After all, Cao Cao did not punish Cui Yan. After all, he is the most powerful person in Qingzhou for forging artillery!
But he still said forcefully: "We must more than double the number of artillery castings, and we must find a way to cast huge cannons. We must cast huge cannons even at any cost!"
Cui Yan frowned and said: "If this is the case, I'm afraid the cost of this artillery will rise sharply!"
Cao Cao said: "I said no expense was spared!"
Now that things are like this, Cui Yan has nothing to say, so he can only nod his head and agree!
Guo Jia thought for a while and said: "There must be brave men under heavy rewards. Big cannons can be made by Da Gan. Our craftsmen should also have such talents. It's just that we in Qingzhou don't value craftsmen as much as Lei Gong. Da Gan is a master craftsman." You can earn millions of dollars a month, but our workers can barely make ends meet. How can workers with such treatment think of ways to improve the performance of artillery!"
"A monthly income of one million yuan! Fengxiao, are you kidding me? Can the Qingzhou government support such a large expenditure?" Cui Yan said in disbelief.
However, Cao Cao said firmly: "Feng Xiao is right. There must be brave men under heavy rewards. If you can get artillery technology, why should I be stingy with rewards?"
After speaking, Cao Cao looked at a worker who was pouring the five baht coins collected by Cao Cao into the furnace. Cao Cao felt heartbroken when he saw it. Casting artillery at this stage was just a waste of money!
"Wen Ruo, I issued an edict to the entire Qingxu. Only people can improve artillery technology. Whether it is to increase production or to improve the purpose of artillery, I can recommend him to become a prince of the Han Dynasty like the imperial court!"
Then he looked at the craftsmen at the artillery factory and said: "Ji Gui, the monthly salary of the staff at your artillery factory will be doubled. The order I just gave is also valid for you! They can come up with effective cannon casting technology. I The officials will reward you generously. If you can make a 100-pound cannon, I will not be stingy with the rewards from the princes!"
Cui Yan was a little excited and said, "Even I am a little excited about this reward from Duke Ming!"
Even the current princes of the Han Dynasty are very noble. In the entire Han Dynasty, there are only two dozen people who can be called "Hou Ye"!
After leaving the artillery factory, Cao Cao sighed: "Our armaments are recovering so slowly. How can we resist the attack of Daqian?"
Cao Cao needed more than just artillery. He lost 40,000 to 50,000 in the Central Plains War. To restore these troops now is not just about recruiting soldiers. Soldiers' weapons and equipment are a huge expense. Daily training now requires no expense. Forged artillery, it can be said that Qingxu and Qingzhou have been squeezed to the limit by Cao Cao! In order to survive, he had to squeeze his allies, the wealthy nobles of Qingzhou,
Xun You said to Cao Cao: "Ming Gong, the more we are at this time, the less we can disrupt our position. If there is chaos in Qingzhou, our army will be defeated without attacking!"
In Xun Yu's view, the current land of Qingxu was already very dangerous. The wealthy nobles in Qingzhou were ready to make a move and even contacted Lei Gong. Apparently they could no longer bear the oppression of Cao Cao, and the same was true for the people of Qingxu, although Cao Cao allocated fields to them.
However, in order to maintain armaments, taxes are constantly increasing, and in order to prevent large-scale corvee work, it is continuously extended. Even in winter, the people of Qingzhou are still doing corvee work. Now many people have escaped across the Yellow River and fled to Hebei. The land is gone. Xun or Xun paid special attention to this. If they lost the support of the people, it would be impossible for Qingzhou to hold on!
When Cao Cao heard this, he sneered and said: "Kong Rong and his people have gone to Hebei!"
It was impossible for Guoyuan and the others to conceal their actions, and Cao Cao knew their actions clearly! But Cao Cao really couldn't do anything to them, because most of Cao Cao's troops were now infiltrated by powerful nobles. If he
If you dare to seize the noble families in Qingzhou, the entire Qingzhou and Xuzhou will be in chaos!
But now that there is chaos in Qingzhou, Lei Gong will definitely take advantage of it. If he didn't have this scruple, Cao Cao would have killed Kong Rong and the others!
Xun You nodded helplessly and said: "They were frightened by the war in the Central Plains. Even though Lei Gong treated them like this, they still want to reconcile with Lei Gong."
Guo Jia also smiled bitterly and said: "The powerful nobles in Qingzhou can no longer be exploited. You must know that Lei Gong has killed them all, but even so they have to take refuge with Lei Gong. It can be seen that for Kong Rong and the others, we have nothing to do with them and Lei Gong now."
What’s different! The most important thing is that they have no hope!”
Cao Cao said angrily: "We surrendered to Lei Gong when we saw no hope. When did Kong Rong and others become so weak? The late emperor's party officials didn't see them being so weak back then. When the Yellow Turban Army swept across Qingzhou, why didn't they see them being so weak! Now Lei Gong
Being tough on them makes them weak!"
Guo Jiadao: "My lord, don't worry about Kong Rong and the others being at odds with each other. I know Lei Gong. It is impossible for him to reconcile with the nobles. He has already declared to the whole world that the nobles have lost their morals. He wants to be politically clean."
The power of the aristocratic clans and their subordinates were deployed. From this point of view, Lei Gong did it more simply than Zulong. Kong Rong and the others could give up the land, but they would never give up their disciples and old officials. Without them,
How can these disciples, the former official Kong Rong, maintain their own family background?"
Cao Cao heard this and sneered: "Feng Xiao is right. Now that Lei Gong is victorious in every battle, how can he accept losers like Kong Rong! Only when Lei Gong refuses to accept them will they give up completely. At that time, they can only come up with the last resort."
My old man has resisted Thunder God!"
The current turmoil in Qingzhou is to some extent caused by the casting of artillery. Bronze is needed to cast artillery. Cao Cao tried his best to confiscate all the copper coins in Qingxu to cast cannons, but this caused dissatisfaction among the powerful nobles. They did not want to use their own coffins to resist
Thunder Lord.
The same goes for the people of Qingxu. Although Cao Cao and the others made banknotes, they were not highly recognized by the people, and Cao Cao did not have many goods that could support the banknotes. He could have used salt and grain, but because he had to face the large army
During the attack, Cao Cao was unwilling to provide food. Due to the emergence of salt fields, the price of salt collapsed. Cao Cao could not sell it too expensively, otherwise the salt from Hebei would enter Qingxu.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The value of salt has greatly decreased, and the value of banknotes issued by Cao Cao has also decreased greatly. After all, no one can eat salt as food. Everyone gets the banknotes issued by Cao Cao.
It is difficult to exchange paper money for the goods you want, and paper money is worthless, so everyone still likes to trade with copper coins. However, because Cao Cao cast a large number of cannons, the copper coins on the market have decreased significantly, and now Qingxu has begun to experience deflation.
Everyone was even more reluctant to give out copper coins. So the market in Qingxu began to be depressed, and everyone began to barter. But even if this happened, Cao Cao and the others could not reduce the speed of casting artillery with copper coins, because they did not have artillery.
Death is certain! So Cao Cao and the others could only watch Qingxu become turbulent, but they had no choice but to do anything!
But Guo Jia also sighed helplessly and said: "The situation of our army is too bad. It is too close to Hebei. No matter how powerful we are, it will be difficult to use it. It would be much better if we occupied Yangzhou. At least there would be some room for change!"
Instead of facing Lei Gong's troops like now!"
Now Guo Jia admits that he thinks highly of himself. He originally thought that his talents can limit Lei Gong from taking over the world, but in fact they have been following behind Lei Gong, and the gap in strength between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger. Now Lei Gong wants to
They can't even resist Qingzhou!
Cao Cao could only sigh. Although he occupied half of Xuzhou, it did not improve the situation he faced. "It is useless to say this now. Everyone should think about how to resist Thunder God!"
Xun You said: "I may have received good news. Although we suffered heavy casualties in the Central Plains War, Lei Gong was not in trouble either. It is said that the debt owed by Da Gan now exceeds 80 billion. Lei Gong's subordinates are all frightened and have asked Lei Gong to return to You.
State solve this problem!”
Cao Cao was surprised and said with envy: "80 billion, I can only say that Cao is worthy of being a thunder god. He can actually borrow so much money. Hebei is too rich!"
If he could borrow so much money, the situation in Qingzhou would not be so dangerous. However, after learning that Da Gan owed such a high debt, Cao Cao felt relieved. Such a high debt was enough for Lei Gong.
He has been having headaches for several years, and he thinks it will be impossible for him to continue to conquer the Central Plains in the past few years!
Guo Jia said helplessly: "The sequelae of the original complaint were too serious. Now the merchants of the entire Han Dynasty are basically in Hebei!"
The sequelae of robbery like Gao Min Ling are too serious. The next time will have to wait at least several decades. It is impossible for Cao Cao to use it!
Youzhou and Ji County have been very lively recently. The big businessmen who made the Jizhou Glass Factory sold their shares to Daqian at an estimated price of 36 billion yuan. Three days ago, Cui Yi and other former nobles even sold their shares to Daqian for 7.2 billion yuan.
He bought a stake in Jizhou Glass Factory and took up 20% of the shares in Jizhou Glass Factory. This incident completely caused a sensation in the entire Jixian County!
First, it was the first time that everyone knew that a factory could be worth tens of billions of dollars. Second, there were real people who would spend tens of billions of dollars to buy shares in the factory. This was the first time that stocks appeared in the ears of the people of Jixian County! And it began to spread secretly.
Many people have not only seen stocks, but even bought some!
The news about Jixian Glass Factory continues to heat up. Everyone is curious about Xingsheng’s stock!
"A piece of paper can actually be sold for tens of thousands of dollars. We in power are really experts in doing business. You must know that this can be exchanged for a pound of gold!" An old man in the teahouse exclaimed!
The number of the middle class in Hebei is increasing day by day, and the development of Liaodong and the construction of water conservancy facilities in Jizhou have also made the food crisis in Hebei farther and farther away. Two years ago, after everyone finally did not need food stamps to buy food, the entire Hebei
The economy suddenly became more active.
Entertainment facilities such as teahouses and theaters that appeared hundreds of years later began to appear in Hebei, not to mention, and they have mushroomed like mushrooms after a rain, so now many people from the civil class like to come to teahouses during their breaks!
Among them, the children of the noble family are the main consumers of teahouses and theaters. They are rich, but now their rights to be officials have been deprived of their rights by Daqian. Therefore, the children of the powerful family hang out in teahouses to kill time all day long. Of course, there are many People hang out in the tavern and get drunk! It's very similar to the demeanor of hardcore farmers in later generations thousands of years later.
At this time, a person said curiously: "Mr. Zhang, your family is rich and you were born into a wealthy family. You must have seen this stock before, right?"
But Mr. Zhang immediately said: "I dare not say that. Now we are just ordinary people in Daqian. What kind of wealthy families are there? There are no wealthy families in Dagan!"
This third master Zhang is called Zhang Guoji, and he is considered a small powerful family in Youzhou. When Xu Wei occupied Mayi, they started to make some money by doing business with Xu Wei, and then when Xu Wei became more powerful, they also speculated After the Daqian army captured Youzhou, small tyrants like him were fully liquidated. Their land was divided, their family property was confiscated, and their evil-doing children were also hanged by Xu Wei. die.
So now he is frightened when he hears that his family is called a wealthy family. This is a big deal, and the title of wealthy family can kill people!
Of course, apart from these, Mr. Zhang still lived a very comfortable life. Although most of their property was confiscated, the bonds were not confiscated. The Zhang family relied on these bonds as start-up capital to purchase properties during the development of Youzhou. 5 cement boats were built for fishing business along the coast of Youzhou
Relying on these five cement ships, the Zhang family once again became violent. In a few years, their wealth even exceeded their original wealth. Now the Zhang family has 10 ships, five of which are large ocean-going wooden ships, and they also opened a small business. The fish processing factory can make tens of millions of dollars every year. Even if the Zhang family is not a big businessman in the entire Han Dynasty, it is still second-class!
After the Zhang family became prosperous, the children of the Zhang family naturally lived a very nourishing life, but this kind of nourishment was more of a kind of depression. If the Han Dynasty still existed, the Zhang family could still be a Cao official by relying on their connections in Jixian County. Or go to Luoyang City and spend some money to buy a county magistrate to shine.
But in Daqian, they can only be rich idlers. Ordinary people can join the army and enter the officialdom through imperial examinations, but they can't. You can imagine the pain of being discriminated against! So Mr. Zhang is doing this I became a frequent visitor to the teahouse and came here every day to spend time!
Seeing Mr. Zhang being so frightened, someone said: "Mr. Zhang, what are you afraid of? I am doing my best and I will not accuse anyone unjustly. Since the old man in power has not convicted you, you are a good person and it is even more impossible to arrest him now." is you!"
"Yes, there is nothing to be afraid of. Mr. Zhang, please tell us about stocks. Ten thousand dollars is out of reach for us, but for Neng, it is only a day's expense!"
Everyone guessed right. In order for Xu Wei to lift the ban on his Zhang family, the Zhang family was very concerned about Daqian's debts. Seventy percent of the money they earned every year was spent on purchasing Daqian's debts. One The small Zhang family actually has 30 million yuan in bonds. This time Xu Wei discovered the stock, and the Zhang family immediately followed suit. They quickly bought up the stocks that appeared in the world. So far, they have bought tens of millions. of glass factory stocks!