Chai Shao said that Zhongzuo was fine, which made Li Er sigh a big sigh of relief.
Nima thought there was a big problem...
When Chai Shao said that he had harvested a huge amount of gold and silver, Li Er was instantly confused.
This...what the hell is this??
A lot of gold and silver??
Li Er suddenly felt that this matter was not simple!
Chai Shao is the Duke of the country, a hero of Lingyan Pavilion, a fierce general in troubled times, and a fierce man who slaughtered mountains and rivers with Li Er. His knowledge is no joke.
Chai Shaodu said it was a huge amount of gold and silver. How much is this?
But Li Er soon understood that Chai Shao was...
"You said this was your destiny some time ago. You went to do that thing and got it easily?"
"Oh my god...I understand."
Li Er suddenly understood what was going on. He had previously issued an order to Li Sheng, asking him to tell Chai Shao and organize something, that is, to have the Imperial Army disguise themselves as pirates and actively rob special merchants who were disobedient.
Plunder!
The disobedient merchants are naturally the ones who still import exotic goods from overseas.
Although Li Er did not say it explicitly, under various government decrees, normal merchants should have joined the export trade.
As for those who are still importing exotic goods from overseas, Li Er can only say...either they are idiots who are not suitable for doing business and cannot distinguish their interests clearly, or they must be deliberately working against him -
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Therefore, although Li Er is a little worried about this decision, Chai Shao and the generals and soldiers below may be resistant. In this case, the mission may not be carried out well... The combat effectiveness can be guaranteed, but on the sea, it is the first time for Datang after all.
Building a navy is still a quasi-blue sea navy, and he is afraid of something going wrong, so Li Er deliberately came up with an idea and did not directly give Chai Shao a fatal blow. Instead, he used a little trick and asked Li Sheng to tell Chai Shao, so...
Li Sheng knew the nature of the task best, and he should be able to handle it.
After that, Li Er didn't care much about this matter——
It's not that Li Er is taking it lightly or anything, but because of the various decrees and incentives from the imperial court and the investment of real money and silver, the trajectory of the merchants' actions has indeed improved greatly. The gold and silver reserves of the Tang Dynasty estimated by Fang Xuanling are indeed
It has grown a lot.
In just a few months, it is estimated that it will be more than 10% - 10% is 10%, which may not seem high, but think about it, this is 10% of the entire Tang Dynasty...
As for future generations, China's GDP growth rate was at its highest at this level, and this 10% growth only occurred within a few months...
Just think about it and you will know how exaggerated this efficiency is!
But then again.
Although Li Er harvested a lot of precious metals such as gold and silver with tears in his eyes, he wanted to keep them for future use to purchase various natural resources, so he couldn't just use them. Accordingly, Li Er had to give them
All rewards such as this and that at the beginning were replaced by mobilizing various materials, and the gold and silver were kept.
In addition to the original inventory in the treasury, the so-called "various materials" naturally refer to the production capacity of various factories run by the imperial court, such as various products of standard steel.
These gadgets are undoubtedly popular in the private market. They were all rationed in the past, but now...
When the latest generation of treasures are on sale, the people are naturally ecstatic and almost flock to them!
——This is one of the reasons why Li Er's decree is effective. The rewards are all good products.
but……
Don't forget it either.
How are the accounts of factories run by the imperial court calculated? Naturally, they all belong to the treasury.
In other words, the production capacity and products of these factories were originally the assets and profits of the imperial court. Except for a large part which was used to build infrastructure and improve people's livelihood, the other production capacity was to make a profit and subsidize the national treasury.
But now, this part of the production capacity is used to regulate maritime trade and issue subsidies, which means that although the imperial court has more and more gold and silver, its expenses are actually getting bigger and bigger.
And as time goes on, sooner or later there will be a time when it becomes unbearable. If there is a flood, drought or locust plague in any state or county, how will the court provide relief?
At that time, you may have to buy food at a high price. After all, food stocks are constantly being consumed on weekdays.
So during this period, Li Er was actually meeting with Wei Zheng and others every day to discuss how to solve this situation, and it was the same today.
After repeated discussions during this period of time, although everyone did not have any immediate solution, they gradually came up with an idea.
That is to say, the imperial court cannot continuously accumulate gold and silver. It must set aside a certain surplus and stop collecting gold and silver to use materials to run the finances.
This is equivalent to an expenditure, of course...it's not about blood loss or anything like that, it's just continuous accumulation, which is inherently unsustainable.
After all, let alone Li Er or the Tang Dynasty, even ordinary people who make money have to spend money on firewood, rice, oil and salt. How can they all be used for savings?
This principle is the same in the Tang Dynasty.
Regarding this idea, Li Er also understood deep in his heart that it must be like this...
Accumulating gold and silver and then controlling the world's resources may not be something that only one or two generations can accomplish. It is likely that future generations will have to take over.
As for such a long-term grand strategy, of course, it cannot be rushed and the whole thing cannot be made unsustainable - otherwise it will still come to nothing.
But Li Er was still a little unwilling in his heart. After all...the strength of gold and silver currencies is eternal. Hoarding this stuff can really be equivalent to hoarding the world's resources.
Now that I have to slow down, it feels like you plan to use this month’s salary to buy a new flagship phone, only to find that you still have a lot of bills to pay...
Not to mention how terrible it felt.
We have an idea but Li Er, Wei Zheng and others are still having meetings non-stop. In addition to the large workload of this matter and the need to discuss many details, another key factor is that Li Er is really unwilling to give in.
Is it so difficult for the Tang Dynasty to develop at the speed of light?
However, even with the IQs of Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and Duan Lun, there is still no good solution...
And just when Li Er's thoughts gradually went wrong and his subconscious mind turned to Li Sheng, what happened next...
Just received such a call!
Li Er wanted to talk to Li Sheng to see if there was any way, and then he received a call that was almost like a telecommunications fraud...
Windfall!
How could Li Er not be confused?
I have been thinking about it lately to find a way to make Datang develop at the speed of light.
