Li Chengqian didn't have any way to distrust the old man, and he pouted like a little man, but in exchange for the old man's cold snort, he could only sigh and say with resignation: "Father, this matter actually has to start from the beginning, otherwise it is difficult to say clearly." ”

"Then you say, it's still early, you have a lot of time to use." His Majesty Li Er also wants to know what Li Chengqian is doing during this busy time, although this kid is now more and more mature in thinking about the problem, but no one is still good for him.

"Father, when it comes to this railway, there is nothing particularly complicated. As I said before, its biggest advantage lies in the volume and speed, and only if the volume is enough will there be profits. ”

"But we don't save all the benefits generated, we still need to use the money to build a new railway, and the money and ministers who have invested in the nobles will not let them save all of them, and we will continue to have new things in Datang, and their money will still need to be used at that time."

"So the money will flow, and when the money flows, it will produce benefits, and it will also generate taxes, so ......."

"Stop, stop, you're going to be more detailed." The old man was already dizzy when he heard this, and waved his hand to interrupt Li Chengqian.

In ancient times, the theory accepted by the public was 'Shinong Industry and Commerce', and the status of merchants was the lowest, so no one paid attention to the operation of money, although Li Shimin was the emperor, he was also a nobleman, and the shortcoming of discriminating against merchants also existed in him.

So whenever Li Chengqian talked about money, the old man would always feel like he was listening to a book from heaven, and he couldn't understand what he was talking about at all.

Li Chengqian was silent for a moment, reorganized his thoughts, and then said to the old man: "Father, let's give an example. ”

"For example, if the court spends a million yuan to build a railway, where does this million yuan go? The first is to buy steel, and the money goes to my uncle; Then the uncle needed to buy iron ore, and the money went to the mineral merchants; The merchants who opened the mines would hire workers, and the money would flow into the hands of the people. ”

Speaking of this, Li Chengqian stopped, and after seeing the old man nodding, he continued: "Then is the end of the money in the hands of the people?" No, because the people need to live, they will use the money to buy food, to buy some necessities of life, so that the money will then go into the hands of the merchants. ”

As a result, as soon as Li Chengqian said this, Comrade Lao Li slapped him the low table beside him: "This is the hateful thing about businessmen, if it weren't for them, how could the people of my Datang be so poor." ”

Suddenly, Li Chengqian felt that the old man had no way to communicate at all, because the old ideas had completely washed the old man's brain, the businessman was ruthless, and the businessman's unrighteous views had penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and it was even more difficult to change it.

Seeing Li Chengqian's helplessness, Empress Eldest Sun stood up and turned behind the old man, pressed it lightly on his shoulder, and said comfortingly: "Second brother, don't be angry, how about listening to Qian'er finish speaking?" ”

"Hmm. Let's move on. Lao Li also realized that he had just made a little gaffe, coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment, and waved his hand to Li Chengqian to let him continue.

"Father, in fact, this money is also not in the hands of the merchants, because after the merchants make money, they need to buy goods, and when they buy goods, they need to transport, and this transportation process needs to use our trains, so some of the money will go back to our hands."

"Of course, the merchants also spend money to buy goods, and the money will flow into the hands of the people again, and then the people will use it to buy daily necessities, and then it will be transferred to the merchants again."

"So this money has been constantly circulating, and every time it circulates Datang, it will collect a certain amount of commercial tax from the hands of merchants, and these commercial taxes also have money we spend." Speaking of this, Li Chengqian closed his mouth and quietly watched the old man stop talking.

"What do you mean? Are you saying that all that money ended up going back to my treasury? The old man was a little awkward by Li Chengqian, and asked with a roll of his eyes.

"Of course, if you don't pay your father, don't build palaces, don't go to war, and don't pay military salaries...... If you don't do anything, the money, of course, will go back to the treasury. ”

"But this is impossible, we have to pay the military salary, the use of the palace also costs money, the repair of the palace also costs money, and the most important thing is that we can't stop the railway, because the one million guan we took out for the first time can only build hundreds of miles of railway, and we must keep repairing it."

"So the money that goes back to the treasury will be used again to build the railway, and then hundreds of miles, and when the railway is repaired, the money will come back again."

Confusion was Li Er's only thought, although Li Chengqian had explained to him as much as possible how the money was used, but in the end he still confused the old man, and asked after a long time: "Then you said so much, since the road has to be continuously repaired, then where is your 310 million yuan?" ”

After listening to the old man's question, Li Chengqian hated to give himself two mouths, which was too worrying, why didn't it make sense.

"What kind of expression do you have, and then look at me with that kind of look, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will whip you." Li Chengqian's complaint was finally seen by the old man, and His Majesty Li Er, who was a feudal patriarch, suddenly widened his eyes.

"No, Father, the word 'money' is just a noun, 'money' is not equal to wealth, you have to exchange it for something to be wealth, right? Thirty thousand, ten thousand, piled together, that's just some copper, that's not wealth, right? ”

"If 'money' is wealth, let's make more copper coins, and pile them together, isn't it equivalent to getting rich? Why bother collecting taxes? Right? ”

Li Chengqian was also forced by the old man, got up from the chair, paced back and forth for a few steps, and then said again: "Thirty thousand and ten million guan is just a digital concept, just like the steps and miles that represent the distance, so in fifty years, what you can see will be the wealth generated by thirty thousand and ten million yuan." ”

"It may be a complete railway, it may be the countless gold and silver utensils in our palace, it may be the countless swords, guns and ordnance in the army, it may also be the good maids and concubines in the noble family, and it may be the increasing living standards of countless people in the Tang Dynasty."

"So we can't see the real 'money' piled up there, what we can see is a strong country, a prosperous Datang, this is the value of 310 million." nt

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