Handan has been surrounded.

When the Qin army pulled out Yi'an on the middle road from the east of Jingcheng and was not restrained by Li Mu to attack Fengsi and other provinces, Handan was surrounded by the Qin army from north to south. Fortunately, the line of the tributaries of the Yellow River is still unblocked, but this unimpeded is only temporary, and in another month, it may only be half a month, when the tributaries of the Yellow River are frozen, and the Qin army on the south road crosses the tributaries of the Yellow River, Handan will be completely surrounded to death.

In the royal city of Handan, Zhao Liangku, who was full of sorrow, stood on top of the court, facing the ministers sideways.

"The Marquis of Wu'an is merit and does not accept the king's order, and he is afraid of war and does not save Handan, please stop it." Zhao Cong, who commanded the general of the king's pawn, was full of spirits and generously advised Zhao Qian to request the removal of Li Mu.

"The minister seconded the ......, and the minister also seconded the proposal." A cadre of courtiers seconded the proposal, including Jianxinjun, who had previously removed the post of prime minister. After the Qin army in the middle route went south, there were fewer and fewer grain, cattle and sheep transported in the north, and there was no other meat in Handan except for the dead horse meat, and the most serious was charcoal. Winter is coming, but there is a serious shortage of charcoal in the city, and it seems that the houses can only be demolished this winter.

"The king, the king's life will not be affected." In the second voice of the ministers, Zhao Liang spoke loudly. "Wu Anhou has his own plan if he doesn't fight, and Wu Anhou has led the army to attack at this moment."

"Xiangbang has received news of Wu Anhou's attack?" Jianxinjun was very surprised by Zhao Liang again, he did work again.

"Not available." Zhao Liang said truthfully, "Ranchen is sure that Marquis Wu Anhou is about to go out to attack Qin. ”

"The king, the minister thinks that the Marquis of Wu'an is not available, so he should be the general." Jian Xinjun turned to Zhao Qian on the throne. "In the past, when the first king Xiaocheng became the king, the Marquis of Wu'an was also allowed to be plundered by the Hu people, and the Hu people were not prepared to lead troops to attack them. Now that the Qin people are attacking me, the Marquis of Wu'an allows the Qin people to plunder and kill without attacking Qin, and this is also a precedent for attacking Hu. However, Yanmen is a border land, but Handan is the capital of my Zhao State, and the Marquis of Wu'an let the Qin people attack the city and besiege Handan for his own work. ”

Jian Xinjun hit the nail on the head and saw Li Mu thoroughly, and some courtiers who originally did not approve of the removal of Li Mu couldn't help but nod. Li Mu is like this when he fights a war, he likes to deliberately show weakness, Yanmen may be sacrificed, how can Handan be sacrificed?

"Please ask the king to remove the Marquis of Wu'an to relieve the siege of Handan." The voices were uneven, but except for Zhao Liang's descendants, almost all the courtiers asked Zhao Qian to remove Li Mu from his post as general.

"What does Taifu think?" Zhao Qian asked. Guo Kai has not spoken up, Zhao Qian asked Zhao Liang and Guo Kai more about everything, Zhao Liang did not agree to remove Li Mu, so he asked Guo Kai.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks this matter should be cautious." Guo Kai pondered for a moment before speaking under the gaze of everyone. "In the past, the Marquis of Wu'an connived at the captivity of the Hu people, and the first king deposed him, so that the general was useless, and finally reused the Marquis of Wu'an. The minister thought that he could send another envoy to urge him. ”

"Taifu's words are wrong." Jianxinjun said urgently. "The king has sent several envoys, and the Marquis of Wu'an will not fight, so what?"

"This is ......" Guo Kai is right, but what Jian Xinjun said is also true. Handan has sent twelve envoys to urge Li Mu to fight, but Li Mu just won't fight.

"The minister asks the king to send an envoy to the army of the Marquis of Wu'an again, and the Marquis of Wu'an will fight this time." Zhao Liang didn't expect Guo Kai to help him, so he immediately took the opportunity to speak. When Zhao Qian retreated from the court, he deliberately stepped forward to Guo Kai and said, "Thank you, Taifu." ”

"Why should Xiangbang thank me." Guo Kaipi smiled in return. "It's just that Wu'an Hou can't fight, this ......"

"At the time of the national war, Wu Anhou was already ordered to be the general, how could he change the general again?" Zhao Liang said. "Taifu don't forget Zhao Kuo's defeat."

When Zhao Kuo and Guo Kai smiled, it was indeed Handan who was too anxious that time, and he was so anxious that he wanted to fight a decisive battle with the Qin army in exchange for the initiative in the negotiation of peace. Guo Kai's smile first froze, and then his wrinkled face loosened again. "The old minister doesn't know about the war, the old minister only knows that if Wu Anhou still doesn't fight, Handan will die countless people this winter, and next year or when the city is broken."

Guo Kai said goodbye after speaking, and it was useless for Zhao Liang to argue. In fact, Li Mu did not go to war, Zhao Liang had already judged, Li Mu was not the kind of general who fought fiercely as soon as he came up, and his habit was to show weakness to the enemy. Showing weakness must be sacrificed, it was okay to sacrifice Yanmen County in the past, but it is absolutely not okay to sacrifice Handan now.

Zhao Liang stood on the side of the steps and thought about Li Mu, and a minister rolled up to the stage like rolling the earth, and he hurriedly said: "Xiangbang, the gold bank has opened the door to exchange money, and one pound of silver is exchanged for 24,000 dollars." ”

"Huh?!" Zhao Liang seemed to have been struck by lightning, and his whole body was shaking. "Twenty-four thousand?!"

"Yes!" The minister was sent by the Qian Mansion to complain, and his face was full of sweat. "The redeemers are flocking, and the cars and horses are surging."

"Qi people hurt me!" Zhao Liang roared angrily, he hurriedly descended the steps, walked too fast and almost fell, but fortunately, the minister helped him beside him. Descending to the bottom of the stairs, Zhao Jin, who was a step slower, arrived. His expression was similar to Zhao Liang's, and he also said urgently: "One pound of gold and silver is exchanged for 24,000 dollars, and this Qi person wants to harm me, please stop it." ”

Zhao Liang was already very anxious when he heard the news, and Qian Fuqing was even more anxious when he said it. He couldn't wait for the servants to prepare the car, and walked out of the palace to the big city where the Zhao Guo branch of the Shikoku Gold Bank was located.

A month ago, the news of the imminent opening of the Four Nations Gold Bank spread throughout Handan and even the entire Zhao Kingdom. The gold bank is a new thing, the Warring States period is the era of physical money, and the big businessmen and sub-money families of various countries have some financial functions, but no one can say what the gold bank does. However, the gold bank declared that it would exchange gold and silver for cloth coins and sword coins, which were very popular with merchants and ordinary people.

Since the Qin State invaded Zhao, taxes in various places have been greatly reduced, but the copper coins in the Qian Mansion have been poured out like a tide to purchase tens of thousands of horses, vehicles, arrows, wood, wood, copper and iron, furs, shackles, and even corn and grain. The depreciation of copper coins and the depreciation of taxes also depreciated, and the imperial court's solution to the financial problem was to mint money. The newly released massive 'dang ten' cloth coins and 'dang hundred' knife coins have become a hot potato, and it is the norm for businessmen to abandon money to buy goods, and prices have risen again and again, and the market has been empty in less than an hour.

The Shikoku Gold Bank is willing to exchange gold and silver for copper coins, and such good things are naturally expected by merchants and ordinary people. Giving up money to buy goods is a means of preserving value, but there is always a risk in the goods, and it is far better to exchange them for gold and silver. But is Jin Xing really that stupid? Do they really have that much gold and silver to exchange? This is the doubt in everyone's minds, and these questions can only be guessed before the gold bank opens the door to exchange.

Today, when the court is looking at the court, the gold bank that has been preparing for more than two months has finally opened, and the price listed is 24,000 yuan per pound of silver. The news spread throughout Handan as fast as it could, and then chariots and horses loaded with copper coins swarmed in.

"500,000 yuan can be exchanged at the door, and more than 500,000 yuan can be exchanged at the door......" When Zhao Liang squeezed to the gold store, the sun was already in the middle, and the street more than ten meters wide under the scorching sun was crowded with women, chariots and horses, and the gold bank officials in strange clothes were shouting for diversion.

The big families all used horse-drawn carriages and chariots to exchange copper coins, and the common people only carried copper coins on their backs because the men were not at home. There are few large households, but there is a lot of money, and the value of copper coins is different, and they need to be counted one by one, so it is better to exchange them at the door. Although there are many ordinary people, there is very little money, and the counter can be tapped. Triage is a must.

Zhao Liang and Qian Fuqing Zhao Jin not only heard the crowd diverging, but also saw the carts and horses that had been exchanged carrying away bags of uncovered silver coins, and the sound of the silver coins was tickling;

"Woohoo! I, Zhao Min, are so stuck. After the exchange, the people who left were happy, and Zhao Liang sighed. A pound of silver is only worth 2,300 yuan under normal circumstances, but now the gold bank is ten times cheaper to redeem, and the nobles and ordinary people are rushing to it. Of course, he knew what this meant, and when the imperial court set the official price, he also privately guessed the real price, but he didn't expect the price to rise to such an extent.

"Your Majesty, this Qi people's ......" Zhao Jin still felt that this was Qi people's deliberate underestimation of the price of Zhao coins, he had previously suggested that one pound of silver should be exchanged for five to six thousand, but he didn't expect Jin Xing's eyes to blink, and it was four or five times as much as he doubled.

"Haha......" The carriage drove by, and the nobles sitting on the carriage kept throwing silver coins in their hands, laughing and laughing.

This person Zhao Jin knows, this is the younger brother of the Queen Mother's Lingyuan. Even the Queen Mother sent someone to exchange gold and silver, and it seemed that the matter could not be stopped. However, Zhao Jin was still indignant in his heart, didn't these people know that today's gold bank depreciated Zhao Qian tenfold, and Zhao Guo would redeem these Zhao money at the original price tomorrow?

"Return." Zhao Jin was indignant, and Zhao Liang had no intention of going to Jinxing to protest. He could indeed prevent the Zhao people from exchanging the silver coins of the gold bank, but the Zhao people would definitely resent him for this instead of resenting the Shikoku gold bank.

"Your Majesty, Qi people harm me! Today, I am ten times cheaper than my Zhao money, and I Zhao Guo needs to repay Zhao Qian at the original price on the other day! Zhao Jin shouted. What is the Shikoku Gold Bank, this is the Shikoku Ziqian family! ”

What is the Ziqian family Zhao Liang knew very well, thinking that the bloodsucking worm-like Ziqian family attached to Zhao Guo and sucking blood, Zhao Liang turned around again. He sighed and finally asked people to go to the gold bank to report.

The gold bank has been very busy since the day before yesterday. In order to make up enough money to clear the coins, many students in the Crane Guanzi Society were also transferred to the gold bank to help. Their task is mainly to count copper coins, especially the truckloads of copper coins transported by vehicles, or go directly to the door to count the mountains of copper coins in the warehouse. After counting, it is good to match the number reported by the person who exchanged the currency, if it does not match, then it must be counted again until the two sides agree on the number.

It is very simple to exchange silver coins, one Zhao Jin is about 217 grams, and 50 silver coins are one catty. Tens of millions of dollars are only exchanged for four or five hundred catties of silver coins.

From the moment the doors opened in the morning, copper coins poured into the gold bank, and bags of silver bags bearing the logo of the Shikoku gold bank were carried away by nobles and merchants. The governor will patrol behind the counter where the bank is disbursed, and then go to the treasury to look at the counted cloth coins and knife coins. Zhao Xiangbang was not surprised to see him at this time, he knew that Zhao people would come.