Section 2193 Debt

"I believe you, although I know you may be lying to us, but we people have no other choice, just like you said, we really have no choice now, I hope you will not do anything to us I surrender to the things you said." A soldier threw out a dagger in his hand and said that he already had this thing, which he brought from his home, those from the Western Empire. All the equipment has already been thrown away along the way. As far as the moment is concerned, they have thought about such a thing before, but they did not expect that they would really do it. They all clearly know what the consequences of this are. Their lives belong to others, definitely not his. Some people around him seem to have followed him in normal times, but seeing him surrender now, they all took it into their own hands. He threw away his weapon, and followed this guy out. A group of people began to tentatively move towards the army of Cao's House. None of these people knew where their tomorrow was, although there were still people behind. Many officers were shouting at them, but the guy who spoke just now didn't even look at his former boss, because he knew that there was no turning back at this time, it was the same as a road of no return, No matter what happens to him, he is no longer a human being inside and out. Li Wei glanced at this guy with admiration. This time the matter was successful, and the people of the Western Empire will definitely be hit hard. For Li Wei, the Western Empire is nothing Yes, conquering such a huge empire is like that, because he knows that there may be better things in the future. He doesn't care about these things right now, what he cares about is Li Cong's opinion.

Li Wei came here because he wanted his grandfather to affirm him. Getting his grandfather's affirmation is more important than these so-called conquest of an empire. In his eyes, everything his grandfather does needs to be learned by himself. , the one who worships is his grandfather. Right now, his work is basically half-successful. A large number of people began to go directly to the two passages opened by Cao's House. They still need to be inspected on the way. , These people were all soldiers of the Western Empire just now. No one can be sure that they really put down their weapons and became captives of Cao's house. Many people may have some weapons hidden. If there was any bloodshed in the past, these people would definitely be the first to be killed, but fortunately, such a thing did not happen. When the gate of the Western Empire's camp was closed. It is estimated that even the most central among them will be shaken. These are people who have been abandoned by the Western Empire. They will never think about what the people of the Western Empire will give them. Now what they think about is to see what the people of the Cao's House will give them. Their future lives will all be connected with the people of Cao's House of Commerce. They all know that their family members are still in the Western Empire, but since this war is a small-scale war, it is impossible for the Western Empire to To expand this kind of war, my family members will still be safe and sound. Besides, if the family members of soldiers who surrendered are shot and killed, many people in the current army will come out to make trouble. Don’t we Blood was shed on the battlefield, and our family members didn't even have a guarantee of safety in the end. What's the point of such an empire following along? This is the biggest alienation.

The person who spoke just now is called Brother Nan by the people around him. He is also the little leader of these dozens of brothers. He is basically with them in normal times. Although he is not an officer, some officers will not come here Take care of this guy's affairs, sometimes his words are much more powerful than some officers,

Just like now, this guy chose to surrender, and those under him followed without hesitation. They all had their own ideas. Brother Nan would not treat them badly. It was always like this in the past Yes, it's the same now. They followed Brother Nan through the cavalry division of Cao's House. Along the way, they saw that the cavalry were neatly lined up. These people were their enemies a moment ago, but now they are already They have become their comrades-in-arms, and none of them can believe this. For them, these people are sometimes really powerful. Just like now, hundreds of thousands of them all surrendered But none of them got up and cheered, that is, they didn't make any other movements. They still kept the same appearance just now, picked up their hand crossbows, and aimed at them. After passing the first cavalry division, they We arrived at a relatively large open space at the back. Here, thirty of them were divided into a group. No matter how you make it, as long as there are thirty brothers in a team, each person will receive a number. The brand, they all knew this before. Everyone in Cao's House seems to have such a number plate. This seems to be something called an ID card. Everyone is unique. Such a thing is Your lifeblood, if you lose it, you will be in a lot of trouble.

"Everyone, I am the commander in charge of this operation of Cao's House. From now on, you guys will be the second mixed army of the new guards. For the time being, you guys will stay here to do some logistical work, waiting for our Cao's After the commercial ship arrives, you can leave here. The people above will naturally make their own arrangements for where to go. You will not go back to the army of the Western Empire, we can all pay you travel expenses, and then you can go home, but we still hope that you can stay, because you will not have a good life after you go back Yes, the people of the Western Empire will definitely regard you as traitors. Even if you all return to your hometown, your life will not be easy. Your family members will feel that you are all traitors, even your descendants. I won't be optimistic about you, so it's better for you to stay. When your salary is paid, you can get more money for your family to go back, and this matter can be solved. Now everyone sits down in brother Zhao's place. Let's have dinner." A guy stood on a high place and said with a big loudspeaker, this is the arrangement of Cao's House for them, and they can only be temporarily responsible for some logistical matters, if they are allowed to go directly to the battlefield , that is still not allowed, who knows what will happen to them after they get the chain crossbow, it is better to be careful in many cases, many soldiers think of going home when they hear that they can let themselves go home, to be honest They don't want to be here, no matter who they serve as soldiers. After all, they are all on the battlefield. Why do such a thing? Isn't it good to go home and live a good life?

Soon they arrived at a place to eat, good guy, how could this food be so delicious, it was meat porridge. I don't know what these people used to eat. Anyway, when they saw these things, they were closer than their own mothers. It's no wonder that the economy of the entire empire of the Western Empire is not as good as that of the Southern Empire, let alone the Eastern Empire. So things like these supplies are impossible to compare with these two empires, and they all understand this very well, but if it's just like this, according to the money given by the empire, they can eat one meal a week There is still no problem with meat, but these generals don’t think so. In their opinion, many ordinary people can’t eat meat once in a few months. Can’t they still live a life, and each of them still lives very well? Not bad, what's the matter now? It’s already a very good thing for you to eat this, but now you are still picking and choosing here, these generals decide on their own, directly deducting half of these people’s food expenses, let’s not say eating once a week The meat is gone, even if you can't see it for half a year, the generals have no choice but to do so. In peacetime, they don't have much oil and water at all, so they can only eat empty money and drink the blood of soldiers. These soldiers have been serving for a long time They didn't even eat meat. Now that they smelled like this, they rushed over desperately. There were steamed buns and fine grains over there. What they usually ate were coarse grains, and there was no fine grains at all. Yes, the imperial court purchases all fine grains, but when they get into their mouths, this stuff turns into coarse grains, and there is a price difference of five cents per catty of grains. money.

Just like this group of people, there are at least three generals in charge of these people. If these people eat a catty of grain for two days, they can get five cents from a soldier in these two days, which is 75 cents a month. Money, 200,000 soldiers earn more than 10,000 taels of silver a month. This is just a matter of eating. These 200,000 soldiers can dig out more than 100,000 taels of silver a month from various aspects. This is the reason why their lives are usually so nourishing. Otherwise, relying on their salary of more than 10,000 taels a month, it is estimated that their current life will not be able to survive even a week. The soldiers know these things, but what else can we do? If the people from the Overwatch Council come down, these generals will also have a solution, just carry the money over there. Those people will not say anything after collecting the money one by one, but they will also talk about the soldiers below. Nutrition and other things can't keep up and need more money. His Majesty the emperor also felt that the soldiers on the front line were really suffering. At this time, the special money came down. There will be more money to be taken, and they will naturally not be able to take it all after taking it. These people in the Overwatch Council will also have to share a portion, which is why the money that comes down from above is increasing every year, but The lives of the soldiers are still living like a day for ten years, and there is no improvement at all. When the meal started, Li Wei said that according to the standard of two soldiers in the Cao's House, he will cook for these people alone. Knowing that these people would definitely eat a lot, it was exactly as he expected. On average, each person ate at least four steamed buns, and as for the meat, they also ate more than half a catty.

The establishment of the Second Mixed Army can be said to be temporary, and it may also be the largest establishment in the entire Cao's Commercial Bank, with a total of 800,000 people, plus some officers stationed by the Cao's Commercial Bank. , the number must exceed 900,000 at least. The commander of this army is Li Wei. This army was created by Li Wei himself, so Li Cong just let him take charge of it. He was transferred from the 17th Division of the Marine Corps About 30,000 people were recruited, and 20,000 people were transferred from the 18th Division into this mixed army to serve as low-level officers. Li Cong just wanted to see how capable Li Wei was. What he saw before was all his grandson's lip service . This kid is definitely not a simple person who can think of such things as persuading surrender. This Li Cong also believes that he feels that he has his own blood. If this guy is a mediocre person, he will not take the initiative to come here, anyway. , Compared with the earth, there are too many differences here. With Li Wei's status and blood relationship with Li Cong, he can enjoy his life on the earth, and how can he get it in the end? A county king's title, as long as he has a little brain. This may be the title of a prince. It is also possible to become the emperor of the empire. After all, he has the legal right to inherit, but this guy chose to come here, which made Li Cong feel very relieved. At least none of my descendants are the kind of people who only enjoy themselves. At least the kid in front of him is competent. However, Li Cong didn't give this kid time to breathe, and immediately another order came down, letting him serve as the commander of this mixed army. Let's see how long it takes for this army to form combat effectiveness, and also see how Li Wei's control over this army is.

Li Wei knew very clearly that his grandfather should be very satisfied with the answer sheet he handed in just now, because if Li Never was satisfied with the result, it is estimated that Li Wei would not be qualified to complete the task at all. There are about 900,000 people. This is also the largest establishment of Cao's House after the restructuring of the army. Although there are a lot of people, Li Wei believes that as long as a division of the Marine Corps is selected from the Marine Corps, it can quickly To quickly defeat these people, if Li Wei wants to take over this army, the first thing he needs is not to let them participate in any combat training, but to let them enter their own state and let them find their confidence, so Li Wei proposed to Li Cong. The first requirement is to issue military uniforms to these people immediately. Only uniform military uniforms are issued, and all of them are new military uniforms. These people will feel whose army they are under. They are very concerned about such things I understand that Li Cong's internal body world already has a lot of such things. After hearing Li Wei's request, he immediately sent this thing down. The reorganization began here, and the reinforcements of the four divisions of Cao's House of Commerce will arrive exactly one week later. At that time, these people can take those ships and return to the base of Cao's House of Trade, which was previously occupied by the Western Empire. More than a dozen county eunuchs, now it is the base camp of the Cao family firm in the Western Empire. The Western Empire has organized tens of millions of troops to attack those dozen counties, but the final result is that they The loss was heavy, and it didn't cause any harm to the people of Cao's House, so they started to ignore that side, and put all their eyes on Li Cong's side.

These soldiers have also seen this military uniform of Cao's House before. This thing was made by Li Congjiao's garment factory on Earth. Although there are people in this world who can make it, leather shoes and the like It’s not good for the things, and those belts and other things are all obtained from the earth. This has made some garment factories on the earth a lot of money. Li Cong immediately asked someone to give these things away. Going there, Li Wei saw that the soldiers who were still dressed were somewhat different from when they surrendered just now, so he immediately started his second step, asking these people to start registering, he still doesn't know this yet What about the person's name? Of course, it was mentioned beforehand. This month they will be able to enjoy the treatment of the soldiers of Cao's House. The most important thing is that they can send fifty catties of grain to their families every month. Well, if the address you registered is wrong or not true, then I'm sorry, maybe you will never have such an opportunity in your life, so it is still very important now, many soldiers didn't think about it when they first started Those who registered their names, they all felt that the people from Cao's House might fail, and if they really failed, their fate would be over, so they all wanted to wait and see, to see the people from Cao's House What will happen in the end, but after this order came down, they didn't do that anymore. They all knew what life their family was living in. If the Cao's house won, they would never have such an opportunity in their entire lives. This is the biggest tragedy for their family, so these people have started real-name registration, and they all hope that their family can receive the first month's food to improve.

This army is undergoing rapid changes, and the people of Cao's House will say that this kid Li Wei is really capable after seeing all this. Li Cong was also very happy when he heard others praise his grandson, but the recent situation did not make Li Cong happy anymore. The old emperor of the Southern Empire had already blocked some forces of the Cao family firm Well, this guy just doesn't stand up, and he doesn't want to take over the territories of the Southern Empire and the Western Empire. In his opinion, now is an opportunity. When the outside world knows that the Southern Empire is still in chaos, he won't be stupid Stand out, in his opinion. If you go out now. That's what a fool does. What he needs to do most is to stay there honestly. He must not let himself go out to confront the Western Empire, because at this time, it doesn't matter whether he is facing the Cao's firm or the Western Empire. He will feel powerless. At this time, it is better to be an ostrich honestly. Waiting for the end of the war between the Western Empire and Cao's House, if the people of the Western Empire can't hold on at the end. At that time, I can send troops quickly and get back the lost territory. At that time, I can share the huge cake of the Western Empire with the people of Cao's House of Commerce. If the people of Cao's House of Commerce fail, then the Western Empire will occupy We don’t want any of our own land, you just keep it, anyway, there are not many, and you can still take care of it. The other one is that the people in Cao’s House of Commerce have failed at that time, of course he won’t wishful thinking I really want to swallow the Cao's Commercial Bank, but the rights that Cao's Commercial Bank obtained in the Western Empire some time ago can be directly taken back. Cao's Commercial Bank is newly defeated and will not reject their own ideas, unless they are crazy up.

Li Cong really felt a little helpless to have such an opponent. This guy's brain is really spinning quickly. If I had known that he was planning such an abacus, I probably wouldn't have done so much. In fact, Li Cong may have felt it now. Starting from some things at the beginning, it may be the old guy who was planning, and he even became one of his pawns. They made a lot of money, which also caused the economic strength of the Southern Empire to drop a lot, but the fact is that they achieved a tactical victory, but suffered a strategic failure. I didn't see that there were still such people in the Western Empire Ability, this is also the most depressing thing for me, but now everything has already started, and he can't end it so easily, so it is very simple to solve some of his own things now, that is to get a victory here. Victory, let the Western Empire conclude something similar to the Southern Empire, and then let the old guy in the Southern Empire be more honest, mainly to let the old guy understand that he can win the two empires. It's not something you can calculate. At that time, I will go to the Southern Empire again with the victorious army. It seems that the contract signed before doesn't seem to have much effect on you. It doesn't matter. We will follow you Sign a better contract. At that time, it seemed that the Southern Empire did not have much ability to mess with the people of our Cao's Commercial Bank. That is when the Cao's Commercial Bank fully controlled the Southern Empire. The old emperor must have thought It will also be very uncomfortable. It's best to be like this, but there is a good side and a bad side.

In the worst case, Li Cong also thought of it. The war here must end within a month. If it cannot end within a month, the army of Cao's House of Firm will be dragged here, although the people of Cao's House of Trade have already He worked hard in the whole of the Western Empire, but the Western Empire is a big country after all. He can dispatch troops from all over the empire. At the beginning, those people would push back and forth. When the order was issued, they didn't dare to delay any longer. Besides, they had already seen the hope of defeating the Cao's House of Commerce. If they are defeated, their days will be over at that time. As long as the people of Cao's Commercial Bank are trapped here, the possibility of failure in the end will be very high, and then they will not be able to obtain any benefits in the Western Empire. It will let the army of Cao's firm take off the hat of the ever-victorious division. They capsized twice in the hands of the army of the Western Empire. This is what the people of the Western Empire are pursuing. In their view, losing some people and What's with the money, those are not very important things, they can all be discarded, the most important thing now is to win the war against Cao's house, that's all. Only then can I really stand up and become the second largest empire after the Eastern Empire. In the future, some cooperation with Cao's Commercial Bank will be much better than now. For example, those debt problems are a very good thing , At that time, can the people of Cao's Commercial Bank be exempted from some debts? The Western Empire is indeed planning this, because they have been overwhelmed by the debts of Cao's Commercial Bank for ten years.

In the past ten years, no one knows how much the people of the Western Empire have borrowed from the Cao's Commercial Bank, but someone has calculated a figure, and it is only in one place in the capital that the interest paid to the Cao's Commercial Bank every year exceeds One hundred billion silver. According to ten percent interest. In the capital city, people from the Cao’s Commercial Bank have borrowed more than trillions of silver. The entire empire has no idea how many. The banknotes issued by the Cao’s Commercial Bank are already the currency of the entire society. According to the Cao’s Commercial Bank, it is necessary to have Then only one tael of silver can issue paper money of one tael of silver. But is this really the case? That's impossible. No one took one tael of silver banknotes to the bank of Cao's Commercial Bank every night to exchange them for silver. Then the next day it was exchanged for banknotes. In their eyes, this was silver. It is more powerful than the bank notes of the previous banks, and there have been some people who have launched a run on the banks of the Cao's Commercial Bank, but in the end, the people of the Cao's Commercial Bank can always come up with enough money. Then once the people in Cao's Commercial Bank didn't have enough money, but they took out another hard currency, which was food, no matter when. Grain is the same hard currency as gold, that is, after that time, some conspirators in the Western Empire felt that it was impossible to compete with the people of Cao's House in terms of money, and they all knew that it was impossible for them Those who have that ability, so they are honest one by one. Since it is not possible to fight an economic war, then it is better to have a real war. Just like now, the royal family of the Western Empire intends to defeat Cao Cao. Caojia Commercial Bank will end the war immediately, and then let the people of Caojia Commercial Bank reduce their one-year interest and 20% of the debt.

Although Cao's Commercial Bank only reduced one year's interest and 20% of the debt, but this figure is already very huge. The royal family of the Western Empire has its own accounting organization, and they have already calculated the amount of the Western Empire. How much money the governments at all levels have borrowed from the people of Cao’s Commercial Bank? It can be said that this figure is already an astronomical figure. The total annual tax revenue of the Western Empire is only about 3 trillion silver, including some other income. It is about five trillion silver, but they have launched various projects of about tens of billions of silver across the country. Although most of the businesses of the Western Empire have developed rapidly, they are all based on the Cao Family Commercial Bank. On the basis of borrowing, the interest to be borne every year is a huge amount. According to the calculations of these accountants of the imperial family of the Western Empire, the governments at all levels and some merchants of the Western Empire have borrowed about 411 yuan in total from the Cao's House. Trillions of silver, merchants and ordinary people don’t care about the Western Empire, after all, it’s their own business, but they need to manage the debts of the royal family, their relatives, and governments at all levels. After careful calculation, half of them are It was these people who lent it, and the total amount was about 200 trillion silver. If calculated at an average interest rate of 10%, Li Cong would take tens of trillions of silver from the Western Empire every year, eight times higher than the tax revenue of the Western Empire. times, they took away 20 trillion yuan from the government of the Western Empire, which means that no matter when they will not be able to repay the money, they will always need to borrow Li Cong's money in the future. Because they need to repay the interest, the annual tax can only be enough to repay the interest, and even the interest is not paid now, so they can only continue to borrow.

In name, the royal family of the Western Empire is ruling the Western Empire, but in reality? They don't have any ability at all, and it can be said that they don't have any right to rule the Western Empire at all. They all know what it is like now, and they all know where the money goes every year, but they How can I choose? It's written in black and white, the government repudiates? It doesn't matter, then the people of Cao's House of Commerce will let the people of every empire know about this matter. If the reputation of a government goes bankrupt, what will happen? Besides, these officials usually take money from Cao's firm, so will they do anything wrong? No, Cao's firm has evidence of their taking money in their hands. If you do it on the first day of junior high school, I will do it on the fifteenth day. At that time, I will just give it to Kampot. What will you get in the end? For the sake of the court's own face, individuals like you will definitely be sacrificed, and the common people will lose confidence in the court. How long can a government without the support of the common people last? This is all within Li Cong's calculations. It can be said that among the four major empires, except the Eastern Empire, they have not fallen into such a vicious circle. The other three empires are like this. A few years ago, the royal families of these empires were still They didn't see it, they just saw how fast their own development was with the help of Cao's house funds. In the past two years, when it was time to pay back the money, they understood. This thing turned out to be a huge trap. As of now, the capital's tax revenue is less than 40 billion silver a year, but it needs to repay 100 billion in interest. no way. The remaining 60 billion yuan still needs to be borrowed. The total amount of money has increased again.

This is still a secondary issue. The main issue is that as long as you want to borrow money, you must have your own mortgage. At the beginning, you can use some other things as collateral, such as land and the like, but what should you do if all such things are mortgaged? At this time, you need something else, and that is some rights in your hands, such as the right to taxation. Now the tax officials in the capital of the Western Empire are basically people from Cao's firm, why not use your own people? Because there is no use at all, the people from Cao's Commercial Bank took the money directly, and they didn't want to stay in their hands for a day, because if they stayed for one more day, they would have hundreds of millions more silver For interest, they all know that they are thrifty at this time, but it is already too late at this time, there are no such things, the thing about the capital of the Western Empire mentioned above, you borrowed money to repay this year's interest, but still Is there a principal repayment that needs to be made this year? And don't your governments still operate? This requires more borrowing. The total amount of borrowing will continue to rise every year. Although your tax will also increase, can it be compared with the total amount of these borrowings? You will borrow money every year, and you will repay the money every year, but in the end when you calculate this problem yourself, you will feel that the debt is still increasing, and your life is even more difficult. Although the ordinary officials of the Western Empire I'm also struggling with this matter, but the people from Cao's House gave them an idea. When your official position can't go on, you can move around and go to other places. Such a thing is the most normal thing Yes, if there is no active money, we can also give it to you, of course it is also a loan.

The accountants of the Western Empire will calculate this matter, and Li Cong himself will also calculate this thing. He already understands what the situation is now. These people from the Western Empire must have learned from themselves if they want to defeat themselves. Negotiating by himself, he has already got the news from the intelligence department of Cao's House that the Western Empire wants to reduce the interest and 20% of the debt. Is this possible? This is tens of trillions of silver. Back then, the Southern Empire hoped to use the black gold mine to directly repay Li Cong's debts. I really didn't expect these people in the Western Empire to use war to talk to themselves, but this is also the case. No problem, just look at what you are doing. Now the beachhead has expanded a lot, and your own defense line has been established. At this time, Li Cong has ordered to start assembling the 203mm heavy artillery. This thing will definitely be able to It brings you a good memory. In fact, according to Li Cong's idea, it would be best if there is a 460mm gun on a battleship, but it is not so easy to get such a thing on land. It is used on battleships. If such a thing is installed on a wooden ship, it will probably sink directly. There is basically nothing within a 100-meter radius of that thing. It is a pity that such a thing cannot come here. Come on, it’s technically unattainable. If there is such a thing, it is estimated that the city walls of the Western Empire will be opened in one afternoon. By then, even if the people of the Western Empire do not want to surrender, they will have nothing to do, but there is no such thing now. That thing, the 203mm heavy artillery is not bad. If this thing is used well, it can break the walls of the Western Empire in the end, but it only needs a little more shells.

Li Cong will be in charge of the mixed army for the time being, and Li Cong has to study the front-line affairs himself. Li Cong found someone to get the city wall construction plan of the capital of the Western Empire. Such things can be said to be the most important thing in the Western Empire now. Things, but the Western Empire has a big business. There must be at least a hundred people who have seen this thing. Among them, it is very likely that there will be someone with a very high memory. This thing was drawn, don't think it is a difficult thing, if it is a difficult thing, it is estimated that there is a blank sheet of paper in front of Li Cong's eyes, and there will be no such drawing.

This thing was drawn by the grandson of the minister of the Ministry of Industry of the Western Empire. This guy had a good relationship with the people in the Cao's House before. Of course, it was also because the people in the Cao's House often gave him some small surprises, such as The thing in front of me was bought by the people from Cao’s House in exchange for two exotic girls. What this guy likes most is to collect beauties of all races. The people from Cao’s House know that his favorite is sea monsters. It's not a real sea monster, it's a nation on an island. Their girls are very beautiful, especially their skin is as smooth as water, which can't be bought with money. The most important thing is The difficulty is that it is too difficult to get to their island, the distance is too far, and it is in the south of the Southern Empire, but this is simply a piece of cake for the people of Cao's House. That's it, Li Cong has been researching for half an hour. From the amount of materials used at the beginning and the things used for repairs later, Li Cong calculated that the weakest part of the city wall is really the weakest part of the city wall. If you bombard, you should also aim at such a place, otherwise you may not be able to bomb. This is also what Li Cong is worried about, but all calculations need to be seen in reality, and verification is now needed. It's time, as long as his army advances another 500 meters from the place selected by Li Cong, it will be fine, but the camp stops in front of him. (To be continued..)