I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 475: Sudden Change in Military Situation
That night, at the Central Bank of Daxia.

Zhou Tieyi studied the various data collected today. He had almost collected all the silver in the Tianjing market. If he absorbed a batch of remaining silver from ordinary people's homes now, the market would begin to face a silver shortage in half a month at most, so he had to be prepared in advance.

Zhou Tieyi has now prepared two countermeasures. First, for business operators, he has relaxed the loan standards. As long as the qualifications are met, he will issue a six-month short-term loan with an interest rate of 25%, which is completely affordable for business operators in Tianjin.

All these loans were paid to the market in the form of silver bills, so that the additional silver bills he issued could flow smoothly into the production field.

Secondly, for ordinary people, he would expand the scope of recruitment and use work as a substitute for relief. At the same time, they could advance half a month's salary, which would also be settled in silver bills, also increasing the amount of money circulating in the market.

As for how to expand the scope of recruitment, it is actually very simple. There are now a large number of money houses, newly built steel mills, expanded railways, and the ship investment factory prepared by the Fourth Prince Li Jing. These are all extremely high-quality jobs.

At the beginning of this round of industrial reform, Zhou Tieyi had a very high positioning for workers, which was a high-paying profession of this era.

Take the Zhou family’s troops as an example.

Zhou Tieyi's original personal guard was an eighth-rank warrior with a monthly salary of ten taels of silver. This may not seem like much, but in fact it is very much in line with the characteristics of a professional soldier.

Because Zhou Tieyi's personal guards' food, clothing, and training resources are all paid for separately. Even if they are seriously injured or die on the battlefield in the future, their funeral will be handled by the Zhou family. This is similar to the professional military officers in his previous life. Although their salaries do not seem to be high, their various invisible benefits and social status are different.

In Tianjing, the average wage of a normal young male laborer was about three taels of silver. Of course, this average was much higher because of the high income in Tianjing. In fact, if the median was taken, it should be two taels of silver.

But now Zhou Tieyi really offers a high price of three taels and three cents of silver to the workers who have been trained and qualified by the Railway Chamber of Commerce. Moreover, as the workers' professional titles are promoted, there is not only the temptation to be accepted as apprentices by Zhou Tieyi, but also a standard salary increase for each professional title promotion.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the people of Tianjing generally received the best education of this era, and even many of them secretly wanted to practice.

Among the various schools of thought, such as the Nine Grades of Business and the Nine Grades of Martial Arts, as long as one is willing to work hard and have a certain level of food and clothing support, one can succeed in three to five years. It is not an impossible task. The difficulty lies in how to stand out from so many people.

Zhou Tieyi's founding of a newspaper led to the establishment of a newsboy school, which further promoted the popularization of education.

These days, all the major chambers of commerce and money houses are short of staff. The money houses have proposed to open newsboy schools, recruiting those newsboys who are a little older and have excellent grades as recruits, and at the instruction of Zhou Tieyi, they are willing to provide the practice methods of the ninth level of business.

The ninth-grade merchant "Hearing Voice" can effectively collect and process information, which in itself can improve labor efficiency. Zhou Tieyi can run the money house successfully, quickly promote deposits and loans, and avoid large-scale accounting errors, but he still relies on more and more merchant practitioners.

"Practice is also the primary productive force."

Zhou Tieyi chuckled softly.

He estimated that this month the Railway Chamber of Commerce, newspapers, newsboys, the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, money houses and various emerging small businesses would be able to provide nearly 200,000 jobs for the entire Tianjing. It would not be long before Tianjing would face a labor shortage and would then be able to deal with the refugees from various places.

Of course, this does not include the largest high-paying labor market, the military!
The wartime economy can also solve the employment problem. The deployment of troops in the west and the north has allowed Tianjing, a high-quality source of soldiers, to expand its reserve force by 100,000 this winter. As long as Zhou Tieyi can supply money and food, this expansion will continue.

Just as Zhou Tieyi was thinking about the wartime economy, a familiar eunuch named Su Xibi hurried in from outside.

"Lord Zhou, there is an urgent order from the palace!"

When Zhou Tieyi rushed to the imperial study, the lights were already on. All three departments were called up, including the ministers of the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Elephants. The atmosphere was so depressing that it seemed like it was about to turn into a thunderstorm.

The Great Xia Emperor and the Queen of Heaven sat side by side on the throne. The light in the eyes of the Great Xia Emperor, who was originally making good progress in his cultivation, became dim.

He said nothing, but everyone present already knew the reason for the wake-up call tonight.

Yuanmeng Tianlang God General forced his way across the Nujiang River, launched a surprise attack on Juma City, broke the city, tore a hole 800 miles east of Sunset Pass, and marched straight into the hinterland.

The Great Xia Emperor and the Empress did not speak, but the ministers present had already pointed their fingers at Yuchi Pojun, "What are you doing as a military strategist! Not only did you not win on the front line, but you actually let people pass Sunset Pass!"

"Jiang Shoucheng neglected his duties!"

The moment Zhou Tieyi saw the news, he felt a shock on the head, but he quickly came to his senses. This time, Yuan Meng's breaking through the defense line of Sunset Pass was both a coincidence and a necessity.

There are two inevitable reasons for this.

After twenty years of peace, the soldiers on the front line actually looked down on Yuan Meng. This autumn, Yuan Meng launched a large-scale attack, but not only did it not cause too many problems, but he was instead attacked by Zhou Qinlong thousands of miles away and captured Miaoshan City.

At that time, even Zhou Tieyi thought that Yuan Meng's attack was just to cover up the troubles caused by the gods in Taihang Mountains and other places. It was a feint attack, and at most it would cooperate with the Western Paradise to contain the military forces of Daxia.

Afterwards, the Moshi case broke out, and the generals on the front line were in a panic. They had originally not taken Yuan Meng's attack seriously, and even took the initiative to shrink the defense line in order to put pressure on the court. But at that time, everyone still had their own concerns, and they did not shrink the defense line casually. At most, it was a normal strategic defense stage.

But who would have thought that the Moshi case was solved, Zhou Tieyi took charge of the central bank and resolved the financial problems. The people at all levels turned from worried to happy. On the eve of the frontline re-mobilizing troops to prepare for a big fight with Yuan Meng, Yuan Meng struck like a thunderbolt, starting with the battle of crossing the river, which they were least good at, and broke the key point of the contraction strategy, Juma City!
The second reason naturally requires the help of Shinto!

The reason why the Nujiang River is difficult to cross in this world of gods and demons is certainly not just because of its rugged geography, but mainly because the Nujiang River is connected to the Sea of ​​Blood. Although it does not make creatures lose their minds like the Sea of ​​Blood, the Nujiang River can also make people irritable and restless. Coupled with the river beasts lurking in it, it is a natural dangerous place.

Blood Sea... Blood Sea Lord! Guan Guan!

Zhou Tieyi's eyes were deep. No wonder since the cooperation in Taihang Mountain and after obtaining all the power of the second-grade god Tong Lao, this witch seemed to have disappeared and had not come to provoke him recently.

He was too busy with a lot of trivial matters to pay attention to this. The Nine Ancient Gods were not united, and Zhou Tieyi himself had different views on Shinto. This meant that the Nine Ancient Gods were just cooperating on many things. Frustrating one or several of the conspiracies did not mean that the Nine Ancient Gods were defeated.

Although he won in Bingzhong, Pingjindu and Taihang Mountain, it was not Daxia's victory, because his own faction and Guanguan's faction of the Nine Ancient Gods actually gained a lot of benefits from it and greatly increased their strength.

So this is also one of the sources of today's disaster!

When the right general Yuchi Pojun heard the accusations from his colleagues, he was like a volcano waiting to erupt. He was angry but couldn't vent his anger because the defeat on the front line was indeed a matter of military strategy. Even though there were many reasons in between, for a military strategist who only cared about life and death, losing meant death, and the dead would not make excuses!

"I request to dispatch 50,000 troops to hunt the Heavenly Wolf in the north!" Yuchi Pojun said with a fist clasped.

Yuchi Pojun volunteered, but the ministers present fell silent, thinking about it in their hearts.

The military strategists are truly among the top nine, and have produced peerless figures like Jiang Taiyi. But in fact, the combat effectiveness of the top military strategists has been weakening over the past hundred years.

The path of a military strategist is born to break the way. A first-rank "shaking a country" requires shaking the foundation of a country. During the Five Dynasties of the North and the South, there was even a grand occasion of five first-rank military strategists in the same era. However, Da Xia was far more powerful than the Five Dynasties. But today's left and right generals are not worthy of the title of "shaking a country."

On the contrary, on the Shinto side, due to the special reasons of the gods, as long as they are not sealed, the inheritance of the second-grade generals will continue. Even if it is a one-for-one exchange, Daxia cannot afford the loss.

This is a big pit, but someone has to step into it.

Zhou Tieyi suddenly understood something, so he did not stop Yuchi Pojun from volunteering.

After thinking about it, the others nodded silently.

The military situation was urgent, and the Great Xia Emperor said, "Order the Right General Yuchi Pojun to mobilize 50,000 guards to hunt the Heavenly Wolf in the north for me!"

After the Great Xia Emperor issued this decree, all the ministers looked up in surprise. Even Yuchi Pojun, who had just volunteered, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I dare not obey your order. The imperial guards are responsible for protecting the capital, which is of utmost importance. The evil spirits are rampant now, and we must not act rashly."

The Imperial Guards are undoubtedly the most elite troops in the Great Xia Jing, and all the troops, including the Yulin Army, are affiliated with the Imperial Guards.

Now that His Majesty the Great Xia has lost his saintly power and is at his weakest stage among the Third Rank, mobilizing the imperial guards to the front lines can indeed fill in the gaps on the front lines, but it will inevitably leave Tianjing empty.

The Great Xia Emperor stood up and walked to the front of Yuchi Pojun who was holding his fist. "Right General, do you need me to remind you of the consequences of not leading the troops? Besides, the situation on the front line is treacherous now, and we cannot move the troops on the front line lightly. Therefore, you can only use my troops to hunt in the north for me."

If the army wants to maintain its combat effectiveness, it needs long-term cooperation between generals and soldiers.

Yuchi Pojun had two troops that he could mobilize. One was the "God-killing" army of the Yuchi family on the front line. After Yuchi Pojun returned to Tianjing, this elite army of Daxia was handed over to Yuchi Pojun's younger brother.

Although Yuchi Pojun was able to adapt quickly when he took command due to the same training method, as His Majesty the Great Xia said, the situation on the front line is now treacherous, and withdrawing troops from the front line at this time may cause greater variables.

Another force that Yuchi Pojun can command at will is the Imperial Guards. As the right general stationed in Tianjing, although he has not participated in a war for more than 20 years, all the training of the Imperial Guards falls on Yuchi Pojun, so he can naturally cooperate with the military formation skillfully.

"Besides, when I was yet to ascend the throne more than 20 years ago, I had never feared the ambitions of the wolves in the north. Now that I have ascended the throne, I have a virtuous queen at home and loyal ministers abroad. Why should I fear a mere wolf? I am sitting here to see if the evil demons dare to come! The only regret is that I cannot be with the general at the sacred mountain of engraving stones."

The so-called sacred mountain with stone inscriptions refers to the past event when the Emperor of Great Xia made a surprise attack on the royal court and carved a stone on the most sacred mountain in the tent of King Yuanmeng to commemorate his achievements.

After saying that, the Great Xia Saint General took out the tiger talisman that he had prepared, personally held Yuchi Pojun's hand, and handed the tiger talisman over.

"Your Majesty, I will sacrifice my life to bring back the sacred mountain for you!"

"it is good!"

The Great Xia Emperor laughed heartily, feeling extremely happy.

Then he looked at Zhou Tieyi, "Mr. Zhou, what do you think of what the Right General said?"

Zhou Tieyi sighed in his heart, if it weren't for the man in front of him who wanted to cultivate immortality, the world would have been hard to get into chaos. After all, he was the one who dared to launch a surprise attack on the royal court.

"The Right General has the power to move mountains. It would be a piece of cake for him to move a sacred mountain back."

Seeing Zhou Tieyi's flattery, His Majesty of Daxia laughed even more happily, and immediately swept away the gloom in the imperial study. After the laughter fell, he walked back to the throne, "Although we can predict the enemy's victory, we must not underestimate the enemy. Yuan Meng has torn open a gap, and the news has reached us and also reached the ears of those evil monks in the west."

The Western Paradise and Yuanmeng were originally trying to clamp down on Daxia from a pincer attack. Yuanmeng made a breakthrough today. If nothing unexpected happens, bad news will come from the western provinces tomorrow, or at the latest the day after tomorrow.

"I recommend a man who can guard the western provinces."

Zhou Tieyi took the lead.

"who?"

"The Palace Master of Daming Dao Palace, Taoist Wuming."

After hearing Zhou Tieyi's recommendation, the ministers thought about it and nodded secretly. This was indeed the best solution at the moment.

There was actually another solution, which was to let Zhou Tieyi go to the front line.

Although no one knows Zhou Tieyi's specific strength now, he was able to suppress a third-grade dragon with his own hands, pulled Mei Qingchen up unharmed on Yujing Mountain, and easily preached and opened a third-grade path for himself. In everyone's eyes, even if Zhou Tieyi is not a first-grade person, his strength is definitely the strongest among the second-grade people. In addition, he holds two holy powers in his hands, so perhaps he can play a miraculous role whether dealing with the Western Paradise or Yuan Meng in the north.

The only pity is that the Emperor of Great Xia and his ministers did not dare to let Zhou Tieyi leave Tianjing at this time, let alone let Zhou Tieyi take over the military power.

What's more, although Tianjing's finances have begun to show signs of being resolved, they are still a long way from being completely resolved. Take today's disaster on the battlefield as an example. Once the news spreads, it will inevitably affect the exchange, which is in a state of panic. How to resolve it will fall on Zhou Tieyi.

Then, the nameless Taoist who has always been at odds with Buddhism and has first-class strength is the best candidate to be in charge of the western provinces.

"allow."

(End of this chapter)