military has military considerations. You know, they are a separate system, and I can help you very limited." Shang Wen thinks this matter is very difficult, because the velvet picking system was proposed by the Qin government. Yes, in terms of military affairs, Shangbun's intervention is very limited.

"I understand that." Wang Pi nodded.

"But I hope the prime minister can consider the interests of our merchants, at least to ensure their safety." Wang Pi said worriedly.

"Prime Minister." At this moment, Shang Wen's assistant quickly stepped forward and handed Shang Wen a telegram.

"This is from the military." The assistant whispered to Shang Wen.

"Oh." Shangwen nodded.Then quickly open it and look.

"Well." Shangwen looked at the telegram seriously. In the telegram, the military seriously stated their views on this matter and the positive impact it brought. They hope that the federal government will try to block this issue.

The blockade is of great significance. Shang Wen is very clear that only the blockade can completely solve the problem of the Western Regions, which involves the interests of the Qin State in the Western Regions.

But these businessmen are all closely related to Qin State, despite the influence of the restoration of the Western Regions.Shan Qin still needs people from the Western Regions.

"Okay." Shang Wen thought for a while and said.

"We still need these people from the Western Regions," Shang Wen said.

"What do you mean?" Wang Pi asked at this moment.

"We need these people from the Western Regions, so we need to protect them," Shang Wen said.

"But for military reasons, we need to gather these people from the Western Regions." Shang Wen said politely.

"So, we plan to gather them all and deal with them centrally. We will build a concentration camp and let them live together for a period of time. We will ensure their safety." Shang Wen explained.

"But." Wang Pi was still worried.

"Don't worry, they will only be locked up for a while, not for a long time, I promise." Shang Wen assured Wang Pi.

"I will guarantee their safety, and their property will also be guaranteed. They will be regarded as a part of our Qin State." Shang Wen said to Wang Pi.

"This. Alright." Wang Pi nodded.He knew that the prime minister had already made his biggest concession, and if this continued, it might end up being nothing.

2008 stopgap

The state of Qin has set up concentration camps before, but this time it is aimed at people from the Western Regions. The situation of the people from the Western Regions is a bit complicated, and some of them support the people of Qin State. ?Most of these people are businessmen, and their trade with the people of Qin has achieved a great harvest.Therefore, they are willing to have this kind of relationship with the people of Qin.

The other part of the people are the declining nobles. They hate the Qin people because it has become difficult for them to survive.It is precisely these two kinds of people that Shang Wen decided to treat differently. After all, some people from the Western Regions will have a great advantage in the future trade of Qin State.

Qi country.

"Without the funds from the Qin people, we can still develop, why should we cooperate with the Qin people?" Tianrong objected.News came from South Korea that the conditions of Qin and South Korea made it difficult for the people of Qi to accept. Guan Tianheng had done a lot of propaganda work to explain the benefits of building the railway, but he had reached an unavoidable deadlock on the issue of using Qin's banknotes.

"Why can the money of the people of Qin be circulated here, but our money cannot be circulated by the people of Qin? We need to know why, otherwise we will never be willing to do this." Tianrong continued.

"Yes. We absolutely cannot do this." Some people reconsidered.

"Speaking of which, I also object." At this moment, Tian Heng stood up and said.

"From my personal point of view, I also oppose the use of Qin's banknotes. Why can't we use our own coins instead of Qin's banknotes on the land of Qi?" Tian Heng said.

"That's right. My brother." Tianrong said.

"En." Tian Heng nodded.

"If we don't use Qin paper money, we won't have trains. Without trains, goods cannot be transported on a large scale. If we can't transport large-scale, it will cause the accumulation of goods. Everyone has seen the current situation in Qi. Qi It is already impossible for the country to rely on its own development to expel the Chu army, we need to rely on the strength of the Qin country to develop, what the Qin people rely on is development, business." Tian Heng said.

"Qin people have a well-developed railway system. One of their trains can transport tens of thousands of our supplies, and their transportation volume in a day, we need to spend tens of thousands of people to barely complete the transportation. The advantages of the people of Qin came out at once. " Tian Heng said the truth.

"With the railway, we can continuously import the materials we need from the people of Qin. Guns, ammunition, food, these are the things we need most. With trade, there are a lot of commercial taxes. Qin people, Koreans, If the Zhao people want to do business with us, they must cooperate with us and come to us, in this way, there will be taxes, and with taxes, our farmers can reduce a lot of burden." Tian Heng continued Speaking of.

"It costs a lot to support a soldier. It is the weapon, which is enough for us to think about the problem. To support a soldier, we need twelve people, or more people to make a soldier do a good job. Prepare for battle. This kind of burden is very heavy. With the commercial tax, our burden can be reduced a lot. At least, we can do it. Thirty people support a soldier, and our burden will be much easier. Recover. Otherwise, it will be the same situation as Chu State." Tian Heng said.

Hearing this, Tianrong stopped talking.Whoever can solve the military logistics supply problem has the right to speak.Tian Heng relied on commercial taxes to support the army, while Tian Rong still relied on traditional methods.The traditional method is the industrial tax of aldehyde mining, but the agricultural tax is too slow.Moreover, the agricultural tax can no longer support an army with very high logistical requirements, especially the firearms that must be imported from abroad. Every time a bullet is fired, several stones of grain will be destroyed. This kind of consumption is definitely beyond the reach of an agricultural army. supported.However, the commercial tax can easily support this point. At present, what Qi needs to do is to expand the commercial tax, and the premise of the expansion is to build a railway to attract a large number of businessmen to come to Qin to do business. The convenient transportation is the first point. .

"Building railways can solve many problems." Tian Heng said.

"Commercial tax can solve many taxation problems. At the same time, it can also attract more Qi people to build railways. After they learn how to build railways, they can go out to work, and they can work and earn a lot of money." Tian Heng said .

"In this case, how to plant those fields?" Tian Rong asked back.

"Together, anyone who can plant can plant it. I heard that the people of Qin State are like this. Therefore, a large number of farms are erected in Muchang. After the land is concentrated, they use a lot of people, but the grain output has doubled. Isn't the food we eat imported from Qin?" Tian Heng said.

Hearing this, some people nodded, thinking that what Tian Heng said made sense.

"But what does this have to do with the use of Qin paper money?" Tian Rong still didn't let go on this issue.He believes that to develop business, it is also possible not to use Qin paper money.

"Trading means doing business, doing business, paying money with one hand, and delivering goods with one hand. At present, we don't have much gold. The only country that has gold is Qin. The people of Qin have almost concentrated the gold of all countries in his hands. There is no way. We just We can use Qin paper money, if there is no gold, we can only barter." Tian Heng explained.

"Can we complete such a transaction?" Tian Heng asked.

"No, pay for the construction of the railway, Qin people will help us feed a lot of people, and these people can buy things when they have money, the commodity economy will develop more and more, and it will bring a lot of business taxes. We can cooperate with other countries Doing business with more people, these businesses can also bring us huge profits." Tian Heng said.