On how to deal with diplomatic issues, Shangwen did not have a good way, because in his opinion there is a big difference between Qin’s diplomacy and Qin’s diplomacy. Shangwen doesn’t know what the difference lies, but it’s impossible to start trade now. Avoided will produce a large number of diplomatic problems, these diplomatic problems are still unavoidable.

Just when Shangwen thinks about this question, Shangwen will welcome their Zhao foreign guests.

"Shangwen, Prime Minister Li Mu is here. We have to prepare." Meng Yi reminded from the side.

"En. Okay." Shang Wen slowed down and nodded.

"Woo." The train whistled and stopped slowly. Shang Wen watched the trains enter the platform.

"Li Mu became the prime minister of the Zhao country. The first stop is to visit our country Qin. I don't know what they are doing here?" Meng Yi whispered to Shangwen. After all, they didn't have the slightest preparation for Li Mu's election as prime minister.

"Accordingly, we can only do this. Otherwise, we can take Li Mu around, take a tour, and find out. You can do these things." Shang Wen said.

"Shangwen, what do you do?" Meng Yi asked.

"We are going together. I also want to meet this general." Shang Wen said.

"Okay. Say what?" Meng Yi asked.

"They're here. I'll talk about it later." Shang Wen saw that Li Mu was the first to get out of the carriage instead of his guard. I was very surprised at this point. Among the politicians that Shangwen contacted, the first to appear were their security personnel.

"Welcome General Li to the State of Qin." Even though Shang Wen was a little surprised when he saw Li Mu got off the car, he stepped forward and shook hands with Li Mu.

"En. Li Mu thanked the prime minister." Li Mu felt a little unnatural at Shang Wen's handshake, but Li Mu still shook hands with Shang Wen. Li Mu didn't use his energy, because he knew that Shangwen was a kind of civil official, and definitely not the kind of generals who meant to compete.

"General Li Mu has been struggling all the way. He should take a rest first, and then go to the palace to see King Qin." Shang Wen said.

"En. It's not too tiring on this journey. You Qin State Train, you don't feel tired, but this time you came to Qin State to learn something. Come to Qin State to learn something. Don't you know if the Prime Minister welcomes it?" Li Mu understood Shangwen’s character, if he treats each other with sincerity, can get even more help. In addition, Shangwen has a taste of appreciation for Li Mu. Therefore, Li Mu simply told Shangwen directly.

"En. Yes. We just want to open up a new situation in diplomacy. It is a great honor for General Li to give us such a chance." Shang Wen nodded and said.

"To be honest. Qin's situation is not much better than Zhao's now." Shang Wen and Li Mu opened the conversation. Meng Yi stood by.

"The prime minister, isn't it inappropriate here?" Meng Yi reminded Shang Wen in a low voice.

"En. Go to the Prime Minister's Mansion first. It might be better there." Shang Wen continued. So everyone left, Shang Wen, Meng Yi, and Li Mu got into a car at Ten Thousand Prime Minister's Mansion.

"I will continue." Shang Wen spoke first in the car.

"Qin's current situation is not very good." Shang Wen introduced.

"Qin's fiscal revenue mainly comes from industrial and commercial enterprises, not agriculture. Qin's trade is currently in a stagnant state, which directly leads to the general under-production of Qin's factories. This is not only Qin, but also South Korea." Shang Wen went on to say.

"En." Li Mu nodded. This is the first time I have heard of the composition of Qin's fiscal revenue. If it weren't for Shangwen's introduction, it would be difficult for Li Mu to understand that Qin's fiscal revenue came mainly from industrial and commercial taxes.

"Currently, the Qin State Bank's interest rate has dropped to a fairly low point. The cost of the loan is very cost-effective, but there are no projects and no demand. There is no market. These have made it impossible for us to continue construction and trade activities are difficult to develop." Shang Wen waved his hand.

"Therefore, the State of Qin plans to actively make some efforts in this regard. 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. In other words. In addition to food, For example, they don’t need anything except food, salt, and some ironware. As a result, the clothes and other daily necessities produced by Qin cannot be sold. This is very unfavorable to Qin. This will lead to a rapid decline in Qin's finances and taxes. The Qin government will go bankrupt at that time." Shang Wen said solemnly.

Hear here. Li Mu understood a little bit. Because of fiscal and taxation, Qin has lost interest in continuing eastward expansion. In other words, Qin’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, based on 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 ability to buy goods. If you do not buy things, there will be no consumption and no consumption. It is very difficult to let production continue." Shang Wen said. Li Mu nodded his understanding.

"But 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 get through the current predicament with a small amount of fiscal taxes. . So, at this point, we hope to launch a series of breakthroughs in diplomacy. It’s just that we don’t yet know how to solve this problem.” Shang Wen said sincerely. But this fashion article has already thought of a way. However, Shangwen concealed this fact, because he knew that Qin could solve this problem only if countries voluntarily proposed loans. Because by borrowing foreign debt, using future taxes to repay this predicament is the only feasible way at present. However, banks have concerns, and countries have not taken the initiative to raise the issue of lending. If Shangwen took the initiative to raise this matter at this time, it would make all countries feel very skeptical. Therefore, Shangwen didn't say anything about it. He needed Li Mu to bring it up. If Li Mu didn't take the initiative to raise it, Shangwen would not be able to provide such services.

"En. I didn't think about this." Li Mu obviously hadn't thought of where Shangwen would go. And Li Mu was not eager to express his views.

The group soon arrived at Shangwen's prime minister's house. Shang Wen took Li Mu for a tour. The conference room of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the telegraph mail room. These are different from Zhao Guo. Although the Qin State Prime Minister's Mansion does not look like a mansion, it is more like a small farmhouse, but the facilities here are very complete. Especially communication capabilities. This made Li Mu a fancy.

"Meng Xiang, this is a telegram from the front line." An assistant whispered to Meng Yi at this time.

"What's the matter?" asked Shang Wen, who was introducing him.

"A telegram?" Meng Yi said.

"Where did it come from?" Shang Wen asked.

"South Korea. Things on the front line." Meng Yi said simply.

"Oh. Let me see." Shang Wen took the telegram and read it.

"Let's take a look. This is one of our military operations. The new South Korean army defeated Wei Jun 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. Sooner or later you will know such news." Shang Wen said with a smile. Hearing this, Li Mu took the telegram.

"It's just that I don't know why the Qin army is fighting against the Wei army. Is it just to pay taxes?" Li Mu remembered what the Qin State newspaper had reported before.

"En. It can be considered as such." Shang Wen said.

"High taxes have severely affected the purchasing power of people in various countries. We suggest that countries reduce taxes. At the same time, there is another point, that is, tolls, and Wei has set up military checkpoints on the main passages. We don’t want Wei. Do this." Shang Wen said.

"En. Can you explain some reasons?" Li Mu really couldn't figure out why Qin suddenly attacked Wei, many of the reasons are unclear.

"Please look here." Shang Wen opened a map and said.

"At present, part of Qin's commercial trade comes from Qi in the East. Qi needs a lot of grain. And Qin has countless grains." Shang Wen said.

"And this grain export transportation line is from Qin State, Xianyang, loaded on a train and transported to Xinzheng, and then the transaction is completed in Xinzheng, then transported to the South Korean border, loaded from the South Korean border on the truck, and then passed through Wei to enter Qi State. Food. Not only that”. Shang Wen went on to say. Li Mu had already roughly understood why the State of Qin had to engage in such a war at this time.

"In addition, there are a lot 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, Qin and South Korea have reduced and exempted a lot of taxes in order to increase the volume of transportation and involve more people. However, the people of Wei have unwisely increased taxes. This is very unfair to us. If One day of such things will increase our losses a lot. We wait for time. We can only use force to solve this problem, and then solve it through diplomatic issues.” Shangwen introduced.

"En. I understand." Li Mu nodded.

"Then Zhao Guo. How should Zhao Guo solve it?" Li Mu is not interested in Wei Guo's problems, but Zhao Guo's problems are the key, and Zhao Guo's taxes are also very high. If the state of Zhao continues to rise like this, will the state of Qin also resort to military means to solve it.