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"At present, the interest rate of Qin State Bank has dropped to a very low point. The cost of loans is very cost-effective, but there are no projects, no demand, and no market. These make it impossible for us to continue to start work, and it is difficult to start trade activities." Shangwen waved his hand.
"Therefore, Qin State plans to actively make some efforts in this area. We have investigated the situation in various countries. The purchasing power of people in various countries is generally not high. It can be seriously said that their purchasing power is too low. That is to say. In addition to food, For example, besides food, salt, and some ironware, they don’t need anything at all. In this way, the clothes and other daily necessities produced by Qin cannot be sold. This is very detrimental to Qin This will lead to a rapid decline in Qin's fiscal revenue. The Qin government will go bankrupt by then." Shang Wen said seriously.
Hear here.Li Mu understood a little bit.Because of the relationship between finance and taxation, Qin State has lost interest in continuing eastward expansion. In other words, Qin State’s current main purpose is stability rather than continuing eastward expansion. Under such circumstances, the possibility of war will be much reduced. But this possibility is also ruled out. If Qin State blindly expands its army, Zhao State will have nothing to do. However, judging from the current situation, it is not very likely that Qin State will fall into such a situation.
"In addition to these. The purchasing power of these people is very limited. We analyzed the reason. The reason is that the taxes set by the governments of various countries are too high. The people simply do not have the purchasing power to buy goods. If you don't buy things, there is no consumption. There is no consumption. It is very difficult to keep production going," said Shang Wen.Li Mu nodded to express his understanding.
"However, it will take a long time for countries to solve this problem. If countries reduce taxes all at once, the government's fiscal revenue will enter a very low state. It is difficult for countries to survive the current predicament with less fiscal revenue. So, at this point, we hope to make a series of diplomatic breakthroughs. It’s just that we don’t know how to solve this problem yet.” Shangwen said sincerely.At this time, Shangwen has already thought of a way.But Shangwen concealed this fact, because he knew that Qin could solve this problem only if other countries offered loans on their own initiative.Because borrowing foreign debts and using future taxes to repay this predicament is currently the only feasible way.But the bank has concerns, and the countries have not taken the initiative to ask for a loan. If Shang Wen took the initiative to propose at this time, it would make all countries feel very suspicious.Therefore, Shang Wen pressed this matter and did not say it. He needed Li Mu to raise it himself. If Li Mu didn't take the initiative to raise it, Shang Wen would not be able to provide such a service.
"En. I didn't think of that." Li Mu obviously hadn't thought of where Shang Wen wanted to go.And Li Mu was not in a hurry to express his views.
The group arrived at Shangwen's prime minister's residence soon.Shang Wen took Li Mu for a tour.The meeting room of the prime minister's mansion, the telegraph sending and receiving room.These are all different from Zhao Guo.Although the Qin Prime Minister's Mansion does not look like a mansion, it is more like a farmhouse, but the facilities here are very complete.Especially communication skills.This caught Li Mu's fancy.
"Monster, this is a telegram from the front line." An assistant whispered to Meng Yi at this time.
"What's the matter," Shang Wen, who was introducing, asked.
"A telegram," Meng Yi said.
"Where did it come from?" Shangwen asked.
"South Korea. Things on the front line." Meng Yi said simply.
"Oh. Let me take a look." Shangwen took the telegram and read it.
"Let's take a look. This is one of our military operations. The South Korean new army defeated the Wei army with two companies." Shang Wen handed the telegram to Li Mu.
Li Mu just looked at the telegram, but didn't answer it.
"It doesn't matter. General Li can read it. You will know this kind of news sooner or later." Shang Wen said with a smile.Hearing this, Li Mu accepted the telegram.
"It's just that I don't know why the Qin army fought against the Wei army. Could it be for the purpose of paying taxes?" Li Mu recalled what Qin's newspaper reported before.
"Well, that's sort of it." Shangwen said.
"High taxes have seriously affected the purchasing power of people in various countries. We propose that countries reduce taxes. At the same time, there is another point, that is, the toll fees for crossing roads. Wei Guo actually set up military checkpoints on the main passages. We don't want Wei Guo to Do it," Shang Wen said.
"En. Can you explain some reasons?" Li Mu really couldn't figure out why Qin State suddenly wanted to attack Wei State. Many reasons were unclear.
"Look here." Shangwen opened a map and said.
"At present, part of Qin's commercial trade comes from Qi State in the east. Qi State needs a lot of grain. And Qin State's grain is innumerable." Shang Wen said.
"And this grain export transportation line is to go to Xianyang of Qin State, load it on a train and transport it to Xinzheng, and then complete the transaction in Xinzheng, then transport it to the border of South Korea, load it on the train from the border of South Korea, and then enter Qi State through Wei State, so that Qi State has food. More than that”.Shang Wen continued.At this time, Li Mu already roughly understood why Qin State wanted to engage in such a war.
"In addition, there are a large number of merchant ships on the east coast of Qi State. They need all kinds of goods from Qin State. At the same time, they also need to transport overseas products to Qin State. In this way, this transportation line is very precious. In this regard, in order to increase the transportation volume and allow more people to participate, Qin and South Korea reduced and exempted a large amount of taxes. But the people of Wei increased taxes very unwisely. This is very unfair to us. If this kind of thing increases by one day, it will lead to a lot of increase in our losses. We wait for time. We can only use force to solve this problem, and then resolve it through diplomatic issues." Shang Wen introduced.
"En. I understand." Li Mu nodded.
"Then Zhao Guo. How should Zhao Guo solve it?" Li Mu was not interested in Wei Guo's problems, but Zhao Guo's problems were the key, and Zhao Guo's taxes were also high.If the state of Zhao continues to rise like this, will the state of Qin have to resort to military means to solve it?
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"Development like the state of Qin." Shang Wen replied.
"Only by developing like Qin, can we solve Zhao's problems." Shang Wen then said affirmatively.
"En." Li Mu had no idea how to govern Zhao, and he didn't even have any idea.Zhao Guo is now a mess, and anyone who gives it to it will have a headache.
"Please tell me the details." Li Mu saluted Shang Wen at this time.In Li Mu's view, there must be a way to deal with Zhao Guo's mess.Shangwen was quite capable of governing in Qin State. This ability is reflected in Shangwen's unique innovative ideas.
"En." Shang Wen said kindly.But didn't say anything.
"The situation in Zhao Guo is more troublesome than I expected." Shang Wen said at this time.
"However, there are also successful experiences to transfer. I think this point should be able to meet the requirements, but I am afraid that there will be great difficulties in some issues." Shang Wen said at this time.
"What's the problem?" Li Mu continued to ask.
"Finance. Huge financial expenditure." Shang Wen said.
"The current taxation of the Zhao State is very high, which means that the potential that the Zhao State can tap is gone." Shang Wen told Li Mu a cruel fact.
"The operation of a government is largely inseparable from good financial operations. However, the situation in Zhao State is very bad, and the taxation has reached an unprecedented level. It is no longer possible for the people to pay a large amount of taxes to maintain the normal financial operation of the government. .” Shang Wen told Li Mu.
"At the same time, another important tax-paying group in Zhao State, the nobles do not have to pay taxes. However, the common people bear quite heavy taxes. This is a kind of social injustice. This kind of fairness has caused serious security risks in Zhao State This kind of hidden danger seriously affects the possibility of Zhao Guo absorbing foreign capital. All kinds of signs." When Shang Wen wanted to continue talking, Li Mu suddenly interrupted Shang Wen's conversation.
"Foreign capital, what is foreign capital," Li Mu asked.
"Oh. It's foreign capital." Shang Wen was also confused by Li Mu's sudden question, but there was no way, Shang Wen still needed to explain to the other party.
"For example, the people of Qin State paid for it. They set up factories on the land of Zhao State, recruited workers to produce goods, and our investors paid them appropriate wages. In this way, the people have a way of life, they have jobs to do, and ours Commodities can be produced, that is, we provide money, you provide land and people, so that we can cooperate and everyone can make money together.” Shang Wen explained.
"En. Understood." Li Mu nodded.
"I would like to ask how these foreign capitals can get Zhao Guo," Li Mu asked.
"We need to look at Qin Guo Bank and the willingness of the investment bank. If the conditions are favorable, I think they will consider it. If not, I'm afraid the situation will not be so good." Shang Wen said.
"En." Li Mu nodded, but just when Li Mu asked this question.Shang Wen is keenly aware that Li Mu may be very interested in foreign capital.
After that, Li Mu just took a brief tour and left.Meng Yi and Shang Wen returned to the office immediately.
"Did you see Li Mu's expression just now?" Shang Wen asked.
"What expression," Meng Yi asked.
"Investment. Investment matters." Shang Wen said.
"Li Mu is willing to introduce Qin's capital." Meng Yi said.
"Yes. I was thinking about this just now." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.
"The situation in Zhao State is very complicated. It is the nobles who have a lot of resources, but the nobles do not have to pay taxes. In this way, a large part of the wealth of Zhao State has flowed into the hands of the nobles. The resources in the hands of ordinary people are very few. However, they have to bear most of the taxes. The tax revenue of the Zhao country has increased to a very high level. Li Mu can only accept our call and reduce the tax. Only then can the Zhao country calm down, otherwise the Zhao country will perish by itself. "Shang Wen said.
"Let the State of Zhao perish by itself. Then the State of Qin won't have to send troops." Meng Yi agreed.
"No, at present, Qin State is not capable of accepting a place as big as Zhao State. In addition, there is a dense population. The problem in the Western Regions has not been resolved. At this time, there is an extra Zhao State. To be honest, I really doubt that Qin State has indigestion .” Shang Wen said with a smile.
"If Li Mu wants to secure his position as prime minister, he must solve the financial and tax issues. However, if he wants to solve the financial and tax issues, he may directly hit the nobles of Zhao State. If this is the case, I think the nobles of Zhao State will definitely be very unfavorable to Li Mu. If I were Li Mu, I would find a way to avoid this mine." Shang Wen said.
"En." Meng Yi nodded.
"You mean that Li Mu might try to find a way with foreign capital," Meng Yi asked.
"I think so." Shangwen nodded in affirmation.
"If I were Li Mu, I would do this. Think about it, the nobles don't have to pay taxes, and the people can't pay taxes. If they pay more, the Zhao country will be over. What can he do at this time, he can only use foreign capital." Shangwen said affirming his own thoughts.