Chapter 548: Forging a gold mountain to calm the hearts of the people

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?  When the massive salt ban movement broke out last winter, many people were actually in a state of anxiety.                                                                                                                 

These people are the representatives of merchants who bid for the franchise at the Wohu Business Exhibition last year. Their anxiety comes from the huge losses caused by the blocked business roads. Their anger comes from the state government's insistence on killing all the merchants of Jin and cutting off their originally flowing wealth.

When the movement to run the peasants, soldiers, merchants and gold broke out in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, some merchants from Yanzhou, Jizhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou and Sili areas could not withstand the instigation of secret forces and began to sell the banknotes in Jin in their hands. Some merchants even cut their flesh and sold their banknotes in their hands because they were eager to ship.

After the Jin State began issuing the fourth batch of treasury bonds, the merchants of the world suddenly realized that the energy of the farmer, soldiers, merchants and gold stores was beyond people's imagination. This financial institution that was hidden behind the Jin State's Commercial Bank on weekdays had already formed a financial empire, which could easily control the flow direction of the world's wealth and freely allocate the goods and resources of various states. These merchants even felt that as long as Zhao Xing controlled the farmer, soldiers, merchants, gold stores, the world would sooner or later fall into his hands.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang did not expect that Jin State's methods to resolve the run storm were so grand. Not only did they easily deal with the chaos in Qingxu and Erzhou, but they also turned around in the rain to search for 10 million taels of real gold and silver from Qingxu and Erzhou.

Zhuge Liang tried his best to join forces with many states and used the tens of millions of Jin Dynasty banknotes that were secretly acquired by the treasury of each state, and eventually turned into silver and money to flow back into the treasury of each state. However, Jin State re-operated and collected a larger scale of wealth from the people of the world in the form of borrowing. Perhaps because of the bewitching, the people of Qingzhou and Xuzhou followed the trend and rushed to buy national debts. What shocked Zhuge Liang was that the people of You and Liang actually had such a rich wealth.

According to the information sent back by intelligence personnel, the fourth batch of treasury bonds in Jin State issued a total of 30 million taels, and the two prefectures of Qing and Xu subscribed no more than 10 million taels, while the three prefectures of Youbing and Liang subscribed a total of 20 million taels. The total treasury income of gold and silver was the treasury income of the two years of the heyday of the Han Dynasty! What's more, the population of Youbing and Liang was originally sparse, and the land and property were not as rich as the Central Plains. If we compare the total wealth of the people in the current Youbing and Liang states, the total wealth of Sili area, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou and Wuzhou can be the same as the three prefectures controlled by Zhao Xing.

Zhuge Liang finally understood why Zhao Xing had always attached importance to business development and constantly improved the social status of businessmen and craftsmen on the controlled territory. Zhao Xing was just amid the ridicule of scholars in the world, gaining benefits, and burying himself in a hurry to strengthen himself. Then he took the time to stomp the scholar group under his feet and slapped a few times.

Yuan Shao from Jizhou is a typical representative of the scholar group. Now he is hiding in Yecheng and is in panic all day long. According to the development situation of Jin State, he will sooner or later be driven out of Jizhou by Zhao Xing. Next, Cao Cao from Yanzhou, the court in Sili area, the Sima family in Yizhou, and these once arrogant forces and aristocratic families that have lasted for thousands of years. Who can resist Zhao Xing, who is increasingly powerful?

When Zhuge Liang thought of the stormy future of the Han Dynasty, he felt a sense of powerlessness. Zhao Xing, the opponent, was too powerful, and he had almost no flaws to attack. Not only did he take steps in military steps, but he would first stabilize and govern after he had captured a territory, and then he would continue to expand after it was completely digested. He was also full of wisdom in governing internal affairs, appointing capable officials, selecting various talents in a irregular manner, mobilizing the people to supervise the exercise of their rights, fully guaranteeing the power and vested interests of the people, and many fruitful reforms made the You Bingliang and other places full of vitality.

Many times, Zhuge Liang was wondering whether Zhao Xing was a born sage? If it weren't for this, how could he be proficient in so many fields, and even invented the bras used by women?

Zhuge Liang once carefully studied Zhao Xing's past life. He was surprised to find that before "resurrecting the zombie", Zhao Xing was just a fool in Zhaojiazhuang, Huang County, and he didn't even know a few big words. All the amazing changes began to happen after Zhao Xing was lifted out of the coffin. This incident exuded a strange aura from head to toe...

When Zhuge Liang told Liu Bei about his inner doubts, Liu Bei was also deeply frightened. He felt that Zhuge Liang's suspicion was not a sensation. There were too many confusing things about Zhao Xing. If you want to deal with Zhao Xing, you must first figure out the background of Zhao Xing, otherwise how can you find his weakness?

Just as everyone in the world was paying attention to Zhao Xing's next move with various complex moods, another surprising news came from Wohu City, Jin State: the headquarters of the Agricultural and Military Commercial Bank of China, located in Wohu City, built a glazed hall at its gate. It is said that just to buy these crystal clear glazed tiles, it cost nearly one million taels of silver for the Agricultural and Military Commercial Bank of China. After the construction of the glazed hall was completed, the Grand Tutor Zhao personally conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for this magical building. When Zhao Xing pulled down the huge silk cloth covering the roof of the glazed hall, the onlookers felt a flash of sight, and then they saw a golden mountain of gold, standing quietly in the glazed hall.

A brave man asked Mr. Zhao how much the gold mountain in front of him was. Zhao Xing replied: "This gold mountain is worth 10 million taels of silver, which is a symbol of Jin's wealth and strength."

Another commoner asked Mr. Zhao why he wanted to cast a mountain of gold and placed it in Wohu City. Zhao Xing replied: "With this mountain of gold, the people will not have to worry about the banknotes issued by Jin State in the future. Everyone can use Jin State's banknotes with confidence."

Zhao Xing's dialogue with the people before Kingsoft was recorded locally by a reporter from Jinbao, and then accompanied by the painter's real scene sketch, and published it in the form of a front page headline. The title of this news is "Casting a Gold Mountain to Safeguard the People's Heart", which was written by Ms. Cai Wenji, the top reporter of Jinbao.

Although not many people of this era have heard of the term "reserve", after seeing the news in the newspaper, they rushed to Wohu City to personally watch the golden mountain of wealth. Standing in front of the guards who guarded the mountain of gold day and night, the people of Jin proudly said to outsiders: "See, we Jin is not short of money!" ~
Chapter completed!