"Find Prime Minister Shang Wen?" Meng Yi asked.

"It's just that I don't know where Prime Minister Shang Wen is at the moment!" Meng Yi said with emotion. He also wanted to find Shang Wen, and Shang Wen would surely be able to clear up a clear view from such a complicated mess.

"Widow also know these, but I am afraid that only he can solve the current situation." King Qin said.

Perhaps the current situation of Qin State can only be solved by Shang Wen himself.

The Jiujiang area of ​​Chu State. Uncle Xiang was leading the Chu State Water Army reinforcements to a city in Jiujiang area, but the city was almost destroyed. Only the corners of the city wall were supported, and other places were in ruins. In addition to these, there was blue smoke in the city, and most of the buildings in the city were burned out. There were corpses everywhere in and outside the city, and a few living people were leaning against the root of the wall in despair. They were motionless when they saw the Chu army coming. They are numb.

"These **** thugs." Xiang Bo said fiercely.

Chu's navy came to quell the riots at the request of the Chu aristocrats, and most of the Chu aristocrats' troops were transferred to Qi. There was not much force for them to use at all, and they were forced to ask Chu's navy to come to assess the riot. But the destructive power of this riot was too great. The places where Chu's navy passed by were already devastated. Moreover, the riot army is like a locust, which is difficult to control. When Chu's navy arrived, they had already killed another city.

"General, the destruction of these thugs is terrible. Almost everyone in the city was killed. Everything that could be looted was robbed. It is so sensational..." A school lieutenant officer was on the side. Speaking of.

Uncle Xiang just felt very angry. But the Chu State Navy was also a little helpless. The number of them dispatched this time was not large, only 1,000. These thousand people still barely played, and they couldn't go too far, because their logistical supplies were not smooth. The nobles promised to provide supplies in writing, but they arrived at the time. In such a situation, I am afraid that the other party will not be able to provide sufficient supplies. In such a situation, Uncle Xiang can only feel helpless.

The lack of funds for Chu's navy is an open topic. And Qin State Bank is also urging to repay the loan, otherwise it will take a series of actions to recover the loan issued by Qin State Bank. Xiang Yan had no choice but to send a secret representative to negotiate with Qin State Bank, hoping to allow a grace period and at the same time provide another loan.

"If we are going to Chu, it’s best to take a South Korean merchant ship. South Korean merchant ships are fast and have a large carrying capacity. They are safer. If we want to go by land, I’m afraid we don’t do it. We have to cross the Chu army. Or detour, in this case, we will have to go a long way." Shang Wen suggested to Old Mo.

"Take a sea boat?" Old Mo asked.

"Yes. By sea boat, only by sea boat can you hurry up, and there is no need to detour." Shang Wen said affirmatively.

"Well, just take the sea boat." Old Mo said affirmatively.

"It's just that we have to wait until the next batch of sea ships arrive. These sea ships have already left the port." Shang Wen continued.

"It's okay to wait," Mo Lao said.

"Okay, we'll just wait." Shang Wen said.

Qin State Staff.

"These nomadic tribes disappeared bizarrely. We sent scouts to investigate and did not collect any valuable information. Recently, the Huns have tried several times to attack our northern border defense line. They have suffered a lot. It is estimated that next time, they will not Attack us so easily." Yang Duanhe said.

"En. You said, is it possible that these northern nomadic tribes were picked up by someone?" Wang Jian asked such a question at this time.

"Pick up? Who can pick them up?" Yang Duanhe asked.

"I don't know. Someone will definitely pick them up anyway." Wang Jian thought about it carefully.

"I thought about this problem." Wang Jian said.

"Maybe someone picked them up. Do you remember the reports that the prime minister said before?" Wang Jian said.

"The prime minister wants people to replace us by accidentally setting up merchant arms on the border. Arms have a certain degree of freedom. If this is the case, I think there must be some merchants who want to find ways to participate." Wang Jian analyzed.

"You know. The businessmen’s news is the most informed, and they have a lot of resources and money to do such a thing. The Prime Minister's Mansion is also supported, I think they have no reason not to do it, the courage of the businessmen and the soldiers. The same. My consciousness told me that this group of people must have done it. As for who it is, I don't know this." Wang Jian said.

"En. If it is analyzed in this way, I think it may have been done by our people, or by the businessman." Yang Duanhe said.

"As long as these businessmen are doing enough for the benefit, they can do anything." Yang Duanhe said.

"Aren't we businessmen?" Wang Jian asked.

"The start of production in Qin's military factory is closely related to Qin's military operations. Isn't this related?" Wang Jian poured himself a glass of water and said.

"Military expenses, military factories, military battles, and the military needs weapons, we produce them, and we sell weapons to them when there are conflicts in various places. We have not made less money, and the special equipment is the latest period. Other products of Qin State cannot be sold. , But the export volume of Qin's muskets has greatly increased." Wang Jian said with a smile.

"Sometimes, I really want to ponder the truth about this, but it's a pity. This is not what we think about." Wang Jian said. Wang Jian, Yang Duanhe and others have military enterprises of different scales. The main source of production for these military enterprises is not how much steel, building materials, or useful synthetic metals are produced, but a large amount of munitions. These munitions were sold everywhere to make war fortunes.

When Qin's other commodities were unable to continue to open up the market due to the restrictions of local consumption levels, the arms trade became the most popular business in Qin, and all regions were expanding their armaments on a large scale and raising their level of armaments. As a result, the demand for munitions has greatly increased, and the Qin State military enterprises are also producing at full capacity.

And behind the military industry enterprises are the beneficiaries of Wang Jian, Yang Duanhe and others. In addition, there are more Qin officers and various stock speculators who believe that Qin's maintenance of high-tech weapons and equipment can create a lot of pressure, and this pressure will force countries to import a large amount of weapons and equipment from Qin. To balance. They call this act of selling arms to the other side a patriotic act.

Because this can bring down countries. This kind of arms race can greatly consume the fiscal revenue of various countries. The government's fiscal expenditures are spent on weapons and equipment that are consumed unlimitedly, but such weapons and equipment are just furnishings, not actually going to war, and this is just the mind of the arms dealers.

But for this monotonous arms export, other entrepreneurs and traders all objected, because this kind of business is monopolized by the military alone, and because of the large amount of fiscal revenue and unrestricted taxation, all countries have joined the arms race. In the meantime, the interests of other businessmen and enterprises will suffer serious losses.

Because of national security, weapons must be purchased. Because of national security, other things can be given up. The purpose of taxation is to purchase weapons and equipment. To ensure national security, this endless cycle is not only detrimental to all countries, it is also detrimental to the State of Qin, and the interests of the rest of Qin State are damaged. Qin’s companies that provide tax guarantees cannot sell products. For Qin State, the massive squeeze of products is a very uncomfortable thing.

It is for this reason that Qin's economic situation is in an unfavorable state. But this situation is difficult to reverse in the first time, because the economy has a great economic inertia, because of the existence of this economic inertia, Qin will maintain such a situation for a long time.

"General, the situation of Zhao Guo is very bad at present. The people of Qin State provide a suggestion for us to properly solve this problem." Gongzi Jia said. For the sudden visit of the son Jia. Li Mu was a little surprised.

"Qin's suggestion?" Li Mu asked.

"Yes, the current state of Zhao is not suitable for large-scale use of troops to quell the riots. The Zhao people have been in dire straits due to taxation. I think, please come forward to save Zhao Guo from the fire and water." Gong Zijia said.

Li Mu didn't know what the other party meant. But he hoped that the son Jia could finish speaking.

"Qin State hopes that our Zhao State can re-elect a new prime minister to preside over the current unfavorable situation. Improve the confrontation between the aristocracy and the people, so that Zhao State can re-enter the overall stability of the situation." Gong Zijia said.

Li Mu didn't say anything. Just thinking about this question carefully. For the proposal of Gongzijia. Li Mu thought about this problem, but he may not be able to solve this problem when he becomes the prime minister. Zhao Guo's stall is too messy. Moreover, the nobles refused to regress, because the nobles could not regress, which led to the current situation in Zhao State. Civil taxation has entered the worst stage. As the prime minister at this time. Li Mu himself was not even sure. Most importantly, balancing the interests of the nobility is the key. Then reduce the proportion of taxation, and finally stabilize the situation gradually.

"General, don't worry, the people of Qin can help us solve these problems." Gongzi Jia said comfortingly.

"Qin country can use financial means to solve the current plight of the nobles in the Zhao country, but what is needed is that someone comes forward to mediate and solve it." Gongzi Jia said lightly. Seeing the relaxed face of Young Master Jia, Li Mu thought this matter was not easy at all.

You must know that these nobles are the masters who refuse to give up every inch. They can do nothing about Qin's fierceness, but for Zhao Min, they have no scruples at all. For this. Li Mu knows very well that if he is the prime minister at this time, if the solution is not right, it may be very detrimental to him.