Jiaozhou. On the construction site of the Jiaozhou Railway.

"What's going on over there?" A team of carriages passed by the periphery of the construction site, and a coachman from Qi asked the head of the car that took the lead.

"What? Build railways. The front of the car said angrily.

"Is that the big iron horse we saw in Wei?" The coachman from Qi asked curiously.

"yes, that's it. Tell you, this big iron horse is not a good thing. The front of the car said angrily.

"Why?" The coachman asked curiously.

"I think the big iron horse is pretty good. How good it is that a big iron horse can pull hundreds of carriages like ours. The coachman said. Most of the people from the Qi Kingdom are looking for jobs as coolies, because they have no skills, and a little bit of skill enters the shipyard, and the dexterous ones become shop assistants.

"If only the railroad was repaired. And what's the matter with you? Let's lose this bowl of rice. The front of the car said helplessly.

"Oh. Oh, yes. I didn't expect that. The driver said as he watched the busy situation on the construction site.

"So, it's not a good thing to build a railway. But it's not easy for us to eat this bowl of rice. The front of the car said helplessly. For the train, they are both love and hate, because the number of materials needed in Qingcheng is very huge, in the absence of railway construction, the only thing they can do is to rely on the carriage to transport, therefore, the carriage shop has a great position in Jiaozhou, according to preliminary statistics, there are about more than 10,000 carriages running on the Jiaozhou highway, only such a huge number of carriages can maintain Qingcheng's daily material consumption and trade exchanges, but with the increase of trade, The total volume of goods traded by the carriage could only be maintained by increasing the quantity, and this was not a long-term solution, but the only solution was one complete solution. Construction of railways. Completely open up the Jiaozhou traffic line, but in doing so, a large number of carriage shops will lose their role, and many coachmen will lose their jobs, in this case, the head of the locomotive will naturally oppose the construction of the railway, because once the railway is built, they will have no opportunity to make money.

"If I don't do the carriage, I think I can drive an iron horse, how majestic." The coachman said with a smile.

"Hehe, you kid, take a good look at your horse, the iron horse is not easy to drive, you have to learn, go to Xinzheng, South Korea to study, the tuition fee is enough for you to buy several carriages." The front of the car shook its head. Then continue to catch the car.

"Oh. I saved enough money and went. The coachman said. On the other side, the construction site is in full swing, because the railway company gave them a very short construction period, and it seems a little unlikely that such a railway will be built in a very short time.

"Time is too tight." Zhang Xiu, the engineer of the western section, frowned and shook his head. The entire Jiaozhou Railway is divided into two, east and west sections. They want to finish it as quickly as possible. The Qingcheng Railway Company solved the problem of funds by issuing more shares and selling a large number of bonds pledged by the Qingcheng government to the banks, and many nobles and military personnel contributed to it, and they believed that the Qingcheng Jiaozhou Railway was very important.

"We couldn't build such a 700-mile-long railway in such a short period of time." Zhang Xiu said.

"I know. What do you need, tell me. I'll fix it for you. Chen Shan, the person in charge of the western section, said.

"People, I need a lot of people, there are not many people in Jiaozhou, most of the people in Jiaozhou have gone to Qingcheng. We couldn't recruit more people to build the railroad, and most importantly, we couldn't do that because the company gave us very limited money. Zhang Xiu said.

"People?" Chen Shan asked.

"Yes, we need people, lots of people. Labor, but we can't do that, these people are still collected from Jiaozhou, but the salary has increased a lot. If this continues, it will not be enough. Zhang Xiu shook his head and said.

There were many problems with the western section of the railway company, and although they were close to the direction of Zhao State, and the raw materials of Zhao State could be greatly supplied to them, they lacked manpower. Qingcheng's problem is easy to say, because of a large number of Qi people who crossed the border of Qi State. They couldn't find good jobs in Qingcheng, and many of them became construction workers because there was a lot of manpower.

But in the Western Sector, the problem is very serious. Because of the attraction of Qingcheng. The population here began to become sparse, and the further west you go, the fewer people there are, thinking that many people know that Qingcheng is a very good place to develop. The population is extremely dense, and the population here is sparse.

"Oh. Do you have any good solutions to this problem? After thinking about it for a while, Chen Shan asked such a question.

"The only way is to gather people from the Chu State, or from the Qi State, but the people of the Chu State are busy going to sea, and the situation of the Qi people is better, they are all willing to come here, we can only gather people from the Qi State to come here. Otherwise, our road problems will be very troublesome. And. Zhang Xiu said.

"They have a low salary demand, as long as we provide them with good food, that's fine." Zhang Xiu said.

"Hmm. Very good. Very good. Chen Shan said. Chen Shan only thought about how to solve the labor problem, but he did not think that doing so would cause huge political upheavals. Compared with the state of Qi and the state of Chu, the state of Qi is indeed a good source of labor, and most of the people of the state of Chu are busy opening up their farms, because the number of farms opened up is too large, and the nobles need more manpower than they expected, and many people are taken to the south. There can be a lot of labor shortages. Moreover, the interests there are greater than the interests here, and there are more opportunities to make a fortune overseas.

In contrast, the development of Qi is very lagging behind, many people have no way out, they can only plant in the fields, although life is relatively peaceful, but Qi is relatively weak in comparison. Some Qi people will not be satisfied and come to Jiaozhou for their own desires. Life in Jiaozhou has given them a chance to make a difference.

"It's going to be very bad just to do that. You know. The Qi people from the north have always had a great political estrangement from us, and if the time is very big, the situation will be very bad. Zhang Xiu said worriedly. Although he was not interested in politics, he knew where the main direction of labor was coming, Qi country, where there was indeed enough labor, but the situation definitely did not allow them to go so smoothly.

"I can't control this matter, and I can't do so many things, but as long as the labor problem is solved and the railway can be completed, I don't care about anything else." Chen Shan said with his hands behind his back.

"Okay. Since you said so. I don't have anything to say. That's it. Zhang Xiu nodded and said.

"Post an advertisement immediately, or send people to the border of Qi in the north and let them come here as soon as possible, there is too little manpower here." Chen Shan said excitedly.

Sinzheng, South Korea.

"Your Majesty, this is a speculative report from them, the specific matter has not been understood in detail, Zhang Shi has already sent someone to investigate." Zhang Liang said to Han Shu.

"Well, whether that's the case or not, it's very good for us in South Korea, you know, it's a huge demand order. Although we do not know if the northern dynasty of the Mengla people was attacked by the Yueshi people controlled by the Qin people. Han Shu said.

"But they do have such a large order demand, and the most important thing is that the Qin people want to let the Yueshi people go south to obtain their benefits, but we can't control Mengla, as well as Western continental countries like the Northern Dynasty, this country is too big for us at the moment. If they can fight in disarray, it will be very good for us, and most importantly, we can use so many weapons to obtain their wealth. Han Shu said. Han Sook's goal is to obtain the wealth of the countries of the Western continent through trade or other means, because only in this way can they completely solve their financial difficulties, and the current Korean government has too many places to build. It's an inevitable choice.

"Hmm. However, this would be very detrimental to our expansion. Zhang Liang said worriedly. He feared that the influence of the Koreans on the Western continent would be difficult for them to advance because of the factor of these muskets, because the muzzle of the guns was controlled by the people, and the Monglas could be aimed at the Yueshi people who were heading south, or they could be aimed at them.

"Don't worry, by the time they learn to wield flintlock pistols, we'll be weeding out those damn outdated weapons. What kind of threat can the use of backward weapons pose to us, and do they have that guts? I think it's unlikely, it seems to me that we know too little about Mengla, and about the other city-states. Too few of us Koreans go to the West, and too few people mean that we don't have so much strength. We can't afford to be in too much of a hurry. Han Shu thought for a while and said.

"Think about it, we have just started to carry out our trade in Bangladesh and the Western Ocean, the trade has not yet been launched, we first open their market, only in this way can we have more entry, and when our strength expands to a certain extent, we can have the next move, otherwise, everything will be in vain." Han Shu said.

"Yes, Your Majesty. We really can't be in too much of a hurry. Zhang Liang agrees. After all, they had only just arrived in the country of Bangla, not long ago, although they had already won two victories. However, the situation does not seem to have changed much, and the South Korean government needs to make such a change.

"The musket trade is an opportunity. Their demand is definitely not as simple as a million, and the price is high. We have other goods, these things, which can't be sold at a good price in Korea, but if we ship them to Bangla and the Western continent, the price will rise several times, and this is a good opportunity for us, and we need this opportunity so much. So, what we need to do now is to take advantage of this opportunity and, if necessary, build a couple of arsenals there. Let's fight, the more fierce the war, the more we earn. Han Shu said excitedly waving the fist in her hand. Her eyes glowed brightly.

Qin State, Xianyang Wenyang Bank.

"Look at this, I think, you're going to be very interested." Yingyu took a report issued by the Qin government and handed it to Xiao He. Xiao He didn't understand what Yingyu was looking for him.

"Oh." Xiao He took the report and looked at it quickly, he read the report very quickly, but if it was an important report, he read it very slowly, for example, this time. The content of the article is simple. But it takes a long time to think about the problem.

This is a report on the Qin government's mortgage of gold coins and the right to issue paper money from three states in the Western Regions of Qin. Because of the needs of trade in the Western Regions, gold coins were used in the Western Regions, and paper money was used in the Qin State, of course. Gold coins are also in circulation, but gold coins cannot be circulated in the Qin State and several states, and gold coins still need to be exchanged for paper money at the bank. But in order for Qin to be able to open up the dilemma of trade in the Western Regions, especially some countries need gold coins too much. Because the Qin state absorbed a large amount of gold, the currencies of these countries were in a state of contraction, which was not conducive to the Qin state to open up their trade market. However, the Qin government was unable to set up a financial institution to manage it, so Shang Wen decided to obtain a large amount of funds to build the Western Regions by way of mortgage, and obtained the mortgage right. They also have the right to use it, and they can exchange currency and paper money in the countries of the Western Regions to make their profits. This is a very promising project.

The Qin government needed money, and they pledged the right to issue money, which was the right to issue two types of money. However, there are regional restrictions. And another point. They can do this by controlling the issuance of money. Occupying the right to issue currency in the region is actually the entire financial right, and getting the right to issue money is equivalent to them getting most of the trade.

"This. This is an absolute opportunity. Xiao He knows very well that there is no more profitable business in the world than controlling currency.

"So, I knew you would be interested, and the prime minister was also taking a lot of risk by doing this. The prime minister was explaining the matter to the king. Therefore, we must now work with several other banks to do this, we Wenyang Bank alone cannot afford such a big business, and most importantly, we also have gold reserves in our hands, but we cannot meet such a large demand. Must be united. Yingyu said. She had already thought of a countermeasure, and the solution was very simple, that is, to unite with other banks, the royal bank. Union Bank, as well as other banking alliances, the Qin State has formed large and small consortia. They have a lot of money in their hands.

"Hmm. We can't be in a hurry about this matter, we must find an opportunity to do it. Xiao He thought about it and said.

"Yes. But the opportunity has already arisen. It is the Yueshi War, the Ministry of Defense, the General Staff has planned a battle plan, the Yueshi people will concentrate their forces to attack the Indians' defense line, and then launch a large-scale battle, and then get a considerable amount of loot, they take these loot to pay off the debt, the Yueshi people issue bonds, but this is a bond purchased by the government, and the next step is for our bank to buy these bonds, and exchange these bonds. Yingyu said.

"It can be said that we can directly do business with the Yueshi government, and the Yueshi people need to share their war proceeds with us, but at present, the Yueshi people are only carrying out the first step of the battle plan, and they will also carry out the next plan, such as building a railway, completely solving their logistics supply problem, and the Qin government is considering this problem." Yingyu said.

"It's a great opportunity and we're going to take it." Xiao He nodded.

In order to solve the financial problems of the Yue clan and the development of the Western Regions of the Qin State, the Qin government had to do so. The government bonds of the various states in the Western Regions are not very attractive. And the difficulty is very great, Shang Wen knows this, Meng Yi also knows this, it is slightly easier to solve this problem, only by actively mobilizing the strength of Qinguo Bank to participate in it, because only they have such a large financial ability to solve many problems. Now Shangwen needs to untie the shackles of the bank and let the bank actively participate in the construction of the Western Regions of the Qin State.

In the north of Qin, the town of Nanmo.

"The eastern and western states of Mongolia are the north of the Qin State, but the development is too slow. First, we don't have enough people to develop the North. We all know that many southerners are reluctant to come to the north, and our development in the north has come to a standstill. It was a senior councillor from Simon State who spoke. He is not tall, but that doesn't stop people from worrying about the North at the moment.

Both the eastern and western states are facing the same problem, they need to develop, and only by developing can the two states make great progress.

"Therefore, we formed the Northern Alliance. The purpose is very simple, that is, to develop the north and prosper the north. The senior MP said.

"In our north, there are still large areas of northern land that have not yet been developed, and this is an opportunity, a chance to prosper the north, and we need to do what we are doing well. I hope that everyone can work together for the development of our north. The senior councillor said. Others applauded.

East and West Mongolia formed an alliance, a regional alliance, and they came together for the sake of the economy, and there are too many similarities between East and West Mongolia. These similarities forced them to come to the union.

Both states are animal husbandry states, they rely on animal husbandry to develop, but animal husbandry can only provide them with a certain agricultural base, they need wealth, they need development, and the development of minerals becomes their only option, but minerals need people, labor. Even the most powerful explosives will not solve the problem of underpopulation. For this purpose, they decided to join forces to solve their greatest dilemma. Thereupon. They formed the Northern Alliance. This alliance will greatly promote the development of East and West Mongolia. This is the main purpose of this alliance. The economy is the focus of attention in East and West Mongolia. Only then will they be able to solve all their problems, and if they don't, they have no prospects.