"Yes, although the merchants are profit-seeking, they are also the smartest group of people, the leather merchants will never smelt steel, the wood merchants will not give up their strengths to build horseshoes, all merchants have their own familiar industries, they will only try to seize more shares in the fields they are familiar with, iron-making, building, making saddles, making scabbards and even making knife handles and gun handles, as long as the benefits are distributed enough, they will soon form a harmonious whole, and finally complete a finished product together, The task of the imperial court is to use money and grain to purchase these qualified equipment, and under the survival of the fittest, those merchants who are rough and unregulated will soon be eliminated. A doctor stood up and said loudly.

"But as the Marquis of Qinghe just said, a saber costs five hundred yuan, plus all the equipment such as saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes, a horse pawn needs at least a thousand dollars, and ten thousand horse pawns need at least ten million dollars, which is converted into grain is a full two and a half million stones, which ...... Isn't that too much? Zhisu Nei Shi Gaoteng stood up and said.

"Hehe, Gao Neishi also said that it is less, I have already calculated, a complete set of equipment should not be less than 1,500 yuan, otherwise the profits of merchants and craftsmen in it will not be enough, and there will not be enough enthusiasm to do it, but since it is a war, how can it not consume food and money, this 10,000 new horse pawns are equipped out, enough to be the previous 100,000 regular horse pawns, and if it is the previous 100,000 horse pawns to fight, it will be calculated according to three months, Gao Neishi has calculated how much grain and grass to consume, how many people and livestock to use to transport grain and grass?"

Gao Teng was stunned for a long time and opened his mouth a few times without speaking, because this question was a bit sudden, and he couldn't calculate it at once.

"I can answer this matter for Gao Neishi!" A gray-haired minister stood up, "Five years ago, General Li Xin led an army of 200,000 to attack Chu, including 20,000 horses and 2,000 chariots, a total of 200,000 people were conscripted to transport grain, grass and ordnance, and 80,000 prisoners, 70,000 cattle and horses, 4,000 cars, 20,000 stones of grain and 300,000 catties of forage per day, the battle of Huachu lasted five months, a total of 3 million stones of grain was consumed, and the forage could not be calculated, and the soldiers who failed to attack Chu suffered more than 100,000 casualties and fled tens of thousands, and when General Li Xin returned, there were only less than 30,000 soldiers and horses left. From this, it can probably be guessed that if it is 100,000 horses, the consumption of three months is only a lot more than that of Zhi Fa Chu! ”

Li Xin, who was sitting on the chair, stood up with a red face and arched his hand: "Shame on the minister!" Your Majesty, if you conquer the Huns this time, I want to ask Your Majesty to give your ministers another chance to make meritorious contributions, and you will definitely sweep away the enemy in Henan for Your Majesty! ”

After hearing this, Chen Xu turned his head to look at Gao Teng and said with a smile: "General Li Xin attacked Chu, the army plus the people and prisoners were close to 500,000, nearly 100,000 cattle and horses, and consumed three million stone grain and tens of thousands of soldiers' lives but failed, although victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, but this kind of consumption is ultimately borne by the people of Daqin, if you spend three million stone of grain in exchange for equipment at the moment, 10,000 horsemen can sweep through Henan in a month at most, and you can also feed the enemy in high-speed sports warfare, You can win without using any people, cattle and horses to transport grain and grass, and I don't know if this account is a big profit! ”

"What the Marquis of Qinghe said is good, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, this 10,000 new weapons and horse harness are all ready, even if it is 300,000 Hun miscellaneous hair, a certain also dares to face the impact, and the head of the Huns in the army, as long as the Huns in Henan are defeated, they will inevitably harvest tens of thousands of slaves, countless cattle, sheep and horses, if this is a business, it must be a lucrative business!" Li Xin gave Chen Xu a post with great certainty.

This was not his youthful impulse when he was fighting Chu, but the unparalleled confidence that he had burst out after personally trying the power of his harness and weapons, if he really equipped 10,000 horsemen, he would kill 300,000 old and young under a head-on impact, and the Huns with rudimentary bows and arrows and bone clubs would not be a problem at all.

"In fact, there is another important point, the three million money and grain spent by the imperial court finally fell into the hands of merchants, craftsmen, and ordinary people, and they were not consumed in vain, and these money and grain eventually benefited hundreds of thousands of people, and they may also spend the famine season in April and May next year, so that they did not delay the agricultural time, and obtained an additional income!"

After Chen Xu followed Li Xin's words, he saluted to Qin Shi Huang: "Your Majesty, as long as this matter is carefully planned, and the officials of the various governments are strictly supervised, so as not to let the people who fish in troubled waters get mixed in, and do not let the shoddy things get through, the equipment of these 10,000 horses will inevitably be captured, and the imperial court only needs to print detailed specifications, and then it can be prepared to reap the results, and even the ministers also think that this 10,000 sets of horse harness and equipment can be used without paying a stone of money and grain, and directly with the merchants who make steel and make tools, the three chapters of the law ......"

"How can you make 10,000 sets of horse pawns equip without paying a stone? And what are the three chapters of the covenant? Qin Shi Huang, who was stunned by the opening of his mouth as he listened, couldn't help but interrupt Chen Xu's words excitedly.

Because the words in the three chapters of Chen Xu's covenant are indeed too novel, what interests him even more is how he can get 10,000 sets of equipment without spending money and food, can Chen Xu still use immortal magic to conjure it out of thin air? Therefore, under extreme curiosity, the First Emperor also became impolite

Eh, Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, it seems that the word about the third chapter of the law has not yet appeared, it seems to be ...... It seems that Liu Bang said it more than ten years later, but the emperor in front of him is obviously not interested in this word, but how can he pick up equipment without spending money, looking at the excited appearance of the first emperor, he obviously wants to be a RMB player for free.

"Your Majesty, the three chapters of the covenant mentioned by the minister are actually the key points of getting 10,000 sets of equipment without spending money on food, the covenant is the agreement, the chapter is the law, my Daqin is a strong country with the rule of law, everyone is familiar with the law, and everyone abides by the law, so the law is the cornerstone of my Daqin to sweep the six countries and dominate the world, because the time to build weapons and horse harness is short and the task is heavy, to raise and allocate three million stone money and grain is also an extremely time-consuming and laborious thing, if the raising is not timely, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the minds of the merchants, It may cause slackness or delay, but if the imperial court makes three agreements in the name of His Majesty and the merchants who participated in the creation of weapons and horse harnesses, let the merchants raise their own money and grain in advance to build the blades and horse harnesses and hand them over to Your Majesty, and then after sweeping Henan, they will compensate with slaves and seized cattle and horses, wool, leather and other things, so that the merchants will naturally not worry! ”

"Qinghe Marquis, please elaborate on which three agreements?" At this time, not only Qin Shi Huang's eyes were shining, but even the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were excited and a little swaying.

Chen Xu started from the beginning of proposing that the creation of these 10,000 sets of equipment does not require the recruitment of craftsmen, and then proposed that merchants can be used to complete this seemingly impossible task, and now it is even more and more mysterious, and even said that the imperial court can get this batch of equipment worth millions of stone grain out of thin air without spending a stone of money and grain, and the reason for saying it is not incomprehensible, but it is easy to understand, and it is completely achievable, at most a decree issued by the imperial court in the name of the emperor.

"The first is to reduce the tax of all merchants involved in the smelting of steel, the construction of weapons, the manufacture of horse harness, etc., by eighty percent or even at all, in this way to show their support for the early investment in mining, purchasing materials, building smelting furnaces, expanding workshops, recruiting craftsmen and other expenditures."

"The second is to reward the merchants who actively participate in this matter, and after all the 10,000 sets of equipment have been collected, an evaluation will be conducted according to the output and quality, and some of them can be selected to be awarded the position of Lang, and His Majesty will personally issue an edict to be read on the board at the seat of the county government......

"What?" Before Chen Xu's words fell, there was an uproar in the court.

"The Marquis of Qinghe, the merchant has a low status, once he is granted the position of Lang, he will post an edict, then ...... The merchant ...... again. Can it be an official? An official asked the doubts in everyone's minds.

"Hehe, this Lang is not another Lang, only his name and no fact, only the corresponding official rank, hang an empty name of Lang position, enjoy the same official rank in the local treatment, get the respect of the people, and will not fill the vacancy to become a real position, the court does not spend a stone of money and grain but wants to get 10,000 sets of equipment out of thin air, how can it be possible without enough pay, the so-called income must come out, this actually has no impact on the court at all, what is paid is just a vacant position, but it will stimulate the heart of the businessman to serve the country, Moreover, these merchants will also enshrine His Majesty's decree as a holy decree and worship incense and bow down to thank His Majesty for his benevolence! ”

"Qinghehou is reasonable, but this is ...... This is too much, isn't the reward enough? Another official said in a huff.

"Are merchants short of money and food?" Chen Xu asked with a smile.

"Uh," the official thought for a moment, and suddenly shook his head red-faced.

"Your Majesty!" Chen Xu saluted to Qin Shi Huang, "I Daqin to Wei Martingale began to change the law, the status of the merchant will be a thousand feet down, although the country is rich because of the strong law, but the business is extremely weak, compared to the land of Qi Chu, my Daqin has no comparison with the rich businessman, now Nanyang's copper and iron merchants Jia is like a cow's hair, but they are all migrated from the other six countries, now the world is unified, the people of the six countries are also the people of Daqin, the merchants of the six countries, are also the businessmen of Daqin, the times change, In the past, the law of Qin was not suitable to treat the people of Daqin now, just like I Daqin can't use the law of Zhou, this is to change with the times, in line with the people's will, in line with the will of heaven, in line with the way of nature, so if you want to return to the heart of the world, Shinong and industry and commerce all need to be carefully appeased, although the businessmen do not plough or weave to pursue profits, but Your Majesty still remembers that the reason why Qi was strong in the past was because Taigong valued the law and business, which finally developed the Qi country from a barren and remote place into a rich and powerful overlord, so the law can be strong, Merchants can also strengthen the country, such as this 10,000 sets of horse equipment, only a few edicts and a few empty titles of Lang positions, you can get out of thin air, this is the power of business, and at the same time, this can also let the world see Your Majesty's importance to the merchants, so as to stimulate the merchants to serve the country more enthusiastically, and as long as the merchants are enthusiastic enough, stay until the autumn, maybe 30,000 sets of 50,000 sets of horse pawn equipment have also been created, and then Your Majesty can wave tens of thousands of iron horses to step on the land of the north of the river, The Xiongnu and the barbarians who have been harassing the northwest of the Central Plains for hundreds of years will be swept away thousands of miles or even completely exterminated, and this scourge will be completely eliminated! ”

Qin Shi Huang didn't care too much about the previous words, he didn't care about the status of Shang Jia, whether it was law or business, as long as he could enhance the strength of Great Qin, so that he could one day truly do what Chen Xu said about the way of the emperor, and he would be fortunate enough to get the divine mercy of heaven and get that chance of immortality, he would not give up any opportunity, so until Chen Xu finally said 30,000 sets of 50,000 sets of equipment, his eyes completely lit up, and he couldn't help but pat the imperial case and shout excitedly: "Okay, the second article that Qinghe Hou said is accurate." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and a relaxed look appeared on his face.