Dahan Pirate Air Force

For Zhang Bai, the two most urgent things now are to save Mu Jing and the other to build a secret city.

Things have to be done step by step. First, the method of making cement must be given to Ma Ge and Daolao, so that one of them can build the city and the other can make cement near Chengdu.

In addition, a reliable candidate needs to be selected to drive the Adam equipped with a magic mark and set off eastward as soon as possible.

As long as he crosses the ocean and reaches the New World, he can use the star spell to rush to save Mu Jing in an instant without wasting any time.

The next day, Zhang Bai took out the Fang Tong Ding and placed it in the courtyard of Zhang's house.He kept Shikigami Xiaobai and asked him to teach Inolao and Ma Ge how to make and use cement. He also specifically asked the two to study hard and master it as soon as possible. When he comes back, he will test how well they learned.

After saying that, Zhang Bai mounted his horse and rushed to Liu Ba's mansion for the appointment.

Zhuge Liang was already impatient. He arrived at Liu Ba's mansion early in the morning and once again tormented Liu's mansion.

Liu Ba yawned and looked at Prime Minister Zhuge in confusion. He didn't know why Zhuge Liang attached so much importance to today's meeting.

But to be honest, he was also looking forward to meeting Zhang Bai.Because of the conversation he had at Fu Xue a few days ago, he was very fond of Zhang Bai and had a lot of questions to ask.

"Master, Prime Minister, there is a young man outside the house asking to see him. He has a post in his hand." A servant sent the greeting post, and it turned out to be Zhang Bai.

"Please come in quickly, we are waiting."

Soon, the three of them met in Liu Ba's study.After some pleasantries, Zhang Bai was officially introduced to Zhuge Liang.

The servants served tea, and Liu Ba spoke first: "I was quite touched by Mr. Zhang's eloquent remarks in Fu Xue. I talked with the Prime Minister a few days ago, and the Prime Minister also agreed very much with what he said. I am lucky today, if you don't Give it up and wish to hear the great road again.”

Zhuge Liang pretended to be on the side, stroking his beard and nodding.

"Your Majesty, Shangshu Ling, has made a strong statement. Zhang Bai does not dare to be selfish because of the respect of Shangshu Ling and the Prime Minister. Today, I am trying to make a fool of myself. Please correct me, sir." Zhang Bai said humbly.

"Today's affairs in the Kingdom of Shu, on the surface, are to rebuild the country's prestige internally after the defeat of Yiling; externally, they are to co-operate with Soochow and resist Cao Wei. Students believe that the two are combined into one, and the plot is two words That's all, it's 'national power', not domination of the Central Plains."

"This national power is the power of the country, including military, population, money and food, talents, etc., mainly the above four."

"At that time in Chibi, Cao Gong was powerful and the former emperor's troops were weak, so Sun and Liu formed an alliance and defeated Cao Mengde, and the Shu Han Dynasty rose. In the battle of Dingjun Mountain, the former emperor arrived in Hanzhong and Cao Wei was shaken. As a result, the two countries Wei and Wu So they secretly colluded with each other, and then Xiangyang was defeated and Yunchang died, and the power of the Shu Han Dynasty declined."

"The contrast between countries' strengths and weaknesses is changing."

"Nowadays, Shu's military strength is damaged, its food and grass are insufficient, and its population and talents are the smallest among the three countries. If it wants to rise again, the key lies in how the three of 'military, money, and people' can recover quickly and how to combine vertically and horizontally. "

Zhuge Liang and Liu Ba listened intently and kept nodding, and Zhang Bai continued.

"The issuance of large amounts of money is a hidden danger, and the low money is worrying and lowers expectations. As a result, people hoard food to protect themselves and are unwilling to use the surplus grain for transactions, which hinders circulation. As a result, there is more money and less food, which aggravates the devaluation of the money. , causing food prices to continue to rise."

"As a result, the landlords prefer to let the common people use rice and grain to pay rent, which further aggravates the dilemma of more money and less food. Money is cheap and food is expensive, so the rich households who hoard the most food value food more and are only willing to hoard and are not willing to lose. So. The cycle continues, and food prices rise again.”

"Zhibai Daqian is the currency of the Shu Kingdom. The depreciation of the currency has led to a bad reputation. It is rarely recognized by other countries, so it can only be used domestically. In addition to food, land, and timber, what other business can the Shu Kingdom do to expand? So the price of food Rise again.”

"Producing grain requires manpower. The population of Shu is originally small. In addition, when wars occur, people are drafted into service, which reduces productivity and produces even less grain. However, the country needs to quell the chaos in the south and rebuild the Han Dynasty, so war is inevitable. At this time, the land tax had to be increased, so among the local people, the rich were the ones who suffered the most, and the common people suffered the most. They were in conflict and unwilling to cooperate."

"In short, the current problem of Shu is one word, money!"

Liu Ba was stunned when he heard this. Zhuge Liang was still a bit confused and was not too surprised. However, as a modern man, he couldn't help but admire Zhang Bai, "How does this guy know so much? Maybe he is not just a time traveler. He is indeed a time traveler." My system."

"Master Zhang is right, so how to solve this money problem?" Kong Ming asked, stroking his beard.Liu Ba came back to his senses and kept saying: "Yes, yes, yes!"

"There are three things in total that must complement each other. The first is to stabilize the currency value; the second is to provide more goods; the third is to purchase grain from Wu and Wei." Zhang Bai replied confidently.

"Let's talk about the stable currency value first, oh, it is the value of the currency. We need to open a nationally recognized bank..."

"Oh! You mean the bank, right?" Zhuge Liang blurted out.

Liu Ba was puzzled, "What is a bank?" Zhuge Liang was embarrassed and knew that he had made a mistake. In fact, he was not very good at explaining it. After all, he was best at repairing cars in his previous life.

"It's... that kind of place... where you save money and get interest!"

Zhang Bai saw that Zhuge Liang couldn't explain clearly, so he quickly interrupted and explained: "A bank is a bank, but it is different from ordinary banks. That is, if someone deposits money, the bank will give the depositor a certain amount of interest based on the year. Unlike ordinary banks, the bank will give the depositor a certain amount of interest. In ordinary banks, depositors also have to pay bank interest.”

"Pay interest to the depositor if you save money?" Liu Ba felt strange. He had never heard of such a thing.

"In this case, won't the bank lose money?"

"That's not necessarily true. As long as it is run properly, a bank can be better than a bank. This thing exists overseas. I'm sure the Prime Minister has heard of it, right?" Zhang Bai lied to Zhuge Liang and directly let the word "overseas" take the blame.

"Yes! Yes!" Zhuge Liang sweatdropped.

"I see! But opening a bank can stabilize the currency value? Is this possible?"

"There's not much difference between a bank and a bank. It's customary to call it a bank. But the bank I'm talking about must be recognized by the state. It is responsible for the exchange of large amounts of money and gold and silver, and is responsible for promulgating the exchange of gold and silver. Ratio. It is stipulated that other banks must follow this ratio and exchange hundreds of dollars for gold and silver, so as to stabilize the currency value."

Liu Ba felt sweat dripping from his forehead when he heard it, but he seemed to understand.He asked hurriedly: "Do you want Zhibai to represent gold and silver and make people recognize the value of Zhibai?"

"Exactly, Shangshu Ling is really easy to understand!"

"But why do people believe that Zhibai can be exchanged for gold and silver? Where do we get so much gold and silver to exchange for it?"

"So it needs the approval of the Shu Kingdom. It needs the approval of the Shangshu Ling, the Prime Minister, and preferably the king of the country. Only in this way can it be recognized by everyone. As for gold and silver, I have quite a bit here, and I can also gather the major families to invest in it."

"In this way, they will recognize the value of hundreds of dollars more quickly... What a great idea!" Liu Ba became excited.

"It's best to find some local wealthy families to take shares. In the future, they may be willing to cooperate." Zhuge Liang added.

"Wonderful! The Prime Minister is so wise!" Liu Ba finally understood.