Jingshi, Luoyang, Xiyuan New Army Station.

Cao Cao was in the process of selecting some of his own officers and non-commissioned officers, who were the basic backbone of his military strength, and he himself was very attentive to the selection. Because he was building his army according to the standards of the Republican Army, he would not have done it without trying to do so.

The soldiers of the Xiyuan New Army are all good soldiers, they all have combat experience, but there are also some veterans among them, they are gambling, lustful, and even some bold and reckless people, such people, all don't want them. Because they will have a lot of uncontrollable situations, in the eyes of some generals, these may be good fighters, but they are also one of the important reasons for the rout. It's okay for them to play with the wind, but once they encounter an unprecedented defeat, they will quickly rout. There is no fighting will to fight back in a desperate situation like the Republican Army.

The Xiyuan New Army became an important focus of contention for regaining control of the imperial court.

Emperor Ling of Han's condition worsened. Worried about the future throne, all forces are stepping up to collect chips, Jian Shuo is the henchman of His Majesty the Emperor, and his status surpasses that of Zhang Rang. This made Zhang Rang very dissatisfied, but Jian Shuo controlled the military power, and even the generals obeyed his orders. This is something that the general cannot bear.

Most of the funds borrowed by the Republican Army have become the military expenses of the Xiyuan New Army, and in order to control the Xiyuan New Army, Jian Shuo has greatly updated the new weapons, and even the military uniforms have to be replaced. These purchases came from the funds in the REA's bank accounts, and a large number of purchase orders entered the territory of the REA, stimulating more factories to process production. In order to meet the requirements of the expansion of the new army in the West Garden.

The general He Jin was very worried about this, but fortunately, military generals like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao still obeyed his arrangement in order to control the new army in Xiyuan. The generals supported Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in expanding their military manpower. And provide financial support, but in comparison, the control is not too strong.

In this regard, the general was still very worried, so he turned his attention to the local military generals, and Ding Yuan of the state, as well as Dong Zhuo, who was constantly moving up and down, came into his sight, so that some of their conditions should be able to be improved to a certain extent.

Yuan Shao's method of controlling the army was very simple, that is, to install a group of his own people, most of whom were the children of some wealthy families. Joining the army is a kind of political capital accumulation. Joining the army is in exchange for a higher position in the future.

Yuan Shao's manpower treats such a thing with such an attitude, naturally, and it is not expected that he will be able to control the army in the end and completely.

After all, those children of wealthy families and low-level officers and soldiers are not all the way.

Cao Cao's control method was very practical, and the officers and soldiers did not have hope for Cao Cao's arrival, because the officials would not consider their promotion status, but Cao Cao did the opposite, promoted, promoted them, but if you want to earn their hearts, you must use the land. Cao Cao took out his land and gave it to those promoted non-commissioned officers, officers, which aroused the favor of officers and non-commissioned officers. A large number of soldiers came when they heard the news. Land is what they need the most, and it is also an economic basis on which they are most able to maintain their combat effectiveness, without which everything is in vain.

However, Cao Cao's land was too limited, he could only arm to one battalion, and even so, he lacked a lot of things, weapons, training, tactics, and more supplies, and, judging by the new army of the Republican Army.

Cao Cao boldly adopted a new military combat establishment unit and adopted a military rank system to control, although there was no military pay for the time being. But this issue must be taken in the future, and how to form such a situation is the most important issue for him to consider.

Cao Cao was very concerned about how to train, how to develop, and how to expand the strength of this battalion into a new army. Because there are a lot of practical problems that need to be done to deal with such problems. If you can't do this, the situation will become extremely troublesome. Cao Cao continued to act, and even made many bold attempts to benefit the development of the new army. But he didn't know how long such an attempt would last, and he decided to write to Shang Wu, hoping that by learning from each other and working together, he could raise such a small number of budding new troops.

Lijiazhuang, Shang Wu and Jia Xu all had to take a walk after dinner. This will relieve their stress at work to the greatest extent.

"The Huns have basically agreed to our conditions. However, he hoped to be able to start the bazaar trade as soon as possible, preferably to complete the first batch of trade. Jia Xu said.

"Well, of course it's okay, but something suddenly comes to mind now." Shang Wu said to Jia Xu.

"Oh. What do you remember? Jia Xu asked curiously, he didn't know what Shang Wu had in mind, but it was certain that many of their things still needed them to complete, otherwise, many of their situations would not have encountered such things.

"Quite simply, we need to market our banknotes and get them to use our banknotes." Shang Wu said. The value of paper money is very large, because paper money and the stock, futures, and bond markets are all interconnected, and once the other side uses paper money, the Republican side can use some of these methods to conduct economic warfare. or even deliberately suppress the other party to obtain the greatest profit in the trade war. If they do, it will be very beneficial to them. Because they will directly occupy the initiative in the currency.

"My concern is that there is some difficulty." Jia Xu said worriedly.

"Well, I think I can find some suitable opportunities to do this from some previous experience." Shang Wu thought for a moment and said.

"Look. Before it became border trade, most of it was barter, there was no currency in the middle, and the copper coins of the Central Plains were difficult to be accepted by the other party. Even if it's accepted. The role played is also not very large, and it is a small part of circulation. For example, an iron pot, if exchanged with paper money, it is equivalent to about five republican dollars, the cost is not very much, but the use of barter, fifty sheepskins, or even more may not be able to be exchanged, the gap between this is still very large, we use two ways, those Huns, you can see such a gap, they naturally choose to use paper money, the best is, Our banks can also enter the grassland, so that we can not only find out the news, but also control their economic lifeline economically, which will be very beneficial to our development, and in this case, our development situation will become much more favorable. Shang Wu said.

"That's a good idea." Jia Xu said. The damage usually comes from contrast, and the way of bartering is an important feature of northern trade, in which the operation of the intermediate link is very large, but once paper money is used, the role of paper money in the middle will be very large. This is a big shock to the traditional way of trade. Of course, it caused some people to be dissatisfied, but this was very beneficial to the Republican Army's foreign trade operations, and the Republican Army needed such a situation to suppress the other side. That's what they need to do most right now.

"Exactly, how do we do that?" Jia Xu asked. On this issue, it is better to ease the contradiction.

"The traditional way is very profitable, but it is extremely disadvantageous for the development of the market, and it is difficult for us to control it, but if we do this, it will impact the profits of those businessmen, and in this way, they will be dissatisfied." Jia Xu said.

"Well, that's true, we have to consider some important situations for them, and in such a situation, they should actively develop and do some corresponding things to develop such situations." Shang Wu said.

"I think we should set up a trading company, the government will provide some of the funds, and the businessmen will buy part of the shares, so that we can form a cooperation, and we will not do the business all at once. Rather, it is to expand a larger market, so that in the process of foreign expansion, the government can mobilize military force to ensure our rights and interests, and businessmen can expand their business, so that security and risk can be coordinated and aligned. Shang Wu said.

Jia Xu nodded in agreement with such a view, because such a view will ensure the development of many of their things to the greatest extent, and if such things are greatly expanded, the advantages will become extremely obvious.

"I couldn't agree more with this, and that's the significance of the recent mergers, which are not meant to be a redetermination of the economic order, and we want to take the initiative so that our situation becomes more favorable." Jia Xu said.

"Yes, what we want is such a result, and if we don't have such a result, we will naturally not be able to do such things." Shang Wu said this, and Jia Xu agreed very much. He felt that Shangwu was thinking very long-term. In this way, they would be able to take the initiative in the trade of the north. This is something that the imperial court cannot do.