#399 - Overall plan

"More than the national treasury, no less."

Sitting in the carriage on the way back, Wei Changtian was still repeating this sentence in his mind.

Of course, he didn't know how much silver the Da'ning national treasury had now, but it must not be a small amount.

Good heavens.

To be richer than a country, that's exactly this situation! Wei Yanyu is the real sugar mommy!

However, this also proves another thing—

Money is indeed not omnipotent.

At least so much silver failed to save Xu Shixing's life, nor did it save Jizhou.

Converting silver into "combat power" undoubtedly takes a long time, and it was clear that the Xu family didn't have enough time to complete this transformation.

This principle is the same for Shuzhou now.

Although there is money, the Shuzhou army's combat power will not get a rapid improvement because of this.

It can only be said that the prerequisite conditions are met.

"Brother Chu, tomorrow you should arrange for the Gongji Association in each state to gradually exchange these silvers, and temporarily exchange 30% first."

Turning his head to look at Chu Xianping, Wei Changtian instructed, "After exchanging it into silver, directly recruit some craftsmen locally, etc. We will give them travel expenses to come to Shuzhou to build cities."

"At the same time, spread the news that anyone who is willing to move to Shuzhou for a long-term stay, we will give money and land, no matter who it is, as long as they come, we welcome them all."

"Also, allocate more silver to the Tongzhou Association and let them find ways to persuade Ning Yongnian to increase taxes. After experiencing several major disturbances, and now encountering frequent wars, the Da'ning national treasury must be empty, and Ning Yongnian should agree."

"..."

One by one, Wei Changtian quickly began to make the next step of deployment around this "windfall."

Although he didn't study economics in his previous life, even with only superficial common sense of economics, he could understand what impact such a huge sum of money would have if it was squeezed out in a short period of time.

Ning Yongnian will definitely notice the abnormality, and may even forcibly suspend the silver note exchange "business" of all banks.

At that time, these silver notes will be no different from waste paper.

So he didn't act too hastily, and prepared to temporarily exchange 30% first, and the remaining 70% will be used when needed in the future.

In addition to this matter, Wei Changtian also fully considered the issue of "inflation."

You must know that even if it is only 30%, it is already an astronomical figure.

If so much silver is brought back, the "economic volume" of a single Shuzhou is simply impossible to eat.

It's like tens of billions of dollars suddenly pouring into the market of a small African country, the result will definitely not be economic prosperity, but rapid inflation.

Therefore, Wei Changtian needs to digest the exchanged silver locally in each state, convert it into real labor and materials, and then supplement it into Shuzhou, which needs to expand rapidly.

Silver itself has no value, only the things it can be exchanged for have value.

"..."

It has to be said that although Wei Changtian's ideas still have many areas that need to be improved, the general direction is indeed correct.

Chu Xianping also understands this point, but he obviously considers it even more deeply.

Wei Changtian shook his head: "Anyway, this matter cannot be concealed. What can he do if he knows?"

"Ning Yongnian is welcome to guess. It just happens to cover up our other actions."

"The other side?"

Chu Xianping narrowed his eyes: "Is the young master talking about the Shuzhou army?"

"Yes."

Wei Changtian thought for a moment and truthfully said his thoughts: "I plan to select 10,000 elites from the Shuzhou army and sneak into the Shiwan Mountains in the near future."

"Qingxian will also select 5,000 fast-moving beasts and birds each as mounts for these 10,000 people."

"These demonic beasts are much fiercer than ordinary warhorses. If it works, these 10,000 people will be our trump card."

"So before the war, their movements must not be exposed."

"The reason why I am so anxious to start building the city is actually to better cover up our actions."

"..."

"Understood."

With his mouth slightly open, Chu Xianping's expression was a little surprised.

Although forming a "human-monster special forces" is shocking enough, Chu Xianping had actually guessed it after learning about the negotiation terms between Wei Changtian and Qingxian.

So what really surprised him now was actually this overall plan, one link after another.

The large amount of silver given by Wei Yanyu needs to be spent, so craftsmen can be recruited from all over the country to build cities in Shuzhou.

And Shuzhou suddenly wants to build a new city, which will undoubtedly attract a lot of Ning Yongnian's attention, and the latter will spare no expense to figure out what Wei Changtian is doing.

But when everyone's eyes are focused on this new city, the 10,000 Shuzhou troops in the Shiwan Mountains can silently "combine humans and monsters" and become a dagger hidden in the dark.

Finally, this dagger will, in cooperation with Han Zhao, complete the final blow to the 300,000 rebel army.

"..."

Having figured all this out, Chu Xianping looked at Wei Changtian for a long time without saying a word, seemingly wondering when the latter had the ability to plan the overall situation.

But Wei Changtian didn't know what he was thinking, and was just a little flustered by being stared at.

"Cough! Brother Chu, what are you looking at?"

"Oh, it's nothing..."

Shaking his head, Chu Xianping restrained his thoughts and asked, "Young master, the matter of the Shuzhou army is no small matter. Who do you plan to let do it?"

"Liang Zhen, Du Chang, Yang Liushi."

Wei Changtian immediately gave the answer.

These three candidates coincided with Chu Xianping's thoughts, so the latter didn't ask any more questions, and discussed the specific details of the entire plan with Wei Changtian.

In this way, the carriage quickly stopped in front of the small house unknowingly.

"Alright, Brother Chu, go back and rest early."

Jumping out of the carriage, Wei Changtian waved to Chu Xianping, and casually teased:

"Miss Song is still waiting for you."

"..."

Chu Xianping didn't take the bait.

He hesitated for a long time, then lowered his voice and said:

"Young master, there is something I don't know if I should say."

"Just say it if you have something to say."

Wei Changtian was stunned: "When did you become so hesitant?"

"Okay, then..."

Taking a light breath, Chu Xianping's expression became extremely serious.

"Young master, before I asked you why you valued Shuzhou so much... You said you wanted the people of the world to know that they have another way to live."

"I understand what that means."

"But precisely because of this, I want to remind the young master."

"For the vast majority of people, they would rather be peaceful dogs than people in troubled times."

"No matter what, Ning Yongnian has given them hundreds of years of peace, so..."

"You want to teach them how to be human, it's not as simple as you think."

"..."

The moonlight shone down, and the ground was silvery white.

After Chu Xianping finished speaking, even Zhang San, who was tying the horse aside, turned his head in surprise.

Although he has a super memory, he doesn't have too much clever and profound understanding of this world, so he listened with a vague understanding at this time.

However, Wei Changtian understood what Chu Xianping meant.

"Brother Chu, you are wrong."

"In fact, they can't decide whether the world is peaceful or not, nor can they choose whether to be human or a dog..."

Patting the latter on the shoulder, Wei Changtian turned around with a smile, walking towards the courtyard door neither fast nor slow.

"I never thought of teaching them how to be human."

"I just hope that one day, they can have the opportunity to choose for themselves."