The title of the article published by Li Su this time is long and vulgar, and the name is "The Imperial Court Issues Land Coupons, and Dozens of Aristocrats and Righteous Merchants Rush to Buy It." Just look at the title, this article is mainly about the purchase of land vouchers the day before yesterday, but in Li Su's pen, the glorious image of each buyer is deliberately exaggerated.

If you only read this article, it is estimated that most people will be a little confused, because there is not much description of the land vouchers in the article, only that it is the land of Gaochangguo that was sold in advance, and nothing else. However, in the following article entitled "Land Vouchers and Confucian Merchants", the questions in the minds of all readers are answered at once, not only explaining in detail the reasons for the issuance of land vouchers, but also highly praising the noble character of those who bought land vouchers in the previous article.

In addition, in the title and content of this article, Li Su also used the word 'Confucian merchants' for the first time, praising several big businessmen such as Wang Zihao and Qian Gui, who took great risks to buy land vouchers regardless of personal gains and losses when the country was in crisis.

As soon as these two articles came out, everyone no longer cared that they were written in the vernacular, and those who cared about state affairs discussed the crisis that had occurred in the Western Regions, and at the same time felt extremely resentful of the arrogance of the Western Turks and Gaochang; And those who have money to spare ask around, where can they buy land vouchers? Because Li Su promised in the newspaper that anyone who bought land vouchers, if they did not want the land in Gaochang after the war, the imperial court would return it at the original price, and there was also an interest rate of 2%, that is, it was equivalent to the imperial court borrowing money from the people. After laying Gaochang, not only will it be repaid, but also there will be interest to be paid.

With the issuance of newspapers and the spread of people, in just one morning, the entire Chang'an City was discussing the matter of land vouchers. In addition, with the simultaneous circulation of newspapers in other cities, the issue of land coupons by the imperial court quickly spread to most of the territory of the Tang Dynasty with these cities as the center.

And take advantage of this craze for land vouchers, in the next issue of the newspaper. Li Su published an article again, pointing out that with the permission of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, land coupons will be issued to all subjects of the entire Tang Dynasty, but the issuing agency of land coupons. However, it is not the official yamen of various places, but the Datang Bank set up in several large cities.

As a kind of financial institution, it is the responsibility of banks to issue treasury bonds, although the banking industry is still very weak. The business scope is also very narrow, and the influence is even more minimal. However, Li Su knew the future development prospects of this industry, so he decided to hand over the issuance of land vouchers to the bank to operate, so as to promote the development of the banking industry.

As soon as this news was announced, Datang Bank was set up in various major cities. Immediately, the people who flocked to the door were crowded in order to buy land vouchers earlier. Consistent money can get 20 wen interest, although it doesn't seem high, but it is a sure deal, anyway, the copper money is kept at home, it is better to exchange it for land coupons to eat some interest. And Li Su also promised that no matter whether the war is won or lost. The court will return the money to everyone, so don't worry about the success or failure of Datang. The problem of money being wasted.

Of course, the above are the ideas of ordinary people, although they are numerous, but the wealth in their hands is limited, and the main force to redeem land vouchers is the newly developed new industrial and commercial owners.

Compared with ordinary people who only want to eat interest, the ideas of industrial and commercial owners are much more complicated. The Western Turks and Xichang sent troops to block the connection between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions, and also blocked the Silk Road on which many merchants relied for their livelihoods, which has caused many people to suffer heavy losses in a short period of time.

If the sales of a product are affected, all industries related to it will be affected, which is the so-called industrial chain, which affects the whole body. It is precisely because of this that nearly one-third of the merchants of Datang are eager to reopen the connection with the Western Regions and restore the smooth flow of the Silk Road for the sake of their own interests.

In this way, he also knew that the land voucher was a fundraising move made by the imperial court to attack the Western Regions, so countless merchants donated generously, no matter how stingy the merchants were to their subordinates, they would also show their generosity at this time, and take out their treasured property in exchange for land vouchers, because it was related to their vital interests.

Of course, the reason why the businessmen have such a high consciousness is also related to the detailed explanations of various newspapers, otherwise with the current cultural level and overall situation of the Tang Dynasty merchants, I am afraid that half of the people can buy land vouchers now, which is already a miracle.

Unlike these industrial and commercial owners who were encouraged by the newspapers and most of them were forced to buy land vouchers, there was also a group of industrial and commercial owners, but they were very active in buying land vouchers, and some of them were literate businessmen, and even wrote articles published in newspapers in person, agitating the imperial court to launch a war against Xichang and even the Western Turks from all sides, and these people were mainly businessmen closely related to the army, such as military horse dealers, weapons dealers, military clothing manufacturers, military food manufacturers, and so on.

Most of the products produced by these merchants were directly supplied to the army, and they also knew that only in times of war would the army's demand for their products surge, especially weapons, clothing, and other products that were most vulnerable to war damage.

However, no matter what purpose people buy land vouchers, Li Su's purpose of fundraising is to finally answer, the first issue of 20 million land coupons was quickly snapped up within a few days, and then had to issue an additional 10 million yuan, but it couldn't withstand the demand of the rich people in the Tang Dynasty.

"Liulang, don't issue land coupons anymore, otherwise I'm afraid we won't be able to pay it in the future!" As soon as Tang Jian, who was nearly sixty years old, saw Li Su, he immediately sat on the chair and shouted with a bitter face. Tang Jian, the old man, likes food the most, and when Li Su was in Chang'an, he often visited his house as a guest, so the two are very familiar with each other.

"Tang Shangshu is right, although it is a good thing to have more money, but the interest you give is too high, almost all of the 30 million guan are almost worth the taxes of the previous year, counting the interest of two percent, that is, in the end, you have to pay back 600,000 yuan, and the court is at a big loss!" Fang Xuanling said painfully and happily. He never dreamed that Li Su would be able to get 30 million guan at once, such a huge amount, let alone the conquest of Gaochang, if it was all in the war, it is estimated that even the Western Turks could be directly destroyed.

"Hehe, don't worry, making money with money is the fastest way to make money, isn't it an extra 600,000 yuan of interest, as long as you rest assured that the money will be handed over to the bank to operate, and as soon as the war is over, it is guaranteed to earn you back!" Li Su said nonchalantly, although he had never worked in a bank, and he didn't know how much profit the banking industry had, but thinking about the wealth owned by those financial oligarchs in later generations, it should not be difficult to earn two percent of the profit by himself with tens of millions of yuan.

Hearing Li Su's assurance, Tang Jian and Fang Xuanling both breathed a sigh of relief, and now the court is almost all convinced of this King of Qi's ability to make money, and 30 million guan can be obtained in a snap of a finger, let alone 600,000 guan.

However, after relaxing, Tang Jian kindly reminded: "Liulang, it is a good thing that you exchange Gaochang's land for 30 million guan, but as far as I know, the land of the entire Gaochang country is probably not worth 10 million guan, so if you use one piece of goods and sell three copies of the price, if all the people who buy land vouchers in the future ask you for land, then I'm afraid you won't end well?" ”

"Thank you Uncle Tang for the reminder! This question has been calculated by the little nephew before, among the people who buy treasury bonds, there are not many people who really want Gaochang land, but in the opinion of the little nephew, I still wish that these people who buy treasury bonds all want land, and it doesn't matter if Gaochang's land is not enough, the territory of the Western Turks can be very large, plus some places in the Western Regions, are you still afraid of the problem of not enough land? ”

Li Su smiled and bowed down to salute, Tang Jian was more than 20 years older than Li Shimin, when Li Shimin was still the son of Taiyuan, the two were commensurate with brothers, and later Tang Jian made countless contributions in the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, so he was very valued by Li Shimin, so Li Su called him uncle.

Although Li Su's tone of voice was very gentle, and there was a gentle smile on his face, but after Fang Xuanling and Tang Jian heard it, they both felt a trace of coolness, thinking that this King Qi really deserved to be the prince who was favored by everyone, not only solved the financial crisis of the imperial court in a flash, but also laid down Gaochang was not satisfied, even the Western Turks and the countries of the Western Regions have been regarded as food on the plate, and there can be such a talented and heroic person among the princes, it is really the blessing of my Tang Dynasty.

Everything must have a degree, Li Su also knows this, 30 million guan is already a lot, and the treasury income of the Tang Dynasty in a year is a little more than this, plus Fang Xuanling and Tang Jian personally found it, so Li Su finally agreed, and the issuance of land coupons was suspended, and the threat of Gaochang and the Western Turks was eliminated first.

Having achieved their goal, Fang Xuanling and the others were about to leave, but Tang Jian suddenly reminded again: "Liulang, this time you made 30 million guan at once, and the credit is naturally needless to say, but the mess you caused this time is not small, if it weren't for your majesty to help you suppress it, plus many courtiers are also biased towards you in the face of these 30 million guan, otherwise even if it is your identity, I'm afraid this time will not end well!" ”