"Proprietor, we have calculated it. The working capital in our store is 3,000 gold dollars, which can buy 6,000 bonds. From the month we buy the bonds, we can get ten gold dollars in interest every month!" Someone from the South
In a chamber of commerce, the accountant said to his boss after careful calculation.
"Father, it's only ten gold dollars a month. Isn't it too unsafe for us to just spend all the money to buy that thin piece of paper?" his son asked.
"Silly boy, even if you buy bonds, isn't the money money? When you need money, can't you just exchange the bonds for gold and silver? Anyway, most of the money is usually kept.
It's not a big deal if it gets rusty. It's better to use it to buy bonds and earn interest.
You must know that for many untouchables, one gold dollar per month is enough for a family of five to live comfortably. Ten gold dollars is already half a year's expenses for many poor families.
Already." The proprietor said with a smile.
In the end, no matter how many worried words his son said, he could not stop the owner from using the working capital in the store to buy bonds. When the 6,000 bonds came into his hands, he found a private place and kept them carefully.
Got up.
The same thing can be seen everywhere in the south. Many people know that the interest rate on this thing is quite high, and it is not bad to wait for the interest to be earned. However, there are still many people, like the boss's children, who maintain a high level of interest in this thing.
attitude of distrust.
But this does not affect the overall situation. All 70% of the bonds were eventually sold out. Those aristocratic families and ordinary people who did not buy them have nothing to do except regret why they did not buy them earlier.
Wait... The wisdom of the Chinese people is extraordinary. Now that there is a market, scalpers naturally arise.
"What, you actually sold one bond for one gold dollar when there were two bonds for one gold dollar?"
"What's weird? Someone has already sold two bonds for three gold yuan. I think this is a reasonable price! Moreover, as long as you buy the bonds and put them up to earn interest, your capital will be back after one year.
You spend all your time making pure profits!"
"I bought it, how much is it?"
"Only a hundred pieces..."
"Here, here is one hundred gold dollars!"
Such conversations are common in front of the bond trading center. However, the increase in the value of bonds is not high, and the maximum can only be maintained at the point where three gold dollars can be exchanged for two bonds. No matter how high it is, the waiting time for the withdrawal is too long.
Others can't wait.
One month later, Luoyang Cabinet Conference Room.
"How much did you earn?" Cao Cao asked with a smile.
"Seven hundred and forty-one thousand gold yuan, a fraction is negligible! Moreover, this is the part earned by the south. If you count the part from the north, it would be even more!" Zhang Ming said excitedly.
"Wow, it's more than this year's fiscal revenue!" Xiahou Dun said excitedly.
"The market in the south has not yet been fully developed, and the bond saturation level is far from reached. So according to my idea, I will invest another 500,000 bonds in the south to shock the market." Liu Xie said.
"This should be no problem. Those aristocratic families in the empire might call them Teng." Gongsun Sheng said with a smirk.
"Come to think of it, why are those aristocratic families in the south so stupid that they are so active in sending money to us in the north for construction!" Li Hui shook his head.
"It's not that they are stupid, it's that they don't understand the difference between saving and investing. Perhaps in their view, investing means taking money to make money, and saving is actually a type of investment.
But they don’t know that if we use this money for development and construction, we may take greater risks, but the result is that our fiscal revenue next year will definitely increase by more than three times!
But if our investment fails, because it is their money that is lost, the only result is that they also bear the risk with us. Furthermore, in order to avoid this risk, they will become our natural allies! And what we need to do
, just give them some interest!" Xie Bian said slyly.
"The only pity is that things like the stock market and banknotes have not been able to take off immediately. If these two weapons of economic warfare emerge, our economic invasion of the south will definitely increase the harvest from expropriation to robbery." Xiahou Dun
Said helplessly.
"It will take a period of adaptation and promotion to achieve the goal, but the stock market and banknotes are not only the most powerful weapons in economic warfare, but they are also a double-edged sword. Not only can they cripple the other party's economy, they may also damage the domestic economy.
The decline will even lead to unemployment and even suicide for some people.
And often using these two things to engage in economic warfare will directly cause damage to the country's positive image. The Han Empire is an unprecedented super empire, and it is also a state of etiquette. It must not lose its moral integrity." Kong Rong was worried.
Speaking of.
"Only small countries worry about losing face. What big countries need is to continue to make the country stronger. Compared with making the country prosperous, what does the so-called face have to do with it? You know, if others want to play economic war, they will
I don’t have this qualification at all!” Xie Bian said proudly.
To be honest, he really looked down on this old scholar-turned-Secretary-General of the Trading Department. What he hated most was probably that the twenty Under-Secretaries only existed as observers, and most of them maintained absolute silence when the cabinet members discussed matters.
He was quiet, but he always added a few words casually.
However, he knew that apart from rebutting with reason, he could never make any personal or verbal attacks on his questions or speeches.
Because the existence of the gallery is used to check for leaks and fill vacancies. Kong Rong can speak and dare to speak. This is a good sign. At least the cabinet meeting will become more democratic. As for what nonsense he said
, if you can't argue, just ignore it gracefully.
Now that Xie Bian had refuted it, Kong Rong naturally couldn't continue to delve deeper. In fact, he also knew that he was a petty person, and there was no way he could let the twelve ministers deny their decision. But as one of the twenty-four ministers,
He has the right and the obligation to give a reminder.
"The first step has been completed. The people's dissatisfaction with the South has become relatively strong. The emergence of bonds has directly led to more aristocratic families becoming our allies. The second step of the second step has been completed. Now I
The most worrying thing is, are the first preparations really ready?" Cao Cao said worriedly.
"You can rest assured about this!" Huang Zhong smiled faintly, "The twenty Shanyue tribes have expressed their willingness to be at our disposal, and what we need to pay is to give them the same rights and status as the Han people after the war!"
"As expected of that disciple, it only took one year to make the Shanyue people almost Chinese. The most rare thing is that it made them full of longing for the Han Empire." Hua Tuo couldn't help but sigh.
"After all, in Zunyi, Nanyang, the Pan family is a very clear example. As long as you really see their current living standards, I believe those Shanyue will be tempted! In fact, I have always suspected that the master moved the Pan family to Nanyang, and
Is accepting the two legitimate sons of the Pan family as disciples just to prepare for today?" Zhang Ming waved his hand and said.
"No matter what the purpose is, the focus of our goal now is the cooperation of those Shanyue! In other words, can the people who replace those disciples be trusted?" Cao Cao said casually.
"There is no problem. They are all sent out after careful screening by the Security Bureau. Each tribe has sent a quasi-regiment-level officer and a senior political commissar!" Xiahou Dun said with certainty.
"When will the real action be taken?" Kong Rong, Deputy Minister of Education, asked.
"I'm sorry about this. For the safety of the soldiers, we will not announce it until one hour before the operation begins. And everyone must strictly abide by the principle of confidentiality during the entire process!" Xiahou Dun said seriously.
"Sorry, I didn't mean it..." Kong Rong said apologetically.
"Ignorance is not a crime. Anyway, we didn't declare it in advance." Xiahou Dun nodded and replied.
One month later, the Chinese Republic suffered a fierce attack from twenty tribes.
It's amazing that they all seem to have received long-term military training. Both in terms of combat methods and combat effectiveness, they are much stronger than ordinary Shanyue.
This group of Shanyue did not attack cities and territories, but they focused their attacks on the countryside. They did not harm ordinary villagers, but specifically targeted families outside the city, and directly destroyed all their families.
For a time, the Republic was bleeding like a river, and hundreds of people died in the war every day. Once the Republic's army invaded, these Yue people used their familiarity with the mountains and forests and their strong skills to fight and suppress the people in the mountains and forests.
The officers and soldiers carried out guerrilla warfare with brilliant results.
For a time, people in the Chinese Republic were panicked. Especially those aristocratic families, they felt for the first time that settling down in the south would be risking their lives! If they were not careful, they would be slaughtered by Shanyue.
So what's the use of working so hard to make the family stronger?
So, they began to buy houses in the city, and then moved their families to the city. They knew that Shanyue did not have siege equipment, and they had not been seen attacking the town for so long, so they should be safe in the city.
As for the residence in the wild, just leave it to the temporarily appointed housekeeper to help take care of it.
However, the nightmare is not over yet.
This group of Shanyue drove the officers and soldiers crazy, but kept breaking up the traps and tricks laid by the officers and soldiers. I don’t know how they sneaked into the city. They obviously didn’t have any weapons, but they suddenly took out a large number of weapons from somewhere.
Everything from crossbows to machetes and spears is available, and everyone even has a set of leather armor!
So, the massacre started again, and a large number of aristocratic families were killed. After Shanyue succeeded, he almost didn't spend the night in the city. He hurriedly left the town before the army arrived, took the looted materials, and escaped.
Into the mountains and forests.
"Damn it! This group of Shanyue is definitely not an ordinary Shanyue! Obviously, there are many strategies and tactics from the north, but why don't the immortals come to the rescue?!" Sima Yi was angry after torturing the office.