Gao Wu Da Xia: The fox demon lady at the beginning

Chapter 151
Chen Jingwan also gradually understood what Han Chufan said before.

With more factories, the people will have more job opportunities and more wealth.

Only when people have money will they consume and generate more industries.

Thus forming a virtuous circle and improving the lives of all common people.

"Young adults are geniuses in the business world. Compared with you, I am like a firefly compared to a bright moon.

Moreover, your standing is too high, and it is difficult for us mortals to reach it. "

Chen Jingwan said to the subordinates in the Finance and Taxation Department around her.

Steel plants and textile factories were only the initial stages of Qingxiangwei's industry.

One is a representative of heavy industry and the other is a representative of light industry.

In Han Chufan's plan, a number of factories such as cement factory, brick factory, porcelain factory, flour mill and so on will be developed in Qingxiangwei in the future.

It's just that these factories require a large number of professional talents to develop.

In particular, there is a shortage of research talents in science and engineering. At present, there is only one Leshibo that can be of great use.

Han Chufan also knew in his heart that talent cultivation cannot be rushed.

In this society with a literacy rate of less than 5.00%, only by popularizing basic education and reducing illiteracy in Qingxiangwei can we develop higher education and cultivate professional talents.

The issuance of new coins is also growing every day.

In Qingxiang Guards, new coins have eliminated Tongqian and Baoqian, and the people have all switched to using new coins for transactions.

After switching to the new currency, the price of rice returned to the price of one tael of silver and one stone of rice.

With the establishment of the Linchuan City Branch of the First Bank, the new currency became very popular in Linchuan City and quickly spread to the entire Yunzhou.

Relying on the quality of the new currency, the service of First Bank and Han Chufan's huge prestige among the people, it is only a matter of time before the new currency replaces Tongqian and Baoqian in Yunzhou.

First Bank's loan business has also made great progress.

First, Qingxiangwei borrowed 50 taels of silver from the First Bank in the official name to build roads.

It is planned to build two north-south and east-west roads in Qingxiangwei and Wanrencheng Sanling River.

The advantage of having a bank is that it is convenient to borrow money and carry out the construction of large projects.

With the prosperity of Ping'an Fort Textile Factory, many businessmen saw that there was great profit in growing cotton around Wanren City, so they went to grow cotton around Wanren City.

There is a large area of ​​land there with plenty of sunshine, and the land price is very cheap, which is very suitable for developing into a large cotton plantation.

Businessmen who lacked funds began to seek loans from First Bank.

Everything in Qingxiangwei is developing healthily.

In the Daxia court, various parties were still arguing about whether to form an alliance with the barbarians.

In the north of Daxia, a new force is rising strongly.

Set your sights to the northeast.

Dayuan Honglu Temple Minister Xianyu Zhonghe, after arduous negotiations, finally facilitated the peace talks.

However, the conditions for the peace talks were very harsh. Dayuan Kingdom needed to cede Hongcheng in the east to Daqian Kingdom.

In addition, more than [-] square kilometers of grassland in the east will also be ceded to Daqian.

In addition to ceding land, tens of millions of taels of silver and tens of thousands of war horses must also be compensated as war reparations.

These conditions were achieved by Xian Yuzhonghe after a month of hard work.

At first, the Wu Clan asked for a higher price. Not only Hongcheng, but also Dongyuan City had to be ceded to the Wu Clan.

The war compensation was not 1000 million taels, but 2000 million taels.

Xian Yuzhonghe conveyed the conditions of the Wu Clan back to Shenglan City, and the little emperor burst into tears. This was territory that had been conquered by several generations of the Barbarian royal family and took hundreds of years.

In addition to the land forcibly occupied by the Wu Clan, nearly one-tenth of Dayuan's territory will be swallowed up by the Wu Clan.

War reparations are enough to make Dayuan Kingdom uncomfortable. The entire Dayuan Kingdom's annual tax revenue is only 2000 million taels of silver.From the treasury of Shenglan City, even if you scrape three feet off the ground, you probably won't be able to scrape out 1000 million taels of silver.

But the royal family and nobles of Dayuan still compromised. They could not afford another attack by the Wu clan.

Let Xian Yuzhonghe reach an agreement with the Wu clan as soon as possible.

The Lord of Hongcheng wrote a bloody letter to object and refused to surrender.

But his objections were entirely in vain.

In the winter of the second year of the Great Xia calendar 850, the barbarian tribe Dayuan and the Wu tribe Daqian signed an alliance in Chaohai City.

Dayuan Kingdom ceded Hongcheng and more than [-] square kilometers of fertile grassland to Daqian Kingdom.

He also paid a one-time compensation of 1000 million taels of silver and [-] war horses.

In exchange for Daqian's written covenant not to continue attacking Dayuan.

Historically known as the Tide Sea Covenant.

Daqian also took this opportunity to repair and replenish the flag soldiers who died in Luoyupo.

As for the people inside Dayuan Kingdom, there were lamentations.

Such a humiliating alliance made the people of Dayuan Kingdom unable to hold their heads high.

In order to collect 1000 million taels of compensation, the royal family and nobles of Dayuan intensified their exploitation of various tribes.

This led to deeper conflicts between local forces and the royal family.

The Lord of Hongcheng, a warrior who had just entered the early stages of the Qi and Blood Realm, refused to surrender.

The Wu clan sent [-] elite banner soldiers to encircle Hongcheng.

In the end, the city lord of Hongcheng was outnumbered and was beheaded on the top of the city. His body hung on the top of the city for three days and three nights.

After the Wu army entered Hongcheng, they directly slaughtered them for three days and three nights. The land and rivers around Hongcheng were dyed blood red.

Dayuan's royal guards retreated to the Dongyuan City area, choosing to turn a blind eye to the atrocities committed by the Wu army.

Dayuan and Daqian ushered in a brief period of peace. As for how long this peace can last, only God knows.

The other city lords in Dayuan were even more in danger after seeing the tragic situation in Hongcheng.

There is even more distrust of the royal family and nobles.

What happened to Hong Cheng made them know that the royal nobles could abandon them at any time for their own benefit.

This great defeat and the humiliating cession of territory and compensation aggravated various internal conflicts in Dayuan.

The young emperor Gongye Xing stepped down, and there were more and more calls for the Queen Mother to return to power.

The situation of Dayuan Kingdom is getting more and more difficult.

And there is not much time left for them.

Gu Suyun, the Minister of Rites of Dayuan, is still in the imperial capital of Daxia, waiting for a reply from the imperial court of Daxia.

But a month has passed, and Zhang Dang and the Southeast Party have not yet come to a conclusion.

Emperor Yingxuan was so annoyed that he finally decided not to form an alliance with the barbarians for the time being.

Gu Suyun returned to Shenglan City in despair, but he was not punished for this.

The alliance with the human race is not very useful in the first place, and it doesn't matter whether it succeeds or not.

But Xianyu Zhonghe was not so lucky. After returning to Shenglan City, he directly became a scapegoat and was dismissed from his position as Minister of Honglu Temple.

He was also called a traitor by the people of Dayuan and was assassinated many times.

Han Chufan also received news of the barbarian ceding land and paying compensation in his study.

He said to Geng Chunping beside him: "If you fall behind, you will be beaten. The cruel law of the forest has always existed."

(End of this chapter)