area51novel Chapter 334
Chapter 334
Not long after, Su Chen and Li Chengqian left the palace.
"Guanyin, I'll take you to taste the food in the school cafeteria another day.
The golden corn steamed bread is fragrant and slightly sweet, which suits my taste very well!"
Empress Changsun stared at Li Shimin with a smile, "Erlang, don't you want to take a rest for a while?"
"No, that kid left me a lot of trivial things."
"Tomorrow, Hou Junji will prepare his troops and horses, and will set off to Youzhou to enter the Eastern Turks."
Li Shimin looked at his watch, and then looked at the information on the coffee table thoughtfully.
"Guanyin, I have something to do first, you take a rest."
Li Shimin took the information and left Lizheng Hall with Wang Defa.
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"Brother-in-law, the money of the bank is under the control of the finance department, but the profit belongs to the Royal Chamber of Commerce. How should this be understood?"
Li Chengqian was very puzzled by Su Chen's words.
"You can understand it this way. The bank's deposits belong to the people of the Tang Dynasty, and the bank is guaranteed by the royal reputation.
So the profits belong to the Royal Chamber of Commerce, and the court can legally borrow those idle deposits.
Just remember to pay taxes, and the court can issue national debts through the Royal Bank. I will tell you about these later."
Su Chen does not understand the profound finance, but he knows the basics.
It is definitely enough in the Tang Dynasty. As long as the deposits can be guaranteed to be safe, it is half successful.
"Uh~ Can you tell me what national debt is?" Li Chengqian has never been exposed to these, and even Su Chen does not understand economics.
Su Chen thought about it and gave an example.
"You have seen how serious the drought is this time, right?
For example: Your Majesty wants to build a large reservoir in each county in the Tang Dynasty to store water and prevent drought.
However, the money in the treasury is not enough, so the court can borrow money from the people and agree on the term and interest.
The principal and interest will be repaid when the term is reached."
"Reservoir?" Li Chengqian heard another new word from Su Chen.
"You haven't heard of a reservoir?" Su Chen was also puzzled, and then thought about it. He really had never seen a large artificial reservoir.
The term reservoir first appeared in the Ming Dynasty, and there was no such term in the Tang Dynasty.
Li Chengqian shook his head in confusion like a child who was eager to learn.
"A reservoir is to use the natural terrain, plus artificial excavation to build a dam, to store water in the rainy season and open the gate to release water for irrigation during drought."
"Won't it snow in a few months? It's just right to store a wave of water, and it can alleviate the drought next year."
Su Chen answered in detail.
"Then why didn't you mention it to your father?" Li Chengqian felt that this method was too clever, much better than the strategy of the Capital Water Conservancy to dig the Yellow River every year.
"How could I think of it? This matter is not under my jurisdiction!" Su Chen retorted righteously.
"Fuck, do you think I am the Development and Reform Commission of the Tang Dynasty!"
"You are right!" Li Chengqian was speechless and gave a thumbs up.
Afterwards, Li Chengqian continued to think about the national debt.
"You said earlier that the court could borrow the idle deposits of the people, so why did it go to such trouble to issue national debt?"
Li Chengqian thought that the two were in conflict.
"Haha, that's not called borrowing, it's misappropriation, which is against the rules.
For example, if a hundred people deposited a hundred strings of cash in a bank, and the court misappropriated all of the hundred strings of cash for other things.
What would you give to the people if they came to withdraw the money?
This is a simple redemption crisis.
Of course, this is only a low-probability event. In the future, when the people are used to depositing money in the bank, this situation will hardly happen when the number of people increases.
National debt is different. The term and interest are agreed upon."
Li Chengqian roughly figured out that one is borrowing openly and the other is borrowing secretly.
At the same time, Li Chengqian kept the matter of the reservoir in mind, and wrote a report when he arrived at the manor and sent it to the palace.
"I heard from my father that the school food is very delicious. You can bring it to try someday."
After talking about business, Li Chengqian remembered Li Shimin's description of the school that day, especially his praise for the food in the cafeteria.
"The cafeteria has been reformed. Outsiders who eat in the cafeteria will be charged."
This rule was decided by Su Chen and Li Tai after Li Shimin's inspection.
Parents of students have one free meal opportunity per month.
"How much?"
"Ten coins!"
"It's a small amount of money. I can afford it!" Li Chengqian waved his hand and didn't care.
He also has several incomes now. The gold brought back by Atana this time is worth more than 700 copper coins.
Although most of it was taken away by Empress Changsun.
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At about four o'clock in the afternoon, Su Chen returned to Lijin Manor.
Li You was discussing something with Jin'er in the living room, talking and laughing.
Su Chen's face changed immediately when he saw this, and he wanted to go up and beat the boy.
"Greetings, my brother!"
"Brother-in-law, you are finally back!"
"What's the matter?" Su Chen glared at Li You angrily.asked, glancing at Su Jin.
"Brother-in-law, brother, I don't have to ask anything, I'll take you to see it!"
"Great joy!"
Li You pulled Su Chen out, and Su Chen and the others felt puzzled.
"Stop pulling and tugging, tell me what's going on!"
Su Chen stopped and shook off Li You, this kid was nervous all day.
"What good news can a pig farmer have, the sow gave birth? Or are you going to marry a pig?" Su Chen asked casually.
In Su Chen's opinion, the sow should not give birth so quickly, those pigs only have half a year at most.
"Brother-in-law, how did you know?" Li You asked with wide eyes.
"Who are you fooling? Tell me what's going on!"
"Brother-in-law, I tell you, those pigs are in heat!" Li You said excitedly, slapping his thigh hard.
"Oh? What does the book say? How long does it take to produce piglets?"
"Uh~, the book says that after the sow has that, the gestation period is about 120 days and piglets can be produced."
Su Chen calculated silently, "That means that a large number of piglets will be on the market by March next year at the latest?"
Li You nodded seriously.
"How many pounds do those pigs weigh on average now? Have you weighed them?" Su Chen thought that since they have reached the age of breeding, their weight should not be small.
"Yes, since the weather turned cold, I found that those pigs grew very fast. I had someone weigh them about five or six days ago.
Guess how many pounds? More than 140 pounds!"
Su Chen calculated again. The 140 pounds that Li You said was equivalent to more than 200 pounds in the future.
"Damn, more than 200 pounds?"
"You are still raising them at more than 200 pounds? Do you want to keep them for the New Year?" Su Chen suddenly raised his voice.
It's also Su Chen's fault that he never went to see those pigs later.
"Not 200 jin, the largest pig will never exceed 150 jin, I can guarantee it!" Li You argued immediately.
"Remember, except for some breeding pigs, the others only need to be raised to 150 jin."
"Yes, I think so too.
Just now, I was discussing the sale of pork with Jin'er!"
Li You clapped his hands and agreed with Su Chen's statement.
"Oh? Haha, how did you discuss it?" Su Chen was very curious about what these two children could come up with.
"Brother-in-law, we want to open two pork shops in Chang'an City, one in the east and one in the west.
The name has been thought of, Lee Kum Kee Pork Shop!"
Li You said with his head held high.
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