Jingshi, Luoyang, the huge palace, looks extremely desolate, and the attendants and maids in the palace gate are far away. Because they are all afraid of Dong Zhuo, if Dong Zhuo is unhappy, he can really kill people.

"Is this what the IRA means?" Dong Zhuo asked Li Dao. Li Dao's main task is to negotiate with the Republican Army, and he can bring a large amount of money and more weapons assistance, which are absolutely indispensable for Dong Zhuo's army, especially at present, Cao Cao's move to raise rebels has caused a response from all over the country, and more people are gathering everywhere. Kill it again. This made Dong Zhuo very angry, and he was angry to a great extent. Under such circumstances, he killed many people in a row, and the concubines in the palace also killed a lot. But this still couldn't calm Dong Zhuo's anger, in his opinion, many things would become more and more different.

"My lord, this is indeed what the Republican Army meant. If we don't say yes, they may revoke the loan to us, or even something else, which is a very bad thing for us in such a situation. Li Dao said.

The republican army's demand was to do business with some local officials through the Luoyang area and expand their trade, while Dong Zhuo wanted to protect the republican army's merchants and give preferential policies to a greater extent.

To show that they have a strong sense of threat. Among the relevant conditions, the IRA threatened repayment matters.

This made Li Dao very unhappy, but there was nothing he could do, because once the loan was stopped, Dong Zhuo's military funds would be used up all at once. At that time, there was simply no place to receive the huge military spending, and when the funds dried up, they could not fight on their own.

But if the Republican Army is allowed to trade with other regions, it is to fund the enemy and expand their power to a larger position, which is not a good thing for Dong Zhuojun, in such a situation, they are definitely in an extremely disadvantageous state. It's definitely not something they can think of.

"These Republican Army." Dong Zhuo is also very aware of this, but there is nothing he can do, Luoyang's financial situation is extremely bad. The entire treasury was empty, and he had to find all sorts of excuses to raid his house to get some money, but that was only enough to provide interest on a portion of the IRA. You want to pay off more of your debt completely. Dong Zhuo believes that they simply can't do such a thing.

Li Wei is also worried that their finances are hanging by a thread. After the settlement of the merger of state soldiers, the military salary has not been settled, but only some of the merger soldiers have been given some rewards, in order to secure those merger state soldiers, as well as their subordinates. Dong Zhuo had to relax military discipline a lot, and the security situation around Luoyang was very poor. There are many robberies and injuries, and there are many cases of people being robbed.

This directly led to the city of Luoyang, the streets were empty during the day, and some soldiers would directly rush into the homes of civilians to rob them. All this shows that Dong Zhuo's financial situation has become worse. This is because much of the deterioration in trade conditions is the result of a worse security situation.

"My lord, our current situation is very unfavorable, we still need the Republican Army in many places, especially the issue of borrowing war funds, in addition, if the Republican Army stops trading with us, we will lose more and more resources, such as arms, which is a more uncomfortable situation for us, which is very unfavorable for us." Li Wei said.

Dong Zhuo just nodded silently, and was stuck by the Republican Army in the supply of funds and weapons. It was very uncomfortable for them, but the firearms war was too costly. It's not a huge situation that the traditional model can withstand.

"Agree to their terms, and don't provoke them, otherwise we will be in a very unfavorable situation." Dong Zhuo said.

Li Wei nodded helplessly. They are in a very passive situation.

Outside the Yanmen Gate.

"Bang. Bang. "Sporadic firing. Sounds sloppy. In fact, only a few of the more than 500 herdsmen were able to open fire, and most of them were unable to fire their firearms.

"Damn, you're stupid. Sheep and cattle stand before you. They are all smarter than you. The sergeant roared loudly. But the herdsmen were at a loss, they couldn't understand what the Central Plains people were saying, even though the other party was angry. But they knew that they just couldn't operate the weapons in their hands, they were used to bows and arrows, knives and other weapons, and they were at a loss when it came to firearms.

"It's not good. It is important to adjust the way they train in a timely manner. Appropriate punishment increases, of course. You can't always use the method of punishment, which will cause other unnecessary trouble. Zhang Liao said to one of his clerks. Herders do fight, but they are in a bad situation. They are extremely resistant to simply unfamiliar weapons, believing that the loud noise does not allow them to gain greater concealment, which may be the reason they are looking for for themselves. In short, they will find all kinds of excuses to shirk these things, which is indeed a very bad thing for them.

"Sir, the situation in the officer corps and the non-commissioned officer corps is also very unfavorable, I think we should select directly from the soldiers, and then train them intensively, rather than selecting them first and then training, the herdsmen seem to be extremely resistant to those non-commissioned officers and officers." The clerk said as he took notes.

The Republican Army was a complete failure in the training of officers and non-commissioned officers. They are too wishful thinking.

Although the officers and non-commissioned officers knew some of the Central Plains dialects, and they showed their ingenuity, they were too concentrated. Detached from the herdsmen's group, the herders usually looked down on such people, and although they were well paid, they were isolated, and the advantage of the tribal system was that the chieftain was not only a military commander, but also their civil chief, a manager.

But the Republican Army was simply those officers, and the non-commissioned officers were regarded as military commanders, and they were not established at all for civilian purposes.

This directly leads to their complete civil disadvantage, the military system that used to be like the militia, suddenly reversed, it is completely impassable, and with the existence of a single person, they are ostracized by the herdsmen. Isolated. As a result, there was a lack of a hierarchy of direct management between the republican army and the herdsmen. Zhang Liao was only a military commander, how could he possibly know this.

"What do you think we should do?" Zhang Liao asked the clerk.

"This, sir, I think that those officers and non-commissioned officers can be used as gendarmes, and as for the officers, we can re-select them, and when the backbone of their army is basically established, they will be installed through the promotion and appointment of officers. That's the only way we can do it, but I don't think there's something they lack, and that's not something we can control. The clerk said.

The Republican Army does not know when it began to have a problem with self-righteousness, they have migrated all kinds of military systems, and they have used them in a rigid way, never caring whether they are reasonable or unreasonable, and they will never do this, so that it will directly cause an unfavorable result. That's where a lot of irrationality comes up.

"You're right, we have to make adjustments, otherwise it's too late." Zhang Liao said,

The first thing the new allies have to face is a defensive battle, not an offensive battle, the importance of cavalry is not too important, the key is to resist the crazy attack, otherwise, any military defense will fail, which will be very unfavorable for him.

Fortunately, the clerk saw this, which made Zhang Liao very happy. This can make up for their shortcomings to a large extent.

Handan, securities market.

Railway stocks have exploded. Despite the fact that the IRA had only one railroad stock. But in fact, a number of companies and banks are involved in railway projects, such as the Handan Iron Works, which manufactures locomotives. Second, the third military factory also had rail forging. Hedong United Bank, which has just been listed, has invested a large amount of money in the new Jinyang Iron Works in Bingzhou. It has become the largest ironworks of the Republican Army. His scale was built very large at the beginning. true

The railway technology is becoming more and more mature, and the Republican Army has developed a three-stage steam engine, which is more powerful. Although the current train carriages are still relatively small, one carriage can only seat four people. If you add a stopper, you can ride eight people. Of course, comfort is not to mention. Trains can only pull eight carriages. It can be seen that the carriage is still very small, just like an ordinary carriage. But now it was completely different, the carriages were made larger, and although the number of carriages was much reduced, the number of passengers could reach thirty-eight, and the number suddenly rose to a new stage.

The technical upgrade has given the train a lot of room for development. The impact of the railway is very large, first of all, the transportation cost will be reduced to a very low level, as long as the train is passed, many things will become extremely simple.

Transportation costs, business opportunities, transportation has become cheaper, material transportation has become more convenient, and there are various factors such as population mobility.

On top of that, the railroad is the next big technology investment, and it's going to be a higher level of development for them, and that kind of situation will make things even faster. It's so much more convenient. This is the most advantageous place for them at the moment, and such a situation will make their development more favorable.

All of this is what the railway is all about.