Chapter 569 Yizhou's Natural Advantages
Guanzhong is very important to Liu Zhang, it is both a goal and a fulcrum.
Yizhou relied on Hanzhong for the Northern Expedition, so the land of Guanzhong would be the next 'Hanzhong'.
Liu Zhang's first step is to occupy Yizhou, which has been completed so far. The next step is to occupy Liangzhou and Guanzhong.
The fertile fields in Guanzhong are thousands of miles away, which is also the land of abundance. But after Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, and Guo Si's toss, I'm afraid this land of abundance will soon become a hellish village on earth.
Liu Zhang had no way to help the people in Guanzhong, after all, Guanzhong was not in Liu Zhang's hands. And according to Li Jue and Guo Si's greedy character, no amount of food can feed the two of them.
The most effective way at present is to accept the people of Guanzhong and make Hanzhong their new home.
After Liu Zhang conquered the land in Guanzhong, he could also move these people back in to feed back Guanzhong.
Fortunately, Hanzhong is a large grain-producing county, and even if it faces a huge number of refugees, it can handle it properly.
As long as Guoyuan was in Hanzhong, he would arrange for the refugees to garrison the fields, so that no matter how many people there were, Hanzhong could provide for them, without the need for other counties in Yizhou to share the pressure.
In fact, except for Hanzhong County, the counties in Yizhou are unable to share the pressure for Hanzhong.
This year, Jingzhou provided 2 million shi of grain to support Nanzhong, and next year it will completely rely on Yizhou itself.
As more and more barbarians join in, the consumption of food and grass will definitely be astronomical.
"My lord, the prefect of the exiled Republic of Hanzhong will definitely be able to handle it well, but if a large amount of these five baht coins minted by Dong Zhuo flow into Yizhou, we will also be harmed by it!"
What Jia Xu is most worried about is not Guanzhong or the refugees, but the interests of Yizhou itself.
If merchants from Waizhou counties make big purchases in Yizhou with five baht, they will soon be able to exchange for a large amount of supplies at a small price.
One or two is okay, if these broken five baht coins flow in in large quantities, Yizhou's economic system will collapse immediately!
At that time, it will definitely cause prices to soar and people will be shaken. Liu Zhang will no longer be able to deliver supplies to Nanzhong, and Lu Su's series of policies against the barbarians will come to an abrupt end.
Liu Zhang will also lose his trust with the barbarians, and it will cause a series of chain reactions, and even cause turbulence.
And the only way to solve it is to continue to mint money and follow the old path of Liu Bei and Sun Quan!
The result is also very obvious, blatantly drinking poison to quench thirst, and the deeper the drinking, the deeper the poisoning, so that there is no spare energy to fight abroad.
Powerful and wise as Cao Cao, he was also forced to let the people barter. One can imagine how harmful these "bad money" are.
"Wenhe, have you found a lot now?"
Jia Xu shook his head, he also just learned the news not long ago. This is the only good news Jia Xu thinks.
"This coin was sent by Gongda just now and was found in Jiangzhou. Now Gongda has strictly ordered the entire Berkshire to ban the circulation of these five baht coins minted by Dong Zhuo, waiting for further orders from the State Shepherd's Mansion."
No wonder Jia Xu was not in a hurry to tell Liu Zhang that Xun You had already controlled the situation.
"As expected of Gongda, he was so decisive at the critical moment! As long as the money doesn't flow into Yizhou, we have a solution!"
Liu Zhang's words instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the room. They didn't expect such a difficult problem to be solved so quickly!
"My lord, don't you want to cut off trade with the states?"
Yang Hong looked at Liu Zhang suspiciously, with a look of worry on his face.
In fact, cutting off contact is the easiest way. The current state of Yizhou is self-governing, and the people can live.
But the harm of severing contact is definitely greater than its own meaning.
First of all, the tax revenue from business transactions will be reduced. Not only will the income of the State Shepherd Mansion decrease, but the interests of the major families will also drop sharply.
All the officials looked at Liu Zhang, and Yang Hong's worries were also theirs.
"Don't worry, things like trade cannot be stopped. But we can trade in another way!"
As soon as Liu Zhang said this, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"My lord, can you explain in detail?"
Liu Zhang nodded with a smile. He wants to implant a concept into the present era, Chamber of Commerce!
"Do you know that we in Yizhou have at least two things that no one can refuse! One of them is exclusive, and the other is similar to exclusive!"
"My lord is talking about salt and Shu brocade?"
Wang Lei reacted very quickly, and the two things Liu Zhang said were blurted out by him.
"good!"
All Liu Zhang's confidence comes from this salt and Shu brocade.
The former is a necessity of life, and there is no way to survive without salt.
"As long as we control Shiyan and Shu County, we are not afraid that businessmen from other states will not listen to our policies. These two things must be sold well in the whole country. They are not willing, and some people are willing!"
As we all know, there are only two ways to produce table salt in this era, salt mines and sea salt extraction.
In fact, the salt exported from the salt mine is the main purpose, because the salt from the salt mine is delicate and has a good taste, which is very popular among the upper class and ordinary people.
On the other hand, due to the immature technology of refining sea salt, not only the taste is bitter, but also the color is black and yellow. Except for the people living along the coast, few people are willing to eat sea salt.
In all the prefectures and counties of the Han Dynasty, Yizhou was the first to produce salt, and more than 80% of the country's salt came from Yizhou.
To put it simply, if Liu Zhang is ruthless, he can immediately cut off the supply of salt.
Without salt, soldiers would be weak and unable to fight.
But there is no need for Liu Zhang to do that, because the benefits brought by salt to Yizhou are also huge.
Only the government can sell salt, and ordinary people cannot sell salt privately. As long as they are caught, they will be sentenced to death.
At present, Liu Zhang has not experienced the rectification of salt sales in Yizhou. Even so, the annual tax figures are still eye-catching.
Now that Yizhou has been pacified, Liu Zhang will also start selling salt and taxation, and will continue to provide him with military funds in the future.
Shu brocade is even more special, Shu brocade, Shu brocade, a brocade that can only be found in Sichuan!
Since the Han Dynasty, Shu County has been a symbol of the upper social class. As a member of the aristocratic family, how can you not have clothes made of Shu brocade!
Now it is a troubled time, but it still can't stop the aristocrats from all over the world to pursue and love Shu Brocade.
It can be said simply, as long as the goods are available, there is no need to worry about selling them!
In history, after the defeat of Liu Bei and Yiling, the national power of the Shu Han was exhausted to the extreme, and there was a crisis of destruction at any time!
Zhuge Liang found a source for the huge military expenditure by relying on the sales of Shu brocade.
Only relying on Shu brocade, it solved the military expenditure problem of Zhuge Liang's 100,000 troops!
Didn't Cao Pi know that the Shu Han was short of money? Didn't Sun Quan know that Zhuge Liang was using Shu Brocade to maintain his army?
They all know it, but they can't stop their love for Shu brocade.
Even high-ranking people are so sought after, not to mention officials, aristocratic families, even wealthy families or ordinary people with some spare money!
(end of this chapter)