"You did say something like this. Sometimes these things are not so simple to carry out. We must understand these things. Just like now, we have encountered such a huge failure, not only us
, even the people below us have lost confidence in us. If this continues, I don’t know what I will do. You must have your own ideas. To be honest, after this incident, I am a little bit
I feel frustrated, although this kind of thing is considered normal for me, because my own problems caused the company to lose so much. It’s strange to say, why people from the Western Empire can do what people from the Southern Empire did back then.
I'm really surprised at what can't be done. By the way, the financial system of the commercial bank is pretty good. It seems that a lot of money was spent on this war." Li Cong was such a guy.
Only when something happened did they think of how to remedy it. They didn't think of these things at the beginning. Didn't they think about this before? Wu Zuoxi shook his head. It would be good to make Li Cong realize his mistakes.
He didn't say where Li Cong went wrong, because he felt that there was no need for this at all. Li Cong himself understood these things very well. Even if what he said was right, there was no need for Li Cong here.
For any explanation, talking to smart people has such benefits. This is the situation in front of me. For others, it may take a long time to explain to them, but for Li Cong, this is absolutely unnecessary.
He himself knows these things very well, and he can still understand the financial system of the trading company. This is already very good. It is estimated that the emperor of the Western Empire has not asked about their financial system, and he has other things about the Western Empire.
one thing to say.
"I've told you a long time ago that you don't need to pursue success in many things. We don't really want to pursue that now. There is just one thing that needs to be resolved now, although it is our matter with the Western Empire.
It's solved, but something needs to change, that is our relationship with the Western Empire. Our people within the Western Empire have sent word back. They still want us to make some concessions. Three provinces are nothing to them.
Yes, but the important thing is that we will definitely station our troops there. The three provinces have more than one million square kilometers of land that can support us to build millions of troops, which is a huge threat to them.
So they want to talk to us about some economic issues. This year, a cold wave broke out in the northwest of the Western Empire. Tens of millions of people starved to death. If this problem cannot be solved, their losses will probably be even greater.
.They hope that we can give them some benefits in exchange for these three provinces." Wu Zuoxi knew that the people in the Western Empire would not be so easy to talk to. Now the fleet on the river has come out, and their force is the main condition for them to come out, but
It's a good thing that the people in the Western Empire didn't take any action against them. They would also do such things. After Li Cong heard this, he felt very uncomfortable in his heart. Damn, dozens of them
If all the provinces need to give you food, it's not a small sum. You've made a good calculation. But if you don't do this, it won't be easy for the three provinces to develop.
, If this is the case, just give it to them. Li Cong nodded, which also made Wu Zuoxi breathe a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Li Cong would not agree to this matter. If this was the case, the war might continue.
"Don't be like that. In fact, things are not as bad as you think. You just need to pay some food. We already have a lot of food. According to the information given to us by the Western Empire, we have done research. There is the most food over there.
That is to say, there are three billion people who need our food, and we only need to give them a month's supply. The Western Empire does not give it to us for free. Some of their domestic slaves can be sold to us, right?
, you may not know this. When the Western Empire captured the land of the Southern Empire, it captured about 20 million Yue people. These people were not recognized by the Western Empire and the Southern Empire did not recognize them, so their
We are living a very miserable life. These 20 million people are the price the Western Empire paid us this time. If one slave is five taels of silver, it is still 100 million silver. Although it is not proportional to the food we paid, how much
This can be considered a gain. We are about to build a large-scale defense system for those three provinces. These people are also very needed, at least for now. They can help us do a lot of things.
, and we don’t even need to pay them, we just need to give them a meal. This is the advantage of using slaves. You may not like this kind of thing, but who can tell these people now?
Good or bad, they were like this in the past, and the Yue people are really pitiful." The Yue people appeared in Wu Zuoxi's mouth. Li Cong had never heard of this before. Most of the people on this planet
They are all from a feudal society. How come there are still people living in a slave society? Since they are so backward, they are naturally no match for these people outside. It is for this reason that they all do things the same way.
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"Wait a minute, what's going on with these Yue people? Why doesn't anyone want them? So what do they usually use?
Those who survived by identity? Weren’t they all in the territory of the Southern Empire in the past? As far as I know, there are hundreds of ethnic groups in the Southern Empire.
Yes, why won't they accept this nation?" Li Cong said a little strangely, he was also thinking about it when he spoke.
As for other questions, if these people could be collected and regarded as their own army, would they be better than the current ones?
These people have higher combat effectiveness, because single-celled people are always the most powerful on the battlefield, because they don’t have other
In his opinion, it seems that his people can really rise quickly. He must not give up this opportunity.
Wu Zuoxi over there saw the look in Li Cong's eyes and knew what this guy was thinking. Of course, he himself was in Li Cong's eyes.
When I talked about these things in front of you, I had the same thought. It was just a matter of gathering all these Yue people.
It is not that easy, because from ancient times to the present, they have not had a good place to recuperate, within the four empires
They all have Yue people. If their numbers are added up, it is definitely an astonishing number. That is because of this
In this way, people from the four major empires did not allow them to be together because they only knew their nation and had no country at all.
Concept, can such a person be regarded as a good person? A good citizen? Unless our brains are all
A problem has arisen. If it were not like this, we would not do such a thing. Everyone thought of the present situation.
They are not stupid. Of course they know how to do things. They don’t want the Yue people to build
If they want to establish a big country, their life will not be easy in the future. This is absolutely not allowed.
"I guess you don't know anything about the Yue people. Just let me tell you. The Yue people are one of the most common people on the whole road.
Nation, their total number is estimated to be around 30 billion, but these people are not very strong, or even
It can be said that they are all bullied, mainly because they will not accept new things, so they are also
There will be a lot of people bullying them. There is a gathering point for them in the area we occupy. Most of these people
The capital was taken away by people from the Western Empire. I think we have to start a series of pruning projects in the three newly occupied provinces.
, this requires a lot of manpower to do this, so they just have to help. If the Yue people organize
It's not bad to form an army, but they won't do anything to people of their own ethnic group, and they won't care.
They are not capable of beheading. It is for this reason that no one from the four empires wants to have contact with them. What the royal family wants is
Some people just listen to them, but these Yue people don’t have that idea. All they think about is their own nation.
How could the people of the four empires be willing to make them stronger? If these tens of billions of Yue people were all together
If so, the empire they formed is estimated to be very powerful." Wu Zuoxi briefly described some of the Buyue people.
After telling Li Cong what happened, Li Cong thought that these people were the same as the Jews on the earth.
There is no place in the world that is my own, but they are all very smart. It seems that I want to try these people.
, that is, because of their ethnic unity, many people are not willing to buy Yue slaves. In their view,
These people are definitely not easy to use, but all of them think very well.
"This is something we can take advantage of. Tell the Western Empire that we will agree to their matter. These Yue people
If they still have a lot, we will buy from them. There is absolutely no problem with this, as long as they have me,
We will all get it, so we just need to do it immediately, don’t be too slow, and this time we have to do it for all of us
The river escort boat is undergoing a modification. I will let the people from the technical department do the specific things. You just need to cooperate.
, you are right, there are indeed too many problems in this war, and now we need to find them out bit by bit,
If we can all do these things well, I believe that this kind of thing will not happen next time, and I
We have developed a new super serial crossbow. I believe that such a thing will be very useful to us. If it can be made
If it goes well, it can be said to be very good in the future. Of course, you can also put forward your own opinions."
Li Cong walked out as he talked. After experiencing a failure, he did not want to continue to lead the Cao Family Trading Company.
, I am not in a very good mood right now. If the entire Cao family business is still led by myself, the south will come out,
It would be better for me to honestly go and rest for a while. Anyway, I can live a good life without the Cao Family Trading Company now.
Damn, let’s talk about it. The biggest thing recently is the aftermath of the war with the Western Empire. Apart from this, there is nothing else.
This is something that he needs to take care of. Li Cong feels that he needs to practice well for a while. The system also has no
After completing this task, Li Cong has stopped redeeming it for a while. This thing is just like this, and there will definitely be nothing wrong with it.
Such partiality, if there were not these things in front of him, Li Cong really wanted to study it carefully.
Just as Wu Zuoxi and others said, the Yue people not only have no status in the Western Empire. They also live in the wasteland.
Compared with the people in Jidian, they are not as good as them. Because according to the laws of the four empires, the Yue people have no old people at all.
If a normal person kills a Yue person, he only needs to pay a certain fine. That's it.
Even if you have no money, the government will not arrest you. Because these people understand very well that the Yue people have deep roots in
It cannot be considered human in the first place. The farmer’s cattle are much more important than him. If you kill the farmer’s cattle, you may
I arrested you. This kind of thing is nothing new in the entire empire. People in the Western Empire heard that the Cao Family Shang
They were also dumbfounded when the people in the business wanted to purchase the Yue people in their territory. They were very interested in what the people in the Cao Family Trading Company thought.
Understand, you want to use these people to form an army? Stop joking, if you dare to arm these people,
I guess the first person they want to overthrow is you. These people are not stupid. They will only stay with their Yue clan members.
Together, if you let them form an army, they will not listen to you in the end. This will definitely cause
The people of the Cao Family Trading Company caused huge losses, but the people of the Cao Family Trading Company were not stupid. Why did they do that?
What? Do they already know how to control these Yue people? But they don’t have time to investigate these things.
It was already stated in their treaty with the Cao Family Trading Company that these Yue people must be handed over to the people of the Cao Family Trading Company, but
It is absolutely impossible to continue purchasing, but although the official said nothing, private transactions have begun.
Well, those slave traders will not care about such things, because the profits are really not small, they will do it.
In an ordinary city, if you want to buy a Yue slave, the old man can only buy two taels of silver at most.
Well, if this adult was in his prime, he would probably have ten taels of silver, but the people from Cao's Commercial Bank offered fifteen taels of silver.
The price and 50% of the profit can be sent directly to any institution of the local Cao's Trading Company, like this
Why didn't the matter be done? All the slave traders took the Yue people in their hands to the trading place of Cao's Trading Company.
Even some people who only had a few slaves at home also went there. They spent very little of their own money to buy them.
Silver, now each of them will do such a thing. If you gather these people together, it is indeed possible for them to do it.
They are making trouble, but Li Cong has genetic medicine. As long as he can control some of their people, it will be enough.
The most important thing is to control the strong people they are. They are the people controlled by the Cao Family Trading Company to do something.
Qing, other people will definitely go with them. In this way, the people from the Cao Family Trading Company have control over the Yue people. They
Don’t you only have your own nation in your eyes? When most people of your nation are doing things like the old people, you also
If you are not a fool, you will definitely do things together. When the time comes, the Yue army will be so united on the battlefield.
It must be much more powerful than other armies. Li Cong’s idea is understandable. Everyone must use a
Of course, people in the Western Empire would not have thought that Li Cong would have such a thing. They wanted
It is not easy to join one's own spies, because the Yue people do not expect a traitor to appear.
This is quite shocking to other ethnic groups. No other ethnic group can have such a thing happen.
After this war, because the debts of the Western Empire have not been resolved, the Western Empire can only find a solution on its own.
, the imperial court began to do some things that it did not dare to do before. This year, the Western Empire has approximately 1.36 trillion debts due.
Including the huge interest, the Western Empire needs to pay approximately 3.02 trillion silver to the Cao Family Commercial Bank this year. This is only the Western Empire.
As for the government, the Western Empire naturally didn’t know where to get so much silver. At this time, the Cao Family Trading Company
People came forward to give them advice again. This time the people from the Cao Family Trading Company were plotting something else. They were actually from the Western Empire.
He is a local official. In fact, people from the Cao Family Trading Company have already started plotting this very early on. There is no way to become an empire.
When it is running. What they have to do at this time is to start buying and selling officials. This is also how an empire can quickly obtain gold.
Money can be found. According to the contract with the Cao family firm, if the people from the Western Empire cannot repay the debt on time, he will
The collateral we hold in the hands of Cao's Commercial Bank will become Cao's Commercial Bank's. These mortgages are all relatively important things.
.It absolutely cannot be lost. This is what the Cao Family Trading Company wants to tell the Western Empire’s court. What they have to do is
They asked them to sell the position of city lord of the Western Empire. At this time, the senior officials of the Western Empire clearly knew that this was a huge
It's a trap. But they have no choice but to listen honestly. If they don't take the money
If they come out, they may lose more. The emperor of the Western Empire still doesn't believe why he owes Cao Cao.
With so much money in a commercial bank, the government's taxes are not in their own hands. In the past, the tax rate was one for fifteen.
Now it seems that taxes will begin to increase, and the tax will be adjusted to one-tenth of the current tax rate, which is not low.
Things like selling an official position must be carefully planned by someone. The top officials of the Western Empire are not stupid. The Western Empire
The emperor of the country organized a special committee called the Fundraising Committee, and 30% of the people in it took over the Cao Family Trading Company.
of 5 million taels of silver. Naturally, they strongly supported this matter. Many people in the imperial court said so.
, in fact, selling officials may have a great impact on the entire empire. It is better to just sell some titles directly. Titles
This thing is just an honorary title, but this matter encountered a large number of nobles including the emperor.
Against all objections, officials can be sold, and they all have their own years, as long as nothing happens within this period.
If you are in love, you can come back sooner or later, but the title is different. The worst title is lifelong.
, if a knighthood is sold for 5 million taels of silver, then he will be a knight for his whole life.
With a court salary of 60,000 taels, you can get your money back in eighty fucking years. These ordinary people are
It would have been an easy task to reach one hundred and fifty years old, but an official position is different, just like
Just like a county magistrate, it is enough to sell 500,000 taels of silver during the three-year term. This position will be yours within three years, even if it is
No matter how much you scrape the land, the money will still come back to the court. They have also stipulated how you can stay within your borders.
Making money is your own business, but it is part of the imperial court. There must not be any shortage. If
If you don't do this well, you can be kicked out at any time. When Li Cong sees this, he can only pity those people.
Ordinary people, their good days have turned into what they are now, and they will not have a good time.
There are a total of twelve people in this fundraising committee of the Western Empire. These twelve guys unanimously approved the selection of officials.
Although the new method requires a certain test as before, there is another part besides the test part.
That's the money for the Western Empire's imperial court. This must not be called out so blatantly. If it is called out like that
If you come, the common people will probably rise up in rebellion. To be an official, you don’t need any talent or anything like that, you just need money.
That’s right, if this is the case, those rich people will definitely become officials, so there are some regulations, such as
He said that as long as you become an official, all business matters must stop. No matter how you do it, these things
Love needs to be done well, and exams must be passed. In fact, this is what they put on themselves
Then it’s just a fig leaf. Everyone knows that this matter is not that simple. If you can all handle this matter
If it is done well, no silver will be used. Many people understand that as long as some things are mixed with silver, it will
It’s not something you can solve however you want. Everyone understands that if the exam fails by then,
Just send the money directly online. As long as the money arrives, what else can't be done? And the price is also known.
Okay. The 25 officials below the county magistrate all get 40,000 taels of silver for three years. The county magistrate and the county magistrate all get 300,000 taels of silver a year.
Once you buy it, it lasts for three years. Although there may not be so much oil and water in a county. But some people who want to be officials can
There are a lot of them. Even if they spend a little money to become a county magistrate, they will be happy. This is not a big deal.
It is understandable that such a thing immediately gained huge popularity in the Western Empire.
The plan of the Western Empire was originally planned to be completed within three months, but they did not expect that something so hot would happen. The wealthy people in the Western Empire immediately started going crazy. Are you kidding me?
If you want to run a county magistrate, you need millions of silver. You must know that there are hundreds of thousands of people under a county magistrate. Of course, it will be different if someone is selected through the imperial examination.
, still has its own ability, and can definitely get a lot of people for the imperial court. For this reason, the people above began to work hard on this matter one by one. The Western Empire sold a total of about
Of course, the official positions of 500 billion silver are all low-level official positions. The people of the Western Empire are not stupid. It seems that within the scope of a county, all the former officials have become deputy positions, or
Becoming a consultant or something, their mission is to watch here. They must not let any big problems happen to the empire. Although the empire needs silver, it cannot cause the entire empire to be in chaos just because of the silver problem. Besides, the empire needs silver.
, The Western Empire did not open all the official positions in the entire empire. He only did some experiments in small areas. Even so, he still got so much silver, which surprised many people. Li Cong
I am not very surprised by this, because people in this era are similar to those on the earth. They all want to be human beings. They are scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. Although they are relatively backward on this planet, it is undeniable.
Yes, politicians are always better than businessmen. Now these businessmen understand this truth, so they all think that they can become officials. This is what they want.
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In fact, not only the Western Empire, but the other two empires will also fall into economic crisis because they have to repay the loans from the Cao Family Trading Company. Although the situation in the Eastern Empire may be better, it is not much better. The Eastern Empire borrowed money.
The total number is also relatively large. Of course, the Eastern Empire's borrowings were mainly spent on the navy. Now the Eastern Empire's navy can be said to be the most powerful navy besides the fleet of the Cao Family Trading Company. They use double sails.
The ships are also very fast. They are already much faster than the naval ships of the other two empires. However, it is still very difficult to match the speed of the warships of the Cao Family Trading Company. They are not like that.
But many people in the Cao Family Trading Company also understand that the Eastern Empire paid great attention to matters in the sea in the past. It is impossible to stop them from expanding their navy. Since it cannot be stopped, we have done something wrong.
Just come and make a good profit. Because the shipyard of Cao Family Trading Company adopts assembly line operations, the speed is several times faster than other shipyards. In addition, Li Cong has more or less obtained
There were some mechanical problems, so his shipyard received more than 30% of the orders from the Eastern Empire Navy. As for the war crossbow, the people from the Cao Family Trading Company stopped making it. The profit from that thing was too pitiful. Although
There are many things, but Li Cong is not very willing to do them with small profits. Besides, he also needs to give others a way to survive. He cannot do everything by himself. This is not in line with Li Cong's life.
In principle, many things need to leave a way for others, otherwise who will cooperate with you in the future, but his control of the economy does not leave a way out for anyone. Whether it is the three major empires or
Other strengths are like this.
The Cao Family Trading Company also had its own affairs at this time. First of all, Li Cong discovered the current organizational problem. Although the organization would become more flexible after being simplified, Li Cong found that some heavy firepower was not enough. Now Li Cong
We plan to add one more fire support platoon to each company. The entire platoon is divided into five squads. Each squad has ten people. The ten people control two super serial crossbows. They must fully support the war during the battle. This time
It has also been shown in the war. It is not the cannon that kills the most enemies. That thing is indeed loud and makes the enemy fearful, but the actual effect is not as good as the super serial crossbow. This thing kills
There are the most enemies. So Li Cong asked people on the other side of the earth to create the second generation of serial crossbows. In the first generation, such a thing could only fire less than ten crossbow arrows per minute. The second generation used
It is a more advanced technology, not only the rate of fire is faster, but also the range is very good. In the test, it can reach 80 to 100 per minute. If it can maintain 80, there will be no problem. What about 100?
It is necessary to replace some parts after 1,000 launches. This is mainly because this thing is not omnipotent and requires a certain amount of maintenance. No matter what it is, if there is less maintenance, many things will not be able to be repaired.
, they all know this very well, and the military people are very supportive of Li Cong's plan to establish this firepower-enhanced platoon. Some people who participated in the war also saw clearly that on the super serial crossbow
They do have a lot of shortcomings. They are too scattered. If they could unite, they would definitely not be in this situation now. But with this thing, the consumption of crossbow arrows will be very powerful. It seems that it is still possible.
We must continue to increase the production of crossbows.
In this war, Li Cong transported a total of 3 billion crossbow arrows, and there were almost less than 200 million left. It can be said that how many crossbow arrows were used. The war calculation department also said that it takes almost 3 billion to kill a soldier of the Southern Empire.
It's no wonder that it only takes dozens of crossbow arrows to be fired. In some wars on the earth back then, hundreds of bullets were needed to kill an enemy. This was all hard-sold, and there was no need to
It may be something that can be solved in a short time. People here also understand that Li Cong can only transport a large amount of it from some ordnance factories in the south. The problems between the Western Empire and itself seem to be superficial.
It has been resolved. In fact, people on both sides know it very well. Let alone the word "resolved", there is simply no agreement yet. The reason why the two sides have ceased war now is because both sides need to rectify their own internal affairs. If their own internal
If it is not so stable, there will be greater turmoil in the future. The Western Empire still thinks that war is an important way for them to pay off their debts. In their opinion, if they repay their debts honestly, it will be really difficult.
It was too difficult. In the past, they would not borrow money to survive, but it is different now. Now they borrow money for almost everything, which makes them all feel very uncomfortable, but they are already
They fell in love with such a day. In addition to their government, some people in the private sector also fell in love with it, which caused some false prosperity in the economy. But if they didn't pay back, the things they mortgaged in the first place would be
If there is nothing left, the people of the Cao Family Trading Company may become their masters. The people of the Cao Family Trading Company will not do any loss-making business. The people of the Cao Family Trading Company all have collateral, and so does the Western Empire Government.
In this way, as long as there is no money, there is no need to discuss anything.
The turmoil on the Southern Empire side and the capital side has subsided. Li Yi and Min De have also met again, but Min De is not as comfortable as before. He is now like a defeated person.
It’s no wonder, because he has seen the sinister intentions of the Southern Empire, but there is nothing he can do about it? What can he do? He can only wait for the end honestly, if he could have seen it a long time ago
, maybe the commercial bank will not have so many losses. The material losses this time are secondary. The most important loss is the mental loss. This is the most important thing. Many people feel that the Cao Family Commercial Bank
It's embarrassing. It is indeed like this. Two wars in a row have ended like this. The latter one can be said to have not failed, but it is not very good for them. It can almost be said that they ran away.
Yes, the Cao family's business in the Western Empire has not been damaged at all, which can make Minde feel better. Li Yi has made quite a splash on the front line, and this young man has officially arrived on this planet.
It can be regarded as entering the upper class society of this planet, but I still don’t quite understand some of the ways of doing things here. In fact, if the people from the Cao Family Trading Company started attacking from the seaside, there would be very good consequences. When he
Min De told him when he said it, if the people of the Cao Family Trading Company were really the same as in the Southern Empire, things might be even more troublesome, and the people of the Cao Family Trading Company might win at the beginning, but the longer they get the more trouble they get.
The longer the fight continues, the less stamina will be, because the people of the Cao Family Trading Company do not have a position in the Western Empire. Without this base, there will be no way to provide certain things. In the end, everything may become hollow and fail in the end.
It's still them.
The navy of the Western Empire was probably the first department to be destroyed in this war. After the war, the emperor of the Western Empire replaced all the senior officials of the navy. No matter what you were doing before, but now
As long as you are a member of the navy, get out of here immediately. In this war, the navy can be said to be the most useless department in the Western Empire. Many generals have proposed to abolish the navy. They believe that the navy is not needed.
, but the emperor of the Western Empire is not stupid. He knows why the people of the Eastern Empire are stronger than their people. The main reason is because the people of the Eastern Empire work very hard at sea. It is because of this,
They can obtain resources that the Western Empire cannot. In fact, the four major empires on the mainland are similar in terms of population and area. The degree of economic development may be very different, but one thing is certain, that is the navy
It's very important. If you want to go to sea, you must have your own army. Otherwise, if you find something on the sea, it will immediately become someone else's. This matter changed after the navy of the Southern Empire discovered a small island.
Even more amazing, this island used to be an uninhabited island, but people from the Southern Empire discovered a gold mine on it, a huge gold mine. Li Cong also visited this island, and there were at least
Hundreds of millions of taels of gold. Of course, the people from the Cao Family Trading Company would not go over and rob this place just for this little money. Moreover, this place is too close to the Southern Empire. Such a thing would make the Southern Empire
They are very disgusted with themselves. They will never do such a thing. This also makes the people of the Western Empire even more convinced that they must expand this matter. They must have their own navy. If they don't have their own navy,
If so, if I find out later that this is not my own.
The most depressing thing about the Western Empire now is how to build a navy if he doesn't have any silver. The best thing for him to do is to get the silver. For the Yue people, this is the best way to make a fortune.
Okay, send them all to the people in the Cao Family Trading Company to see how they deal with it. If this can make their life difficult, then these things are the best. (To be continued...)