area51novel Chapter 1025. How many cannonballs can it block?
Chapter 1025. How many cannonballs can it block?
[The Han army moves, and the world is terrified. 】
These six words have spread all over the world without knowing it.
Of course, I don’t know where this came from!
However, these six words are very recognized by people all over the world, including the Han army.
In fact, this was also the case. The Han army only retired some armor. The Taiping Dao Kingdom, Daqian and Rakshasa Man all urgently mobilized their troops, involving tens of millions of soldiers and civilians.
On a smuggling trade road, a grain team was walking nervously.
"Shopkeeper, this is selling food to the Han army, and you will be beheaded!"
Obviously, this was a young man who had just participated in smuggling, and he was very worried about this problem.
Because according to the law, they are not allowed to enter the territory of the Han army at will, let alone have any transactions with them. Everything must be conducted in the mutual market.
The mutual market is actually a channel for communication between various forces and the Han army. The flow of materials is huge, and it is said that anyone can obtain huge wealth casually.
But this business is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Not to mention anything else, let’s talk about the refined salt, salted fish, pickles, canned food, sugar, etc. produced by the Han army. Everyone is attracted to them.
As for the Han army, they were in great need of many, many supplies and would not refuse anyone who came.
What kind of iron ore, sulfur and other medicinal materials, what kind of food, etc., you can get as much as you want.
Someone has done statistics, and among them food is what the Han army needs the most, such as iron ore. Although the Han army needs it, it is not important. These are just excuses to cover up the Han army's need for food.
And this kind of thing becomes even more clear through smuggling channels. The Han army's demand for food is extremely huge, and mutual transactions cannot satisfy the Han army at all.
Therefore, the Han army could obtain a large amount of grain cheaply through smuggling channels, which was quite popular among the Han army.
Of course, the so-called bargain is for the Han army.
The price of this food is already sky-high for smugglers.
Therefore, when the shopkeeper heard the boy's fear, he burst into laughter.
"behead?"
He slapped the young man on the back of his head and cursed with a smile: "Be poor or die rich, which one do you choose?"
The young man was stunned and opened his mouth slightly, "I choose to die rich!"
"That's right," the shopkeeper sighed, "As long as we have money in this world, we can have power, and that's how people are superior."
"Only when you become an official and become a true master, will your life be easier!"
The little boy seemed to be persuaded, but he was still a little scared.
"But to be an official, shouldn't you have to study hard and take the imperial examination to become an official? Why should we take such a big risk?"
The young guy's words made the old guys next to him laugh so hard that he didn't know why.
"You guy, why do you want to daydream like this?"
"You can become an official by studying, wouldn't there be all officials in the world?"
"Save it, in our county, you must at least have money to study, otherwise where will the books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones come from?"
"It's not enough to have money, you have to have more money, and you have to hire famous teachers to teach."
"With these foundations, you will have the opportunity to participate in the imperial examination."
"But the imperial examination may have been okay in the past, but these years, if you don't have the power, you won't be able to pass it!"
"But if you have money but no power, you will easily be swallowed up by the powerful."
"So, one should have power to have money, and ensure that the money can be passed down to the family!"
These old guys have seen clearly that the lives of the people are getting worse and worse.
Although they do not understand what class consolidation is, they also know that becoming an official is already a fantasy.
The world is changing so fast that even ordinary people can see it.
A young man is a young man after all. He has not seen too much evil in the world, so naturally he is still ignorant.
Even though his mother was sick and his cattle were taken away, he still believed that there was justice and justice in this world.
Although the old guys all laugh at this ignorance, they also expect this ignorance.
They hope for justice in this world more than anyone else!
"how is this possible?"
The young boy was shocked and muttered to himself that he didn't believe it, but no one cared. After he gained knowledge, he wouldn't be like this anymore.
It's a pity that there will be one more person who has seen the world but is confused, and there will be one less young man who is full of ideals and expectations for the world.
The shopkeeper did not comfort him, but explained:
"I'm afraid you don't know how valuable these grains are!"
The little guy was very surprised. Can you tell me the price?
Seeing this, the shopkeeper sneered, "What's your expression? Do you think you can't say the price?"
The young man nodded. After all, when doing business, you don’t want people to know the price, otherwise the money will be too exciting.
The shopkeeper shook his head, "There is nothing to say, because its price is the price of the Han army, not the price of the imperial court!"
Seeing the little guy not understanding, everyone laughed, obviously they all knew.
Then an old man said: "Under the rule of the Han army, there was steel money, which was divided into one, two, five cents, one, two, five cents and one yuan."
"One yuan is equal to ten jiao, one jiao is equal to ten cents, and one cent is about one pound of grain."
About?
The boy was a little confused, "Why is it about?"
The old man explained: "It's probably because the grain under the rule of the Han army is constantly changing. Maybe today a pound of grain is only 8 cents, and tomorrow the grain will rise to 1.2 cents, so it's about."
厘？
"What is cents?"
"A copper coin, one centimeter is a copper coin with a fineness of 60%."
The little guy nodded, probably understanding.
The old man explained, "The price of food is not fixed, so the amount of money we get is naturally not fixed either."
"But, the Han army has a very powerful means, that is, the price of food cannot be higher than one cent and a half, and the price cannot be lower than eight cents, so we still don't lose money in transporting food!"
The waiter frowned. You should know that one stone of fine grain only costs one tael of silver. This price is already very high!
But the old man and the shopkeeper didn't know what he was thinking, otherwise they would laugh to death.
This is the price set by the Han Army. What are you worrying about?
"We smuggled food not for copper and silver coins, but for the steel coins of the Han army."
"I'm telling you, this steel money is valuable!"
"If the weapons on the market are mixed with steel money from the Han army, the quality will increase rapidly."
"If you use steel money to forge weapons, they are all hundred-forged magic weapons!"
"I polished these steel coins myself, and the armor made of them is invulnerable!"
"It is said that the county captain has a set of armor made of steel coins, which cannot be penetrated by strong bows and crossbows!"
The old man spread knowledge to the young man, and the young man immediately understood what was going on.
The value of this steel money is not low, and then it is temporarily turned into a weapon, and the value will only be higher.
As for the exchange rate of steel money, probably only the shopkeeper knows it.
Therefore, smuggling food is not the most important thing, but smuggling so-called steel money is the most important thing.
This profit is all in the steel money.
Steel money is also the currency used by the Han army for internal settlement. Canned goods, sugar, and refined salt can only be purchased within the Han army with copper coins, steel coins, and gold of more than 60%.
As for silver, it is a transaction that can only occur on the mutual market.
In this way, their smuggling caravan is actually targeting silver and copper coins.
However, this is also what the Han army wants.
Use steel money that can be cast in large quantities to plunder the enemy's gold, silver, copper and food.
As for what kind of progress steel money can bring to the enemy, the Han army can only smile and say nothing.
"I've already changed into the Shenji Battalion. You told me about the invulnerable armor made of steel?"
No, how many shells can it block?