Lijiazhuang is good for everything, it is the political center of the Republican Army, and of course, the hotel industry is also very developed.

For example, there are toilets made of marble polishing. The toilet is in the guest room, and there is no smell at all. Plus there is heating, so I don't feel cold at all.

The Republican side is going to enjoy it. Li Wei thought so. Sometimes, he was willing to go on a business trip to the Republican Army, because everything was very different here, and it was a pleasure to come here on business. The wine, but the food is still poor, not as good as the food in Luoyang, where the food is varied, unlike the Republican Army, it seems that the Republican Army still won't enjoy the food.

Li Wei lies in the large bathtub and enjoys the fun of bathing, which is clean and addictive. Coupled with the fact that there is heating and the temperature is right, even in winter, they can enjoy the benefits of warmth, which is the result that they need the most, and the rest is not what they want.

The reason why Li Dao is so relaxed is because he has finally found a solution to their financial crisis, and even can easily repay some debts.

In front of the tub, there is a wooden tray with fine wine, some boiled beans and other snacks, which is Li Dai's appetizer, but on the tray, there is also a golden round cake and a silver round cake.

This is the new currency, gold and silver.

This is mainly a currency that is promoted to facilitate smuggling activities, which Li Dao discovered by accident while walking around the market.

Because in Guanzhong, and even more places, the currency in circulation is copper coins, and copper coins are flowing to the Republican Army, they need more copper, and copper coins are the best copper coins, which leads to deflation in places where copper coins are used, which also explains why there is such a difficult situation to deal with such a situation, because their situation has become extremely uncomfortable.

The financial difficulties brought about by austerity have made Dong Zhuo's financial situation even more difficult. But the unexpected appearance of gold and silver coins has brought a big turn to the problem.

It is not that gold and silver are not money, but most of the time, gold and silver only occasionally perform their circulation functions, most of them are used as their storage functions, and there are many powerful landlords, in order to increase their sense of security, a large amount of gold and silver is not used as circulation currency. All copper coins are used.

But here in the Republican Army, copper coins were widely collected and used as a key material in the manufacture of artillery and other parts. The circulation function was handed over to paper money, but in foreign trade, the function of copper coins was gradually replaced by gold and silver, because transactions with the Republican Army were large transactions. Moreover, the emergence of standardized casting technology for gold and silver coins has replaced the disadvantages of copper coins and their low value. Only then did gold and silver coins enter the stage of history.

"Copper money, Guanzhong is very lacking. But gold and silver are not less, there are more in the hands of merchants, and there are also seized, who will trade these things with ordinary people, but the Republican Army is willing to trade with such things, hehe, this problem is naturally easy to solve. Li Dao said excitedly. He had already written a letter to his lord explaining such a thing.

As long as the republican army needs gold and silver, use gold and silver, and turn a large amount of gold and silver into funds, all problems are very easy to solve. This is Li Dao's solution.

This era was very unusual, copper coins were regarded as the main currency in circulation, and the circulation value of gold and silver was not important.

However, after the Republican Army became more and more important after the paper currency of the currency, the status of gold and silver became more and more important, especially the emergence of a unified system of gold and silver coins, which made the situation even more favorable.

Because this gold and silver coin has two benefits, the first benefit is to increase the bank's gold reserves.

The lack of gold reserves for the issuance of banknotes by the IRA is the biggest weakness and the biggest weakness of the IRA. So, the IRA started with a lot of land issuance bonds, and at some point, the land fulfilled some of the role of a gold reserve.

However, land bonds are not a long-term solution, and the continued unfavorable fiscal situation is mainly due to the fact that the fiscal deficit has widened a lot, and the successive expansionary policies have made it difficult for the government to support military spending. This is a very unfavorable situation, and the only way is to increase the gold reserves, increase the financial stability, and only then can they make their situation more favorable, otherwise they will be in a very bad situation as a whole, which is the most unfavorable outcome for them.

Therefore, in terms of foreign trade and capital exchange, increasing gold reserves has always been the top priority of major banks. Unfortunately, copper coins were still circulating everywhere, while gold and silver were instead stored and forbidden from circulation, which further exacerbated deflation.

And if the Republican Army banknotes want to occupy the entire financial market, or in other words, the Republican Army banknotes, yuan, if they want to develop from a local currency to a regional or even national monetary unit, what needs to be done will be very large.

The IRA banks are trying to find a way to reclaim large quantities of gold and silver into bank reserves, and then issue more banknotes, thus solving the problem of monetary tightening and strengthening their weakness in gold reserves.

And all this is done by means of illegal acts, and this illegal act is smuggling. against smuggling.

There are two kinds of smuggling, one is blatant smuggling, which is usually carried out by people with government backgrounds.

To be able to do such a business, they are naturally people with hands and eyes, for example, Jingshi Luoyang, Zhang Rang, the general He Jin, and even Cao Cao is not exempt from vulgarity, because they know that buying goods from the Republican Army is cheap, large in quantity, and most importantly, can bring a great sense of security.

For example, iron tools are in great demand, not only for daily necessities, but also for military purposes. This kind of business is not something that ordinary people can do. Salt and iron are all government-run. People who can do such a business are not ordinary people. The smuggling naturally proceeded smoothly, and the other side had an absolute advantage in cost, which was absolutely not comparable to them.

On the other hand, smuggling is the survival method of some people.

The wheelbarrow is a obsolete product for the Republican Army, and with the upgrading of the Republican Army's roads, coupled with the need for cargo upgrades. The limited load and slow speed of the wheelbarrow could no longer meet the huge transportation needs of the Republican Army. But elsewhere, the wheelbarrow is still the best mode of transportation.

First of all, he doesn't need to plough the ox, the ploughing ox is the tractor at home, once used in transportation, it means that the burden of the family has increased significantly, but the wheelbarrow does not have such a burden, and a large number of second-hand unicycles have been eliminated from the Republican Army, cheap, in good condition, and some can be used if repaired, which is the best thing they have ever seen.

The wheelbarrow was very suitable for most areas of the imperial court, for no other reason, because the roads of the imperial court were in very poor condition, and the state of poor was at its peak. In such a situation, their situation will become extremely unfavorable, and in order to accomplish such a situation, they need to solve many, many things. In such a state, their situation will become much more favorable.

The wheelbarrow is convenient, easy, flexible, and very adaptable to the road, which greatly satisfies the needs of smugglers for road conditions.

Iron was the first material they thought of from the beginning, and farmers attached great importance to labor tools, and the rise in iron prices caused their needs in this area to become extremely urgent. Not only that, but there are also iron pots, starting a family, all need iron pots, this is what they need most, if there are no these, they can't do anything, in such a situation, if you want to complete some of these things, it really takes a lot of labor to do.

The Republican Army has a lot of iron, and their new technological production methods have caused the price of iron to fall sharply, and the quantity is huge, and many people are willing to participate.

The most important thing is that the world is in chaos. Not only agricultural implements, household goods, but also military uses, without which no one would have bought so much iron. Smuggling iron can also bring huge profits.

Of course, there are many other goods that are being smuggled, but this kind of wheelbarrow smuggling is far more frequent than the smuggling activities of the big people, because they are fighting for their own survival. Sometimes, that's how things work out. You have to admit some such moves.

Li Jiazhuang, War Department.

"The intelligence department speculates that there may be a big operation in Luoyang, but what exactly? They don't know how far things will go, and we can't interfere. The intelligence forces there are still too weak for us to be involved. On top of that, a lot of information is so secret to us that we can't detect what it is. Jia Xu said.

"The worst thing is that our military power cannot threaten there, and even if we know it, it is useless, because our military power cannot achieve such an effect, and we need to prepare at least five months in advance, but at the moment, it is simply too late. We are beyond the reach of the whip. Shang Wu said.

"But I think of one thing, Zhang Liao's report is very well written, and I myself agree with it very much. The use of special forces, small, lean, but very threatening, if played in the right place, I think this is a very good idea, I think it's a very good idea. Shang Wu said.