I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 500, Greed

In less than half a year, Xu You got more than 30 billion funds. Yuan Tan knew that he was overjoyed, and praised in front of many civil and military officials in Yuzhou: "Uncle Xu is really the pillar of my country in Yuzhou!"

Xu You also proudly said: "Xiansi, with this money, not only can we solve the problem of our army casting artillery, but we can also go to the south of the Yangtze River and Qingxu to buy food and grass to expand our army! The time for our army to prepare for war is limited. , Lei Gong will not give us too much time, for us, it is better to buy, and the weapons and equipment of the 20 army can be made by Liu Bei and Cao Cao!"

"It is impossible for them to refuse the copper money in our hands, especially Liu Bei in the south of the Yangtze River. He has a vast territory and a large population. The pressure is low, for Liu Bei to arm us is to defend the south of the Yangtze River! Liu Bei will not be stingy with these weapons and equipment!"

After showing the ability to cast artillery, bronze has become the most precious strategic material in the world. This is also the reason why several major princes in the world restrict the appearance of copper coins, but it also makes the value of copper coins skyrocket. Both Liu Bei and Cao Cao are willing Trade grain and equipment for coins!

But Xu You's words made Guo Tu and others frown. This Xu Ziyuan is really arrogant and arrogant. The lord calls him uncle, and he really recognizes it!But they also had to admit that Xu You did a really good job this time. Without the 30 billion, they didn't know how to prepare for the upcoming war!Moreover, Liu Bei and Cao Cao's food, grass and supplies were exchanged for copper coins, and the weapons and equipment were indeed the most suitable for Yuzhou now!They face Lei Gong directly, and they are the most dangerous Han princes!
But Yuan Tan frowned and said, "Then what about our artillery? Without enough artillery, it will be difficult for us to resist Lei Gong!"

At this stage, the best material for organizing artillery is still bronze. Using copper coins to buy Liu Bei and Cao Cao's food and supplies is equivalent to reducing the number of artillery on his own side, which is something Yuan Tan finds difficult to accept.

Feng Ji explained: "My lord, we have been casting cannons for the past six months, and we have already cast more than 200 pieces, but this is the limit of our cannon foundry. Even if we have enough raw materials to cast tens of thousands of cannons, we can't It is difficult to cast these copper coins into cannons, but Yuzhou may be attacked by the generals at any time, so instead of waiting for the unreachable cannons, it is better to find a way to buy food, grass and equipment to strengthen our army's armaments!"

Xu You said with a smile: "If you want artillery, it is not impossible. In the past six months, our artillery foundry has become more and more efficient. Now each artillery costs only 40 yuan, and Liu Bei has taken over the entire imperial court. Craftsmen, I am afraid that their cost of casting cannons is lower, maybe only 30 yuan. If we buy Jiangnan cannons at the price of 100 million copper coins, Liu Bei will earn two cannons by selling one, plus Liu Bei still needs us. Resist Lei Gong, he will definitely do such a profitable business!"

Xun Kan frowned and said: "The price is too high, and 100 million yuan can only buy 30 artillery pieces. Although we rely on currency reform to get 20 billion yuan, the money has to be used to feed tens of thousands of people in Yuzhou. Officials, to maintain the operation of the government office, to build weapons and armor for the [-] army, and to feed them daily with food, grass and supplies, these costs are not small!

Take iron armor as an example. Now a pair of high-quality iron armor costs 10 yuan, and our army can arm up to 3 armored soldiers, which is enough to use up all the 30 billion yuan! "

This era does not pay attention to unarmored soldiers, armored soldiers (leather armor), let alone the original history that making thousands of armored soldiers is enough to rule the world.Under Xu Wei's oppression, the princes of the Han Dynasty used [-]% of their strength to strengthen their army.The large-scale popularization of the blast furnace technology of iron armor was opened in advance by them.

Which of the princes from all walks of life now has tens of thousands of armored soldiers? The biggest loss for Yuan Tan in the Central Plains War last year was not the loss of Yanzhou, nor the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops, but the 10 troops that the Yuan family worked so hard to get from Yuan Shao. Thousands of armored soldiers, they are almost lost!
The loss of these weapons and equipment alone amounted to tens of billions of dollars. This is the iron armor built by Yuan Shao after harvesting the entire Sili, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou under the oppression of Leigong. Now it all belongs to Leigong!
Every time Yuan Tan thinks of these lost armored soldiers, he is so distressed that he can't sleep!At the same time, he is extremely desperate for the future. In this era, soldiers without iron armor are cannon fodder. Even soldiers wearing iron armor are nothing more than advanced cannon fodder in front of artillery!
If he wants to defend against the big guns, he needs more than a thousand cannons in Yuzhou, and more than 20 elite soldiers, including more than [-] armored soldiers, otherwise his Yuzhou will not be able to withstand Lei Gong's random blow!
To manufacture these weapons and artillery, it would cost tens of billions of dollars literally. This is a price that Yuzhou can't afford. That's why Yuan Tan has such a sense of crisis in the past six months.

At this time, Xu You laughed and said, "My friends, if you really don't understand the past, for us, money is nothing more than blank paper. Is 100 billion really that much? It's just some paper we printed!"

Xun Kan was taken aback and said, "Ziyuan, don't act recklessly. There is plenty of money in the world. If you print too much money, it will definitely cause Yuzhou, Sili and Li to collapse!"

Although there is no economic data in this era, the economic knowledge of the wealthy and powerful families still has some cumulative understanding. They know that the goods in this world are limited, and it is not that more money is better (but mechanically think that the wealth of the world is limited, and the imperial court If you take too much, the people will lose. This is the theoretical basis for competing with the people for profit. Although we now know that this is a wrong understanding, it is barely a correct understanding in the feudal era with low productivity). Iron five baht was issued, and even cloth and gold millet were used in some places.

In the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, the society was turbulent, and the court was short of money. The five baht coins produced began to be short of catties, and even mixed in a lot of lead. The price of goods in the world rose and the currency depreciated. Finally, the ministers of the imperial court found that the money they collected through this war was not enough to suppress the local unrest.So after that, no matter whether it was the emperor or civil and military officials, the imperial court did not dare to tamper with copper coins, but had a laissez-faire attitude, and even watched the people barter.

For Xun Kan and the others, the paper money is not even as good as the iron money and the cloth chrysanthemum. At least the iron money and the cloth chrysanthemum are still worth a bit, but what is the use of the paper money?Xu You's massive printing of banknotes will definitely collapse the economies of Yuzhou and Sili!

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