"We have to be clear about one fact. It is the nobles of the Zhao country. They are unwilling to introduce Qin's capital, and they are unwilling to set up any joint company on investment issues." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"Furthermore, they strongly opposed the issue of tax payment. Therefore, it is difficult for them to continue on this matter. The problem in South Korea is okay to solve. Because their aristocratic opposition forces have basically been expelled. But , The nobles of the Zhao country can hardly solve this problem." Shang Wen said.

"Therefore, we should solve the problem of taxation and solving the national financial problems." Shangwen said.

"This problem is big. It's also difficult to operate." Meng Yi said.

"En. My personal feeling is that the State of Qin should settle on the land of these countries." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"Land?" Meng Yi asked. But then he understood. Qin State entered the age of industrialization by solving agricultural problems. This is a process problem.

"Solving the land problem is to interrupt the nobility's economic source of land, so that they have to enter into commercial competition." Shang Wen told Meng Yi of one of his ideas.

"En. This idea is very bold, but how to collect the land in the hands of the nobles and deal with them as assets. This is a difficult problem." Meng Yi frowned and told Shang Wen that this problem was difficult to solve. Because the main source of income of the nobles is land, interrupting the land income of the nobles is definitely a threat to the nobles.

"If we don't handle it well, those nobles' enthusiasm will come to a halt, which is not good for us." Meng Yi said to Shangwen.

"This matter has to be dealt with properly. In addition, there is the technical blockade, which we can conditionally relax." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"This is what we considered at the beginning." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"We plan to relax those areas?" Meng Yi asked.

"First of all, the steam engine." Shang Wen said.

"Steam engines can provide a lot of power. At present, the use of electricity is not realistic enough. The first thing we have to popularize is coal." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"En." Meng Yi recorded this in his notebook.

"With the steam engine, it can only be used in light industry. Heavy industry should be adjusted." Meng Yi continued.

"With a steam engine, the water pump can be driven. In addition, it is coking." Meng Yi said.

"Zhao State has a lot of coal. It is still high-quality coal. These high-quality coals can be used for coking and then provided to us for iron and steelmaking." Meng Yi said.

"If necessary, we can set up an iron smelter in Zhaoguo. Once the railway is started, a large number of rails will be needed. The demand for steel is amazing." Shang Wen said.

"Yes. There is cement. These, I think it can be done." Meng Yi said.

"En. Yes." Shang Wen nodded. Shangwen and Meng Yi began to carefully check some projects in the technical field.

Zhao State of Handan.

"Qin's federal system has been finalized. However, Zhao's situation is not very good." Li Mu said to cabinet members.

"Zhao Guo will cut a lot of unreasonable taxes this year. Therefore, fiscal revenue will be greatly reduced." Li Mu told his cabinet members.

"Even though we have loans from Qin State this year. But loans can't solve the big problem. At present, Zhao State's taxes still have to be kept at a low level. The low tax rate can only expand the source of income. You cannot forcefully increase fiscal taxes." Speaking of.

"En." Everyone nodded.

"General." A cabinet member said at this time.

"Called the prime minister." Li Mu corrected. Li Mu's cabinet members are all from the military. Because of the temporary selection, Li Mu would be difficult to carry out, because he didn't know that the selected literary staff would not be competent. Zhao Guo needs to solve the problem within extreme time. Therefore, Li Mu needs his own people to participate in time.

"Yes, Prime Minister. If my country Zhao wants to increase taxation, it is very simple to increase taxes to those nobles. Those nobles do not pay taxes. As long as they pay taxes. This financial problem can be solved." The cabinet The members said. This cabinet member was originally Sima in Li Mujun's army. Because of his management ability, Li Mu was transferred to the prime minister's house. Serve as Minister of Finance. When the Minister of Finance takes office, he will face huge financial difficulties. On the one hand, Zhao Guo has to solve this financial difficulty. On the other hand. To build the State of Zhao, a lot of money is needed to carry it out. This is for Zhao Guo. It is too difficult.

Therefore, the first method of the Minister of Finance is to target the nobles of the Zhao country, as long as the nobles pay taxes. They can easily solve this problem.

"No," Li Mu replied.

"Why?" the Minister of Finance called.

"Why?" Li Mu said.

"These nobles are here, and Zhao is still in chaos. If the nobles are in chaos," Li Mu said.

"The whole country of Zhao will be in chaos. This point. No." Li Mu said.

"In this case, there is no way," the Minister of Finance said.

"En." Li Mu nodded.

"People don't stop suffocating. A way will always come up." Li Mu said to everyone.

"General." Sima Shang cried out.

"Oh yes. Prime Minister." Sima Shang said to Li Mu.

"These noble lords can't move. They can't levy taxes. This matter is difficult." Sima Shang said.

"The prime minister." At this moment, Li Zuoche came in softly.

"What's the matter?" Li Mu asked.

"The prime minister, look at this." Li Zuoche handed a telegram to Li Mu.

"City Bank." Li Mu muttered looking at the telegram.

"Yes." Li Zuoche said.

"This is what we, a businessman from Zhao State heard from the industrial and commercial entrepreneur of Qin State." Li Zuoche said.

"This city bank is to gather the money of the local wealthy people, and then concentrate on lending, so that we can concentrate on solving the capital problem." Li Zuoche said.

"This city bank can also bring in Qin's capital, so that my Zhao State businessmen can do more business." Li Zuoche said.

"En." Li Mu nodded.

"What is good about this city bank?" At this moment, the Minister of Finance stood up and shouted loudly.

"How much money can this city bank make and can it pay taxes?" said the Minister of Finance.

"Yes. These are joint ventures of Qin people. Did you know?" Li Zuoche said unconvinced.

"In Qin, doing banking business is the most profitable." Li Zuoche said unconvinced.

"The most profitable?" The Minister of Finance.

"I didn't see how much money," the Minister of Finance said unconvincedly.

"You." Li Zuoche said unconvincedly.

"Wait. What did you say?" Li Mu asked Li Zuoche at this time.

"I said. City Bank." Li Zuoche replied.

"No. Not that sentence." Li Mu asked.

"Oh. I said. It's the banking business, which is the most profitable business." Li Zuoche said.

"Yes, that's the sentence." Li Mu said.

"If we can attract the nobility's money here. At the city bank." Li Mu said.

"Think about it. If you want to set up a bank, you can collect taxes. Banks are the most profitable business. Money comes quickly. This is faster than those nobles. Don't these nobles take part. As for paying taxes. They pay taxes. You must earn more than this. Naturally, I am willing to do it." Li Mu said.

"That's it." The Finance Minister said embarrassingly.

"In this way, our tax revenue can be expanded." Li Zuoche said.

"En." Li Zuoche nodded.

"This way. If the nobles want to make more money, they have to pay taxes." Li Zuoche said.

"Yes." Li Mu nodded and said. Li Mu suddenly thought of this. The current reason why nobles are unwilling to participate is because their land can provide a stable income. And there is no tax. If it is in agricultural civilization. This is extremely detrimental to centralization. Precisely because of this, the State of Zhao was unable to gather national strength. At this time, banks have become a new tool for gathering wealth. Banks can not only provide capital flow. At the same time, you can earn a lot of wealth. Li Mu had seen how banks make money in Qin, and the capital involved was scary. This is more than Zhao Guo's benefits from the land.

If you have a bank and make large-scale money, you can attract the nobles to join in, and if the nobles participate, they must pay taxes. Under such a condition, the assets of the nobility are involved. At the same time, nobles can pay taxes. This is the most important point.

"Take a break for a while. Go, and send a telegram to Qin Guo. Discuss this matter." Li Mu said to Li Zuoche.

"Yes." Li Zuoche nodded. Then the two people combined together, and then reported the result of this idea to Shangwen Xianyang via telegram.

Xianyang. Shang Wen's office.

"Look at this." Meng Yi put down a large bundle of telegrams in his hand and handed it to Shangwen.

"What?" Shang Wen asked.

"Li Mu asked the city bank, and they said. They can participate." Meng Yi finished the telegram. And Shang Wen also took the telegram, it looked like.

"What they mean is. Through the high return of the bank. Let the nobles participate. If the nobles participate, on the one hand, it can solve the capital problem. At the same time, it can also solve their finances and taxes. The most important thing." Meng Yi said to Shang Wen .

"The most important thing is. The nobles can pay taxes." Shang Wen said.

"And this idea is the most important." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"Look at this idea. The nobles have land in their hands. We can just use mortgage assets and revitalize the assets to deprive these nobles of the land. Or we can concentrate more to solve the land problem. So that the nobles can concentrate more capital. At the bank." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"Right, right, right." Meng Yi said several pairs of words in succession.

"In this way, the problem is solved." Shang Wen said.