Qin State, Western Regions. Fork town. Qin State Wenyang Bank, Western Region Branch.

"Issuing metal currency, Wenyang Bank has a large amount of gold reserves in its headquarters." Fan Dou, the president of Wenyang Bank's Western Region Branch said.

"Yes, sir, these gold reserves can help us mint and issue more gold coins, but we can only issue them in the Western Regions. Then, when these gold coins are returned to our hands, they will be exchanged for paper money again. Three Fifteen and a half and two are exchanged for one gold coin. This ratio is much higher than that in China. The domestic exchange currency is 14 to one, or 15 to one. This." Director Bai Sheng said.

"Don't worry about these, everything will be governed by economic laws, we just follow his will, don't worry too much." Fan Dou said.

"However, if this continues, it will be a little detrimental to us. However," Bai Sheng said.

"It doesn't matter. I know about this. The government has a lot of money. After all, it requires a certain ability to mortgage currency issuance rights. Moreover, this time the issuance is a bank, and many banks are involved in this matter. So, the most important thing for us is to make money as soon as possible to make up for our losses. What is the purpose of the Qin federal government, this is what we need to know." Fan Dou said.

"This, we can only expand outward. Yuezhi, Tochar, Dawan, and the Sabbath country, as well as various countries that may appear in the future, but these countries do not have much funds, and their gold passes A large number of trade methods have entered the vaults of our banks. Our merchants exchanged arms and various commodities for gold coins in the hands of Yueshi, Tochar, Dawan, and the people of Shah, but this kind of trade is extremely non-existent. Equally, we continue to acquire a large amount of metal currency, which is constantly flowing into our vaults, while the gold in the hands of Yuezhi, Tochar, Dawan, and Shah is constantly disappearing, and then, now , Their currency has encountered great difficulties. In other words, they need currency very much now, and they can only tighten currency." Director Bai Sheng said.

"That's right, so the advice given to us above is to buy their minerals, or things that we think are valuable, the Yueshi railway, the Tocharian railway ownership rights, and various mineral rights. In addition, There are more things that we think are valuable, let them mine minerals, and then mortgage. Then harvest these things, I think the above should be the meaning, that is to say. Our current business needs to expand abroad." Fan Dou said Sheng said.

"However, this requires us to take a lot of risks. This must be supported by the government, especially the military. Without their support, it is difficult for us to conduct business in these places because we need to take a lot of political risks." Bai Sheng said.

"Yes, but the advice given to us above is like this. We need to take on such risks. It doesn’t matter. We can take on such risks. Don’t worry. If we don’t do it, many banks will do the same. We need to cooperate with Qin. The Ministry of Finance of the Federal Government of the United States cooperates, purchases, or provides a large amount of loans to them. So that they can solve such problems." Fan Dou said with a smile.

Ministry of Finance of Dawan.

"We need a lot of rifles to arm our Dawan people and prevent them from being threatened by the Shamans. The expeditionary army of the Qin Army is exhausted, and the rest of the guard needs to be done by ourselves." Dawan's defense minister said.

"Therefore, we need a large number of rifles. With such a large number of rifles, many Dawan people can participate in the battle. The Parthians do not have many rifles. In this regard, we have a great advantage. There is no doubt about this." The Minister of Defense Speaking of.

"Yeah. I read your report. However, the government does not have such a large amount of money now. It requires a large amount of financial expenses for a rifle. It depends on the support of the local town government. We may not be able to do this. Things. You know. The current road has not been opened yet. Many of our minerals are exported to Qin to get a lot of financial support. But now they can’t be shipped out. We don’t have sufficient funds. Under such circumstances, we are very It is difficult to give you enough funds to buy rifles. This is what we can do." The Minister of Finance said embarrassingly.

The Xindawan government chose for a long time, and they finally chose a small town called Xinshidu as their capital. This also marks the official operation of the Dawan government, but this government has no financial funds at all from the beginning, and at the same time they have to face harassment from the Parthians. The Qin Expeditionary Army was helpless. Their strength was very limited, especially for supplies. The different types of ammunition directly caused their combat effectiveness to weaken rapidly. Since his own safety cannot be solved by the people of Qin. They can only solve such things on their own. After all, they were able to defeat the rest in many cases.

"If the minerals cannot be shipped out, we will have no funds. This is not just the government. Many mining towns have such problems. We have not shipped out the minerals for a long time. Unless. We can borrow money in Qin." The Minister of Finance said embarrassingly.

"Then, Mr. Minister, ask Qin to take a mortgage to pay for a large amount of rifles. With rifles, we can better defend against the offensive of the Parthians." The Minister of Defense said.

"But it will take time." The Finance Minister said embarrassingly.

"It is very important for us, Mr. Minister, to complete such a thing as soon as possible. If the Parthians destroy the town and form effective damage to the town, it will be difficult for our mineral production to be completed. I heard, The **** Parthians are getting a lot of muskets from the Tocharians. If all these muskets are delivered to our hands, the situation will be very damn." The Defense Minister said angrily.

"Okay, okay, I will finish this thing as soon as possible." The Minister of Finance said. Faced with the threat of the rest, the Minister of Finance had no choice but to do his best. After all, many things still need to be done by themselves. The Dawan people have a lot of minerals, but they are unable to get through because of their traffic conditions, which caused this to happen. But now they face the threat of the rest, and they have to do so.

South Korea, Xinzheng.

"Anything like this happened to Qi country?" Han Shu asked Zhang Liang curiously.

"Yes, this incident was observed by our border. Due to the blockade order, soldiers of the Qi army on the border shot and killed many people. I think this incident will not take long before the Qi government will know. This matter." Zhang Liang said.

"I think this matter has changed a new nature." Han Shu thought about it for a while.

"I think we should find a way to start a war of public opinion, involving news media and newspapers, so that everyone knows that Qi’s blockade order is a very useless order for them. And it will cause a lot of losses. This loss is obvious. Let the Qi government do this. From the periphery, it will cause the Qi government to put pressure on it.” Han Shu thought for a while and said.

"This can be done, but I think that once the Qi government is stimulated excessively, it might not be good for us." Zhang Liang said worriedly.

"There is no problem with this. Do it boldly." Han Shu said.

Zhang Liang thought that this would greatly stimulate Qi, but Han Shu has already issued an order. Perhaps the further stimulus of the matter may be more beneficial to the development of the event. Zhang Liang had to follow suit.

Tocharo. Muskete Town, this town has only recently gathered, because a large number of Musketeers gathered here, and then scattered and smuggled and sold to the rest of peace, so people call this Musketeer Town because there are a large number of Musketeers here.

"Ding ding ding ding." The clinking of small hammers kept coming, and some blacksmiths were modifying some guns.

"Squeaking." Some blacksmiths are quietly sawing off the long flintlocks.

"What are they doing?" Qin Jun Lieutenant Zhao Hua asked the guide on the side and Zhao Ben who was also an arms dealer. He thinks that the two of them are his own family, and Zhao is originally from Tocharian, but he is willing to use Qin's name, because such a name can bring larger orders and supply of goods, which can be related to his pocketbook.

"Oh. They are processing. Secondary processing." Zhao Ben said with a glance.

"They all come from blacksmiths in the army. We have used iron very early. They have more mature technology, you can look at this side." Zhao Ben took Zhao Hua to the back workshop, he saw Now, those sawed short muskets are all here. They were disassembled, the two installed and merged in everything, and then after some craftsmen's merger and modification, they became double-barreled muskets, which are a kind of shorter muskets.

"This is?" Zhao Hua asked puzzledly.

"Haha. Tocharo double-barreled musket, this is our own invention and creation. This musket is very popular with the rest." Zhao Ben said.

"This. I don't understand a bit." Zhao Hua asked puzzledly. He didn’t understand why they had to cut such muskets short and merge them together to make a double-barrel musket. Do they think the range of the musket is still far enough, or emphasize the firepower of the musket, after all, the musket adds another barrel If it does, the firepower of the musket will be doubled, which is a good thing for shooters, but the sawed barrel is not conducive to increasing the range. He doesn’t know why these Tocharians would do this.

"Tocharo double-barreled musket, this. Can you explain it?" Zhao Hua asked modestly.

"This is no problem, you know, our main trading partner is the Parthians, and the Parthians have a lot of cavalry." Zhao Ben said.

"I know this. They have a very large number of cavalry, which is very detrimental to you." Zhao Hua said.

"Yes, but now, there is peace. There is no war. The sabbath cavalry needs more musket weapons, but the muskets you provide are too long. They can't hold them at all, or in other words. On the battlefield, some are not applicable because they are too long. Long muskets, they could not aim accurately. And, most importantly, the second reloading of bullets, this kind of musket originally used for infantry was given to the sabbath cavalry. Just for trouble, they could not reload the ammunition a second time. In this case, they have lost the opportunity to fight for the second time. The Parths have equipped with a musket unit. They are only infantry troops. However, the Shah’s cavalry are very powerful. They want to use muskets, so they plan to use muskets. The muskets in their hands were modified. So they sawed the muskets used by the infantry and provided them to the cavalry. In this way, the cavalry could use it. But the cavalry had only one strike ability, and they wanted to reload the second bullet. It still takes some time. They are on horseback. If they stop, it is very bad for them. So they carry more muskets, but if there are too many muskets, their horses cannot bear it. At the same time it affects their speed. This is a disaster for the rest cavalry." Zhao Ben introduced. Zhao Hua nodded continuously. Zhao Hua showed great interest in such a modification, because no one has ever modified it like this. This is definitely a bold innovation.

"But the Shabbats did not give up, they never gave up, because after the Shabbat cavalry is equipped with muskets, their power will be very large, so we modified and designed double-barrel muskets according to such a demand. Now they are special I like this type of rifle because they can continue to shoot. The most important thing is that their firepower will double. If the cavalry wears two such rifles, they can shoot four times, four times. Under the blow, they can definitely open the enemy's defense line. Then they rush in. In this case, they have no protective ability at all. The firepower of the sabbath cavalry has doubled, which is unprecedented for them." Zhao Ben was happy. Introduced. He thinks this thing is enough to make him very proud.

"It's wonderful. Your method is wonderful. We, Qin State, have never thought about this. We just passed the muskets used by the infantry to you." Zhao Hua said.

"It's too polite. You Qin people are more powerful. If you hadn't invented the musket, we would never have such a business to do. You are the best." Zhao Ben said.

"Furthermore, this kind of business was provided to us by the rest. We only designed such muskets for them according to their needs. Now in this small town, most of the blacksmiths are gathered here, and they are constantly refitting so as to It will help them to modify more muskets." Zhao Ben said.

"Yeah. You think well." Zhao Hua said. The musket that the Tocharian people came up with. Zhao Hua believes that this is a brand-new development model, and the profit of refitting muskets may be very substantial. Otherwise, it would not be possible to gather a small town within such a period of time. The town looks very simple, this is entirely due to the rush of time, but their scale is very large, and many people modify their muskets here.

"We need to thank the rest of the people, they gave us such a good name. However, we also modified some things ourselves, for example, we modified according to your Qin revolver, but the modification is not very good. If the modification is successful, he can fire six bullets with only one barrel, which is definitely a very remarkable thing. But we want to know more things, such as gunpowder. And the manufacture of guns and artillery, We want to make more money." Zhao Ben showed his keen interest in this area.

"This, I can help you very little. Because this is an industry, this is a system, just like you refitting a musket, it takes a long time to do this, and I want to achieve this in a short time. One point, I think this still takes a long time, because you know, this is definitely not something that can be done all at once." Zhao Hua explained.

"I understand this. You Qin people told us that it is a barrel and what machine tools are needed. If we can get such equipment, it would be great." Zhao Ben said.

"This. Maybe it's possible. But it depends on the attitude of the Qin government." Zhao Hua said.

The special requirements of the resting cavalry are forcing the Tocharians to change the characteristics of some muskets. They changed a musket that could only be used by infantrymen, and after a simple modification, turned it into a musket that can be used by cavalry, and added Doubled the firepower.

The sabbath cavalry’s pursuit of firepower is great, because the power of bows and arrows is very small compared with muskets. The most powerful thing is that muskets can be equipped on a large scale, and it takes a long time to train for riding and shooting. , The cavalry can't supplement in time. But there is no such contradiction in muskets.

But the musket used by the infantry cannot be provided to the cavalry, because the cavalry cannot be used on horseback, he is too long. Not suitable for cavalry. But the modification of the Parthians allowed them to be equipped with muskets. A musket with a shortened barrel becomes a good carbine, so that their musket can increase firepower, but it cannot sustain a breakthrough. Because the musket can only be fired once, the second ammunition cannot be installed on the horse's back in time. then. With the appearance of double-barreled muskets, they have greatly satisfied the musket needs of the Parthians. It can be said that this is a very successful musket that has been improved according to needs.

But the greater significance is that the profits brought by such muskets have greatly stimulated the Tocharians. They saw a huge business opportunity. If the Shah people need more powerful artillery. Or if it is a musket, they can still be modified. The significance of the modification is that they can do things that others cannot do according to their own abilities. This is secondary processing.

Tocharo double-barreled musket. This is a kind of recognition given by the Parthians, and also a kind of demand for the Tocharian people's own development. This kind of demand turns them into a kind of primitive industrial power. Reprocessed by hand.