Wang Kefan has a specialization in the art industry, Wang Kefan's understanding of the modern monetary system is very superficial, but he only knows a general development process from the history books, and as an informative modern person, he has never eaten pork and seen a pig run, at least he knows that the advanced monetary system can greatly promote economic development, so in the past two years, he has vigorously promoted the silver dollar in his own territory, and forced the use of military tickets within the Chu army and Chu Xun system, so as to accumulate experience, accumulate lessons and accumulate popularity for the future issuance of paper money.

But he also knows that the water is deep.

Once the financial monster gets out of control, it will release the destructive power of terror, so Wang Kefan has been cautious, attaches great importance to the credit of silver dollars and military bills, not only strictly controls the issuance, but also is always ready to have sufficient margins, in fact, his military bills are not modern credit currency, but closer to the substitute currency, and do not play the due leverage, the promotion of economic development is very limited.

But it is precisely because of this that once the silver dollars and military stamps of the Chu army came out, they were sought after by all parties with a good reputation, and only by virtue of the technical advantages of easy carrying and transportation, as well as easy to use and not easy to counterfeit, the vast number of Chu soldiers and the entire Chu Xun system accepted silver dollars and military stamps, and the use of silver taels and copper coins was greatly reduced.

Ordinary people accept the silver dollar faster, after all, the silver dollar itself is made of precious metals, in the Jiangnan area, Mexico Eagle Ocean and other similar things have long been widely circulated, Chu Jun's silver dollar production technology is more sophisticated, the fineness is also full, the big eye is more reliable than the Mexican Eagle Ocean, and it is welcomed by the Jiangnan merchants and gentry.

For paper military tickets, at the beginning almost no one trusted, everyone regarded this thing as a disguised collection of military expenses, a means of looting the people's fat and people's cream, ordinary people were unwilling to keep military tickets, merchants refused to use military tickets to shop, and even the Chu army soldiers themselves had many people complained, but when the government at all levels under Wang Kefan's rule allowed the use of military tickets to pay taxes, the military tickets immediately gained the same good reputation as the silver dollar.

Driven by tens of millions of Chu army soldiers and officials at all levels, more and more people accepted silver dollars and military tickets, and found that they were better than silver copper coins, such as military tickets that everyone did not trust at first, and maintained a stable "exchange rate" for copper coins for a long time.

As a result, it will be difficult for the copper coins of the Western Army to flow into Huguang in large quantities through smuggling.

The previously invincible "currency war" encountered Waterloo for the first time.

Sun Kewang's understanding of silver dollars and military tickets is even more discounted than Wang Kefan's, but he is extremely talented in domestic affairs and economics, and he is keenly aware of the huge threat involved. After Emperor Longwu was robbed by the Chu army, most of Jiangxi Wanji and Guangdong Su Guansheng did not have the courage to set up their own doors, and they were likely to bow to Wang Kefan.

"This is a soldier who surrenders without a fight, everyone, once the military tickets of the Chu army are spread out in Guangdong, Jiangxi, Nanzhili and other places, we will no longer be able to buy fine iron, grain, firecrackers and cotton cloth, and we will no longer be able to compete for Huguang!"

Sun Kewang's voice echoed in the room, everyone was listening carefully, their expressions were much more serious than at the beginning, many of them were veteran generals who had experienced a hundred battles, and when it came to the ability to fight, not everyone was so convinced by His Royal Highness King Qin, but when it came to internal affairs and economy, Sun Kewang's great changes in the past few years were there, and everyone was a hundred convinced.

The Western Army began to work hard from the period of Zhang Xianzhong, and has been living a hard life, it is precisely because there is no money, no food, and no swords, guns and horses, so it will be so difficult, the Western Army's pockets have been obviously rich in the past two years, and everyone has felt that kind of change in vastly different places, the soldiers have sufficient military salaries, eat good food, wear strong armor, use brand-new knives and guns, and recruit and train a lot of young recruits, and the overall strength has improved by more than one grade, so they can fight several big victories in succession.

Everyone understands the truth that money is easy to do.

It seems that for the sake of the money bags of our Western Army, we must fight a battle with the Chu Army.

If you don't fight again, this military ticket alone will become a disaster.

Liu Wenxiu sat under Sun Kewang, his face expressionless, and he didn't speak.

In the eyes of him, a pure general, money is indeed a very important issue, but it is not a decisive issue, because the problem of money to fight, and it is a battle of life and death that gambles on the fortunes of the country, it is an inconceivable absurd behavior, rashly starting a war with the Chu army without certainty, is risking the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Western Army.

Sun Kewang must go to war with the Chu army, there must be a deeper reason, Liu Wenxiu is not only convinced of this, but also thinks that he knows the reason - the three kings of the Western Army are respected by Sun Kewang, the king of Qin, and they are generally on an equal footing, but Sun Kewang does not want to be shared by Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, and has always wanted to inherit Zhang Xianzhong's mantle and be the supreme leader of the entire Western Army, he must adhere to the strategy of eastward expansion, that is, in order to subdue Li Dingguo, who advocates going north, and establish his absolute authority, as long as he wins this battle, No one dared to question him anymore.

"My brother Wang is really more and more unsightly, if his words reach the ears of King Jin (Li Dingguo), he will have to quarrel again." Liu Wenxiu secretly complained in her heart, but her face did not show any dissatisfaction.

Sun Kewang came in a hurry, and without communicating with him as the commander in advance, he convened a meeting of all the senior generals, and he must forcibly implement his eastward expansion strategy, which is not only a very rude behavior for Liu Wenxiu, who is also one of the three kings, but also a sudden attack to play with political power, a very taboo thing, but Liu Wenxiu has long been accustomed to Sun Kewang's strength, even if he is dissatisfied, he will not openly disagree with him.

Sun Kewang suddenly turned his head and glanced at him, knowing that he hadn't really convinced this righteous brother, so he raised his voice and said: "The story of the Three Kingdoms commentary, everyone has heard it, when Prime Minister Zhuge and Uncle Liu Huang were in the grass hall Longzhong, they set a strategy of dividing the world into three parts, Uncle Liu Huang entered Sichuan, and then guarded Jingzhou with a general, and when the time was ripe, he would crusade against the Central Plains, and then capture Chang'an from northern Sichuan with a strange army, then the world could be obtained." It's a pity that Guan Yu carelessly lost Jingzhou, and Prime Minister Zhuge had to go out of the northern Sichuan Expedition from the Qinling Mountains several times, although he won many battles, but because of the long distance of the road, the transportation of grain and grass was difficult, and in the end it was a failure, and Shu Han eventually perished. ”

The story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, everyone is very familiar with it, hearing Sun Kewang's words, they are all enlightened, only to hear Sun Kewang and said: "Now some people advocate that we should negotiate peace with the Chu army, first go north to fight the Manchu Qing Tartars, and then turn back and fight with the Chu army, this is really a big mistake. Huguang is the granary of the world, locking the Yangtze River, looking at the Central Plains, the place is rich, overlooking the south of the Yangtze River, it is a place where soldiers must fight, this place, this king has decided! ”

Sun Kewang's words, Liu Wenxiu really listened to it, and sat there with a slight bow.

Wasn't Jingzhou in the Three Kingdoms period Huguang?

Guan Yu carelessly lost Jingzhou, and Shu Han began to go downhill, which shows that this place is indeed very important, and Sun Kewang must fight Huguang, and he also has his reasons.

Since you want to fight, you have to think about how to fight.

Between Huguang and Guizhou and Sichuan, there are continuous mountainous areas in western Xiangxi, there are not many roads to choose from, and it is also very difficult to transport grain and grass over the mountains and mountains, and the safest way is to use the water division to go down the Yangtze River, out of the Three Gorges, and into Hubei, first to capture Jingzhou, Wuchang and other important places, cut off the connection between Hunan and Hubei, and then break through each state capital, but this plan also has obvious shortcomings, such as time-consuming, high cost, and far water does not quench thirst.

Shipbuilding is a very time-consuming work, just dry wood will take several months, coupled with the current population of Sichuan has decreased sharply, it is difficult to find craftsmen who can build ships, want to build a huge fleet that can transport tens of thousands of people, the time required is difficult to estimate, in addition, the fleet must be equipped with the corresponding sailors, but also need to install cannons, need to train sailors, etc., all kinds of expenses are amazing, find a knowledgeable staff to roughly estimate the time and funds required, without waiting for him to finish, it will exceed everyone's psychological bottom line, They were all deflated.

I can't afford to spend it, and I can't afford to wait, so let's attack by land.

It is not easy to transport grain and grass in the mountainous area, the simplest solution is to divide the troops, after the soldiers are divided into several roads, the supply line is divided into several roads, the pressure on each road is greatly reduced, everyone discusses it, and counts several main roads in Xiangxi, since Liu Wenxiu has captured Daozhou, of course, it must be counted as one of the roads, the Chu army has built the Ling Canal well, and the grain ships can reach Quanzhou through the Ling Canal, saving more than half of the effort, but Quanzhou and Daozhou are too remote, if you move forward step by step from Yongzhou Mansion, Hengzhou Mansion and Chenzhou, It will definitely be resisted by the Chu army, southern Hunan is mountainous and watery, easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is very unfavorable to the western army, even if it desperately hits the city of Changsha, it will become exhausted, the supply line is too long, and there is no strength to continue to march to Wuchang.

Sun Kewang discussed with Liu Wenxiu, and decided on the spot that the main direction of attack would be placed in central Hunan, which would be personally commanded by Sun Kewang, and Liu Wenxiu would cooperate, and at the same time, Li Dingguo would also launch an attack on the northern front, and the three kings of the Western Army would be dispatched at the same time as never before, so that the Chu army would lose one or the other. This is a battle of great significance, if it is won, it will be like Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Chen Youqiong, and after all his efforts, no one can compete with the Western Army for the world.

At the end of the meeting, Sun Kewang asked about the whereabouts of Emperor Longwu again, Liu Wenxiu only almost missed him this time, it is a pity that where Emperor Longwu went in the end will have a huge impact on the future, Sun Kewang has been paying close attention.

"I don't know, Tang King Zhu Yujian showed up in Changsha a few days ago, and then he disappeared, and no one saw him again." Liu Wenxiu shook his head, his face full of helplessness. <