Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 130
There are not many people in the small banquet today, only Jing Xiang and Zhang Chengye.

Zhang Chengye is naturally sitting on the left, while Jing Xiang is on the right.

The two did not know each other, so Li Ye introduced each other.

Five tastes of food, three rounds of wine.

Li Ye said: "At this time last year, I met Mr. Zhang for the first time, and Mr. Zhang told me that he would lead soldiers and horses in the river to act as a sign for the capital. The preface is still in my ears. Now that I think about it, I really don't feel very emotional!"

"Your Majesty sees the truth in the subtleties, even if you don't have a minister, you can do it!"

Li Ye shook his head, at that time he didn't dare to borrow troops from Wang Chongying, Yang Fugong controlled the government and military power in the middle of the court, Wang Chongying, a powerful vassal, would shake the court three times if he sneezed.

And Jing Xiang opened his eyes wide, looking at Zhang Chengye, he seemed to have found the answer, could it be that the capable person next to His Majesty that he suspected was this Mr. Zhang?

"If Chengye hadn't borrowed more than 1 horses from the river, and if Chengye hadn't borrowed [-] fine horses from the east of the river, what would I have used to resist Fengxiang Li Maozhen's tiger and wolf army, and how would we be in today's situation!"

Zhang Chengye hastily said: "Your Majesty has given you too much credit, I'm just doing my duty."

Zhang Chengye didn't take the credit, but Li Ye couldn't ignore it.

"Aiqing's official position can shade your nephews. If you want to like Aiqing, tell me, and I will not prohibit you."

"Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness. My nephews and nephews don't have talents to use, but I don't have to worry about starvation when I have money from my ministers."

Zhang Chengye will not accept any rewards.

Li Ye didn't bother, there was still a long time, and today he had to talk about business.

Let the waiter Zhao Xi serve the dishes.

The dishes were different this time. Eight people carried them into a table with a picture on it.

Zhang Chengye and Jing Xiang all stepped forward to watch.

This is a map of the Tang Dynasty, other places are slightly gray, and in the Guanzhong area controlled by the imperial court, the prefectures and counties are marked with different marks.

"Your Majesty, this is..."

"I want to set up weaving bureaus in the prefectures and counties of Guanzhong to collect cocoons and raw silk, and set up silk reeling and weaving workshops in each county."

This is also expected, neither of them said anything!
"The Weaving Bureau will set up Huitong business again, what does Ai Qing think?"

Zhang Chengye asked: "Your Majesty, what is Huitong business?"

Li Ye said: "Deposit money in one place and receive it in another place. Copper coins are inconvenient to carry. I want to make it easier for the people."

Zhang Chengye said: "Didn't your majesty talk about the cabinet shop?"

Li Ye looked at Zhang Chengye and thought to himself, Datang has this?

"Your Majesty, in the past, when there was a surplus in the state and county offices of the imperial court, they often released money for profit. There were also merchants from the north and the south who carried the money unchanged and deposited the money in the local state and county offices. Take cash from the middle, this is the public cabinet."

Li Ye was amazed, is Datang's financial industry so developed now?

"Is there a private cabinet?"

"There are indeed private cabinets. Compared with public cabinets, private cabinets charge higher interest for lending. The so-called nine out of thirteen returns means that the loan is the same amount of money, and only [-] yuan is paid. If it is repaid, it will cost [-] yuan. If it is not paid by the due date, the interest will be repaid, so there are many family ruins and deaths, and deposits and withdrawals in other places will charge [-]% of the capital, and private cabinets can generally be exchanged for gold and silver."

Nine times out and thirteen times out, has there been usury since Datang?

"How do you charge the public cabinet?"

"The public locker is always kept, even if it is always, the profit is still the same as that of the private locker, [-]% of the profit, and if it is exchanged in another place, the public locker also charges [-]%."

"It can't be much lower!"

Zhang Chengye nodded, and said again: "Your Majesty, this law harms the people. During the reign of Emperor Dezong, the imperial court strictly prohibited public houses from lending money. It just disappeared."

Li Ye shook his head. If good things are not supervised, bad things will happen.

"Mr. Zhang only sees the harm, not the benefit. I don't seek to take advantage of the people, but to facilitate the people."

"His Majesty……"

"For deposits and withdrawals in different places, the fixed interest is [-]%. As for the loan, how about [-]%? It's enough to support a group of people!"

Li Ye is taking the path of small profits and high profits. As long as the business volume is sufficient, trickles can also converge into the sea.

And now that no one is doing counter business, it is a good time.Those who want to join later also raise the threshold.

"This……"

"Let's do it in the Guanzhong area first, and make up for it if there are any deficiencies."

Zhang Chengye wanted to persuade him, but when he heard His Majesty set the interest rate so low, he also understood what the emperor meant, so he stopped talking.

"promise!"

"There is no need to rush this matter for a while, just figure it out slowly, and wait until the weaving bureau is on the right track, then worry about it."

"Your Majesty's worries are very serious, I understand."

"One more thing!"

"Your Majesty please speak!"

Li Ye asked Zhao Xi to take out two books.

One is "New Computing", and the other is "Double-Entry Bookkeeping"

The newly compiled mathematics is to represent Datang's one, two, three, and four with the Arabic numeral 1234, and add the rules of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and mixed operations.

The double-entry bookkeeping method is based on the principle of debit and credit.

Li Ye was a local leader in his previous life, so he is naturally very clear about financial statements. The double-entry bookkeeping method is not difficult. Debits and loans are listed separately, and the total balance is zero. surface.

Each step in the two books is explained in detail.

The foundation is of course the newly compiled mathematics, which is the level of the third grade of elementary school.

"Your Majesty, is this?"

"Look, if there is anything you don't understand, I will explain it to you."

There is nothing wrong with Arabic numerals, and I just started to feel a little uncomfortable. I can just compare them. I also know about addition and subtraction. Datang's arithmetic is much more complicated than this.

Multiplication is continuous addition, division is continuous subtraction, a little bit around, and some operators.

"Miaomiao, this method is very convenient!"

"Your Majesty is extremely talented, I admire you!"

"I think it should be promoted in the world!"

One thousand eight thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight words can be expressed in just 18968, which is really very simple. There is also this hand calculation, multiplying 88 by 66. If you use an abacus, you will have to struggle for a long time, but now you can calculate it in a breath.

As for the double-entry bookkeeping method, Zhang Chengye does this. Although he doesn't understand the secret, he can feel that it is not simple.

"Your Majesty, can I lend this book to my minister to study it?"

Of course, Li Ye had no reason for not being allowed.

"I want to publish it all over the world, but I don't know if Aiqing thinks there is anything wrong with it."

"This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, as it should be."

In the current Tang Dynasty, it is very rare to publish a book, and it costs a lot of money. First of all, it must be checked first, and someone with good calligraphy should be invited to write it, and then a craftsman should be hired to engrave it. Every page of a book must be engraved. , and then print after engraving.

If there are not many books published, most people would rather copy than engraving and printing.

But this kind of thing, in the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, is not a big deal at all. The generals of the imperial court are the supervisors, and they have gathered skilled craftsmen from all over the country.

It is much easier to do a movable type printing than a loom.

(End of this chapter)