I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 310 Arms Race! come! Pull out all the money and play with your cards!

Li Heng couldn't help but feel a little headache when he thought about having to compete with Sima Yi in the future.

To be precise, it should be Master Sima.

Many things cannot be solved by technological generation differences, let alone the current generation differences in technology?
Sima Shi is a cold and ruthless political machine, and he can use any means to achieve his goals.

If Sima Yi comes to power, enemies in the future will definitely be much more difficult to deal with than they are now.

After thinking for a while, Li Heng stopped thinking about it. After all, not everyone will do what they expected.

People like Cao Shuang were not expected in the first place. It was already a huge gain to be able to use Cao Shuang to fully open up the Han money ban and trade.

Before Sima Yi came to power, he was eager to make a sum of money and iterate the entire Jingzhou Army's equipment.

When the Sima clan takes power and wants to fight a tough battle, then fight!
He said to Ma Yong: "Pay close attention to the trends in Luoyang."

"Here."

But when he reacted, he felt that this military book was completely different from what he had seen before.

"Yes, it was a political conflict. Cao Wei usurped the Han Dynasty and gained control of the Central Plains, acquiring a large amount of population and money. He also declared to the states that he was orthodox, so His Majesty could only stay in Chengdu."

“It’s a conflict between orthodoxy and unorthodoxy.”

He never expected that Li Heng could actually write a military book?
The more Dong Hong watched, the more immersed he became, and the more he watched, the more addicted he became.

"But this cannot be considered a conflict of interest."

"Let me ask you, what is the conflict between us and Cao Wei?"

"General, why is this military book written in vernacular?"

Li Heng picked up the document he wrote from the desk, handed it to Dong Hong, and said: "Copy these orders, make them into a book, and send them to Xiangyang University, Jingzhou University, Chongqing University, and the Capital University."

After reading it, everyone was stunned.

"I saw it."

"This is considered a conflict of interest. Everyone wants to sit in the world and occupy the Central Plains. It was originally the Han Dynasty, but now it is occupied by Cao Wei. How can this not be a conflict of interest?"

"This is?"

"Treat soldiers preferentially, dress them well, eat them well, and play well, and their combat effectiveness will increase."

Because I can’t fucking write classical Chinese!

Dong Hong was stunned for a moment, then quickly started reading through it.

Dong Hong couldn't help but nodded, but then asked: "War is an extension of politics. The explanation behind this sentence is that political games are the foundation. If political conflicts cannot be reconciled, force will be used. The emergence of political conflicts is Conflict of interests. I don’t quite understand.”

"The conflict between orthodox and unorthodox interests." Li Heng corrected, "Continue reading. Have you seen the soldier chapter?"

"The Military Code of the Han Dynasty."

"How did I say that?"

"Because it's easier for those students in college to read."

"It's...according to what the general said, it's a political conflict."

"now it's right."

"I understand if you dress well and eat well, have fun?"

"Back then, the Prime Minister and I confronted Sima Yi in Guanzhong. Our army had storytellers and many games, such as wrestling, running competitions, tug-of-war competitions, and singing and dancing. The soldiers were very happy and their morale was high."

Dong Hong then thought about it, isn't this what we have been doing these past few years?
"The general is writing this to let everyone know how to run the army?" Dong Hong finally mentioned his doubts.

"Let the common people of the Han Dynasty know that the imperial court is the king's division and we treat the soldiers with humanity." "What is humanity?"

"Full of care." Li Heng explained, "Let the families of the soldiers know that their children will not be in darkness in the military camp. The people in the rear can relax, then the local security will be harmonious, and etiquette will be recognized. Of course, instead of It’s better to say it’s for your own people than for your enemies.”

"Show it to the enemy?"

"Yes, I actually wrote this book to show it to Cao Wei and Sun Wu."

"Why is that? Does the general also want the enemy to be like us! Doesn't this make the enemy stronger?"

Li Heng smiled and said: "Do you think Cao Wei and Sun Wu don't know how to treat the soldiers better, so that the soldiers will work harder?"

Dong Hong was stunned, not quite understanding what Li Heng meant.

"In their view, soldiers are inexhaustible and need no mercy at all. They are treated like dogs. When those soldiers go to the battlefield, whoever dares to take a step back will be executed. The whole family will be implicated. They are highly replaceable. .”

“So, even if they read my book, they won’t do what I say.”

"Then why do you say this book is for them?"

"They will selectively look at the contents. For example, all soldiers are wearing armor. For example, soldiers have meat to eat every day. For example, soldiers' monthly salary is 200 guan and their pension is 5,000 guan."

"These..." Dong Hong was even more confused.

"Show them this and they will realize how willing we are to spend money on the army. They will then summarize the reasons for the defeat and spend less money!"

"But the general just said that they treat soldiers like dogs. Are they willing to spend money?"

"Throwing money is a science, there is a difference between throwing money and throwing money."

Dong Hong became even more confused.

"When we raised military expenditures and spent money, it all went to the soldiers. Sun Wu and Cao Wei raised military expenditures and spent money, which may have hit some people's pockets. As for increasing military expenditures, they are happy to do so."

Dong Hong seemed to understand.

"Is this leading the enemy to increase military spending?"

"Yes. It is not certain whether military expenditure can increase combat effectiveness. But as long as the enemy increases military expenditure, our goal will be achieved."

Dong Hong seemed to understand it completely. He turned a few more pages, pointed to the "City Chapter" and said, "So can we also build many offensive cities in Xiangyang to guide Cao Wei's investment?"

"You understood quickly. It's the same as the situation in Guanzhong. We are now going to increase Sun Wu and Cao Wei's expenses in all aspects, turning their pockets into deficits."

“What is the deficit?”

"Just losing money."

"I understand. I'll have it copied and distributed everywhere."

In February, the first batch of tea seeds began to be planted in the southern counties of Jingzhou.

The money earned from Sun Quan also arrived one after another.

The copper coins in Jiangling Mansion's treasury piled up like mountains.

Based on the idea that money that does not go out is a pile of useless scrap copper, Li Heng began to spend money wildly, and in a very high-profile way, he directly posted a notice: Buy iron in large quantities, I want to build iron armor!
This forced Cao Wei and Sun Wu Xizuo, who were lurking in Jiangling and Xiangyang, to work overtime and hold meetings overnight to analyze where Li Heng would purchase iron from, and scolded Li Heng for being worse than a black-hearted boss!
This incident naturally caused a lot of commotion in Jingzhou's business circle. After all, everyone wanted to get in touch with the general.

But on February 15th, Li Heng suddenly announced that he would buy iron at twice the price.

And a notice must be posted that whoever can discover iron ore will be rewarded with one million coins!
When announcing this to the outside world, he also ordered people to pile up carts of copper coins and parade them through the streets.

When this news reached Jianye, Sun Quan could not sleep for three days and nights.

(End of this chapter)