Li Chenggong was taken to the ditch by Yang Shaofeng, just like Timur and Arutai and others at the beginning.

Theoretically, 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 allow the treasury to receive more commercial taxes However, this is for Daming!

To take the simplest example: the blankets and coal in the border cities are good things, the spirits and perfumes produced in the Ming Dynasty are also good things, and there is a perfect road transportation, which 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 as long as the country will be sunny or rainy tomorrow, and a two-hour journey is considered a long trip, if you accidentally commit a crime, you will be exiled for 3,000 miles and go directly abroad......

To put it more bluntly: does North Korea have so much goods to circulate? Is there so much commercial tax for the treasury to collect? In the event of war......

However, the problem is that no one can find the mistakes in Yang Shaofeng's theory before it is put into practice, because the border city and Shuntianfu are obvious positive examples, and there are no negative examples for the time being.

Moss once said that it is indeed a luxury to keep human beings sane forever.

Now Li was fascinated by everything he saw in front of him, and under the blind eyes of the twelve words of benefiting the people, benefiting the merchants, and collecting taxes from the treasury, how could he see other things?

If you want to get rich, build roads first, since Yang Shaofeng said it, these six-character mantras have been deeply imprinted in Li's mind, and they can't be erased.

But what Mr. Chongxun said is good, the ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny.

Ma's father also once said that today is cruel, tomorrow will be even more cruel, but the day after tomorrow is beautiful, but most people will die tomorrow night.

There is only one thing that restricts Lee.

Money.

There is a cloud in "Zengguang Xianwen": If you don't believe it, but look at the wine in the feast, and persuade the rich first with a cup.

North Korea's size is there, even if Li wants to toss like Yang Shaofeng, there is actually no such possibility, even if Yang Shaofeng is placed in Li's position, it is estimated that he can only stare dryly.

Without him, Daming's volume is here, and Zhu Laosi dares to let Yang Shaofeng toss, even if he fails, it doesn't matter, Daming can afford to lose, and Zhu Laosi can also hold on.

But North Korea can't afford to pay, and Li Fangyuan can't hold back.

Especially now that Yang Shaofeng never mentions the loan, Li can't help but start to doubt what he thinks in his heart, is it true that Yang Shaofeng is not planning to pit North Korea? But that's it?

After pondering for a long time and not coming up with any good solution, Li had to smile helplessly, sighed and said: "If you want to get rich, build roads first, the words of the champion are really to the point."

But the champion didn't know that the North Korean country was small and widowed, and wanted to build roads like the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't have to think about it, the treasury couldn't afford it at all, if he blindly forced to build, let alone build roads when the time came, it would be good if he didn't smoke everywhere. ”

Yang Shaofeng shook his head and said, "Could it be that the Great Monarch only sees the risks but not the benefits?" ”

Seeing that Li was still confused, Yang Shaofeng put down the wine glass in his hand, pointed in the direction of the construction site, and said with a smile: "Money is a thing that can't be circulated, it's a pool of stagnant water, and it's not much different from waste paper."

Dajun looked at the construction site of this Shuntian Mansion, no matter how much money was spent in a day, the money was actually still in the Ming Dynasty, but it was just from the treasury of the household department to the people, and to the hands of merchants and the people.

When the merchant gets the money, he will do business, and when the people get the money, they either deposit it in the bank or use it to buy things. The money deposited by the people in the bank can be used by the bank to invest to earn interest to the people, and the people take the money to buy things, and the merchants need to pay business 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 the treasury is more abundant. ”

Then Li continued to be confused, sounding very reasonable, trying to find fault but couldn't find it, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that something seemed wrong?

After pondering for a long time and not coming to a conclusion, Li still sighed and said, "Zhongning is different from Zhuangyuangong. Behind the champion is the Ming Dynasty, and the national strength is unparalleled in the world, but the small people of the Korean country are outnumbered......"

Yang Shaofeng simply spread his hands and said, "I can't help you." Dajun may not know that the Ming Dynasty has used troops abroad for many years, and has overhauled the two giant cities of Border City and Shuntianfu, which has emptied the last penny of the treasury, and Xia Butang is shouting that the treasury is empty enough to run mice, even if he wants to help North Korea, it is actually very difficult. ”

Seeing that Yang Shaofeng still didn't mention the loan anymore, Li finally couldn't help it, and asked expectantly: "Since the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is also unable to support it, what is the bank loan that Zhuangyuan Gong said before?" ”

You little stick no matter how much you put up with it, don't you not take the bait? Why can't you help it now? Arrangement!

Smiling at Li, Yang Shaofeng said: "The Great Monarch doesn't know, this treasury is a treasury, and a bank is a bank, and the two can't be confused." ”

Li asked with a bewildered face: "Isn't the bank under the jurisdiction of the state treasury?" ”

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

However, most of the funds in the bank come from the money deposited by the people, and the household department cannot be arbitrarily disposed of, so the two cannot be confused.

It is precisely because of this that there is not much money left in the treasury, but there is a large amount of money in the bank that can be used. ”

Finally figuring out the twists and turns, Lee couldn't help but ask, "What if North Korea takes a loan from a bank?" And the loan amount is a bit big? ”

Yang Shaofeng said with a smile: "I have already told the Maharaja just now that the money of the bank itself comes from the people, so it cannot be as casual as the treasury, and it must be secured by a mortgage to lend."

As for the amount that the Maharaja said, it is a bit big, but I don't know how big? Ten thousand? Or 100,000? Don't hide it from the Maharaja, even if the Maharaja wants to borrow millions of yuan, as long as the corresponding mortgage and guarantee can be obtained, the bank can prepare millions of yuan. ”

If it really doesn't work, it can be printed.

There was a grunt, but Li was frightened by Yang Shaofeng's words, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"That's not right," Li asked, who suddenly came back to his senses, "I use gold and silver in North Korea, how can the treasure money of the Ming Dynasty be used in North Korea?" ”

Yang Shaofeng said with a smile: "In terms of cement, North Korea may produce it?" A lot of steel, porcelain, North Korea may produce? ”

Seeing that Li shook his head, Yang Shaofeng smiled and said, "So, doesn't the prince still have to take the treasure money to buy Daming's cement and other materials in the end?"

Of course, if the Maharaja wanted gold and silver, the bank would try to provide it, but the amount was really not as much as one million taels.

However, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty now prefer to collect treasure money rather than gold and silver, so even if the Maharaja has silver money in his hand, he is afraid that he will not be able to buy anything like cement. ”

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

It's just that I don't know what to use as collateral to be worth millions of dollars? ”

Yang Shaofeng said: "Then it depends on the bank."

Nowadays, most of the loans of our Ming merchants are secured by shops, fields and other things, and it must be no exception to North Korea. ”

Li nodded thoughtfully, and turned away from the topic of loans, but just talked about other things.

Li is not in a hurry, Yang Shaofeng is naturally not in a hurry, the fish has already taken the bait, the rest is to slip the fish, you can't be too anxious, otherwise it is easy for the fish to break the fishing line or get off the hook.

When a banquet dispersed, Yang Shaofeng accompanied Li around the Shuntian Mansion again, and after sending Li back to the embassy, he went directly back to Yang's Zhuangzi.

Zhu Zhanji, who rushed to hear the news, didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "What's wrong?" Have you sold your wheelchair? ”

Yang Shaofeng glanced at Zhu Zhanji and said calmly: "Don't worry." Just now I asked the dog to prepare the carriage, and tomorrow I will use the carriage to take Li to visit Shuntianfu again. ”

"What?" Zhu Zhanji shouted: "Why don't you sell him the wheelchair quickly, and take him to Shuntian Mansion in a carriage?" ”

Yang Shaofeng hummed and said, "Just by saying it with his mouth, do you think Li will bite this hook firmly?" Even if he bites firmly, how can you guarantee that he won't get off the hook and break the line?

Tomorrow I will take him in a carriage to visit Shuntianfu, that is, let him personally feel the benefits of the smooth road, slip him, and slip away the strength that he can use to resist, and then it will be a good time for us to close the rod. ”

Zhu Zhanji sat on another recliner, touched his chin and said, "That's right, then go back and spread the good cashmere blanket sent from the border city to him, and I'll ask you to go to the palace to get a few trained horses, and then add more weight to him." ”

Yang Shaofeng snorted and said, "I found that you are really getting worse and worse." It's really like you, isn't it a fraud? ”

Zhu Zhanji said: "Then what do you say?" ”

Yang Shaofeng smiled and said: "I'm not afraid of not knowing the goods, I'm afraid of comparing goods from the embassy to the construction site to Yangjia Zhuangzi, there are old roads and new roads, the same carriage, the bumps of the two roads are very different, and the comparison is the most intuitive."

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

……

Yang Shaofeng and Zhu Zhanji, who returned to the Yang family's Zhuangzi, were pondering how to calculate Li, but Li couldn't sit still when they returned to the embassy, so after they called Cui Chengen, they directly ordered Cui Chengen: "You prepare and go out with me." ”