"This is a telegram we sent from Dong Zhuo's internal line, after Dong Zhuo borrowed money from us, he initially established a small arsenal, mainly producing their cavalry weapons, and using such cavalry weapons can help them expand their cavalry combat capabilities to the greatest extent." Jia Xu took out a telegram and said to Shang Wu.

Dong Zhuo also borrowed money from the Republican Army, and in order to repay the money, Dong Zhuo also secretly participated in smuggling business operations, in fact, many local military generals are doing this, and the rewards given by the imperial court are symbolic, that is, they won the battle, and there is not much reward at all, but the imperial court intends to connive at them to do some smuggling business, that is, the imperial court will not take care of such a business, which gives them a chance.

Dong Zhuo relied on this smuggling business to feed his army. Of course, these are not enough.

They sold some iron tools from the Republican Army, and then sold them to the Guanzhong area, and at the same time there was a large amount of salt relief, and it was indeed a very good way to control the Guanzhong area by controlling the salt and iron, and the profits they made, except for a part of the expansion, most of them were used to build military factories, buy iron, and even, some arms and weapons needed to be imported from the Republican Army.

It can be said that it is no secret that Dong Zhuo has done these things. In such a situation, a lot of things will move as quickly as they expect, and this is where they are most advantageous at the moment. If such a thing is done, Dong Zhuo's strength will rise a lot.

Shang Wu knows such a thing. Because this can greatly promote the increase in the trade quota of the Republican Army, with such an increase in the quota, it will be very good news for them, and such news will help them to carry out various developments to the greatest extent. This is the one option that is most beneficial to them.

"I just hope that this kind of trade can be sustained a little, but I think Dong Zhuo still seems to lack something, and that is their artillery." Shang Wu said after reading the telegram. Shangwu naturally hopes to be able to export more goods, so that the military development of the republican army can be improved to the greatest extent, and at the same time, it can be appropriately transferred to the civilian market, and the cost of supporting military enterprises is still very large, and in the future, the combat intensity of the republican army will not be too large, in this case, the support of military industrial enterprises will become extremely different, which requires them to use various ways to deal with such situations.

"Well, that's pretty good. What we have to know is that Dong Zhuo has just started after all, and if they are allowed to do it for a long time, their strength will still increase. Jia Xu said. Jia Xu means that it has just begun, and what kind of result can it develop, it is necessary for them to give each other a certain amount of time to supplement, wait, otherwise, they themselves will not have such a big development, in this regard, he himself is very much in favor of such a point, because this situation is indeed such a way, if they are allowed to develop like this, it may become better, this is their advantage, such an advantage can allow them to do a lot of things.

"Well, that's a little bit, I agree to do it. Give them some time, maybe we're in too much of a hurry. After all, he is only a local military general, and it is not easy for him to secretly build his own small military factory. Shang Wu said. Dong Zhuo knew very well that the situation in the imperial court was very chaotic, and those rebellions would only increase, and with their own army, they could control such a situation, and with the development of such a situation, their situation would become extremely favorable. In this way, their situation can develop rapidly.

However, Dong Zhuo's arsenal can only be described as a weapons processing workshop, they buy all kinds of parts and components from the Republican Army, and then hire people to assemble them there, or make slight improvements, into new weapons and equipment. Dong Zhuo's arsenal is still relatively small, but fortunately, they have their own place to produce weapons. Still, they lacked artillery.

"At present, the largest order is still the imperial court, and the imperial court has borrowed the first batch of republican yuan, totaling one million yuan, and this million yuan will mainly be used to purchase armaments and expand the armaments of the new army in Xiyuan, and their weapons will be upgraded to a higher level, and then have greater combat effectiveness." Jia Xu said.

The money borrowed by the imperial court was mainly spent on the new army in Xiyuan, of course, a large part of it was coveted by many people. This is also an extremely normal thing, and in the end, the funds that are really used to buy weapons and equipment are still relatively small and pitiful, but these. It's good enough for the Republican Army. First, they borrowed some money, so that they could charge some interest, which was also an investment, because they could borrow money to get the source of tax revenue from the imperial court, which was also a way to increase income. The paper money they paid, and the court kept buying these banknotes, and then returned to the Republican army, but the court finally borrowed money and went into debt. The Republican Army has not only developed its own military industry, but also made the other side indebted, which is really advantageous.

"But if the new army of the imperial court in Xiyuan stops expanding, it will be very disadvantageous to us. If the demand for the military industry decreases, our factory orders will decrease, and in that case, it will have a big impact on us. Jia Xu said worriedly.

"Don't worry, we have some other markets to develop, for example, the Huns in the north, their situation does not seem to be very good, at present, what we need to do is to trade with them, stimulate their demand, let them enter our production system, in this way, through trade, our income will be further developed, only the military industry. We can only provoke more wars. Shang Wu said helplessly.

The economy of the Republican Army was completely different from the small peasant economy of the imperial court, they started with a large-scale farm economy, and agriculture was relatively simple, but it could also provide more grain production on a large scale to meet their needs. At the same time, they also have factories, and the demand for factories is huge, but there is a problem at present, that is, the factories of the Republican Army are military factories, and most of the military factories come from military orders. For example, civilian supplies on logistics units, food processing, and so on. These can be transferred to the civilian market, but this requires a big premise, that is, there is a great demand from the people. Otherwise, it's hard to move forward. Shangwu's method is to stimulate the demand of more regions through bank lending, and the bank lends them money, as long as they want to develop, they will borrow, Dong Zhuo is like this, and the same is true of the imperial court. Because only in this way can their problems be properly handled, otherwise, many of their things will not be successfully concluded, in such a situation. The IRA will need to make more, more orders, especially for civilian use.

In this way, it can be said that it solves the other party's financial problems, and at the same time is conducive to their own development, and at the same time they have obtained quite rich benefits, in such a situation, their development is still extremely beneficial, if this development continues, it will be much more powerful for them.

"Of course. At present, we should use practical actions to express some of our attitudes, so that our people can have greater development in their living conditions, and only then can we stimulate our own market to a certain extent. Foreign trade is indispensable, but we must also develop some markets and increase demand, otherwise, the market will not be developed. Shang Wu said.

At the end of the day, it's a question of market demand, if not in the absence of those market demands. The economy of the republican army will not develop either, the economy is mutually developing.

Just when Shang Wu and Jia Xu were discussing economic issues.

The Huns in the north were also forced to accept some of the republican conditions, and in order to show their willingness to accept the terms of negotiation, they also sent 2,500 cattle and sheep to the intelligence officers. This was their sincerity, for in less than a month the winter of the north would come, and the war would not bring them much practical benefit, and their supplies were still scarce, and if they could not exchange trade in time, their whole winter would be extremely unfavorable. The Huns knew that they were likely to be very passive, and who let them lose on the battlefield. However, if the stalemate continues, it will not do them any good.

The Xiongnu made such a statement, and the intelligence officers only conveyed such a view, although they did not understand why the above did not extort these Huns, but put forward some peace conditions, which was still too lenient. After all, the conditions put forward by the republican army were beneficial to both sides, to carry out equal trade, to control commercial taxes within the range of five to zero, and at the same time, the two sides should send diplomats to solve the relevant economic problems, not only these, but also the two sides should actively carry out trade cooperation, common development, and both sides should be equal and reciprocal, which seems to be too forgiving to the Huns.