If Zhao Kuo knew what Chang Yang was thinking, he would only smile slightly, how much is a mere meal worth? It would be a good deal to get the loyalty of 600 men.

"There are no untouchables in our Zhao country, only civilians." Lu Zhonglian said.

Chang Yang was stunned when he heard this, but did not speak.

"What's up ahead?" After a while, Chang Yang suddenly saw a group of people not far away who were busy, they were only wearing a single coat to cover their bodies, their bodies were dirty, but their faces were full of happy smiles, even if the sun was scorching and sweating was raining, no one stopped to rest.

The children were playing happily around, and from time to time their curiosity was aroused, and they had to come forward to help, but their clothes and faces were covered with mud, which caused the adults to laugh and scold.

"I'll see, oh, they're building houses." Lu Zhonglian opened the curtains, glanced at it and said.

"Building a house? So why are they so happy? Chang Yang was a little puzzled, shouldn't he be depressed and full of sorrow when building a house for nobles?

"They built the house for themselves, and of course they were very happy." Lu Zhonglian said.

"Build a house for yourself?" Chang Yang didn't believe it, except for the big nobles, who could build a house to gather so many people?

However, he did not choose to quarrel with Lu Zhonglian.

"What's going on there?" Chang Yang pointed to another place and said.

"That's building roads." Lu Zhonglian said.

"Are the difficult roads also built for them?" Chang Yang asked.

"The roads are not for them to build, but they have money to take them." Lu Zhonglian said.

"Got the money? Hehe. Chang Yang sneered in his heart, with a look of disbelief.

Although he was born in Jiangdong, he admired the Central Plains culture since he was a child, and he was also a person who read poetry and books.

When Zilu was a magistrate, in order to prevent heavy flooding, he called on the local people to build ditches. Seeing that the people were too tired and hard, they gave everyone a bowl of rice and a pot of water.

When Confucius learned about it, he immediately sent Zigong to stop Zilu, thinking that Zilu had crossed the line and did something that should not have been done.

Even if Zhao Guo wants to show benevolence and righteousness, he should find a more reliable reason.

Lu Zhonglian saw Chang Yang's expression, and immediately understood the other party's thoughts, and explained: "This is not hard labor, it's work, and there is no money for hard labor, but our Zhao State only has one month of labor every year, and the rest of the time is considered work, and the government will pay wages on the same day, and there will be no arrears." ”

"This is the case in the entire Zhao Kingdom?" Chang Yang asked in shock.

"Of course." Lu Zhonglian nodded.

I don't know why, seeing the shock on Chang Yang's face, Lu Zhonglian was very happy in his heart, and even had a sense of pride in being a Zhao person, which he had never felt in Qi before.

"How much does that cost, even 100 million is not enough." Chang Yang really couldn't believe it.

Has Zhao Guo been rich enough to this extent?

He heard that the strength of Zhao was not as good as that of Qin, and the battle of Shangdang was suppressed and fought by Qin, and later relied on the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Chu to defeat Qin.

Zhao Guo is like this, so what is the Qin State getting rich!

Or is it that Yue Guo is too backward?

"100 million? Hehe, even a billion is not enough. Lu Zhonglian said with disdain.

Roads, houses, water conservancy, and cities are being built all over the country...... As many as two to three million people participate in cash-for-work, each person earns 10 yuan a day, or nearly 1 billion yuan a month.

This does not include the purchase of medicinal herbs, feathers, and arrow shafts every month...... of money.

In addition, there is money to support the research and invention of farmers, doctors, and workers......

Zhao Guo...... Zhao Guo is so rich? Chang Yang felt that his worldview had collapsed, could this be the strength of the countries of the Central Plains?

"Tell you secretly, our king will print money." Lu Zhonglian suddenly said nervously.

To be honest, Lu Zhong didn't even understand why Zhao Kuo printed the words ten coins on a piece of paper, and this piece of paper could be used as ten coins.

"Printing money?" Chang Yang was a little puzzled.

"This is it." Lu Zhonglian took out a piece of paper half the size of a palm from his sleeve, on which was printed with the words 'Ten Coins' with Zhao Seal.

"What is this?" Chang Yang didn't recognize the paper.

Although Zhao Kuo sent some paper to each country, he did not send it to Yueguo, after all, only some remnants of Yueguo fled into the mountains, and they couldn't even be called a country.

"Oh, this is my Zhao country's money." Lu Zhonglian said.

Zhao Guo originally used work for relief to only take care of food and not give money, because there was not so much cash, it was tens of millions a day, not to mention Zhao Guo, even the seven countries combined could not hold it.

But even so, as a large number of merchants entered the Zhao State, the Zhao State still had a shortage of money, and could only choose to barter.

As a result, Zhao Kuo invented paper money more than a thousand years in advance.

Cash-for-work is no longer in charge of food, but a paper note with ten yuan printed on it, and the worker can take the paper money to any government restaurant to eat, spend eight yuan, and be full. Then the restaurant will look for two bills for the workers.

After accumulating a certain amount, you can go to any farm tool, coal, salt shop to buy farm tools and other items, or you can buy any goods at the Zhao State Government Mansion or the shop operated by the Zhao family's firm.

The merchant sold the goods to Zhao Kuo, who also used paper money as a voucher.

Merchants took the vouchers to coal mines, salt works, and workshops to extract coal, salt, agricultural tools, and other materials.

In this way, the use of copper coins is skipped.

After a long time, other shops gradually began to accept paper money, and everyone found that paper money can be used as normally as copper coins, and after getting paper money, they no longer immediately think about spending it, but save it like copper coins, and paper money began to gain the same status as copper coins, and circulated among the people.

Due to the convenience of paper money, merchants have also begun to use paper money transactions, no longer need to pull a cart of heavy copper plates, and worry about being robbed along the way.

A handful of banknotes are hidden in your sleeves, and no one knows you have money.

Moreover, there are also private counterfeit inferior copper coins to earn the difference, and paper money is completely impossible. That group of people can't even make paper, and they still want to counterfeit paper money?

In fact, due to the restrictions of the times, people did not regard paper money as money, but only as a kind of certificate, so no one thought of counterfeiting.

But after a long time, someone will surely find out the secret.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo has already done a good job of various anti-counterfeiting signs, as long as Zhao Guo's technology is at the forefront, it will not be imitated.

Now that banknotes have been circulating in other countries, other governments have not realized what this means.

"Sir, didn't you deceive me into a barbarian? How can this thin piece of thing be equivalent to ten dollars? Chang Yang pinched the ten-dollar bill and said with an unhappy face.

In his opinion, Lu Zhonglian was fooling him as a fool.

"Stop the car." Lu Zhonglian didn't defend himself, but just greeted the groom who was driving.

After the carriage stopped, Lu Zhonglian beckoned to the old man selling caramel on the side of the road and said, "Uncle, come to a piece of caramel candy." ”

"Eh, okay, it's ten bucks." The old man wrapped the cut caramel in lotus leaves and handed it to Lu Zhonglian, then took the ten-dollar bill in Lu Zhonglian's hand and stuffed it into his sleeve.

"Slow down, official." The old man waved happily.

"Give." Lu Zhonglian threw the caramel to Chang Yang.

Chang Yang looked at the caramel in his hand in a daze, and at this moment, he suddenly felt like a three-year-old child, who didn't understand anything......

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