Yang Shaofeng led Zhu Laosi and Xia Yuanji around the city, and while walking all the way, Yang Shaofeng also pondered all the way.

Obviously, Xia Yuanji's old pick is Pixiu, just thinking about eating, he doesn't want to pull it out at all, except for building bridges and paving roads and sending troops to fight, Xia Yuanji doesn't even want to spend a penny.

If this problem is not solved, it is estimated that Xia Yuanji's successors will also maintain this routine, and then the meaning of the national treasury will really become the purpose of accumulating money, but it will not play a role in regulating the national economy.

After pondering for a long time, Yang Shaofeng finally spoke: "There is a small town, and one day a person went to this town to live in a hotel and paid a thousand wen for the house.

The shopkeeper of the inn took the thousand wen to repay the butcher's account, and the butcher took the thousand wen to repay the pig money owed to the farmer, and the farmer took the thousand wen to repay the money owed to the feed merchant, and the feed merchant went to pay off the gambling debt he owed, and the gambler hurried to the hotel to pay off the room money. This thousand wen went to the shopkeeper again. At this time, the tourist went downstairs and said that the room was not suitable, took the money and left.

Xia Butang might as well think about it, this thousand wen is still a tourist, he took it in the end, and the rest of the town paid off their debts with this thousand wen, what can it be said who made and who lost?"

Xia Yuan Ji snorted and mocked: "Everyone paid off their debts, but the innkeeper lost money, after all, it made people live in vain for a day."

In addition, there is meat that the innkeeper bought from the butcher, and the problem is that he took the meat before and did not give the money, and if he gave the money, he would not have to go around such a big circle at all. ”

Yang Shaofeng looked at Xia Yuanji with a bewildered face - I'm talking to you about how to revitalize the market, you told me about the origin and ultimate relationship of multilateral debt

Xia Yuanji continued: "However, the words of the champion reminded the old man that this thousand wen is of little use in his hands, and if he puts it in the town, it can revitalize the town's money and goods transactions, and the government can receive more taxes." ”

Yang Shaofeng continued to be confused.

Xia Yuanji said again: "According to the meaning of the champion prince, the treasury should assume the role of this thousand yuan, instead of holding this thousand yuan in his hands. ”

Yang Shaofeng nodded and said, "Yes, what Xia Butang said is right." ”

Zhu Laosi, who was walking in front, said with a sigh: "What's the use of saying right, let Xia Butang take out one million taels now, and take back five million taels in fifty years, do you think Xia Butang can agree?"

Seeing that Xia Yuanji didn't squeak, Zhu Laosi simply shook his head, listened to the sound of reading from the school, and said with a smile: "Decades ago, even if it was three years ago, who would have thought that there would be a big city here, and the Tatars and Warats would put down their bows and arrows and sit honestly in the classroom to read."

Yang Shaofeng said: "Grandfather, can you know about the naturalization a few days ago?"

Zhu Laosi snorted and said, "I naturally know about naturalization. I really didn't expect that just a naturalization document, not a real Ming household registration, would have such an impact. ”

Leaving the school, Zhu Laosi followed Yang Shaofeng to the border city bank.

Xia Yuanji, who had just arrived not far from the gate of the Border City Bank, knew very well what Jinshan Yinhai was, couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, and then twitched several times in a row, just like the corners of Zhao Nicholas's mouth.

After a long while, Xia Yuanji sighed and said, "I didn't expect that a mere mountain of gold and silver could stabilize the hearts of the people of a city. Can the champion know how much gold and silver are in the treasury this year?"

Seeing Yang Shaofeng shaking his head, Xia Yuanji said with a bitter face: "When Yongle took stock in the thirteenth year, there were eighty-six taels of gold and twenty-seventy-six thousand three hundred and thirty-six taels of silver in the treasury.

This year's inventory shows that in the treasury alone, there are 126 taels of gold and 297,333 taels of silver; if we add these bank outlets, there are about more than 10,000 taels of gold, nearly 10 million taels of silver, and more than 10 million taels of treasure banknotes.

In other words, this mere sea of gold and silver has increased the treasury by more than ten times. ”

Yang Shaofeng, who was dumbfounded, didn't expect it.

Zhu Laosi, who was walking in front, sighed and said: "I didn't expect more than 200,000 taels of treasury silver, I don't know how many people have more than 200,000 taels in their homes, but the treasury is only more than 200,000 taels, and the remaining more than 10 million ingots are treasure money." ”

Zhu Laosi didn't continue, but the meaning hidden behind it was obvious - before the treasure money appreciated, it was indeed like what Yang Shaofeng said, it was too hard to wipe his buttocks, and it was more used to reward the envoys of the vassal kings and vassal states who came to Beijing to meet him.

Then these people will spend the treasure money through various channels, and in the end it is the ordinary people who are unlucky.

After the appreciation of the treasure banknotes began to be circulated among the people, the 10 million ingots in the treasury also appreciated simultaneously, not to mention, even the gold and silver exchanged were dozens of times more than in previous years.

When the real money in the treasury increases and the treasure money appreciates, the Ming Dynasty can do more things, such as building bridges and paving roads, such as building cities, and smashing other people's yards.

It's very simple, money is a hero's courage, and it's useless to talk without money.

Seeing Yang Shaofeng's look of disbelief, Xia Yuanji sighed and said: "It's the old man who is incompetent, and he has no other way than to save from time to time, so that the treasury is empty." ”

Yang Shaofeng muttered in a low voice: "Is it empty to run mice?"

Seeing Xia Yuanji's face, Yang Shaofeng arched his hand towards Xia Yuanji and said with a smile: "Xia Guan thinks that the way to manage money is nothing more than open source and throttling.

If it weren't for Xia Butang's extreme throttling, not to mention more than 200,000 taels of silver in the treasury, I am afraid that it would be difficult to save one or two. ”

Yang Shaofeng's words made Zhu Laosi's face darken.

Yang Shaofeng didn't see Zhu Laosi's face, and after thinking about it, he continued: "As for the rest of the open source, I can only find a way in other places." ”

Xia Yuanji said suspiciously: "If you raise taxes again, wouldn't that be fishing for all your might?"

Yang Shaofeng said with a dark face: "Xia Butang also knows that it is exhausting Ze and fishing, why don't you think of a way in other places"

Xia Yuanji was pondering the meaning of Yang Shaofeng's words, but Zhu Laosi sighed and said, "Think about the border city." Although the treasury only gave him 100,000 taels, you can see how the city was built, how much money was transported back to Yangjia Zhuangzi, and how much of his silver was deposited in the bank in this city. ”

Seeing Xia Yuanji looking at him with an unkind face, Yang Shaofeng arched his hand towards Xia Yuanji and said with a smile: "The 100,000 taels of silver allocated by the household department have all been used for the expenditure of these laborers, and it is not even enough. In fact, the labor expenditure alone is about 500,000 taels. ”

Xia Yuanji snorted, arched his hand towards Yang Shaofeng, and said, "Please give me some advice." ”

Yang Shaofeng first said that he didn't dare to take it seriously, coughed and cleared his throat, pointed to the periphery of the border city and said with a smile: "According to what Xia Butang has seen, if the border city wants to be completely completed, how long will it take?"

Xia Yuanji pondered and said: "Judging from the current situation, if you want to complete the project, I am afraid that it will take three or two years. ”

Yang Shaofeng said with a smile: "In order to build a border city, Xiaguan first bought and hired laborers from the Tatars and Warats, and then let these people go to the mines to mine coal, burn bricks and quarry, and mix the coal face after coal washing with loess to make slime, which can not only be sold to the Tatars and Warats who need heating, but also in many places in the north of my Ming Dynasty."

In addition, there are more people in the border cities, and the demand for clothing, food, housing, and transportation is also greater, even if those laborers are covered with food and housing, but those merchants who come with them are not, they need to live, need to dress and eat, this is another way to get money.

In addition to the meat, the cowhide can also be made into boots, wallets, wool can be woven into blankets, sheepskin can be made into large jackets, which is not a treasure

His Majesty said that how much money was shipped back to Yangjia Zhuangzi, and how much silver was deposited in the border city bank, then Xia Guan could tell Xia Butang that since Xia Guan came to the border city city, although he has never been greedy for a penny, he has saved more than one million taels of family business, not to mention the coal mines, cement kilns, and brick kilns outside the city, which are still making money for Xia Guan. ”

Xia Yuanji was stunned for a long time, and suddenly pulled his beard and scolded: "It's a shame that this official is still worried about you when Maiduo is besieging the city!" Now it seems that it is better to let him slaughter you! You're going to get all the money from all over the world back to your house!" ”

Yang Shaofeng shook his head, and while leading Zhu Laosi and Xia Yuanji towards the kitchen of the academy, he said with a smile: "Xia Butang, don't worry, you can take a look at the food in the cafeteria for a while before talking." ”

Waving away the cook who came up to salute, Yang Shaofeng opened a large basin with a smile and said with a smile: "It's all beef, and next to it is chicken, and there are vegetables."

Like Yangjia Zhuangzi's school, the students of the Border City School also enjoy a cup of goat's milk and two eggs every day, and many students are tired of eating eggs, and they are not interested in beef and mutton, but like to eat vegetables. ”

Looking at the somewhat gloomy weather outside, Xia Yuanji said with a dark face: "Being able to eat vegetables in this weather is naturally better than eating beef and mutton." It's just that this green vegetable is not cheap."

Yang Shaofeng shook his head with a smile and said: "It's just cultivated in the greenhouse, it's not a big deal, but this price is also more expensive, but now the people in the border city like to eat it, so Xiaguan made a small profit."

Of course, these messy industries are not only Xiaguan's alone, Xiaguan has a righteous brother, the one named Zhu Erjiu, and he also has a part of it. ”

Xia Yuanji couldn't help but sigh, shook his head again, and turned to Zhu Laosi, who was smiling, and bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the affairs of the capital of Shuntianfu should be presided over by Yang Zhuangyuan!" ”