In the absence of major changes, a country's income and expenditure will not fluctuate much, with more expenditure here and less elsewhere.

Although Wei's income rose a lot last year, it cost money to build roads and wage wars, and the landlords' families had no surplus grain.

Lu Zhonglian smiled, since he opened his mouth, he could naturally make Wei Guo afford it.

"Wei can exchange the chasm." Lu Zhonglian learned from Zhao Kuo to pick up the wine glass, put it to his mouth and took a sip slightly.

During the Warring States Period, the degree of wine was not very high, whether it was a military general, they all liked to drink it all, and they would not only take a small sip like Zhao Kuo, but Lu Zhonglian felt that this was very stylish, and decided to drink like this in the future.

"Impossible." Without King Wei to speak, Zhang Min immediately refused.

The chasm is in addition to the salt pond in the Wei State, another rooster that lays golden eggs, and the shipping has not yet risen in these years, and the merchants from the south to the north have to go through the chasm.

Tolls, commercial taxes, expenses along the way, repairs when the ship is broken, and even provides jobs.

In addition, there are some hidden gray incomes, the entire Wei State, which officials have not eaten the benefits of the chasm.

Especially since last year, the Central Plains business has been thriving and changing with each passing day. Although this year due to the implementation of new weights and measures by the Zhao State, it has been greatly affected, but in the second half of the year, it has recovered and flourished again, otherwise the Wei State would not have the confidence to launch this war.

If the king of Wei promised to give the chasm to Zhao, he would offend the entire Wei bureaucracy.

In contrast, the other Grand Canal, the Hangou, is far from the same.

The chasm connects the most prosperous Central Plains region at this time, and the ditch connects the Huai River and the Yangtze River, after Wu Yue was destroyed, the center of gravity of the Chu State has never been placed here, although it is not a wild place, but it is not prosperous.

"Sir, don't worry, my Zhao Kingdom only needs the jurisdiction of the chasm, that is, to send people to collect taxes. And as long as ten years, after ten years, the chasm will be returned to the Wei state. Wei should know the ability of my Zhao State, the foreign minister said without exaggeration that in ten years, the tax revenue of the chasm will at least quadruple, and in the hands of Wei State, it will definitely not reach this level. ”

"Wei seems to have lost ten years of taxes, but in the long run, it is actually earned, and the gap is back in the hands of Wei, or it will be able to make up for the loss of ten years in a few years. At the same time, there were 50,000 more horses for nothing. That is to say, I, Zhao and Wei are like a family, regardless of each other. If it were another country, the foreign minister would never say that. And...... Wei Guo should know that it is also risky for me Zhao Guo to make this decision......" Lu Zhonglian said.

If Zhao has always been stronger than Wei, Wei will only be able to honestly give up the gap in the next ten years. But if one day, Wei becomes stronger than Zhao, it will inevitably find a reason, or even directly attack Zhao to take back the jurisdiction of the chasm.

Commitments are not binding between the two countries, only strength.

The people of Wei did not refute it, everyone would not say this kind of thing on the surface, but they all knew it secretly.

There is no objection to Lu Zhonglian's statement that after ten years, the tax revenue of the chasm will at least quadruple, and at the current speed of development, in the hands of Zhao Guo, it will only be more, not less.

Ten years later, the Wei State was recovered, and it really didn't take a few years to make up for the losses of the past ten years.

As for the war? I have never heard of wars affecting businessmen to make money, but they will only make more.

But everyone still felt that something was wrong, and they couldn't say it, and after thinking about it carefully, they felt more and more that what Lu Zhonglian said made sense.

However, the king of Wei still did not agree, the reason is very simple, there are too many officials who have offended Zhao by giving the gap, and he is well aware of the gray income of these officials, and it is also allowed within a certain range.

When the water is clear, there are no fish, and there is no clean officialdom.

If the chasm is handed over to Zhao for ten years, these officials will inevitably be dissatisfied with him if they have a less money bag.

Although it will not happen that the people of the country chased the king hundreds of years ago, he can't afford to lose any moth.

"This matter is considered by the minister to discuss it again, why don't I reply to Zhao Guo in a few days?" Fan Zuo said, I don't know if I drank too much wine, I always feel that my mind is not very clear, and I didn't even notice that the wine was spilled on my clothes.

"The foreign minister wants to ask the king of Wei, apart from the chasm, what else can Wei come up with? Money and food? City? Copper and iron? Or ...... Population? Zhang Min asked.

King Wei looked at the familiar scene, swallowed his saliva, and instantly felt that the wine in his hand was not fragrant: "I, Wei Guo...... You can buy a little less. ”

"How much does Wei Guo plan to buy?" Lu Zhonglian asked.

"Thirty thousand, no, twenty thousand." King Wei looked left and right, a little hesitant.

Lu Zhonglian smiled slightly, if his calculation was not too far off, before the end of this year, Wei would not even be able to afford 10,000 war horses.

Wars are all about burning money, and if you win, it's good to say, you can make up for what you lose, and you may be able to make a lot of money. But Wei fought for a few months, not only did he not catch anything, but he also lost his troops and generals, where did he get the money and food?

"If Wei can come up with so much money, next month my Zhao State can hand over the war horse to Wei State, and after the autumn harvest, Wei State can train cavalry, and the foreign minister is here to congratulate King Wei." Lu Zhonglian arched his hand and said.

“…… I can't come up with so much money for the time being, I don't know...... Can I take credit first...... Or, I Wei Guo can buy it after a while. ”

Shaofu Wei Yang glared at Zhang Yang and the others fiercely, these people didn't care about the money and didn't know the current difficulties of the Wei State at all. It costs a lot of money just to build roads and farm tools, not to mention war.

"The gentleman laughed, how can there be credit for such a thing. As for the possibility of a while, it's just ...... The State of Chu asked me Zhao to buy war horses last year, and South Korea and Qi also wanted to buy war horses, if Wei State waited for a while, then I, Zhao State, could only sell them first. When the time comes...... If the war horses are sold out, the minister can't do anything. Lu Zhonglian said.

What business is best to do, monopoly business.

Now Zhao is the same thing, and all countries can only buy horses from Zhao if they want to train cavalry.

As for the Qin State, the personnel in the past who entered and exited the Hangu Pass had to go through strict inspections, and without the consent of the Qin State, even a horse would not want to flow out, although the Zhao State was strict, but occasionally a small number of horses entered the Central Plains.

There is no way, the terrain advantage of the Qin State is too good.

In fact, although the Qin State did not sell the horse to Han Wei Chu, it always wanted to sell it to the Qi State, the problem is that there is still Han Wei between the two countries, and it cannot be sent over, and the horse will be robbed directly when it arrives in Korea, and it is completely a capital enemy.