On the grass in the deer garden of Guojun's house, Zhao Yong held his knees, put his chin on his knees, slowly shook it back and forth, and said to the teacher: "Teacher, you have always said that reform is actually an easy thing, but why do I feel so difficult?" Then he looked at Zhao Xing with dependence: "Teacher, I already regret sealing you out instead of leaving it with me, and always teach me what to do."

Zhao Xing touched his head: "When you were fifteen years old, you were young and crazy, also known as a newborn calf, not afraid of tigers. But as you grow older, the more you come into contact with, of course the greater the suffering. Now you are eighteen years old, and after the New Year, you will be nineteen. It is said that the Empress Dowager has decided to marry Amei, a woman from Yan State, as your wife. As long as you get married, you will be a real man."

"I don't like her." Zhao Yong said decisively: "I prefer to meet someone I like and then jump away, what's that called?"

"Call you love at first sight." Zhao Xing's eyes were full of gentleness.

"Well, I like love at first sight."

Zhao Xing shook his head and said, "But I can do it, ordinary people can do it, but you can't do it."

"Why?"

"Because you are the king, your marriage is politics."

Zhao Yong had nothing to say. He was already past the age of being a terrifying person. He was older and mature. What was mature was not only age, body, but also politics.

With a long sigh, he finally helped to tug the bonfire in front of him. Zhao Yong said to Zhao Xing: "Forget it, let's not say that the tasteless and distressing political marriage, let's talk about reform."

Zhao Xing was unwilling to say that, because political marriage was the internal affairs of the Wang family, and Zhao Yong needed to use this marriage that he was not willing to do at all to strengthen his relationship with the empress dowager. As Zhao Yong grew up, the empress dowager became increasingly difficult to control this son, so the mother and son were not as harmonious as before. There was a crisis between the mother and the son. It was not good, very bad.

"The number of 50,000 cavalry has not reached yet. This is quite dangerous for the State of Zhao, who is in the four battles." Zhao Xing was really dissatisfied with the progress of the reorganized cavalry of Le Chi.

"It's not just a matter of money. The money that the teacher has worked hard to transport is distributed by various departments in a blink of an eye. But there are very few left left for those who really need money to reform the army."

Zhao Yong never stopped the day he inherited the throne, and it was a huge incident of money burning. No matter how rich his family is, he could not withstand such troubles. When Zhao Xing brought 3.5 million yuan, he had not yet been appreciated by Zhao Yong enough, in a blink of an eye, he was divided up by various departments that urgently needed money.

However, this ambitious cavalry reform that he wanted to achieve most quickly still did not have enough capital to invest - cavalry, which was even more expensive.

"We are in the four battles, and wars continue for years. This is inevitable. As the saying goes, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop."

"The teacher is right." Zhao Yongshen felt the same.

"But blindly following the original system of militia recruitment not only delays the people's agricultural work and causes losses to our production, but more importantly, it also prevents us from levying taxes and keeps reducing the income of the treasury. This is a cycle of evil deeds. Therefore, it is imperative to let the people not delay production due to war, let them concentrate on their production and pay levying taxes for the treasury and enrich the treasury. It is imperative for the country to establish a standing army."

"The teacher is right. Change is not an active conjecture, but it is based on reality. So let the stubborn conservatives go to hell." Then he was sad again: "However, we have only equipped 30,000 cavalry, which has already dried up the treasury. When will the goal of 50,000 cavalry be achieved?"

"After all, it's still a matter of money. Please give me the tin armor I brought this time, namely iron armor, and the steel knife made by Zhao. Then give me the soldiers' original bronze armor and bronze sword, and I will give you coins according to the weight. This will be exchanged for two sets of iron armor and two sharp steel-clamped copper knives. In this way, it is equivalent to 10,000 yuan for the soldiers who are equipped with 20,000 yuan, which means you have money."

"Iron armor is stronger than bronze armor, iron sword is longer and sharper than bronze sword, and is also good for cavalry chopping. This is indeed an improvement in equipment, but if I have always rely on my teacher to support secretly, I will be uneasy."

Young Zhao Yong was sincerely ashamed. Zhao Xing really wanted to tell him the meaning of making money in it to relieve his pain. However, Zhao Xing finally closed his mouth and made a fortune in a quiet voice. He gently patted his shoulder: "If we want to realize our goal in the jungle, we must be one brother and one, and what do you care about your mine?"

Zhao Yong's eyes turned red and he sucked his nose hard: "Teacher, the national treasury is really copper, so I owe it to the teacher for the time being. When I move the Nine Cauldrons back, I will give you half of the account." This is meaningful. Zhao Xing is not moved now, but just smiled indifferently: "If all the bronzes in Zhao State can be handed over to me, except for the ritual vessels, and our finances can be completely relieved."

The reason why Zhao Xing was so anxious and greedy was that he needed to mint money, mint a lot of money, and then used this strong capital to build the four-pass clearance into the world financial center.

The Four Passages have this condition. He relies on Zhao State in the north, Qin State in the west, Wei State in the east, Han State in the southeast, Chu State in the south, and Zhou Yuan. According to later generations, the Four Passages is the real center of the world.

In this era, different currencies in different countries are different, and the currency values ​​are different. But as various countries grow, the trade industry has begun to become active. Merchants travel around and interoperate with each other, and urgently need a currency that can circulate in various countries. Zhao Xing's currency is filling this gap. Zhao Xing is preparing to use the four customs clearances to make his currency a common currency. Zhao Xing is beginning to be proud and unscrupulous in fleece and cut leeks.

But if Zhao Xing wants to achieve this goal, he must prepare sufficient start-up capital - SGD.

Zhao Yong stood up and shook the fur on his body: "Okay, I will mobilize the people and collect all the bronze artifacts and hand them over to the teacher to exchange them for new coins, solve our financial problems, and equip our cavalry. In three years, within three years, a 50,000 cavalry that is invincible in the world must be trained."

Standing in the court, Zhao Yong faced his ministers with a grand momentum: "Our army reform must not stagnate. A powerful iron cavalry, yes, an iron-equipped cavalry must be reorganized within three years. In order to solve the problem of funding for the training of the new army, I now decided to collect copper materials from the world and hand them over to Xingjun to mint new coins. Start with me." Then he formed a sword at his waist and threw it on the ground without hesitation. Then he shouted: "Collection of all unnecessary bronze ware in the palace and melted coins."

With an order, countless palace maids and eunuchs came to the square carrying various bronze vessels and piled them there. In the blink of an eye, there was a small hill. Among them was Zhao Yong's favorite lantern.

In this era, bronze was widely used in production and life, and can be summarized into twelve major categories and countless minor categories. Because of Zhao Xing's iron implementation, the stronger and sharper iron can replace many daily bronze objects.

The king took the lead and responded nationwide. From childhood to hairpins, chamber pots, to copper boxes, everything can be replaced by iron tools.
Chapter completed!