Chapter 276 Banknotes and the silver standard system!
"kindness!"
Li Xi nodded.
"By the way, how are you calculating last year's expenses?"
Zhu Cixiang looked at Li Xi in front of him and said.
This was originally something that should be done at the end of the year, but at the end of the year, there were other things to be busy with, so it was postponed from the end of last year to the beginning of the year. Now, Zhu Cihong asked Li Xi.
"It's been calculated. Do you want to see the accounts?"
Li Xi quickly said to Zhu Cixiang in front of him.
"have a look!"
Zhu Cixiang nodded and said calmly to Li Xi in front of him.
Soon, Li Xi brought a complete account from the side, seven or eight huge and thick books.
Zhu Cixiang glanced at it and frowned slightly, but didn't say much. If it was something else, Cheng Hao could ask others to do it for him, but for things like accounts, Zhu Cixiang couldn't let others do it for him. He had to do it.
Read it by myself.
Opening the accounts to check, there is actually no need to do any calculations for this kind of accounts. Zhu Cixiang only needs to randomly select a few items from these accounts, make random statistics, and then calculate the general ledger.
When no flaws were found, it was considered a success. After basically flipping through it, Zhu Cixiang nodded after finding no problems.
But soon, after Zhu Cihong saw the expenses, his brows furrowed tightly again.
The expenses were greater than he imagined!
And all of them are silver expenses... I have to use cash to pay. The consequence of this is that the cash stock in my treasury is very small, and the gold stock is also very small!
This is not a good thing!
Thinking of this, Zhu Cixiang frowned tightly.
It's a pity that I don't have enough silver in my hands now. If I had enough silver in my hands, I could choose to issue banknotes!
Although the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes were almost destroyed by my great-grandfather, banknotes must be issued no matter what, but they cannot be called by the rotten name before!
And it is best to use the silver standard system as the issuing unit of banknotes.
Only in this way will it not lead to a financial collapse. Although normally speaking, the gold standard system is actually a better situation. After all, the United States before World War II and the British before World War I both used the gold standard system for a long time.
But at the moment, the Ming Dynasty has too few gold reserves. As a reserve fund, it is indeed of little use.
It would be better to have a silver standard system!
Of course, I don’t have enough funds now. If I want to establish a silver standard system or a bank, I can’t do it now because I don’t have enough money!
As for where there is enough money.
A glimmer of light flashed in Zhu Cixi's eyes, he had already thought about it.
"How is Professor Song doing with their steam engines?"
At this moment, Zhu Cixiang suddenly thought of something. He pondered for a moment and asked Li Xi who was standing aside.
"Your Highness, ten steam engines have been produced. Currently, these ten steam engines are mainly used in steel production, as well as in the production of cannons and muskets!"
Li Xi pondered for a moment and said to Zhu Cixiang in front of him.
"Professor Song said that there is a problem with our current steelmaking method! He is currently researching a new blast furnace ironmaking technology, but currently, there are still some problems with the refractory bricks in the furnace, so the research is currently at a standstill!"
Zhu Cixiang nodded. He had to say that Song Yingxing was indeed a talent. Zhu Cixiang had heard of blast furnace steelmaking, but unfortunately, he didn't know how to do it. We could only wait and see what Song Yingxing did. I hope he could do it!
Thinking of this, a hint of sigh flashed in Zhu Cihong's eyes.
"Where is Huangming Zhicheng University?? How is it developing??"
Zhu Cixiang continued to ask Li Xi in front of him.
"The development of Huangming Zhicheng University is okay, but I feel that the development of liberal arts is obviously better than that of science. Many students who graduated from liberal arts are very good at doing things! But students who graduated from science feel a little dull! They are not very good at handling things.
Ability, as well as the ability to deal with others, are obviously not as good as those of liberal arts students..."
There was a hint of hesitation in Li Xi's eyes as he looked at Zhu Cihong in front of him.
"Hahahahaha!"
Hearing Li Xi's words, Zhu Cixiang smiled and said to Li Xi in front of him: "Li Xi, what do you think is the purpose of my university?"
Li Xi hesitated.
"Of course it is to recruit talents for the country, select real talents and educate them!"
"That's right! So what do you think is talent?"
Zhu Cixiang asked Li Xi in front of him with calm eyes.
"Of course, you are called a talent if you treat people very well and do good for the country and the people! I know very well what you mean. You want these science students to become people like Professor Song, but looking at them like this, I feel that they have become
No…”
Li Xi had a look of helplessness on his face.
"Who told you that I want them to become Song Yingxing?"
Zhu Cixiang looked calm and looked at Li Xi in front of him calmly and said.
Li Xi was stunned for a moment, looking at Zhu Cixiang in front of him with doubt in his eyes.
"I never wanted them to be Song Yingxing!"
With a smile on his face, Zhu Cixiang looked at Li Xi in front of him and continued: "I never thought they could be very good at dealing with people. I will kick students like this out of the School of Science!"
After hearing Zhu Cixiang's words, Li Xi's expression became even more puzzled.
He didn't know what His Highness the Prince meant when he said that!
"Of course we need to invent things, but what we need more is that we also need to know the internal logic and principles of a thing itself, why! Why do everything in the world operate according to such laws! We need such people
!”
Zhu Cixiang looked at Li Xi in front of him with a serious face.
At this time, Li Xi's expression also became serious.
There was emotion in Zhu Cixi's eyes, and he sighed and said to Li Xi in front of him: "Actually, the matter is very simple, and what you said is indeed correct! However, we must raise a group of people and let a group of people
Explore the origin of the world! We can’t just talk about these things! We need to use mathematics to calculate and use smart brains to understand! To sublimate! This is the real purpose of my establishment of the School of Science!”
Hearing Zhu Cihong's words, Li Xi still didn't understand. Zhu Cihong certainly didn't care whether he understood or not.
What he was wondering was, did Song Yingxing understand what he meant?
"Forget it! Let's go to Huangming Zhicheng University!"
Zhu Cixiang pondered for a moment and said to Li Xi who was standing aside.
"Yes! Your Highness!"
Li Xi quickly said to Zhu Cixiang in front of him.