Chapter 898: War money

Today's fighting has exceeded Shang Wen's control. For example, Yan Guo fought against Zhao and Qi successively. Then he fought against Qi alone. This kind of war has been going on for more than two years. The financial resources of a country have been exhausted. If it were not for Qin's assistance, I am afraid that Yan would be unable to sustain it.

Similarly, Qi is somewhat unsupported in the country. Qi's treasury has been exhausted. More than 80% of the standing soldiers have been recruited. If it is requisitioned, then Qi will be able to requisition the civil servants.

Not only that, but Qi's domestic grain production and major economic commodities. The production of sea salt and fierce oil is also growing rapidly, if Qi State hadn't had these two strategic resources. It is estimated that within two years, the family will be hollowed out by Qin.

Several neighboring countries are doing everything possible to make a fortune from these two countries.

Qin's arsenal produced almost all guns and ammunition. All these guns and ammunition were sold to Qi State without exception. Because Qi is unable to produce the arms demand that they have soared. All these guns are equipped with the newly formed Qi army. Among them, the most consumed is ammunition. From the Guanzhong area of ​​Qin State, it passes through Xinzheng, South Korea, and finally reaches the border of Qi State. There are arms dealers smuggling guns everywhere, from gun parts, pistol ammunition, and rifle ammunition. Even the magazines are smuggled. Qi Guo purchased these small parts at any cost. Especially ammunition. Only large-scale purchases in Qi can stabilize the front-line demand.

Qin's arsenal played the role of a producer. The Koreans acted as a businessman. They bought arms and weapons in large quantities from the State of Qin, and these weapons were shipped in batches by train from Xianyang to Xinzheng. Especially ammunition. In order to make money for the price difference between Qin and Qi, South Korea could temporarily suspend the transportation of Yan's troop transport train. It can be seen that the profits in the middle are enough to make South Korea take the risk of stopping military operations to satisfy its own commercial interests.

After these large quantities of ammunition have been transported. Immediately stock up in the military warehouse in Xinzheng, South Korea. then. The government bought those small vendors with 30% of the profits. Those small vendors then sold them to Qi in the form of smuggling. The border troops of Qi State refused to let in arms under the pretext of detecting goods. But in fact, these arms were bought on a large scale in the official name. Such a contradictory approach is really incomprehensible.

In this alone, Korean businessmen earned a certain percentage of profits. This proportion of profits allows South Korea’s tax revenue to increase a lot. But this is not over yet. South Korea also makes full use of the characteristics of its own factory processing. A large amount of textiles and food are imported into Qi. But these things can't open the market of Qi.

This is how a South Korean economic newspaper analyzed it.

"Our products are not as good as Qin products in terms of product quality. At the same time, in terms of price, because of long-distance transportation, especially the lack of rail transportation, which has the advantage of large-scale cost reduction, our products and Qin products have no advantage at all. It can be said that, on the contrary, our products have become a burden, and this burden is the quality of our products. This is a flaw for our Korean manufacturing."

"Except for these. It is the needs of the Qi civil and military markets. Qi's grain production can still meet their self-sufficiency. Qi people only occasionally import some grain to meet their national treasury. And the people because of the price and the war. They are. There is no more spare money to bear such wasteful expenses. Therefore, our products cannot be sold in Qi.” The Korean reporter wrote in the article.

The South Korean reporter's analysis is not unreasonable at all. In fact, Qin's domestic commodities are not only for his own consumption. The rest are sold to South Korea, Chu, Yan, Zhao and other countries. Among these countries, South Korea and Chu have equivalent spending power. Chu State is wealthy. They are naturally not short of money, and there is no influence of war. The people can naturally afford it, but South Korea is different.

As the population of Korean cities and towns is increasing. The number of workers is increasing. This number instantly expanded from less than 10,000 to more than 600,000. This figure expanded to this point almost overnight.

The rapid expansion of the number of workers means that the urban population and the working class living on wages will increase. When these classes are creating wealth. Become a new consumer group. Because of the improvement of the quality of life. Their spending power has improved to a certain extent.

Although most of them consume cheap goods produced in their own country, in some cases they still buy Qin products of good quality. And these new consumer groups have become the main force of Qin's new consumption. This is why South Korea has become a big consumer country with the same reputation as Chu.

In terms of Yan Guo. The two countries of Qin and Zhao monopolized the supply and demand of products in Yan. Under the auspices of Guo Kai, Zhao Guojing started Zhao Guo's industrial road. Zhao Guo's inferior mining technology has still not been improved. However, in some major cities, some Qin State and Zhao State joint ventures or wholly-owned processing plants of Qin State began to be established. These factories have become an important step for Zhao Guo to move towards industrialization.

Women near the city of Zhao State began to enter the city to become industrial workers. Some Zhao men began to enter the construction industry to become construction workers. Guo Kai wants to be credited. At the same time I want to make money. Qin’s banker and investor’s idea was to start projects, and a large number of infrastructure projects. Thus. Zhao Guo started a large-scale infrastructure construction project.

The first is urban expansion, and a large number of factory buildings have begun to be built. Although it is winter, it is not conducive to construction. However, under the temptation of huge profits, winter construction started unexpectedly. Zhao Guo's factory is under such circumstances, biting the bullet and launching itself.

Secondly, there is a large number of road projects. Almost overnight. In Zhao Guo, construction and engineering companies large and small appeared. Firm. It was established by the nobles of the Zhao Kingdom. There is Zhao Guo's civil official. eunuch. There are also various construction companies established by military generals.

These civil servants, military generals, and eunuchs all bribed Guo Kai to distribute the project to them without exception. Ever since, Zhao Guo’s various engineering projects were launched quickly. From Shangdang County to Handan. From Handan to the cloud. Various roads, highways and railways from Handan to Julu. Urban sewers and various facilities were all put in place.

The project has not yet started. People gathered all at once. In an instant, about 200,000 adult men in Zhao State entered the construction industry to become construction industry workers.

This is the Zhao State speed. Women enter the city to become female workers. Men become miners and builders. Zhao Guo began to enter a period of all-round development.

The funds provided by Yan State became the original capital of Zhao State's operation. The Qin State Bank lent a large number of loans to Zhao State and became Zhao State’s largest creditor country. The relationship between the State of Zhao and the State of Qin became ambiguous in an instant.

Not only that. Qin made extensive use of the convenience provided by Zhao, mainly railway convenience. The railway from Xianyang to Taiyuan and from Taiyuan to Handan transported a large amount of materials to the frontline troops, and then returned a large amount of wood, medicinal materials, leather, and gold minerals from Yan. All these are the original support for the rapid economic development of Qin. Qin State used these materials to become the biggest beneficiary country in the Yan Kingdom War. Because these materials drove the production of various entrepreneurs in Qin.

The military industry's non-stop production of guns and ammunition can not meet the front-line needs. Those light industrial factories also started production continuously to produce various materials. From bedclothes to canned food and so on. These things have allowed Qin entrepreneurs to earn a lot of profits.

And these benefits immediately became an important part of Qin's national income through taxation. From this point of view. Qin became the biggest beneficiary country in the war.

It's not just the war in the north. Qin's wars are like this everywhere.

E.g. The war in the north. The State of Qin won a large amount of pasture land and various mineral resources. There are abundant coal mines in the north. These coal mines are not as good as Zhao's coal, but they are easy to mine. At the same time, there are abundant rare earth mines. These minerals have brought a huge assistant to Qin's industry. Especially in technology development. Qin Guo will use these rare earths to develop many mechanical equipment.

In the war in the Western Regions. The State of Qin merely acquired a large amount of land, various crops, and other minerals such as gold mines of varying degrees. The temporary benefits do not show greatness.

And in the south. The interests of Chu and Qin are getting closer and closer. Qin exported a large amount of guns and ammunition to Chu. The Chu State exported a lot of agricultural products, various mineral resources, and slave resources. The Vietnamese in the south began to become the new source of slaves for the Qin State. These slaves were transported through the Yangtze River Channel to Bashu and Qin for farming and mineral development. The development of the South is accelerating.

These have all become part of the huge country of Qin. The suspension of these parts has had a profound impact on this huge country. such as. The problems in the north made Qin feel a headache.

"Our Qin army's various military strengths are now all squeezed in various towns. All the large pastures have fallen behind the slaves. Our army is inadequate in defense and weak in offensive..." Meng Tian from the north sent such a telegram to King Qin. . See the content of this telegram. King Qin felt a very headache.

"My lord, the price of beef and mutton in Qin State has been rising for seven consecutive days. It goes up like this. I am afraid that the people of Qin State will have no meat to eat!" said a minister.

King Qin waved impatiently. Signed to know.

The minister wanted to say something, but when he saw that King Qin was like this, he didn't say anything anymore.

"Have my Daqin people eat beef and mutton before?" King Qin couldn't help asking himself.