I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 489, the dark tide surges

After all, Cao Cao didn't punish Cui Yan, after all, he is the most powerful cannon maker in Qingzhou now!

But he still insisted: "We must more than double the number of artillery castings, and we must find a way to cast giant cannons, even if we do not hesitate to cast giant cannons!"

Cui Yan frowned and said, "If this is the case, I'm afraid the cost of this artillery will increase in a straight line!"

Cao Cao said: "It is said that no expense will be spared!"

It's all like this, Cui Yan has nothing to say, he can only nod and agree!

Guo Jia thought for a while and said: "With heavy rewards, there must be brave men. Giant cannons can be made, and our craftsmen should also have such talents. It's just that we in Qingzhou don't pay much attention to craftsmen like Lei Gong. You can earn millions of dollars a month, but our workers can barely fill their stomachs, how can workers with such treatment think of ways to improve the performance of artillery!"

"A monthly income of one million dollars! Feng Xiao, are you joking? The Qingzhou government supports such a large expenditure?" Cui Yan dared not believe it.

Cao Cao said firmly, "Fengxiao is right. With a heavy reward, there must be a brave man. If you can get artillery technology, why should I be stingy with rewards!"

After finishing speaking, Cao Cao looked at a worker who was pouring the five baht coins collected by Cao Cao into the furnace. Cao Cao felt heartbroken when he saw it. Casting cannons at this stage is burning money!

"Wen Ruo, issue an edict to the entire Qingxu. Only one person can improve artillery technology. Whether it is to increase production or to improve artillery, I can recommend him as a nobleman like the imperial court!"

Then he looked at the craftsmen of the Artillery Factory and said, "Ji Gui, the monthly salaries of the staff in your Artillery Factory are doubled, and my order just now is also valid for you! They can come up with effective cannon-casting techniques. Officials will reward you heavily, and if you can produce a 100-jin cannon, I will not be stingy with the rewards from Liehou!"

Cui Yan was a little excited and said: "Minggong's reward even moved me a little bit!"

Even now the Liehou of the big man is very honorable, and there are only double ten people in the whole big man who can be called Lord Hou!
After leaving the artillery factory, Cao Cao sighed: "Our armaments are recovering so slowly, how can we resist the attack?"

Cao Cao needs more than artillery. He lost 4 to 5 in the Central Plains War. Now it is not enough to recruit troops to restore these troops. Soldiers’ weapons and equipment are a huge expense. Daily training is now necessary. It can be said that the current Qingxu and Xuzhou have been squeezed to the limit by Cao Cao!In order to survive, he had to squeeze his ally Qingzhou's nobles,
Xun Yu said to Cao Cao: "Duke Ming, the more we are at this time, the more we can't mess ourselves up. If there is chaos in Qingzhou, our army will be defeated by itself!"

From Xun Yu's point of view, the current land of Qingxu is already very dangerous. The nobles in Qingzhou are ready to move, and even contacted Lei Gong. Obviously they have been overwhelmed by Cao Cao's oppression, and the people of Qingxu are the same, although Cao Cao gave them the land.

However, in order to maintain the armament, the tax revenue is constantly increasing, and the corvee service is continuously extended in order to prevent the big dry-up. Even in winter, the people in the whole Qingzhou are still serving corvee. Now, many people have escaped from the Yellow River to Hebei. to go.And Xun Yu paid special attention to this point, if they lost the popular support, it would be impossible for Qingzhou to hold on!

When Cao Cao heard this, he sneered and said, "Kong Rong's people should go to Hebei!"

It is impossible for Guoyuan and the others to hide their actions, and Cao Cao understands their actions clearly!But Cao Cao really can't do anything to them, because most of Cao Cao's army has been penetrated by the powerful clans. If he dares to pay the powerful clans in Qingzhou, the whole Qingzhou and Xuzhou will be in chaos!
But now that Qingzhou is in chaos, Lei Gong will definitely take advantage of it. If he hadn't had this scruple, Cao Cao would have killed Kong Rong and the others!

Xun Yu nodded helplessly and said, "They were frightened by the Central Plains War. Even though Lei Gong treated them like this, they still want to reconcile with Lei Gong."

Guo Jia also smiled wryly: "The nobles in Qingzhou can't be squeezed anymore. You must know that Lei Gong will kill them all, but even so, they have to take refuge in Lei Gong. It can be seen that for Kong Rong and the others, now we treat them and Lei Gong no longer. What a difference! The most important thing is that they see no hope!"

Cao Cao said angrily: "Surrender to Lei Gong when you can't see hope. When did Kong Rong and the others become so weak? Didn't the former emperor Danggu see them so weak? When the Yellow Turban Army swept across Qingzhou, why didn't they see them so weak! Now Lei Gong Be tough on them, and they will be weak!"

Guo Jiadao: "Your Majesty, don't worry about Kong Rong and the others. I know Lei Gong well. It is impossible for him to reconcile with the nobles. He has already declared to the whole world that the nobles are immoral. He wants to clean up the politically. From the point of view that Lei Gong has done more simply than Zulong did. Kong Rong and the others can abandon the land, but it is absolutely impossible for them to abandon their disciples and old officials. These disciples and former official Kong Rong and the others can still maintain their family background?"

Cao Cao sneered and said: "Feng Xiao is right. Now that Lei Gong is victorious in every battle, how can he accept losers like Kong Rong! Only when Lei Gong refuses to accept them will they give up completely. At that time, they can only come up with the last one." My old man resisted Lei Gong!"

The current turmoil in Qingzhou is to some extent caused by the casting of cannons, which requires bronze. Cao Cao tried his best to confiscate the entire Qingxu copper coins and cast cannons, but this aroused the dissatisfaction of the nobles, who did not want to use their coffins to resist Thunder.

The same is true for the people of Qingxu. Although Cao Cao and the others made banknotes, the recognition of the people was not high, and Cao Cao did not have much goods to support the banknotes. He could have used salt and grain, but because he had to face the army Cao Cao was not willing to take out grain, and the price of table salt collapsed because of the appearance of salt fields. Cao Cao could not sell it too expensive, or the table salt in Hebei would enter Qingxu.

The value of salt has been greatly reduced, and the value of the banknotes issued by Cao Cao has also been greatly reduced. After all, no one can eat salt as a meal. It is difficult for everyone to exchange the banknotes issued by Cao Cao for the goods they want, and the banknotes are worthless. So everyone still likes to trade with copper coins, but because Cao Cao cast a large number of cannons, the copper coins on the market have been greatly reduced, and now the entire Qingxu has begun to experience deflation.

Everyone is even more reluctant to take out copper coins.So Qingxu's market also began to slump, and everyone began to barter, but even if this happened, Cao Cao and the others could not reduce the speed of casting artillery with copper coins, because without artillery they would undoubtedly die!So Cao Cao and the others could only watch Qingxu become turbulent, and there was nothing they could do!
But Guo Jia also sighed helplessly: "Our army's situation is too bad, it's too close to Hebei, and it's hard for us to use all the means we have. It would be much better if we occupied Yangzhou, at least there is some room for change! Instead of facing Lei Gong's soldiers directly like now!"

Now Guo Jia admits that he has a high opinion of himself. He thought that his talents could limit Lei Gong from occupying the world, but in fact they have been running behind Lei Gong, and even the gap in strength between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger. They can't even resist Qingzhou!
Cao Cao could only sigh. Although he occupied half of Xuzhou, it did not improve the situation he faced. "It's useless to say these things now, everyone should think about how to resist Lei Gong!"

Xun Yu said: "I got good news. Although we suffered heavy casualties in the Central Plains War, Lei Gong was not having a good time. It is said that the debt owed by Dagan is only over 800 billion yuan. Lei Gong's subordinates are all frightened, and they have already asked Lei Gong to return to You The state fixes this problem!"

Cao Cao was surprised and enviously said: "800 billion, Cao can only say that he is worthy of Lei Gong, he can borrow so much money, Hebei is too rich!"

If he could borrow so much money, the situation in Qingzhou would not be so dangerous, but Cao Cao felt at ease after learning that Dagan owed such a high debt. Such a high debt is enough for Lei Gong He has had a headache for several years, and it is impossible for him to continue to attack the Central Plains in the past few years!

Guo Jia said helplessly: "The aftermath of the original warning order was too serious, and now the merchants of the entire Han Dynasty are basically in the land of Hebei!"

The sequelae of a robbery such as a warning order are too serious, and the next time will be at least decades away, and Cao Cao is impossible to use!

Youzhou and Jixian have been bustling recently. They have been agitated since they sold their shares to Daqian with the Jizhou Glass Factory at an estimated price of 360 billion yuan. Three days ago, Cui Yi and other former aristocrats even paid a price of 72 billion yuan. He became a shareholder of Jizhou Glass Factory and took [-]% of the shares of Jizhou Glass Factory. This incident completely caused a sensation in Jizhou County!

One is that it is the first time that everyone knows that a factory can be worth tens of billions of dollars, and the other is that someone will actually spend tens of billions of dollars to buy the shares of the factory. This is the first time that the stock has appeared in the ears of the people of Ji County!And it began to spread in secret, many people not only saw the stocks, but even bought some!
The news at the Jixian glass factory continued to heat up.Everyone is curious about the stock of Xingsheng!
"A piece of paper can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars. Our government is really an expert in business. You must know that this is the price that can be exchanged for 1 catty of gold!" An old man in the teahouse exclaimed!

The number of the middle class in Hebei is increasing day by day, and the development of Liaodong and the construction of water conservancy facilities in Jizhou have also made the food crisis in Hebei more and more distant. After everyone finally did not need food stamps to buy food two years ago, the entire Hebei The economy suddenly began to liven up.

Not to mention Hebei, where entertainment facilities such as teahouses and theaters began to appear hundreds of years later, they have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain, so now many citizens of the bourgeoisie like to come to teahouses during their breaks!
Among them, the children of the aristocrats are the main force of consumption in teahouses and theaters. They have money, but now the right to be an official has been deprived by Dagan, so the children of the aristocrats of Dagan spend time in teahouses all day long. Of course, there are many People hang out in the tavern and get drunk!It is a bit of the demeanor of hardcore crops thousands of years later.

At this time, a person asked curiously: "Master Zhang, you have a rich family, and you were from a wealthy family before. You must have seen this stock before?"

But this Mr. Zhang immediately said: "Don't dare to say that, now we are just ordinary people in Daqian, what kind of rich family is there, and there is no rich family in my Dagan!"

This Mr. Zhang is called Zhang Guoji, and he can be regarded as a small and powerful family in Youzhou. When Xu Wei occupied Mayi, they started doing business with Xu Wei and made some money. Then when Xu Wei became powerful, they also speculated. After the Dagan army captured Youzhou, a small tyrant like him was completely liquidated, the land was divided, the family property was confiscated, and the children who did evil were hanged by Xu Wei. die.

So now when he hears that his family is a wealthy family, he is terrified. This is a big deal. The title of a wealthy family is fatal!
Of course, apart from these, Mr. Zhang still lived a very prosperous life. Although most of their family property was confiscated, the bonds were not confiscated. The Zhang family relied on these bonds as start-up funds. 5 cement boats were built for fishing business off the coast of Youzhou
But relying on these 5 cement ships, the Zhang family exploded again. In a few years, the family property even exceeded their original ones. Now the Zhang family has 10 ships in their hands, 5 of which are large ocean-going wooden ships, and they have opened a small one. The fish processing factory can earn tens of millions of money every year. Even if it does not belong to a big businessman in the entire Dahan Zhang family, it still belongs to the second class!
After the Zhang family became prosperous, the children of the Zhang family naturally lived a very nourishing life, but this kind of nourishment was more of a kind of depression. If the big man still existed, his Zhang family could still be a Cao official relying on the relationship of Ji County. Or go to Luoyang City and spend some money to buy a county magistrate.

But in Dagan they can only be a rich idler. Ordinary people can join the army and enter the officialdom through the imperial examination, but they can't do everything. The anguish of being discriminated against can be imagined!That's why Mr. Zhang became a regular customer in the teahouse, coming here every day to kill time!
Seeing that Mr. Zhang was so scared, someone said: "Mr. Zhang, what are you afraid of? I did not wrong anyone. Since the old man in power has not convicted you, you are a good person. It is even more impossible to arrest you now." is you!"

"Yes, there is nothing to be afraid of. Mr. Zhang, please tell us about stocks. Ten thousand yuan is unattainable for us, but it is only a day's expense for you!"

Everyone guessed right then, in order for Xu Wei to lift the ban on his Zhang family, the Zhang family was very concerned about Dagan’s debts, and 3000% of the money they earned every year was used to buy Dagan’s debts. The little Zhang family actually has [-] million bonds, and this time when Xu Wei discovered the stocks, the Zhang family immediately followed up. The stocks that appeared in the world were quickly acquired by them. Up to now, they have acquired tens of millions of bonds. The glassworks are out of stock!

(End of this chapter)