The eldest daughter of the emperor, she began to build a city wildly

Chapter 198 Good material to be a king? (two more)

"Tell me!" His Majesty put down the memorial in his hand and looked at Su Tang.

"Issuing national debt means borrowing money from domestic merchants in the name and reputation of the imperial court, promising to pay them interest and repay their principal when the debt is due.

For example, the imperial court now needs 500 million taels of silver. How much interest should be paid for borrowing for several years? It can be divided into 5000 taels of silver and printed into a thousand copies of debt bills. Each bill must be numbered and registered. Affix the seal of the imperial court to prevent counterfeiting, and it cannot be faked by outsiders.

Then sell these debt bills to merchants, who can buy them by themselves, so that for the court, a large amount of money can be gathered in a short period of time, and for merchants, the idle money can be used to buy national bonds to earn interest needed.

And these debts can be transferred between merchants as a currency, just like buying things with bank notes, debts can also be used as silver.

When the debt period expires, the merchant can take the debt bill to the court to take the money away with interest. "

Su Tang explained in as much detail as possible. To put it bluntly, the court borrowed money from the merchants to pay interest. The merchants knew that the court would not renege on their debts and were willing to lend to the court to earn interest.

The first issuance of treasury bonds in Chinese history was in 1894 in order to pay for the military expenses of the Sino-Japanese War of [-]. The imperial court issued them to merchants. However, in order to repay the debts, the Qing court issued debts again, which would form a vicious circle.

Su Tang will not let Leng Anguo embark on this vicious cycle. Since she has become the eldest princess of Leng Anguo and enjoys the glory and dignity brought to her by this country, then she has certain responsibilities to this country.

As for how to make the debt bills so that they cannot be falsified, it is easy for Su Tang, otherwise it will be troublesome if only 2000 debt bills are issued, but [-] people come to ask for money with the bills.

Su Tang had already thought of a countermeasure for this on the way before coming here. Using rice paper to match the production process of flower paper, the dark lines printed on rice paper can be unique. After all, the technology of papermaking is only in her hands.

What's more, the production of rice paper is cumbersome, and it takes nearly a hundred processes to make it white and flexible. Others can't learn it if they want to steal it.

His Majesty was shocked when he heard these words. What Su Tang proposed was not a general idea, but a complete policy that can be implemented in every detail, a policy that can turn the crisis into safety when the country is in crisis.

"Yong Le, you are really a good material to be a king." After thinking for a long time, His Majesty wanted to understand the relationship and involvement, and felt that his daughter was really smart. He had to admire her brains and wisdom.

Su Tang stared at the boss, thinking, Father, I came up with so many things to make you happy, and then resigned from the crown prince, but you told me that I would be a good king?

"This idea of ​​yours should be a great achievement. Come and reward me!" His Majesty had a hearty smile on his face. He was really happy for Su Tang and Leng Anguo's future.

"Father, don't worry about rewards, I still have a way to relieve the pressure on the treasury for a long time." Su Tang said hastily.

She came this time with the determination to fight to the death, and she will report to His Majesty the contribution she can make to this country today, and the rest will be success or benevolence.

If His Majesty listens to her words and resigns from the crown prince as he wishes, if His Majesty thinks that she is a useful talent and insists on pushing her to the throne, the result depends on today.

"Oh? Let's talk about it." With the surprise brought to him by Su Tang's national debt policy, His Majesty is looking forward to Su Tang's words, and it will not be worse than the national debt policy.

"Father, have you ever seen the paper made by the minister?" Su Tang asked humbly.

To tell the truth, she admires this father and king, who is dedicated to the country and the people and should be called a wise king. It is rumored among the people that the king likes to fight and extort by force. There is also his helplessness above the throne.

"I have seen it. The prime minister also said that if it can be produced in large quantities, paper will definitely replace bamboo slips and silk cloth as a new writing tool, and it is easy to carry and light. It is a good thing." His Majesty nodded in agreement.

"I want to discuss a business with my father." Su Tang laughed.

"Let's hear it!" In fact, His Majesty really wanted to say that the world will be yours in the future and you should do business, but he changed his words, and he wanted to see what other strange ideas this daughter had.

Since Yongle woke up from a serious illness four years ago, his personality seems to have changed a lot, he has become bolder and weirder.

"I want to hand over the craftsmanship of making paper to my father, and we will run it together and share the profits equally."

Su Tang thought about it, paper is different from colored porcelain glass, and colored porcelain glass is only bought by rich people to play with.

If the price of paper is reasonable, it will permeate people's daily life, as long as they read, write, record and draw.

Even toilet paper needs to be used, and it is the kind that has been used for a long time, and eventually becomes an indispensable part of people's lives.

This is a big business. It is not impossible for Su Tang to rely on the strength of Yanyang City to start the paper business, but such a business is bound to attract people's envy and the risk is too high.

It is inevitable that things like the Song family's stealing of porcelain-making methods from the Tao family also happened to her. Even if the people of Leng Anguo knew her identity and dared not provoke her, wouldn't other countries want to steal it?
If you master the papermaking technology, you can imagine how much wealth it can bring to a country. Everyone will choose such an easy-to-use and cheap thing, and even other countries will give up the bamboo slips and go to Leng'an to buy them.

Handing it over to the imperial court for production, the imperial court will protect the production method, Su Tang waits for the money, this is the most worry-free and labor-saving, she does not believe that with the guard of the Leng Anguo imperial court, it is impossible for those people to steal the production method.

"Okay!" His Majesty looked at Su Tang and responded lovingly.

What Su Tang could think of, he could naturally think of. If the paper could be sold in the whole mainland, it is hard to say how much wealth this business would bring, but it is not a problem to let the treasury have some silver deposits.

Although His Majesty feels that there is no need for dividends at all, isn't the future of the court hers?But I suddenly wanted to cooperate with her, I don't know why, probably because I love her and spoil her.

Su Tang looked at His Majesty's softer eyes staring at her, and felt that there might be some play. His Majesty has a father-daughter affection for her. As long as there is family affection, she can take advantage of this. What father doesn't want his children to have a good life? ?

So, Su Tang took out her trump card.

Yes, Su Tang still has one last trump card, which is also the most helpful thing for Leng Anguo.

(End of this chapter)