While Asmin was guessing, Li Er smiled and explained the complete purpose of his visit.
The imperial court needs Asmin's help to promote Tang Dynasty banknotes!
In other words, the imperial court needed all overseas military towns to use banknotes to trade with foreign countries, and... of course, in order for foreign countries to accept banknotes, the imperial court naturally also needed all external states to accept this thing.
And this banknote...
Even in the Tang Dynasty, this thing was a new thing that had never appeared in history, and even the people of the Tang Dynasty had never seen it.
Now it needs to be promoted and people in foreign countries should also accept this thing.
You can imagine how difficult this matter is.
Asmin's face turned slightly pale, and two words that were not in Chinese textbooks but were commonly used by the people of the Tang Empire popped up in her mind: Fuck...
This is simply exciting to think about. Using paper money to buy things with those ferocious and primitive native tribes is simply fantasy. How could these guys accept the prey they worked hard to obtain/the food they worked hard to grow to change hands?
With so much effort, it turns into a few paper tickets that can be blown away with just a fart? This is just...
However, Asmin looked troubled at this moment, but Li Er was not angry, he just looked at this outstanding junior with a smile.
Yes, this kind of feedback... Li Er has seen it countless times.
It is said that the Tang Dynasty was a new unified dynasty that was finally rebuilt after the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The people below should be very capable. Especially the overseas military towns... Although they are all run by soldiers, they naturally don't like to listen to what others say.
attributes, but today is different from the past. Whether the life of overseas military towns can be comfortable depends highly on whether the Tang Dynasty can provide corresponding support, or even...
During the operation of overseas military towns, many also established their own industries.
Especially those established by the maritime merchants. These were not done by the Tang Dynasty but by the maritime merchants. As the saying goes, in business, the various bases built by the maritime merchants cannot be idle - they must
profit.
So the question is, when Datang closes its doors and refuses to trade with overseas bases, how can overseas bases... still make money? So normally.
Regardless of whether it was a military town established by the Imperial Guard sent by the Tang Dynasty official, or a profitable military town established overseas by maritime merchants themselves, they should not compete with the Tang Dynasty court.
However……
The development of the matter was unexpected. The military towns in various places did not know where such powerful ideas came from. They made up countless reasons and excuses in the blink of an eye, and almost unanimously rejected the mission given by Li Er... The only one who accepted it with emotion.
The only one who was killed was Ling Yamen in the Southeast Yajun Town under the direct jurisdiction of Chai Shao himself - there were many military towns in the Southeast Yao. But even Chai Shao...
This was very difficult to bear, and Li Er had a huge headache.
Well... so many people are opposed together. I can't just blame others for what is wrong with this or that, because there is no doubt that this matter is very difficult to handle, and I have not come up with a complete solution on behalf of the court.
Give them the plan as a reference...
This made Li Er very upset. It seemed that he didn't think carefully enough about this matter this time. But then again, Li Er was also a little unhappy with these disobedient and unruly people. Why couldn't these guys accept the task first and then commit suicide?
I need to think of a way...
Of course, there are actually several military towns and maritime merchants like Lingyamen under Chai Shao. But the problem is...not to mention that it is a drop in the bucket. The key point is that even these guys who are loyal to the court are writing memorials.
It was stated that there was no guarantee of completion time, and it was stated that this matter "definitely" would not be achieved overnight, and could only be done slowly...
Li Er really wanted to start a rant. Damn it, don’t I know how to do it slowly? Isn’t it because you guys have the ability? I trust you, so I thought of letting you all try to see if you can accomplish it.
Is it faster or more efficient?
What do you call what you did? This is really...
After thinking about it... Li Erxun thought, I am afraid that this matter has to be done from home. Only if the banknotes become completely popular in the country, can they really spread overseas!
Only in this way can we absorb resources from overseas... The further improvement of industry is obviously inseparable from more resources. This step has now reached a critical point.
However, Li Er was also very distressed, because the promotion of banknotes was really difficult to handle... First of all, his original plan was to promote banknotes mainly in China, and then gradually develop it overseas -
- From this point of view, let Chai Shao and other Forbidden Army cadres who have gone overseas to find a way, while the junior high school will try to push hard. But this is not Li Er's idea.
Li Er's idea is that overseas and domestic walks on two legs and benefit each other. The reason... is very simple.
At present, in the eyes of foreign countries, the Tang Dynasty is a very powerful and most importantly, the richest country. Even within the borders of the Tang Dynasty, they are using banknotes, and foreigners will believe that the banknotes in their hands are really good.
Treated as gold and silver, after all, this stuff can be used for trade with the most powerful dynasty, the Tang Empire.
The promotion of overseas banknotes will also have an impact on Datang's internal affairs - the reason is simple: the profits of sea trade.
With the financial scale of sea trade at the bottom, there is no need to worry about people having doubts about this thing.
But... obviously, things are not that simple.
Li Er has already seen the difficulties in promoting it overseas, and it is also not easy to promote it in Datang.
After all, we are all common people of the Tang Dynasty. If you rashly go to someone and tell them to take out your gold and silver and give you paper bills, this kind of thing... I don’t even dare to think about whether anyone can understand it. The key is that the people listen.
At this point, I'm afraid most of them will immediately explode.
Of course, this is not necessarily a problem. The Forbidden Army is composed of grassroots people. If you use banknotes to pay salaries to the Forbidden Army, it will most likely be possible. Moreover, the Forbidden Army itself has a sacred nature. When the people see the Forbidden Army soldiers, they will receive banknotes as salary.
If you do it, you will accept more things. But... the risk is relatively high. If the Forbidden Army doesn't buy it, then I'm afraid it will be fast forward to...
There is no doubt that the issue of banknotes can only be implemented starting from the officials in the court.
But this may not be a complete solution... The hundreds of officials in the court, whether they are originally from aristocratic families - there are also obedient and sensible people in aristocratic families - or they are scholars from poor families who have passed the exam based on their ability. In the few years of martial ethics, they can have
The conditions for studying usually come from a relatively good family background, and in the past few years since Zhenguan, the family has accumulated a certain amount of savings.
So the question is, if we start promoting banknotes from Baiguan, should we force them to replace the gold and silver in their homes?
If you do this, you will be afraid of chaos in the middle of the court. Although it may not cause chaos in the upper court, a lot of small circles will appear every minute...
