The chatter of the Manchu civil and military on bidding and the quota system continued to escalate, and then it was rumored that Wei Guo was scolding the public and cultivating the country, and the reason was also inexplicable. Because Zhiguo can supply not many specialties to the Jin Xuedi people, the bottom line is very low, and he doesn't expect to share much benefit.

Now all of a sudden, bidding for shipments, Zhiguo's already small properties have avoided the risk of being carved up, and with the price advantage alone, the cost of Zhiguo is lower than that of Jin and less than that of Weiguo. Gongliangxiu carefully calculated, it had exceeded expectations, and then went to the Xuanting Pavilion to find out the bottom line with Mooney's secret business, so he nested in the pavilion with peace of mind and waited for the transaction.

However, there was a lot of overlap between Weiguo and Zhiguo, and Weiguo knew that Gongliang's clan had a rebellious heart, so he went to exchange ambiguous terms for Gongliangxiu's concessions on the transaction, but Gongliangxiu categorically refused.

The reason is also very simple, Gongliang Xiu is not a special envoy who is solely responsible for the transaction, he is only responsible for liaison and coordination with Mooni and Bailiyan, and in the end, how to deliver and supply is decided by the envoys sent by King Zhi to Chenling, and even the bidding he cannot control the price of Zhiguo.

Taking a step back, it would be more beneficial for the Gongliang clan to facilitate a bigger deal, and if Zhiguo was disappointed, the situation in the country would only make the Gongliang clan more passive, and there would be no reason for concessions and covert collusion.

At this point, the authorities have all discovered that the Western Sea states such as Weiguo, Qiguo, Yanguo, Chen, and Zhao are almost unprofitable, followed by Xu and Song.

So they didn't agree with each other, and the patriotic envoys made a fuss in the Zhiguo Pavilion for a long time, and finally broke up unhappily.

Early the next morning, Wheel Bailiyan went to the Liang State Embassy's Mansion to invite Ji Feng to Yongxing City to "visit and study", and for this purpose, he also prepared a four-wheeled carriage from the Yongxing Marquis Mansion for Ji Feng to drive.

Sitting in the four-wheeled carriage of the Hou Mansion, Ji Feng's heart was not very happy, but at this moment, he was even more unhappy. Ji Kang, who was sitting on the side, saw the clue, lifted the curtain and looked out, and made sure that Bailiyan and Li Yi were talking in front, Ji Kang said with confidence:

"The third uncle is for this four-wheeled carriage."

"Well, legend has it that the Xianguo has a new carriage that is very exquisite, and it has not been seen before, I thought that the Xianguo Xian King should send one to sit, but he didn't want to be so stingy. Now Bailiyan's four-wheeled carriage is galloping on the galloping road, not only is it bumpy, but even the sound is unusually small, and even the axle is good iron.

Such a luxury car, I have never had it in Liang Country, I have not had it in the Son of Heaven, and even doctors in Xianguo can enjoy such a car, which is really jealous. ”

"yes...... It is said that the heavy cars of Xianguo use iron axles, and my nephew did not believe it before, and it is unbelievable to come to Xianguo again this time. I think that my Liang country imitated the Xianguo four-wheeled car for only seven or eight years, not only is it not as good as the wooden car, but now the Xianguo uses the iron axle, the huge loading is amazing, and it is even more difficult for our country to catch up. If it continues to develop like this, the Xianguo country will become a major disaster in the Central Plains sooner or later. ”

"Sooner or later it will be a great tribulation, and now it has become a great tribulation. You look at the Jianbao horse ridden by Bailiyan, and then look at the horse pulling the cart, which one is not a first-class good horse. I think that back then, Xianguo even had to borrow war horses from your father, and how many years have passed, and Xianguo has become one of the powerhouses in the Central Plains. In another 20 years, no one can predict what the situation will be. ”

"That being the case, why did the third uncle agree to support the Xianguo to keep enough to continue to raise tigers."

"Alas...... The third uncle is also forced to do so. You haven't seen it yet, Wei Guo is crazy now. ”

"Crazy? Why crazy. Ji Kang asked.

"The Central Plains countries in our country are in short supply of gold and silver, after the implementation of the new farming method in the Xian country, the grain in each country has increased year by year, and many people are getting richer day by day, and the production power of the Xian country is quite high, and the three kingdoms of Zhi, Jin and Song have supplied a large number of cotton, soybeans and other things, and the Xian country has turned it into cloth and so on.

When the people are rich, they have to buy goods, and this is not a problem. However, the salty country produced a large number of people, and implemented the New Deal, minting gold and silver Tongbao, not only made the copper coins of various countries worthless.

When the transaction of gold and silver is more frequent, at the same time a large amount of gold and silver also flowed into the Xian country, although some of it was spent, but another part was hoarded by it, and the other was minted into copper coins, in the long run, the copper coins of the Central Plains countries will be driven out of the market by the new coins of the Xian countries, and after the gold and silver are hoarded by the Xian countries, there are fewer and less, and finally the Xian countries will use the new currency to control the trade of various countries.

If the army of Xianguo is weak, it is fine, but the hateful thing is that the army of Xianguo is strong, and Bailiyan does not see him die, so there is no way.

This time the barbarians came to trade, which was a golden opportunity to obtain a large amount of gold and silver, but they came up with the method of bidding. In this way, it is not profitable to defend the country at all. However, the gold and silver in the hands of other princes increased significantly, and under the elimination of the other, the Xian State implemented the practice of leaving enough to give up the shortage, and the defense of the country would be hit.

In anger, the defense of the country will inevitably send troops to ask for it. ”

"Since Wei Guo wants to send troops, what does it have to do with my Liang State, wouldn't it be better to defeat the Xian State?"

"I'm afraid that I won't defeat the Xianguo and put my Liang Kingdom in prison. If you think about it, Xianguo now buys a large number of goods from the Jin, Zhi, and Song Kingdoms every year, and the Three Kingdoms can also obtain high-quality goods and a large number of gold, silver, and copper coins from Xianguo.

Second, this short and short of two things was originally planned by Wei Guo, and while harming the Xian country, it also plagued other princes all over the world. If the Xian Kingdom is finished, the Xian Kingdom will lose tens of millions of gold and silver, and the other princes will also have to lose money, who can make such a loss-making transaction.

In the end, it was difficult to gain from this transaction to defend the country, and the implementation of the Xian State to leave enough to give up the shortage would inevitably advance and retreat together with other princes, and the defense of the country had no choice. At that time, the war will start, the Xian country will have a hundred miles of Yan, the Zhi country will have a good reputation, and even if the country is not defeated, it will be difficult to win completely. If it fails, the supply of materials in our Liang country will be hit hard, and if you don't plan a retreat in advance, you will have to lose all your money in a few years. ”

While Ji Feng agreed to leave enough to give up, it was equivalent to selling the country. Businessmen are different from politicians in that businessmen's eyes are always focused on economic interests, and when businessmen become politicians, politics and diplomacy become a platform for profit.

Ji Feng is keenly aware of the change in the direction of the wind, which is making the situation delicate, if Wei Guo loses in the war, it is meaningless to Ji Feng to cut the land or something, and the supply of a large number of raw materials in the old land of Wei Guo and Sun Guo is interrupted because of the war, which is the biggest economic loss.

If the Wanshi fleet of the Jin State can be formed within two years, the import of raw materials from the Jin State will avoid the investment risk caused by the war, and even in the future, Ji Feng's fleet will be formed, and raw materials can be raised from all over the Central Plains.

The horse team walked very fast, and Li Yi had to ask questions from time to time:

"Uncle, the Chi Dao cultivation in Xianguo is really wide, more than twice as wide as that in my Liang country, it must cost a lot."

"In fact, there are not many, from the 628 years of the Sheng Yuan Dynasty after the rebels were greatly injured and retreated to Xianxi, Xianguo successively arranged the baggage battalions, and at the same time opened up the wasteland, but also repaired the road. In the past 18 years, the country's main roads have been leveled and widened, and a large number of embankments and water storage dams have been built. So it's not much to spread it evenly every year.

In addition, the battalion grows a large amount of grain and pigs every year, which can not only supply the garrison, but also have a surplus into the state treasury, so it does not cost much money to widen and build roads, but it costs a lot of money and grain to build a dam in Ganfu. ”

"Then why can Xianguo's tuntian be managed so well, and all countries have successively followed Xianguo's example to organize a labor camp, which is always inferior to uncle, why is this, is there another mystery in it?"

"Huh...... Tuntian Tuntian, Tun Tun Tun to see whose field Tun is. If you don't give your family any benefits to your property, are you willing? ”

"Of course not, how can your own field be planted by others, and you can't do anything."

"That's right, in the final analysis, it matters who the field belongs to. The reason why Xianguo successfully implemented the new policy was to solve the problem of land ownership. If all the land belongs to the nobles, and the people get very little or no land, how can they still cultivate the land?

Since we want to revitalize the country, we must first make the people rich, and only when the people have their own fields and can live a good life will they work hard. If it were you, who couldn't eat enough all year round, but had to work day and night to work and sell coolies, did you think you would work hard for the powerful? ”

"No, it won't. But I still can't figure out why all countries can't take advantage of the benefits of the New Deal, given so many benefits. ”

"Well...... It's complicated to say. In fact, the new policy of Xianguo has not been implemented in various places, only the four counties of Dujun, Qiunan, Xianxi and Xingui are the best implemented, and the new policies of Beihai, Jiangdong, Mobilization and Suidang are still unsatisfactory. Yi'er has time to go to these four counties to have a look, and when she goes, she will know why other countries can't change the law and not be effective in Xianguo, and the reasons are all in it. ”

The smooth implementation of the Xianguo New Deal benefited to a large extent from the massacre of the Black Turban Army, which solved the deep-rooted local elite and wealthy strata, eliminated the upper classes, and left room for redistribution of interests.

At the same time, the crumbling Xianguo regime was in urgent need of a strong shot to stabilize the political situation, and the Xianwang was hungry and had to pin all his hopes on Bailiyan, thus turning the tide and giving the Xianwang the confidence to implement the new policy.

Without the political space and the stage provided by King Xian, it would not have been possible to carry out a series of reforms under the old aristocratic slavery system, and at best it would have been praised by the world as a moral benchmark for an era, and then enjoy a lifetime of glory and wealth.

On the other hand, in the four counties of Beihai, Dongyuan, Jiangdong, and Suidang, the core elite class was intact, and the results of the implementation of the new policy were far worse than those of other counties.

In the final analysis, Li Yi is not a politician, and his sensitivity to political and economic interests is poor, and he cannot see that the deep-seated essence of governing the country is the distribution and expansion of the interest cake.

Of course, not all the princes' reforms were ineffective, at least all the princely states spared no effort in the promotion of agricultural technology, and almost all the princes obtained the fruits of agricultural technology reform, even the Western barbarians who were far away on the western sea.

For this reason, all countries feel good, and the increase in food means the rapid growth of the population, and the accumulation of traditional agricultural national strength, when the hoarding of grain and grass is abundant enough, it also gives some people who feel good about the expansion of ambition to start a war.

In addition, the newly occupied land under the rule of the Gongliang clan was relatively successful under the economic transfusion of the Xianguo, and the post-war recovery was very fast, coupled with the inflow of iron tools and cocoons, agriculture basically recovered to the pre-war water quality and slightly increased.

The economy also benefited from the operation of Bailiyan Capital and the import of cheap goods, and the inflow of a large amount of Xianguo Singapore currency supported the local market and capital, providing a channel for money laundering and smuggling of the Gongliang clan.