Economic warfare, a name that seems lofty, in fact, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong used economic warfare to crush the surrounding countries and make Qi become the hegemon of the world.

Guan Zhong once took the lead in hyping up "Lu Min", which is a kind of white silk cloth, allowing Duke Qi Huan and the ministers to take the lead in wearing clothes made of Lu Min. Lu Min is in short supply, and prices are rising. Seeing that weaving was profitable, the people of Lu gave up their farmland and weaved frantically.

Then, Guan Zhong rewarded the merchants who sold Lu Min, and Lu Guo set off a frenzy of "every household textile machine sounds, and every household is busy weaving" from top to bottom, and all the fields are deserted.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Guan Zhong suddenly ordered to stop importing Lu Min. The economy of Lu collapsed in an instant, and he was forced to buy grain from Qi State, Guan Zhong took the opportunity to raise the price of grain, not only earned back all the money he had given to Lu State before, but Lu State was also forced to surrender to Qi State.

After that, Guan Zhong used this trick to deal with the Chu State, hyped the deer of the Chu State, dumped grain, induced everyone to hunt deer, dragged down the economy of the Chu State, and then led the Eight-Nation Alliance to attack the Chu State, reached the 'Zhaoling Alliance', and established the position of the overlord of the Qi State.

This method began in the Spring and Autumn Period hundreds of years ago and continued to be popular in later generations for more than 2,000 years.

This shows how good the effect is.

Huang Shigong saw this, so he proposed to Zhao Kuo. Zhao State has almost completely blocked Yan State now, which is more advantageous than the original Qi State, and Yan State is also weaker than Zhao State, and it is completely just fish on the chopping board.

"Sir, great talent!" Zhao Kuo said admiringly.

If this method was proposed by a later generation, Zhao Kuo would not be surprised at all, but when a person from the Warring States Period proposed it, Zhao Kuo had to admire.

"The minister is afraid, these tactics have actually been used by Guan Zhong a long time ago, and the minister is just picking up people's teeth and wisdom." Huang Shigong arched his hand and said.

"The plan is not important, it is the person who completes it. Guan Zhong used it hundreds of years ago, and after hundreds of years, how many people in the world have learned? Widows often regret that they can't manage the middle, and today they are happy to get Mr., such as being in charge. Zhao Kuo said with a sincere face.

Huang Shigong's face was excited, his heart was a little hot, and he continued: "In addition, the minister suggested spending a lot of money to buy the important ministers of the Yan State, not only to obtain the information of the Yan State in time, but also to influence the decision of the Yan State at a critical moment. When we annex the Yan Kingdom, the money will naturally return to my Zhao Kingdom. ”

"What Mr. said is very true, but not only Yan Kingdom, but also the other five countries." Zhao Kuo nodded.

This method is the method used by the Qin State in the previous life, the Qin State spent a lot of money to buy the officials of the Six Kingdoms, and Li Mu was killed in this way, which fully explains what it means to be afraid of a god-like opponent, but a pig-like teammate.

Qi was also bought by Xiangguo Housheng, and sat back and watched the five kingdoms perish, and finally it was his turn.

After the Qin State unified the Six Kingdoms, all the money spent was returned to the Qin State, and interest was added by the way.

"It's just...... In this way...... I'm afraid the amount of money that needs to be spent is a bit ......," Huang Shigong said hesitantly.

He had just joined Zhao Guo, and when he saw that Zhao Guo was paving the way, building a college, and having a pension, he didn't know how much money he threw out every day, and he was really a little uncertain about Zhao Guo's finances, so he didn't dare to mention it just now.

"As long as the king is here, money is not an issue." Zhao Kuo said firmly.

Now all countries in the world except for Qin have begun to circulate paper money, and even Wei and South Korea have officially begun to use currency, and they have no idea what effect this thing will have on them.

In their opinion, in the past, copper, gold, cloth, and grain could be used as currency, and now there is no problem in using paper as currency, after all, paper is very expensive now, and it has value in itself, and it is no different from other things.

And being able to exchange for copper plates and buy goods at any time is convenient in itself, so who would refuse.

And as the Zhao State becomes more and more powerful, the credit of paper money will become stronger and stronger, and even the remote Yue State and the Jiangnan region of Chu State have traces of paper money.

Where the banknotes circulate, Zhao Kuo can harvest them.

It can be said that if Zhao Kuo chooses the wrong person, the economies of these countries will all collapse and return to the primitive barter period, but this is not good for Zhao Guo, and Zhao Kuo cannot do it.

The only thing that does not enter the oil and salt is the Qin State, under the heavy agriculture and suppression of business, there are not many local merchants in the Qin State at all, and the only ones are still small scum.

Later, the famous Ba Shi and Wu Shi two local tyrants, Ba Shi has relied on the tribute cinnabar and the King of Qin to get a relationship, and began the road to prosperity, Wu Shi still does not know where to graze.

However, the official trading of the Qin State was basically barter, and it was rarely traded with coins, which made it difficult for paper money to circulate to the Qin State.

However, the Zhao Chamber of Commerce has recently been trying to find a way to hook up with the tea merchants and silk merchants from Bashu to bring the goods of the Zhao State into the Qin State.

"The king is wise." Huang Shigong bowed.

"Don't bother the two masters, this king will ask Mr. for these two things, and this king will order the Zhao State Chamber of Commerce to fully cooperate with Mr." Zhao Kuo picked up Huang Shigong and said solemnly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Huang Shigong left with great confidence.

Seeing off Huang Shigong, Zhao Kuo got up and walked outside the palace.

It is impossible for the monarch to govern the country well if he blindly stays in the palace, and only by walking around in person and knowing enough about the rule can he know what he has not done well and what he should do.

Zhao Kuo said this to the ministers of Zhao State, and the ministers felt that it was very reasonable after listening to it, so Zhao Kuo could justifiably 'inspect the people's feelings'.

Of course, guards are indispensable, although the last time he threatened the Qin State, it is unlikely that the King of Qin will send assassins again, unless he decides to completely tear his face. But Zhao Kuo will definitely not put his own safety on the decision of his opponent.

Ben and Gai Nie guarded Zhao Kuo on the left and right, as for Yan Xiong, this guy is too conspicuous, his body is more than a foot high, he walks on the street like a lighthouse, and the whole Handan doesn't know him, following Zhao Kuo, the people immediately recognized Zhao Kuo, so he was thrown by Zhao Kuo to the military camp and Lian Po to train soldiers.

Handan is thriving, and even outside the city there are large commercial and residential areas, and there are endless passing cars.

The people also have some money through cash-for-work, although it is not much, and they may still save money by frugality, but they can finally buy a winter coat for themselves and their families.

If the conditions are better, you can also buy some carbon and save it for the coldest days to help the elderly at home survive the winter.

There was a lot of shouting in the streets.

The advent of paper money further promoted the prosperity of commerce, and in Handan, you can see merchants from all over the world, whether it is the Wuyue people in the south, the Bashu people in the southwest, or even the Hu people in the north.

They spoke Zhao Chinese, which was not fluent, and struggled to communicate, although there were quarrels between them, but no one used force, and the managers of Guy Zhao Guofang City watched not far away.