In essence, Xia Qi had always thought of himself as a pure businessman.
Since he was a businessman, he had to do everything from the perspective of profit.
He had accidentally revealed the secret behind the hoof's wear and tear.
However, looking at Brother Zheng and Wang Jian, the two of them were staring at each other and had yet to react.
Xia Qi immediately knew. The two of them did not realize what they were talking about.
"It's easy to resolve this matter, but I have a request.”Xia Qi smiled and raised a finger.
"As long as you can resolve this matter, even if you let this old man go to your door every day to beg for forgiveness, this old man is willing to endure it!" Wang Jian said impatiently.”
"That's not necessary. To solve the problem of hoof wear and tear, he needed to forge something.”
Xia Qi said and turned to look at Brother Zheng.
"Imperial Father, I think it's a very suitable method to hand it over to the Craftsmen Bureau to forge and then sell it to the military.”
Wang Jian could not help but widen his eyes.
In his view, the Great Qin Army and Craftsmen Bureau were both under the Imperial Court.
Since when did the Craftsmen Bureau need to fork out money to forge things for the army?
In Wang Jian's view, this was completely taking off his pants and farting.
Xia Qi sighed and said,"Old General, do you think that what I said was completely unnecessary?"”
Wang Jian snorted coldly. Although he did not answer, his meaning was already very clear.
"The profits of the Craftsmen Bureau will go into the national treasury, and the needs of the army will be provided by the national treasury. However, the old general knew that in the way of financial management, one had to be clear about the details. I believe that the messy accounts are also a major reason for the national treasury's deficit.”
The accounting method that Xia Qi mentioned was not nonsense.
Great Qin's bookkeeping method was still in chaos, and it had completely inherited the single-entry bookkeeping method of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties.
The only improvement was the addition of an entry mark.
However, this method of accounting could only record the type and quantity of the items.
Many times, it was easy to mix up the time and make a muddled account.
The revenue from the national treasury seemed to only have two items, but there were also many profit points in this.
In Xia Qi's opinion, any money that should have been earned but was not earned was a loss.
Of course, he couldn't control how the national treasury kept accounts.
Talking about this now was just to convince Wang Jian.
To Xia Qi, selling the Craftsman Bureau's items to the military was not an unnecessary move.
Don't forget, he and Brother Zheng had agreed on the patent protection of knowledge.
With this item as the foundation, he would have a portion of every cent earned by the Craftsmen Bureau.
And such a large order from the army was enough to make him wake up from his dreams laughing.
"Yes!"
Obviously, Brother Zheng had also thought of this and agreed with Xia Qi.
Wang Jian did not have any objections regarding this.
The issue of warhorses being worn out had been a problem that had troubled Great Qin's army for many years.
If Xia Qi could resolve this matter, then so be it. After all, it wasn't from his pocket.
Xia Qi looked at the table, picked up a copper plate, and waved it in front of Wang Jian's eyes.
"It's actually very simple to resolve this matter. Just like I said before, the hooves of the horses are not durable. Just put on shoes for the horses. If I nail this thing to the horseshoe, what does the general think?”
Wang Jian's eyes lit up, and he fiercely slapped his thigh.
"That's right, why didn't I think of that!”He shouted in annoyance.
Brother Zheng's eyes were smiling as he glanced at Xia Qi.
At this moment, Wang Jian said to Brother Zheng,"Your Majesty, since the problem of the warhorses has been resolved, I will not let you go. "I represent the soldiers of Great Qin to ask Your Majesty to send troops to destroy the Xiongnu!”
Xia Qi shook his head and sighed again.
Wang Jian was a smart person. It was impossible for him not to see that Brother Zheng did not want to agree to send troops.
As the Great General, what Wang Jian needed to be concerned about was only the issue of war.
However, Big Brother Zheng was different; he had to take care of all of Great Qin's matters.
To the Qin army, as long as they sent out their troops, the Xiongnu Baiyue would definitely not be a match for them.
However, this was not how accounts were calculated.
After some thought, Xia Qi looked at Wang Jian and said,""Old General, I believe that the Great Qin army can wipe out the Xiongnu and South Yue with a flip of their hands. However, no matter how brave the soldiers were, no matter how sharp their swords were, it was a lie to say that they could not supply food.”
Wang Jian's eyes widened in anger as he glared at Xia Qi.
"What do you know if you don't know anything about the military?”
Brother Zheng looked at Xia Qi with interest.
This was the first time Brother Zheng had heard Xia Qi take the initiative to talk about court politics, so he was a little curious.
Xia Qi's ability to do business was recognized by everyone in the world.
However, Brother Zheng did not expect Xia Qi to have his own views on matters of the imperial court.
One had to know that ever since Xia Qi came to Xianyang, he had deliberately distanced himself from the royal court.
Back then, even when Chunyu Yue impeached him, he didn't confront him personally.
This was to express his contempt for Chunyu Yue, but it was also to distance himself from the court.
Xia Qi wasn't annoyed either. Instead, he calmly looked at Wang Jian and said,""General, have you thought about it? The world had just settled down. Not only was the national treasury empty, but the people were also tightening their belts. The Xiongnu were not made of mud. Otherwise, why would the 300,000 soldiers of Longxi County hold on for so many years?”
"Just to suppress the border, we need 300,000 soldiers. If you go on an expedition, how much food and grass will you need? However, Great Qin did not have any food left, and it was not enough to support such a huge battle. If they were to go out forcefully, would they let the soldiers starve to death on the battlefield?”
"We can collect grain from the world. The people of Qin could endure hardship and would definitely support the expansion of their territory!”Wang Jian was still stubborn.
Xia Qi could not help but laugh.
"But the commoners don't have food either! If they were to forcibly levy grain, how many people in the world would starve to death, or even sell their children and exchange their children for food?”
Wang Jian said angrily,"This won't do, that won't do either. Are we going to let the Xiongnu be arrogant?"”
"Of course not!"
Xia Qi shook his head and said," Great Qin has just experienced a great war, and its people are tired. When the country was rich and the people were strong, that would be the time for the army to display their skills. At that time, the Qin army's weapons would be aimed at the Great Qin Empire!”
"The country is rich and the people are strong. It's easy to say."
Wang Jian muttered and did not continue speaking in the end.
Xia Qi laughed loudly and said directly,"Old General, why do you think this is a difficult task? Old General, may I ask what the state treasury looked like before, and what it looks like now? Had the old general thought of the reason?”
Wang Jian was stunned.
Before, Great Qin's treasury was empty, so empty that rats could run.
But now, the national treasury had a surplus. In less than two months, they had deposited money equivalent to last year's annual income.
And all of this started when the Craftsman Bureau started selling wine.
Looking at Xia Qi's expression of 'quickly come and praise me', how could Wang Jian still not understand what he wanted to ask?
"Are you saying that the Craftsman Bureau is the hope for the country to become rich and the people to become strong?”
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