"Can we issue our own banknotes? Paper money is money. Isn't all the problem solved? The director asked Li Dao this question with some excitement.

Li Wei was a little caught off guard, he didn't expect his lord to think of such a solution. But soon, Li Dao reacted. Because he believes that the issuance of banknotes is definitely not a simple matter, and it seems that they are unable to do such things at all in terms of the current control of their lord over Luoyang and the current formation of the coalition army.

"We may not be able to print banknotes. Lord. Although Li Dao still wanted to say the actual reason, he had no choice but that this was his lord, and he decided to find another factor to explain the situation.

"That's not a problem, we're willing to pay some price to the Republican Army, but they have to help us print more banknotes. In this case, our money problem will be solved. Dong Zhuo got into the carriage very excitedly. He purchased twelve new Republican Army wagons, which were not only comfortable to ride, but also equipped with the latest spring sofas. And as many as twelve carriages can hide his whereabouts well. This makes assassination even more difficult. After all, the carriage was closed.

However, Dong Zhuo himself still doesn't like the carriage he bought, because the carriage of the Republican Army is still relatively narrow. He felt that he should customize a wider carriage. And the interior decoration should be as luxurious as possible. Dong Zhuo is developing in the direction of luxury.

Li Dao helplessly watched his lord leave in the carriage. And he had to continue to negotiate with the Republican Army. Issuing paper money may be a really good idea, but the problem is that they simply can't do what the Republican Army does.

The IRA's banknotes are backed by a strong sense of control. They could force it, and paper money and gold and silver could be purchased from each other. Relationships are stable for a certain period of time. On the contrary, Dong Zhuo's situation is very bad, no matter what, this matter still has to be dealt with, as for what the Republican Army thinks, these are not things he can consider.

Li Jiazhuang, War Department.

"The situation in the north has only stabilized the situation temporarily, but what we need to see is that the situation is still very unfavorable for us, and in many cases, we are not doing very well. This poses a big threat to us. If things want to take a fundamental turn, we still need to give a wider range of local damage, or even launch an attack. Shang Wu put down the telegram in his hand and said.

Zhou Cang, Zhang Liao's telegram explained in detail what happened in the north, although the battle situation was explained in detail, but Shang Wu saw from another angle that the situation in the north could not be stabilized for the time being. The nomads will only stop attacking if they hit them hard. Otherwise, they will only attack boldly and stop when they get enough of their benefits.

"As a result, we need to build more military units and let them play a bigger role." Ma Heng said worriedly. The situation in the north was very bad, especially in this operation, which exposed a lot of problems, and in Ma Heng's view, it was difficult for the allied army to take on a big task. In this operation, there were too many mistakes. But if next time, whether they would have so much luck and mistakes that could have been avoided, he simply didn't know if such a thing would have been avoided.

"No, for the time being, we won't give them more resources to integrate more units, we should focus on tapping their potential, and constantly importing materials will make them become very dependent on us, which is a burden and a burden for us." Shang Wu said. Ma Heng recorded it, and at this time, Jia Xu came in with several telegrams. Apparently something new is happening. He had to face something like this to solve.

"For specific things, we will refer to the commanders on the front line." Ma Heng said this, and then randomly said goodbye, some things are inconvenient for him to know. After all, there are some secrets involved, and confidentiality must be in place.

"What's going on?" Shang Wu asked Jia Xu.

"An urgent telegram from Luoyang. Dong Zhuo hopes to cooperate with us in issuing banknotes. Jia Xu said.

"What?" Shangwu didn't seem to hear clearly. Jia Xu handed the telegram to Shang Wu. And then again.

"Cooperate with Dong Zhuo to issue banknotes. They wanted us to do some of the printing. Jia Xu said. Shangwu took the telegram and looked.

"It's hard to believe. If they did issue banknotes, I think it would be the same as waste paper. Shang Wu said after reading it.

"That's true, it's going to be extremely difficult for us to control. However, there is no need to worry that the banknotes they issue have no reserves at all, and the issuance of banknotes without any reserves is all promoting waste paper. What worries me is that Dong Zhuo will take his own printing to deal with this situation, after all, the technical problems are not a problem, they don't need to emphasize too high height, but they can use lower technology to achieve their own goals. Jia Xu said.

Shang Wu was silent, and Dong Zhuo finally realized the wealth brought by paper money. This wealth is so great that he can expand his wealth by constant depreciation and indiscriminate issuance, and at the same time rob the wealth of the people for his own use, such a situation will become even more insane, and his own stable regime will soon collapse.

Shang Wu didn't know what Dong Zhuo's purpose was, maybe he came up with a solution to the problem of military salary. But no matter what, there are still many, many unreliable things that they do.

"We can't agree to such a thing, what I'm worried about is that after helping Dong Zhuo, it will trigger a bigger banknote crisis, and finally affect us, which is a big crisis for our situation, you know, we help the other party to print on a large scale, if he prints it himself, it may limit some of his banknote production because of the technical situation, but the terrible thing is that we help them, and the crazy increase in production makes the situation worse, In the end, our banknote system also suffered a big impact. Shang Wu said. Shang Wu's attitude towards this matter is to oppose it.

The IRA's paper money system is completely an independent existence, and not only that, but with this advanced monetary system, the IRA stabilizes its content and mobilizes all kinds of resources to solve all kinds of problems. It is precisely such a system that ensures the efficient operation of the Republican Army.

But what the IRA fears is that someone will undermine the system. Although he has already shown that he has a stable operating system, what will happen if he is hit by another unsafe system? Shang Wu did not dare to imagine that such a problem would arise, which would greatly affect the current situation of the Republican Army.

"Even if we don't help them, they'll figure it out themselves." Jia Xu said.

"At least they made it themselves, if it's messy, we can end it, but it's not good if we make a mess ourselves and knock us out." Shang Wu said.

Jia Xu nodded in agreement, although the corresponding banknotes have not yet appeared on the other side, but this idea is indeed very advanced. It made him feel like he had some big problems dealing with situations like this.

"There were some other problems, we took some orders, but the scale was much smaller than we thought, at most it was a sales order of 500 arquebuses, and the number of guns was only sporadic and no one bought them on a large scale. That's not a good thing for us. Jia Xu said.

The coalition army is being formed, and it has been preliminarily determined that there will be eighteen local governors to form a huge army to crusade against Dong Zhuo. But most of the magistrates simply armed their own troops, and the soldiers assembled were farmers before, and they were not very professional in fighting wars. And there are not too many professional soldiers left, and their weapons and equipment are all old-fashioned cold weapons. Although they were proficient in handling these weapons, their combat effectiveness was still very low compared to Dong Zhuo's huge army.

For example, Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, he took into account that Dong Zhuo had firearms, so he also bought some firearms. The largest order for firearms so far comes from his order, and he does not buy the most advanced flintlock firearms. Artillery. The price was too expensive, and he didn't think there was any need for such a thing, so he just bought three doors. An infantry gun, a horse artillery, and a field gun. For large-caliber five-inch caliber guns, it was too expensive. Just gave up. It can be said that these firearms, they still do not receive enough attention. The level of firearms equipment is still very low, and not only that, but there are many other factors. For example, funds, Gongsun Chan has a cavalry unit, they are well-equipped, and the cost of that cavalry team is already very large. He could not afford to equip firearms, otherwise he would not have bought a lower-fitting arquebus.

However, there are some people who have the ability and funds, but they are in their own pride and prejudice, but they just refuse to be equipped with firearms, for example, Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Bohai County.

He believed that arming firearms was an act of adversity. In this regard, the Republican Army is very helpless, and only one day, when it completely hurts the other party, will it reflect on it. At present, the IRA really does not have a very good way to deal with such a situation.