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"Currently, Wei Guo is only building some engineering projects, and these engineering projects are still from South Korea. Our Wei Guo can't afford so much money at all." Zhang Er said.
"The only place where the government of Wei State currently has tax revenue is from those labor service companies. They send people from Wei State to work in Qin State." Zhang Er said.
"Actually, the finances and taxes of the interim government of Wei State are really very small." Zhang Er said.
"I think, how to expand such fiscal and taxation is a big problem." Zhang Er said.
"I don't know, how did Qin Guo solve this problem?" Zhang Er asked.
"The answer already exists." Meng Yi said.
"The state of Qin relies on trade. The state of Wei can also do the same. Trade can bring a lot of tax revenue. The state of Wei can completely carry out trade because of its convenient location," Meng Yi said.
"En. That's true. Thank you, Prime Minister, for your reminder." Zhang Er thought for a while, and bowed his hands.
"You're welcome, you're welcome." Meng Yi said.
"In this way, there will be a lot of things to do when we go back." Zhang Er thought about it.
"That's very good. As long as the Wei State is peaceful and maintains the current stable situation, it is still possible for the Qin State to do this." Meng Yi said.
"Then thank you, Prime Minister." Zhang Er thanked again to the point that ∨ Er felt that the provisional government of Wei State was good enough to achieve this point.
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"The gold price in Handan, Zhao State, collapsed quickly under the blow of our selling of gold reserves. The price is now only 230 two golds. It is expected that there will be a possibility of falling in the future." The Minister of Finance reported to Shang Wen.
"So, how did those Zhao nobles react?" Shang Wen asked at this time.
"Their reaction, what we noticed is that they all stuck to the gold in their hands and did not exchange a large amount of banknotes." The Minister of Finance told Shang Wen the information he had.
"En." Shangwen nodded.
"It seems that we still need to wait patiently. At this time, we should give them more investment projects and exchange the gold in their hands." Shang Wen said.
"Well, however, I heard that Li Mu discussed investment plans with King Zhao at the last court meeting, and those ministers didn't react very strongly." The Minister of Finance said to Shang Wen.
"They didn't object blindly. I heard that it was Zhao Wang who first proposed it, and they didn't strongly agree with it. It seems that they are a little hesitant about this matter." The Minister of Finance said.
"Well. On the issue of investment, what they are currently holding is gold. It is not an asset. Our next step is to guide them to mortgage the gold in their hands to the bank, exchange it for Ranbi from the bank, and use these banknotes for investment. In terms of trade activities." Shang Wen said.
"Indeed it is," said the finance minister.
"It's just that the nobles have no plans to do so, and the bank can't forcibly buy the gold in their hands." Finance Minister Buddha said.
"To what extent do you think the current price of gold will fall?" Shang Wen asked at this time.
"It should be very big, because the cost of gold in our hands is 35 gold, and the current price is more than [-] gold. Even so, this price is still very profitable for us. Not only these, but also The nobles of the Zhao Kingdom can no longer absorb more gold from the gold reserves sold by the banks before. Therefore, there is still room for the price of gold to fall." The Minister of Finance said.
"I don't know who analyzed it. Anyway, I read in the newspaper that the price still has room to fall. It's about [-] gold, which may be within a reasonable range." The Minister of Finance said.
"En." Shangwen nodded.
"Just now you said that Zhao Wang took the initiative to bring up the matter of investment at the court meeting?" Shang Wen asked.
"Yes. It was King Zhao who brought it up on his own initiative. If it was Li Mu who brought it up on his own initiative, I think those ministers would strongly oppose it, but the strange thing is that it was King Zhao. King Zhao wants to follow the example of the king on the royal family's expenditure. Therefore, it was King Zhao who proposed it on his own initiative, and because of the relationship between King Zhao, those ministers and nobles dared not object, and I heard that King Zhao also took the initiative to persuade those ministers and nobles to participate in investment activities." The news told Shang Wen.
"So that's the case." Shang Wen said.
"If that's the case, we have a plan," Shang Wen said.
"We can cooperate with the royal family of Zhao. It will form a demonstration effect and attract those noble ministers to invest. Let them think that investing and setting up factories can make more profits." Shang Wen said.
"However, Prime Minister, I think our guidance should be like this before." The Minister of Finance thought for a while and said.
"On the one hand, we should continue to attack gold and let the price of gold continue to fall. In this way, the value of gold in the hands of these nobles will shrink significantly. Under such circumstances, they have to consider that they must put some things Give up. On the other hand, we should also actively guide them to invest, and if they give up gold, they will get more things, which will be of great benefit to them here.” The Minister of Finance said to Shang Wen.
"Do this to ⊥. We should do this." Shang Wen felt that the Minister of Finance's idea was correct, so he adopted the method of the Minister of Finance.
"Dong Dong." At this time, Wei Liao and Meng Tian appeared at the door of Shang Wen's office.
"Is there something wrong?" Shang Wen asked.
"There is a report. I think it is more important, so I brought it here. It was Meng Tian who noticed it." At this time, Wei Liao said to Shang Wen.
"En. What kind of report still needs our Mr. Minister to come in person." Shang Wen said with a smile.
"The matter of the Yuezhi people buying arms." Wei Liao looked at Shang Wen and said.
"Prime Minister, Minister, General Meng, I still have some things to do, so I will take my leave first." The Minister of Finance said to everyone at this time.
"En. Yes." Shang Wen nodded.Then the finance minister left in a hurry.For things like the military, the Minister of Finance is unwilling to care too much. The Ministry of Defense is a department that spends too much, especially recently, it has ordered so many landmines.Thinking of this, the Minister of Finance stepped up his pace. If he walked slowly, he might ask the Minister of Finance for a lot of money.
"What does the purchase of arms by the Yuezhi have to do with us?" Shang Wen asked at this time.
"And how to explain this matter?" Shang Wen then asked.
Wei Liao looked at Meng Tian, and Meng Tian looked at Shang Wen.
"We preliminarily concluded that the Yuezhi people bought arms, and there were a lot of artillery in the ammunition. We doubt that the Yuezhi would take action against a certain country." Wei Liao said to Shang Wen.
"Why is there such a judgment?" Shang Wen asked.
"Because the arms trade in Xuzhou is extremely booming. Behind these booming businesses, there is a large amount of military demand, and such a large military demand can only be brought about by a large-scale military operation." Wei Liao said to Shang Wen.
"Can the situation be confirmed?" Shang Wen asked.
"No." Meng Tian replied at this time.
"We know too little about the situation, and our merchants don't have too much information. Although we have mobilized some merchants to collect information, we still know very little about the current feedback. Moreover, those who sell arms through our hands They are all from the Western Regions, they crossed the western plateau, traded, and what kind of people they traded with is just the news we got indirectly." Meng Tian said.
"En." Shangwen nodded.
"What do you think?" Shangwen asked at this time.
"We want to intervene in this matter. Through our provision of arms trade, a safe zone will be established on the periphery." Wei Liao said his thoughts.
"Wait." As Shangwen said, he took out a newest map and put it on the coffee table, and Shangwen took the pencil.
"That's in this area." Shang Wen pointed to the location roughly in the mountains of the Pamir Plateau.
"We don't know where the inappropriate location is, and we don't know where the Yuezhi people are. We need to know more about the situation. It's just that we hope that the Yuezhi people are not by our side." Wei Liao said.This is indeed the case. Qin State's understanding of the surrounding area is extremely unclear, which makes Qin State's decision-making very difficult.
"En. It seems that we can only rely on merchants. We should send caravans to find out what's going on here⊥ to start the arms trade." Shang Wen said.
"En." Wei Liao nodded.
"The military thinks so too. The military that was dispatched before is particularly apocalyptic, and has lost contact for a long time. There was information sent before. Recently, the information has disappeared. It seems that there is a high chance of encountering misfortune. You also need to be aware of the surrounding situation." Wei Liao said.