No one knows how rich Liuhuo is now, but anyway, Dawangcheng has now become the largest economic center in the south of Chu State.

Dawangcheng is the administrative center of Peishui, but also the economic center of the south of Chu, now Dawangcheng has become the end of several trade routes, the commercial trade of Cangmang Mountain is controlled in the hands of Dawangcheng, and the navigation trade of Wugang and overseas is also intercepted by Dawangcheng.

Now Tiandu City has gradually declined, Tiandu is no longer the final destination of the caravans, and now Tiandu merchants even have to go to Dawang City to purchase some rare goods. Poor Tiandu City, if it weren't for the support of a trade route leading to the grassland in the north, I'm afraid it would have collapsed economically.

Flowing fire has money, but flowing fire also dares to spend money, and sometimes flowing fire spends money simply without consciousness. Everyone in Peishui knows that the Black Iron Soldiers have a nickname, and they all call them 250 Soldiers. Outsiders will never know where this nickname came from, but Peishui people know that the cost of each set of black iron equipment is 250 gold coins.

250 gold coins is enough for a family of three to live leisurely for ten years or more, and if it were elsewhere, these gold coins would be enough to buy ten acres of good paddy fields. But in Peishui, this money is only the equipment money for a soldier.

250 gold coins are already very expensive, but is 250 gold coins really enough? The answer is no, now the black iron equipment in the hands of the flowing fire has been upgraded for four or five generations, and nearly 100,000 craftsmen have gathered around the black iron equipment to be busy there. The cost of these black iron equipment, which has been improved for several generations, has long exceeded the 800 gold coin mark.

800 gold coins is just the cost, if this set of equipment circulates to Tiandu City through the black market, it is estimated that more than 8,000 gold coins will be auctioned off.

50,000 black iron elites, the flow of fire is enough for 50,000 elites to smash in more than 40 million gold coins. Not only the regular army, but also the militia under its banner, half-sold and half-given equipped with countless 250 equipment.

Peishui has 300,000 militia groups, even if a set of equipment is only worth 250 gold coins, it is a big investment of 70 million gold coins, half of the fire is supported by financial revenue, and the other half is prepared by the militia groups in each village and town, so the fire will invest more than 30 million gold coins.

During the ten years of prosperity of Peishui, Liuhuo did not save a dime at all, but owed more and more half taels of gold to others, and at the peak, he owed more than 40 million gold coins.

Fortunately, Dawangcheng became more and more prosperous later, and Liuhuo's debt was slowly alleviated, but now he still owes people half a tael of gold and 20 million gold coins.

This person is cheap, the more Liuhuo borrows half a tael of gold, the happier he is, and sometimes he helps Liuhuo calculate it in advance, seeing that he needs funds there, half a tael of gold will be prepared for him in advance, and then take the initiative to contact Liuhuo.

It is with the meticulous help of half a tael of gold that Liuhuo has never worried about money in the past ten years.

But not today, the huge preparation plan has made half a tael of gold unbearable. More than 4 million gold coins have been invested in the defensive position of the grassy slope, but it is only enough for this year's project. What about next year? It is estimated that without tens of millions of gold coins, this defensive position will not be completed at all.

Not only this position, in order to prepare for the war, Dawangcheng sent countless officials to purchase supplies from all over the Chu State. The most important grains, cloth, iron, and even some magic weapons, these are all things that ordinary people can think of.

But how many can't be imagined, from iron nails, hemp ropes, to iron and wood boards, oil carts, piles and piles all cost money, and this money can only be out of the water.

The Shi family and the Hou family have no money, and now Liuhuo is the biggest creditor of the two of them, and it would be a dream to expect the two of them to come up with the money.

The scale of the preparation for the war is too large, and the half tael gold was caught off guard by the flowing fire, and under the strict order of the general number, the shopkeepers of the semicolons in various places played with the preparation of cash for Peishui to prepare for the war.

But far water can't quench the thirst of the near, and Liuhuo is not really short of money now, all he lacks now is the circulating currency to buy labor and materials. Although there are many rare treasures in Liuhuo's hands that can be exchanged for various materials with merchants all over the world, it takes time, and what Liuhuo needs most now is time.

As a last resort, Liuhuo actually came up with the most unavoidable way to borrow money from the people.

The method of flowing fire made everyone frown, because everyone felt that a person as noble as Liuhuo actually opened his mouth to borrow money from the people, which was also a bit too faceless, not to mention how much money the grass people could have?

Liuhuo didn't know if his method was useful, maybe he just held the idea of a dead horse as a live horse doctor. Liuhuo ordered people to print 10,000 IOUs with a denomination of 1,000 gold coins, not because of Liuhuo's greed, but because the People's Printing Society told Liuhuo that he would engrave a set of plates, at least 10,000 copies should be printed, and if there were no more people, they would lose money.

In this way, he wanted to print a few thousand copies casually and borrow a few tens of millions of gold coins, but he had to face the scalp and announce his plan to borrow tens of millions of gold coins under the eyes of everyone.

God, when the decree of Liuhuo was issued, all the civil and military officials thought that Liuhuo was crazy, including the shopkeepers of half a tael of gold, and even the wealthy businessmen from all over the country, they all thought that Lord Liuhuo was phlegm, and this was crazy for money.

10 million gold coins were actually raised from the whole society. There is no money for even half a tael of gold, do you still expect there to be money in society now?

For a full day, in the house across the street from the official residence, in front of the subscription tables, it was so deserted that people were about to doze off. On that day, except for the civil and military officials who saw that the adults were pitiful and bought dozens of copies, the rest were some wealthy businessmen who took a fancy to the two cents of profit and came to buy so many dozens.

For a whole day, Flowing Fire only borrowed 41,000 gold coins.

After secretly glancing at the subscription point that afternoon, Liuhuo in disguise turned around and left, without any delay.

It's a disappointment, it's a disappointment. Liuhuo is not even in the mood to watch it now, and when his head is tilted, he just thinks that this subscription point does not exist. As for other people watching jokes, it doesn't matter, you don't dare to laugh at me in front of me anyway.

In fact, the flowing fire is a little too worried, and now everyone in Peishui only has a pitiful mind about the flowing fire, and there is still a joke mind there. It's not easy enough to flow fire, and it has been ten years to support such a big force, and now it is still facing a decisive battle with the Yu family and the Li family. With so much pressure on him, it's no wonder he's not coping with it.

The sun was setting down, the busy street in front of the residence was deserting, the soldiers were changing their guards, and the administrative units across the street were closing their doors, and the busy day was finally coming to an end.

The two low-level officials at the subscription point are also now cleaning up the clutter on the table, and putting the stack of IOUs that have been opened back into the box, and after cleaning up the clutter and closing the door panel, today's task will be completed.

The two were still chatting while tidying up.

"Oh, although it's not as lively as I imagined today, but it has also sold more than 40,000 gold coins, it's worth celebrating, let's have a drink in the evening?"

"You can pull it, all the people who came to buy the IOUs today are the housekeepers in the families of various adults, and this is all for Lord Liuhuo. If you don't believe it, just look at it, tomorrow we can sell 10,000 yuan, even if we have accumulated virtue..."

"Hey... Lord Drifting Fire was hard enough, such a big burden fell on his shoulders. I used to hear about the Shi family, the Hou family, and other big families, but when it comes to the critical time, we still have to make a move..."

"Who says it's not, sometimes I wonder, let's take care of our peishui or it's over, whoever they love to die will die..."

......

While the two were boredly packing their things, suddenly there were several pairs of footsteps from the west side of the street, and there was a sound of asking for directions. It seems that someone is asking the guards where the IOU subscription point is?

The two petty officials were a little surprised, they never imagined that someone would come to them at this time. Could it be that relatives from the countryside have come to look for us, or is there something going on at home?

The two of them poked their heads out of the door and looked out, and they were relieved, it turned out that they were still celebrities, wasn't this the lame sixth brother in Yongning Village?

"Hey... Sixth brother, where is this... Why are you asking about IOUs..."

The sixth brother and a few young men around him, now he has found his destination, the sixth brother wiped the sweat on his face, walked into the house and opened his mouth to shout.

"Oh, it's good to come early, or we'll run for nothing as soon as you close the door..."

"You... And you, hurry up and go out and talk to the villagers, so that they don't look around, and they all come to this gathering. Damn, I have long said that they will listen to me, they will listen to me, you see, I have found the right one..."

The two officials were stunned for a moment, looked at the lame sixth brother and said, "Sixth brother, why are you still running to the city if you don't go home this big night?

"Oh, you guys are really easy for us to find, what else can I do, buy an adult's IOU..."

"Ah, Sixth Brother, do you want to buy an IOU? That's a thousand gold coins..."

The lame sixth brother's jaw was about to rise to the sky, "Small, look down on your sixth brother, isn't it just a thousand gold coins, look at how much this is..."

After saying that, a large leather bag collapsed on the table, and when it was opened, it was full of golden light.

"It's 2,000 gold coins, an IOU with my name on it, and an IOU with the name of our village... You still dare to look down on your sixth brother, the sixth brother has a thick family, and the pension for the injured back then was enough 800 gold coins... Also, don't underestimate our Yongning Village, if a family produces a gold coin, we can buy several pieces..."

This time, the two officials were dumbfounded, they never thought that there were really ordinary people to buy IOUs today, and there were two IOUs when they bought them.

The sixth brother's mouth was not idle at all, and he took advantage of the gap between the two of them to list the gold coins, and taught the young people around him a lesson.

"Stinky boys, you have to remember that your good days are all given to you by adults, if it weren't for the grace of adults, would you still want to build a house at home?

"People, you must know that you are grateful, when I was a child, I was hungry all the way from Yongning Prefecture to here, and one of my younger brothers and sisters starved to death in the famine.

"We are fortunate to meet the God of Light, we have met the King of Peishui, and we are now living like individuals. Lord Liuhuo is short of money, and asks us to borrow some money to spend, but there are still people who don't borrow? There are still people who want to make money? The ungrateful are all brutes..."

"Damn, I don't want to return these two IOUs to adults, Lao Tzu is on the edge of the tablet of the God of Light..."

The two officials made the sixth brother a little emotional, and they gave the sixth brother a thumbs up.

The lame sixth brother looked at them and smiled, "Don't be in a hurry to go home, the sixth brother will buy you some food in a while, and you two boys will be ready to stay up late... Huh..."

The two officials suddenly understood something, bypassed a few people and ran to the door, and when they looked out, their legs were weak on the spot, so they didn't cry.