"Hahaha! Bai Pu and Zhao Cheng did a good job this time, especially the auction I just mentioned it, they actually did it, not bad. Qin Zheng raised his head and laughed.

Zhao Gao and Zhang Cang below naturally hurriedly stepped forward to flatter two sentences, and Qin Zheng said even more after hearing it: "Be rewarded!" This winter is almost over, and after receiving the reward, Zhao Cheng can take office.

It just so happens that Sima Shi is also going back to Wei State, so let them go along, and give them another task, and give Sima Shi a good show of Daqin's new army and new equipment! ”

"Hey!" Zhao Gao, who was in charge of purchasing weapons and training for conscription, stepped forward and agreed.

The reason why Qin Zheng did this is obvious, although Great Qin has undergone reforms, he is not sure that he will completely annihilate the Wei army in the rugged northern part of Shanxi, and after destroying the Wei state, Great Qin has to deal with Altan Khan alone, so the Qin-Wei alliance must be determined.

However, Qin is better than Wei in terms of population and territory, so it is natural to beat them well, ensure the status of Great Qin's alliance leader, and let Wei make Great Qin a shield.

In this way, the basic firearm that Daqin had just successfully trial-produced was the best means to use, anyway, it was impossible for him to learn it just by taking Sima Shi to listen to it from a distance, which could not only deter the Wei State, but also test the reliability.

"Your Majesty, in fact, Zhao Cheng and their subordinates have already been prepared, and they can go on the road tomorrow, but the investment of the businessman may have to wait for the two of them to fully sort out Hedong, and it will take about half a month." Zhao Gao reminded.

Qin Zheng also understood that businessmen were not bureaucratic troops, and they could not be forced without such a high degree of organization, and in the future, they would basically find agents to be stationed in Hedong, and they would just go to the front station.

At this time, Zhang Cang suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, if Hedong is stable, what is our next goal?" ”

Qin Zheng groaned a little when he heard it, Hedong will take more than ten days to complete the framework at most, and then the winter is coming to an end, and Daqin's change will usher in a small climax, will he continue to hold on or take the initiative to attack at that time?

Qin Zheng thought about it carefully and decided to hold on for the time being, after all, "build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slow down the king".

Daqin already had the danger of the three passes of mountains and rivers, and then carried out large-scale production, hoarded grain and grass to train the army, improved the technical level of various technologies, and finally went south and east to re-establish the imperial hegemony.

So Qin Zheng asked again: "I don't know how the recent conscription training is, as well as the situation of grain and grass equipment?" How is it compared to when we first arrived? ”

Zhao Gao and Zhang Cang had already prepared it, and Qin Zheng hurriedly handed over his statistics book as soon as he asked. Qin Zheng didn't pick it up, and directly asked Zheng Ling to read it.

"As of yesterday, 66,000 recruits have been recruited, all of whom are out of production, and 50,000 of them have been trained and placed, distributed in the three passes of the northern land of Shangjun.

Of the remaining 16,000 people, 12,000 will set off directly to Hedong to train on the spot to replenish the Hedong Governor's Office, and the remaining 4,000 will join the lieutenant army and the forbidden army. “

Zhao Gao motioned for Zheng Ling to pause, and stepped forward to explain: "There are still many school-age men in the country, but according to His Majesty's instructions to improve the quality of conscription, there are probably less than 40,000 men who can serve as professional soldiers.

At present, the form of payment for farmland and property is adopted, and professional soldiers can choose to divide the land according to their heads, and as long as they are still in service, the land will be cultivated by their families, and if they want to retire, they need to arrange for their children to succeed them.

And if you choose money, you will pay three feet of money per month according to the previous regulations, because the soldiers are with the battalion for food and housing, and the money will be sent directly to their homes.

However, there are not many soldiers who choose their possessions now, and most of them choose the fields, so they don't spend much money for the time being. ”

Qin Zheng nodded, of course he knew the ancient Chinese people's desire for land, even if Great Qin was not short of land now, the common people still hated to get more land.

Moreover, the professional soldiers selected by Qin Zheng were all with titles of first rank or above, and these people were already yeoman rich peasants with "tenants", and of course they wanted to expand the land area and make meritorious contributions to the ranks.

In this case, the original standard of one hundred coins and three feet of cloth is much shabby, but Qin Zheng is not concerned about this, anyway, Great Qin has a lot less population, but there is still a lot of land.

What Daqin really cares about is currency, and Daqin is now preparing for currency reform, because of the emergence of new technologies, soon Daqin's copper price will plummet, and if there is no reform, the entire country's economy will be chaotic in an instant.

Moreover, in the past, the Qin State had established a complex exchange system in order to do business with the Six Kingdoms, and although the Great Qin had stipulated the value of the currency components according to the law, the Six Kingdoms were obviously much more arbitrary.

In particular, many local nobles in Han Chu and other countries where the reform was not thorough, could still mint money by themselves, and Great Qin had no choice but to prohibit the circulation of some bad money, which objectively restricted economic development.

Today, the world is in chaos, and there will definitely be more chaotic currency flowing into Great Qin in the future, and the Qin government must unify and establish a stable Great Qin system in order to deal with foreign exchanges.

"Zhao Qing is doing well, but the land is not unlimited, and now it is about to enter spring, and it is not surprising that the people should find that the land climate today is far less superior than before.

If advanced agricultural technology is no longer used, the yield of the land will be greatly reduced, and it is not certain that the soldiers will choose the fields at that time. Qin Zheng said pessimistically.

Zhao Gao had actually been told by Qin Zheng and Zilian many times about the possibility of reducing farmland production, but he couldn't change the concept of soldiers in a short period of time.

But when the soldiers are desperately working on the front line, and the news comes from the rear that your family's grain is only half of last year's production, how will the soldiers react? Even if you don't mutiny, morale will be low, right?

Qin Zheng continued: "So I decided to adopt a dual-track system of value and credit, and at the same time increase the salary of professional soldiers. ”

Zhao Gao and Zhang Cang were a little puzzled, the concept of Xinyong currency was not so easy to understand.

Qin Zheng took out a few drawings and handed them to the two of them: "This is the pattern of the new coin painted by me, and in the future, the new coin will be made into three specifications of yuan jiao, and then three kinds of materials of gold, silver and copper, each currency will have three denominations of 1, 2 and 5, and the exchange ratio between the two materials is 1:10."

Last month, I had already instructed Shaofu to make currency of the corresponding size according to the exchange ratio, and the gold and silver precious coins were minted by alloy doping, and now there should be a lot of them.

As for the previous copper coins, they could be exchanged for new currency in local banks according to the purchasing power of the market, and all the townships were asked to post notices for a period of one month, after which Daqin would stop the circulation of old coins. ”

To be honest, Qin Zheng was a little too hasty in doing this, and there would definitely be a lot of negative effects, but Qin Zheng couldn't wait, and Great Qin couldn't wait.

Only by standardizing the new currency can we use the means of government command and finance to stabilize prices, carry out trade between countries on a large scale, and serve all the advanced products that can be sold in Daqin to seize the markets of various countries.

Zhang Cang, as the actual person in charge of the Imperial Historical Observatory, had naturally heard of this plan, and he had personally participated in the development and trial of new coinage tools, although he still did not know much about economic theory, but he had clearly understood the importance of this work.

Although Zhao Gao had just heard about it, Qin Zheng was engaged in exchange and salary increases, and he also wanted to carry out industrial and commercial construction in Hedong.

Which of these is not paving the way for the new currency reform, and it is now on the bow, and there is no room for others to oppose it......

At this time, Qin Zheng's face suddenly changed and said: "Since ancient times, the common people have melted copper to cast money, and Qian has melted money to make copper, and from today on, Great Qin will never be allowed to have this situation again."

In the future, no one shall mint coins privately, no one shall damage coins, no one shall refuse to accept new coins, and the offender shall be exiled and cut in half! ”

As soon as Qin Zheng's words came out, the two of them obviously shuddered, but they were worried about the old nobles led by Yingyi, these people don't necessarily have a lot of money, but they have a lot of bronze.

They are the main force in the market to speculate on copper utensils and copper materials, if Daqin bans this road, many dilapidated nobles are afraid that they will lose their money.

Of course, in Qin Zheng's eyes, this is an act of digging the corners of the country, and this kind of person cannot be connived at even by his own father, otherwise this reform will be the same as if it has not been changed, and the old nobles will definitely gather old coins and mint bronze and wait for appreciation.

But they didn't know how terrifying the copper production of Great Qin would be in the future, if they smelted copper with the old coins of their glutes today, they would lose all their money in the future. So Qin Zheng seems to have cut off their financial route, but in fact he killed them!

Of course, there is no need to tell them about this kind of thing, the old nobles of Great Qin have long lost the control of their territory, and they no longer have the financial resources, so they have no ability to do things at all.

As long as you wait for two months, as soon as Daqin's new workshop comes out, the metals in the world will be much cheaper, and this group of people will naturally wake up, and it will be indispensable to celebrate with the crown when the time comes.

"Your Majesty, this is about repairing the road and counting the materials, but I'm afraid it's not very optimistic compared to Lord Zhao's report." Zhang Cang saw that the atmosphere was a little heavy, and quickly changed the topic.

Qin Zheng glanced at him, and Zheng Ling continued to read: "In the past two months, a total of 35 large and medium-sized projects have been built across the country, among which the maintenance projects of Sanguan and the Great Wall are the most huge.

Although the location of the three passes has changed, the quality problem is not big, and it only needs to be routinely repaired, and it is now in progress, and it is expected to be completed in about two months.

However, there is a big gap between the direction of the Great Wall and our dynasty, the entire Great Wall in Yunzhong is almost abandoned, and the Great Wall in Beidi and Longxi is also dilapidated.

If it is to be fully repaired, I am afraid that it will cost a huge amount of manpower and material resources, and it will require 100,000 laborers to work for one year, and the reconstruction of the Great Wall in the clouds will probably have to ......be doubled."

Qin Zheng frowned when he heard this, the Great Wall must not be repaired, after all, there are probably many Mongolian tribes outside now, if they come to make trouble in three days, even if they can't enter the Great Wall, it will involve a large number of elite troops. Great Qin's forces were already stretched, and they couldn't be consumed in vain.

However, the reform of Daqin has just begun, where is there no need for people in the construction of the whole country? One-sixth of the young and strong labor is levied for one year at one time, is it necessary for Daqin's industrial and agricultural production? Unless you can find a group of people who are more idle......

Thinking of this, Qin Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up and said, "Repair, why don't you cultivate." However, I couldn't let the people of Qin repair it, so I decided to use the new currency to hire the Tumut tribe, the Hui tribe, and the landless Koreans and concubines to repair it.

In terms of price, you go to discuss, I only have one instruction, that is, it must be rich, so rich that even the old Qin people in Guanzhong will be jealous. ”

The two of them were also stunned when they heard it, how could they be taller than the people of Guanzhong? Isn't this sowing discord?

Qin Zheng also saw the doubts of the two, and said with a confident smile: "I just want to do this on purpose. First, to use these people to temporarily solve the shortage of labor, and second, to issue new coins to pull them into the economic system of Daqin.

Thirdly, he told the people of Great Qin that the country would adopt more of this method to build projects in the future, giving them an idea and making the people of Great Qin more willing to participate in the construction of the country.

Finally, we can also give a little subsidy to the Xinqin people in these marginal areas in the upcoming food crisis, so as to avoid too much loss when Daqin has to cut off its tail. ”

"Wonderful, Your Majesty!" Zhao Gao and the others hurriedly flattered.

In fact, Qin Zheng's method is not new, it is the combination of the famous cash-for-work and economic bundling in later generations.

If it is done well, it can really achieve the four points that Qin Zheng said, and after the project is completed, Daqin will reap the stability of the border, the loyalty of the vassals, the integration of the economy, and the self-motivation of the core people.

However, even with such an excellent system, there are certain problems, the most prominent of which is the quality of the two ministries and the diffusion of technology.

Obviously, Zhang Cang has realized this aspect, and although he doesn't want to discourage Qin Zheng's enthusiasm, he still stubbornly said:

"Your Majesty, the minister still has some concerns, I am afraid that the quality and temperament of the people of the two departments are not suitable for the construction of the Great Wall.

And the Hui tribe is okay to say, if the Tumut tribe rebels in the future, will there be a problem with the Great Wall built by them? And if they learned this technique, would they build walls on the grassland to resist the Great Qin? ”

Qin Zheng also nodded after listening, he knew that although what Zhang Cang said was not so rigorous, he had to consider it.

However, since Qin Zheng wanted to use these people, he had to take these risks, so Qin Zheng could only speak: "Then the honest Korean peasant craftsmen will build the key positions, and the Tumut Department and the Hui Department will be responsible for the start."

However, the two departments cannot be allowed to see the problem, so as not to suspect them, and in addition, they can also screen out some Koreans and Qin people to settle in the local area directly, divide the land for them, and convert the wages.

In this way, there are manpower, money is saved, and immigrants to the frontier can mix sand with the two, how about it? ”

The two looked at each other and felt that it was indeed a good idea to avoid risks to the greatest extent.

It's just that they all feel that the old Qin people in Guanzhong are probably reluctant to go to the border, and in the end the local area will become two and Han people standing side by side, and then they will continue to be economically bound, culturally assimilated, and play balance.

Although Qin Zheng put forward so many ideas, and the future changes can be expected to develop for the better, he is still a little disappointed, and the current productive forces and production relations are too restrictive to Daqin.