"Say!" Li Shimin said angrily.
"This is related to the economy, and it is very troublesome to explain." Li Ke was a little helpless. This thing seems simple. To explain it to a modern person, it may only take a few words, because modern people have relevant foundations, and he will understand everything you say, but Explain to someone who knows nothing. It's like trying to explain quantum physics to someone who doesn't understand physics... you have to start from the basics.
"Economy? When will it be your turn to tell me about the economy?" Li Shimin looked confused. Is it just you?
Upon hearing what Li Shimin said, Li Ke reacted, oh, the word economy in the Tang Dynasty is different from that in later generations. The word economy in the Tang Dynasty means managing the world and benefiting the people, regulating the world, and helping the people. It means governance. nation.
"Oh, dad, you misunderstood. The word economy I am talking about refers to currency circulation, national prosperity, and issues related to national economy, expenditure, annual budget, etc. Because I can't find a suitable word, Just use this." Li Ke racked his brains before he remembered a few words. These words represented national finance in the Tang Dynasty, but the word finance basically did not exist in the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin looked at him strangely. This means that I am here. If there are some bachelors or the like here, if you dare to change the meaning of casual words, you will be scolded to death. "Go ahead and let me listen. I have plenty of time."
Li Ke had no choice but to explain to Li Shimin with a grimace the simple economic basics, especially the knowledge of national economic prosperity brought about by currency circulation. This thing... Li Ke himself knows only a little bit about it. After all, he has experienced the era of information explosion in later generations, so he knows something about it, and he still knows the general principles.
After Li Ke finished explaining, Li Shimin looked confused... He... didn't understand, or had only a partial understanding. The main reason is that Li Ke knows this but doesn't know why. If you ask him to explain it to another person, he can't find a suitable example to explain it. Naturally, he will be confused by the explanatory text alone.
Lao Li blushed a little, but luckily he hid it well. The embarrassment flashed over. He waved his hand and said, "Of course I understand these things. You just do what you want. What you said makes some sense. Hiding wealth among the people. When the people are rich, naturally the court subsidies will be less. When subsidies are less, the court will be rich. Naturally, the money can be used for other purposes."
"Then follow this?" Li Ke asked tentatively. He suspected that Li Shimin understood this, but there was no evidence.
"Just follow this. You have to write a memorial for the specific method. You can give Li Shiji 20% to him. You can use the 30% left for Fu Bing and my 30%. But what do you think about these cost control aspects? Deal with it? Let the soldiers take action directly?" Li Shimin asked.
"What kind of soldiers should we use? Many guilty people will definitely be captured in this battle. The initial establishment of the camp, including the construction of the salt pond, will not hurt them even if they die. As for the later stages, it will be easier. If nothing happens, just let them go in the name of training." These elite cavalry suppress bandits! Don’t let too many horse bandits leave the Hexi Corridor.”
"Also, although Tubo surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, didn't Songtsen Gampo just want to marry the princess? If he didn't marry him, he would threaten to plunder the border of the Tang Dynasty. 50,000 elite soldiers would attack directly, just to find some places near Tubo. The tribes, if that doesn't work, send the local people who have taken control of Tuyuhun, let them blend into these tribes, and then take the initiative to stir up trouble. We take the opportunity to go out! After catching the people back, let them work." Li Ke had already been confident.
Li Ke had already thought about how to capture the labor force. Thanks to the high-quality salt of Chaka Salt Lake, as long as the salt workers here have physical strength, there will naturally be someone to guide them. So the production cost is almost nothing.
As for transportation costs, Li Ke has actually thought about it. Isn't this a routine operation to haul some goods when returning from transporting grain to the mainland? There are goods to be hauled back and forth, so the transportation price is naturally low.
There are other ways to reduce costs, such as borrowing the Yellow River. The upper reaches of the Yellow River are navigable during this period.
In fact, the grain output of Longyou Road in the Tang Dynasty was acceptable, but due to its large population, Guanzhong was often short of grain in the middle of the Tang Dynasty. Instead, it needed to be supplemented by Longyou Road, which was to borrow the Yellow River to go down to the upper reaches of Hukou Falls. To Guanzhong via land transportation.
In fact, the Yellow River in this era plays a very important transportation task.
Li Shimin nodded: "Yes, you quickly write these into a complete plan memorial. I will announce it to the court here, and then send a letter to Li Jing and the others to prepare for execution. When will your personnel be in place?"
"When the battle situation over there is decided, my people will be in place immediately." Li Ke said simply, "Also, dad, this matter does not need to go through the court, you can just announce it directly, in your name , this is informing the court instead of letting them decide, because it does not cost the court a penny."
Li Shimin looked at Li Ke, this boy is very smart, and he can see the true nature of the court.
"Okay, I understand. Let's see when your plan is finished." Li Shimin nodded, "Is that all?"
"There is one more thing I want you to agree to." Li Ke stood up and said arrogantly.
"What's going on? Why are you so proud?" Li Shimin was a little confused.
"I want to renovate the entire city of Chang'an, and I also want to put bluestone bricks on the walls of Chang'an City, and even put bluestone bricks on the Great Wall." Li Ke was so excited that he boasted about his awesomeness.
"You have a fever, are you talking nonsense?" Li Shimin's head is full of black lines, you are still laying green bricks on the Great Wall, why don't you go to heaven?
"Well, I'm a little excited. I'm bragging later on, but the first one is serious. I want to renovate the entire city of Chang'an." Li Ke said quickly.
Li Shimin: "???"
"Where did you get the money?" Li Shimin was a little confused. Renovate the entire city of Chang'an. Do you want to see if it is enough to fill the treasury?
"I donated the two million that Zheng gave me! I want to renovate all the roads in Chang'an City. Although the main streets in Chang'an City are currently paved with stone slabs, many places are damaged. I plan to renovate Chang'an City All roads will be repaired." Li Ke said seriously.
"Are you serious? I'm not going to ask you for the two million. Besides, aren't you responsible for all the furniture in Daming Palace?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke strangely.
"Don't worry, Dad, I, Li Ke, keep my word." Li Ke said simply, "I will announce the news in the first issue of the reissue of Datang Weekly."
"Okay, I don't have any objections, but just don't bother the people." Li Shimin quickly agreed. Someone helped renovate Chang'an City. Of course he was happy. The happiest thing was that it didn't cost him any money, which was even better!
"Well, don't worry, Dad, I always spend money to hire people to work." Li Ke said calmly. In ancient times, when certain projects were built, they were a waste of people and money.
If you give me money, do you understand how heavy the infrastructure is? If you don’t understand, just set the time back more than 1,400 years and take a look again.
"And I not only want to build the streets in Chang'an City, I also plan to build an official road leading to the industrial zone." Li Ke added.
"As long as you have money, you can do whatever you want, but before you spend all the money, just clean up the things for me." Li Shimin said quickly, you can spend whatever you want.
