After negotiating with Liu Yu about the canonization of Liu Qian as the king of Liang, Wang Yun took the members of the envoy to live in a temporary guest house, quietly waiting for the day of the canonization ceremony, and did not go around to add any trouble to everyone.

After three waves of troop movements, the 30,000 vanguard army had all arrived in Liangzhou, divided into six divisions with 5,000 men each, stationed in Niyang in Beidi County, Gaoping in Anding County, Ji County in Hanyang County, Jincheng County in Jincheng County, Didao in Longxi County, and Xiafen in Wudu County.

If we add the 15,000 cavalry of the Blue Wolf Army operating in the Lingju area north of Jincheng and the 10,000 soldiers of the Huang Xuan Division of the Dingyuan Army stationed in Beiping City, there are a total of 55,000 men and horses under the Protector Army in Liangzhou at present. This number is basically the same as the 50,000 to 60,000 people promised by Zhao Xing to Liu Yu at the beginning.

Zhao Xing had already sent a letter to Liu Dai, asking the Jin State to arrange for a group of officials who were good at managing internal affairs to report to Gaoping. Among these officials, there are Li Fu, an old man who has followed Zhao Xing for many years, Zhang Ji and Guoyuan, who are good at managing internal affairs, and several generals who are serving in the army.

The situation in Liangzhou is more complicated than that of Youzhou, and it is even farther away from the Jin Kingdom, so it is necessary to equip more effective officials at the Taishou level to govern and garrison in order to ensure the smooth flow of military orders and government orders.

Judging from Liu Yu's current survey of the people's livelihood and economic situation near Gaoping City, the infrastructure construction in Liangzhou is almost a blank. In addition to a few natural roads trodden by passers-by, there are also a few dilapidated towns scattered on both sides of the road, with some old shops and shops in the towns, as well as a few hotels and inns, but the overall level and scale cannot be compared with any county in the Jin Kingdom.

The reason for such a big contrast is that after ten years of steady and rapid development, the Jin State has now become the most prosperous and developed area north of the Yellow River; on the other hand, Liangzhou has a complex human settlement, and from time to time Qiang and Han people rise up to rebel, and it is always in turmoil, and it is simply unable to form a large-scale city and development construction.

The practical problems in front of Liu Yu are:

First, it is necessary to eliminate all kinds of rebellion and chaos forces in Liangzhou in the shortest possible time, provide a safe and stable living environment for the people of Liangzhou, and make the people believe that there will be no more chaos in Liangzhou in the future;

Second, it is necessary to ensure that when the cold winter comes, the people will not starve and freeze, have food to eat, have clothes to wear, and will not cause new waves of refugees to flock to the Jin Kingdom because of the harsh climate and natural environment of Liangzhou;

Third, to resume farming and animal husbandry after the beginning of spring, it is necessary to provide the people with cattle, seeds and other daily necessities, and provide horses, cattle and sheep boys;

Fourth, it is necessary to provide a way for the large number of displaced people who have no economic income to earn money, so that they can gradually accumulate the necessary materials for living independently.

These four things seem to be unrelated to each other, but they can all be boiled down to one issue. That is, the new Liang country is too poor, and it urgently needs a lot of wealth as a driving force to start the huge wheel of economic development. Liu Yu and Zhao Xing both believe that as long as the big carriage of Liangguo is given enough continuous and stable power, it will definitely run faster and faster like Jin Guo, and finally embark on a benign path of self-strength.

The elimination of instability in the territory requires a large number of troops and the maintenance of law and order. Nearly 60,000 regular troops of the Protector Army were stationed in Liangzhou, which was a very large expense, and they were completely dependent on the support of the Jin State; the recruited officials had to pay them money, and even if each of the six counties east of Wuwei in Liangzhou only recruited 2,000 officials from each county, it would be more than 10,000 people who stretched out their hands to ask Liu Yu for wages.

To ensure that when the cold winter comes, the people of the cool country will not starve and freeze, and need a lot of grain, cloth, cotton, cattle and sheep skins. It is obviously impossible to purchase from the territory of Liangguo, Liangzhou, which is already barren, after Dong Zhuo's tyranny and looting for all these years, where is there much surplus wealth?

After the beginning of spring, the agriculture and animal husbandry of the Liang Kingdom were restored, and a way had to be found from the Jin Kingdom. Although the amount of daily necessities such as horses, cattle and sheep and ploughing cattle and seeds was relatively large to provide the people of Liangguo, it was easy to achieve with the Jin State's policy of hiding wealth from the people, as long as the operation and allocation method was appropriate.

If you want to provide a way to earn money for the large number of displaced people who have no economic income, the most immediate way is to invest in large-scale water conservancy projects and road construction in Liangguo. The return on this investment will be long-term and sustainable, but the disadvantage is that the cost is huge and it is difficult to achieve results in the short term. If there is no local government as the lead, no one can mobilize it alone. Of course, Zhao Xing, who is rich enough to rival the country, is not among them.

Zhao Xing, who was far away in Jincheng, after receiving the urgent information sent by Liu Yu's Shadow Guard, seriously thought about the above problems and solutions raised by Liu Yu, and also understood that Liu Yu was reaching out to him to ask for money in a corner. So Zhao Xing immediately sent a letter to Liu Dai, the minister of the Jin State, Qin Yilu, the chief treasurer of the peasant and soldier merchant gold bank, Liu Jili, the chief manager of the Taifu Mansion, the treasurer of the Zhao Xing family, the fifth lady Mi Zhen, and the county guards respectively, ordering all parties to immediately start preparing all kinds of daily necessities urgently needed by the Liang State, such as grain, cloth, medicines, etc., and at the same time let the relevant personnel make preparations for the issuance of the first batch of treasury bonds.

Pang Tong, who followed Zhao Xing's side, wrote letters one after another very quickly according to Zhao Xing's tips and instructions, and after Zhao Xing looked at them, he stamped Zhao Xing's seal, turned around and handed them to the shadow team members waiting outside, and sent them to all parts of the Jin Kingdom.

After a busy time, it was time to hold the lights at night. Zhao Xing asked Dian Wei to go down, prepare a few side dishes with wine, and have dinner with Pang Tong, Guo Jia, Tai Shici and others at night. Dian Wei received the order, went out of the account and carefully explained to the chef of the Zuixian Mansion who was in charge of Zhao Xing's food, and then went to call Guo Jia and Tai Shici to come to Zhao Xing's big tent.

Several delicate meat and vegetarian dishes were soon placed in Zhao Xing's tent, and the hot and warm Changhe Daqu had also been sent in, and the aroma of wine overflowed the entire camp, and at this time, the sound of Guo Jia and Tai Shici talking happened to sound outside the door.

Everyone sat down according to their priorities, drank and talked about their busy business. Pang Tong, who was already well acquainted with everyone, chewed the marinated beef jerky produced by the Wuyuan Beef Factory in his mouth, and asked Zhao Xing with some puzzlement: "Lord, there is something unclear about the unity, please give me advice." ”

Zhao Xingzi took a long river song, turned his head to look at Pang Tong, and said with some surprise: "I don't know what happened to Shiyuan, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." ”

So Pang Tong continued: "When I was writing the letter, I heard that the lord mentioned the issuance of treasury bonds, but I never heard anyone talk about treasury bonds and financing and fundraising. But it can be seen from the letter that this method will become an important way to rescue and promote the development of Liangguo, I wonder if the lord can solve our doubts and doubts in detail?"

Zhao Xing saw that Pang Tong was asking about the national debt, so he nodded approvingly, put down the wine glass in his hand, looked around at everyone, and found that everyone was looking at him with great concern, so he smiled indifferently and began to answer questions for everyone.

"The so-called national debt, as the name suggests, is that the state borrows money from the people under its rule. This is fundamentally different from the state increasing taxes on the people. The most direct negative impact of increasing taxes is to reduce the status of the state in the eyes of the people. Zhao Xing said with a serious face.

"It's not the same with the issuance of government bonds. Because it is the state that borrows money from the people, it is necessary to write down the voucher just like borrowing money from the people, and the country must return the money when it has money in the future. Whether or not you can borrow money from the people depends on the credibility of the government in the eyes of the people. Of course, if it is only about borrowing as much as you want, few ordinary people are still willing to lend their wealth to the state. And one of the laws that our Jin Kingdom is vigorously promoting now is to ensure that the wealth of the people is not encroached upon and annexed by any force. So let's think about it, how can we get the people to willingly take out their surplus property and hand it over to the government?" Zhao Xing explained as he threw out a question and threw it to everyone.

When everyone saw Zhao Xing throwing out a question, they stopped drinking and eating one after another, frowning and pondering countermeasures.

Guo Jia has followed Zhao Xing for the longest time, and he is also relatively clear about some of the current systems of the Jin Kingdom, especially he grasped the sentence that Zhao Xing just said in his language, "If you borrow as much as you want to repay, few people are still willing to take out their wealth", so after thinking for a long time, he said: "Since you can borrow more from the people and return how much you can return, you can't mobilize everyone's enthusiasm, is it by borrowing less and paying back more to let the people into the hub?"

Zhao Xing saw that Guo Jia's answer was correct, so he snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "Correct explanation! The treasury bonds we issue will appear in a unified coupon form, and the repayment period and repayment amount will be indicated on it. For example, when a treasury bond bill with a three-year face value and a quantity of 100 taels of silver is sold to the people, they actually only need to take out 90 taels of silver to exchange it. And when the three years are over, the people can exchange this national bond worth one hundred taels of silver in all the peasants, soldiers, merchants, and gold banks, which means that they don't have to do anything, and they will get the benefit of ten taels of silver......"

When everyone heard Zhao Xing's analysis, they suddenly opened their mouths and nodded their heads to show that they understood this approach.

The studious Pang Tong discovered a new problem, so he asked Zhao Xing: "What if the peasant and soldier merchant gold bank can't get so much gold and silver at that time?"

Zhao Xing replied with a straight face: "There are two ways to solve this problem. The first is that the peasants, soldiers, merchants, and gold banks secretly print more worthless banknotes to dilute the wealth of the people; the second is to declare bankruptcy and distribute the surplus wealth to everyone, and the credibility of the government is completely overdrawn. ”

After hearing these two methods, everyone immediately restrained the smiles on their faces and seriously thought about the serious consequences caused by these two situations.

Tai Shici, who had never spoken, looked at Zhao Xing very solemnly and said: "Today, Ci finally understands why the lord often tells people what the phrase 'the economic base determines the superstructure' implies. Even if we are for the happiness of the people of the world, we must not allow these two bad situations to happen!"

Zhao Xing saw that after everyone listened to Tai Shici's words, the atmosphere in the tent was a little depressed and dull, so he said with a smile: "Don't worry, the two results just mentioned are the most pessimistic predictions, and there are many ways to avoid the final consequences, and I will talk to you in detail later." Come, come...... We drink wine and eat food!"