"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 my national strength. When the time comes to fight the Turks, my chances of winning will also increase greatly!”
Li You looked at Li Ji 'an and said.
" Are you serious?!" Li Ji 'an asked with a serious expression.
" Of course," Li You replied.
" Then tell me," Li Ji 'an said hurriedly.
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?"”
After Li Ji 'an heard this, he thought for a moment and nodded.""Sure."
" Alright, it's a deal." Li You smiled.
" You're not joking," Li Ji 'an 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 Ji 'an hurriedly said after hearing this."I'm afraid that promoting the development of private businesses will affect the interests of many nobles. Even if I am the Great Tang Emperor, I can't offend all the famous 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 if it was Li Ji 'an, he couldn't act recklessly. Otherwise, it would be a situation where one move would affect the whole body!
"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 Ji 'an 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.”Before Li Ji 'an could speak, Xuan Ling could not help but say.
Li You smiled and said," This involves the second countermeasure that 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 come 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 Ji 'an 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. Why do the Turks often wreak havoc at our borders? Isn't it for food? Although the Turks had vast lands and abundant resources, they weren't good at growing food."Therefore, they lack 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. Dugu Wuji said.
Li You continued,"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 ours. Therefore, in terms of forging weapons, they can't compare to us. 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, wouldn't our Tang soldiers die under 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 soldiers and weapons will be far superior to theirs. We will definitely be successful!”
After hearing Li You's words, Duke of Wei 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 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!”
The Duke of Wei was the first to react, and he began to flatter 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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