A gangster with a white background, looking a little worn military boots, gently stepped on the fallen leaves.

On the way back, Cao Cao kept thinking about Guo Fengxiao's words - "Yuan Shao, he is about to die!"

It is true that this big brother is small in character, but... if it is said that he is so "Guandu" and "Cangting" are easily angry to death in the battles between the two, then... it wouldn't be so...

Thinking of this, Cao Cao's eyes narrowed.

"Zhongkang? Tell me? Will Yuan Shao die?"

Cao Cao asked Xu Chu with great interest.

Xu Chu scratched his head, and he knew how to solve the problem with his fists, but he didn't know that these people would die.

Immediately, I smiled and replied, "Mr. Cao, how could I understand these!"

"But if anyone lost such a frustrating battle, it was only more than a month, with nearly one million soldiers, who died or surrendered. If anyone had done so, it would be a bad experience. It would be even more terrible.

What is…”

When Xu Chu spoke this, his words came to an abrupt end.

Cao Cao raised his hand, "So, it's okay!"

Xu Chu paused for a moment and continued to speak, "The one who makes Yuan Shao most uncomfortable is the eldest son! He can't beat Cao Gong, but which one of his sons is the eldest son's opponent? I don't want it, but once I think too much.

That's not a silly man, that's not a dead end, it's not a dead end, it's really like what Guo Fengxiao said!"

Hey…

Xu Chu's words are rough and not rough.

Cao Cao's eyes are certain, this is the truth...

"Ha ha ha ha!"

He laughed happily. "In the troubled times, the strong are respected, and they are not suitable for those who are powerless. If Yuan Shao really dies, that would be interesting! I heard that none of his sons are easy to save money.

lamp!"

"As for comparing these dogs with my Cao Cao's Qilins, they are worthy?"

Speaking of this...

Cao Cao asked curiously: "Where is Yu'er? Some time ago, he left Donghai County. Where is he now?"

Speaking of Lu Yu…

Xu Chu thought for a while and immediately replied: "In Xia Pi City, I heard that the eldest son left Huang Zhong's son Huang Xu to manage the business of the 'Yanfang' and the big yellow croaker in Donghai County. He sent He Yan back to Xudu Refining House. This time he went there.

Picheng intends to set up the headquarters of the Jiangbei League in Xiapi City, with Zhuge Kongming as the deputy leader! He is in charge of the Dahan Welfare Lottery and Treasury Debts!"

The situation in Xuzhou is reported to Xu Chu every day.

Xu Chu knew that Cao Cao was always thinking about it, both thinking about the things over there and the people over there!

——Yanfang, Jiangbei League, welfare lottery, national debt!

Cao Cao is familiar with these fresh nouns...

But he didn't know what it was, such as the government debt!

Also, the first batch of 500,000 yellow croaker solved the urgent problem. Have the food for the next Northern Expedition been raised?

Just then...

"Cao Sikong, Xuzhou urgently reported..." A Tiger and Ben army came hurriedly.

Huh?

Hearing this voice, Cao Cao looked around, where is the person? Logically speaking, in the past, Xuzhou's urgent reports were all about messengers panting, but this time, even a messenger didn't see it!

"Where are people? Where are the urgent reports?"

Cao Cao asked...

The Hu Ben Jiashu hurriedly handed over a "newspaper"...

That's right, it's the newspaper!

This newspaper was sent from Xiapi City. It was printed by the Xuzhou branch of the "Taixue News Agency" under Cao Zhi's charge. It was then printed by the newspaper branch of Yanzhou, and then sent to the entire Yanzhou, which naturally also includes Guandu.

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In terms of timeliness, it seems that it is not much slower than urgent responses!

Looking at the words in the newspaper, Cao Cao hurriedly took them and started reading with great interest.

It doesn't matter if it doesn't matter...

At first glance, Cao Cao's eyes were so wide that they were filled with shock and incredible...

"Xuzhou Treasury Bond Issuance Announcement--"

"——Xiapi City Zhao's Commercial Bank, subscribes treasury bonds, 200,000 shi of grain, and fills the grain into the granary for five years, with an annual interest rate of 4%!"

"——The Zhang Family Commercial Bank of Donghai County, subscribed for treasury bonds, 320,000 shi of grain, and the grain was filled into the granary for three years, with an annual interest rate of three percent!"

"——Pengcheng Li's Commercial Bank, subscribes treasury bonds, 250,000 shi of grain, and the grain is filled into the granary for five years, with an annual interest rate of 4%!"

“…”

"——The above merchants actively subscribed to the government bonds, and they were all creditors of the Han Empire. Please provide appropriate convenience to local governments. Hereby announce it!"

It can be said that the entire page of newspapers, all the messages written on it were about the subscriber of Xuzhou’s wealthy businessmen’s government bonds.

There are one or two hundred items. These wealthy businessmen subscribe for treasury bonds at least one or two thousand shi, and at most more than three hundred thousand shi, and at least three years, and at most five years...

Cao Cao didn't understand what was the specific "national debt", nor did he understand what was the "annual interest rate".

But those...

Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of grains and grains exist in a real way...

Cao Zhi was responsible for the newspapers in Xuzhou. Although his son’s poems are gorgeous, he will never easily make up such major issues.

Cao Cao was still convinced of this.

So…

Cao Cao is now very curious about what this national debt is?

With so many "savvy" businessmen, how could Yu'er let them take out the food willingly?

Following the newspaper and continuing to read, Cao Cao saw the specific explanation of the treasury bonds. This is a piece in the lower right corner of the newspaper!

——"Treasury bonds, also known as imperial government bonds, are a way to form special relationships based on the credit of the empire and raise money and food from the people!"

Cao Cao read this paragraph three times, but still couldn't understand it...

I know every word, but it seems... it is strange to be connected!

Immediately, he thought to himself whether Zhier's article could be written more easily and easily understood.

——"For example, every Han people can subscribe for treasury bonds through money and grain, and the subscribed money and grain will be stored in the Han treasury!"

——"The time ranges from three to five years, interest will be obtained, such as 200,000 shi of grain, 4% of the five-year annual interest rate, the interest will be 8,000 shi per year, and the interest will be settled once a year, by Dahan

Treasury liquidation! Five years later, the original grain reserves will be returned in full! Each time the Han Dynasty issued a limited number of government bonds, with a limited period of time, first come first served! And... Subscription of government bonds means that you are the creditor of the Han Empire!"

Hiss... Seeing this, Cao Cao's brows were slightly stirred.

He sighed: "What a national debt! What a creditor of the Han Empire, hahahahahahahaha..."

Cao Cao was so smart that he could already understand the cleverness of Yuer's skills when he saw this.

Although the so-called "three percent, four percent" interest seems to be quite large, in the eyes of these businessmen, what is this?

But... Once you subscribe to treasury bonds and become the creditor of the Han Empire, it will be meaningful.

You must know...

The merchants were always not at a high position in the Han Dynasty. Although they could have countless wealth, they had certain restrictions on them since the laws of the Qin Dynasty.

Not only merchants, but also son-in-law and father...

No matter how rich or rich this kind of people are, they are not allowed to wear silk, nor can they sit in luxury carriages, they cannot live in houses that exceed their own restrictions, nor can they have too many servants!

To put it bluntly, in this era, even if merchants have accumulated a lot of wealth, it is very difficult to squander it!

As the saying goes - even if you are rich, you will have nothing to be blessed!

That's what it means!

Moreover... the children of merchants are not allowed to be officials, and... during the corvee process, they are exiled to the edge, and the possibility of being sent to the extreme cold land is also higher.

The Han inherited the Qin system...

Therefore, these Qin Dynasty systems were also preserved one by one. In short, whether it was Qin or Han, merchants could not spend money, enjoy it, just four words - uncomfortable, want to cry!

Thinking of this, Cao Cao's eyes flashed repeatedly.

In this way, Yu'er's government bonds were introduced, and on the one hand, the wealth that merchants could not enjoy or squandered was concentrated. Merchants could also make profits through these wealth. Although they were small, they were better than moldy!

On the other hand, once the merchant... becomes the creditor of the Han Empire, that is another story.
To be continued...