Chapter 124: Li Yibai, a master of economics
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These days, Li Yibai stays on the yacht and reads some books on economics. Although Li Yibai did not major in economics at the university he studied in the United States, Li Yibai is such a smart person. He looked at these books, and while adding his own thoughts, he immediately figured out the principles of social economy.
'Husband, why are you reading these books every day?' Nian Tong said on the side.
'I want to use my knowledge and ability to change the Great Song. Li Yibai said lightly.
'My husband is so powerful. Well, let's change the Great Song together. Nian Tong clapped his hands.
Li Yibai smiled again and asked, 'Nian Tong, do you know what the driving force of the economy is? ’
'Economic driving force' is squeaky and squeaky, she is dumbfounded, how does she know. Not to mention what this sentence means, she may not even understand the meaning of a single noun 'economy'.
Li Yibai smiled, "It's okay if you don't. After reading so many books, it occurred to me that some books say that science and technology are the driving force of the economy, and some say that population development is the driving force of the economy.
But I think these are all wrong. It's all a one-sided view.
I believe that the driving force of the economy should be human needs. Economic activity can only be achieved when people are in demand. You see that if a man needs to eat, he will buy rice. He was buying rice. He's going to work and make money. This is an economic driving force for the formation of demand.
But although human needs are the driving force of the economy. However, if we want to do a good job in the economy, we do not mean that we can do it by satisfying people's needs.
Usually the economy wants to grow. That is to stimulate more needs of people. For example, people not only have the need to eat, but also the need for beauty, as well as the need to go to school. Of course, the latter two needs are not necessary. Because people don't beautify and go to school, they don't die. But if you don't eat, you're going to die.
When people have satisfied their needs for food, they will meet other needs. For the economy to grow, it must meet people's other needs, develop the service sector, and create more jobs. Increase more revenue. Only when people's incomes grow, can they have money to spend and meet more needs.
Nenkiri,''
Li Yibai smiled, "It's okay if you don't understand. When I go back to the United States, Ivanka and Miyaji will talk about these things. ’
Nian Tong hurriedly said, "That husband, let's talk to them now." They also played on the yacht in the West Lake. ’
Li Yibai's eyes lit up, and he also felt that her idea was very good.
So Li Yibai flew to the United States to take all his wives to the yacht in West Lake, and it happened that today was their college day off. They are on vacation.
They were eating food and chatting on the yacht. Looking at the beautiful scenery of West Lake, not to mention how pleasant it is.
Li Yibai continued to say his thoughts, and Miss Gong Er and Ivanka listened attentively. The other wives were playing not far away. Li Yibai didn't care if they didn't listen carefully, after all, they didn't understand it.
'Husband, what you said is very good, please continue. Ivanka was interested in Li Yibai's research.
"Husband, go on, I have learned a lot of economics knowledge points like what you said. Miss Gong Er also urged.
Li Yibai continued, 'What is the structure of the Great Song Dynasty economy today? It is a self-sufficient economic structure of male farmers and female weavers. This kind of structure is the most stable, generally as long as the government does not expropriate and annex land. Generally speaking, there will be no problems, although the business of the Great Song Dynasty is developed, but this basic structure has not changed. It's just that more people are evading taxes, no longer farming, and are turning to business.
Therefore, in order to make up for the loss of agricultural household registration, the Great Song Dynasty began to levy commercial tax, and now the commercial tax is very strong, and many of them have begun to become traveling merchants to evade commercial tax.
In short, the economic crisis of the Great Song Dynasty is very serious, although many people are very rich and prosperous everywhere, and most of the people are living in poverty. They had to pay a large amount of taxes to support the officials of the imperial court. To raise the army of the imperial court, to raise the annual tribute of the imperial court to foreign countries.
Therefore, most people can be said to have reached the point where they can't eat enough, or they can barely eat when they are only doing business.
If we bring these American technology products and sell them directly, I think most of the people will not buy them, except for some officials and landlords who will buy a little. Because they want to fill their stomachs with what little income they have.
In this way, our technology products can't sell much, and I have a lot of money now, so there is no need to make money.
I have tens of billions of assets in the United States. As long as I convert it into silver and ship it back, I can also compare the wealth of the Eastern God of Wealth. But this creates a much more serious problem. That is, the huge amount of silver I brought will cause inflation in the Great Song Dynasty, prices will skyrocket, and the people's lives will be even poorer. I'm the only one who might make the profit. But there's no point in doing so. No amount of money I have, I can't spend it all, but I have harmed the people of the world. This simply does not fit my values and my dreams.
So my dream is to change the Great Song Dynasty and turn the Great Song Dynasty into a paradise-like society. ’
Miss Gong Er was excited when she heard this, "Husband, continue to talk about how we can sell them technology products, and then let them buy them, and also develop the economy and improve people's livelihood." ’
Li Yibai continued, "I just said it. Technology products are definitely high value-added products. His price could not be cheaper than grain. Although I said that I didn't want to make Da Song's money. But you can't give them these things for free at a loss. If I keep sending it, in this way, Da Song is so big. No amount of money I can satisfy. I've become Santa Claus. And the people of the Great Song Dynasty are multiplying, and I can't be their angel forever.
So it's definitely not okay to send products for free.
As I said above, people only go to meet other needs when they are satisfied. Such as the demand for entertainment and so on.
Let me give you an example. I'll take the example of our promotion of toothbrushes.
At present, people in the Great Song Dynasty brush their teeth very little, because they use salt to brush their teeth, and for the poor people, salt brushing is wasted, and they are very reluctant. So most of them don't brush their teeth. Only wealthy landlords brushed their teeth with table salt and fingers.
If we wanted to sell toothbrushes to them, surely only a few landlords would buy them. It is estimated that only a small part will be sold.
If we want to sell to the masses of people. Then we must let the broad masses of the people solve the problem of food and clothing first. Then there was a steady income. That's how they might buy a toothbrush.
Therefore, our top priority is to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people, so that the people can live a good life.
But if they rely on traditional farming, coupled with the excessive taxes of the Great Song Dynasty today, they still can't solve the problem of food and clothing.
Then I will rent mechanized farming tools to increase food production. In this way, even if food production increases, it will bring two problems.
The first is that the imperial court will still pay taxes very high, and Song Huizong, a loser, will not be saved. There is still no guarantee of an increase in income.
The second is that if these grains use chemical fertilizers, they will become the same as those in the United States. This is something I don't want. The Great Song Dynasty must maintain some of the advantages and characteristics of the Great Song Dynasty. Because immediately I shipped Da Song's green pollution-free food to the United States for sale. ’
Ivanka asked, 'Husband.' But then how do we save the people of the Great Song Dynasty? In that case, it will not work. ’
Li Yibai continued, "I said it above. The reason why the Great Song Dynasty was prosperous was because a large number of peasants fled their homes and could not bear the excessive taxes and engaged in business.
Now we need to get these farmers together and get them to join my business, and I can start a clean factory, or a retail business, or a logistics business. Get them employed in my business. I started by selling the tech I brought from the United States to landlords and officials.
Then I gave them all the money I earned, after deducting the cost. Let them have a huge income, so that a middle class will be born in them.
Then they will also be able to buy my tech products.
At the same time, because I earned the money of the landlords and officials, it was equivalent to the money of the landlords and officials flowing to them and making them rich.
In this way, the gap between the rich and the poor in society as a whole is narrowing, the society is more stable, and the economy is moving towards health.
This is my initial idea, and in practice, I will make some adaptations according to the specific situation. ’
Ivanka clapped her hands and said, 'Husband, that's great.' It's a really good idea. We felt like we could do it. We can also build some infrastructure facilities in Dasong. For example, we will build highways. Build a hydroelectric power station. Build a railroad. All of this requires the recruitment of workers, who can then be converted into the middle class.
They were all very strong consumer groups at that time. The people's food and clothing have been solved, they have other needs, these advanced products can be sold, and they are willing to accept these things. ’
Li Yibai smiled, "That's right. Only after a person's food and clothing are solved will he think about whether I should buy a car and drive it. Otherwise, this little car will never become popular. ’
Miss Gong Er was puzzled, "What can we do if we make such a big battle and offend the emperor at that time?" ’
Li Yibai smiled and said, 'Your Majesty? Lady, let me tell you, the emperor has knelt down for me. I'll be afraid of him? I have the ability to be equivalent to an immortal. The emperor is great. It's still a big fairy. ’
Miss Gong Er smiled, "Of course it's a fairy." ’
Li Yibai smiled, "However, for his sake, he didn't pursue me last time." I will not sin against him first. After all, I don't want to confront him early, otherwise he will start a war, and ordinary people will suffer. I figured it out. I did the experiment in Nancheng first, and then the experiment in Nancheng was successful. And as my strength became stronger, I spread to a wider area. If he is not convinced, I will depose him, and I will be the emperor. (The novel "Moving the United States to the Northern Song Dynasty" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!)