Li Sheng was successfully taken to the ditch by Yang Shaofeng, just like the ones who had been Sali Timur, Alutai and others.

In theory, Yang Shaofeng is right. A good road can speed up the circulation of goods, make people's lives better and more convenient, and at the same time, it can also allow the treasury to receive more commercial taxes - but this is for the Ming Dynasty!

To give the simplest example: the blankets and coal in Bianshi are good things, and the spirits and perfumes produced by the Ming Dynasty are also good things. With perfect road traffic, it can indeed speed up the circulation of these things, so that the treasury can receive more commercial taxes.

But what about North Korea?

The weather forecast can be solved by just saying that the whole country will be sunny or rainy tomorrow. The two-hour journey is considered a long journey. If you accidentally commit a crime, you will be exiled to three thousand miles and go abroad directly...

To put it more directly: Does North Korea have so much wealth that needs to be circulated? Is there so many commercial taxes for the treasury to collect? If a war breaks out...

However, the problem is that no one can find any mistakes in Yang Shaofeng's theory without real practice, because border city and Shuntian Mansion are obvious positive examples, and there are no negative examples yet.

Moss once said that keeping human beings rational forever is indeed a luxury.

Now Li Sheng is fascinated by everything he sees. How could he see other things under the blinding of the twelve words of "benefiting the people, businesses, and the treasury tax collection"?

If you want to be rich, you must first build a road. Since Yang Shaofeng said this, it has been deeply imprinted into Li Feng's mind and can't be erased no matter how hard it is.

But Mr. Chongxun said it well, ideals are full and reality is skinny.

Dad Ma once said that today is cruel, tomorrow is even more cruel, but the day after tomorrow is beautiful - but most people die tomorrow night.

It only restricts Li Sheng.

money.

"Zengguang Xianwen" says: If you don't believe it, just look at the wine in the banquet, and first persuade the rich people to drink.

North Korea's size is there. Even if Li Xu wants to make trouble like Yang Shaofeng, there is actually no possibility. Even if Yang Shaofeng is placed on Li Xu's position, he will probably be able to stare blankly.

There is nothing else, the size of the Ming Dynasty is here, and Zhu Laosi dares to let Yang Shaofeng go and make trouble. Even if it fails, it doesn’t matter. The Ming Dynasty can afford to lose, and Zhu Laosi can also bear it.

But North Korea cannot afford to pay, and Li Fangyuan cannot afford to pay.

Especially now that Yang Shaofeng is never asking for loans, Li Sheng can't help but begin to doubt his thoughts - Could it be that Yang Shaofeng is not planning to cheat North Korea? But he said that?

After thinking for a while, he couldn't figure out any good solution. Li Sheng had to smile helplessly and sighed: "If you want to be rich, build a road first. The words of the top scholar are really to the point.

But the treasury did not know that North Korea had a small population and had few people. If you want to build roads like the Ming Dynasty, you don’t have to think about it. The treasury could not afford it at all. If you just force it to build it, then it would be better if you don’t talk about building roads everywhere.”

Yang Shaofeng shook his head and said, "Did the Lord see only the risks but not the benefits?"

Seeing that Li Xu was still confused, Yang Shaofeng put down the wine glass in his hand, pointed towards the construction site, and smiled and said, "Money cannot be circulated, it is just a pool of stagnant water, not much different from waste paper.

The Lord looked at the construction site of Shuntian Prefecture. No matter how much money you spend in a day, the money was actually still in the Ming Dynasty. It was just from the treasury of the Ministry of Revenue to the people, to the hands of merchants and the people.

When a businessman gets money, he will go to business. When a person gets money, he will either deposit it in the bank or buy things. The money deposited by the people in the bank can be used to invest and earn money to give the people interest. When a person buys money, the businessman needs to pay commercial taxes, so the money will eventually flow back to the treasury.

In this process, more materials are produced, more money is in the hands of the people, and more treasury is also abundant. It can be said that this is a chain that benefits people from the treasury to the bottom."

Then Li Xu continued to be confused - it sounded very reasonable, but he wanted to find fault but couldn't find it. But when he thought about it carefully, he felt something was wrong?

After thinking for a while, he could not draw a conclusion. Li Xu still sighed and said, "Zhongning is different from Zhuangyuan Gong. Behind Zhuangyuan Gong is the Ming Dynasty, and his national strength is unparalleled, but North Korea has a small population..."

Yang Shaofeng simply spread his hands and said, "I am sorry that I can't help you. The Lord may not know that the Ming Dynasty has been using foreign troops for many years and has repaired two giant cities, border city and Shuntian Prefecture. The last penny of the treasury has been emptied. Xia Butang is shouting that the treasury is so empty that the treasury can run away. Even if he wants to help North Korea, it is actually very difficult."

Seeing that Yang Shaofeng still stopped mentioning loans, Li Feng finally couldn't help it and asked with anticipation: "Since the Ming Dynasty's treasury is unable to support it, what is the bank loan that the BOE mentioned before?"

If you are a little stick, aren’t you going to take the bait? Why can’t you resist now? Arrange!

After smiling at Li Sheng, Yang Shaofeng then spoke, "The Lord doesn't know that the treasury is the treasury, and the bank is the bank. The two cannot be confused."

Li Sheng asked with a confused look on his face: "Does the bank not fall under the jurisdiction of the national treasury?"

"The bank belongs to the national treasury, but the bank is not the national treasury," Yang Shaofeng explained slowly: "The funds that can be used in the national treasury come from taxes, so how to spend and what to do, you just need to do it according to the court's decision.

Most of the funds in the bank come from the money deposited by the people and cannot be controlled at will by the Ministry of Revenue, so the two cannot be confused.

It is precisely because of this that there is not much spare money in the treasury, but there is a large amount of silver in the bank that can be called."

Finally figured out the twists and turns in it, Li Sheng couldn't help but ask: "What if North Korea borrowed from the bank? And the amount of the loan was a bit large?"

Yang Shaofeng smiled and said, "I have told the Lord just now that the money of the bank comes from the people, so it cannot be as casual as the national treasury. It must be guaranteed to lend money.

As for the amount that the Maharaja said is a bit large, but I don’t know how big it is? Ten thousand coins or ten thousand coins? I’m sure that even if the Maharaja wants to borrow millions of coins, as long as he can get the corresponding mortgage and guarantee, the bank can prepare millions of coins of treasure money."

If it really doesn't work, you can still print it.

With a gurgle, Li Feng was frightened by Yang Shaofeng's words and couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

"No," Li Xu, who suddenly came to his senses, asked: "North Korea uses gold and silver more often. How do the Ming Dynasty treasure money be used for North Korea?"

Yang Shaofeng smiled and said, "In terms of cement, North Korea may produce it? Many steel and porcelain, may North Korea produce it?"

Seeing Li Xu shook his head and responded, Yang Shaofeng smiled and said, "So, the Lord will still use the treasure money to buy Ming Dynasty cement and other materials?

Of course, if the Maharaja wants gold and silver, the bank will try its best to provide it, but the amount is indeed less than one million taels.

However, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty now like to collect treasure money instead of gold and silver, so even if the great king holds silver and money in his hand, he is afraid he can't buy cement or other things."

Li Xu nodded and said, "In this way, it is much more convenient to use treasure money, and it is even better than gold and silver.

But I don’t know what to use to mortgage it to be worth a million-dollar amount?”

Yang Shaofeng said: "That depends on the bank.

Nowadays, my Ming Dynasty merchants borrow money mostly from shops, land and other things as collateral. I believe that the exchange to North Korea should be no exception."

Li Xu nodded thoughtfully, instead of mentioning loan topics, just kept talking about other things.

Li Feng was not anxious, and Yang Shaofeng was not anxious naturally - the fish had already taken the bait, and the rest was the fish. You should not be too anxious, otherwise the fish would easily break the fish line or decouple.

When a banquet ended, Yang Shaofeng accompanied Li Xu to the Shuntian Mansion and sent Li Xu back to the embassy, ​​then went straight back to the Yang Family Village.

Zhu Zhanji, who rushed over after hearing the news, didn't say nonsense and asked directly: "How is it? Have you sold the wheelchair?"

Yang Shaofeng glanced at Zhu Zhanji and said calmly: "No hurry. I asked the dog to prepare the carriage just now. I will take Li Sheng to visit Shuntian Mansion tomorrow."

"What?" Zhu Zhanji shouted: "If you don't sell your wheelchair quickly, and you will take him on a carriage to visit Shuntian Mansion?"

Yang Shaofeng said with a hunch, "Just just talk with your mouth, do you think Li Xu will bite the hook firmly? Even if he bite it firmly, how do you guarantee that he will not decouple and will not break the fishing line?

Tomorrow, I will take him on a carriage to visit Shuntian Mansion, so that he can personally feel the benefits of smooth roads, let him slip away the strength he can use to resist, and then it will be a good time for us to close the rod."

Zhu Zhanji sat onto another recliner, touched his chin and said, "That's right. Then I will put the cashmere blankets sent from the border city to him. I will ask him to get a few trained horses in the palace to get him some more."

Yang Shaofeng spat and said, "I found that you are getting worse and worse. If you really act like this, aren't you doing something fake?"

Zhu Zhanji said: "What do you think you should do?"

Yang Shaofeng laughed and said, "I'm not afraid of not knowing the goods, but I'm afraid of comparing goods. From the embassy to the construction site to Yangjiazhuang, there are old and new roads. The bumps of the two roads are very different in the same carriage, and the contrast is the most intuitive.

Just compare the newly built road with the original road, and I believe he will know how to choose."

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Chapter completed!