The price of gold is still soaring. More and more Zhao nobles participated in the exchange of gold. The reason for this is that the bank only has a small amount of gold exchanged per day. If it can't be exchanged in time, it may cause serious losses, and the nobles panic even more when they think of their possible losses. And the chaos intensified.

Faced with such a situation, Zhao Guo and Li Mu urgently held a cabinet meeting to discuss countermeasures.

"Judging by the current situation of paper money and gold exchange. All of our financial income can be exchanged, a certain amount of gold, such a quantity of gold, is very limited. The Minister of Finance said pessimistically. The ratio of paper money to gold continues to rise, and the price of gold rises very quickly, so that paper money needs to cost more. This is not a good thing for the Zhao government, because the Zhao government has no gold in its hands at all, so the paper money in their hands is relatively worthless.

"We don't want paper money like that." Li Mu said to the Minister of Finance.

"We're not exchanging our money for a certain amount of gold. If gold solves the problem, then let's switch to gold. But the root of the problem is that gold can't buy a lot of things. Li Mu continued. Li Mu calmly analyzed the situation, although the gold of Qin and Zhao rose a lot, but the prices of Qin were relatively calm. Food can still be purchased with paper money. Qin's banknotes could still buy a large amount of coal from the Zhao people, so that the gold and banknotes were chaotic and became as if they were impetuous.

"We use banknotes to buy things, not gold. We should first understand this. Li Mu, who calmed down, told his ministers the results of his analysis.

"Yes. That's right. The Minister of Economy, who reacted, said.

"What are the financial funds of Zhao State for, those nobles, since they are willing to change, they should go and exchange them. We have to do our own business. Li Mu said to everyone.

"The government's financial funds cannot be used to exchange for gold, but should be used to build the economy." Li Mu said.

"At present, Zhao has a large number of coal resources, and there are many places where coal is used in winter, and the sales of coal should rise a lot, but Zhao's coal is only sold to Qin, South Korea, and Yan, and the market is very small. And there are many places where coal is needed, because there are many places where steam engines are used, and the Qin State also uses coal to generate electricity. The next step is to find a way to transport this coal out and to more places. It can't just be limited to a market in Qin, but it should also be extended in all directions and sent to places with Germany. For example, the state of Chu in the south. Li Mu said.

"This. Prime Minister, in terms of current funding. Zhao's funds were difficult to build a railway, from Handan, to Chu. "The Minister of Finance objected.

"According to the Qin State, sell the surrounding land together." Li Mu said.

"However, in this case, Zhao's railway may have to make a long detour." The Minister of Economy said at this time.

"Why a detour?" Li Mu asked.

"Because some lands are fiefs of the nobility, and those fiefs are impossible to give up, and it is impossible for us to sell them." said the Minister of Economy.

"Yes." Li Mu had nothing to say.

"However, one of the benefits of the present is that at present, under the pressure of gold, the price of land is relatively cheap. It's cheap, if we can buy it. Can be sold. "The Minister of Economy made such a proposal at this time.

"A hundred acres of good fertile land can't be sold for a gold, but we have so much land in our hands, if we can buy all these things, then when building a railway, it will be too easy for Zhao Guo. Although there are still some places that need to be bypassed by the railway, the land acquired is enough for us. Prime Minister, this may be an opportunity. The Minister of Economy said.

"Wait. What did you say? At this time, Li Mu seemed to realize something.

"The current price of land is very low, and if we can take advantage of the opportunity to buy it, it may bring a lot of profit." said the Minister of Economy.

"Yes. Oh, yes. Li Mu thought about things and said.

What does gold bring, Li Mu doesn't know why the nobles want to exchange their land for gold, maybe they like this, or for some other reason, but the current land price is indeed very appropriate, you know, there are many nobles' fiefs that are difficult to use, the reason is that this is their fiefdom, and these fiefs have become an obstacle to the economy of Zhao, but now, because of the use of paper money, coupled with the problems of the nobles themselves, the value of the land has fallen a lot at once, in this way, The problem of land in the hands of the aristocracy would be solved. This is not a big problem that I was worried about before, and now it has been solved like this.

"Yes. Take part of our financial funds and acquire a part of it. Li Mu thought about it and said.

"However, this matter should be done in a more subtle way, and it is better to let our bank do it. That's it. Li Mu thought about it and said.

"This." The Minister of Economy took a look at Li Mu.

"Just do it, don't ask why." Li Mu said.

And in Xianyang, Qinguo, in the chairman's office of Wenyang Bank. Yingyu also encountered a problem.

"Chairman, Director Xiao sent a telegram." Lu Pheasant said.

"Oh." Yingyu took the telegram and looked.

"It's a real problem." Yingyu looked at the telegram and said.

"Most of these nobles are collateral. Mortgage, that is, they will one day, if the repayment is made, they will be able to get their stuff back. Yingyu looked at it and said.

Xiao He mentioned in the telegram. Because of the mortgage business of the bank, a large amount of money was withdrawn, and the bank accepted a large amount of fixed assets, so that the risk of the aristocracy was reduced a lot, because a large amount of money was flooded into the market, and the bank had less and less money in their hands, although the gold was sold, and a part of it was recovered, but a lot of money was flooded out. At this time, the banknotes jointly issued by Qin and Zhao have not yet withdrawn, and only Qin's banknotes are supporting the current situation in the market.

"What is the attitude of other banks?" At this time, Yingyu stood up and asked Lu Pheasant.

"Yes. Other banks are also expanding, but they are not expanding as much as we do. Lu Pheasant reported.

"Yes. If this continues, we will have to mobilize more funds to the Zhao market. Lu Pheasant said at this time. Lu Pheasant knew very well that Zhao Guo's bank managers had sent several reports asking for more banknotes and gold. Banknotes give a lot, however, the price of gold is not much.

"They have a lot of collateral, a lot of things they mortgage, land, land, minerals, real estate, everything they can mortgage is mortgaged." At this time, Lu Pheasant said.

"We're in a bad financial position right now." Yingyu thought about it and said.

"Send a report to our major banks and the banks that we have partnered with, and we will give them a part of the gold, approximately, the gold in our hands, and release it. I think. Let's release Liancheng. Put it out gradually, as slowly as possible. Push down the price of the mortgage. Yingyu thought about it and said.

"Is this time to put gold?" Lu Pheasant asked confirmatively.

"Put. Release a part of the gold, return the funds in our hands, and that's it. Yingyu thought about it and said.

"Yes. If possible, we can continue to release the gold in our hands, and that's it. Yingyu thought about it and said.

"But this needs our certainty." Yingyu continued.

Inside the Xianyang Palace.

"Zhao Guo is really a mess." King Qin looked at the newspaper and said. For the matter of Zhao Guo's gold rise. A large amount of gold began to pour into Zhao State secretly, and in this way, Zhao State's illegal mortgage happened. There are more and more reports like this. After seeing such reports. King Qin could only shake his head. For something like this. He felt that the order of the Zhao State was extremely chaotic, but the Qin State did not have such a chaotic order, and the King of Qin was very strange, but when he thought that Shangwen was facing these problems, he naturally had no worries. However, King Qin wanted to understand what was going on. But at the moment, only a few people are aware of these conditions.

Sinzheng, South Korea.

"This gold has risen too violently, right?" Han Shu said after reading the content of the telegram that reported Zhao Guojin's rapid surge.

"Your Majesty, the price of gold in Qin has also risen a lot, and the price of gold we are buying now is a bit high." Zhang Liang said worriedly.

"Yes, that's true." Han Shu thought about it and said.

"Otherwise, let's stop for the time being." Han Shu said.

"If we continue to collect it like this, we will lack a lot of funds, after all, there are still many things to buy, and if we take all of them and buy a lot of gold, our situation will not be good." Han Shu thought about it and said.

"This gold is good. But it's not easy to spend money like that. Han Shu said.

"In addition, we have to look for a large amount of gold overseas, and the future gold replenishment must be carried out from this direction, and we can't rely on buying." Han Shu continued.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Liang continued.

"In addition, the person who negotiated with Qi is back." Zhang Liang continued.

"They have to think carefully about what they want from us. However, considering the help given by South Korea before, they promised to give us some ports and preferential tariffs. Zhang Liang said.

"Is this a flattery to us?" Han Shu asked Zhang Liang.

"Sort of." Zhang Liang said.

"That's fine. Didn't they plan to give us Langya before? Han Shu asked at this time.

"Yes. The king. Zhang Liang said. In this negotiation, the issue was confirmed, and Langya was given to South Korea. However, the actual control of Langya is in the hands of the Chu State, so that Korea has such actual ownership, but it must be taken from the Chu State to be considered to have it.

"Negotiate with the State of Chu, if they don't give it, we will seize it by force, it is best to obtain it through diplomatic means, and I don't want to use more force to solve the problem." Han Shu said.

As for why Qi gave South Korea such favorable conditions. Tian Heng had his own purpose, because by doing so, he could gain Korea's advantage in navigation, both in terms of personnel and trade. Give certain preferential treatment, Qi will also get such an advantage, which is a win-win situation for Qi country, such a situation Qi country is willing to accept.

"Although Langya is given to the Koreans, the Koreans also need to pay a certain price to get it. At the same time, we can also make great progress in navigation by cooperating with the Koreans, which is very beneficial to Qi country. Tian Heng analyzed this matter to his advisers. In this matter, the attitude of Qi is more about the development of its own navigation, because maritime trade can bring rich benefits, such rich interests are far stronger than competing with those other countries for hegemony, the development of agriculture takes a considerable period of time, and the development of navigation, the benefits are quite large.

The coastal area of the country of Qi.

"How?" An official of Qi asked anxiously about the result.

"No, I can't. My lord. An old carpenter shook his head.

"Can't do it? This, isn't this wood? It's wood that makes a big ship like this. Why not? The Qi official asked anxiously.

"My lord doesn't know that the wood used in this big boat must be air-dried, and the mud from the river must be ・・・・・・・ before it is dried." The old craftsman explained. The wood used for large ships is different from ordinary furniture wood, however, Qi is a country that has just emerged in maritime trade, and it can be said that Qi is in its infancy. The Qi country, which is in its infancy, needs a large number of ships to go to sea for trade, but these ships need a lot of wood, and these timbers need to be reserved, and the Qi country can't make so much wood in a year, plus the previous war, the Qi country simply doesn't have so much wood for the Qi country to build ships.

"So, where did the Korean ships get the wood?" At this time, the official asked.

"This." The old carpenter shook his head and said.

"Think of a way. You solve this matter immediately, and if you can't solve it, wait for your head to be lost. With that, the official left.

Carpenters, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't know how to do it.

The merchant ships of Korea were built by the Qin State, because the wood was cheap, and Korea could only build a large number of wooden ships, therefore, for a period of time, the shipyards of the Qin State began to produce wooden ships in large quantities, but wooden ships needed a lot of wood, in order to solve this problem. The technicians of the Qin State specialized in tackling key problems, and they solved the problem of timber. And specially apply for technical patents for protection. Therefore, the state of Qin produced such wooden ships in large quantities. And Qi is different. There is no such technical reserves, and the reserves of timber are not optimistic, so the shipbuilding of Qi is not going too smoothly.

Xianyang, Qin State.

"There are a lot of railways built in the Western Regions and the North. The main road is not in order. Spur lines for more than thirty railway projects. This number exploded a lot at once. Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"With so much railroad construction, we need a lot of steel." Shang Wen thought for a moment and said.

"Yes, at present, many steel mills are stepping up production, non-stop production, but at present they are still unable to meet the demand, not only these, but more than that, the demand for iron ore is very large, and iron ore cannot meet our demand." Meng Yi said.

"I know this very well, and the Qin State still needs to increase its efforts in this regard." Shang Wen said.

"Yes, but iron ore demand is not a one-time thing." Meng Yi said at this time.

"Yes. We can send some technicians. Or training the people involved. To carry out universal prospecting, not only the Qin State, but all countries should have such a plan. Shang Wen thought for a moment and said. The Qin State had a great advantage in prospecting, but the situation was different from country to country. Prospecting is entirely based on people's discoveries. And not intentional findings.

"Talent development is also an issue. The Qin State should need more talents. Shang Wen said.

"Cultivating talent is not a one-day thing." Meng Yi said.

"Yes. If the elder brother government can carry out such cooperation, or give relevant patent recognition, I think this method can solve the problem. Shang Wen said.

"Just follow the method of the Qin State and send a letter to all governments. Let them be prepared for this. Shang Wen thought for a moment and said.

"What's the solution?" Meng Yi asked.

"Let the government contribute, use the method of financial funds, absorb a group of talents, send them to Qin State for training, Qin State earns a certain amount of money, but these people need to sign a certain contract with them, and some patents for their research and invention must have a certain patent transfer authority. The government's money is taken from these patent fees. Shang Wen said.

"In addition, their legislation must be reliable, in order to make sure that such laws have legal effect." Shang Wen said with a pause.

"Will this work?" Meng Yi asked.

"Whether it works or not, it must be done, and there must be a uniform law in the laws of all countries, so that all countries have a common clause. This is good for everyone, and it will make legal provisions for future unification, otherwise if it goes on like this, it will not be chaotic. Shang Wen thought for a moment and said.

"Yes. Such an offer is good. It's just that there are some issues that need to be paid attention to. Meng Yi said.

"What?" Shangwen asked.

"The secrecy of the technology, if we teach it, can be detrimental to our technology. And what they are involved in, it's also not good for us. Meng Yi said worriedly.

"Well, if there was no competition, the commercial technology of the Qin State would not have developed so much." Shang Wen said.

"Don't worry about things like this. The Qin State needs a lot of talents, and as long as the system is perfect, we can solve these problems. Shang Wen said.

"Can you just rely on the head of a country in the Qin State to come up with these problems?" Shang Wen said.

"Obviously not, we should be more open." Shang Wen said.

"Besides, education is a big issue, how much do you put into it? It may not be a big income, but if you don't put in it, you will never have an income. Shang Wen said at this time.

"It's up to them to see if that's the case." Shang Wen said.

"Yes." Meng Yi nodded.

Meng Yi then drafted the report. Because of the technological superiority of the Qin State, at the request of Shang Wen, Meng Yi submitted the report to the King of Qin.

"In this case, is there a great threat to Qin's technological superiority?" After reading the telegram, King Qin asked himself suspiciously.

"Yes. This question. King Qin thought for a moment.

However, he quickly understood Shang Wen's intentions, and Shang Wen knew very well that it was impossible for a single Qin State to give full play to the current think tank requirements. Previously, Shang Wen had been emphasizing that the Qin state should treat the issue of reunification with an open attitude. From this point of view, in fact, these are preparations for the unification of the Qin state.

Zhao Guo Handan.

"Qin Guo's idea is very good. In this way, we have solved the problem of our current shortage of talent. "I saw the telegram sent by the Qin State. Li Mu is very happy, Zhao Guo has always wanted to solve technical problems, but technical problems cannot be solved all at once, Li Mu also wants to follow suit, however, the actual situation of Zhao State is difficult to change, and at this time, Qin Guo sent such a request, which is naturally beneficial to Zhao State.

"Why is the prime minister happy?" Li Zuoche looked at Li Mu's happy appearance and asked.

"Look at this, the technical problem is solved. Although the government asked to spend some money, but this money, I think, is worth the cost, Qin State has helped us to establish basic education, and now we are asking for a request to study abroad, such a request, it should be. Li Mu said.

"Then there's the Technology Patent Cooperation Treaty. In my opinion, this is a key to the technological development of the Qin State, protecting the patent rights of those who have technology, this is also a right, this is a kind of wealth, perhaps it is with such a wealth requirement that the Qin State has the current situation of the Qin State. Li Mu said.

"Yes. If this is done, it will indeed be very beneficial to Zhao Guo. Li Zuoche said after reading it.

"However, Prime Minister, I think that this is not enough, we should set up some more institutions." At this time, Li Zuoche said.

"Some more institutions? What institution? Li Mu asked.

"I heard that the research of the Qin State was set up and invented by its own non-governmental institutions. We Zhao Guo cannot do this, but we can set up such a technological invention institution according to the requirements of our Zhao State, so that we Zhao Guo can concentrate limited technical personnel to solve the current technical problems. Li Zuoche proposed.

"Yes. Yes, the idea is good and creative. Li Mu stood up excitedly and said.

"I see, I, Zhao Guo, set up a technical department. Institute of Technology. Li Mu thought about it and said.

"Specialized in solving all the technical problems." Li Mu said.