The big man has a living father

Chapter 162 (Big Chapter) War is all about logistics!
At this time, in the first carriage of the train, the Han people’s first train meeting was being held.

At this time, Huo Hai and Liu Che's eyes were glowing with joy.

Huo Hai and Liu Che, at the beginning, had no idea of ​​the high cost, diversity and complexity of the difficulties of railway construction.

To put it simply, when the construction of the Anshen Railway reached the second half, Huo Hai and Liu Che almost spent all their money.

Except for the bank deposit left in the vault, all the rest of the money was invested.

Liu Che wanted to touch the money in the treasury, but was stopped by Huo Hai.

Because many houses in the new city were purchased with workers' loans, the IOUs issued by the bank are twice as much as the money that should be in the vault!
Simply put, the workers borrowed money from Huo Hai from the bank to buy Huo Hai's house, and then returned the money to Huo Hai in the form of house payment and put it back into the bank.

During this process, the house went from Huo Hai's hands to the workers' hands.

However, the house itself was built by construction workers, so during the production process of the house, Huo Hai paid the construction workers a large amount of salary.

This cycle is a positive cycle, but it also means that half of the cash flow leaves the bank.

Instead, the bank gets a pile of documents as an asset and can reap high returns in the following years.

If this cycle was not completed by the same person in the previous life, then this loan could have been lent back and forth at least ten times.

For example, a sum of money is lent to A, A buys a house and the money goes back to the bank, which is then lent to B. The money goes back to the bank when B buys a house, and the bank lends the money to C. In this way, the money can be lent out at least ten times!
Of course, the process is not that simple. There is actually another step, which is that the builder borrows money from the bank for development, and then returns the money to the bank after selling the house.

But it's a cycle like this. It can be repeated ten times.

These are all considered positive cycles. If there are more, for example, the leverage reaches twenty times, then there will be a problem.

Because there is no problem with the lending process itself, but the problem is that when the same amount of money accumulates more, each amount of money will have a risk. When the number of cycles increases, the risk factor will become higher and higher. After reaching a certain number of cycles, it will inevitably explode.

This is already a very good operating method.

What Huo Hai and Liu Che did was even worse.

Even though both of them make the money, it also means that both of them bear the risks.

Therefore, Huo Hai cannot let the same money circulate too many times, so circulating it twice is considered too much.

However, Huo's Bank currently has no deposits and cannot use other people's deposits for loans. All the money for loans is his and Liu Che's cash.

There are also IOUs that are directly exchanged for money from other people.

These IOUs are redeemable in both directions.

Due to the high business prosperity, many people are exchanging cash now.

Therefore, Huo Hai must ensure that there are continuous exchange peaks and that there is money in the treasury for others to exchange.

This will avoid triggering a bank run.

Once a bank run is triggered, it will be a dead end.

After all the calculations like this.

Huo Hai and Liu Che encountered a huge crisis!

There are too many workers building the railway, and they all need to be paid. There are too many materials used to build the railway. All the factories, including coal mines, steel mills, and construction plants, all have independent cash flows to settle accounts, rather than just dealing with them haphazardly because they are all their own industries.

Because workers must see the money for this to be real economics.

If you don't see the money, your reputation will be ruined and your business will be in trouble.

However, this process requires a large amount of money to flow in between.

This flow process actually drained Liu Che and Huo Hai’s capital pool! ! ! !
Huo Hai and Liu Che encountered the first crisis since the development of their business!
This crisis, returning to its essence, is just one thing!
The mint that Liu Che secretly opened minted too little currency!
To put it simply, the first crisis that Huo Hai and Liu Che encountered was essentially that they did not print money fast enough!!!

This is against the will of heaven.

But, it happened.

How can we alleviate this situation?
fight!

As long as there is a war, the Xiongnu Company will start spending money.

The Xiongnu Company needed to spend money to supply armaments, to recruit civilians, which cost money, to purchase supplies, which cost money, and to build roads, which cost money.

All kinds of spending money.

When they spent money, they needed to deposit it into Huo Hai's vault, and then take the IOU from Huo's Bank to distribute it to the workers and circulate it in the market.

In this way, the amount of cash in Huo Hai's vault will increase.

This part of cash has not been circulated in the account, so it can be circulated again and issued twice as much as the account amount.

Therefore, starting from November, Liu Che decided that it is better to attack early than late!

Therefore, Liu Che asked Bu Shi, who was in charge of the Xiongnu company, to start preparing for war.

At the same time, Liu Che himself, Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Cao Xiang, Gongsun He, Huo Hai, and Li Cai formed an internal reference team and began to allocate money and grain.

A large amount of this money was spent on dealing with winter problems.

In fact, against the northern grasslands, the offensive in the spring is the most effective, just like the grassland people like to come down to plunder the south in autumn.

Two years ago, Huo Qubing's attacks on the grasslands terrified all the tribes.

If the Han Dynasty had not refrained from mobilizing troops last year, there would be no Huns south of the desert at this time.

To be precise, it should be the former subordinates of King Hunye and King Xiutu who arrived in the five counties of Yunzhong one year and two months ago, settled in Jiuyuan area, and occupied the area on the north bank of the Yellow River.

But because they didn't go, they gave up this direction.

The cold winter was unbearable, and the Huns, forced by death, had no choice but to move south. As long as there was no direct conflict in the winter, they must take any survival resources that could be obtained!

They had already decided to head north as soon as spring came.

They have adapted to traveling when the snow melts, but the Han army may not be able to adapt. By then, as long as they run fast, they will have half a month to escape.

However, they overthought it this time.

The Han army would not wait for the snow to melt before setting out, but would rush to the front line in an endless stream before the snow melted.

In the first carriage of the train, officials other than those from the preparatory team finally reacted.

We are going to Shenmu to inspect the newly opened section of Anshen Railway.

Instead, we must rush to Shenmu to gather, and then advance from Shenmu to the clouds!
The plan to attack the Huns begins from the clouds!

This is the time to mobilize for war!
Zhao Shiqi was completely dumbfounded.

Zhao Shiqi was awarded the title of Right General!

Together with the former general Li Guang, the left general Gongsun He, the right general Zhao Shiqi, and the rear general Cao Xiang, they were all under the command of the general Wei Qing.

In other words, it was not until now that Zhao Shiqi knew that he was about to go to war.

Moreover, he felt that the whole thing was unreliable: "Your Majesty, this is not right! It is freezing cold in the north now. Although it is no longer snowing, we can barely march, but what about the supplies?"

Liu Che and Huo Hai looked at each other and said, "Of course this problem can be solved. All the supplies can be transported here."

Liu Che pointed to the map and showed two locations on the north bank of the Yellow River.

One is on the other side of the river from Jiuyuan, and the other is about the same distance from Yunzhong, Dingxiang and Daijun, but further north.

Zhao Shiqi found it even more outrageous!
What is this ghost?

In the past, no matter how aggressively they attacked the Huns, they could only set the assembly point in Dingxiang and Daijun. Now that Yunzhong has recovered, it can naturally be deployed. However, the location selected by Liu Che is hundreds of miles north of Dingxiang!

From what Liu Che said, he wanted to send the supplies here, then gather them, and then start this year's war to destroy the Huns? !
Huo Hai was very clear about that location. It could be said to be the northern border of Yunzhong and Daijun. It was unknown in this era, but in later generations it would become the capital of this region, Hohhot.

No one had ever dared to talk about sending war supplies here before.

The reason is very simple. It is too far away from Daijun and Dingxiang. It is slightly closer to Jiuyuan Yunzhong, but one has to cross the Yellow River to get there.

Therefore, it is impossible to transport supplies to such a far place for assembly.

The Huns just had low productivity, they were not fools.

It's like when the British and French are at war and they stockpile supplies north of Paris. That's like giving away supplies!

But, this time, that's the plan.

The reason is simple: Huo Hai invented the sled.

In the middle of the year, Lu Bode was grazing his horses in Youbeiping and encountered some Huns who were fleeing northward.

This part of the Huns no longer obeyed the Chanyu's words, but headed north into the forest, trying to break away from the Huns' main force.

This group of people are obviously one of the ancestors of the Jin and Manchu people.

While they were heading north, they captured a group of indigenous people.

The indigenous people raised a kind of dog with black and white fur.

At that time, Lu Bode was studying rabies and needed dogs. So the soldiers who met this group of people catered to their interests and brought this group of Huns and indigenous people to Youbeiping, and gave the dogs to Lu Bode.

When Lu Bode was in Chang'an, he heard people say that Huo Hai had a special liking for black and white animals.

So, some of these black and white heroic dogs were sent to Chang'an.

And Huo Hai recognized it immediately.

Husky.

However, this is not the kind of Husky that was specially selected by breeders in later generations to be harmless and non-wild, but a sled dog of original bloodline.

These dogs are very fierce and active. When they are less active, they like to cause damage just like those Huskies.

Huo Hai took over all these dogs and asked Huangfu Hua to arrange a group of people to raise them. He also selected a lot of dog breeds from other breeds across the country and prepared to train them as military dogs and working dogs.

This process may take more than ten years, and if things don't go well, it could take thirty to fifty years. Even in the best-case scenario, it will take more than five years before there will be initial output.

Therefore, the manpower and material resources invested are not great.

But with so many dogs together and nothing to do, the Huskies rebelled.

So, when Huo Hai found out about this, he invented the sled.

It’s no big deal. They like to make noise, so just drain their energy and they will stop making noise.

As soon as this modern sled was developed, it was noticed by Emperor Wu of Han.

When Liu Che saw the sled, the first thing that came to his mind was to fight the Huns!
War is all about logistics!

Can sleds only be pulled by dogs? Horses can also pull them!

Moreover, Huo Hai invented the three treasures of war horses. With a saddle, it would be easier to put a rope on the horse and pull the sled.

In this way, the combination of war horses and sleds made it possible to transport supplies on a large scale in the snow and ice.

And what the Han Dynasty had the most was war horses!
The entire northern border of the Han Dynasty has 700,000 war horses!
So Liu Che immediately took out the map to study it and discovered something amazing.

A horse-drawn sleigh moves much faster than a horse-drawn carriage.

In fact, in the past few years, every spring, the Huns who migrated south would flee north again to avoid being caught by Huo Qubing.

They all set out when the snow melts, using their rich experience to travel.

If your luck is really bad and you have no way to escape, you can only use your neck to withstand Huo Qubing's knife.

But now that seems to have changed.

The Han people could use horse-drawn sleighs to reach the Huns' gathering place a week before the snow melted.

Get started first!
The reason why the Huns were difficult to deal with was that they ran fast and were hard to catch up with.

The grassland was too big and he ran everywhere, and no one could stop him.

But in winter, their camping sites are fixed, all on the leeward slopes of various mountains, and they always find the right one!

In other words, if the army could launch the offensive a month in advance, it would be twice as effective with half the effort! The Huns would only be beaten and couldn't even run away!
How could the Huns, who had dismounted from their horses, fight against Huo Qubing?
What's more, Huo Qubing now has a musketeer team under his command!
Then the problem is coming.

Zhao Shiqi: "Your Majesty, even if we can deliver the supplies here and we can ensure that the supplies will not be looted by the Huns, then...how can our soldiers resist the cold in the ice and snow?"

"The Huns are warming themselves by the fire in their camp at this time of year, but we are traveling in the ice and snow?"

"Let alone the issue of freezing to death, our soldiers can't even get food. How can we fight?"

Liu Che turned around and opened a wooden box next to him, took out two cans and placed them on the table.

"meal."

Zhao Shiqi: "I know this canned food. I heard it is cooked and won't get moldy. If it were in summer or autumn, the soldiers would be lucky to be able to eat canned food."

"But now it is early spring, late winter, and all these cans have frozen into ice in Chang'an, and on the grassland..."

Liu Che had already taken out a kerosene stove and a bottle of kerosene from the box behind him: "Kerosene is a type of fierce fire oil. To be more precise, it is a kind of fierce fire oil that has been refined to a relatively high purity. It is mass-produced in Shenmu."

All the ministers gathered around.

They knew about fierce fire oil. As ministers in the court, how could they not know about this super strategic material?
But, mass-produced, purified, and more pure pyrotechnic oil? !

Liu Che grabbed the kerosene bottle with his gloved left hand, unscrewed the iron cap with his right hand, poured the kerosene into the kerosene stove, and then tightened the cap.

He turned around, held the kerosene stove with his right hand, and turned the ignition knob with his left hand.

The flint rubbed against the cotton core, which had just been soaked in kerosene, immediately caught fire.

The bright fire gradually grew bigger.

Liu Che pulled the can open and put it on the kerosene stove: "Kerosene stove, can."

A group of people were stunned.

You have to know that lighting a fire in this era is not that easy. You either have to make fire on the spot or use a fire starter.

As for methods of making fire on site, the most luxurious one is to strike stones with iron tools, and many people also know how to make fire by drilling wood.

And the fire starter was not something like carbon cloth, which was only invented a few months ago. Instead, they used various dry grasses to start the fire.

Simply put, the ignition restriction is very large.

Liu Che just pressed the knob and it ignited? ! ! !
This made them dumbfounded.

Smelling the kerosene, looking at the kerosene, the rapidly blackening outer walls of the cans, and the can oil that had begun to melt.

They were sure that this was indeed the source of the fire.

Liu Che: "This is a kerosene stove. This is kerosene, which is produced in Shenmu now. Why do you think I spent 20 billion to build the Anshen Railway? Is it because I want to come to Shenmu to see the desert scenery?"

Shenmu is one of the two places in the entire northern border of the Han Dynasty where oil can be collected directly from the surface. Many ministers in the court know that natural incendiary oil can be collected here.

However, Shenmu’s fierce fire oil can actually be refined in batches, which is really great news!
Looking at the can, Zhao Shiqi still had one question left: "Where is that person?"

"Food can be heated with fire, and people can spend the night with kerosene? Isn't that too extravagant?"

"I mean, when we enter here and search for the Xiongnu tribes on the leeward side, we will pass through the snowy area on the way. Will the soldiers need to camp at night?"

"How can the soldiers withstand it?"

"The wind blows and the snow freezes during the day, and the temperature at night is even lower than during the day!"

Liu Che smiled and opened the box next to him.

Inside are cotton clothes, sleeping bags, and tarpaulins.

"The role of cotton is more important than you think. These are all made of cotton."

"Wear a sweater inside and a cotton coat outside. Not to mention the north of Dai County at this moment, even if we go to the coast of the North Sea, we can still bear it."

"This tent made of tarpaulin is big enough for ten people to sleep."

"This is an iron stove. It can be used to burn coal. There is one set for every ten people."

Liu Che pointed at the map and said, "As the main force of the front team, Huo Hai's Yulin Guards and Huo Qubing's army, each person has three horses, and every five people have a set of military tents."

"Each of them was wearing a tarpaulin raincoat, which could be unfolded into a single-person tent. Even if someone was left alone on the battlefield, they could easily survive a day with a kerosene stove and three horses."

As he spoke, Liu Che showed everything.

There are also some equipment that is not worth mentioning, which are also displayed.

For example, a water bottle and a cotton-wrapped warm water bottle jacket.

For example, a compass.

Li Cai picked up the cylinder on the table. Although he didn't know what it was, it seemed as if there was a force driving it to point one end towards his eyes.

Seeing this, Li Cai looked out the window of the speeding train, then took it down in astonishment, and then looked out the window again.

"This is!"

Huo Hai: "The telescope was invented by Luo Hong." "This one can see people five kilometers away. It is relatively low-end. Luo Hong made the best one. Now he can see the mountains on the moon."

As he spoke, Huo Hai pointed to the sky.

The ministers now reacted.

Times have changed, and so have wars.

This time the Xiongnu Chanyu is doomed.

To put it bluntly, the Huns could run away before, and the land on the grassland was not valuable.

Now in the winter when the Huns cannot escape, the Han people can travel on the frozen grasslands, and the grasslands are valuable!
How can the Xiongnu Chanyu escape?
Zhao Shiqi looked around for a long time and suddenly came to his senses.

This time, Xiongnu Company raised so much money to purchase shares, and the money should have all been spent on these equipment.

The cost of these equipments and the extraction of pyrotechnic oil is probably too high!
Even if Your Majesty and Huo Hai sold it to the Xiongnu Company without making any profit, the cost would still be terrifyingly high.

Besides, how could they not make money? Now it was a business. Since the Xiongnu Company had turned supporting the war into a business, then stocking up for the war company was naturally also a business.

Huo Hai's team of Yulin Guards had at least a thousand people, while Huo Qubing's musketeers had at least five thousand people.

The equipment that these 6,000 people will use is probably worth over 10 billion!

Wei Qing also deployed 50,000 troops in Dai County, while Huo Qubing and Lu Bode also had at least 50,000 troops in Youbeiping.

How much money will it cost to prepare the equipment for these 100,000 people? !
This is simply a matter of no cost, just to send the Huns away!
Zhao Shiqi suddenly found out that he had become the right general this time, and that he was here to reap the credit! ! ! !

Zhao Shiqi didn't know yet that in this war in history, he was pulled out to share the firepower. He also got lost and was sentenced to death. In the end, he paid money to atone his sins.

During this period in history, after Li Guang sent out his troops, he was afraid that he had found the right direction. Even Zhang Qian, the living map master, was led astray by him.

Li Guang did not walk around randomly. He took along Wang Shuo, an astrologer who was good at calculating the stars.

Wang Shuo is not a charlatan. He is currently in the same research group with Luo Xiahong in the research institute.

In history, Wang Shuo and Sima Qian also joined the research team of the Taichu calendar. It can be imagined that he could observe the stars and calculate the calendar, and he definitely knew the stars.

Since you know the stars, it is impossible to get lost on the grassland, even if you are off by one degree out of 360 degrees.

Li Guang took him with him just to deliberately lose the way and avoid any possibility of finding the right way.

Zhao Shiqi couldn't find the way either, which made him less noticeable.

But now times have changed. Li Guang is not on the car now, because he is openly responsible for the task of raising food and fodder, so in fact, Li Guang is already in Hohhot at this time.

He and the first group of soldiers had already transported a batch of cement to build a city in Hohhot.

Although it was not a real city being built, it was just a forward base for Huo Hai to go to war.

As the initial logistics center.

Of course, this is Li Guang’s opinion.

Huo Hai’s own statement was that if a forward base was established, if the war was not going well at that time, then this forward base could be used to slay the Serpent of Changshan.

The entire southern part of the desert is like a long snake, starting from the Tianshan Mountains and ending at the Greater Khingan Range. The entire area north of the Yinshan Mountains and south of the Gobi Desert (the Great Desert) belongs to the southern part of the desert.

To kill a snake, you have to hit it at its most vulnerable part, so Huo Qubing led his troops to Youbeiping, which was exactly the vulnerable part of the desert south.

If they wanted to destroy the connection between the Huns south of the desert, they would have to penetrate deep into the enemy's territory, grab their heads, clamp their tails, and cut their waists.

To put it simply, the eastern part of Mo Nan should be divided into the northeast, the western part of Mo Nan should be divided into the northwest, and a knife should be placed at the midpoint of Mo Nan.

In fact, Huo Hai doesn't need to understand anything about war. He just needs to understand modern geography to know how to deal with each geographical unit.

If it weren't for Huo Hai, it would have been difficult to build a city in Hohhot, at least in ancient times.

But Huo Hai just wanted to choose this place, and then go north from Hohhot all the way to the desert.

And then intersperse it back.

Just cut it once to cut off the head and tail.

Huo Hai certainly wanted to be granted a title of nobility, but he was not doing it for show. It was impossible for him to waste so many troops, manpower and material resources just for the title of nobility.

Huo Hai only needs to complete the cutting task to complete his mission.

At the same time, it was also to test the power of the "Musketeers".

For Huo Hai, he knew how powerful the musketeers were without the need for experiments, but he needed to prove it with the first battle of this war, to prove it to the civil and military officials and the people of the Han Dynasty.

After the proof was completed, the strategic task of dividing the southern part of the desert was achieved.

By then, Huo Qubing will rush across the desert to kill us.

Then supplies were provided to Huo Qubing along the way from Daijun, Yunzhong, Dingxiang and other places.

Wei Qing's army was holding the line in these places while being ready to fight against the main force of the enemy that was driven over by Huo Qubing at any time.

This is the deployment of the entire Mo Nan War.

As for Mobei, that’s another matter.

At present, Huo Qubing has his own plan, but he will not say it out loud, because no one thinks that they can fight to Mobei this time.

Although Huo Hai believed it, he knew nothing about strategy.

When it came to small tactics, Huo Hai could discuss with Huo Qubing the famous historical tactics he knew, which surprised Huo Qubing. But when it came to strategy, Huo Hai had only said three sentences before Huo Qubing saw through all his cards, even the color of his underwear.

As for strategy, Huo Hai only knew two things: "build high walls and store up abundant food" and "when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy stays, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue."

After all, no matter how ignorant one is, one has heard of these two strategies.

Huo Qubing rolled his eyes and wanted to tell Huo Hai that that was the strategy the Huns were using now. Although the conditions did not allow them to execute these two strategies perfectly, our task was to break their strategies. You are just cosplaying them here!
Eventually Huo Qubing realized that Huo Hai knew nothing about strategy, so he stopped teaching him.

It’s enough for the Huo family to have one person who understands.

What's more, Huo Hai is a "tactical genius", which is enough.

On the map, Liu Che explained the war plan.

This is actually the same as the war strategy he originally planned last year.

But because the time was moved forward a month, it changed from chasing to cutting.

Divide first, then beat.

Also due to the improvement of logistical capabilities, another city, Hohhot, was built.

After finishing his speech, Liu Che glanced at everyone and said, "The court officials are all on this bus. You should hurry up and make detailed plans."

"When the car arrived at Shenmu, we immediately started to act according to the plan."

Although the country is a huge machine.

But currently this set of machines is divided into two sets, one new and one old.

The new ones were under the direct control of Liu Che, while the old ones had to be deployed by the court officials.

Everyone started moving and went to the rear carriage one after another.

Even Huo Hai followed in the back of the carriage, because Li Cai pulled Huo Hai aside to ask him about the specific data and prices of kerosene lamps and other things, and Huo Hai could only follow and tell them.

Only the Chief Justice Zhang Tang had nothing to do.

He remained silent.

Liu Che glanced at Zhang Tang and said, "Do you know what the economy is used for now?"

To be honest, Zhang Tang is a very useful knife.

Moreover, Zhang Tang was very loyal to Liu Che and was very clear about the positioning of his sword.

Zhao Yu was a cruel official and he didn't know much about politics.

But Zhang Tang understood.

Since Liu Che came to power, he has strictly enforced the law, because Liu Che studied history books and found that the strict implementation of Qin laws was synchronized with the strength of the Qin State.

When Qin's laws were finally not enforced so strictly, the Qin state collapsed.

Yes, the counterintuitive thing is that everyone in the world thinks that a harsh government is more ferocious than a tiger, and that the harsh laws of the Qin State were the root cause of the Qin State’s collapse.

However, after research, Liu Che discovered that the strictness of Qin laws made the Qin State great, while the gradual relaxation of Qin laws led to its rapid collapse.

Therefore, since Liu Che came to power and determined to accomplish a great cause that will be remembered for generations, he began to strictly enforce the laws.

This is also the reason why almost all the old nobles were stripped of their titles during his reign.

It really wasn't Liu Che's intention, it was just something that happened conveniently.

Why do these privileged people like to break the rules? It's not because they have privileges, but because they are not smart enough!
A child's intelligence is not based on the intelligence of their parents, but tends to be the median of the entire population.

In other words, the probability that the child born to two super-smart people is just an ordinary person is very high.

This results in the fact that the descendants of those great men who have been granted titles of nobility and titles have intelligence that is different from that of their ancestors.

They don't have the intelligence to analyze the world, nor do they have the ability to control their own privileges.

So, they often do one thing - trample on privileges.

Because they have no ability to prove that they are great, they can only trample on privileges to prove that "I am born great."

Therefore, once the laws are strict, it will be almost impossible for the descendants of nobles to avoid breaking the law.

Because their intelligence does not support them to become people who can truly wield power rather than be controlled by power.

Of course, what intelligence cannot do, education can.

Because wisdom can be taught.

The downfall of these nobles also caused Zhang Tang to offend many people.

But why was Zhang Tang fine? Because Zhang Tang was loyal.

How loyal was Zhang Tang? This was engraved in his bones. If nothing else, let me just say that the reason why Liu Bingyi's bloodline was preserved was because Zhang Tang's two sons protected him.

Zhang Tang knew very well his position, he was Liu Che's sword.

However, a knife has two sides, it can hurt others and yourself.

A knife cannot recognize its owner and is not qualified to make judgments, so Zhang Tang chose to hurt others and himself to prove his loyalty.

So Zhang Tang went to find Huo Hai.

Two months ago, Huo Hai went to Wannian County to check on the acquired properties when Shang Fu just arrived.

They were blocked by the Tingwei's men.

According to the current laws of Wannian County, the people of the Court of Justice determined that Huo Hai owned real estate in Wannian County and was a member of the population of Wannian County, and required Huo Hai to pay one-fifteenth of his total property as tax every year.

Everyone in Wannian County has paid, and Huo Hai must also pay.

The irony of this matter is that if Huo Hai does not pay, the current laws of Wannian County will collapse, and all the money that has been collected must be returned to the people, otherwise the government's credit will go bankrupt!
This is true logically, procedurally, and in every other way.

This raises a question: Is Liu Che a native of Wannian County? Should Liu Che pay taxes to Wannian County?

Or could Liu Che issue an imperial decree to exempt Huo Hai and himself from taxes?

Zhang Tang has no control over it.

Zhang Tang just had to carry out the instructions.

And Zhang Tang didn't even show up.

Let a Zhonglang from the Supreme Court block Huo Hai's way.

Xiang Xu didn't take it seriously at first, and directly asked the Zhonglang to call the Tingwei Cheng to the scene.

He also said: "What is the name of your immediate superior, the Minister of Justice? Lu Yeju, right? It is really thanks to you that Lu Yeju has the opportunity to talk to me for the first time in his life."

As a result, after Lu Yeju arrived at the scene, he also handed over his hands and asked Huo Hai to pay the tax.

Huo Hai probably knew what Zhang Tang was trying to do.

Zhang Tang’s logic is very simple.

Force Liu Che to choose the winner.

If Chang'an County is chosen, it means that there is no need to give Chang'an County any more time to continue the experiment, and the new policy should be implemented directly throughout the country.

If Wannian County is chosen, the new policy of Chang'an County will be cancelled.

If you don't choose, let Huo Hai pay the tax.

What is the scale of Huo Hai's wealth? Once Huo Hai pays the tax, Wannian County will be better than Chang'an County in terms of economy, at least on paper.

Xiang Xu didn't understand how Zhang Tang dared to do that. He used his own master as a target? Are you crazy?
But Zhang Tang just dared.

Because a knife has no self-awareness, it is just a tool.

A sword does not distinguish between friend and foe.

The knife is used to implement policies. It does not change at all, nor does it take the initiative to think about what is beneficial to its owner and what is not.

Huo Hai also understood Zhang Tang's approach and had no choice but to go to the palace to ask for orders.

This matter is very simple. We cannot deny Chang'an now, nor can we deny Wannian.

Even though Wannian County is garbage, this experiment must go on.

Because if the whole country develops in the direction of Chang'an County, what if some vassal states suddenly emerge and become stronger than Chang'an?
Everyone has already understood the importance of transportation, and the importance of population in the new business reform is self-evident.

So... Qi, Lu, Yanzhou and Jizhou have large populations and many waterways. If they quickly surpass Chang'an, how can the Han Dynasty remain stable?

Therefore, this experiment cannot be stopped for the time being. The goal is to concentrate the world's wealth in Chang'an first.

Wait until the time comes to distribute it.

In this way, there would be no possibility of local threats to Chang'an.

This time, Liu Che was very disappointed with Zhang Tang.

Indeed, Zhang Tang is a very good knife.

Doing so makes Zhang Tang even more rare.

Top cruel official.

But... don't forget that the position of Imperial Physician is vacant now!

The Imperial Officers were in charge of money, laws, and work.

What does Zhang Tang manage now? Money and law.

Because Zhang Tang had been the Minister of Justice for too short a time, Emperor Liu Che wanted him to hold on for a while before he could take over the job of Imperial Physician.

At this time, Zhang Tang showed his weakness.

The position of Imperial Doctor requires a smart person.

However, Zhang Tang did not understand Liu Che's intention in this important choice.

Now, all the court officials went to the back carriage, and Liu Che put his hands behind his back.

Zhang Tang took a deep breath and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I have failed your Majesty's high expectations!"

Liu Che would neither let Chang'an fight for a victory or defeat for a thousand years, nor would he refund the taxes to the people, nor would he let Zhang Tang collect taxes from himself and Huo Hai. Instead, he asked Zhang Tang to stop being a knife and be a human being.

In the eyes of the ministers, this seemed like Liu Che was giving in.

However, Zhang Tang knew clearly that Liu Che would never give in to anyone and this was definitely planned in advance.

Zhang Tang knelt down to thank the heavens! He had always thought that for a small person like him, climbing to the position of the Minister of Justice was already a great honor.

Who would have thought that the position of Tingwei was just a transitional position for him to gain rank.

The position of Imperial Physician is the important task given to him by the great Emperor.

But isn’t the position of Imperial Censor a preparatory position for the Prime Minister?
Your Majesty's expectation for me is to rule the world? !
Zhang Tang wanted to cry. What a great favor! What a great trust!
Think more.

How could the Liu family, with their ancestral tradition of being ruthless and unkind, have planned in advance to let Zhang Tang rule the world? How could the black glove finally come to the fore?

Liu Che just wanted Zhang Tang to take the position of Imperial Physician, and then split the Imperial Physician's duties into three parts.

Anyway, Zhang Tang has offended enough people, so this one thing won't make any difference.

(End of this chapter)