area51novel Chapter 332
Chapter 332
Su Chen also put down his chopsticks, smiled slightly, and said:
"Your Majesty, let me give you an example: the people deposit money in the bank, and the bank gives him interest on the deposit.
This money will belong to the bank for a long time, because the people don't need this money, and there is interest on the bank.
Then the bank can use this money to make investments, such as road construction.
Since there is money, there is naturally no need for the noble families to participate, or the royal family takes the majority and divides a small part to the noble families.
In this way, the long-term benefits of the road are the bank's investment returns.
There are many investment channels for banks, and road construction is just one of them." Su Chen didn't want to talk about real estate for the time being, that was too far away...
Li Shimin nodded when he heard this, and motioned Su Chen to continue eating.
Su Chen took two mouthfuls of rice and stuffed two mouthfuls of vegetables.
Li Shimin and others knew that Su Chen preferred rice as his staple food and didn't eat pancakes very much.
So Su Chen always ate rice when he came to the palace.
"Brother-in-law, if the noble families are used well, it will be a win-win situation for all parties, which will benefit both the royal family and the common people.
However, we must prevent them from becoming stronger and bigger, and we must not let them dominate alone.
Have you heard of the consortium? Once it grows stronger, it can influence the decisions of the court.
Just like the words of the noble families and the royal family in the past."
Su Chen didn't understand much else, but he had heard of the word consortium.
"How to prevent them from becoming stronger and bigger?"
Li Shimin had a deep understanding of what Su Chen said.
"It would be best to set up a large royal chamber of commerce, and control them under your nose, and give them some petty profits."
Su Chen said casually, but Li Shimin knew Su Chen's character too well.
The petty profits he mentioned might be the huge wealth in the eyes of others!
"Royal Chamber of Commerce?"
Li Shimin and his son looked at each other and asked in unison.
"Yes, the Royal Chamber of Commerce is a bit like a state-owned enterprise, but not exactly the same.
The profits of state-owned enterprises go to the national treasury, while the profits of the Royal Chamber of Commerce all go to the royal children."
Speaking of this, Su Chen immediately thought of electricity.
"It seems that I have to encourage Li Tai to study electricity. Generators are simpler than steam. Just do it. When paper money replaces copper coins, we will generate electricity!
Hahaha..."
Perhaps this is related to Su Chen's major in his previous life. He thinks that generating electricity is much simpler than making a steam engine.
Su Chen feels that he is one step closer to a good life. With electricity, life will be completely different.
Thinking about it, Su Chen smiled sweetly.
Nodded silently.
Li Shimin's family of three looked at Su Chen in amazement.
"Brother-in-law, the royal children all have titles and salaries, why do they need to profit from the Chamber of Commerce?" Li Chengqian's voice pulled Su Chen back to reality from his fantasy.
"Oh, how much money can you get in a month? Just count the money and not other things."
Su Chen asked casually.
"Well, my salary is a bit higher, five strings of copper coins per month, which is almost the same as Fang Pushe's salary." Li Chengqian knew that Su Chen was a dog-rich man and looked down on this little money.
Su Chen nodded slightly and put a bite of food into his mouth.
"That little money, dogs will shake their heads when they see it!"
Li Chengqian didn't dare to refute, it was indeed little. Otherwise, he wouldn't have borrowed money from Princess Changle every month to live.
"Five strings of copper coins is not a small amount, after all, that..."
Li Chengqian took into account his father's face and explained awkwardly.
Suddenly, Su Chen remembered that he forgot to say one thing.
"Is there usury in the Tang Dynasty? If there is, we must resolutely crack down on it, and land annexation and usury are indispensable!"
Su Chen put down his chopsticks and looked at Li Shimin and proposed solemnly.
"Usury? What is that?"
Li Shimin picked up the chopsticks and put the food into his mouth.
"Usury is... I lend you 500 coins, and you stipulate that I must pay you 600 coins next month."
The bank itself has a lending business, and it must not let anyone steal its business.
Besides, private usury is harmful to people. At the very least, it will sell their property, and at the worst, it will destroy their family.
"Pledge!"
Li Shimin and his son said in unison.
Afterwards, Li Shimin was a little embarrassed, because in some ways, he was the ancestor of usury in the Tang Dynasty.
The main reason is that they have been too poor in the past two years, and they are afraid of being poor.
"Okay, I will issue an order in the morning court tomorrow that the Tang Dynasty is prohibited from engaging in pledges."
"Well, it must be prohibited. In the future, borrowing will be done through bank channels." Su Chen nodded and scraped the rice in the bowl.
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Lijin Manor.
On a large piece of wasteland in the north, there is a large area with three pig houses in a triangular layout.
Each pig house has more than 80 pig pens, and each pig house has 11 or 12 pigs.
"Jin'er, Xiao Sizi, wait for me..."
After lunch, Li You took Su Jin and Xiao Sizi to visit the pig farm.
Jin'er and Xiao Sizi satIn the kart, Li You trotted all the way to chase.
The kart can accommodate two people at the same time, and children under twelve years old are not crowded.
"It's already very slow, you need to exercise more."
Little Sizi had a lot of fun playing in the manor every day. Su Chen asked her if she wanted to go back to the palace today, and Little Sizi declined without thinking.
Not long after, they finally arrived at the pig farm.
"I'm so tired..."
"Jin'er, little Sizi, let's go, I'll take you to see the pigs I raise, all of them are white and clean."
You can hear the pigs' cries outside the pig house.
Jin'er picked up Little Sizi and followed Li You to the pig house.
"Don't be afraid, little Sizi, those pigs are very docile and won't bite." Li You saw that Little Sizi seemed a little timid.
"I'm not afraid, I've seen little pigs." Little Sizi waved her hand and refused to admit that she was afraid.
"Little Sizi, these are not little pigs, each weighs more than 140 kilograms." Li You said with a smile, seeming to feel very accomplished.
According to Li Gu, 140 kilograms in the Tang Dynasty is equivalent to more than 200 kilograms in modern times.
When Su Chen "took out" these 1,000 pigs, they weighed more than 30 kilograms, and the system also gave them a batch of pure grain feed.
So far, it has been four months, and if the cub period is counted, it has been half a year.
"Wow, so many big pigs!" Little Sizi was held in Su Jin's arms, and looked at the pig pens, which were all pigs.
"Li You, how much food do these pigs eat a day?"
Su Jin was also shocked by the number of pigs in front of him.
"Hey, my pigs don't just eat grains, they eat all kinds of wild vegetables."
Jin'er was so happy to hear that, she said with a smile: "Your pigs are really easy to feed, they are not picky eaters."
Li You raised his head with pride and said: "That's right!"
"Oh, oh, my brother called me a pig!" Li You didn't react, but Xiao Sizi understood.
Just when Li You was puzzled...
"My brother, those pigs are fighting!"
Xiao Sizi pointed to the pigs in the pig pens five away from them and shouted.
"And there, there, they are fighting!"
Xiao Sizi pointed to several pig pens in succession and found that many pigs were "fighting"!
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