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"Banknote money houses deposit and lend money, but they are only earning money from their own people. I still have a plan that can earn money from the enemy country, and not just money. It can greatly increase the strength of our Great Tang. When the time comes, our chances of victory against the Turks will greatly increase!”
Li You looked at Li Shi Min and said.
"Are you serious?" Li Shi Min asked seriously.
"Of course," Li You replied.
"Then tell me." Li Shi Min said.
Li You chuckled and said," No, let's make this clear first. If you think I'm right and you accept it in the end, then you have to allow me to go out and build a mansion early. How about it?"”
Li Shi Min thought for a moment and nodded,"Sure."
"Alright, it's a deal." Li You smiled.
"You are not joking." Li Shi Min promised.
"There are two ways to earn money from other countries," said Li You."First, we have to encourage the development of private businesses.”
"Wait a minute," Li Shimin quickly said,"I'm afraid that promoting the development of private businesses will affect the interests of many powerful people." Even if I am the Emperor of the Great Tang, I cannot offend all the prestigious families in the world at the same time!”
One of the most important reasons why merchants had the lowest status was that merchants made money by doing business. In fact, they were stealing money from the various powerful families.
In this way, wouldn't he become a thorn in the eyes of these people?
If the people in power didn't like him, his status would be reduced to the lowest.
If they wanted to promote the development of private businesses, it would definitely harm the interests of the rich and powerful.
Therefore, this matter was not simple.
Even Li Shi Min couldn't act recklessly, otherwise, it would affect the whole situation!
"The dignitaries hold so much wealth. What's the harm in splitting a little?" Li You said. Of course, if his father really had a headache over this, there was no need to worry. Because the countermeasures I'm about to talk about won't touch on this aspect.”
"What do you mean?" Li Shi Min asked curiously.
"We should encourage private businesses and let merchants go to the border to do business with other countries.”Li You said.
"How can this be? If we go to the border to do business, there's a high chance that we'll be robbed.”Fang Xuanling couldn't help but say before Li Shiming could say anything.
Li You smiled." This involves the second countermeasure I mentioned. In addition to encouraging merchants to go to the border to do business with people from other countries, our Great Tang also has to step forward to trade with the enemy countries. We can negotiate with the enemy and set up a free trade zone at the border. We can send heavy troops to guard both sides to ensure that there will be no burning, killing, and looting. If anyone dared to mess around, they would be killed without mercy!”
"Merchants can earn money by doing business with people from other countries. However, they enjoyed the protection of the country, so it was only natural for them to pay a portion of the protection fee. There was no need to collect too much protection fees. It was fine to collect them according to the transaction ratio of the goods. The important thing was to make a small stream flow over time.”
"On the national level, we don't necessarily have to exchange gold and silver with other countries. For example, if we do business with the Turks, we can ask for the best horses of the Turks! After these horses were exchanged, they could be used for reproduction and then equipped with cavalry. The reason why the Turks had such powerful cavalry was not only because of their nomadic nature, but also because their horses were tall, sturdy, and of excellent breed. Also, the Turks have a lot of iron and copper. We can trade for them.”
Just as Li You was talking, Li Shimin interrupted him.
"Wait, why should the Turks give us good horses, iron ore, and copper ore?”
"Because we can give them what they need!" said Li You. Isn't the reason why the Turks often wreak havoc on the borders of our Great Tang so that they can obtain food? Although the Turks had vast lands and abundant resources, they weren't good at growing food. Therefore, they lacked food. We can exchange food for them. The better the food, the more scarce it is for them, the more expensive we have to exchange it for!”
"Your Majesty, this seems feasible.”Zhangsun Wuji said.
"There's also the matter of iron and copper. Although the Turks have a lot of iron and copper resources, their smelting technology is far inferior to our Great Tang." Thus, in terms of forging weapons, they can't compare to our Great Tang. We can forge weapons for them and let them exchange copper and iron resources that are several times more valuable than weapons for us.”
"No, no, this is definitely not possible. You can't do this! If we give the weapons to the Turks, won't our Great Tang soldiers die to the weapons we forged?”
"Right, this is definitely not feasible!"
"Your Highness King Qi, you're wrong.”
……
Hearing this, all the ministers hurriedly said.
Li You rolled his eyes and replied,"The weapons I'm talking about are the weapons that we're about to eliminate." Milords, do you understand?"
"This…"
Everyone immediately looked at each other, seemingly understanding.
"If a weapon is left for too long, it will be crippled," Li You explained. Therefore, it would be a waste if these weapons were abandoned or reforged. Then, why not use it to trade with the enemy country? "In addition, as long as our weapon forging skills improve, it will be more beneficial for us to exchange these obsolete old goods. In a war, the Turks will definitely suffer a great loss if they use our old weapons against our newest weapons, right?”
"Use your brains and think about it. With this, we'll have both iron and copper ores, and we'll have an endless supply of resources. We'll be able to research even higher forging techniques. And what they have is just the old goods that we have eliminated. When the two sides fight, our Great Tang soldiers will have far more weapons than them, and we'll definitely be successful!”
After hearing Li You's words, Wei Zheng and the others were stunned.
That's right, why didn't they think of it before?
In the past dynasties, as long as it was an obsolete weapon, it was basically smelted into farming tools and sold to the common people.
However, Li You's actions not only earned the Turks 'resources, but also secretly tricked them!
Think about it, when the latest divine weapons collided with the outdated weapons, wouldn't those old weapons be broken?
Just as everyone was in a daze, Li You said,"Of course, when doing business with other countries, you have to change your model. In short, you have to prescribe the right medicine. For example, we can do business with Goguryeo. The Goguryeons have always been fond of our Great Tang's culture and are very fond of our tea leaves, porcelain, silk, cloth, and so on. We can use these to do business with them and exchange them for gold, silver, jewelry, and so on.”
"His Highness King Qi is truly a genius!”
Wei Zheng was the first to react and praised Li You.
Could it be that there were really people born with knowledge in this world?
As for Li You, he really admired him to the point of prostrating himself on the ground.
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