The System Made Me a Fool

　　Fan Li looked at Yan Ge innocently.

　　Halo! Yan Ge was suddenly speechless.

　　In fact, it's not really Fan Li's fault for this matter, although Yan Ge told him to spend whatever he wants, the nature of a businessman and his talent for managing finances are destined to make him always use every money in the most reasonable way.

　　The problem is that Yan Ge did not estimate the cost at all before.

　　You must know that it cost [-] million taels of silver to update the equipment of the [-] people of the Janissaries.

　　Although the equipment of the standing local army is not as precious as that of the praetorian guards as the central army, the smelting of Kunwu Steel is a complete subversion of the original smelting technology of the Great Wei Dynasty. From the site to the tools, it must be completely updated, not to mention the road construction and People also spend a lot of money.

　　Therefore, on average, for every [-] people updating equipment, the average cost is also [-] million taels of silver.

　　At present, the total military strength of the local government controlled by the imperial court is 120, which is not counted as government troops, and the central army exceeds 30, which adds up to more than 150 troops, and the total consumption must reach 1.

　　5 million! And the current state treasury only has enough silver to cover half of the expenses! After Fan Li informed Yan Ge of the current financial difficulties in detail, Yan Ge sighed: "It's really nerve-racking, why is it a question of money? .

　　I have made so much money since I ascended the throne, but I still don't have enough to spend."

　　"Aiqing, do you have any idea?"

　　Yan Ge couldn't think of a way for a while, so he had to turn to Fan Li, a financial expert.

　　"Your Majesty, I have been thinking hard, and there is no way to solve it, but it seems that the predecessors have never done it, and I am worried that I will be criticized by others."

　　Fan Li said.

　　Yan Ge waved his hand: "What's there to worry about! I have done a lot of things that have been criticized! Come on, as long as the method works, I will support you with all my strength!"

　　Only then did Fan Li say: "Your Majesty, you have completely unified the currency system some time ago, you have also issued silver bills, and established a bank supported by the imperial treasury, but the savings you have absorbed are still limited."

　　"I thought, if Your Majesty can personally issue a decree to encourage people to save and raise interest, it will definitely be very influential.

　　In addition, the people of Dawei are becoming increasingly wealthy, and there are countless wealthy businessmen and merchants, so let these people put their money in the central bank, and we can properly transfer and embezzle it, that's a sum of money!"

　　"In addition, the minister also considered borrowing money from some wealthy surnames and giant merchants by the government, and promised to exchange the interest and principal together after a certain period of time, which would also inject a large amount of funds into the national treasury.

　　As for the repayment, you can wait until the treasury is full in the future!"

　　"Wonderful, wonderful!"

　　As soon as Fan Li finished speaking, Yan Ge couldn't wait to applaud.

　　Fan Li deserves to be the god of business in history, and this kind of advanced idea has been thought of by him.

　　Isn’t this the son of modern banks absorbing savings and issuing national debts!” But Your Majesty, before, such as the Qingmiao Law of the imperial court, the government only borrowed money from the common people, but now the state treasury borrows money from the people. Shocking."

　　Although he was affirmed by Yan Ge, Fan Li still said worriedly.

　　"Don't be afraid, I will carry the black pot anyway!"

　　Yan Ge gave Fan Li a reassurance pill, "

　　It's a big deal and it's said to be some kind of greedy monarch."

　　"His Majesty!"

　　Hearing Yan Ge's remarks, Fan Li, who has always been emotionally indifferent, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is only informal, but what he seeks is the interests of the country. Your Majesty is willing to bear misunderstandings for the country. The old minister is very ashamed, the old minister is willing to. This order is issued in the name of the three government envoys, so as not to damage His Majesty's reputation."

　　"No, no, I'm still here, I am willing to sacrifice for the people of the world!"

　　Yan Ge became anxious when he heard it, thinking that Fan Li, you know a hammer.

　　The more I was scolded by the scolded lord, the more the stunned lord accumulated. These are all points in vain. How can you rob the two of them after they agreed on the treasury to borrow money from the private sector, Yan Ge came again. The chiefs of the three financial prefectures reconfirmed the feasibility of this plan. Unexpectedly, after the three of them heard it, except for Lin Song who had reservations, both Ge Jianzhang and Zhang Feng agreed.

　　Before Fan Li took office, Ge Jianzhang was in charge of the economic reform of Great Wei, so he had a clearer understanding of the financial resources of the people. He vowed: "Your Majesty, rest assured, there are quite a few wealthy people in Great Wei today. The merchants of the Khanate are all very rich, and it is right to borrow money from them!"

　　Zhang Feng also expressed his agreement: "Your Majesty, the new rice seeds are growing very well. At present, it is conservatively estimated that the yield of the summer harvest will be more than double that of last year. The farmers are all happy, and the people are all praising your great achievements! If they borrow some money, they must be relieved!"

　　Yan Ge nodded after listening to it. This borrowing and saving operation is not difficult. The key depends on the overall economic situation of the country and the credibility of the government.

　　If the whole country is poor, or if the officials and emperors only know how to squeeze the people, who would want to put money in the bank! Therefore, the feasibility of this method is also based on the previous policy of prosperous countries that Yan Ge has pursued. On the premise of successfully solving the food problem and winning the high prestige of the people.

　　"Your Majesty, if the royal family borrows money from the common people, is there any suspicion of embezzling the common people's property?"

　　At this time, Lin Song hesitated again and again, but chose to pour cold water on Yan Ge.

　　"Hmph, if anyone dares to spread rumors and cause trouble, then Dongchang is not free to eat!"

　　Yan Ge snorted coldly.

　　As a result, Yan Ge issued an imperial decree the next day, announcing to raise the interest rate of the central bank and encourage people to save.

　　In addition, different amounts of bonds have been issued, and they have been named as "king's grace notes".

　　, euphemistically called "the mighty emperor's grace"

　　, is a welfare given by the emperor to the common people, as long as you pay a sum of money, after a certain period of time, it will be returned together with the principal and interest, and all those who have purchased the emperor's grace coupons can also get a ticket stamped with the emperor's seal.

　　In this way, the purchase of government bonds has become an honorable and profitable business. The threshold of the central banks in various places has been broken by the people who came to buy bonds, and even wealthy businessmen have directly paid hundreds of thousands or even millions. The amount purchased in bulk.

　　Yan Ge will naturally remember these businessmen who have contributed and borrowed money for the country, and will be accommodating and preferential treatment in all aspects in the future.

　　Soon, the amount of bonds raised by the central bank exceeded 800 million. In addition to using a part of the savings silver, the total financing reached [-] million taels of silver, which completely solved the financial gap! During this time, Yan Ge did not have any spare time. Then, I thought of a good way to generate income—that is, selling weapons! You must know that in modern society, selling arms is one of the most profitable transactions. Every year, the country sells its own advanced weapons around the world, and all the money goes to Among those giant-level military enterprises, Mao Ziguo and Israel also made a lot of money selling arms.

　　In this cold weapon era, weapons made of Kunwu Steel still have an overwhelming advantage over other ordinary weapons, so there is absolutely no need to worry about no market! So Yan Ge entrusted the task of selling Kunwu Steel to the foreign affairs director. The department of Honglu Temple, the main goal is to sell weapons to several big countries that are already at war with countries that already have a need to hoard excellent weapons.

　　This can also be used for diplomatic relations.

　　Of course, the premise of this is that the Kunwu Steel sold to the outside world is one grade lower than the Kunwu Steel used by Dawei himself.

　　Yan Ge ordered people to make samples according to the standard of Damascus steel, and make weapons strictly according to the grade of Damascus steel, and called this steel "iron" to the outside world.

　　, It sounds like the name is not bad, but the insiders know that although the level of iron is stronger than that of ordinary steel, it is still a lot worse than Kunwu Steel.

　　After all, selling arms can't feed tigers, so it won't shoot yourself in the foot and ask for trouble in the future.

　　After the Honglu Temple announced the news of the iron, it showed the samples to the envoys of several countries, and they were all full of praise.

　　Whether it is the Golden Horde and Novgorod Principality in the north, or the neighboring Dongying Kingdom and Goguryeo to the east of the Wei Dynasty, as well as the Peacock Empire in the south, Sri Lanka has placed a lot of orders.

　　Even the Persian and Saracen dynasties, who had always been proud of their high-quality Damascus steel, requested a large amount of tin iron from the Great Wei, because although the quality of their own Damascus steel was similar to that of tin iron, the production capacity was far less than that of tin iron. iron.

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Chapter 104 I Surrender, Stop Fighting

　　Yan Ge calculated that the total amount of these orders alone was 800 million taels of silver, and if the cost was deducted, he could make a net profit of 500 million taels, which would be able to recover one-third of the cost.

　　That is to say, from now on, Kunwu Steel will be able to maintain production capacity by selling arms, offsetting part of the cost of updating its own equipment. In this way, the original high cost of Kunwu Steel can be reduced by almost half, which is completely comparable to that of ordinary steel. The price is almost the same.

　　Of course, it is impossible to receive the money for these orders in the short term, because Dawei does not have as much capacity to supply so many countries, and at present, we still have to concentrate on building all the armor and weapons within Dawei before we can meet foreign orders.

　　With the injection of funds and the concerted cooperation of various departments, there are still three days before the deadline of Yan Ge, and all the troops of Dawei are basically equipped with new weapons made of Kunwu Steel, especially the front-line troops, from weapons to armors. , All of them have a new look! This is also an important turning point in the war against the feudal lords! In fact, from half a month ago, the large-scale equipment of Kunwu Steel has already begun to make the feudal town troops suffer.

　　They found that the weapons in the enemy's hands were cut like mud, and their armor was like paper, while their own weapons hit the enemy's armor, but they didn't move like a big rock.

　　This simply put the troops of those independent towns into despair! And with the complete change of clothes, the four fronts also completely occupied an overwhelming advantage.

　　Su Hong in the east had been in a smooth battle, but due to the food crisis some time ago, there was a period of dust, and with the subsequent stable food supply and the update of equipment, his progress was the smoothest.

　　Su Hong successively defeated Yuezhou, Runzhou, Yuezhou Jiedushi Cai Yang died in battle, Yuezhou Jiedushi Cai Yang, and the remaining small ones: the resistance to the vassal towns is also determined by rumors, and the entire eastern part is completely pacified! At the same time, the "attack" Su Hong"

　　The task was also completed: "Ding Dong, the system prompts, the third stage of the 'Attack Su Hong' task is completed, and the military commander Su Hong's strength, commander, wisdom and other aspects of the ability value have been greatly improved."

　　"Ding Dong, the final stage of the 'Attack Su Hong' mission requires: Su Hong leads his troops to break the capital of a country.

　　After completing the task, Su Hong can obtain all the abilities of the famous historical general Su Lie!"

　　Su Hong, who has been promoted in three stages, is now different from what he used to be. He is no longer the... stunned, only a hot-blooded general, and has become a general who can be completely independent.

　　If the Great Wei takes time to conquer foreign countries and let Su Hong conquer a capital, he will be able to complete this final transformation.

　　Yan Ge is looking forward to how strong Su Hong will be at that time! In addition to the east line, the south line is also making great progress.

　　Li Cunxu's army, who was replaced with weapons made by Kunwu Steel, greatly increased his power.

　　Later, in the face of the alliance between the Shanyue barbarians and the Lianshan Jiedushi Huo Ming, Li Cunxu skillfully used "destruct each other"

　　The strategy not only completely wiped out Huo Ming's main force, but also broke through the five-hundred-thousand-hundred-thousand-hundred-hundred-thousand-hundred-thousand-hundred-thousand-hundred-thousand-hundred-thousand-hundred-thousand-mountain-yueyue elite "stab armored soldiers".

　　, The barbarians lost their helmets and armor, and hid in the mountains and dared not go out.

　　Since then, the entire Lingnan region has also returned to the embrace of the imperial court.

　　As for Mo Changmao, the king of Shu on the western front, he was also helpless in the face of the god Kunwu Tie. He was defeated steadily. After losing several counties, he could not make any progress. In the end, he stayed in his old nest, Mianzhu City.

　　The prefectures and counties in Shudi were already dangerous, and Mianzhu City was even more dangerous, so Zhao Yun paid a heavy price for conquering Mianzhu City.

　　In the end, Zhao Yun angrily adopted the strategy of sieging the city, cutting off the city's grain and water for [-] days, and finally Mo Changmao opened the city gate and surrendered! In view of Mo Changmao's contribution to the Wei royal family in the past, he took the initiative to open the city gate and surrender. In this way, Yan Ge also instructed Zhao Yun to give Mo Changmao a decent treatment.

　　In addition to disarming all the military forces in the feudal town, he did not commit any crimes against Mianzhu City. He also authorized Mo Changmao to stay in Mianzhu to organize his family property, as long as he brought his whole family and children to the capital to settle down within this year.

　　After that, Zhao Yun went back to the DPRK, and Jiannan Road was completely pacified! Now only Yunzhou and Pingyuan County on the northern line are left: they are struggling.

　　Although Li Jingjun also used Kunwu steel weapons, the strength of these two is really strong, and there is no flaw in the command, so although Li Jing has the advantage, but there is no transformative blow.

　　In order to completely destroy these two feudal towns, considering that the other lines have been pacified, there should be no more danger in the capital...the rear, so Yan Ge simply no longer guarantees.

　　Directly from the capital, the Central Army was dispatched! So Jiang Ziya commanded 1 people from the cavalry regiment, 2 people from the Silver Spears, 3 people from the Hu Ben Army, and 4 people from the Imperial Guard Army, forming a ten army.

　　Taking advantage of the entanglement of Li Jing's army in the first generation of Pingcheng and the two major vassal towns, Jiang Ziya personally led the army to Pingyuan County, Chitaiping! Considering the hardships of several generals fighting abroad, Yan Ge did not let Li Cunxu and other generals go on the expedition together this time. , But it is scary enough for Jiang Ziya to go out in person. It can be seen that the court has lost patience after being entangled with these two towns for too long, and is determined to completely pacify the troubles in the north.

　　Jiang Ziya is worthy of being the ancestor of the military, and within three days of arriving in the plains, with absolute superiority in military strength, he won this fortress, which is said to be unbreakable even by the Huns.

　　After laying down the plain, Jiang Ziya non-stop attacked Pingcheng and surrounded the main troops of Chi Taiping and Liang Qiuhao from the rear. There was no suspense in the battle. When he died, Liang Qiuhao and five hundred lion riders were surrounded by heavy armies on a small hill, and sighed, "Fortune is not good!"

　　, ready to commit suicide! At this moment, Jiang Ziya rushed to the front of the crowd and shouted, "General Liang, wait!"

　　Liang Qiuhao looked at Jiang Ziya who was walking in front of him, and sneered: "Jiang Ziya, I was defeated by you, my skills are not as good as others, why do you still want me, Liang Qiuhao, to kneel and surrender?"

　　"Hehehe."

　　Jiang Ziya supported his gray beard and smiled, "General Liang misunderstood, I persuaded General Liang to surrender on the order of His Majesty!"

　　Liang Qiuhao's Yunzhou lion riding Yan Ge has been coveted for a long time. If this elite light cavalry unit can be further expanded and trained, it will be a great weapon to deal with the northern nomads! If Liang Qiuhao dies, this unit will not be able to re-existed.

　　What's more, Liang Qiuhao was also a famous general of the Wei Dynasty, so Yan Ge began to love talents and told Jiang Ziya that he must persuade Liang Qiuhao to surrender.

　　After listening to Jiang Ziya's words, Liang Qiuhao laughed loudly and said, "I, Liang Qiuhao, are strong-willed, how can I be willing to be a descendant of the king."

　　Jiang Ziya said: "General Liang, the emperor does not want you to stay under the steps, your future is to gallop in the vast Mobei! Please read the letter written by your majesty!"