"Hurry up. Hurry up." An outpost of Li Xin's department. A member of Qin State waved the whip in his hand and beat the group of prisoners of war.

"They are really capable, and they have captured so many prisoners," the second class soldier on the side said.

"En. There are many women among them." The corporal in charge of vigilance looked at the prisoners of war who came by with a cup of hot tea. Although the women's crying and crying makes people feel very annoyed, they can see the women. You know, they are. The army doesn't look down on women at all.

"Da da da." At this moment, a Qin armed man came over on his horse.

"Hi, buddy." The corporal walked to the periphery of his defensive position with his tea.

"What's the matter?" The armed men on horseback stopped at this time.

"Make a deal," the corporal said, looking at the armed man.

"What business?" the armed man asked.

"Buy you a woman." The corporal said with a smile.

"What is your price?" the armed man asked.

"Good ones, good at playing, one gold." The corporal said.

"Man, are you kidding me." The armed man said in disbelief.

"To tell you the truth, the price is already high." The corporal said.

"Just a woman. Yijin, this is in northern Xinjiang. The women here have Western styles. Look at your women, they are all five big and three rough, they are not women at all, they are men." The corporal said .

"No, this price." The armed man shook his head.

"The price is very acceptable," said the corporal.

"You know, this is the northern border of the Western Regions. It's very close to these places. We want a better one when we spend a dollar. Have fun. If that's the case, we will go directly to someone else." The corporal said .

"I think you are a newcomer to do business in this place." The corporal saw that the other party was hesitant, so he asked the others.

"En. We came from Dongmeng," the armed man said.

"So far, if you want to eat, drink and use here, you have to find us. It's more convenient to find us. It's okay. We all give you money, one gold, which is definitely money you can get. That's okay. You You can ask if you can find such a price." The corporal waved his arm and urged him to arrive.

"Well, here you are." The armed man nodded and said.

Because of the limited strength of the Qin Army, a large number of Qin Army soldiers were stranded on the front line. The salary they gave was only the salary of ordinary workers, and the others did not cost a lot. However, for them, their garrison was rich and rich. Can't spend it. Therefore, looking for women and having fun have become the things they most want to do and need to do the most. If the Qin army has a fixed base somewhere, some non-commissioned officers can marry wives and have children and settle down there. Many people in the Qin Army have already done this.

The same advantage here is that women can marry a few more, there is no limit, and most of them are women from the Western Regions. Their salary can be called a high salary in the local area, and they can completely buy an industry and settle down in the local area. For this, the staff Ministry of Defense, Ministry of National Defense, are allowed.

"However, we want to know some specific information, that is, what other people are doing. Can you do this?" The armed man then asked. The corporal had already given the other party money at this time and wanted to pick someone up.

"This. You have to spend money, and you need to buy the people above. There is no big price. It can't come. It's not cost-effective. Anyway, Qin Jun doesn't know as much as you know, so don't think about it." The corporal said impatiently. To. Who wants to wait more for watching their beauties.

"This." The armed men were a little worried.

"Look at this, you may be able to understand." The private soldier next to him said and handed a leaflet to the armed personnel.

"What is this?" the armed man asked.

"Propaganda page, issued by the Ministry of National Defense," the second class soldier said.

"As long as you provide some information, we will give a certain amount of money according to the value of the news. If there is a major news or a geographical discovery, we will give more." The second class soldier said.

"Oh. That's it." The armed man looked at the leaflet.

"Can you give me an extra?" the armed man asked.

"Yes, a lot of them." The second-class soldiers handed a large number of leaflets to the armed men.

"Thank you." The armed man thanked him and left.

Qin’s Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff need a lot of intelligence to understand Dawan, but Qin’s reconnaissance force is very limited. Qin’s aircraft cannot go deep, and the scouts cannot be supplemented for the time being. The special team is training and has a lot of intelligence work functions. Give it to merchants or these armed men to provide it. And this method may be the most cost-effective method, but they are all non-professional, and the information obtained may be far inferior to the situation collected by Qin Jun, but there is no way. This is the best method currently.

Qin State Xianyang.

"Wang Zhao has agreed to our request, and now we can proceed as planned. A large number of iron smelting plants can reach the country of Zhao. Coking plants can also be used. In addition, iron and steel equipment should also be under construction, as long as the iron smelting plant scales. Once stabilized, you can invest in it, but the main problem is funding." Lu Zhi reported to Yingyu.

"Wang Zhao has already mortgaged his palace, but it doesn't cost much. The funding gap is still very large. We invested a part of the funds at the beginning and played a big role." Yingyu said to Lu Zhi.

"Yes, Chairman. If we don't have our funds, the situation will be very bad." Lu Fei said.

"The problem is that we can't keep investing money. If Zhao Guo's funds have not arrived, the situation will not be good for us." Yingyu said worriedly.

"En. There is news from Zhao Guo that the nobles are not very interested in entering Zhao Wang's profitable projects, especially buying shares." Lu Fei said.

"In this case, it will be very unfavorable to us." Yingyu said.

"Chairman, those nobles only have gold in their hands, but the price they buy for the gold is very high, and some may be bought at the highest point, but the current gold price is hovering around one hundred gold. This price is for them. Said that it has shrunk a lot. They hope that the gold can be sold, but that is not the case. In this case, their losses are still very large." Lu Fei analyzed.

As Lu Zhi analyzed, it is precisely because the nobles have a large amount of gold in their hands, but the price of these gold purchases is too high. If the gold is sold for banknotes at this time, the nobles are unwilling to bear such a loss. However, if Wenyang Bank continues to invest and does not get a response from Zhao Guo, this is not good news for Wenyang Bank.

"We need to change the current situation. If it does not change, if a lot of funds are needed then, should we continue to invest?" Yingyu asked.

"No. This situation must be changed." Yingyu said.

"Go and let the people below think about it, is there any way to solve it?" Yingyu then said to Lu Zhi.

"Yes, Chairman, I will let the people below think about solving this problem." Lu Wei whispered to Yingyu. Yingyu waved. Let Lu Fei go down. For how to solve this problem next. There is no good way for Yingyu. Because this method is difficult to solve.

Zhao State of Handan.

"Wang Zhao is currently worried about one thing." Li Mu said to Xiao He.

"I don't know what is going on?" Xiao He asked. Xiao He was invited here by Li Mu, saying that he wanted to ask some questions. Xiao He didn't know what kind of questions Li Mu would ask.

"Presumably Mr. Xiao already knew about our Wangshang's investment in steel and cement." Li Mu said.

"Yes." Xiao He nodded.

"At present, we still lack a lot of funds, especially our king, who has mortgaged the palace. Even if we mortgage the palace, we still lack a lot of funds. The funding gap is still very scary." Li Mu continued.

"Therefore, we hope that we can get assistance from Qin, that is to say, we hope that Qin can solve these problems." Li Mu said.

"It's just that I don't know, how does the prime minister want to solve this problem?" Xiao He asked.

"I hope that King Zhao can get a lot of money, especially money from the nobles. The people of Qin State said that if necessary, they can mortgage and get a lot of money, so that the nobles only need to buy the royal family's shares. But now, nobles Not willing to buy, even though the king has given a clear order, the ministers and nobles are not willing to do so." Li Mu shook his head and said.

"Therefore, there is still a lack of sufficient funds at present. If this continues, I am afraid it will be detrimental to your Qin State." Li Mu said.

"En." Xiao He nodded.

"The problem is really big." Xiao He said.

"At present, Qin needs continuous investment from Zhao. This project itself is a huge investment problem. I feel that the whole project is launched too quickly." Xiao He said to Li Mu.

"Oh." Li Mu was a little strange.

"The funds are not yet in place, so it will start immediately. I heard that several iron plants have been established and the railway laying project is also underway." Xiao He said.

"It's true." Li Mu said.

"But the problem lies here. A large amount of funds are not in place, and the construction is started immediately. Once the funds are lacking, it is easy to cause cooperation to be difficult, and there are too many people from the Qin country. This is very dangerous." Xiao He said bluntly. He didn’t know, and he didn’t know why. Qin State Wenyang Bank’s headquarters would react like this. Such a reaction was really beyond Xiao He’s expectation. The construction started when the other party’s funds were not in place. There are established facts, but if the counterparty’s funds continue to be inadequate, what will happen to the situation? Wenyang Bank will shoulder huge debts to carry out this project.

There are many places where funds are needed in the entire Qin State, and the funds invested in this project are also very large. Zhao State’s funds are not available, and the solution can only be continuous investment. In this case, the funding problem is very big. Qin Wenyang Bank is also in a passive situation, especially if Zhao Guo continues to not solve this problem, and Qin Wenyang Bank continues to invest, only the bank is passive.

"We don't want to see such a situation, but the current situation has developed to this point. We have no choice." Li Mu also said embarrassingly.

"En." Xiao He nodded. Now it is not the time to say who will bear the responsibility. What Qin Guo Wenyang Bank needs is to face the problem and solve the problem, rather than continuously entangled in whose responsibility.

"Then, dare to ask the prime minister, is the current problem rooted in funding, that is to say, the nobles mortgage the gold in their hands to buy shares?" Xiao He wanted to ask after thinking about it.

After carefully pondering what Li Mu had just said, Xiao He clarified the reason for this, and Zhao Wang had shares. The nobles of the Zhao Kingdom have gold, while the Qin State Bank has banknotes and sufficient funds. The sequence in the middle is that if the nobles want to buy shares, they must first mortgage the gold, then obtain paper money, and then buy the shares. In this way, things are done. When the problem arises in the hands of the nobles, the nobles have gold, but they do not mortgage it. The reason is that once mortgaged, they will lose a lot. This is the root of the problem. Xiao He understood the truth at once.

"Yes, that's the question." Li Mu replied.

"Just tell them that the mortgage is just a mortgage, not to sell gold. As long as they get enough funds to redeem it within one year or two years, then this goal can be achieved." Xiao He Speaking of.

"I don't know what Mr. Xiao means?" Li Mu asked.

"That is to say, the mortgage, their gold is only mortgaged to the bank. If it exceeds a certain period, the gold must be sold. In this way, there will be a certain amount of free time, which is acceptable to the nobles of the Zhao country." Xiao He said.

"Furthermore, there are still a lot of land, real estate, and minerals owned by the nobles of the Zhao country that have been mortgaged in the hands of the bank, but these things have entered the Qin country's bank." Xiao He said.

"En." Li Mu nodded.

"It's just that, I'm worried, can this kind of thing really be done? Does any nobleman really understand our intentions?" Li Mu asked worriedly.

"En. As long as you explain the situation, especially, it is best to build a part of the factory to obtain greater profits, so that the nobles can participate." Xiao He continued.

Li Mu began to think about it.

"En." Li Mu nodded.

"Thank you, Mr. Xiao, for your doubts." Li Mu saluted.

"The prime minister is polite." Xiao He said with a smile. After Li Mu got Xiao He's answer, as long as he explained the situation to Wang Zhao and the nobles, the investment situation could be greatly changed.

Xinzheng, South Korea.

"The investment in the Li Armory has been determined." Zhang Liang said to Han Shu.

"En. It's good to be sure." Han Shu said.

"However, we originally ordered three production lines, but now there are only two production lines." Zhang Liang said.

"This is fine too." Han Shu said.

"After all, the Qin State Arsenal has come to South Korea." Han Shu continued.

"South Korea currently needs such a production line, and the weapons of our new South Korean army still need to be imported. After waiting for a period of time, it is estimated that it will not take long before we can use our own weapons of South Korea." Han Shu said.

"Yes, the king, the minister believes that in the future, it is estimated that Qin will move the production of artillery to Qin." Zhang Liang said.

"En." Han Shu shook his head.

"I heard that Wang Zhao has already started to build a steel enterprise in Zhao Country." Han Shu said.

"Yes, the king, the minister also got the news." Zhang Liang said.

"Zhao Guo, we also need it in South Korea," Han Shu said.

"Wang Shang. Chen believes that South Korea needs a lot of conditions to develop such a steel enterprise, but for the time being, Xinzheng lacks such conditions. Zhao has sufficient coal. They have discovered a lot of iron ore in the Taihang Mountains. Steelmaking requires a large amount of coal and iron ore. Zhao has all these things. As long as they build enough railways, they can gather these resources and then smelt a large amount of steel. However, in South Korea, there is no iron. , There is no coal, such a situation. For us, it is too difficult." Zhang Liang said.

"En." Han Shu nodded helplessly.

"Yes, Zhao Guo does have such a foundation, but we do not have such a foundation." Han Shu said.

"Too many resources are needed to build a steel plant. We don't have such resources in Korea." Han Shu said.

"Our domestic situation in South Korea is really miserable." Han Shu said. At present, South Korea's land area is extremely narrow. With such a narrow situation, South Korea has no more land for South Korea to develop heavy industries. South Korea can only develop these light industries that rely on labor. This is very unfavorable for South Korea. Han Shu wants to change the current situation. For example, the rifle equipped by the new South Korean army, such weapons, South Korea cannot produce by itself. This is extremely detrimental to South Korea, and Zhao Guo has. Your own steel industry can develop related industries, and with steel, you can make better artillery. This is a very big impact for South Korea.

"My lord, the minister thinks so." Zhang Liang saw that Han Shu was very upset, so he felt very depressed, so he suggested it.

"I think South Korea should not focus on South Korea at present. It can be said that South Korea should not build its own steel plant in South Korea." Zhang Liang suggested at this time.

"Oh? What do you mean?" Han Shu asked at this time.

"The minister believes that South Korea does not have such resources because of the small size of South Korea." Zhang Liang said.

"South Korea does not have it locally, but there are overseas, and perhaps there are a lot of resources overseas." Zhang Liang said.

"Yes, yes, yes, you are right." Han Shu called at this time.

"I forgot all about it. South Korea still has a lot of overseas places. In these overseas places, Qin has a lot of federal states, and we also have in South Korea." Han Shu said.

"We can work **** this," Han Shu said.

"Master Wang, this requires a large number of prospecting personnel. We have sent overseas students to study. However, it takes a long time to cultivate talents in this area. This cycle is too long for us." Zhang Liang said.

"En. Think of a way, I think, we can use Qin's master and lead our apprentices to go on, explore mines and learn at the same time, and we can pay a lot of money." Han Shu said.

"En. Chen thinks this is fine." Zhang Liang said.

"Not only that, I also thought of one thing." Han Shu said at this time.

"Qin State currently implements the federal state system." Han Shu said.

"Yes, the king." Zhang Liang nodded.

"We can consider in the future, for example, we are on various islands, we can establish our own colonial states, and then these states will generate parliaments through elections, and then through parliaments, they will be merged into Korea. In this case, I think we South Korea can expand greatly." Han Shu said.

"My lord, the minister thinks this is fine." Zhang Liang said.

"It's just. Really doing it, there are still great difficulties." Zhang Liang said at this time.

"What's the difficulty?" Han Shu asked.

"The minister believes that the biggest problem is not how many colonies there are." Zhang Liang said.

"The key to colonial states is people. South Korea can immigrate, but very few people emigrate." Zhang Liang said.

"Yes, there are very few Koreans," Han Shu said.

"The population problem is difficult to solve." Han Shu said.

"Qin’s solution is to attract countries. This is also the tolerance and openness proposed by Prime Minister Shang Wen recently. Openness means absorbing a large number of people from Zhao, Wei, South Korea, Chu, Qi, and people from all countries. They can gather quickly and then go to Qin. They can also accept the people that Qin needs. For example, recently the ministers have seen that the people of Qin are using the Huns as soldiers in their armed forces. These soldiers are very brave in fighting. , It is very useful for us." Zhang Liang said.

"En." Han Shu said.

"Our situation is different. We cannot attract people from the Qin country, nor can we attract people like Qi, Wei, and Zhao to our country. This is indeed very unfavorable for us, and Qin can encourage With childbearing, their population can increase rapidly, but we have not done so. Think about it, in the future, the number of people in Qin will quickly change a lot, and our population." Han Shu thought for a while and said.

When Zhang Liang heard this, he just nodded.

"If this goes on, the Qin State will not launch a war. These countries are hard to resist. Think about it, Qin has a land, a population, a lot of technology, resources, etc. All of these things on the land can pass. People come to develop, can Qin be not rich?" Han Shu asked at this time.

"It seems that we in South Korea must find a way to change the situation in South Korea." Han Shu said.

"Sir, this requires a lot of time and a lot of capital investment. This is too much for us in South Korea," Zhang Liang said, shaking his head.