Handan, which already has the appearance of a bustling metropolis. Because there is no curfew at night. So, there will be people at night, but basically when Big Ben in Handan City points to the nine o'clock position, people basically have to rest. Only the core area of the city center will still be bustling with illegality.

Handan was the economic center of the Republican Army, and everything here was about economic development.

What is the economy, bringing value is the economy, which is an important factor in the development of Handan, so the development speed here is very fast. It's changing with each passing day, and it's not an exaggeration at all.

Securities market. People who had finished the day were finally out to breathe. Although it is autumn and the joy of harvest is everywhere, there are some things that are not good in the stock market.

"I don't feel like it's going well. If this continues, the IRA can only develop internally, and will not be able to expand the market, which will still have a great impact on us. An investor said worriedly to Li Li.

The confrontation between the imperial court and the communist army on the southern border greatly affected the conduct of trade between the two sides. Although there is nothing on the surface, the trade has decreased by about sixty percent, because many goods cannot be transported, and the products of their factories cannot be transported in exchange for greater profits, Luoyang, is still a big market. It's still very bad for them to give up some of these markets.

I've heard that there are many bandits in Qingzhou and Youzhou who have begun to change careers. They participated in the establishment by smuggling, because the goods of the IRA were good, relatively cheap, and had a large market. In these years, there is still a great risk of roadblock robbery, after all, landlords have private armies. Merchants also have it, and they are much better equipped than the bandits. This made the bandits very dissatisfied, they also wanted to make a fortune, and they had heard that smuggling could do such a thing, and they had to participate in the establishment.

At first, they just wanted to do a little business, for example, wholesale some iron pots and sell them to Qingzhou and Youzhou. Especially in Youzhou, where there is a great demand, because they have a great trade relationship with the Hu people in the north, and what they lack is such daily necessities. Without this, they would not be able to live a good life at all.

At first they just wanted to buy some firearms, but then they thought that such a business had a future, and they turned to smuggling. However, this kind of business, on the whole, is not too big, and the industrial production of the Qin Republican Army, as well as the development demand of the market, are still too little. And in the merged state. There was a war going on there, even if the Huns were retreating. The situation there is not very good, the war has just ended, it will take some time to recover, and even if there is an opportunity, the chaos of order will cause heavy losses to the merchants, and many of them are very aware of this truth, so this directly leads to a more serious consequence, which is that the trade volume of the Republican Army has fallen somewhat. This led to a drawdown of banks, trading stocks.

"The government will solve this problem, because every time the IRA has to solve most of the problems. In such a situation, we still have something to worry about, so we should take advantage of the decline. Buy a lot and do a lot of long, so that we can expand our capital. Li Li said.

Li Li is optimistic about the future of the Republican Army, he believes that such a matter will definitely be solved, but the matter of the time they need to wait, as for how long, he himself is not very clear, but he thinks it should not be too long.

But the situation of the Republican Army is good at the moment, because they have a bumper grain harvest, and it has to do with agriculture, and there has been a lot of development in agricultural loans from banks.

Shang Wu and Jia Xu walked in the middle of the farmland, which was a field of beans. A team of more than twenty people is reaping their fruits.

"The farmers seem to be busy. Along the way, I saw that they were all in a hurry, harvesting more than 100 acres of farmland at once, which made them look very busy. Jia Xu said with a smile. He wants to see the farmers busy, because the more busy they are, the more their food problems can be solved.

"Well, however, there are still some troubles with such a large amount of food, which can be solved by manpower alone." Shang Wu said.

Many peasants are reluctant to return to the countryside from the towns because the wealth generated by the farms is of too little value, as large quantities of labour are concentrated in the towns and where annexation is encouraged. At the same time, they work too hard, which results in a smaller and smaller rural population. Although a farm system has been formed. A large number of farms have been built, but too much grain still needs to be harvested by themselves, but in terms of agricultural machinery, there are still some deficiencies in this aspect, only a small number of harvesting machines, this is because the mechanical aspect is not too much attention, resulting in such a result, there are really some surprises.

"There's no way, we'll have to wait a little longer. In such a situation, the only solution we can solve is to hire labor from the surrounding area to solve the problem. Do you think this is good, we hire some people from Binzhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou. Jia Xu said.

"That's all I can do." Shang Wu nodded and said, looking at the busy farmers, their workload increased dramatically. But even so, they were happy.

The agricultural tax was reduced to an alarming point where they could meet their tax needs by selling only a small portion of the grain, and the rest of the grain was theirs. They had never encountered such a large amount of grain, and many farmers were worried, they did not know how to store such a large amount of grain. For example, they put it in their yard or cellar, but soon it was full. And there is still a lot of food. This is the first time that farmers have been worried about too much food. But such sorrows are joyful. Because they can finally eat enough.

In the past, it was not an easy task.

Luoyang, Beijing. Nangong.

"Why is there so much less income?" Emperor Han Ling did not go to court because of his health, in fact, he didn't need to go to court most of the time, if he went to court all of a sudden, it would be a little strange.

"Your Majesty, there are constant rebellions in various places, and tax revenues in many places are poor." Zhang Rang cautiously stepped forward and explained.

"Hmph. This is not an excuse. Will a rebellion make my taxes much less? Emperor Han Ling said with great annoyance. Zhang Rang couldn't explain. In fact, he couldn't explain such a thing, after all, they couldn't explain this situation too well.

"The tax revenue must not be less, I also have to put down the rebellion, and the Republican Army will establish another state." Emperor Han Ling said anxiously. Thinking of this, he was very anxious, and the territory of the imperial court was getting less and less. The territory of the Republican Army is fighting more and more, and the pressure on the Republican Army is still very great. Especially in such a situation, many of his situations are in an unfavorable situation.

Fewer taxes means fewer places to spend money. Emperor Han Ling also planned to reorganize their armaments and launch another attack, but what was the result, their situation had not yet unfolded, and they encountered a big problem, and if they continued like this, their situation would be even more unfavorable.

Money, money. Emperor Han Ling needed a lot of money, but where did the money come from?

"Your Majesty, for the sake of the present, only by collecting private goods for my use can we solve the current predicament." Zhang Rang suggested this.

"Hmm." Emperor Han Ling nodded. There is no way for the government treasury to lack money, but the people have money. Why don't they rob those civilians of their money, anyway, the world is his, and what the people have is what he has. This is a very bastard logic, but Emperor Han Ling thinks that what the other party said is right and it works. Emperor Han Ling was very excited to think that the other party was right, and that such a big problem had been solved.

Why don't you collect the goods of the people and use them for your own use?

"Haha. Hahaha. Good way, good way. Emperor Han Ling laughed excitedly and loudly. He has never been so happy, this kind of bold and naked robbery of people's wealth, perhaps only Emperor Han Ling can do this.

This will make more people bankrupt or even desperate, but what does this have to do with Emperor Han Ling. It wasn't him who went bankrupt, but just ordinary people. This is bandit logic.

Hedong, where life has changed a lot, but the people generally do not know. Because they don't feel like the change is too much. And what they care about is whether their money bags are full.

"There's a fire there? Miasma. Ma Heng asked the staff officer on the side worriedly, Ma Heng wanted to inspect the troops, and they wanted to increase the number of troops on the front line at any time.

"Sir, it's not on fire. This is near the coking that is taking place. Coal resources have been discovered in several nearby villages, and if you simply sell coal, you will not make much money. But if it is made into coke, the price will rise a lot, and then it will be transported to Luzhou, and they will be able to make a lot of money at once. Several nearby villages are doing this, and they are coking. Not on fire. The staff officer explained.

This coke was so terrible that it formed a large cloud of black smoke and miasma. This is something Ma Heng did not expect.

Luzhou needs a lot of coke, there are more iron ore resources there, and a large iron plant has appeared there. It was the first time that Hedong realized that coal could still make a lot of money, so they actively participated in it.

Luzhou also has a large amount of coal, and obviously they don't make much money when they transport coal, but they still have a lot of money when they transport coke, so many villages do it like this, and this drive is that a large number of people participate in it, and it is not strange that the miasma is smoky. These are all quite normal situations.