For Li Shimin, who is the king of a country, he can't see the management methods of the money bank, so he can only go to his side to inquire about the problem, if Li Anran really understands what the other party does, then it is not stupid, but brainless.

In the sixtieth chapter of Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching": "To govern a big country, if you cook a small fresh." ”

Even if Li Shimin is indeed not as clear about economic issues as those professional economists in later generations, but if he can run the Tang Dynasty into a prosperous era in history, it is pure nonsense to say that the other party does not understand this aspect!

Not to mention, even if Li Shimin doesn't understand it very well, there are still those ministers.

It's just that since the other party came to the door with such a posture, Li Anran didn't bother to expose the other party's true face. Instead, he further drew the topic to a plan he had prepared before, and said: "Your Majesty, have you thought about it, why is it that in the Tang Dynasty, and even in some surrounding countries, only copper coins can be regarded as circulating currency, but gold and silver are not?" ”

Although Li Shimin knows a little about the problem of the gold and silver shop just now, he really doesn't understand much about the things involved in the field of economics. Of course, he was not the only one who did not understand, and even the owners of those gold and silver shops did not understand.

Don't look at the fact that they have done a good job in business on weekdays, and even many of their methods coincide with things in the field of economics in later generations. But if you really want them to tell the truth, they can't do anything, and to a certain extent, it can be said that they know it but don't know why.

After listening to the remarks just now about the gold and silver shop, Li Shimin, who had done some homework before coming, couldn't help but be silent. Merely. Although he also came up with some things, he still couldn't connect the gold and silver shop with the money bank.

Fortunately, during this time, the news about the People's Bank of the Celestial Empire was in an uproar. As the king of a country, Li Shimin naturally can't afford not to pay attention to it, and he attaches great importance to it. Therefore, some new terms will not be unintelligible.

"Real people, the reason why copper coins are used as currency is because copper has the highest value among all fields, right?" Recalling the content of the "Theory of Money" provided by the other party before, Li Shimin said.

For such a statement, Li Anran, who smiled slightly, did not refute, but nodded and said, "That's right." Your Majesty. To some extent, it can be said that it is. In fact, currency is something that is more or less different from dynasty to dynasty. ”

"Let's not talk about it from afar, Qin Shi Huang during the Qin Dynasty also unified the currency after unifying the six countries. Abolish coins such as knives, cloth, and shellfish, and use "half taels" as currency. That is, the use of the later round square hole copper coins of the Qin State. Cast text "half two". Weighs twelve baht. ”

"And in the Han Dynasty. But because of the private casting for profit, iron money was generated. Of course, no matter what money is, it has no fixed value in itself. What really makes money valuable, one is circulation, once it can't be circulated, then money is no longer money. ”

"For example, gold and silver, two precious metals, were basically used as ornaments until now, and were rarely used as currency. Of course, from another point of view, gold and silver have become inevitable currencies. ”

"Real person, what do you say about what does this have to do with Qian Zhuang?" Li Shimin, who was confused, asked.

"Huh...... Of course there is a connection, and there is a lot of connection! Li Anran, who found that he was accidentally a little crooked, naturally did not admit this, but asked rhetorically: "Your Majesty, those gold and silver products in the palace also cost money, right?" ”

"This ......" Li Shimin, who had some vague guesses, nodded and said: "What the real person said is not wrong. ”

And how is the value of these gold and silver products measured? And who will measure it? Li Anran asked with a smile.

"How is it measured? Who will measure? Li Shimin, who subconsciously repeated a sentence, was silent for a long time, and then slapped it on the table and said: "What does the real person mean that those gold and silver shops can secretly control the price of gold and silver products?" ”

Seeing that the other party finally figured out the problem that he needed the other party to understand, Li Anran, who was originally worried that the other party would deliberately pretend to be confused, said "Pit people are also a science", and at the same time, he did not forget to continue:

"In a way, it does mean that. It's just that it's not too obvious at the moment, but once gold and silver exist as currency, these merchants who have a lot of gold and silver will have an opportunity to take advantage of it. ”

"Once the price of silver is cheap, then they can buy silver in large quantities with gold or copper coins. When the price of gold is cheap, you can use silver or copper coins to buy gold in large quantities. In this way, no matter what the market situation is, they only make money and do not lose money. ”

Faced with such an answer, Li Shimin, as the king of a country, did not think about those gold and silver shops, but found that the economic lifeline of his country was not completely in his own hands. It is no wonder that after the end of the Sui Dynasty, the prices of the world will skyrocket so much.

Even if to a large extent, the rise in prices is due to the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, which caused the people of the world to live in poverty, but Li Shimin knows very well that the rise in prices, no, it should be skyrocketing, and it is still very related to those gate valve families who have mastered a lot of resources.

After seeing Li Shimin's face gloomy, Li Anran pretended not to know and continued: "That's not all, once those gold and silver merchants have enough gold and silver in their hands, they can completely price gold and silver by themselves. ”

"Just like now, in the Datang region, not all places are exchanged for one or two silver coins. Not to mention, whether it is silver, gold, or even copper coins, there will be a problem of fineness. ”

Speaking of this, Li Anran directly regarded Li Shimin, whose face was becoming more and more ugly, clicked on the wrist-type personal terminal on his left forearm, contacted Xiangyun, who had returned to the business hall on the first floor, and then asked the other party to send some things.

Speaking of this kind of terminal, Li Anran will inevitably spit out a few sentences about the possibility that his cheap brother-in-law is probably a game nerd every time he uses it.

No way, who made this wrist-type personal terminal from the original configuration of the multi-functional exploration ship in his hand very similar to the universal tool in the game "Mass Effect".

And what makes Li Anran dissatisfied is that since you have already "borrowed" the creativity of others, why don't you simply "borrow" it thoroughly, if you can really get all the functions of the universal tool, how good it would be. It's really painful to get it up and down.

Just when Li Anran used his personal terminal to contact Xiangyun, Li Shimin's eyes flashed with envy in his eyes on the terminal, and at the same time, he was not enough to open his mouth to ask for a fairy weapon of this kind, but in the end, he couldn't say it.

There is no way, Li Shimin knows very well that this kind of immortal artifact is also very precious to someone. Otherwise, it would not be so far, except for Li Anran, only Su Xiaomei and Xiangyun can have it.

Of course, if Li Shimin knows that although this kind of original personal terminal is indeed very precious to Li Anran, the copycat version can do as much as he wants, and he will probably not be embarrassed.

Li Anran, who felt Li Shimin's gaze, was not ignorant of the other party's thoughts. But even if Li Shimin really opened his mouth, he would still only refuse on the grounds that immortal weapons could not be manipulated by mortals, and the number of immortal weapons was extremely rare.

It didn't take long for Xiangyun, who had received the notice before, to walk into the reception room with a small box.

"Young master, the things are here." Xiangyun, who put the box on the table, said.

"Well, Yun'er, you go get busy." Li Anran, who nodded, patted the box and said.

Until Xiangyun left the reception room and returned downstairs to continue to sit in the business hall, Li Anran and Li Shimin, who stayed in the reception room, didn't seem to see that Xiangyun had just ignored the "rude" behavior of His Majesty the Tang Emperor.

"Your Majesty, please see." After opening the box in his hand and pushing it in front of the other party, Li Anran said.

"Real person, these are ......" Li Shimin asked looking at the cylindrical object in the box wrapped in good paper.

"Your Majesty, these are some of the new coins I have made made, and there are three kinds of coins, divided into gold, silver, and copper." Pointing to the box in front of the other party, Li Anran said with a smile. (To be continued......)