After listening to Wang Yong's words, the senior officials of Daqian all nodded in approval. In their view, Cao Cao was a lucky man. He occupied the two states by relying on deceit and swindlers, and he was lucky enough not to become the main offensive of their Daqian. Their current power is the result of their goal. If they really regard Cao Cao as the target of their attack, one attack would be enough to annex Cao Cao's power.
Xu Wei thought for a while and asked Wang Ge: "Is Yuan Tan's strength restored now?"
Knowing yourself and the enemy means you can fight a hundred battles without danger. Xu Wei wanted to understand Yuan Tan's strength before making his next plan.
Wang Ge said: "Although we defeated the coalition forces of the princes in the Central Plains War, we severely damaged the Yuan clan's power!"
"But Yuan Tan has experts under him. Now Yuzhou is also following our example in issuing banknotes, and the effect is very obvious. It is said that in the past six months, Yuan Tan has used banknotes to collect billions of money from the people of Yuzhou. With this money, With support, Yuan Tan continued to expand his army, allowing the Yuzhou Army to return to 200,000. At the same time, Yuan Tan also continued to cast artillery. Now there are hundreds of artillery! And he also used the copper coins he collected on New Year's Day. Go to Liu Bei and Cao Cao's territory to buy grain, weapons, armor and artillery!"
Li Gang was surprised and said: "They even sell artillery. How can Cao Cao and Liu Bei be so generous? They actually vomited blood to support Yuan Tan like this?"
Wang Ge said: "Yuan Tan paid three times the price, which means that Liu Bei and Cao Cao can now earn two cannons by selling one cannon!"
Li Gang mocked: "You are indeed a disciple of a top noble family, and you are still so generous now!"
Wang Ge said: "Although Yuan Tan suffered a loss, the effect was very significant. Now the granaries in Yuzhou are full of grain, the arsenal is also full of steel swords and armor, and even the number of artillery in his hands is the largest among the three princes of the Han Dynasty. Bit.
It can be said that Yuan Tan has not rested for the past six months. He is either recruiting soldiers, trying to make weapons and armor, or casting artillery. It can be said that he is trying every means to improve his strength.
Now Yuan Tan's military strength is not much inferior to that of Yuan Shao's time, but the combat effectiveness of too many recruits in the army has been slightly reduced, but if they are allowed to train for a few more years, I am afraid that Yuan Tan's strength will be fully restored!"
Xu Weidao: "Yuan Tan can make billions of dollars in Yuzhou, but there hasn't been much turmoil yet. I really don't know what to say!"
It has to be said that before the powerful nobles took over the world, they were not completely corrupted, and their ability to learn new things was extremely strong. Not only did they learn to use banknotes so quickly, but they could also use banknotes to send and receive billions of money. I'm afraid the captain of the transportation team back then didn't have this ability.
There was no damage to Cao Cao and Liu Bei's territory. They could use grain, cloth and other items as collateral for the banknotes. However, Yuan Tan's territory had already been severely damaged. There was no food or money. What could he use as collateral for the issuance of banknotes? How can we maintain stable commodity prices on our own territory?
All this confused Xu Wei. Could it be that Yuan Tan was really so lucky to have found an economic expert?
Thinking of the captain of the transportation team, Xu Wei suddenly had an idea. Could this be a comeback?
He immediately asked: "Yuan Tan's current military expenditure, I'm afraid even if he collects billions, it won't be enough! What is the collateral for the banknotes he issues?"
Not to mention artillery, even if you have a blast furnace and a suit of armor, it will cost 100,000 yuan. 10,000 sets is 1 billion yuan. Yuan Tanyi wants to equip 100,000 armored troops, which is enough to bankrupt him, let alone recruit new ones.
With an army of hundreds of thousands, the weapons and equipment of these soldiers are indispensable, and the food, grass and money to support these soldiers are also indispensable. In addition, he also needs to forge artillery. Unless Yuan Tan has a plug-in, otherwise, just relying on the land of the two states in his hands,
It is impossible to support such a large military expenditure.
Wang Ge said: "I haven't heard of any collateral for Yuan Tan's banknotes, but it seems that they can be used to deduct taxes?"
"Yuan Tan is the Sixth Thief. Internally, he lets his people use banknotes to buy Liu Bei and Cao Cao's weapons and equipment with copper coins!"
"Credit currency!" This should be regarded as the ultimate form of paper money, but I didn't expect that Yuan Tanyi, who had gone through the path of currency for thousands of years, actually used the ultimate form of currency.
But Xu Wei knew that to support credit currency, one must have the strength of a global hegemon. Otherwise, credit currency would be a joke.
Yuantan obviously does not have the strength of a global hegemon. Xu Wei can completely imagine that the fate of the captain of the transportation team is waiting for Yuan Tan. Sooner or later, Yuzhou's economy will collapse! I am afraid that not only the people will have to take refuge in him, but also businessmen and small businesses.
The landowners are all turning to themselves.
Yuan Tan is simply seeking death!
Thinking of this, Xu Wei felt that he could speed up the process. In this case, when he attacks Sili and Yuzhou, he might be able to defeat the enemy with overwhelming force!
So Xu Wei said: "From now on, we will prepare to launch a war against Yuan Tan!"
"Xiliang raised an army of 50,000 to maintain the offensive situation in Guanzhong, Jinye raised an army of 50,000 in Taiyuan to maintain the oppression of Hedong County, Shangdang County raised an army of 50,000 to maintain the oppression of the Hanoi Army, and then from Jizhou
Recruit an army of 200,000, and Yanzhou also recruits an army of 200,000! The camps of these armies must be all around Yuan Tan’s forces. We must make Yuan Tan fearful and uneasy."
Just these few routes mentioned by Xu Wei have exceeded 550,000 troops. This is a decisive battle!
Wang Ge was surprised and said: "In power, are you thinking of annihilating Yuan Tan's army in one battle in winter and annexing Yuan Tan's territory?"
The number of troops dispatched was larger than that of the original Central Plains War. They all suspected that Xu Wei wanted to complete his victory in one battle!
Xu Wei smiled and said: "No, I want Yuan Tan to collapse. Yuan Tan has no collateral at all, but dares to issue banknotes. It is simply ignorant of the heights of the world. Now I want to use the military situation to oppress him and make him
Conquer Yuzhou violently, conquer it with all our strength, and use all the resources collected from it on the military. Eventually, Yuzhou and Sili will collapse under Yuan Tan's conquest, and then we can easily occupy the land of the two states!"
Li Gang doubted: "Even if the economy of Sili and Yuzhou collapsed, the biggest losses were only the businessmen. Although the ordinary people suffered some losses, they couldn't do anything to Yuan Tan. With these more than 500,000 troops recruited, even if they don't fight,
, but the cost is not small, our behavior can really make Yuan Tan's power collapse!"
It’s no wonder that Li Gang thinks this way. A gentleman does not speak of profit. The great scholars in this world basically don’t think too deeply about economics. Therefore, the big Han people don’t have much understanding of economics from top to bottom.
Li Gang and others did not believe that the economic collapse would cause much harm to Yuan Tan.