Uncle, please help the Han family

Zhao Gai, Qi Zhou, and Zi Yu are his confidantes.

"Master Qi, you have been working in Youzhou for so many years, you should know 'qian' very well, right?" After everyone else left, Liu Yu's tone naturally relaxed.

After a little comprehension, Qi Zhou asked back: "The Lord is talking about the money from the treasury?"

"Yes, how many?"

"Jicheng is the seat of a state, and the taxes paid by the counties and counties are basically stored in the state treasury every year... Before the lord took office, the official counted once, and there should be five baht, 450, and two trillion."

In ancient my country, trillion refers to 100 million, and 450 two trillion is 4.52 million yuan, four and a half small goals.

However, the amount of money sounds huge, but it is actually not that scary. After all, Cao Cao’s father spent 1 million yuan when he bought an official, so the money in the treasury of the provincial capital can only buy four captains.

"Then can the money from the counties below be used?" Liu Yu asked curiously again.

"Money from counties..." Qi Zhou hesitated, but now that there is no one else, he bluntly said, "The treasury money of Yuyang, Guangyang, Daijun, Zhuojun, Shanggu and other counties can be embezzled. However, monthly salaries are still paid to the officials... I am afraid that the officials below will complain if they are transferred like this.”

It's not just a complaint, it's a scolding.

Of course, Liu Yu is not a reckless man.Regarding this question, he tried to find a way to replace it: "In this way, all the salaries will be distributed in the future with food, towels... and even salt and wine, and then all the money of the counties and counties will be concentrated in the state treasury. Is this feasible? "

"Yes." Qi Zhou nodded slightly, and said, "Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the currency has depreciated a lot, and food, scarves and silk are more practical. I believe the officials will not complain."

By the way, the Eastern Han Dynasty's salary was a dual-track system, with both money and food, but money was prone to depreciation, so officials preferred food.

"How much money do we have after the collection of the Quanzhou government treasury in Jicheng?" Liu Yu had already regarded Qi Zhou as a housekeeper, and his tone of inquiry was particularly lifelike.

"Around [-] trillion yuan, it will be more or less." Qi Zhou estimated.

"Then if you use them all to buy horses, how many horses can you buy?!" Hearing this, Liu Yu's body suddenly stiffened, and he asked a little excitedly.

At this moment, Zhao Gai finally understood what the lord meant, so he said, "Could it be that the lord wants to use money to buy horses from the barbarians when they are trading with them, and then form a cavalry?"

Facing the curious gazes of the three, Liu Yu had a showdown: "That's right, form a cavalry."

"!" Hearing the words 'form cavalry', Zhao Ziyu's eyes suddenly shone.

The lord really has great ambitions!

After staying in Jicheng for so many days, Zhao Ziyu was actually in a bad mood, because she found that although Jicheng was taller and bigger than the cities in Liaodong, the state army inside the city and Gongsun Zan's frontier army could be said to be two different kinds different teams.

Not to mention the difference in momentum and quality, what's more, the lord's army of more than 1 people can't even gather a decent cavalry!

Most of the horses were hungry and emaciated, with uneven coat colors, and even the horse ridden by Captain Sima was not considered a good horse.To be honest, such an army can indeed fight Huren, but at most ten thousand can fight ten thousand, unlike the cavalry of Gongsun Zan's army, which has the strength of one against ten.

If you have a horse, you can train more intensively, and within a year, you will definitely be able to build an army with good combat effectiveness.

At that time, it may really not be a problem to join forces with Gongsun Zan's army to completely eliminate Hu Zan.After all, in addition to the quality of soldiers and tactical standards, the Han people have an absolute advantage over the Hu people-forging technology.

Although there are also mother stone mines in Saibei, the Hu people seem to be mentally handicapped in this kind of fine craftsmanship. This has been the case since ancient times. They rely on captive Han blacksmiths to build equipment, but the traffic was blocked in ancient times and the speed of spread was slow. , The efficiency is low, the forging technology of the Han people has actually been ahead of them for decades, whether it is weapons or armor, the quality of the things made of the same grade of materials is half a grade higher.

Therefore, a Han army equipped with horses, bows, and armor can become a tiger and wolf army after a certain period of training and some actual combat experience.

"My lord, if you want to buy a horse..." Qi Zhou has always believed that Liu Yu is a reliable boss, and there is absolutely nothing to say about his work ability. Although the attitude at the morning meeting today was relatively tougher than before, But being able to come up with the creative idea of ​​Juntun shows that he is a wise master.Therefore, he still played his role as the big steward of Youzhou, and explained seriously, "According to the market price, the price of an adult horse is around [-] yuan."

"If it's [-] yuan... Then if you use all the money to buy horses, can you buy [-] horses?" Liu Yu's tone became a little joyful, because he didn't expect that the purchasing power of five baht in this period would be so low. good.

After all, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the monetary system actually experienced some turmoil. Originally, a hu rice could be bought for only a few tens of dollars, but now it costs a hundred dollars, and inflation is serious.

However, a horse only costs [-] yuan, which is wonderful!

"It's really all... all used to buy horses?!" Qi Zhou was confused by Liu Yu's words, and even felt a kind of complaint in his heart.

It's too late to buy horses all the time?

You need money to do everything, and all of it is used to buy horses, so what do you do when you need to spend money?

My lord, have you really thought about these questions? !

Seeing Qi Zhou's expression, Liu Yu hurriedly comforted him: "Master Qi, don't worry, the monthly salary of officials can be paid with food."

"But Youzhou is poor and weak, and there is not much food."

"Isn't that going to be a military colony? Now that the seeds are planted in spring, there will be food after the autumn harvest."

"But... but the farming hasn't even started yet."

"Isn't it about to start?"

"..."

Liu Yu's logic was so strict that Qi Zhou didn't know how to refute it.

Indeed, it is so reasonable to form a cavalry without horses, so you have to buy horses, and you have no food, so you have to grow food.

But the crux of the problem is—now there are no horses or food!

"Painting Cake".

"But my lord..." Zhao Gai, who was on the side, couldn't bear to pour a basin of cold water on the two people who were so eager to ask and answer, "The actual situation may be that even if we spend money, we may not be able to buy horses from barbarians. .”

Liu Yu's heart turned cold when he was told, and he quickly asked in puzzlement, "Why?"

"Hey——" Zhao Gai shook his head, let out a long sigh, and explained with some frustration, "It's not what it used to be. In the past, five baht coins could still be circulated at the border, but now the situation... Han The currency has depreciated severely, and the Hu people do not use Chinese currency for settlement, so even if those Hu people outside the Great Wall want to do business with the Han people, they are more willing to use food, wine, towels, etc. It is difficult to spend money.”

Zhao Gai has said so much, and he can sum it up in one sentence—the function of five baht coins as a general equivalent has declined.

"Then what if it is stipulated that five baht must be used as settlement?" Liu Yu asked seriously.

Then, Qi Zhou and Zhao Gai replied in unison: "The mutual market must not be feasible."

Using Liu Yu, an extremely prestigious and popular person, as a guarantee can indeed promote the development of the mutual market, but Liu Yu's credibility does not mean that five baht coins have credibility.

However, other methods of settlement cannot be adopted.After all, scarves, silk, tea, salt, wine and other things are not enough in value and quantity, and too many horses are needed, and food is the foundation of establishing a state. If you use food to buy horses, you will have horses, but you will lose people.As for the settlement with the 'mother stone', it is even worse. The law of the Han Dynasty stipulates that the mother stone can only be mined by the state, and the state and county governments are not allowed to privately sell it to foreigners. If they do that, they will have nothing to do with foreign countries. different.

Therefore, money must be used.

And to use the money out, you must go through the mutual market.

After some consideration, Liu Yu finally made that decision: "Lord Qi, take out one hundred trillion from the treasury."

"One hundred trillion...what does my lord want to do?" Because the amount was too huge, Qi Zhou asked Guo incomprehensibly.

"Give it to the barbarians."

Liu Yu knew that this sentence might cause a sensation, so he deliberately chose to say it at the core cadre meeting after the morning meeting.

Then, it caused a stir.

"Big big... my lord?!"

The chubby Zhao Gai was so surprised that he started to stutter, because this was too shocking, my lord, do you not care about the slightest bit of hatred? !

In the early Western Han Dynasty, there was indeed a history of giving money to the Huns, but the situation at that time was special. The main purpose was to use economic aid to open up trade, thereby reducing border conflicts, or to use the method of sending money to provide targeted assistance to the Huns to support a certain The strength of the stock has grown, achieving the effect of splitting its interior.

But that is also a last resort, and the cost is borne by the entire country.

Now Youzhou one state sends money to the barbarians, and each gift is [-] trillion, what a burden it is!

"My lord, sending money can indeed promote the mutual market, but 2000 trillion is too much... How about [-] million?" The Youzhou government barely has [-] million after saving for so many years, and now the state pastor is asking for [-] million. I don't quite agree.

Originally, the family was poor, so I couldn't bear such extravagance!

"No." Liu Yu shook his head and reiterated, "All one hundred trillion will be sent out, and it will be sent to every tribe on the border, and loyal generals will send troops to escort them to the hands of the barbarians. In this way, the Hu people can safely trade with the Han people. And we can also buy horses continuously. Ladies and gentlemen, we really can’t be weak any longer.”

"..." My lord said so much, Qi Zhou and Zhao Gai couldn't say anything, they could only nod their heads to express their obedience.

Then, Liu Yu started again: "And tell the barbarians that Benmu will buy their horses at a high price of [-] yuan. If ten horses can be sold at one time, the price will increase to [-] yuan. No matter how much, comers will not be rejected."

"..." Qi Zhou, who has always been shrewd, opened his mouth wide and was completely speechless. Just now, he could only say that he was helpless, but now he was completely incomprehensible.

Do you do business like this?

Shouldn't there be a discount for buying more?

How can a buyer raise the price for himself? !

"...My lord, have you acted too hastily?"

Zhao Gai was also full of doubts about Liu Yu's decision.

It is understandable to send money, because only by sending money, Hu people will start to use five baht coins. As long as this habit is formed, then the trade at the border will be settled in this more convenient way. Actively making good diplomatic means, large-scale wars will definitely stop, and small-scale intrusions will become very easy to solve-if you dare to come, you will be destroyed directly.

However, my lord has just taken office, so do you have to be so eager?

It is true that nearly [-] war horses can be purchased with all the money in the treasury, but this move will overdraw the life of the entire Youzhou.

Their worry, in a way that modern people can understand better, is that Liu Yu's behavior of spending Youzhou's GDP for a whole year with a wave of his hand is equivalent to the fiscal deficit rate reaching 3% during the ruling period (the European Union's fiscal deficit rate security warning line is [-]%).

So it is understandable for them to panic, feel uneasy, and feel that they are outrageous, but Liu Yu can't explain it.

Do you want me to tell them directly: Don’t worry about the fraternity, a year later, there will be a grand master who doesn’t understand economics, and the copper man holding the coin will issue garbage currency like crazy, and then lead to the five baht coin that has been maintained for hundreds of years The monetary system collapsed like a golden round coupon, and the last sack of money can't buy half a bag of rice?

Of course not.

If you don't believe it, then it's fine. If you believe it, how can I wantonly get the horses of the barbarians?

"This matter is urgent and should not be delayed, so it has been decided."

"...Okay." After Zhao Gai and Qi Zhou exchanged glances, they reluctantly accepted.

"Master Qi, I will leave this matter to you." Liu Yu maintained a calmness that others could not understand, and said to Qi Zhou earnestly, "Please do your best. If it works, this Youzhou Jingqi You have half of the credit for Jiancheng."

"Here." Qi Zhou clasped his hands together, said goodbye to Liu Yu, and bit the bullet to do it.

After he withdrew, Liu Yu said to Zhao Gai again: "The remaining half of the credit goes to you, my lord."

"Please... please speak clearly, my lord." Zhao Gai seemed a little nervous, because he didn't know what other wild ideas Liu Yu would come up with.

"The armor, stirrups, long knives, long bows, etc. needed by the cavalry, please build it according to the configuration of 2 people." After Liu Yu finished speaking, he remembered the enviable cavalry of Gongsun Zan in Liaodong, so he deliberately He added, "Also, among them, [-] Baiwu-level ones will be specially built."

"But my lord, I have no money..." Zhao Gai showed a sweaty expression.

"It's okay, the money will be paid for by food."

"But there's no food..."

"Once the military settlement begins, the autumn harvest will be ready." Liu Yu stretched out a hand, interrupting his hesitation, and said, "Don't worry, I calculated it specifically, and the food in the treasury can last until the next day." Half a year, and the autumn harvest will be in four months, which is very stable."

"..."

It's too difficult, it's too difficult. Compared with the lord at this time, Gongsun Zan is nothing like a militaristic militarist!

"Why, tell me what worries you have."

"My lord, so many armors and weapons have to be built, the deadline is..."

"One year..." Before Liu Yu finished speaking, he saw the shocked expression on the other party's face, so he quickly changed his words, "One year is definitely not enough, Mr. Zhao, you are too eager. How about it, two years, I Give adults two years."

Although it was a year and a half after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, it was two and a half years after the feudal princes challenged him, so Liu Yu had one to two years to develop.

Originally, there were [-] soldiers in hand, and it is estimated that [-] old, weak, sick and disabled will be taken away by Tuntian, so there are still [-] left. If all these scrap iron can be spent, and cavalry can be built in two years The equipment used, and then recruit tens of thousands of strong young people.

At that time, apart from those garrison troops that he would not use to fight, he would have [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, slightly stronger than Gongsun Zan.

And because he is the Youzhou Mu in name, he also has a political advantage.

It's just that this year's life will be a little bit harder...

Well, take the time to find a rich angel to pay you.

"Two years... it's barely doable." Zhao should know that Liu Yu's mind has been made up, so it's inconvenient to say anything more.However, he still reminded in a cryptic tone, "It is impossible for the imperial court not to know about such a large-scale military expansion. At that time, what reason will we reply to the imperial court?"

Supporting soldiers' self-respect has become the norm since Liu Yan started. Almost most people in power do this, but it is always an act of disobedience and cannot be swaggered too much.

"Eliminate the Hu troubles." Liu Yu opened his mouth to this, and added a very sincere addition, "Everything is for the big man."

"Here, I take my leave."

After receiving his mission, Zhao Gai also withdrew.

In this way, there are only two people left here, Liu Yu and Zhao Ziyu.

One person sat on a seat on the steps, overlooking the following.

One person put his legs together, put his hands on his thighs, and knelt on a soft seat, looking forward slightly cautiously.

Grass……

How can there be a sense of sight of being in the same room with the class flower after school because I have to be on duty!

"Zi hazy."

"The subordinate is here!"

Zhao Zilong sat up straight and looked sideways at Liu Yu with a serious expression.

"Don't be so stiff, just relax."