2008 expediency

The establishment of concentration camps has also been done before by the Qin State, but this time it is aimed at the people of the Western Regions, and the situation of the people in the Western Regions is somewhat complicated, and some of them support the people of the Qin State. Most of these people were merchants, and their trade with the Qin people was very fruitful. Therefore, they were willing to maintain this relationship with the Qin people.

The other part of the people are the declining aristocracy, because it is difficult for the Qin people to survive, so they hate the Qin people. It is precisely because of these two kinds of people that Shang Wen decided to treat them separately and differently, after all, winning over a part of the people from the Western Regions will occupy a great advantage in the future trade of the Qin State.

Qi country.

"Without the funds of the Qin people, we can develop the same, why cooperate with the Qin people?" Tianrong objected. News came from Korea that the conditions of Qin and Korea were difficult for the people of Qi to accept. Although Tian Heng had done a great deal of propaganda work to explain the benefits of building a railway, he was at an impasse over the use of Qin banknotes.

"Why can the money of the Qin people circulate here, and our money can no longer circulate with the Qin people, we have to know why, otherwise we will definitely not be willing to do this." Tianrong continued.

"Yes. We must not do that. Some reconsidered.

"Speaking of which. I'm against it too. At this time, Tian Heng stood up and said.

"From my personal point of view, I am also against the use of Qin's banknotes, why can't we use our own coins instead of using the banknotes of other Qin's countries in the land of our Qi country." Tian Heng said.

"That's right. My brother. Tianrong said.

"Hmm." Tian Heng nodded.

"If we don't use Qin banknotes, we don't have trains, and without trains, commodities can't be transported on a large scale, and they can't be transported on a large scale, which will cause the accumulation of goods. The Qi State relies on its own development, it is no longer possible to expel the Chu army, we need to rely on the strength of the Qin State to develop, what kind of development does the Qin people rely on, commerce. Tian Heng said.

"The Qin people have a well-developed railway system, and one of their trains can transport our tens of thousands of supplies, and their daily transportation volume is the amount of transportation that we need to spend tens of thousands of people barely to complete. The advantages of the Qin people came out at once. Tian Heng Peng flickered to the facts.

"With the railway, we can import a steady stream of materials from the Qin people. Guns, ammunition, food, these are the things we need most. With trade, there will be a lot of commercial taxes, and if the people of Qin, Korea, and Zhao want to do business with us, they have to cooperate with us, they have to come to us, so that there will be taxes, and with taxes, our farmers can reduce a great burden. Tian Heng continued.

"The cost of feeding a soldier is huge, and the weapons alone are enough to rack our brains to think about the problem. We need twelve or more men to feed a soldier, or more to prepare a soldier for battle. Such a burden is very large, and with the business tax, we can reduce the burden a lot, at the very least, we can do it. Thirty people to support one soldier, our burden will be much easier, and the Qi country will be able to recover. Otherwise, it will be the same situation as the Chu State. Tian Heng said.

Hearing this, Tianrong stopped talking. Whoever can solve the problem of military logistics and supply will have the right to speak. Tian Heng relied on commercial taxes to support the army, while Tian Rong still relied on traditional methods. The traditional approach is to adopt an agricultural tax, but the agricultural tax is too slow. Moreover, the agricultural tax can no longer support a detachment of troops with very high logistical supply requirements, especially firearms have to be imported from abroad, and every shot of ammunition will actually knock out several stones of grain, such consumption is absolutely impossible for an agricultural army to support. At present, what Qi has to do is to expand the commercial tax, and the premise of expansion is to build a railway to attract a large number of businessmen to do business in Qin, and convenient transportation is the first point.

"Building a railway can solve a lot of problems." Tian Heng said.

"Business tax can solve a lot of tax problems. At the same time, it can also attract more Qi people to build railways, and after they learn to build railways, they can go out to work, and they can work to earn a lot of money. Tian Heng said.

"In that case, how are those fields planted?" Tian Rong asked rhetorically.

"Concentrated, whoever can plant can plant, I heard, the people of Qin are like this, so a large number of farms, pastures were established, after the land was concentrated, they used a lot less, but the grain production has doubled, and the grain we eat, isn't it imported from Qin?" Tian Heng said.

Hearing this, some people nodded, thinking that what Tian Heng said made sense.

"But what does this have to do with the use of Qin banknotes?" Tian Rong still does not let go on this issue. He believes that to develop commerce, it is also possible to do without the use of Qin banknotes.

"Trading, is to do business, do business, one hand to pay money, one hand to deliver, at present we do not have much gold, the only country with gold is Qin, Qin people almost all the country's gold concentrated in his hands. There is no way. We can only use Qin banknotes, and without gold, we can only barter. Tian Heng explained.

"Can we close a deal like this?" Tian Heng asked.

"No, we will pay for the construction of the railway, and the people of the Qin State will help us feed a lot of people, and these people will be able to buy things when they have money, and the commodity economy will develop more and more, and it will bring a lot of commercial taxes, and we can do business with people from other countries, and these businesses can also bring us good profits." Tian Heng said.

"There is such a good thing, why should we block it, the use of Qin banknotes is just an exchange, and when we have enough funds in the future, we will be able to solve this problem, and then we can use our own banknotes, which is just a stopgap measure at present." Tian Heng said.

"Hmm. Is it just expediency? Tianrong asked.

"Yes." Tian Heng said. In fact, he did not want to lose the right to issue currency, but there was no way, it was already like this. If Qi wants to improve the current situation, it can only actively develop commerce and trade, otherwise, nothing can be done, this is the huge problem that Qi is facing, if this problem is not solved, how to develop?