One Million Taels a Day, but Can Only Spend It at the Border?

[People's View of History] + [Farming] + [Struggle for Hegemony] [High Accumulation of Grain and Slowly Become the King] At the end of the Great Wilderness Dynasty, Qin Hao had just crossed over and became the Ninth Prince, but he was implicated in the battle for the throne. An imperial edict was issued to Zhenbeiguan to guard the border, and he was not allowed to return to the capital without being summoned. When I first arrived at the border, I lived in an abandoned house owned by a merchant who ransacked his property. The only good news is that the system is activated: one million taels of silver arrive on time every day. The bad news is: this money can only be spent on the sidelines. The border is bitterly cold, the population is declining, and even the money cannot be spent. In the midst of a century-old famine, the powerful local Zhao family was hoarding food. The price of food soared tenfold, and the people sold their sons and daughters. Qin Hao stood at the door of the abandoned house, looked at the Zhao family's warehouse full of grain opposite, and smiled. "I will teach you what financial warfare is." Qin Hao collects grain at an unlimited price every day and sells it to the people at a fair price. When the Zhao family took all their belongings in to store food, he suddenly stopped. When food prices collapsed and the Zhao family went bankrupt, he took over at the bottom. The final calculation was: he made money, won the hearts of the people, and stocked up on food rations for three years. When the news spread back to the capital, the emperor was shocked and the dignitaries were wary, but it attracted the attention of his fiancée... Qin Hao looked at the wasteland and skinny people at the border and made a decision: Since we can't return to the capital, we should build a new city in this bitter and cold place where everyone can eat and children can study. As for those in the capital—just wait.