Since the beginning of winter, Zhang Liang has been huddled in Zhuangzi outside the city all day long, not daring to go out.
The reason why I dare not go out is very simple, because as long as I am recognized when I go out, I will be scolded and beaten like a storm.
Not only him, but also Changsun Shunde, Liu Hongji and others received the same treatment.
Ever since they announced the bankruptcy of their trading company and stated that it was because the actual value of their trading company was far less than its stock price, thus triggering a terrifying decline in the stock market, they have become a typical example that everyone is calling for beatings.
That is to say, Li Yunze was kind and gradually began to buy back shares at a price lower than the issue price, so that most people's losses were not as serious as they imagined. What they really lost was an inflated value. This prevented them from being beaten to death.
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Of course, Target will not accept stocks from wealthy and aristocratic families, so they can only wait and be unable to repay the money.
Others who don’t accept it are those foreigners who use state capital to speculate in stocks.
The popularity of the Datang stock market attracted a large number of foreigners to join it.
Apart from Hu merchants, the most important thing was the capital brought by envoys from various countries.
At the beginning, they were relatively cautious, but as the stock price soared, they couldn't help it when they saw others making huge profits while they only made a small amount of money.
After the news spread back to their home countries, kings from various countries sent people to escort Guo Ben to Chang'an City. They first exchanged the money for banknotes at the bank, and then rushed into the stock market to buy like crazy.
Of course, there is no need to say more when making a nest. You can really make a lot of money. It is not an exaggeration to say that you are directly digging for gold.
After learning the news, even powerful people from various countries sent people to invest in the stock market with their property. At most, some people even earned several times their principal.
At that time, most people thought they would continue to make money like this and their profits would be ruined.
Only Lu Dongzan vaguely felt something was wrong. He thought that there were countless wealth in the world, how could there be so much.
Out of caution, he did take some action.
The person who had the same idea and the same approach as him was the Goguryeo envoy Yeon Gaesumun.
When the stock market crashes, these foreign investors will naturally suffer the same consequences.
Even Ludong Chan and Yeon Gaesumun lost a lot, just less than others.
They also went to Li Er to ask for an explanation, but unfortunately Tian Khan left Chang'an City and saw no one.
The envoys from various countries were naturally very angry, but no matter how angry they were, there was nothing they could do. They could not send troops to plunder Chang'an City.
They thought, it's a pity that they don't have that strength.
Of course, this hatred must have been forged, and future wars are naturally unavoidable.
Speaking of war, the Tang Dynasty, which had been peaceful for a while, started fighting again in the winter.
This time the enemy forces were not the surrounding small countries, but party members who took the initiative to join the Tang Dynasty after Tuyuhun was destroyed.
The Dangxiang people are also called Dangxiang Qiang, and they belong to a branch of the Qiang people.
They had followed Tuyuhun before and attacked Datang.
After the boss was eliminated, the party members hurriedly went to the dock again to recognize the Khan.
Li Er didn't make things difficult for them, and organized an area for them to live in.
Unexpectedly, the chief of the Dangxiang people sold most of the cattle and sheep in the tribe, exchanged them for property, and sent people to Chang'an City to speculate in stocks.
The result is of course as you can imagine, not to mention losing all their money. In winter, when it snows heavily and the tribe cannot survive, the only option is to rob it.
The Dangxiang people are surrounded by the territory of the Tang Dynasty. In order to survive, they can only rob the Tang Dynasty.
As for talking about how powerful the Tang Dynasty is, I can't care about it now. I'll grab food and eat first.
It was said that it was a war, but in fact it was more like pacifying a bandit group.
Historically, the Dangxiang people moved inland during the Wu Zetian period. During the Huangchao period, they gradually formed separatist vassal towns and were given the surname Li.
Later, Li Yuanhao proclaimed himself emperor and founded Xixia, and issued the baldness order, which meant that the hair should be left uncut, and the hairstyle must be styled bald.
Now, Li Yunze, who is familiar with history, will certainly not give the Dangxiang people the slightest chance to turn around.
He took the initiative to speak to Li Er, saying that if Dang Xiang Qiang could not be punished severely, then all the tribes would follow suit and despise the authority of Tian Khan, and it would also affect the reduction plan on the grassland.
After all, if you don't have enough deterrence, why should they ask you to reduce your gender?
Li Er was slightly surprised and didn't understand why Li Yunze was so aggressive.
However, Li Er still accepted his suggestion.
Compared with the Dangxiang Qiang who are not worth mentioning now, the reduction of Ding in the prairie is the most important. As long as the reduction of Ding can be strictly implemented, the prairie will never be able to threaten the Central Plains again.
The trick of killing chickens to scare monkeys is universal in any era.
The party members didn't think much of it at all. They just couldn't survive in the winter, so they looted the area around Lanzhou. Without any education, they wouldn't know what kind of revenge they would get.
Li Er looked down on the party members because although they were many in number, they didn't even have decent armor.
As for strict training and so on, those are all things that have no shadow.
In Li Er's mind, they were just a bunch of bastards, not worth mentioning.
To deal with such bastards, there was no need to use famous generals. After a round of selection, Cheng Yaojin was selected as the main general.
Cheng Yaojin was appointed as the general manager of Longyou Road, and 30,000 soldiers from the Sixteenth Guards were dispatched to Lanzhou to exterminate the party Xiang Qiang.
Unexpectedly, Li Yunze volunteered to serve as the logistics commander for this battle.
Through the stock exchange, Li Yunze and Li Er conspired to almost drain the wealth of wealthy families.
In addition to using such a huge amount of money to build railways, the most important use is to finance wars and military expenditures.
Li Er wanted to surpass the ancestor dragon Hanwu, wanted to build the Tang Dynasty into a giant Tang Dynasty, and wanted to entrust his son to the end of the world. The only option was to fight.
Winter is not a good time to send troops. The cold weather is not only a huge physical test for the soldiers, but also has a greater impact on logistics.
It is more than a thousand miles from Chang'an City to Lanzhou. If you rely on civilians to transport logistics supplies in winter, you have to be prepared to lose thousands of civilians and a large amount of supplies.
But things are different now. The railway from Chang'an to Lanzhou is nearing completion and has been built as far as Didao, which is Lintao.
The soldiers and civilians no longer need to brave the snowflakes flying all over the sky and trudge forward in the vast white snow.
They sat in the car with the stove burning, chatting and laughing, warming up the fire. From time to time they picked up the iron kettle on the stove, poured a cup of boiling water, sprinkled some tea leaves, green onions, ginger, salt, sugar, spices and the like and drank hot tea.
In the tea ceremony of the Tang Dynasty, various things were added to the tea. There were not many people like Li Yunze who drank only green tea without adding anything.
The soldiers all have their own acres of land. With Li Yunze bringing a large number of agricultural tools, seeds and other materials to promote planting, it is no surprise that onions, ginger, garlic, salt, sugar, peppers, spices, etc.
Cheng Yaojin picked up the hot water kettle on the stove and poured hot water into the iron cup in front of him. While the steam was steaming, the green tea leaves continued to roll and stretch, gradually dyeing the tea into light green.
The current trend in Chang'an City is to follow Li Yunze's example.
Following his example of food, clothing, housing and transportation, he drank only green tea. The nobles immediately followed suit, even Li Er.
After taking a nice sip of hot tea, Cheng Yaojin breathed out the hot breath comfortably.
"Thank you for having you." Cheng Yaojin put down the cup and said with a smile to Li Yunze opposite, "If it weren't for these things you got, I would still have to travel in the wind and snow."
"Then give me a thank you gift." Li Yunze, who was leaning on the chair, closed his eyes and rested. "It's boring to just say thank you with your mouth."
"Hahaha~~~"
Cheng Yaojin covered up the topic with laughter, "How do you think we should defeat the Qiang people this time?"
After hearing this, Li Yunze, who had his arms folded in front of his chest, finally opened his eyes, "No need to test, I am not interested in taking your military power. I am here to ensure the logistics for you. You can fight however you want.
Even if you let the soldiers who urinate yellow go to kill the Qiang people,
It doesn’t matter if it’s flooded.”
Hearing this, Cheng Yaojin breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Yunze's identity is unusual. What he worries most about is telling him how to fight. This is something that no military general can tolerate.
Now that everyone has made things clear, there is no doubt that this is a good thing.
"With you, the God of Wealth, in charge of logistics, I am very confident this time."
Cheng Yaojin really wanted to say, the mere Qiang people don't matter. When I come to fight the Qiang people, I will catch the bastard in a jar, and I am sure of it.
The Qiang people are just a tribe with low organization.
Moreover, they are hungry now, and the entire tribe does not have a few sets of armor. If they use Tang Dynasty soldiers to fight against them, it is only natural that they will win. If they lose, Cheng Yaojin will have no shame in returning to Chang'an City.
"Logistics materials are allocated by the emperor and the court and have nothing to do with me."
Li Yunze turned his head and looked at the heavy snow outside the thick car window, "You have to thank the emperor and the court."
Cheng Yaojin grinned and simply changed the subject again, "Just give me some of your road construction stuff."
Li Yunze withdrew his gaze and turned to look at him, "It's just to fight the Qiang people, you don't have any use for it."
Cheng Yaojin was still arguing, "The Qiang people's camps are also quite strong."
Listening to these words that Cheng Yaojin himself didn't believe, Li Yunze smiled and shook his head, "Go and ask for the imperial edict. If His Majesty agrees, it will be given to you."
What they are talking about is actually the gunpowder used to open mountains when building railways.
Gunpowder appeared in China very early, but it had to wait until the Song Dynasty to put it into military use.
The main reason is not that no one can see its efficacy, but that it has too many impurities and is too weak to be worth it.
Li Yunze provided the technology, and the purified black powder was already very powerful and could be used to attack cities.
In addition, with the popularity of cotton, more powerful things such as nitrocellulose are also being developed.
The powerful gunpowder played a huge role in the construction of the railway. The terrifying power when it was used to open the mountain shocked Li Er so much that he immediately covered it up as a national treasure.
"Are you thinking about Goguryeo?"
Li Yunze saw through Cheng Yaojin's thoughts, "I thought I would use it first this time, and when we fight against Goguryeo, we will become a veteran with experience in using it. Even if I can't be the head coach, I can still have the status of an accompanying general."
Cheng Yaojin rubbed his face and said, "You are too smart."
"The main reason is that your acting skills are not good. You can express your thoughts on your face in just a few words."
The soldiers in the carriage began to shout out greetings to arrive at the meal time. Cheng Yaojin and Li Yunze stood up at the same time and walked towards the dining car.
Ordinary sergeants can only wait in the carriage to eat from a large pot of rice, but those above the rank of colonel have a special dining car to provide meals.
When he came to the dining car and looked at the steaming dishes, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but sigh.
"We are not here to fight. We don't get this kind of treatment when we go out for an outing in the city."