"Xiangguo thinks that this caravan westward journey can help my Qin State solve its financial problems?" Qin Wangji took one last look at the direction in which the caravan was leaving, tightened his robe, and boarded the carriage with the support of the eunuch.

Qin's financial problems were not a day or two, and there was a serious financial crisis in the Battle of Changping that year, but it was just like Zhao that chose to hold on.

At that time, Zhao's financial crisis was more serious than that of Qin, but after that, Zhao diverted the contradictions through foreign wars, and took advantage of opportunities to develop rapidly.

However, the Qin State failed to divert the contradictions through foreign wars, and the rebellion in Bashu led to financial problems that have remained until now.

If it only relies on internal digestion, it will take at least three to five years for the Qin State to solve the hidden dangers.

But Qin Wangji didn't know if he could live for another five years, and even if he could live for another five years, it was very likely that there would be a continuous change of power in the Qin State at that time.

A change of power means that the country is in turmoil and its power is shrinking.

This means that the Qin State will not be able to integrate forces and launch large-scale wars in the next decade or so.

Decade!

Ten years later, to what extent the Zhao State has developed, Qin Wangji can't imagine it!

Therefore, Qin Wangji was eager to improve the national strength of Qin, and in his short time, he made the last effort for the unification of Qin, so as to comfort his long-cherished wish.

Victory, just like the abolition of the Qi State in the first place, to solve a great enemy.

If you lose, at least do your best and leave no regrets!

"The key to the trade route is not once or twice profit, but a steady stream of wealth. As long as this trade route is there, our Qin State is equivalent to one more financial route, and in the long run, the financial problem will inevitably be solved. Fan Ju arched his hand and said.

"Let's start preparing the second caravan, as long as there is no bad news from Song Lu and the others within three months, a second caravan will be sent." Qin Wangji waved his hand and said.

He needs money now, lots and lots of money!

"No." Fan Ju, Lu Buwei and the others leaned over and said.

"Shaofu, you are from a merchant background, and the widow asks you, if you fully open up commerce and allow people to do business freely, can you greatly increase the tax revenue of my Qin State?" Qin Wangji looked at Lü Buwei.

This matter was mentioned by Qin Wangji as early as two years ago, and he would ask about it every once in a while.

Although the Qin State emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, it was not without the sweetness of commerce.

At that time, the Qin State occupied Taoyi, and the prosperous commerce, which was comparable to the agricultural tax, shocked the entire Qin State.

At that time, Qin Guo knew that the Central Plains was so rich.

This incident frightened the Qin country, and even the Qin state made a strategic adjustment for this reason, changing the strategic goal from Hedong (generally referring to the east of the river) to the Central Plains, and exchanging the three cities in the east of the river for the three Central Plains cities of the Zhao State.

The cities in the east of the river are of strategic importance, and the cities in the Central Plains are even richer.

However, what no one expected was that after Zhao State took over the three cities of Qin State, he actually repented and did not hand over his own cities to Qin State.

Since ancient times, it was the Qin State that abducted other countries, when was it abducted by other countries? This time, he was actually pitted by Zhao Guo, and Qin Guo was suddenly screamed angrily.

Immediately let the little brother South Korea give way, and Lao Tzu wants to do Zhao Guo.

Where would South Korea dare to get involved in such a thing? Besides, Zhao had just united with Wei a few years ago to beat him up, and Qin attacked Zhao, and South Korea was still happy.

Anyway, it's all dog-eat-dog, a mouthful of hair.

I'm just watching the drama next to Korea.

The four kingdoms of Qi, Chu, Han and Yan also wanted to see how Zhao Guo, who had eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall and dared to touch the tiger whiskers of the Qin State, would end.

So there was the famous battle of Yan and You, and Zhao Kuo's father, Zhao Hao, was crowned a god in a battle, which shocked the Seven Kingdoms.

It is not that the Qin State does not know the importance of commerce, and even knows that commerce is very important, but the Qin State has been heavy on agriculture and suppressed commerce for a long time, and the system cannot be easily changed.

In addition, the officials and merchants of the Qin State were very developed, and compared with private merchants, due to the limitations of the ancient tax collection capacity, they could not collect taxes accurately, and the officials and merchants did not have such a problem.

However, the limitations of government and business are also very obvious, on the one hand, it greatly suppresses everyone's motivation. After all, working for others and working for oneself are completely different from passion.

Although the Qin State gave certain rewards to officials who made contributions, this reward was completely negligible compared to the punishment.

And even if you have contributed to the Qin State, the reward will not necessarily fall on you. But if you cause losses to the Qin State, the punishment will definitely fall on you to the letter.

Therefore, everyone is doing less and making fewer mistakes, not doing well, even if they find problems, they don't say anything.

On the other hand, due to the lack of effective supervision, officials and businessmen often suffer from corruption and corruption.

No matter how strong Qin Fa is, he can't restrain everyone.

After being stimulated by the commerce of Zhao and Wei, King Zhaoxiang of Qin made up his mind to reform commerce, raise commercial taxes, and improve finances.

First, he sent people to the west, and then opened up commerce in Bashu, which greatly stimulated the development of private commerce, and last year, the commercial tax of Qin, including officials and merchants, increased by 30%.

This incident made King Qin Zhaoxiang even more determined, ready to fully open up commerce like Zhao, and take commercial taxation as another pillar of the country.

If this can be done, the Qin state will be able to accumulate enough strength to crusade east within three years.

"Your Majesty, the minister does not recommend fully opening up commerce." Lu Buwei thought for a while and said. "Zhao is located in the land of four links, convenient transportation, developed commerce, and swept away the Xiongnu, the development of animal husbandry, and the commercial advantage. However, our Qin State is located in the west, blocked by lofty mountains and deserts on three sides, and has a century-old policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, and the business environment is not good. ”

Second, although the territory of Zhao is vast, most of the areas have not been developed, or the degree of development is not deep, and only a few areas such as Hebei and Taiyuan have developed agriculture. Therefore, it is necessary to prosper the economy through business and raise taxes. But our Qin country is different, Guanzhong, Hexi, Hanzhong, Bashu, Jiangling, and Nanyang are all grain-producing areas, and agriculture is developed. Five years ago, the annual grain output of our Qin State was three times that of Zhao State. Even now, it is about twice as much as Zhao Guo. If we pay attention to business on the other hand, and let everyone give up land to do business, it is putting the cart before the horse. ”

What Lü Buwei didn't know was that the popularity of ploughing cattle in Zhao was far higher than that of Qin, and the yield per mu of millet was about 30% higher than that of Qin.

Although the annual grain production of Qin was higher than that of Zhao, it was not much higher.

This is still the Zhao State Hetao has just been developed, and after the Hetao is developed, Zhao's grain output is bound to surpass that of Qin.

"What does Shaofu mean to continue to emphasize agriculture and suppress business?" Qin Wangji frowned, this is a little different from what he said before.