Chapter 77 Bulls and Horses
It was Zhang Cang's first experience that the credit rating could actually involve the price of money. He just asked the king to increase the price of money from 18,000 yuan per gold to 30,000 yuan per gold to 30,000 yuan per gold. However, this increase was immediately resolved by the sharp drop in the price of money caused by the credit rating. Even if he increased the Qin half liang of one gold, the Qin half liang depreciated ten times in the Guandong money market, and the result was futile.
Under the official economy of Qin State, he could not buy property freely with a large amount of money. The actual value of half a liang of coins is often compared with the Kanto money market. The price of the Kanto money market rises, the Qin half a liang is valuable, the Kanto money market falls, and the Qin half a liang depreciates. This creates two prices, one is the official market price, and the other is the actual market price, that is, the black market price.
The black market price has no effect on the common people. They will never even hear the black market price in their lifetime, but the black market price is always touching people's hearts when people hold heavy money. These people never look at the official market price, but only look at the black market price. Zhang Cang tempted the official market price, while Guandong rejected the black market price by lowering the black market price. In the end, people with gold are still willing to transport gold and silver into Guandong, but are unwilling to exchange it for a lot of "depreciated" Qin Banliang.
When the candles in the Mingtang were clear, Zhao Zheng understood what credit ratings were and what money market was. He was different from Zhang Cang, who was completely desperate, but said disdainfully: "These five-pest techniques are to be unified by me. The money market and the bank of the guild will be eliminated. I only ask you, can you raise 100,000 gold?"
Zhao Zheng let out a question, and Wang Wan, Wei Liao and others who had been standing for a long time looked at Zhang Cang. Zhang Cang wanted to say yes, but the result was that he could continue to be an official, and might become the magistrate of the Su Neiguan Mansion in the future. However, he knew that he would not win back the market confidence no matter what he did, he shook his head and said, "Report to the king, I can't do it."
"Why can't?" Zhao Zheng looked at him, feeling a little angry.
"The general trend of the money market is in Guandong, and I live in Xianyang, so there is no way to reverse this trend." Zhang Cang quickly paused. "Even if it is Jing State, before the Qian family accepted the national debt, the reputation was not three or two. Everything has a price, and the price of ten thousand shows the hearts of the people, but no power to reverse the hearts of the people." So far, Zhang Cang knew that Taicang Lingcheng could not do it. He took off the Xuanduan on his head and said, "I am incompetent, please punish the king!"
"You..." Zhao Zheng was anxious, but Zhang Cang said this, and he couldn't stay this person, so he shouted loudly: "Get out! Get out of bed!"
"Stop the anger of the king." Zhang Cang was silent. Prime Minister Wang Wan had been winking at the moment and told him not to speak out. He had no response at all. The government office of the Mizu Inner Government has accumulated a long time since its establishment. The plan was in name only. He and the king both hoped that Zhang Cang could eliminate the old problems. Unexpectedly, he resigned in person. The king wanted to keep him but had no choice but to stay again.
"Don't calm down." Wei Liao also said.
Zhang Cang has gotten out, and the anger in Zhao Zheng's heart has not only not yet been eliminated, but has become increasingly stronger. "Why are you not angry? I am not angry, can you buy a horse with a huge amount of money? If I am not angry, how can the cow and horse come? Where can the cow and horse come?!"
Zhao Zheng was really angry. He was the king of a country, but he had a very difficult life since he ascended the throne. When he wiped out domestic forces and the throne was a little more stable, the country was unstable again. Qin destroyed Zhao, but did not destroy Qi. The territory of Qin on the map expanded, and the ruling population was reduced and the corn produced was reduced. Chu will take over the entire Hanzhong this year. If Qin cannot take over Qi within this year, the country will be in danger.
War requires a large number of soldiers, countless materials, and hundreds of thousands of cattle and horses. The generals on the front line all asked the rear for the request, that is, they asked him for it, as if he was a Jing wizard and could transform countless cattle and horses.
"King, if the cattle and horse cannot be purchased from Rong and Hu, there will be one in counties and counties..." Wei Liao thought while talking. The above plan and evaluation was invalid, but the numbers from the above plan were still real, at least, and most of the numbers were real. Judging from these numbers, it is difficult to raise 100,000 horses and 150,000 cows in China. It is very easy to raise 100,000 horses, and it is very easy to catch a cow.
"How can this be done!" Wei Liao was still talking, but Wang Wan was already in a state of disgrace. "King, the war is unremitting, and the counties have no extra cattle and horses. If they raise funds in the country, the national strength will definitely be greatly damaged."
"Not only seventy thousand horses and one hundred thousand cows." Wang Wan's reaction was so great that Wei Liao couldn't help but feel a little funny.
"Seventy thousand horses are used for military use. If you use a cattle without a horse, can the National Guard know how many cattle are needed?" Wang Wan said unhappy. "In addition, 100,000, more than 300,000..."
"There will be no 300,000 cows?" Wei Liao still laughed. He felt that Wang Wan was confused. "King, the Qin Dynasty is full of ox plowing, and there are a million cows. If the emperor is concerned, he will be confused and he will not want to give the ministers a cow."
The plowing oxen in many counties in Qin State was not raised by farmers, but by government officials. The reason is that ox plowing is popular in Qin State, but not in Guandong. Farmers are likely to feed the cows thin. People who are not used to ox plowing may have to kill the cows and eat meat, so they can only raise cattle. The government does not need to have cattle in every household. There are more than 3 million households in Qin State, and two households and one cattle one is 1.5 million. Wang Wan screamed when he transferred 300,000 oxen, which was very funny.
"How many millions of oxen plowing in Qin!" Before Wei Liao's smile, Wang Wan screamed unjustly. "King, I lost the land of six counties this year and lost 91 counties. How could one of the oxen plowing in those counties be transported back to Guanzhong?"
He said again: "General Zhao Yong opened Henan, set up 34 counties, and 22 counties were established in Jiuyuan. Here, a total of 100,000 cattle were transferred; Zhao's land was hungry for a long time, and the cattle and horses were exhausted, and the son was changed and he had transferred 150,000 cattle. Where can I find 300,000 cattle to hand over to the National Guard?"
Wang Wan's question made Wei Liao speechless, and Zhao Zheng's relaxed face became serious again. Qin State lost six counties and ninety-one counties, the accumulated grain in the county warehouse, the money in the government, the cattle and sheep under the jurisdiction of the husband..., all of which were gone.
Among the ninety-one counties, except for the four counties in Wuqian County, most of the other counties are large counties with more than 10,000 households. It can be said that the Qin State lost more than one-third of the Dingkou and more than one-third of the oxen. One-third of the newly occupied areas must be allocated to meet the needs of oxen plowing, and the remaining number will be even smaller.
"How many cows and horses are there?" Zhao Zheng asked quickly.
"Not many." Wang Wan shook his head and said. "I only know that the year last year is less than one million, only more than ninety-five thousand. Horses are not cattle, and farmers do not use horses. Only nobles in the government use horses, and horses may be stored for more than 50,000 horses. In addition, the horses in Longxi and northern regions are less than 120,000."
"There are so few horses?!" If it weren't for the Prime Minister's words, Zhao Zheng would have disbelieved these numbers. Especially for horses, he had more than 400,000 horses nationwide ten years ago, and he also purchased tens of thousands of horses every year.
"There are more than 230,000 cattle and 160,000 horses in the army." Wei Liao said the numbers in the army. "I think it is possible to recruit noble horses from the government officials. In this way, 30,000 horses can be obtained, and the remaining 40,000 cattle will be replaced."
"The horses in the government are all inferior horses." Wang Wan argued. "The horses are very fast and the cattle are very slow. Forty thousand horses are used to replace them with cattle, which is not less than 100,000; the nobles in the government lack horses, so they also replace them with cattle, which is nearly 100,000; the 150,000 cows are wanted to purchase 100,000 cows, which is another 100,000. In this way, 300,000 cows are used for military affairs, what can you do if you do in farming?"
Having said that, Wang Wan had already spread her hands. He said again: "The ox is not a horse. Horses can be born once a year. One ox can only be born four or five times from birth to stillbirth. If there are no oxen, the grain production will be greatly reduced. How can the Qin Dynasty fight?"
As the war developed to this point, resources were becoming increasingly tense. Seleucid broke off all trade with Chu, and Chu, which lacked gold and silver, compromised with the Ziqian family. The situation was even worse than that of Chu. The new land of Qin was all resource-depleted areas. Not only did it not increase Qin's resources, but it diluted Qin's resources.
Thinking of this, Zhao Zheng couldn't help but remember that Wei Liao had opposed the expansion of Henan. Henan had nothing, and invested resources to reclaim Henan, and there would be no reward in a short period of time. Instead, he drove away the Rong Hu who raised horses. Rong Hu might not need salt, silk, but at least iron and cloth were needed.
After Zhao Zheng promised to carefully consider the requisition of cattle and horses, Wang Wan surrendered. Only Wei Liao was left in the Mingtang. There was nothing extra. Zhao Zheng only asked: "It is necessary to destroy Qi to 100,000 horses, and 150,000 cattle?"
"In winter, the water is frozen, and only cattle and horses can be transported." Wei Liao knew what Zhao Zheng meant.
"Only in the cold winter can we destroy Qi? King Jing no longer wants to save Qi." All the countries no longer save Qi, and everyone in the world knows that Zhao Zheng naturally knows it.
"King, the army is never tired of deceitful. If this is the time of the Jing people, what can I do?" Wei Liao asked back. "The last time Wang Jian guaranteed his army will not be lost. This can be one, not two. If Wang Jian's army is lost, the country will be in danger!"
Wang Jian attacked Linzi but retreated in a panic. Zhao Zheng was extremely angry at the time. However, afterwards, the Qin army had no numerical advantage, and the enemy was led by King Jing. The Kuomintang Mansion believed that King Jing could be one person as 100,000 soldiers, but in this way, the number of coalition forces was the dominant. If Wang Jian's army was really exhausted, the Qin country might be in no way safe.
"The warships of Jing Kingdom were able to be in the west continent, and the river was vast. If there was no art of building boats in the west continent, our army could only transport food and fodder by land. In addition to transportation, I could not have a big river. Our army attacked Qi, and the Jing people attacked our food route, and the army was in danger. Moreover, the Jing people could be shipped by sea..."
Qi is close to the sea and is in the lower reaches of the Yellow River Ji River. It is impossible to control the river. The Qin army can only carry out winter offensives. The winter offensive is not to expand the territory and expand the city, but to consume the soldiers of the Qi army. Once the Qi people can consume the soldiers, Qi will not be destroyed.
Wang Jian seeks stability, and this is the case when he seeks stability. After thinking about Wang Jian's plan to destroy Qi, Wei Liao said again: "Please ask the king to ask the minister to think about his plan after returning home. If he can eliminate the harm of Jing people and boats, he may not be able to destroy Qi."
"Good." Zhao Zheng hurriedly said. "If a strategist can make plans to destroy Qi, I will definitely reward you."
Chapter completed!