"Ladies and gentlemen, your performance has satisfied me, and it has been proved that you are loyal, reliable, and the pillars of the country." Comforting and praising the martial arts of his hand, Zhang Chao changed his voice and said: "The world is not peaceful, the burden of the public secretary is still very heavy, I want to wave the army in the Central Plains from the day of the beginning of spring, and I hope that everyone is receiving encouragement, making meritorious contributions, and leaving a name in history." ”

I heard that there might be a big war after the beginning of spring, and generals like Lu Bu and Ma Chao were naturally excited, which was exactly what they wanted. On the contrary, Guo Jia, Pang Tong and other ministers were indeed frowning, obviously they were thinking more about the problem, in their opinion, under the continuous war, the treasury of the Celestial Empire was not abundant, and it was not suitable for fighting a big war at this moment.

When Zhang Chao made this decision, he didn't discuss it with anyone, but he had mentioned it to Jia Xu at sea before. He naturally knows the country's economic situation well, but he still dares to do so, that is, he has already thought of a way.

Cao Cao retreated, Si Li was temporarily safe, and Zhang Chao left Luoyang and headed towards Jinyang City after giving two orders in a row.

Two orders, the first was to order Ma Chao to go to Xiliang in exchange for the Dian Wei Department of the Sixth Army Corps who calmed down the situation there. and allowed the decision that the Dragoon Legion could enter the Western Regions out of the Jade Gate Pass.

The second order, with Lu Bu as the governor of Si Lizhou, and at the same time control all the nearby legions, but if Cao Cao or Liu Bei is found to be attacking, there is no need to report it first, and he has the right to deal with it on the spot.

Wu has Lu Bu, Wen has Pang Tong, Zhang Chao is still very relieved.

After doing these things, Zhang Chao returned to Jinyang City with Guo Jia and others.

At this time, it was already January 206 AD, seeing that the Spring Festival was approaching, Zhang Chao was still taking his ministers to worship the sky, which was an extremely important thing for a country, but whenever Zhang Chao himself was in the palace, he had to take the lead in participating in this holy ceremony.

It is worth mentioning that the real organizer of the Heavenly Sacrifice Sacred Ceremony turned out to be Chen Lin.

At this moment, Chen Lin, because of his contribution to Guo's rebellion, has been promoted from the original official of the five-grade rite department to a third-grade civil official, and is mainly responsible for some friendships in the Ministry of Rites.

Chen Lin was promoted, and he was more motivated, and this time the heaven worship activity was also very lively, and this atmosphere quickly spread throughout Jinyang City. In the troubled times, the prosperity here has not been affected in the slightest, but with the Celestial Empire getting stronger and stronger, the people have more and more confidence in the country.

The Celestial Empire even dared to fight with the northern powerhouse Rus, which made it famous for a long time, and even more people came to admire it, which once made Jinyang City overcrowded, and Lu Su had to apply to Zhang Chao, and Jinyang City began the third expansion.

After the expansion, the total population of Jinyang City exceeded 2 million, and it became the largest city in the world.

Compared with the happy New Year of the people, Zhang Chao and his important civil and military ministers have indeed not been idle for a moment, and they have been discussing the matter of sending troops to the Central Plains after the New Year.

In this matter, Zhang Chao, as the emperor, also encountered a lot of resistance. Among them, several important ministers led by Lu Su and others were all opposed.

Their argument is that the country has been fighting for many years, and the treasury has not much money to spare, and even the grain and grass are unsustainable.

In this regard, there are also Guo Jia and other important ministers who take a wait-and-see attitude, even saying that they support it but do not oppose it, as if they are waiting for Zhang Chao's final decision. But judging from the way they don't express it, they don't seem to agree, but they know more about neutralization, and they don't oppose it as bluntly as Lu Su.

Regarding the opinions of the ministers who did not support him, Zhang Chao understood in his heart. The country has been fighting wars all the year round, and the cost is very large, and in the long run, it will inevitably be said that it is a reckless army, which is not conducive to the development of the country.

It's just that although Zhang Chao knows this, he does have his own ideas, he has a way to solve the problem of money, of course, this is not the most important thing, so he can even entrust Cao Cao and Liu Bei into the abyss.

Zhang Chao, who has his own ideas, does not think about who to explain these problems with, he believes that once things are done, everyone can see the results. On the contrary, if you say it early, it is very likely that the news will be revealed, and once it reaches the ears of the opponent, I am afraid that it will be difficult to play its due role.

In this way, with the authority of a word, Zhang Chao decided that the whole country began to recruit soldiers, and at the same time, the Chinese money village was fully developed in the territory of the Celestial Empire, and the people could save money and put it into the money bank, and store it for a month, and they could get half of the profit return, which he called the ticket mode.

"Sticker" is a kind of voucher issued by modern Chinese money banks, similar to today's "fixed passbook". Its initiator is Shanghai's "Xiehe" money bank, its regulations are: anyone who deposits 98 yuan in cash, pay a banker's ticket, half a month later can receive 100 yuan in cash, this is China's earliest sticker.

Because of Zhang Chao, the money bank and the ticket sticker are both a reality one step earlier. The rules of the Zhonghua Bank are that those who deposit 950 coins in the bank can get a return of 1,000 wen, that is, one tael of silver, after one month, and there is no upper limit for saving more.

This is known as a half-percent profit.

When this holy decree was struck, the entire Celestial Empire exploded, and many people were elated when they heard that there was such a good thing. It's just that the people at that time were too honest, and not everyone dared to try this kind of thing that seemed to be pie in the sky. Only some daring people have tried to do it.

This set of new rules that began a year ago, and before the first month passed, the January deadline expired, and some people tried to try to redeem the stickers, and sure enough, a large amount of profits appeared.

Some people have benefited, and they have been publicized wantonly, and with the facts in advance, no one will doubt them, and more people will deposit their money in the Chinese bank. For them, the money is the same wherever it is placed, even if it is so, why not put it in the money bank, with the national single guarantee, there should be no mistakes, on the contrary, you can get a lot of benefits by putting it here.

The matter of Qian Zhuang was deliberately fueled by Zhang Chao, and it quickly spread. Because at present, only Jinyang City has this business, and when the news came out, it attracted many merchants and people in the vicinity to gather here, and they came to save money.

Outside the Zhonghua Money Bank, it was overcrowded for a while, and it was a wonder that saving money could be saved to the extent that it could be saved to the extent of queuing for a few days.

Every day, a large amount of gold and silver will be put into the account in the bank, which is bad for Lu Su, who manages internal affairs. Seeing that the treasury was soon full, he took the initiative to find Zhang Chao and asked all money banks across the country to implement ticket sticker business, and at worst, he would open a few more money banks in Jinyang City to deal with the problem of depositors queuing.

Lu Su's ideas are of course good and realistic. But for some reason, Zhang Chao didn't agree, just smiled and said that he had other ideas and dismissed.

In fact, would Zhang Chao not know the usefulness of Lu Su's proposal? But he doesn't do it when he knows it's useful, this is the smart side of his heart. It's just that the time is not right now, and it is not known to outsiders.

When the country had money, the conscription and training work was accelerated, and more new recruits joined the army, which rapidly increased the strength of the Celestial Empire's army.

The matter of the Celestial Empire's money bank sticking tickets soon reached the ears of Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

This approach is very novel to them, and after understanding everything, they sighed that Zhang Chao was too smart, and at the same time, they also began to study it.

Through research, Cao Cao came to the conclusion that this could accumulate a sum of gold and silver for himself as quickly as possible. The so-called money is easy to do, and with this money, he can do what he wants, he can recruit more soldiers, and obtain stronger strength.

The so-called war is to fight money. Just like modern warfare, every bullet fired and a shell fired is equivalent to how much money is indirectly fired, and the motivation to support the army is to pay for itself.

With money, more weapons can be forged; With money, you can buy more war horses; With money, you can make more people work for you; With money, you can create all kinds of impossibilities; With the money...

All in all, money is definitely a good thing, it is rising, it is high, and it is an indispensable thing to become a king and an emperor.

And this way of sticking tickets can get more money for yourself, so why not?

Cao Cao didn't think that this idea was Zhang Chao's, so he couldn't use it. At that time, there was no such thing as copyright, and even if there were, he was the dignified King of Wei, who could sanction him? So he wants to borrow this way, not only that, but what he wants to do is bigger than Zhang Chao, don't you have only one money bank with such a means? Then I'll open ten, spread out in every place under my rule, so that I can build more armies in the shortest possible time, and then do what I want.

As for how to repay the money, it is easy to say, as long as the battle is won and there is a large area of land, then everything is not there?

The more Cao Cao thought about it, the more excited he became, so he couldn't help but call the important ministers to start discussing this matter. To say that there was no money in the Wei State before, everything had to start from scratch, but it doesn't matter, with the identity of the King of Wei, it is not difficult to do such a thing.

In this way, a lot of money banks suddenly appeared in Wei overnight, and the so-called ticket fundraising activities were also in full swing.

Following the Celestial Empire, Wei's treasury soon became abundant, and civilian conscription was in full swing.

After the Celestial Empire and the Wei Kingdom, Liu Bei of Yizhou and Sun Jian of Eastern Wu also followed their example to build money houses and display tickets. But unlike that, they're not that big.