Zong Botai's method is extremely simple, simply repricing it on the basis of a short pound and a shortage of two currencies.

Due to the huge amount of precious metals that are missing from the short catty, far more than the full amount of precious metals, it is simply unrealistic for the whole Central Plains to be recycled and recast into a full amount of standard gold and silver, and at the same time, it is necessary to face huge losses arising from this.

If the price is re-denominated at the price of the short catty and the short tael is recovered, and the gold and silver that are short of the catty and the short tael are released to continue to circulate, not only will the effect be quick and the curb will be strong, but at the same time, the Xianguo country will hold a large amount of gold and silver and recast it into a currency that is short and short of two catties, and will have a lot more positions, not only avoiding the loss of precious metals, but also benefiting from the readjustment of commodity prices.

In essence, this is still a trick of bad money driving out good money, which shows that through the practice of war and early economic plunder, the foolish faction has explored the essence of the economy is the relationship between money and commodities, and it is using many years of practical experience to make profits for the Wei and Liang countries.

Although Zong's approach is good, there are still technical obstacles. The first is the operability at the political level, and the second is the technical issue.

At the political level, it is obvious that if Liang Guo does not agree to the shortage, it will be difficult to implement it. Because the Liang State has the right to define the standard, even if there is the support of the Ligong faction, without the approval of the suzerain, there will be great resistance to advance in the short term, and the Xian State will fall into an economic war.

Without the support of the Liang state, it was not easy to convince the other princes. Even if the vassal states of various countries are persuaded that Weiguo, as the biggest beneficiary, at least takes more than 100,000 or more hundreds of thousands of gold and silver from the market out of thin air every year, and cut off the financial route at once, it is bound to set off a large-scale war, and Bailiyan still has no intention of starting another war in the Central Plains.

As for the technical issues, how to ensure that the newly minted gold and silver have recognizable corrosion and anti-counterfeiting properties are widely used still needs to be solved.

After some careful consideration, Bai Liyan broke the silence and said:

"This is possible, but it is debatable. In particular, how to make the princes accept is the key, Mr. Zongbo can have a high opinion? ”

"In this matter, the Hou Ye can first lobby the crown princess Xihuan, as long as the Jin State agrees, the Song State will agree. The Song, Jin, and Xian kingdoms are in the same spirit, and the eldest grandson will definitely follow, and Zhiguo will also see the opportunity to act. In this way, as long as new standards are established in the east of the Central Plains, all countries will be closely linked, and if the west of the Central Plains wants to fight against each other, they will become alone. ”

"That gentleman knows that if you want to persuade the Zhi and Jin countries, not only the Xianguo will have to pay the price, but the economies of the two countries will also benefit from this, and the two countries will not be grateful to our Xianguo, on the contrary, the Xianguo may be retaliated against by the Wei Guo, if the Zhi and Jin countries sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, the Xian State will fall into a struggle with the Wei Guo, and this is the result that Ben Hou does not want to see."

"Hou Ye's concerns are not unreasonable, but for now, the lesser of two evils, the weight of the two benefits, the shortage of gold and silver for two moments, please also ask Hou Ye to know."

Zong Botai said solemnly, and Zhao Anling took over and said:

"I also think that what Uncle Zong said is imperative, but all wars, must first destroy their bones, the economy is the foundation of the country, and now it is menacing, if it cannot be contained in time, it will be more dangerous in the future, the long pain is better than the short pain, the Hou Ye should make a decision."

"The stakes are high, and I will consider presenting it to the King and the Cabinet before making a decision. That's all for today, and we'll talk about it tomorrow. ”

Since Su Fangyi and Duan Songzhi did not make any statement, Zong Botai's proposal was more of a temptation, and Bai Liyan did not reply in the affirmative, and he didn't want to make things more tricky.

Due to the constraints of current technology and communication, the transmission of information is very slow, the change of currency pricing has a greater impact than modern society, the entire transmission period takes more than two years, and the feedback period takes three to four years, and then in the years before the full effect, the country is bound to wage war in order to avoid huge economic losses.

If the pricing adjustment is not made, it can only be left to Weiguo to continue to collect wool from the traditional countries of the Central Plains such as Xianguo, Zhiguo, Jin State, and Changsun. At the same time, the Liang State promoted the death of the princes of the Central Plains and the Central Plains, expanded its own interests, and hid behind the scenes to add fuel to the fire.

The reason behind Su Fangyi and Duan Songzhi's reluctance to express their stance is still that the political status of Liang Guo affects the position of the sect, and when political interests are higher than economic interests, it will be difficult for external economic factors to influence political positions.

Coming out of the governance office, Bai Liyan was about to go to the annex to stay, and when everyone was about to disperse, Zong Botai came to him and said cautiously:

"Is there one thing that Master Hou ever thinks is strange?"

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"Now that the national strength of our Xian country is growing, this short catty shortage is coming, but there is no warning. And the amount is huge, which is equivalent to the annual income of the treasury, Qianfang, Houfu, and Yongxing, or even more. Don't you think it's too coincidental? ”

"Hiss......" Bai Liyan was shocked, suddenly felt reasonable, and hurriedly asked: "Mr. is saying that someone in the court stole secrets and leaked them to outsiders!" ”

"I don't dare to judge this matter, but there is a quota in the economy in a short period of time, if this quota is obtained by outsiders, it is more harmful than war, and Hou Ye must not guard against it."

Zong Botai implied that Wei Guo had obtained the economic data of the core of Xianguo and launched a currency war under certain circumstances.

The annual fiscal revenue of Xianguo is roughly divided into four major parts, one is the national tax revenue of the national treasury, the second is Qianfang, the third is the inner mansion of Xianwang, and the fourth is the three marquis, namely Yongxing, Xuanting, and Luhou.

Among them, the economic potential of the three marquis and the inner palace is only known to the three parties and the king of Xian, and the situation of the inner palace of the king of Xian is not known to the outside world at all, and the Qianfang is only known to a few of the cabinet of the three marquis and the king of Xian, and the treasury is relatively loose, but there are still two sets of accounts. The open account is given to the outer court, and the dark account is given to the inner court.

Although Uncle Fang served as a commercial envoy and had a general understanding of the total amount of commodities in the Xian Kingdom, he could not know the secrets of the core finances of the Xian Kingdom, let alone how much gold and silver flowed in the Xian Kingdom every year.

Aside from the cost of operation, input, and expenditure, the preliminary estimated loss has exceeded the total amount of precious metal profits in a year, which means that Xianguo not only loses a huge amount of gold and silver in vain a year, but also has to make up for market demand and foreign expenditures to paste precious metals, which is hundreds of thousands.

How can such a large-scale and precise economic invasion be targeted by foreign countries without detailed economic internal references?

Thinking of this, Bai Liyan shuddered, he couldn't imagine who would leak the core secret. In addition to the cabinet, which can get in touch with the financial core, it is the Department of Taxation, the Department of Taxation and the Department of Taxation, and the Qianfang, this range is framed, hundreds of people inside and outside, Bailiyan knows everything, maybe someone leaked it to the Jin State, and then it is not impossible for it to flow from the Jin State to the Wei State.

Everything is just speculation, and it is impossible to find out who betrayed the interests of the country, but this time the trend is out-and-out can take the life of Xianguo, and this person's sinister heart can be punished.

The next day, Bai Liyan talked to Zong Botai and Zhao Anling about the matter alone, but neither of them had a clue. Bailiyan also proposed that Zongbo Tai's calculation and measurement be investigated, but Zong Bo Tai's words could not be measured in detail, and the calculation and measurement could not be formed.

After that, Bailiyan inspected the printing and Xicheng foundry, metallurgical factory, and steel rolling mill.

The paper industry has been relocated to Lincheng as a whole, but the core advanced paper processing technology, engraving, typesetting, ink, economic and financial printing, technical research and other departments are still in Yongxing City, and the printing workshop produces paper and printing equipment in small quantities, and also tackles other technologies as reserves.

After the opening of the postal service and Qianfang Lu, the demand for stamps, invoices and passbooks is urgent, so engraving and paper are specially developed for printing stamps, passbooks and invoices with certain anti-counterfeiting. This time, the technical span of printing money stamps that can be circulated is undoubtedly very large.

After the construction of 20,000 jin blast furnace in Xicheng, the sharp rise of iron smelting also made the coking plant expand rapidly, following the Yongxing iron production in 643 exceeded 5 million catties, and at the end of last year it has exceeded 8 million catties, with an average annual increase of 1.5 million catties.

The popularization of converter steelmaking method has allowed steel to be produced on an industrial scale, and the use of large-scale blast furnaces has made energy more concentrated.

Foreign markets are affected by intermediate links, irrigation and transportation costs, and the price of iron is still much higher than in Xianguo, but it is also much lower than ten years ago.

Thanks to the improvement of mine cars, tracks and mining tools, and the excavation of coal fields and iron ore, the supply of iron ore and coal is far greater than the smelting capacity of Yongxing.

If there is no major setback in the economy, according to this year's plan, the iron-smelting capacity will exceed 10 million catties, of which the amount of crude steel accounts for forty percent, and the proportion will be further increased in the future, and will start to build a blast furnace of 100,000 catties, if there is no problem with technical verification, the new blast furnace of 100,000 catties will continue to be built next year, and it is expected that within four years, the production capacity will exceed 50 million catties The problem is not big.

Although the iron production exceeded 8 million catties, it was still publicized with 5 million catties.

On the one hand, national defense and economic security needs, on the other hand, Yongxing City's manufacturing and production of a large number of machinery and munitions, mine transformation, shipbuilding, munitions production, and steel reserves require a large amount of pig iron, steel, and even special steel.

The demand for domestic industrial production is huge, and all foreign exports can earn more capital and raw materials, but compared with the exchange of capital and raw materials, it is imperative to use the large surplus earned by the external market to consolidate the industrial base as soon as possible and complete the early industrial accumulation.

At the same time as the production capacity of Yongxing City soared, the vassal states were not idle, and the iron and copper production increased in recent years, especially after the Xianguo released the news of five million catties of production capacity, which caused a great sensation.

In order to make money, the workers took this opportunity to peddle thousands of catties of blast furnace technology everywhere, and various countries scrambled to pay for technology, so that there were super copper cannons in recent years, otherwise there would be no jack furnaces, and thousands of catties of copper cannons would not be refined at all.

Of course, at first, the princes thought that the production capacity of five million catties in Xianguo was piled up by a thousand catties furnace, so they expanded vigorously after obtaining a thousand catties furnace, but they could not smelt molten steel from smelting, and they could still only smelt pig iron and copper.

In the past two years, the highest output of Zhiguo was only five or six hundred thousand catties of pig iron per year, and the cost was twice the market price of Xianguo.