The first snow came unexpectedly. Just overnight, Yuejing City had been wrapped in silver. Looking at the huge Yuejing City, all of them were white, with only the chimneys on the roofs emitting wisps of blue smoke from the outside, becoming a special embellishment between the plain white.

The front line was still fighting, but Yuejing City could not feel the atmosphere of war. Almost every day, victory reports were sent to Yuejing City. Those messengers who were galloping on their backs with red flags and shouting for the victory on the front line were not only the city gate army but also the people in the capital, but were used to this.

Shortly after the city gate opened, the sound of horse hooves came from the galloping road with a layer of thin snow. The old king of the city gate defender stretched his waist and glanced at it. Sure enough, another messenger with a red flag on his back, "It's really coming again."

The messenger rushed across the street and shouted for a great victory ahead. However, the pedestrians on the street were no longer interested. Like Lao Wang, they just glanced at the messenger and went busy with their own affairs.

Isn’t victory a natural thing?

When victory becomes a habit, it does not cause surprises from people. Most people will just nod and say in their hearts, "Oh, it turns out that's true. Then they are busy doing their own things again."

For those who are traveling through Beijing, it is time to make money now. In previous winter, the first snow meant that it was their winter season, but this year was particularly different. It was snowing and winter was idle, which was a good time to make some spare money.

A large number of caravans were gathering from here and set out to move towards Qin. In the battle of Hengdian, the Qin people suffered heavy losses and were broken by the king. Under the pressure of the Ming army, Qin opened its doors to the Ming Dynasty. Countless caravans rushed in and shipped a large number of goods to Qin for sale. Because of Qin Ming's agreement, the taxes paid by the Ming Dynasty caravans in Qin were no different from those in the Ming Dynasty, rather than the fifth-level sharpness of Qin, which made countless Ming merchants.

Influx of incoming, high-quality and low-priced Ming goods were defeated by local merchants in Qin within just half a year of influx of Qin, and the entire business system was almost destroyed. Except for the Qin powerful people who were still supporting it, private retail investors basically had no room for survival. Their only way out was to become accustomed to Ming merchants, use their own stores and the original sales network to give Ming people a temporary restlessness and earn a little meager fee.

After a while of pain, some smart people suddenly discovered that as long as they put their business on the Ming people's brand, the taxes in the past were almost reduced to the point of ignoring profits. So overnight, many shops changed their signatures. These smart people began to cooperate with Ming merchants, and when they made a big profit, the Qin treasury began to suffer heavy damage.

Taiping Bank and Changlong Bank rushed to open their own semicolons in the Qin cities. Ming merchants who had made a lot of money in the Qin State deposited baskets of copper and silver into these banks, and then put a thin passbook in their arms. They happily embarked on the way back and prepared to go back and organize the second source of goods.

Now that depositing cash in the bank has become the first choice for merchants. If money is deposited in the bank, not only does it not have to pay management fees, but it also has interest to be deducted. More importantly, it is convenient and fast. When deposited in Qin State, and return to Ming State, you can get it with your passbook in any bank semicolon. Who would be foolish to drag the heavy copper and silver and take risks on the road with precious gold and silver?

Taiping Bank and Changlong Bank were naturally very happy. When the copper coins, gold and silver in the bank filled the warehouse, they transported them to the country one by one. Naturally, there was no worry from ordinary merchants. Behind them was the powerful armed forces of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, when they transported these things, they were fully armed, and these guards were all from retired Ming soldiers. After retiring, these people were hired by high salaries to continue their military careers.

After the initial short-term distrust and suspicion, the Qin people also began to deposit the remaining money in the bank due to the pervasive infiltration of the Ming merchants in exchange for the light passbook and the same light banknotes of the Ming people. The money was deposited into these Ming silver coins, and there was still interest to collect, which was something the Qin people dared not imagine before.

The merchants and banks of the Ming Dynasty were like water pumps, which continuously extracted the flesh and blood of the Qin people in a smile and enthusiasm to nourish the Ming Dynasty's mother country. At this moment, the Qin people, who were dizzy by the domestic situation, had no time to put their energy and time on this.

Most of the current Ming merchants travel from Yongping County to Hulao Pass, and scattered from Hulao Pass to various places in Qin. The current Zhongping, Kaiping and Qingzhou commercial routes are not the best choice. It is okay to be in Zhongping and Kaiping, but once you enter Qingzhou, there are many thieves. Except for merchants with military backgrounds, ordinary merchants will not ask for trouble.

Furthermore, the current trade route from Yongping to Hulao is much faster because the original natural chasm was opened, where to start from the Qin territory and then go to the Qin city such as Yongdu.

A large number of merchants entered the Yongping Commercial Road. Cheng Weigao, the governor of Yongping County, was naturally overjoyed and spared no effort to widen and strengthen the road that could only be considered a road. He was now equipped with manpower. It turned out that the 10,000 Qin surrendered soldiers of Qin general Lu Dayuan were now in Yongping. Under the supervision of Baoqing Camp, these Qin soldiers are now taking turns to work every ten days.

Lu Dayuan's ten thousand Qin soldiers now have a subtle status in the Ming Dynasty. They still have no freedom, but they cannot be considered as captive. In Yongping County, the Ming people set a wasteland as their garrison. They originally had food to ensure the basic expenses of these Qin people, but after a period of time, Cheng Weigao felt that it was not worth it, because all the expenses of this prisoner of war army were now supported by Yongping County. Although the Ministry of Revenue promised to allocate some accounts every once in a while, Cheng Weigao has not seen a big word. Every time he defeated, Su Kairong of the Ministry of Revenue Su was the reply that the treasury had no money for the time being, so he owed it first, and waited for the front line to finish the war.

So Cheng Weigao understood that he was afraid that it would be difficult to get the money from Su Kairong, the iron cockerel. Instead of fighting with Su Kairong, it would be better to think of a solution by himself. So he turned his attention to this prisoner of war army.

So the current situation was that the Qin people would rotate one person to go out to build roads every ten days. Yongping County guaranteed that they would eat and wear warmth and pay a little wage. When Cheng Wei Gao discussed with Lu Da, he had a hundred cents a day, his face also had a fever. You must know that if he wanted to hire a wise man for 100 cents now, others would spit on your face.

But for Lu Dayuan and the Qin people, this was a good opportunity. Lu Dayuan did not want his soldiers to be kept in the cage like pigs. Going out to work would keep the army alive. For Qin people, they could still make some money while they were prisoners of war, which was completely a matter of losing money in the world.

One hundred cigars a day were pitiful for the Ming people, but for the Qin people, the money they paid every day was worth the money. When did they receive the money on time when they were in Qin?

After a while, merchants with a keen sense of smell began to take notice to the heads of these prisoners of war. These people were tall and strong, and now they looked very well-behaved, one hundred people a day. What's the difference between this and working for themselves for nothing? These people presented their requirements to Cheng Weigao, so each merchant could hire no more than five Qin prisoners and issued official documents.

In the autumn harvest season just passed, the farmers in Yongping County also began to hire these prisoners of war to help with the harvest. Of course, the farmers were more sincere. One hundred documents a day were formulated by the county magistrate's office, and there was no much to give. If the government gave too much, it would cause trouble, but this did not prevent them from making these prisoners of war eat better.

When winter comes and the busy farming is over, the Qin prisoners who work for the farmers in Ming Dynasty are reluctant to part with these farmers. After more in-depth contact between the two sides, the Qin prisoners are shocked to find that the lives of ordinary people in Ming Dynasty, whether they are farmers or merchants, enjoy the welfare and policies they enjoy, are completely incomparable to the Qin people, compared to their Qin people.

These Qin prisoners of war were originally the lowest-level people before they joined the Qin State. People are really incomparable to each other. If they compare, they will be so angry.

The psychology of Qin prisoners of war began to change little by little through these contacts. Why can't they be born into a wise man? They began to consider this issue.

Of course, Cheng Weigao was not clear about these psychological changes of Qin prisoners. He only knew that these Qin prisoners no longer had to support them themselves. They could support themselves, and the money they earned began to buy some of the necessary supplies on the market in Yongping County. This not only prospered the market, but also added a tax.

What made him even more at ease was that these Qin prisoners were very honest, and there was no conflict and security issues he had worried about at first. Now on the street, you can often see Qin prisoners of war and merchants and people of the Ming Dynasty chatting enthusiastically. These people were probably in employment relationships not long ago.

When winter comes, Cheng Weigao no longer has to put cotton jackets and quilts on these Qin prisoners, because these Qin people bought them themselves. Of course, this did not prevent him from happily sitting in front of the case, continuing to complain to the Ministry of Revenue, asking Su Kairong to allocate money for him.

Lu Dayuan was also happy to see such a situation, or it would be more smooth for what he would do in the future. Perhaps at that time, there would be no need to mobilize himself, and these people were willing to follow him.
Chapter completed!