Hedong, Xiayi.

"Drive, drive." The old man grinned and drove the borrowed ox cart. He went to the county seat to sell grain. Although there was a military disaster at the beginning of this year, the fields were divided later, and the distribution of the fields was still very fair. Coupled with bank loans and the abolition of all taxes ordered by the Hedong Prefecture government, this has greatly encouraged the people to farm.

Not only that, but in the later days, the Republican Army also sent cattle to them. Just spend money to hire and use it. If you want to buy it, what financial services does the bank provide? It's just that I pay more money every month in the future, and it's still very cost-effective.

With these, it's hard to have a bumper harvest.

However, many people are worried about this food. Finally, I encountered a good harvest year, what if the food fell? A lot of people are worried. And then there are the unscrupulous grain merchants. If they deliberately keep the price down, the grain will be worthless. Just when they were worried about this, the IRA gave the order. The military warehouses of the Republican Army set a minimum purchase price, and the minimum price of grain in the market could not be purchased below this price. Of course, if such prices are followed, the profits of the merchants are limited, but fortunately, the Republican Army will give certain concessions, or tax exemptions, but the price of grain must not be lowered. This is the rule.

Thanks to such a regulation, the grain in the hands of the peasants was finally sold at a good price, and if they had surplus grain at home, and if they still had money in their hands, they could buy some things they needed. Never again.

Old man Gao is happy, he has lived all his life, and he has never been so happy to spend such a good life.

Old man Gao is just the most ordinary person, but such an ordinary person has changed so much, which is enough to show that some of the things that the Republican Army has done have become much more advantageous.

Li Jiazhuang, War Department.

"The problem of food is basically gone." Jia Xu said with a smile. They set a minimum purchase price, and a large number of people sold food to the military warehouses of the Republican Army, and the problem of military supplies was basically no problem. They could mobilize three infantry divisions for three months of operations. This greatly encouraged the combat operations of the Republican Army.

"Look at this, at the border, a large number of people from the imperial court have come to our side, and the border sentries have found many batches, and the number is no longer a few. In this case, it can have a big impact on us. Shang Wu thought for a moment and said.

"What impact?" Jia Xu asked Shangwu, in Jia Xu's opinion, this is a good thing, such a good thing, why do you have to refuse, the people fled here, in this way, even if it expands their people's power, this is a good thing.

"I'm worried that the situation on the side of the imperial court is not very good, they will tighten the blockade, if they use force, what will be the result? This will cause a lot more casualties. The soldiers and horses of the imperial court obeyed the orders from above, and once such an order was issued, the result would be very troublesome, and we could not see that they had such a big loss, and such a big loss was not a good thing for us. Shang Wu said worriedly.

"Well, that makes sense." Jia Xu said.

"But we can't control the affairs of the imperial court, and whether the imperial court can accept our conditions is still a difficult thing for us." Jia Xu said.

"Well, these people, too, are human lives, and they can't have such situations." Shang Wu said.

"Look, can we use the borrowed funds to deal with some of these situations, how about it?" Jia Xu said.

"Yes, but what I'm worried about is what the bankers think. You know, the population also brings food consumption, and they don't think that those people can bring great value. Shang Wu said.

"We still need to discuss some specific ideas, but we still need the support of the imperial court, especially about their specific ideas in other aspects, which are very important to us." Shang Wu said.

Jia Xu nodded. It seems that the current situation can only be like this, the republican army can only passively accept the arrival of some personnel, but it does not have a great impact on some of their situations, and these keys still depend on the attitude of the imperial court.

Jingshi, Luoyang. Inside the South Palace.

"This borrowed money is still from the Republican Army." Emperor Han Ling said with some embarrassment that it is better for Zhang Rang to say such a thing as borrowing money, after all, he is most familiar with this kind of thing, because the bank explains the relationship of a reception, and only in this way can the bank's business be carried out.

"Your Majesty, this borrowed money can be used to do a lot of things, and there are still a lot of places where money is spent at present, and this money is a big hole, and it is useless to fill it." Zhang Rang persuaded like this.

Emperor Han Ling nodded in agreement with such a point, firearms are consumed too much, and the dependence on logistics and supplies is too serious, this is not a war at all, it is simply throwing money, not a little, a little throwing, a lot of throwing out, looking at Emperor Han Ling is very distressed, the money obtained from all over the country is not enough for the one-time expenditure of the new army in Xiyuan, and the purchase of twenty large-caliber cannons will be consumed at once. The overhead is just too much.

The imperial army was still a traditional army, and although they had established a firearms unit, in fact, they still did not make great progress in terms of military system, combat methods, military structure, and warfare. On the contrary, because of the constraints of the traditional way of thinking, their reform is in an unfavorable situation. This leads to a stagnant situation.

However, the new army in Xiyuan had no combat effectiveness, and they were constantly asking for money, otherwise, Emperor Han Ling would not have spent so much money.

"Your Majesty, this borrowed money. In fact, sometimes you just need to pay back a part and then add an interest, and you can do it. As for the rest, Your Majesty can not pay it back. Zhang Rang thought about it and said. If you don't repay the money you borrow, Zhang Rang can still come up with it. Emperor Ling of Han probably meant the same thing.

"I am the Son of Heaven." Emperor Han Ling said with some embarrassment. However, he felt that this kind of thing of borrowing money and not paying it back could still be considered, after all, such a thing was very beneficial to them.

"Your Majesty, the Republican Army are all incomprehensible people, and it is beneficial for Your Majesty to borrow their money." Zhang Rang said. In fact, what Emperor Han Ling wanted was to borrow more funds and then give the other party some benefits.

"How do you pay back this money?" Emperor Han Ling then asked.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty can mortgage the tax, and some of the tax can be repaid to them as interest, and as for the principal, we can choose to pay it off in one lump sum or in batches, so that the pressure on the court will be reduced a lot." Zhang Rang said. Emperor Han Ling nodded, he liked this practice of borrowing money and only repaying the interest to the other party, although there were some scoundrels, but he was short of money.

"Ahem. Ahem. "Thinking of this, maybe it's because I'm too excited. He coughed.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Zhang Rang became worried, Emperor Han Ling's condition seemed to have worsened recently. After all, there are too many state affairs and overwork. These are all possible.

General's Palace.

"How can we borrow money and goods from the Republican Army, if we borrow, wouldn't we be subject to others, and under such circumstances, it will never be possible." Yuan Shao said excitedly.

Some officials agreed with this approach, for the simple reason that borrowing money would alleviate the current financial crisis of the imperial court, and that although there were some mortgages, such as taxes, or land, what did it matter to them, and in such a situation, they would have a lot to do.

Moreover, the current quarrel is not a solution at all, in many cases, what they need to solve is money, and without a large amount of money, the new army will have no weapons, and without weapons, there will be more riots.

And His Majesty's practice of looting money has aroused great public indignation. In such a situation, if this continues, I don't know how many places people will riot.

Therefore, the best way to solve the current financial crisis is to borrow money, although there are some suspicions of drinking water to quench thirst, but it is a great relief to the tax pressure of the imperial court, which is a favorable thing. Some officials also saw this point, so they actively promoted the borrowing of money.

But in Yuan Shao's view, the Republican Army took the initiative to lend them money, which must be harmful, and although they are not clear, it is definitely not good for them. So they quarreled like this.

The General's Mansion was difficult to maintain for a while.

And in the corner of the quarrel. Cao Cao was thinking about it. He wondered, why Shang Wu could still lend money to the imperial court, didn't it cost money to fight, and what did Shang Wu want to do?

Cao Cao was a little unclear, but he felt that borrowing money was beneficial to the Republican Army, because the Republican Army never made loss-making transactions, so what did they want to do. He couldn't figure it out.

Maybe he can know something from these quarrels that he doesn't know, so that he can think about such things from multiple angles, which is also the most beneficial way for him, but these actions still make Cao Cao very incomprehensible.

What Cao Cao didn't understand was why the Republican Army lent money to the imperial court, in fact, the imperial court solved its own financial crisis, and they could purchase it on a large scale. And the purchase will speed up the trade between the two sides, and through a lot of trade, the money will go back to them, and in this case, the IRA still has a big advantage, because they occupy the dominance of trade.