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"I didn't expect that, with the warship, we came to transport these things." Xiang Liang said to Xiang Bo.

"These things can sell for a lot of money." Xiang Bo said with a smile.

"Big price." Xiang Liang said.

"For the big price, these things are all smuggled things, and we can make a lot of money by going to Qi by sea." Xiang Bo said.

"With this money, we can buy more ships and go south, I heard that now we can find a Nanyang in South Korea, and we will also go to Nanyang, there are many things in Nanyang, maybe we can find gold, and if we have gold, we will solve more problems." Xiang Bo said.

"If there is gold, it will eventually flow to the Qin State." Xiang Liang said.

"Hmm. This is indeed the case, but otherwise, we will not be able to do such a big business at all, and the development speed of the Qin State is too fast. We simply can't catch up. Xiang Bo said.

"Hmm. That's right. Xiang Liang said. The distance between the Qin and Chu states is getting bigger and bigger, and the Chu state is because of the aristocratic problem. As a result, the national strength of Chu is much weaker, although his army is extremely large and the number of artillery equipped is also very large, but this does not mean that his economic ability can surpass that of Qin. The strength of the country has been put aside by the Qin State.

"Speaking of this Nanyang, the colonies that our Chu State Navy once conquered have not been there for a long time. In this case, the ruling ability of the navy will be much reduced, and the navy will have to strengthen patrols in these places. Otherwise, there will be big problems. Xiang Liang said worriedly.

"Hmm. But there must also be warships. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to go to the colonies. Xiang Bo said.

"That's right, if we make money this time, we will have to add some warships, merchant ships, and the situation at sea is far beyond our imagination. Storms, lots of pirates. These are all factors that we have to worry about defense. Xiang Liang said.

"Hmm." Xiang Bo nodded.

"It's still a matter of money, but how much you can earn this time, and besides, you can't give it all to you. After all, we still have some capital, otherwise, we simply can't do it. Xiang Bo said embarrassedly.

"Hmm. All right. I'm trying to figure it out. Xiang Bo said to Xiang Liang.

"However, I found a newspaper in Wuyue, which was told to me by a merchant of Chu State. Look. At this time, Xiang Bo said, took out a newspaper from his arms and handed it to Xiang Liang.

"It is." Xiang Liang looked at Xiang Bo. He didn't understand what Uncle Xiang meant.

"Look at it, maybe you'll understand. I feel like things have helped us a lot. Xiang Bo said.

"I heard that Qinguo Bank has changed. They turned out to be loans, and the loan needed to be collateralized, but the situation is, what else can we in Chu State mortgage on. Xiang Bo said.

"But they changed it this time. Changed to investment. Xiang Bo said. And Xiang Liang quickly looked at the newspaper, there are also newspapers of Qin in the territory of Chu State, most of the news published in the main Qin State is much more true than those oral rumors, and there is a lot of credibility, so a large number of newspapers circulate in the territory of Chu State, but the date of these newspapers is longer, because there is no printing house in Chu State, there is no newspaper office, and there is no telegraph line in Chu State. The circulation of information has a relatively long residence time.

"Investment, what does that mean?" Xiang Liang asked.

"That's what I'm going to say, so I'm going to put this newspaper away and go back and talk about it this time." Xiang Bo said.

"It's a big deal. What I read in the newspaper is that there is no need for a loan, as long as there is a project, you can exchange it for shares, and you can exchange it for a lot of financial support. Xiang Liang said.

"Like, that's what it means." Xiang Bo said. What kind of situation it is, Xiang Bo himself doesn't know, but Xiang Liang can understand the reason. He was able to understand the development of the situation at once.

"In this way, our Xiang family can also do the same, we only need to set up a trading company, if there is a prospect, we can take the shares as an investment demand, take it out, in exchange for the capital support of the Qin State." Xiang Liang said.

"Yes, if we can make money this time, we will continue to do this kind of business, I heard that this kind of business is easy to make money." Xiang Bo said.

"Hmm. In this way, our Xiang family will have their own business. Xiang Liang said.

"Hmm. Therefore, after arriving in the Northern Qi State this time, we must get the financial support of the Qin State, otherwise, the business will not be bigger. Xiang Bo said.

"I'll get in touch with that." Xiang Liang thought about it and said.

"Okay, let's speed up and go to the Northern Qi Kingdom." Xiang Bo said.

"Hmm." Xiang Liang nodded, at this time, he seemed to see another new layout, the reason why the Chu State Navy could not grow, but reduced a lot. One of the important reasons is the financial capacity, which can provide very little tax.

After the refitting of weapons, the army's dependence on finance is increasing, and the war has higher and higher requirements for the supply of logistics, which is also a military reform carried out on the basis of economic reform, and in the state of Chu, the military reform is only a simple change of weapons, his logistics supply, and the establishment of the army have not been replaced, which leads to the military pressure on the finance of the state of Chu is very large, although the state of Chu has great economic advantages, such as his agriculture, especially the rapid development of economic agriculture, tea, silk, The demand for sugar has led to the development of these economic agriculture, but it has provided more stable taxation for the treasury. Such a situation makes the people of Chu not know how to get out of the predicament.

But now, Xiang Liang has found a glimmer of exit. He knew that as long as they could expand their business, they would be successful.

Sinzheng, South Korea. A large classroom at a Korean university. This is where this summit will take place. The Korean University was actually renovated from the Korean Palace. When we hold a meeting here, there is a strong learning atmosphere. It's easy to get serious in such an atmosphere.

"I think you've realized that a new era has arrived." Shang Wen was the first to speak.

"Peace. It has arrived. Peace has brought development, and although there are still small conflicts in some areas, it is an irreversible fact that peace has arrived. Shang Wen said. Li Mu, Han Shu, Zhang Liang, Zhang Er, and others who were sitting in the audience nodded. They agreed that this is indeed the case at the moment. As long as the Qin State does not go east, there is a possibility of peace in all countries, and this peace brings huge opportunities for development, and everyone can see such opportunities.

"Development, this is the problem that countries are currently facing, but there are many problems of development, and Qin also hopes that all countries can develop, and Qin needs a broad market, not a simple country to develop." Shang Wen said.

"That is to say, the state of Qin, the state of Zhao, the state of Korea, the state of Yan, the state of Wei, the state of Qi, the state of Chu, etc., these countries are one whole. The Qin State is inseparable from this whole, and it cannot develop without this whole. Shang Wen said.

"In the same way, the situation of each country cannot develop in isolation, everyone is inseparable. There is a need to constantly strengthen the ties of economic, cultural, financial, and other ties. Shang Wen said.

"The most extensive of these exchanges is trade. And you've already gotten a lot of money out of it. Shang Wen said.

"The tax revenue from trade has enriched our fiscal revenues and brought great economic prosperity, but what the government is doing at the moment is still not enough, and our tax revenue is only connected to a few areas, and most of the areas are still empty. Therefore, we need to strengthen trade links in these regions. Shang Wen said.

"The topic of this summit is, first and foremost, how to increase trade." Shang Wen continued. Shang Wen believes that the topic should be launched as soon as possible, and the time should not be delayed too long.

"My view is that on the basis of the trade tariff agreement between Qin, South Korea and Zhao, several other countries and regions will be added, of course. These are voluntary, but once they join a trade tariff agreement, they must be reduced to less than five percent. Li Mu suggested at this time.

"We have no problem with Wei, we have already met the relevant requirements in terms of tariffs, but we still need some trade agreements from various countries." Zhang Er responded first. Because of the relationship between Wei and Korea. Wei imposed zero tariffs on some Korean goods, such as grain, foodstuffs, cloth, and so on. In terms of other commodities, Wei also greatly reduced tariffs, and the overall tax revenue was strictly controlled below 5 percent. Such a low tax rate allowed Wei to prosper rapidly in a relatively short period of time. This is the secret of the prosperity of the Northern Liang.

"Hmm. We can do the same. Lou Jing, as a representative of the Qi country, said at this time. He knows that the reduction of tariffs is already the trend of the times, although in some areas of the country, tariffs are higher. For example, in luxury goods, perfumes, and clothing, Qi imposed high taxes in order to suppress the extravagance of merchants. But other important materials, such as grain, are encouraged to be imported by Qi. After all, Qi still lacks a lot of food.

"This, our Yan Kingdom will also, agree." Prince Dan said reluctantly at this time. His face was extremely ugly. Because in this case, Yanguo's fiscal revenue, especially in terms of taxes, will quickly decrease by more than one-third. A large proportion of Yanguo's tax revenue is maintained by tariffs, if tariffs are abandoned. The financial resources will be reduced a lot quickly. This is the psychological preparation that Yan Guo must be prepared for, although Prince Dan has made relevant preparations, and he has accepted the preparation of reducing his finances and taxes by one-third, but at this time, when he really wants to give up, he is still a little uncomfortable, after all, the reduction of a lot of finances has already overwhelmed him.

"Okay, then the tariff agreement can be passed." Shang Wen said more relaxedly. He knew that there was no problem with the two countries of Zhao and South Korea, and the biggest problem was Yan Guo, although he looked at Prince Dan's face was ugly. But after all, I finally agreed. This is still acceptable to him.

"Next. It's a financial problem, and the crux of the problem is currency. Shang Wen said.

"As we all know, there are many countries and regions that currently use Qin banknotes, because, I suggest, more regions can use Qin banknotes, of course. This requires the principle of voluntariness. Shang Wen said.

"However, in order to solve the problem of the circulation of paper money, as well as the credit of paper money. We can only do this by pegging it to gold. I don't know if everyone agrees? Shang Wen said. In fact, Shang Wen is very worried about this issue. Because this issue involves the issue of a country's monetary sovereignty. Zhao used Qin's banknotes because they didn't have enough gold reserves, and at this time, Shangwen proposed that the banknotes were linked to gold, which was also due to Qin's own reasons, and by lowering the gold, Qin obtained enough gold reserves from Zhao again, however, Korea also got a certain percentage of gold reserves. Others don't.

Compared with other countries, Qin still has an absolute advantage in gold reserves, and at this time, the Qin State has a great advantage by linking paper money to gold. After all, no country has such large gold reserves.

In fact, this also means that if countries want to issue their own banknotes, they must have their own gold reserves, if there are no gold reserves, too much issuance of banknotes, will cause the flood of banknotes, so as to lose the dominance of paper money in the nightmare of paper money depreciation. and eventually lose its own right to issue currency. And the state of Qin took this route.

Zhao took the initiative to lose the right to issue currency, because they did not have such sufficient gold reserves, and at the same time they also needed sufficient funds to develop, so they had no choice but to give up their own country's right to issue currency and use Qin's paper money instead.

"In that case, does it mean that paper money must be pegged to gold, or that a certain percentage of gold is allowed to circulate in society?" Han Shu said at this time.

"Yes, it is mainly formulated in response to the special situation of paper money in some countries." Shang Wen said. In fact, Shang Wen himself also felt that there was something inappropriate to do this, and the inappropriate place was that in this case, the Qin State finally got rid of the gold standard, but entered a relatively loose gold standard system, if the Qin State once the gold reserves declined, the influence of the Qin State banknotes would be weakened, Shang Wen was worried about this, because with the development of foreign trade, gold is difficult to control, after all, he is going with capital. However, in order to expand the scope of influence of Qin's banknotes, because only by expanding the scope of influence of Qin's banknotes and making Qin's banknotes an international banknote, Qin's capital export and a large amount of investment can become a reality, and gold reserves are a hard indicator of this status symbol. This is unreserved.

"Well, I think in this case, it would be better for our Korean banknotes to depreciate." Han Shu said with a smile at this time. Han Shu suddenly felt that this might be a loophole in the Qin people when they formulated their own monetary policy. As long as South Korea has enough gold reserves, then South Korea will be able to maintain its own gold reserves, which the Qin people themselves have proved. Therefore, as long as South Korea continues to increase its gold reserves, the right to issue banknotes will still be in South Korea's hands.

Han Shu wanted to understand this and stopped talking. She suddenly realized that it was better to have her own right to issue banknotes. At the very least, they can take the initiative.

Shang Wen was talking about these times, and Li Zuoche recorded carefully, and when he recorded, he suddenly had an idea of his own, can Zhao Guo have his own right to issue banknotes? The thought flashed out at once. In fact, Li Mu, who was sitting on the side, also had such an idea, but after considering the actual situation, Li Mu vetoed such an idea at once. Although the printing problem of banknotes could be solved by the technical problems of the Qin state. But there are many problems behind paper money that cannot be solved.

The first is money, which cannot be solved by printing money on a large scale. The trade and trade between countries still rely on gold, and the purchasing power of paper money also depends on gold, does Zhao have enough gold reserves? The answer is obvious. No. The concept of gold reserves was not available in the Zhao Kingdom. Not to mention the large gold reserves.

At a time when Zhao did not have gold to deal with the currency problems of his country. Zhao had effectively lost the right to issue currency. Zhao had to rely on Qin's support to use Qin banknotes.

Zhang Er pondered this question carefully. In the case of banknotes and gold reserve buckles, Zhang Er naturally thought about whether Wei had its own gold reserves in China? The answer is no.

That's for sure. Wei did not have a large amount of gold to issue its own banknotes, and Wei could only lose its right to issue currency. Because this is the case in the Wei State, this is unreserved.

"We, the Yan State, agree to use the Qin State banknotes." Just when Zhang Er wanted to promise Qin to use Qin banknotes in order to increase his country's trade, Yan Guo agreed to the plan of using Qin's banknotes.

"Hmm. Very good. Thank you very much. Shang Wen looked at Prince Dan with some surprise, he didn't know what Yan Guo was thinking. On the issue of currency, Yan Guo actually took the initiative to give up.

In fact, Prince Dan wanted to give up the right to issue paper money in exchange for the support of the Qin State, and the economy of the Yan State was on the verge of collapse, and the domestic taxes were too high. Yan wants to stay afloat by increasing taxes or maintaining the current situation. Therefore, on the issue of tariffs, Yan was reluctant, but on the currency issue, Yan wanted to be tied to the economy of Qin, hoping to drive Yan through Qin's strong economic development. Therefore, on the issue of currency, the Yan State agreed to use the Qin State banknotes. Yan Guo himself also understood that the strength of their country was not enough to maintain the current situation. Therefore, Yan took the initiative to give up the issue of the right to issue banknotes in his own country. Moreover, losing such the right to issue banknotes, they can get the benefits of tying up the economy of the Qin State, and the strong economy of the Qin State will allow the Yan State to develop rapidly.

"The same is true of our Wei State." Zhang Er said at this time. In fact, the Wei state has lost the problem of the dominance of the currency. There were two mainstream currencies circulating in the Wei State, one was the paper money of the Qin State and the other was the paper money of the Korean State. Because there are close economic ties between Wei and South Korea, there are two currencies circulating in Wei society, but the exchange rates of the two currencies are different, which makes the circulation of Wei currency inconvenient. This is an important condition for Zhang Er's agreement.

"Our Qi Kingdom may also agree, I need to go back and discuss it with my lord." Lou Jing saw that various countries had expressed their positions. Then that's all he can say. In fact, the state of Qi had already recognized the legal circulation of Qin's banknotes, and unlike other countries, the state of Qi had its own gold reserves, mainly the state of Qi's own gold mines. This is an advantage that others do not have.

But even so, Qi had to give up the right to issue banknotes for many reasons, and perhaps one of the biggest reasons was that Qi needed to rely on Qin's economy to promote the recovery and development of its own economy. And to do this, the first thing Qi should do is to allow Qin's banknotes to flow into Qi, otherwise, Qi will print paper money by itself, and use metal money to circulate will have a very adverse impact. This is the influence of Qin's economy, although the state of Qi has its own advantages, the state of Qi has to give up its own advantages, and only by giving up such advantages can the economic recovery of the state of Qi be completed.

"Good. In this way, we will be able to increase the circulation area of paper money, and with the circulation of paper money, I think trade will be more liberalized. Shang Wen said with a smile.

The reduction of tariffs, as well as the wide circulation of paper money, allowed Shang Wen to see a trend of unification, and the Qin State could almost unify paper money. At the same time, the increase in trade between countries will greatly strengthen the ties between countries, which is of great benefit to the unification of Qin, as long as Qin continues to maintain this economic strength, Qin may use its own economic advantages to unify the countries, thus avoiding large-scale military bloodshed, which is what Shangwen hoped.

"Good." Shang Wen said with a smile.

"So, let's move on to the next one. The Colonial Question. Shang Wen said.

"Colony." Delegates from various countries exchanged heads and ears. Originally, they thought that Shang Wen would talk about free investment, and in this way, it would solve their financial problems to a large extent. However, surprisingly, Shang Wen did not discuss this issue, but changed it to a colony, and they did not know whether the issue of investment would be discussed, and Zhang Er was a little worried about this. He was worried about Qin Guo's cancellation of the investment, and in this case, it would be too bad.

"Colony, what's going on? What kind of questions will things be in the colonies. At this time, Li Mu looked at Shang Wen worriedly, he didn't know what Shang Wen would do when he mentioned the colonial issue, although he was very worried, but he knew that this issue must have its own deep meaning, otherwise Shang Wen would not have taken the initiative to bring up such a thing. Li Mu quieted down.