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Chapter 665 Where Does the Money Come From (Part 1)

"Planting rice in winter? Brother, aren't you kidding?" Li Muyun's eyes were a little weird in Li Shimin's study. If Li Er was not the emperor, he probably said this, "You are not sick."

Fortunately, Li Shimin's mind was not on this, but his eyes were just on the rice seeds placed on the table, and he asked in a daze: "Do you look like I'm joking?"

"Not like it!" Li Muyun shook his head, but soon followed: "But brother, we cannot plant rice in the north in winter. The environment is not suitable. If we plant it, we will be frozen to death in a few days."

Li Shimin hummed with his nose, raised his head and said, "I know, otherwise what do you think I asked you to come?"

Li Muyun stuttered: "Uh..., brother, why didn't you let me plant rice?"

Li Shimin was silent and obviously was accusation.

‘Bang’, Li Muyun fell into the chair placed beside the window, showing a look of losing his parents: “Brother, you should just send me to Lingnan.”

Li Shimin also felt that his decision was a bit too much, and he said with a tweet, "I didn't say I asked you to plant it myself. You proposed the rice seeds from Linyi. Could it be that you just care about your mouth and ignore it?"

Li Muyun almost had to draw the whole face together: "I can't help it. I don't need to say that the truth about oranges in the south and tangerines in the north should be understood. The rice seeds in Linyi can last for three seasons in Linyi. Because of the climate, they will last for two seasons south of the Yangtze River, and in our north, there will be the most seasons in one season."

Li Shimin can still accept the conclusion that it can last two seasons in Jiangnan, but if it can last one season in the north, His Majesty Li Er couldn't accept it anymore, and his face slowly calmed down: "Li Muyun, do you know what the result of deceiving the monarch?"

What the words of the patron and the Hu were really true. Li Muyun, who was shocked by Li Er's sudden change of face, quickly sat upright and waved his hand to explain: "No, I'm not bullying the king. Although Linyi's rice seeds cannot be planted in the north for two seasons, they can mature at least one to two months in advance. In this way, the people can use these two months to plant another crop of radish and white sausage."

It is said that June is the face of a child, and it changes quickly!

But Li Er's face changed faster than in June. It was sunny and cloudy just now, but it was cloudy in the blink of an eye. He nodded and said, "Is that true?"

Li Muyun nodded and said, "Yes, yes, that's it. If you don't believe it, you can try it after the beginning of spring."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin had a general idea in his mind, glanced at Li Muyun and said, "Okay, since you said that, let's try as you said."

"Oh, okay, okay!" What else could Li Muyun say? It would be a day to delay it. The so-called King of Hell fucks the little devil, be free for a while, and pass the level before talking about it.

After getting the rice seeds done, Li Muyun thought there was nothing wrong, and was about to stay away from the "tiger". As soon as he said goodbye, Li Er stopped him: "Wait, your business is not over yet, I have something to ask you."

"What's the matter?" Li Muyun was a little nervous.

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment and said reluctantly: "It's just that you pay so much money on the construction site, you pay so much money every month, and now the people in the city have their own opinions. Can't you reduce your wages a little?"

Of course, it cannot be reduced. If the wages are reduced, what prestige can he have in the future? If you want to hire someone again, it will be even more difficult.

Thinking of this, Li Muyun said with some embarrassment: "It is impossible to reduce wages, and it will never be reduced in this life. I don't know how to develop people's livelihood. I can only rely on giving money to ensure that the people in the fiefdom will not be out of the way."

Li Shimin was speechless and had a new understanding of Li Muyun's face. After a long time, he sighed and said, "What should the people in the city do? Now many workshops cannot hire workers, and the people are all thinking about working in your place. How do you plan to solve this problem?"

Li Muyun spread his hands and said, "It has nothing to do with me! You said that I am a native bun from the countryside, and I have a big fence, so I can't even care about others, right?"

Seeing that the reason was not reasonable, Li Shimin lowered his face and gave a death order: "I don't care about your messy reasons. In short, you must lower the wages, otherwise the more money you have in the hands of the people will only become a problem."

Li Muyun was slightly stunned, "Trouble? How can the people become trouble if they have too much money? Brother, are you mistaken?"

Regarding the issue of wealth in the world, Li Shimin does not think that Li Muyun would be better than himself. Although he has always been wise, the economy of the general environment is not something that you are smart enough to control.

So Li Muyun's question made His Majesty the emperor quite unhappy: "The world's wealth is determined. If the people have more money, the national treasury will naturally be less money. Can I explain this to you?"

Although Li Muyun did not study economics, he still understood some simple principles. Money is an indispensable thing for a country. But if money is not circulated, it is a pile of useless copper. In other words, money can only play its supposed role when it is circulated.

Looking at Li Muyun's disgusting look and wanting to speak, Li Shimin was inexplicably upset and coughed, "Why, do you have different opinions?"

"Brother, want to hear the truth?" Li Muyun tried to ask.

"Yes, the truth!" Li Er nodded, but the disdainful expression on his face had already shown that he just wanted to wait until Li Muyun finished speaking before hitting him.

As a killer, Li Muyun has really put a lot of effort into psychology, but he can't see Li Er's true thoughts, but it is precisely because of this that he has the capital to show off.

After thinking for a while, he slowly said: "Brother, do you think the country will be rich when money flows, or will the country be rich when it exists in the treasury?"

"Of course it exists in the treasury! When the treasury is full, the world will naturally become rich."

The sound came from the entrance of the study room. Li Muyun turned his head when he heard the sound, but found that Empress Changsun had entered the study room at some point, and that she was with her side was Changle, who had not seen for many days.

Out of etiquette, Li Muyun immediately stood up to greet him: "My brother has met the emperor's sister-in-law."

"Forget it." Empress Changsun waved her hand and said warmly: "It's all a family. If you can avoid these common etiquettes!"

"No!" Li Muyun lowered his head and agreed. After seeing that little girl Changle was spitting his cute little tongue at him.

When Li Shimin saw his wife coming, he waved and said, "The Guanyin maid is here just right. I am discussing the issue of wealth with this brat. You are more good at this and just teach him."

"Your Majesty is joking. Although Mu Yun's title is Prince Xiaoyao, he is called King of Wealth in private. He speculated that he is the reincarnation of the God of Wealth. I dare not show any ugliness in this skill."

As Queen Changsun spoke, she came to Li Shimin to sit down. Although there were many praises in her words, it always sounded a little awkward.

Changle followed her mother behind Li Er, staring at Li Muyun with a pair of beautiful big eyes, as if waiting for his reply.

This little girl already has something to do with Li Muyunxin, so she naturally doesn't want him to embarrass him in front of her parents, but she doesn't want him to show off too much, so it's understandable that she is a little confused for a moment.

However, when Li Muyun's crazy personality came up, he could not care so much. Besides, in front of Li Er and Changsun, even if he treated gallstones as gallstones, he would not dare to go against Changle.

So he didn't even look at Changle's constant glances, but just said to himself: "The emperor's sister-in-law is absurd, I dare not take it! But when it comes to it, I don't agree with the emperor's sister-in-law. If the national treasury is really good, then why don't the court make more copper coins and fill the national treasury directly? In this way, the people in the world will be rich."

"This..." Empress Changsun knew that Li Muyun was misinterpreting her meaning, but she couldn't think of any reason to refute her for a moment, and her tone couldn't help but stagnate.

But Li Shimin snorted, "Boy, don't play sophistry there. Who in the world knows that the treasury refers to taxes, not to print money privately."

Li Muyun smiled and said, "The emperor's words are up to the point. The treasury needs taxes to fill it. But if the people don't have any spare money, where does this tax come from? Can you just rely on digging food from the soil to fill the treasury?"

Li Er continued to ask, "What do you mean?"

Li Muyun licked his lips: "Brother, the only way to make the treasury full is to stimulate consumption. Only by allowing the money to circulate can there be enough taxes. When the taxes come up, the treasury will naturally be full."

"But when it comes to stimulating consumption, then the problem is now that the people have no money in their hands. How do you ask them to consume? But where does the commercial tax come from if the people don't consume? Of course, you can say that there is still agricultural tax, but how much agricultural tax is there? How can the country's economy grow by relying on the agricultural tax that is similar every year?"

Li Shimin raised his hand to stop Li Muyun. After hearing a few words, he felt a little confused and had to stop and make some sense.

After all, the views raised by Li Muyun are a bit too bizarre and are very different from the experience left by his ancestors.

After a while, Li Ercai asked in a deep voice: "So what do you mean by focusing on business?"

Li Muyun nodded heavily: "Yes, it's about commerce. Although merchants have a low status, it is undeniable that they can indeed bring a lot of wealth to the country."
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