Chapter 475: Qin's method of attracting gold

Just when Shangwen was preparing to use financial means to resolve the compensation issue between Yan and Zhao. Qin's economy is fully absorbing the gold reserves of the six countries.

The industrial system of the Qin State was initially established, first of which was heavy industry based on military production, and smelting iron ore in the north of Guyang Iron Plant. The abundant open-pit coal in the area and the nearby iron ore, now Baiyun Obo, gave Qin State a rich supply of iron resources. This also helped Qin quickly establish iron as the main metal position to replace bronze.

In terms of iron smelting technology, Qin State first used coal coking iron smelting technology, which no country can know. And the Six Nations did not understand why Qin's iron smelting technology progressed so rapidly overnight.

The large-scale use of iron enabled Qin to quickly develop various affairs. For example, Guyang Iron Works uses large-scale hot rolling mills to not only produce necessary iron ingots or various blank tubes for domestic use. At the same time, it also independently produces some building materials. The appearance of cement caused a lot of changes in Qin's architecture.

The wealthy began to use cement mixed with iron bars on a large scale to build a large number of solid buildings, and two-story or three-story buildings began to be used in new cities selected by the Qin State. At the same time, it has also begun to be used in small towns in some newly established states.

Cement factories have begun to be established under huge demand. Many factory owners are involved. For example, Yingyu intervened in Guyang Iron Factory by borrowing, and finally re-injected capital to become a shareholder. Takes control of the largest iron factory in Qin. At the same time, a large-scale cement plant was established with the iron plant as the center. Because when processing iron, some by-products. Or it requires heating to produce cement. As a result, Guyang has become the largest cement plant in Qin at the same time.

While the weapons produced by heavy industry, cement, iron reinforcement and other construction materials entered the Qin State, they were also entering the markets of other countries. And these are Qin's leading products.

Take Zhao Guo as an example. The emergence of new building materials made Zhao Wang reconsider building the palace. At the same time, some clan children also began to use this sturdy material to build defense facilities. Because of the upgrade of the weapon, the original earth rammed wall could not withstand the attack of the artillery.

While making a fortune by smuggling weapons, Qin also imported solid construction materials. This is contradictory, but it is not contradictory to Qin, because they are making money. Who is in conflict with making money.

These building materials cannot be produced in a short period of time due to the high domestic demand. Although some factories have begun to be built, they will have to wait until the beginning of the spring of the coming year before they are put into production. Therefore, the price of cement is extremely expensive. One gold is given to three stones. There are standards for iron bars due to Qin's production. Therefore, most of them are still imported from Qin. With building materials, it is necessary to invite Qin engineers to build, because only Qin engineers know the proportion of concrete. This is a considerable amount of expenditure. After a large number of Qin engineers retired, they set up training courses themselves, or opened construction firms to contract domestic and foreign construction projects of various sizes. They made a fortune for this.

While these things are being imported, they are also absorbing a large amount of gold from various countries. Because Qin's paper currency exchange is linked to gold to a certain extent. The listing of gold futures directly gave the equivalent exchange between paper money and gold. Gold is becoming depreciated. Because Qin's gold reserves have reached an astonishing number. It is no longer possible to accumulate a large amount of gold in the underground palace of the Qin Palace. Qin State is using new building materials to build a new underground palace to store the gold. But no one knows how much gold there is.

Not only in heavy industry, Qin's light industry also greatly absorbed the gold of the six countries. Qin State controlled the trend of fashion in the six countries. For example, women began to use leather bags. Perm, wearing leather clothes, high heels, etc. These things have been very popular on the streets of Xianyang in Qin State. Moreover, with Xianyang as the center, it began to radiate the entire Guanzhong and the newly established states on a large scale, because the people have a rich family background. The farmers began to transport the wheat into the futures trading center, or into the mill, to be processed into flour, one by one. Then enter Xianyang and load the train from Xianyang. Or use horse-drawn carriages to transport to countries. The six countries have begun to eliminate corn in large quantities, and flour is replacing corn as the main meal of food. These are all in exchange for a large amount of money for the farmers. With money, they not only pay off the bank loans, but at the same time, they also start to have new pursuits, and women begin to dress up. Men began to pay attention to dress. Because they don't have to wear dirty clothes to work on the ground, everything is done by slaves.

This in turn has absorbed a lot of gold for Qin, because people can’t leave the food. Not only that, the procurement officials of the royal families from all over the world have gathered in Xianyang, they are crazy to purchase all the weird goods, and the demand for perfume has far surpassed others. Commodities have become the main commodities of the royal harem. Under this stimulation, a large number of perfumes of various flavors are frequently launched. Then there is clothing, high heels. In particular, Chu purchased a huge amount of high-heeled shoes. Because high heels can make women in the palace walk more gracefully. This variety is very attractive. Being able to own a pair of high heels became a symbol of the status of women in the palace of Chu King. Even the maids desperately need a pair of high heels.

Not only high heels. mirror. Especially large glass mirrors. Become an indispensable material for royal decoration. Chu's demand for this is very large.

Currently, only two countries can decorate such a large glass mirror. One is the State of Qin, which is the largest producer. Therefore, the decoration of glass mirrors is a smooth matter. But Chu State became the second.

The country of Chu imported a large number of glass mirrors that can clearly illuminate people's shadows, and a large number of glass mirrors were placed in the palace of the Chu King in Shouchun. Not only inside the palace. In the harem, all the concubines that the king of Chu favored very much installed a large number of glass mirrors. Moreover, the glass mirror of a concubine has become a symbol of the woman's status in the harem. Even the maids of the Chu King's Palace will be able to have a small glass mirror as a kind of great vanity to show off.

Unlike Chu, the other countries seem very stingy. Zhao Guo only had a few pieces in the main hall, and the small glass mirror became a personal object of the favored concubine. Other countries can't go there any better. The main reason is that domestic gold is increasingly scarce. Even those knife coins have risen to a high level. And what caused all of this was Qin's very powerful method of attracting money. The State of Qin occupies a central position in all trade. This is for the next, the Qin State's trade unfolds. Lay the position of the overlord.