Qin State, Western Regions. Bifurcation Town. Qinguo Wenyang Bank, Western Regions Branch.

"Issuing metal currency, there are a lot of gold reserves in the headquarters of Wenyang Bank." Fan Dou, the president of the Western Regions Branch of Wenyang Bank, said.

"Yes, sir, these gold reserves will help us mint and issue more gold coins, but we can only issue them in the face of the countries of the Western Regions. Then, when these gold coins flow back into our hands, they will be exchanged for paper money again, thirty-five and a half taels for one gold coin. This proportion is much higher than in China. The domestic exchange currency is fourteen to one, or fifteen to one. This. Director Bai Sheng said.

"Don't worry about this, everything will be governed by economic laws, we just obey his will, don't worry too much." Fan Dou said.

"However, if we continue like this, it will be a little bad for us. But. Bai Sheng said.

"It doesn't matter, I know about it, the government has a lot of money in it, after all, it takes a certain amount of ability to mortgage the right to issue money. Moreover, this time it was issued by a bank, and many banks were involved in this matter, so the most important thing for us is to make money as soon as possible and make up for our losses. Fan Dou said.

"This, we can only expand outward, Yueshi, Tocharo, Dawan, and the Sabbath Country, as well as various countries that may appear in the future, but these countries do not have much capital, and their gold has entered the treasury of our bank in large quantities through trade. Our merchants exchanged arms and all kinds of goods for Yueshi and Tocharian. Dawan, and the gold coins in the hands of the people of the rest of the country, but this trade is extremely unequal, and we are constantly getting a lot of metal money, which keeps flowing into our vaults, and the Yue, Tocharo. The gold in the hands of Dawan, the rest of the country, kept disappearing, and then, now, their currency is in great difficulty. That is to say. They need money very badly, and it can only be a tight currency. Director Bai Sheng said.

"That's right, so, the advice we got above is to buy their minerals, or what we think are valuable, the railways of the Yueclans, the railroad ownership of the Tocharians, and all kinds of mineral rights, and there are many more things that we think are valuable, let them mine the minerals, and then mortgage them. And then harvest these things, I think that's what it means, that's what it means. We are now expanding our business abroad. Fan Dou said to Bai Sheng.

"But this requires us to take a lot of risks, and this has to be supported by the government, especially the military, without their support, it is very difficult for us to do business in these places because we need to take a lot of political risks." Bai Sheng said.

"Yes, but that's the advice we were given above, we need to take such a risk, it doesn't matter, we can take such a risk. Don't worry, if we don't do it, many banks will do the same, and we need to cooperate with the Ministry of Finance of the Qin Federal Government to acquire or provide them with a large number of loans. So that they can solve such problems. Fan Dou said with a smile.

Dawan Ministry of Finance.

"We need a lot of rifles to arm our Dawan people from the threat of the Sabbatarians, the Qin army's expeditionary force is exhausted, and we need to do the rest of the protection ourselves." Dawan's Minister of Defense said.

"So, we need a lot of rifles, and with so many rifles, we can get a lot of Dawan people in battle. The Sabbatarians did not have many muskets, and there is no doubt that we had a great advantage in this. Said the Minister of Defense.

"Hmm. I've read your report. However, the government does not have such a large amount of money now, and each person has a rifle, which requires a large amount of financial expenses, and we may not be able to do this even if we rely on the support of the local town government. You know. The current road has not yet been opened, and many of our minerals are exported to the Qin State in order to get a lot of financial support, but now we can't ship them out, we don't have enough funds, and in this case, it is difficult for us to give you enough funds to buy rifles. That's all we can do. The Minister of Finance said with great difficulty.

The new Dawan government chose for a long time, and they finally chose a small town called Xinshidu as their capital. It also marked the official functioning of the Dawan government, which had little financial resources in the first place, and they faced harassment from the Sabbatarians. The Qin Expeditionary Force was helpless about this, their strength was very limited, especially the supply, and the different types of ammunition directly led to the rapid weakening of their combat effectiveness. Since his own security cannot be solved by relying on the people of the Qin State. They are left to solve such things on their own. After all, they were able to defeat the Sabbatarians many times.

"If we can't deliver minerals, we don't have the funds, it's not just the government, many mining towns have such problems, we haven't shipped minerals for a long time. Unless. We were able to borrow money in the Qin State. The Minister of Finance said in embarrassment.

"Then please ask Mr. Minister to take out a mortgage to Qin Guo and pay for a large number of rifles. With rifles, we can better defend ourselves against the attacks of the Sabbatarians. Said the Minister of Defense.

"But it's going to take time." The Minister of Finance said in embarrassment.

"It is very important for us to ask Mr. Minister to complete such a thing as soon as possible. If the Sabbatarians destroy the town, and there is an effective destruction of the town, it will be difficult for us to complete our mineral production. I've heard that the damned Sabbatarians are getting a lot of muskets from the Tocharians, and if they all get to us, the situation will be very damning. The Minister of Defense said with some anger.

"Alright, alright, I'll get this done as soon as possible." said the Minister of Finance. In the face of the threat of the resting people, the finance minister had to do his best, after all, many things still need to be done by themselves. The Dawan people have a large amount of minerals, but they are suffering from their transportation situation, which causes this situation. But now they have to do it in the face of the threat of the Sabbatarians.

Sinjeong, South Korea.

"There is still such a thing happening in Qi Kingdom?" Han Shu asked Zhang Liang curiously.

"Yes, this matter was observed at our border, because of the blockade order, the soldiers of the Qi army on the border shot and killed many people, I think it won't take long for the Qi government to know about this matter." Zhang Liang said.

"I think this thing has changed a new nature." Han Shu thought about it and said.

"I think we should find a way to start a war of public opinion, involve the news media and newspapers, and let everyone know that the blockade order of Qi is a very useless order for them. And it will cause a lot of damage, and this loss is obvious. Let the Qi government do this. From the periphery, it has caused pressure on the government of the Qi country. Han Shu thought for a while and said.

"This can be done, but I think that if the Qi government is stimulated too much, I am afraid it will not be good for us." Zhang Liang said worriedly.

"There's nothing wrong with that. Do it boldly. Han Shu said.

Zhang Liang thought that doing so would greatly stimulate the Qi State, but Han Shu had already given the order. Perhaps further stimulation of events may be more beneficial to the development of events. Zhang Liang had no choice but to comply.

Tocharo. Musket Town, this town has only recently gathered, because a large number of muskets gather here, and then scattered smuggling and selling to the Sabbatarians, so people call this place Musket Town, because there are a lot of muskets here.

"Ding, ding, ding." The clanging of small hammers kept coming, and some blacksmiths were modifying some of the guns.

"Squeak squeak." Other blacksmiths were quietly sawing off excessively long flintlock pistols.

"What are they doing here?" Zhao Hua, a lieutenant in the Qin army, asked the guide on the side, and Zhao Ben, who was also an arms dealer. He thinks that the two of them belong to the family, and Zhao is originally a Tocharian, but he is willing to use the name of Qin, because such a name can bring greater orders and supplies, which can be related to his money bag.

"Oh. They're processing. Secondary processing. Zhao Ben glanced at it and said.

"They all come from blacksmiths in the army, and we've been using iron for a long time. They have more mature technology, you can check out here. Saying that, Zhao Ben took Zhao Hua to the processing workshop behind, and he saw that those sawn muskets were all here, they were disassembled, the two installations were merged in everything, and then after the merger and modification of some craftsmen, they became double-barreled muskets, which were shorter muskets.

"What is this?" Zhao Hua asked puzzled.

"Huh. Tocharian double-barreled muskets, which we invented ourselves. This musket was very popular with the Sabbatarians. Zhao Ben said.

"This. I don't understand. Zhao Hua asked puzzled. He didn't understand why such muskets were sawed short and then combined together to make a double-barreled musket, did they think that the range of the musket was still long enough, or emphasized the firepower of the musket, after all, if the musket added another barrel, the firepower of the musket would be doubled, which was a good thing for the shooter, but the sawn short barrel was not conducive to increasing the range, and he didn't know why these Tocharians did this.

"Tocharian double-barreled muskets, this. Can you explain? Zhao Hua asked modestly.

"There's no problem with that, you know, our main trade partners are the Sabbatarians, and the Sabbatarians have a lot of cavalry." Zhao Ben said.

"I know that they have a very large number of cavalry, which is very bad for you." Zhao Hua said.

"Yes, but now, it's peace, there is no war, and the Sabbation cavalry needs more musket weapons, but the muskets you provide are too long. They can't take it at all, or rather. On the battlefield, some did not apply, because the muskets were too long, they could not aim accurately. And, most importantly, the second reload, this musket, which was originally intended for the infantry, was given to the Sabbatical cavalry. Just for trouble, they could not reload the ammunition a second time. In this case, they lost a second chance to fight, the Sabbatarians were already equipped with a musket unit, they were only infantry troops, but the cavalry of the Sabbatarians was very powerful, and they wanted to use muskets, so they planned to modify the muskets in their hands. So, they themselves sawed the muskets used by the infantry and supplied them to the cavalry, so that the cavalry could use them. But the cavalry only has one strike, and if they want to reload the second bullet, it will still take some time, they are on horseback, and if they stop, it will be very bad for them. So they carried more muskets, but their horses could not bear them if there were too many muskets. Affects their speed at the same time. This is for the Sabbath cavalry. It's a disaster. Zhao Ben introduced. Zhao Hua kept nodding. Zhao Hua showed a lot of interest in such a modification, because no one had ever modified it like this. This is definitely a bold innovation.

"But the Sabbatarians didn't give up, they never gave up, because when the Sabbath cavalry was equipped with muskets, they would be very powerful, so we modified and designed a double-barreled musket according to such a need, and now they especially like this musket, because they can continue to shoot. And most importantly, their firepower will be doubled, if the cavalry carries two such rifles, they will be able to shoot four, four times, and under the blow of muskets, they will definitely be able to open the enemy's defenses. Then crash in. In this case, they have no protection at all. The firepower of the Rest Cavalry doubled, which was something they had never done before. Zhao Ben happily introduced. He thinks it's enough to make him feel very proud.

"It's wonderful. You've got a great idea. We, the Qin State, have never thought about this, but just handed over the muskets used by the infantry to you. Zhao Hua said.

"That's so polite. You Qin people are even more powerful, if you hadn't invented the musket, we wouldn't have such a business to do at all, you are the most powerful. Zhao Ben said.

"And this kind of business is provided to us by the Sabbatarians, and we only design such muskets for them according to their needs. Now in this town, most of the blacksmiths are gathered here, and they are constantly refining, so that they can modify more muskets to come out. Zhao Ben said.

"Hmm. You're right. Zhao Hua said. For the muskets that the Tocharians came up with. Zhao Hua believes that this is a new development model, and the profits of modified muskets may be very considerable, otherwise, it would not have gathered into a small town in such a period of time. The town looks very shabby, all because of the rush of time, but they are huge, and many people here are converted into muskets.

"We need to thank the Sabbatarians, who gave us such a good name. However, we have also modified some things ourselves, for example, we have modified them according to the revolvers of your Qin people, but the transformation is not very good. If the modification is successful, he can fire six rounds with only one barrel, which is definitely a very remarkable thing. But we would like to know more things, such as gunpowder. And muskets, the manufacture of artillery, we want to make more money. Zhao Ben showed a strong interest in this regard.

"There's very little I can do to help you. Because it's an industry, it's a system, like you guys with muskets, it's going to take a long time to do that, and to get to that point in a short period of time, I think, it's going to take a long time, because you know, it's definitely not something that can be done all at once. Zhao Hua explained.

"I understand this, you Qin people told us, it's just a barrel, what kind of machine tool do you need. It would be great if we could get a device like this. Zhao Ben said.

"This. Perhaps. But we need to see what the attitude of the Qin government is. Zhao Hua said.

The special requirements of the Rest Cavalry were forcing the Tocharians to change the characteristics of some of their muskets, and they had simply converted a musket that could only be used by infantry into a musket that could be used by cavalry, and doubled its firepower.

The pursuit of firepower of the rest cavalry is great, because the power of the bow and arrow is very small compared to the musket, and the most powerful thing is that the musket can be equipped on a large scale, and the cavalry needs to take a long time to train, once it is overconsumed in battle, the cavalry can not be replenished in time. There was no such contradiction in muskets.

But the muskets used by the infantry could not be supplied to the cavalry, because the cavalry could not be used on horseback, he was too long. Not suitable for cavalry. But the modification of the Sabbatarians made it possible to equip the muskets to them. Muskets with shortened barrels made good carbines, so that their muskets could increase their firepower, but could not make a sustained breakthrough. Because the musket could only be fired once, it was impossible to install a second ammunition on horseback in time. Thereupon. The appearance of double-barreled muskets greatly satisfied the musket needs of the resting people, and it can be said that this was a very successful improvement of the musket according to the needs.

But the greater significance was that the profits brought by such muskets greatly stimulated the Tocharians, who saw a huge business opportunity if the Sabbatarians needed more powerful artillery. Or if it is a musket, they can still be modified, and the meaning of modification is that they can do something according to their own ability that others can't do, which is secondary processing.

Tocharian double-barreled muskets. It was a recognition given by the Sabbatarians, and a need for the Tocharians to develop themselves, a need that turned them into a primitive industrial powerhouse. Hand reprocessing.