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Zhang Baozheng and Zhang Lie sat on the ground opposite each other, and the charcoal fire in the fire tray was burning vigorously, smoking the entire hall warmly.

Zhang Lie arched his hand at Zhang Bao and said: "My lord, yesterday Zhen Yi, Su Shuang, and Zhang Shiping came to the Xiaguan Mansion, saying that they were interested in getting involved in matters such as iron making, charcoal mining, horse and salt trafficking. ”

Zhang Bao could only smile bitterly, originally he told Zhang Lie to only need a thirty percent bonus, but he didn't expect Zhang Lie to insist on fifty percent.

Zhang Lie said again: "And the lower officials are worried that Zhen Yi and others will do tricks on the accounts, so they must send someone to supervise." ”

"Supervision is certain, but I am afraid that it will not work by sending a few people." Zhang Bao said thoughtfully, "General Ben decided to transfer several large-scale iron mills, salt mills, charcoal quarries, and horse farms under the control of the government to the wealthy families, not to expect these workshops to increase our taxes. ”

"Huh?" Zhang Lie was stunned and said, "Don't expect these workshops to increase our money and taxes?" So what to expect? ”

Zhang Baodao: "Salt, iron, charcoal, horse trading and other industries have huge profits, once the government let go, Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping, Zhen Yi and others are bound to make a lot of money, so that the wealthy people who forcibly moved into Youzhou from Jizhou will inevitably follow suit, at that time, large and small iron mills, salt mills, charcoal quarries, horse farms, textile farms, cloakyards, weapons shops, armor shops will appear one after another, or in a few years, these large and small shops, workshops will be all over Youzhou, Large-scale industry and commerce have been formed. ”

Zhang Lie lost his voice and said: "Large-scale industry and commerce? ”

"Yes, a huge scale of industry and commerce!" Zhang Bao nodded solemnly and said in a deep voice, "When the industry and commerce in Youzhou become a climate, just the money and taxes they pay will be enough to support the needs of the army's foreign warfare!" Moreover, the army's foreign warfare is linked to the interests of these merchants, the wider the territory conquered by the army, the more people under the rule of the general, the more profitable these merchants are, only in this way, the merchants of Youzhou will spare no effort to support the general's foreign war! ”

Zhang Lie stroked his forehead with his hand, frowned, and said, "Lord, I still don't understand a little. ”

Zhang Baodao: "For example, Su Shuang is running an ironshop, right? ”

Zhang Lie said: "Not bad. ”

Zhang Bao said: "If Su Shuang's ironworks want to make a profit, they must cast the poured pig iron into weapons and armor and sell them, and the consumption of weapons and armor in war is huge, so in order to make money, Su Shuang certainly hopes that this general will fight abroad every year and consume a large number of weapons and armor every year, right?" ”

Zhang Lie nodded and said, "It seems to be this reason." ”

Zhang Baodao: "There is also a horse farm operated by Zhang Shiping, although some military horses can be sold to the south for profit, but after all, it is only a small business, the territory under the rule of this general is thousands of miles, although there are not many cavalry in the future, it may even be millions, so when the time comes, this general is Zhang Shiping's biggest buyer!" Zhang Shiping will also spare no effort to support the general's foreign war operations in order to sell the war horses produced by his horse farm for a profit. ”

Seeing that Zhang Lie was still a little confused, Zhang Bao further explained: "For another example, General Ben's army is like a chariot, and these merchants and wealthy families are the war horses dragging the chariot forward, the fatter and stronger the war horse, the faster the chariot can rush, and the stronger the lethality!" ”

Promoting military expansion with commercial expansion is a simple truth in the 21st century, but it is really difficult for Zhang Lie in the late Han Dynasty to understand this truth.

There is also an advantage of establishing a country with commerce, that is, it can always maintain the expansion and aggression of the Han nation, so as to completely change the history of the Chinese nation to establish a country with agriculture, and eliminate the possibility of closing the country to the outside, only in this way can the Han nation always stand on top of the world.

"Understood." Zhang Lie finally nodded and said, "What the lord means is that the stronger the power of the merchants in Youzhou, the stronger the combat effectiveness of our army!" In other words, in the future, the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Legion is closely related to the power of these merchants, right? ”

Zhang Bao said: "That's it. ”

Zhang Lie's words changed and he said worriedly: "However, after the merchants of Youzhou are strong, will they threaten us in turn?" You must know that these merchants control a large number of war horses, weapons, and armor in their hands, and as their power increases, they will inevitably raise a large number of diners and household soldiers. ”

"Of course it's possible." Zhang Bao said in a condensed voice, "That's why we have to draw up a set of systems to supervise Youzhou merchants!" This general will first draw up a clause, such as all families, wealthy families, and no more than 100 diners and family soldiers, otherwise it will be regarded as a rebellion, and the nine clans will be connected! Without a large number of well-trained diners and domestic soldiers, these merchants would not be able to turn the sky with thousands of family fortunes. ”

Zhang Lie said: "Well, this one is very important. ”

"And." Zhang Bao said in a deep voice, "You have to hold the assets of the family and the wealthy family firmly in your hands!" ”

"Hold the assets of the family and the wealthy family firmly in your hands?" Zhang Lie lost his voice and said, "It's unlikely. ”

"Of course it is." Zhang Bao said, "But that has to be done with the help of money." ”

"Money?" Zhang Lie said confusedly, "Lord, what is Qianzhuang?" ”

Zhang Bao scratched his head when he heard this, how should he explain it to Zhang Lie'e? You must know that the money village was first appeared in the Tang Dynasty in China, and the Song Dynasty only formed a scale, and the money village first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, which was called the money cabinet at that time. This was a place run by a private merchant to store money and goods, and at that time not only did there be no interest on the money, but there was also a storage fee. The real money bank appeared in the Song Dynasty, and the money cabinet in the Tang Dynasty was only for depositing and withdrawing money. And the money village of the Song Dynasty appeared "flying money". For example, if you have saved 100 taels of silver in a money bank in Kaifeng, you want to go to Chengdu to do business. Then you take the bill issued to you by the bank, and you can withdraw the money at the branch of the bank in Chengdu. This greatly facilitates the circulation of commerce. The real money bank appeared. But now is the end of the Han Dynasty, and with the scale of industry and commerce at that time, it was far from enough to promote the emergence of Qian Zhuang.

Zhang Bao sorted out the wording and said: "To put it simply, a large amount of copper coins earned by merchants in Youzhou need a place to store them, and we also need a place to withdraw a large amount of copper coins at any time to buy weapons, armor and other strategic materials!" And Qian Zhuang is such a place. ”

"Deposit copper coins?" Zhang Lie said disapprerovingly, "The so-called wealth is not revealed, and the money made by the merchant will only be hidden in his own house, how can it be hidden in the money bank set up by the lord?" (To be continued.) )