"It's shocking." After listening to the recording and understanding the general situation, even Li Yongji himself began to feel a little scalp explosion.

In six or seven months, Tong Guò resold the imperial flag, or the concession tax exemption, and the Queen Mother and the group behind her collected at least 100 million Chinese yuan!

What is the concept of this billion? Since one Chinese dollar contains 37 grams of silver, even according to the price of silver in modern society, it will be at least more than 11 billion yuan. Of course, the times are different, and the reference is not right, so this money cannot be counted in this way.

You must know that silver is produced in large quantities in modern society, and it is no longer regarded as a precious metal, but as an industrial product, so it does not have the important role of being a reference.

In the same way, food cannot be used as a reference, after all, the grain output of later generations is too different from the food output of modern society, even if the population and livestock of later generations are larger, and the demand for food is more, but in fact, the food of modern society is far greater than the needs of human beings, so it is not appropriate to use this as a reference.

Although the gold production of later generations has also increased greatly, and has withdrawn from the field of currency circulation, it is no longer the mainstream currency, but because gold itself is an extremely scarce thing on the earth, the overall increase in production is not large, and the natural credit of human beings for gold has not changed much, so compared with the demand, it is still relatively stable, and it is also a very valuable thing, and it is also the only one on the earth that can stand the test of thousands of years. But it will only appreciate the overall value, not the overall depreciation of the good things.

Therefore, if we simply calculate the stability and value preservation, then gold is the most stable thing, and in terms of value, the value of gold in later generations is not much different from the value of gold in the nineteenth century.

In this way, the gold-silver ratio in modern society has reached a high ratio of 1:74, and in the nineteenth century, although the global gold-silver ratio is different, it is generally maintained on the basis of 1:20, a difference of more than three times!

So theoretically speaking, if 100 million Chinese dollars is used as a reference, it is at least equal to 185 tons of gold, which is higher than the gold reserves of many countries in modern society, even in the 21st century, this amount of gold is enough to rank within the top 30 gold reserves in the world, even more than South Africa.

Of course, if you feel that gold is not intuitive enough, and you have to use modern currency as a reference, then the price of gold against the renminbi is at least worth more than 43 billion yuan.

In just six or seven months, more than 40 billion yuan of wealth has been amassed, and there is basically no need to pay anything, only to sell some concession tax exemptions, which shows the huge profits in this!

What's more, this is only a preliminary statistic, and it only counts the flag fee, or the franchise fee, and does not count the monthly filial piety.

As the so-called wool comes out of the sheep, such a large amount of money is all obtained from the hands of those merchants, and those merchants are willing to pay this money, they must make up for the deficit with higher value money in the society, and even make a profit, otherwise, everyone will not be stupid to lose money and make money.

In this way, the social funds leveraged by this fund are a rather terrifying amount, and the direct and indirect wealth involved is probably not an exaggeration to say tens of billions of Chinese dollars.

With such a large amount of wealth, even Li Yongji was tempted to see it, not to mention Prime Minister Shen Shiming, who was almost sad about the lack of money recently, no wonder he knew that the mastermind behind this matter was the Queen Mother, and he also hardened his head, it was really too profitable.

Moreover, this money flowed into the queen mother's private treasury in the form of real money, and nine times out of ten it was saved, which shows that this money has not flowed into social circulation again, and the losses caused are even more incalculable.

If you count those pseudo-imperial businessmen who are mostly engaged in smuggling, such as buying cheap drugs at low prices and selling them abroad at high prices, thus impacting the international market for special drugs in disguise, coupled with other restricted export materials, then the empire will lose countless wealth directly and indirectly because of this incident.

The above are only economic losses, and the loss of people's hearts and morals should not be underestimated.

Although the Chinese Empire, or China, was forcibly put on the throne of the great powers by Li Yongji, its foundation was too poor, and it was still a poor country, and most of the people in the country were still in extreme poverty and considerable poverty, and even food and clothing had not been completely solved, and it was an extremely poor country in a developing country.

Then, in this society where most people in the country are generally poor, the group behind the Queen Mother is extremely poor and extravagant, constantly relying on the banner of imperial merchants in various places to make huge profits, and the social impact caused by it must be extremely bad, which will make the people distrust the government and even the emperor.

Once the majority of the people do not trust the government, or if their trust is reduced to a very low level, the society will certainly be in turmoil, and if it continues to decline, even if it is temporarily unable to overthrow the current government, it is extremely possible to cause flames everywhere and completely deteriorate law and order.

It can be said that the Queen Mother is doing this, although Li Yongji does not know what the actual situation in the country is, it will definitely affect Li Yongji's personal prestige!

After all, for most ordinary people, they can't tell the difference between the queen mother and the emperor, they only think that it is a royal affair, and the royal family is so rich and so poor and extravagant, everyone doesn't say it on the surface, but secretly they will accumulate dissatisfaction.

In other words, even if the empire has become a great power, even if the martial arts are great, but these things can only make everyone excited for a while, for most of the common people who are not even able to go far away, and the concept of the country and the nation is still very vague, these things that enhance national self-esteem and pride are far less real than having enough to eat. Relatively speaking, those ordinary people who can't even eat enough must be extremely unhappy when they hear that those royal relatives are poor and luxurious every day.

Li Yongji has a deep understanding of this, thinking that at the beginning, he had not crossed over, when he was an otaku in modern society, he was also indignant, especially resentful of those corrupt officials who spent all day drinking, every time he saw a certain uncle and aunt, he felt angry, disgusted and helpless, and watched these more, which made him lose trust in the entire government, and never believed what the government said from now on, not only did he not even believe CCTV, but even as soon as they came out to refute the rumors, he believed that the rumors were true.

Of course, later, as Li Yongji got older and became more involved in the world, he also knew that many remarks that ran counter to the government's statements were actually more unreliable, but there was no way, once the credit was lost, it would be difficult to come back, so that he knew that many rumors were too unreliable, but as soon as the government came out to refute the rumors, he still instinctively did not believe in the government, at most he took a median value, or used his own way to verify and investigate, until he lost interest in this matter.

Then, comparing his heart to his heart, Li Yongji instinctively thinks that once those ordinary people know that these imperial businessmen are poor and extravagant, and the queen mother behind them, they will definitely have an extremely distrustful feeling of distrust of the royal family.

Thinking of this, Li Yongji endured it again and again, but he didn't hold back the fire after all, because strictly speaking, he didn't have much affection for this queen mother, after all, Li Yongji was crossed, and he was already an adult in his thirties when he crossed, so it would be too hypocritical for him to invest too much emotion in his current mother.

"This old ...... Mrs. (He wanted to say that old age is immortal, but later realized that it was wrong and temporarily changed his words.) Hmph, it's really possible, the prestige of the people's hearts and minds that I have worked so hard to build will be lost because of her mess! ”

"Majesty!" Seeing that Li Yongji actually opened his mouth to scold the Queen Mother, Su He was also startled, and hurriedly reminded, "As the saying goes, the son does not say that the mother is ugly, Your Majesty, your words have passed." ”

"Passed? Have a fart! Li Yongji raised his voice and said, "Listen, what did this old lady do behind my back?" Well? actually resold the imperial flag to make money, it's a shame that she can think of it! Don't you know that it will cause social upheaval, and it will be difficult for me to do it? If she continues like this, how can the empire be stable? How can I feel comfortable continuing to fight in the United States? She, she's going to make my life uneasy! ”

Indeed, according to Li Yongji's understanding, the Chinese Empire is now in ruins, although under Li Yongji's crazy opening, the momentum of rapid development is rapid, but after all, the foundation is too thin, and it is the time when money is needed everywhere.

Now it's a good thing, the Queen Mother relied on her privileges to accumulate so much wealth and one body at once, which is equivalent to draining the liquid funds in the society, and it is also equivalent to extracting the wealth of the society, not to mention intensifying polarization, and it is also a great blow to the development of the whole country.

Although I believe that the information has not been sent yet, Li Yongji can know casually that if he can give the Queen Mother so much money, those businessmen will definitely want to make more wealth from the society, and how can they make money?

Tax exemption is just a small road, and it is estimated that the tax exemption money is not enough for the filial piety of the Queen Mother, so it is not difficult for Li Yongji to come up with the fact that those guys who bought the imperial flag are going to smuggle nine times out of ten, and it is a lucrative international smuggling!

As mentioned above, after Li Yongji seized state power, because steelmaking and pharmaceutical technologies have made breakthroughs and can be produced in small batches, steel and medicine have become the most profitable export materials in the empire today, and they are in short supply, in terms of value and demand, not inferior to oil in the 21st century.

And such as the application of modern technology of high-grade silk, high-end porcelain, artificial crystal, artificial jewelry, high-end glass, perfume, alabaster and other daily necessities, now because of the high quality and low price, and become a sought-after goods in Europe, coupled with the traditional tea trade, so that the empire's current trade is strict zhòng out of the super, every year can be exported through guò, to the world to earn a lot of gold and silver.

In addition to the turbulent United States, a new round of oriental fever has been set off throughout Europe, and the gold rush in China is becoming more and more powerful year by year, and the demand for Chinese products has not only not dissipated, but with the increase in trade volume, and the thirst has become more and more hungry.

The reason is very simple, many of China's products are epoch-making products that can set off a new trend, and the competitiveness is so strong that similar products in any other country are completely incomparable.

For example, silk bar, the same silk, in India, Turkey and other countries to make products, whether gloss or color fastness, are completely comparable to China's use of modern technology to produce silk, and in terms of price, China's silk price is not much higher than the price of silk in other countries, so on the whole, or China's silk is the most competitive.

Another example is porcelain, China uses modern technology and modern equipment, has been able to produce various types of porcelain, and Chinese porcelain has lower and lower requirements for raw materials, and the yield rate has increased exponentially.

The cost of the same quality porcelain produced in China may only be a fraction or even a dozen of similar products in other countries, and even if the freight is added, it is too much cheaper, so that the competitiveness is beyond doubt.

These are still some products that need to compete with the world, such as anti-inflammatory pain relief and treatment of incurable diseases, especially those incurable diseases, which can only be produced in China, which has uniqueness and formed a Chinese-style monopoly, which naturally makes people in other countries more eager for this.

Or it can be said that in the era of Marco Polo, Europeans' yearning for the East was more of an unknown and imaginary yearning, while in this era, Europeans' yearning for Oriental fever was more real and clear.

It is precisely because of the more urgent demand of Europeans for Chinese products at this time, coupled with the heavy changes in transportation and trade methods, that the exchanges between them are closer, which stimulates European consumption, and the thirst for Chinese products is increasing year by year.

In this case, because China's foundation is too thin, the output of various scarce materials has not been high, even if it is all exported, it is impossible to meet Europe, not to mention that Li Yongji has to give priority to ensuring domestic demand.

It can be said that in Li Yongji's plan, such as high-quality silk, high-grade porcelain, perfume, alabaster, aluminum tableware, costume jewelry and other similar luxury products, Li Yongji always exports in large quantities, in order to earn huge amounts of gold, silver and other precious metals, which are typical export-oriented materials, and the supply of the country is quite scarce, and many things can even be said to be not sold domestically at all, and all of them are exported.

As for materials that are just needed by society, such as steel, medicine, and cement, Li Yongji gives priority to meeting domestic demand, leaving at least two-thirds of the output for the country, and only one-third, or even one-tenth of the output, for foreign countries.

In addition, in order to give preferential treatment to the Chinese, Li Yongji also implemented a policy that the export price is different from the domestic price, that is, when selling in China, the price is quite favorable, only one-tenth or even one percent of the export price.

Originally, this was a kind of preferential treatment given by Li Yongji to the Chinese people, but it is precisely because of this huge price difference and the difference in demand that a huge profit margin has been formed, which also provides soil for international smuggling.

For example, in China, now that the empire is newly built, peace is the mainstream, and a large number of upstarts have risen through the establishment of the empire, so the demand for luxury goods is also quite huge. Therefore, China's wealthy people are also quite fond of domestic silk, costume jewelry and other materials, but unfortunately these products can only be exported, not sold domestically, and even exported to import.

For this reason, many smugglers were born, and they negotiated with some foreign businessmen, and foreigners came forward to buy high-grade silk, high-grade porcelain and other export-oriented materials, and then sold them to Chinese smugglers as soon as they went to sea, and these Chinese smugglers were then smuggled back to China and sold to those big dog owners at a high price.

Another example is foreign countries, foreign countries are extremely thirsty for steel, medicine and other materials, but these materials that can be supplied at the same time in China are sold at a much lower price in China than abroad.

Foreigners are also hungry for profits, and of course they want to buy more products at lower prices, so that because the price difference between domestic and foreign prices is too large, coupled with the restrictions on export quotas, this gives smugglers room to operate.

By the same token, smugglers often use various pretexts to buy steel, medicines, and other scarce materials at home, and then secretly transport them to the sea by ship, where they trade with foreigners to make huge profits.

Many smugglers take it both ways, often selling drugs and steel and other sought-after goods sold at home and abroad, buying luxury goods such as costume jewelry from foreigners, and even bartering directly.

In short, although these smugglers are doing something very similar to what Li Yongji did, who made Li Yongji the boss now, so they don't allow others to do the same, because others are playing smuggling and stealing Li Yongji's wealth!

In order to crack down on these smugglers, Li Yongji ordered the country to intensify its crackdown on smuggling, and not only did the crackdown on land be unprecedented, but the naval blockade was also very severe, and nearly half of the strength of the domestic navy was now devoted to the operation of eliminating the smugglers.

However, because the profits were too large, and the government was initially established, the enforcement power was insufficient, so for those smugglers, it was repeated until the Wehrmacht also invested, and after a series of reward and punishment systems were formulated, the crackdown was unprecedentedly strengthened, which greatly curbed this smuggling frenzy.

Now, with the royal flag as a talisman, there is no doubt that those smugglers no longer have to fear anyone, and once they meet the person who is inspecting, they only need to turn on the flag and leave safely.

Therefore, from this point of view, the Queen Mother's actions are digging Li Yongji's own wall footing and stealing money from Li Yongji's own wealth!

Of course, fundamentally speaking, this was caused by Li Yongji's original thoughtless consideration, and if he hadn't engaged in domestic and foreign prices and domestic and foreign sales, this situation would not have been formed.

Another reason is that now it is not as easy to control everything as before, because most of the in-demand materials were bought back by Li Yongji from modern times, and it can be said that they all flowed out through Li Yongji's hands. But now, because of the establishment of many enterprises, the output of self-produced materials is getting larger and larger, and there are more and more types, and it is difficult to accurately control the direction of materials, which provides the soil for smuggling to survive, so that many downstream factories, such as those specializing in the production of high-grade silk and high-end porcelain, can play smuggling by themselves, provided that there is a strong enough protective umbrella.

Obviously, the Queen Mother is acting as the umbrella of this smuggler, and it is the biggest umbrella, but she herself has not realized it. R1152