Jingshi, Luoyang. Dong Zhuojun's soldiers used the method of buying and selling by force, spending the paper money in their hands, and for the paper money in the hands of the people, especially the paper money in the hands of many merchants, it was simply a disaster.

"Quick, take all this money, spend it, if you don't accept it, report it to the official. Let the government take people. A shopkeeper said anxiously that he asked his men to grab a large handful of banknotes from the cash box, and let them go to the streets, buy whatever they saw, and buy everything they could buy, so that for them, this is the fundamental solution to all problems.

Paper money is not money for merchants, but waste paper, but these banknotes before they become the last waste paper, they want to be able to play the last role, so they let their men take the money to buy everything they can buy, so that their losses can be minimized, which is also an important way for them to alleviate their losses. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to do such a thing.

And businessmen who have such ideas, not a few, from firewood. As long as they can buy all kinds of daily necessities, they spend as much as they can.

And when paper money reaches the hands of those poor people, it really becomes waste paper. Because businessmen can say. Or refusal on other grounds. In short, it was a disaster. A complete catastrophe for the economic order.

The economic order in Luoyang City was disrupted. If you want to recover, I'm afraid it's impossible.

"It's a nuisance." Dong Zhuo looked at the telegram in his hand and said this to Li Dao. Li Wei is very busy, and all the things about printing money are left to him to manage. The matter of banknotes, there was a lot of scolding, and everyone from the people to the army was very dissatisfied. But someone has to do it. Li Dao had to do this. As for the diplomatic affairs of the Republican Army, he must also take some diplomatic activities to stabilize it, and if he fails to stabilize the situation of the other side, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"My lord, it's really troublesome, but we just need to return some belongings, and we'll be fine. At the moment, we can't make enemies with each other. We still need to import a lot of our raw materials from the IRA. Li Dao said.

Dong Zhuo also nodded. He still understands this matter, Dong Zhuojun needs to import a large number of arms and weapons from the Republican Army, especially some raw materials. For example, the manufacture of ammunition, although they can also produce some iron balls. It's not that difficult. However, the scale of his production capacity is far inferior to that of the Republican Army, and there is no advantage in cost, and the competitive pressure is relatively large, so buying directly from the Republican Army and reprocessing it is an important way for the development of handicraft workshops in Guanzhong, and the profits of intermediate products are relatively low. However, the advantage is the large number and low labor costs. Otherwise, they can't do anything. It's hard for them.

It is precisely because of this that Dong Zhuo was able to make some compromises.

"In that case, we have to deal with the IRA carefully." Dong Zhuo said. Although Dong Zhuo messed around in some things, such as Hu Lai in the harem, which caused dissatisfaction among many officials, he was still not confused in some major matters, such as grasping financial power and military power. There is also the issue of ensuring the security of his large rear.

The Republican Army occupied an important stronghold west of the river. Although there are not too many garrisons. But the other side occupies an extremely important bridgehead. This is extremely troublesome for them.

If Dong Zhuo is not prepared, what will be the result? The Republican army may take advantage of the weakness and attack his large rear. Dong Zhuo is well aware of the businessman nature of the Republican Army. They will never be soft on things that take advantage. Dong Zhuo decided to let his son-in-law Niu Fu lead some teams to garrison Hexi, so that their situation might be better. The Republican Army will not be allowed to take advantage of the situation on a large scale.

Outside the Yanmen Gate. The attacks of the nomadic tribes will not stop, because in their opinion, they believe in strength, and they will only stop when there is some balance between the forces.

Although their vanguard suffered great losses. Of the 5,000 attacking forces, more than 2,000 people were killed. The price is still very high. In particular, the damage inflicted by the Republican artillery. However, their thirst for supplies is still very crazy. The winter of the grassland is difficult to survive, and in this regard, the entire grassland must reserve more and more materials before the winter comes, so as to make their situation more favorable. Rob tribes weaker than them. It's the best way. Not only can they grow, but they can also be greatly supplemented in terms of material needs.

The tribal alliance close to the IRA was undoubtedly the best choice, and the IRA provided a lot of supplies, iron, salt, and all kinds of blankets, clothing, etc., which had never been found in the steppe.

So, after the strikers were defeated, they will still move forward, and this time they are very strong. More than 20,000 people.

"The enemy is at least 20,000 men." Zhang Liao said this after observing the enemy's movements at the front. It's easy to calculate, just by calculating how many thousand troops they have, you can basically calculate how many troops.

"Sir. I don't think we have to worry, there are still a lot of old people and children in their ranks. It seems that the opponent's troops are not very sufficient. These troops, which originally belonged to the second line, are now also taken out. This shows that there are not many troops in the rear to attack. The sergeant said.

Zhang Liao nodded, but he didn't dare to be careless, if the other party took the initiative to show weakness, wouldn't they just fall into the ambush of the other party. It was definitely not what he wanted to see.

"Sir, they're too cunning. They turned out to be out of artillery range. The sergeant said. The telescope can see the specific situation of the other person at a long distance. And the tribe on the other side, they don't have such ability.

Zhang Liao nodded, indicating that he understood. Zhang Liao decided to take a bold surprise attack.

Although the opponent was out of range of the artillery, Zhang Liao believed that the opponent's defense would inevitably look lax. The steppe armed forces already knew the power of the Republican Army.

The main strength of the IRA lies in firearms, as long as they do not come within the range of the opposing side. They are safe, on the contrary, the Republican Army will not take the initiative to attack, first, their infantry mobility is not too sufficient. Second. The Republican Army never seems to take the initiative, and in the steppe, they are the most powerful existence, and the Republican Army only guards within the range of artillery. So, this led to a drastic reduction in the defense of the tribe, laxity.

This gives Zhang Liao a chance, the more you think it is impossible, the more likely it is, once it happens, the result can be imagined, what kind of situation will happen, such an unfavorable situation will make them suffer extremely heavy losses.

In addition, the Republican Army had a certain cavalry force. Let them attack, plus some firearms used, Zhang Liao believes that there will inevitably be a greater effect.

After seeing the situation on the front line, Zhang Liao had already decided to do so. This is a very beneficial thing for them.

Lijiazhuang, artillery factory.

This is despite the fact that the artillery factories of the Republican Army are in security considerations. Part of the production line has been relocated, but a large part of the artillery production in Lijiazhuang is still concentrated here. The production capacity here still accounts for 50 percent. The importance is still great.

"The mature product we produce today is still the bronze cannon. The advantage of this kind of bronze artillery is stability, but the disadvantage is that it is expensive and cannot be transmitted on a large scale, and the artillery needs of the troops cannot be met to a greater extent. The artillery supervisor explained.

Shang Wu and Jia Xu nodded.

"However, we are currently working on solving this problem. We have developed a certain degree of iron cannon, but there are still certain problems with iron cannons, the use of iron cannons is unstable, it is easy to explode, stable products, the number of firing is also extremely limited, we are improving the technology, but it will take time. The artillery supervisor continued.

Shang Wu also expressed his strong agreement with this. There is no way, they need these supplies, and they also need to solve some such things.

In the future, the range of artillery is the range of truth, and in the foreseeable future, infantry firearms will become extremely common, and the only way to give the Republicans a greater advantage is to increase the number of their guns. Although the Republican Army has an advantage in this regard, it is still not very sufficient, or rather, it has a great advantage, for example, an infantry division of the Republican Army has only 24 five-inch guns. Small-caliber artillery was more numerous, but it was also less than fifty, and if both sides used firearms, artillery would be the decisive factor.

In the martial plan, the number of artillery pieces in the infantry division of the Republican Army will exceed 100, and in order to achieve such a numerical advantage, the number of artillery in the artillery factory must be increased.

Bronze artillery is relatively mature, but it is also very problematic because of the use of a large amount of copper. This limited the number of artillery pieces. Capacity. The degree of equipment.

If you use an iron cannon, or even better, a steel cannon. This advantage will be greatly expanded, so the entry of martial arts and materials can greatly increase the advantage in the number of artillery. Otherwise, the Republican army will be overtaken by other armies, which will put them in a very disadvantageous position.

The purpose of visiting, inspecting the artillery factory is here. Shang Wu and Jia Xu both looked at it carefully. There is a great deal of urgency for technological upgrades.