"What are you going to do next?" Tian Dan asked, the Korean army was cleaning up the battlefield on the battlefield, and after Zhang Ruo died in battle, the Qin army surrendered.

"The king has no orders." Storm Kite shook his head, his previous mission was to defeat the Qin army and recapture Xingyang. Later, Zhang Ruo was beaten all the way to Huayang, and the task became to guard Huayang and resist the Qin army going south.

"In that case, then go north with me." Tian Dan said that according to the Triple Alliance, he has the right to control all the soldiers and horses in Korea, and unless the king of Han orders it, the violent kite must also obey his arrangement.

However, the Storm Kite has a very high prestige in the Korean army, and if he doesn't listen to orders, Tian Dan can't do anything. So it's better to ask for the other party's opinion.

"Are we going to cut off the back road of the Qin army?" The kites were eager to try and were very excited.

As a general, how can anyone not want to win the battle, there was no such condition before, and now although he is not the main general, it is also excellent to be able to follow the mix.

It's still very reassuring to be teammates with Tiandan.

The actions of Zhao Jun and Tian Dan fully showed that Zhao Guo was definitely not just to repel the Qin army this time, but to inflict heavy losses on the Qin army. This is definitely a big temptation for South Korea, which is facing the threat of Qin every day.

If it can hit the Qin State hard, South Korea will not have to face the threat of the Qin State for the next one or two decades.

"Wangzhujun has already defeated Wang Yi south of the river, and we will go north to cooperate with Wangzhujun to block the reinforcements of the Qin army." Tian Dan said.

The Qin army was defeated on both fronts, the grain route was cut off, and if the king of Qin did not want all the 200,000 troops to die in the Wei state, it was inevitable to send troops to support.

"Okay, I'll report the battle to the king first, and then go north with the general." Storm Kite nodded heavily.

"Is Zhao Feiqi with us, or will he go back first?" Tian Dan looked at Yan Ju.

"We'll go back tomorrow." Yan Ju said that Zhao Fei rode fast, and he returned to Hucheng from Huayang in a few steps. It is precisely because of this that Tian Dan borrowed Zhao Feiqi from Le Yi and changed to other legions, and when he ran here, the battle was over.

"Good work." Tian Shan nodded.

After the army set out, Handan was busy, armor, grain and grass, war horses, transportation on the road, how to reward if you won, how to pay for your loss, these are all things that the imperial court has to consider.

Although Zhao Guo is rich, he is not a bottomless pit, and everything has to be carefully calculated.

And this is the first big battle after the reform of Zhao State, once lost, Zhao State's new policy will be severely hit, for this reason, Zhao State sent Le Yi, Tian Dan, Wei Wuji three trump cards, and at the same time Zhao Feiqi.

This battle must not be lost.

"As long as the front line can win, there will definitely be no problems with the food and grass in the rear." Lin Xiangru said confidently after calculating. For so many years, there has never been such a rich battle.

"The development of the country has not been affected." Zhao Kuo asked while looking at the reports from various places.

"There was no effect other than the transfer of tens of thousands of slaves, which led to a somewhat slower rate of iron ore mining and road paving. However, the number of people who have signed up for conscription this year is a bit large, so why not recruit more?" Lin Xiangru said.

There is a war on the front line, and the rear of Zhao is also about to start conscription.

In the past few years, the military merit system has gradually spread to the bottom, everyone knows the benefits of being a soldier, but Zhao Jun has not expanded the recruitment, and the people have no chance to sign up even if they want to.

There are soldiers in every place in Zhao State, and everyone is clear about how they are treated, as long as there is one soldier in the family, the family will not starve to death, if you can be diligent, everyone can live very well, if you make meritorious service in the army, it is not to mention, even the county order will greet Yan Yue when she sees it.

After all, the title of a county commander is not necessarily higher than that of a soldier.

In particular, many places like Daijun in Zhao State don't like farming, like dancing guns and sticks, going south and north, and when they heard that Zhao Guo opened up conscription, they all ran to sign up excitedly.

"I can't afford to raise it if I have too many tricks." Zhao Kuo put down his pen and sighed.

Doesn't he want to make more moves, but Zhao Guo's productivity has a limit.

Zhao Guo this expedition

The number of soldiers is only 20,000, and to put it bluntly, it is a reserve for the soldiers who will die in the next battle, not an expansion.

Zhao Jun's quota is so much, and it will not be expanded in the short term.

Zhao Jun is well treated, trains every day, and the cost is also large, and the cost of 20,000 troops can be raised 100,000 before, but he really can't afford to raise more.

Zhao also knew that this war would not end in a short time, so he recruited troops, because if it ended in a short time, Zhao would launch a new war.

"Isn't it possible for the king to print money? How can you not afford it?" Lin Xiangru said strangely.

In his opinion, being rich is almighty, and if you have money, you can raise as many soldiers as you want, and if someone else can print money, you will have already pulled up an army of millions, which is like your own monarch who picks and searches.

He couldn't understand why Zhao Guo was unwilling to expand his army when he had so much money.

"......" Zhao Kuo was a little speechless, he could indeed print money, but not as Lin Xiangru thought.

He issued paper money, initially for convenience, Zhao did not have so much cash transactions, but if he wanted to develop, he could only use paper money as a certificate.

And paper itself has value, just like silk, copper and iron, which can be recognized by some people. Later, it was discovered that paper money could also buy things, and it was more convenient, so it gradually circulated and transformed into money.

Later, the price of paper continued to decrease, but paper money could still buy items at the original price, and people got used to it, because paper money was more convenient, especially for merchants, and no one wanted to pull dozens of carts of copper plates to trade.

As a result, paper money was gradually stripped from the value of the paper itself and became real money.

The guarantor also became Zhao Guo,

Zhao Guo is using his own credibility to ensure the credibility of paper money.

Zhao Kuo played a role in this incident.

In the past, when the paper money flowed within the Zhao State, every money Zhao Kuo had to calculate clearly before issuing it, for fear of affecting the economy of the Zhao State, and later all countries recognized the paper money, so he gradually became bold and happily harvested the wealth of various countries every day.

In particular, the opening of commerce in the Qin State really made the Zhao State earn a lot of money.

However, Zhao Kuo did not abolish copper coins, but continued to mint copper coins, while storing gold and silver, if the future banknote thunderstorm, Zhao can still have a replacement, just like the Ming treasure banknote thunderstorm, not to the entire country's economic system directly collapsed.

Of course, as long as Zhao Kuo is alive, it is impossible for paper money to thunder.

Similarly, after Zhao Kuo's death, the thunderstorm of paper money is inevitable, but it is only a matter of time. net

Because people's greed is unlimited, when the monarch or the imperial court discovers what salt and iron franchises, what Silk Road, they are all garbage, how can they print money and grab it quickly. You just need to keep printing money to reap other people's wealth, and you can imagine what things will turn out in the end.

At first, it was only overprinted, and if you found that there was nothing wrong, then overprint a little, a little something, but the problem was not big, so you overprinted again...... Eventually, the banknote becomes a piece of waste paper.

In order to collect money, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty frantically minted inferior copper coins in exchange for good copper coins from other counties, but the festival of other counties was still low, and the copper coins minted were worse than those minted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

This is also true for higher-cost copper coins, not to mention banknotes that cost almost nothing.

Even if there is gold that is valuable in itself, if there is more silver, it will depreciate, and then the empire on which the sun never sets, will frantically plunder the wealth of the world to the mainland, and finally lead to the crazy growth of the price of local goods, the continuous depreciation of gold and silver, and the country can only declare bankruptcy, but even so, it cannot solve the problem of currency depreciation.

If the paper money depreciates, it will be worse than gold and silver, and it will only be like Jiaozi and Daming treasure banknotes, which are too hard to rub.

Zhao Kuo also wanted to establish a precious metal standard system, but the Central Plains lacked gold, silver, copper, and even iron, so there was really no such condition.

Rather than this, it is better to use paper money, at least for now, which is the most appropriate solution to the long-standing money shortage

to promote economic development.

Zhao Kuo can guarantee that there will be no thunderstorm when he is alive, and at the same time cultivate an heir to ensure that he will be in the next few decades, as for the future, he will not be able to control so much.

Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and they cannot rely on their ancestors for everything.

In terms of time, this thing is inevitable and no one can stop it.

Not to mention ancient times, even the imperial courts of later generations were also harvesting the wealth of the people by constantly printing money, transferring debts and contradictions to the people.

Don't they know that doing so will undermine the country's credit system?

Know. They know better than anyone else.

But there is no way, once this opening is opened, no one can plug it.

Everyone is betting that it will not thunder in their own hands.

As long as you don't cheat in your own hands, why do you care so much!

"There is also a price to be paid for printing money, and it is okay to have a small amount, but if the quantity is large, I am afraid that the price cannot be afforded." Zhao Kuo put it another way, and did not specifically explain money and economy with Lin Xiangru, who was as talented as this.

Zhao Kuo wanted to find a young, gifted person who could pass on his knowledge in this area and take charge of Zhao's economy in the future, but he hadn't found it yet.

Whether it is Zhao Zheng or Zhao Ponu, they are not very interested in this aspect.

"There's a price to pay, forget it." Lin Xiangru hurriedly shook his head, and then asked curiously, "What price do you have to pay?" Will it be a long life?"

"Not really, the widow doesn't have to pay anything, but the others ...... I, the people of Zhao, and the people of other countries will pay the price." Zhao Kuo said calmly.

Lin Xiangru was shocked, his eyes were full of horror, he didn't even notice that the ink was dripping onto the paper, the money is yours, but the consequences are borne by others, Bai Qi is not so ruthless.

"Anyway, although the widow can print money, the quantity is limited, and it is not as much as you want to print." Zhao Kuo said with a smile, he must make it clear, otherwise Lin Xiangru Yu Xin and the others will not have enough money next to him for three days.

"The minister understands, and the minister will not talk about printing money in the future." Lin Xiangru silently put away the music of the popular school that he was going to play before.

There is still a war on the front line of Zhao State, and there is still a conscription in the country, there is not so much money, and the matter of popularizing schools has to be postponed.

"Xinlingjun is not here, this year's summer tax will be done by Xiangguo with Wei Bao and Zhao Ping." Zhao Kuo began to assign tasks, and if he didn't assign the tasks, it would eventually fall on him.

"Okay." Lin Xiangru nodded.

Wei Bao is the son of Wei Wuji, and Zhao Ping is the son of Zhao Sheng, although the ability of the two of them is not as good as his father, but he also has some ability, follow him to fight, and after a few years, he will be decentralized to the local area, which is enough to govern a county.

"There is also the issue of post posts, why are there still many places where post posts have not been established?" Zhao Kuo frowned and said.

"Your Majesty, you must also be considerate and considerate of us. Although the post office was built a few years ago, we have to come one by one." Yu Xin said with a bitter face.

Zhao's post was hung under the Taiwei, because it was mainly for the purpose of transmitting military information and delivering letters to the soldiers. Le Yi was out on the expedition, and was taken over by Yu Xin.

The monarch moved his mouth, and ran and broke his leg below.

Personnel selection, horse requisition, address selection, money and grain allocation, as well as how to distribute the money, whether it is distributed locally or directly by the imperial court, reward and punishment measures, and negotiations with advertisers, etc., must be considered.

Moreover, Zhao Guo is so big, and it is absolutely a loss to arrange post stations in some places.

There are also some remote places, where a few letters cannot be delivered in a year, and it is not a military stronghold, and it is impossible for the enemy to attack from here.

In addition, in the past few years, Zhao Guo has been constantly sending things to the imperial court, and the imperial court has been sending things to the bottom, no matter is easy to deal with, and various departments have a backlog of things.

"I hope that you are not here, let Lin Yi be in charge of this matter, the post station must be built as soon as possible, and there is no need to think about profit and loss." Zhao Kuo said that some things cannot be weighed by money

amount.

"Lin Yi...... I'm afraid it won't work......" Lin Xiangru hesitated, Lin Yi is his grandson, he naturally wants to cultivate well, if he can do things well and show his face in front of the monarch, the benefits are needless to say.

But Lin Yi is only in the posture of a Chinese person, and this matter is a little beyond his ability.

"If you can do it, try it to find out. Does Xiangguo want his descendants to be protected by you forever?" Zhao Kuo said.

"Then let him try." Lin Xiangru agreed, he couldn't always protect his children and grandchildren, while he was still alive, if he messed up, he could also reach out and save one or two.

"And that kid Lin Feihong, let him and Uncle Wang deal with Ma Zheng." Zhao Kuo continued to read the names in the book. Lin Feihong is also Lin Xiangru's grandson, who has just crowned.

Then, Zhao Kuo named more than a dozen names, basically the second generation of officials of Zhao State, or even the third generation of officials.

The ability of these people may not be as good as that of their parents and grandparents, but the education they have received since childhood is definitely much stronger than that of ordinary people, and it is basically not a problem to govern a county or even a county.

But equally, if these people are in the mermaid country, the damage caused is far greater than that of others.

Zhao Kuo's purpose is to find something to do for them, drag them to the right path, so that they don't have time to do bad things, and at the same time cultivate some talents for Zhao Guo.

As for whether they can handle these things well, Zhao Kuo feels that there is no problem, even if they are not capable, their father, uncle and uncle are still alive, don't they know to open their mouths to ask?

And even if they mess up in the end, their parents will be able to wipe their butts for them.