Even Cao Cao and Liu Bei know the role of craftsmen, and they will not reuse it, which also gives Jia Rong a chance, the opportunity to leave the princes far behind, and now the weapons of the Xiliang army have far exceeded the princes, not to mention how sharp the weapons are, just explosives can help Jia Rong capture countless strong cities, not every city will seal the city gates, and completely confront.

With explosives, the city gates, which are difficult to conquer in this era, will definitely tremble under the iron cavalry of the Xiliang army, and the cavalry will dominate the battlefield to a greater extent.

"What happened to the results of the secret development?" Jia Rong set his eyes on Pu Yuan, looking at the burns on his face, and the clothes on his body were also holes, Jia Rong could hardly imagine that the Ministry of Industry Shangshu in the court would look like this.

"Qiqi Sheng, only more than ten of the hundred craftsmen responsible for the research and development remained, and the rest were all killed." Pu Yuan's expression was a little unnatural, the Xiliang Army developed rapidly, and the craftsmen under him also flocked to it, but there are still not many real talents, no one will think that there are too many talents under him, and he invested hundreds of people at one time, and more than ten people survived, this result is difficult for Pu Yuan to accept.

"You are also the secretary of the Ministry of Industry in the court, why don't you pay attention to your image, look at this clothes, how long has it been since you changed, be careful that the ministers of the court impeach you." Jia Rong said with a smile.

Guo Yan on the side also cooperated and laughed, Jia Rong is the emperor, Guo Yan is the general of the Tiger Ben Army, guarding Jia Rong's safety, Hu Ben is an important liliang to defend the palace, commanding three thousand cavalry, is the most elite cavalry in the army, in Liangguo, no one dares to ignore this holy sworn brother.

"Shengshang, you also know that Wechen is an ironworker, how can I have spare time to fix this, as soon as the army fights, those generals will go to Wechen to ask for weapons, if Wechen says no, I'm afraid it will be" Pu Yuan said hesitantly.

"Okay, don't talk about those useless things, the things that have been developed must be kept absolutely confidential, this is an important weapon to change the pattern of the world, and we must also pay attention to etiquette."

"Wechen obeys."

The craftsman's workshop developed gunpowder, lost nearly ninety exquisite craftsmen, such a loss in exchange for the successful development of gunpowder, their death in the eyes of Jia Rong is very worthwhile, to a certain extent, their sacrifice in exchange for the soldiers in the army in the probability of surviving on the battlefield, the Xiliang army is brave and good at fighting, in the face of the strong city, there is still some helplessness, and after the destruction of the other party's city gate, he is not allowed to go out of the city to fight, and then the Xiliang army can fully exert its own strength, in the field to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop, The sacrifice of these craftsmen is to provide a greater advantage on the battlefield and to die well, and for the dead craftsmen, the pension is very generous.

Sure enough, under the control of the Xiliang Army, in just one month, the price of goods under Cao Jun's rule rose wildly, and there was a lack of supply of raw materials.

Yesterday it was still two dollars, but today it becomes no money, and at the beginning, it was only one dollar that could be bought, and it has risen so much all of a sudden, how can the people bear it.

And after a few days, the merchant did not even accept paper money, as long as it was real money, not five baht, of course, these were only said in secret.

No matter how nice the bank staff said, the people were willing to exchange the banknotes in their hands for five baht coins, rather than such a thing that could depreciate at any time.

It's okay for Yanzhou Bank to scare the people, but for the family to come to exchange money, you have to weigh it, and now the scene under Cao Jun's rule is not only the businessmen panicked, but the family is also alarmed, and no one wants the huge amount in their hands to become a pile of waste paper, even if Cao Cao's order is strict.

The merchant had already exchanged the paper money for real money before, but he did not panic, and the people under Cao Jun's rule rarely bought the paper money of Xiliang Bank, which was also a means of suppression by Cao Cao, promoting his own development and suppressing other princes.

At this time, this kind of suppression has become a burden, and Xiliang Bank will naturally not recognize the Yanzhou Bank banknotes in the hands of the people.

"What should we do now?" Cao Cao has a feeling of being anxious, if it is to rush to the battlefield, there will be nothing to send soldiers up, but now such a thing is happening in the bank, the people and businessmen will exchange the paper money in their hands for money, Yanzhou's warehouse is not rich, before the battle against Jingzhou, a lot of money is even temporarily collected from the treasury, that is, many coins have become a deficit, there is no actual money to exchange, once this situation continues, it will be a huge blow to Cao Jun's finances, now Cao Cao, There is no joy in the first place when the bank is set up and the money is pouring in.

But at this time, the city was already boiling, although the people would not say anything on their faces, and in their hearts, they were extremely disappointed with Yanzhou Bank.

"Lord, from the point of view of humble duties, there must be Xiliang Army in it at this time, Yanzhou Bank, there are money exchanges everywhere, Weishenme Xiliang Bank does not have this situation, and the merchants in the city have plummeted, so that the price has risen, I am afraid it is also the handiwork of Xiliang Army, Jia Rong attaches great importance to businessmen, and even Wei Guan and Mi Zhu are named household servants, and the Zhen family in Jizhou has also transferred the industry to Luoyang, and the three families are united, which is not trivial." Xi Zhicai analyzed.

"Yes, the Xiliang Army is about to move, I'm afraid it wants to plot against the land of Yanzhou, and controlling the merchants can only have an effect in a short period of time, after a long time, the goods in the hands of the merchants are difficult to sell, and there is no profit, how can they obey Jia Rong's orders." Cao Cao said coldly, he was a little ashamed of some of the businessmen's methods for profit, but at this time, he had to admit the influence of the businessmen.

In his opinion, as long as there are a few benefits, there will be no businessmen coming, and Jia Rong's actions will only make businessmen disgusted.

Mi Jiawei family is the two major merchant families under the rule of the Xiliang Army, of course, the Zhen family has just joined the Xiliang Army not long ago, and the industry in the family has not yet developed.

After half a month, Cao Jun's treasury was empty, and all the money collected through the bank was gone.

At this time, the merchants came with their goods, which used to be only tens of percent of the profits, but when the goods were transported to Cao Jun's rule, the profits could easily reach 300 percent to 400 percent, and under this kind of profits, some of the merchants' complaints about Jia Rong were all in vain.

Let you be in short supply of goods first, and then sell them, and almost half of the coins accumulated by Cao Jun have gone to the hands of merchants, and the Wei family, the Mi family and the Zhen family occupy the lion's share.

Cao Cao can only watch this kind of thing happen and be helpless, even if there is no bank, the Xiliang army can also obtain huge profits through such means, this is the effect when the influence reaches a certain level, even if it is a lowly businessman, when they unite, the influence exerted is so great that it is frightening.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Wei family and the Zhen family united all the merchants to rectify the Liangguo Chamber of Commerce and combine the merchants, so that if there is such an action in the future, it will become even faster.

With this profit as a premise, many businessmen are happy to join in.

Jia Rong looked at the information from Cao Jun, with a satisfied smile on his face, he really wanted to see Cao Cao's expression at this time, if the Xiliang army came to the city, what would they use to resist, and after the grain and grass in the army were exhausted, where would they come to fill this huge loophole.

If the Xiliang army did not launch an attack, it would be enough to make the economy of the Cao army collapse two or three times, the soldiers would have no money, the people would have no surplus food at home, and the people would not have a good livelihood.

Of course, Jia Rong's current purpose is just to make it difficult for Cao's soldiers to support the big battle.

"How? Don't underestimate the role of businessmen, once they join forces, it's enough to change the situation. Jia Rong said with a smile.

"Holy Wisdom." Jia Xu and a group of officials bowed down and bowed.

Even if they break their heads, they can't think of such a strategy, and Jia Rong seems to be at hand, and some officials even faintly doubt whether it is really as it was spread in the state back then, the lord is from the future and is familiar with the development of history, but after these rumors reached the people, it became that Jia Rong was the son of heaven and saved the people from the bitter sea of war.

However, this kind of words can only be hidden in the heart, and now Jia Rong is a high emperor, with the power of life and death, and he bleeds thousands of miles in anger.

At this moment, Cao Cao is very busy, there is no grain in the treasury, and he will definitely panic, once the Xiliang army takes advantage of this opportunity to launch a war, it will be fatal for Cao Jun, for the first time, Cao Cao felt that money was so important, looked at the name of the merchant on the roster in his hand, and his chest was filled with boundless anger, it was they who made Cao Jun's finances fall into crisis all of a sudden, Cao Cao's territory is vast, and there is no shortage of talents in his hands, in the face of such a problem, it is still a little difficult to deal with, even the talents under him, I can't make any comments about haode.

But fortunately, Cao Jun does not lack resources, occupies a vast land, just the mining and sale of coal, you can get benefits, but these are absolutely a drop in the bucket for the huge one, Cao Cao has not been dizzy enough to send the paper money in his hand to the soldiers in the army as a salary, if that is the case, even if the soldiers do not mutiny, the trust in Cao Cao will be reduced to the minimum, and now under the rule of Cao Jun, who does not know that Cao Jun's bank money is worthless.