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Chapter 66 General Development Route of the Prussian Military State (Part 2)

"Do you remember the meaning of wealth I explained to you? Wealth is everything that has value, not just gold and silver. But now in France, Austria, and even in Rome, most people believe that the more gold and silver a country or a force accumulates, the richer and stronger it will be."

It's my turn to teach: "I think you must have heard of the mercantilism pursued by all countries. There are several concepts of mercantilism. Gold and silver are the foundation for the prosperity of this country, but the amount of gold and silver is growing slowly in various countries. Within a certain period of time, when a country has more, other countries will have less, and the country that occupies more gold and silver will become the most powerful country. They call this a zero-sum game, because players have both losses and losses. One side wins, and the other side loses, and the total score of the game will always be zero. Therefore, if the country does not let wealth go, it is necessary to prohibit the flow of gold and silver from flowing out and increase gold and silver.

Input. They advocated that state interfere with economic life, preferably the government regulates agriculture, commerce and manufacturing, develops foreign trade monopoly, protect the domestic market through high tariff rates and other trade restrictions, try to purchase raw materials for production, and then sell products. Use exported goods to plunder gold and silver from other countries. There is nothing wrong with these people linking money to gold and silver and performing the zero-sum game. After all, the birth of money is through excavation of minerals and then smelting by mints, and these procedures take a long time. However, I want to tell you here that the birth of money is not limited to the smelting of gold and silver."

Felletlia's eyes were lost and her mouth couldn't help but grow up. Hans over there was still confused: "Frederick, why are you so surprised?"

"Idiot, he means he might have another way to create money!" Felletlia said angrily with a grudge.

"It's not possible, it's certain." The female literary youth now looks similar to when I was told that there were other gold-spotting techniques to create wealth. "When people in ancient times were busy looking for magic to turn stones into gold, they actually ignored a very important condition. Money is just a series of numbers that can be played with under certain circumstances."

"How is that possible!" Hans didn't believe me very much.

"Banks know that the Netherlands is the most common place in the World Bank. Although Prussia does not, I think you have heard of what banks do. All banks spend the money and invest in it at the sight of taking over your deposit. If there is only one bank in a region, everyone thinks that it is safest to put money in the bank, and you have exactly 100 tale on hand, once you deposit the money into the bank, then interesting things will be born. Because you deposit 100 tale in, that bank only needs to leave a certain amount of deposits, such as 100 tale on your hand.

Tale is used to deal with you to get back and withdraw money, and the remaining 90 tale can be spent. The spent money, even if it flows into the hands of a few or even a dozen people, will be in a while. The spent 90 tale will flow into your hands again. Because there is no place in that area that is safer than putting money into that bank. Leave 9 tale, you can put 81 tale out again. This cycle is just because a person saves 100 tale, the bank generates more than 100 tale."

Both Felletlia and Hans were shocked and stunned, but after Hans looked at Felletlia, he put away his surprised mouth: "Your thought is just an assumption. There is no such good thing in this world!"

"Yes, there is really no such good thing in this world. For example, the part of the capital recovery is collected in ten days and half a month. It is a good luck in a thousand. However, Hans. What we are talking about now is not 100 tales, nor 1000 tales, but hundreds of thousands or even millions. Even if 1 million can be released for 300,000, we will generate more than 300,000 coins for free. As for how to create a bank that can make people feel safe to save money, this is what we need to work hard."

"Safety alone can make people put money in?"

"Of course not. There must be benefits to make people willingly hand over the money, establish a bank, and then give another interest rate. Although it is a little lower than the government bond, the money can be deposited and withdrawn freely. So do you think people will keep their money at home or deposit their unused money into the bank and receive the interest rate comfortably?"

"What do you want to build a bank that generates money like this?"

Felletlia asked the idea. If you want to make money, it is not enough to have interest rates alone. If the regime collapses at any time, it cannot give people a sense of security. Even if the interest rate is as high as 10%, no one will save money.

"I remember the textile industry I mentioned earlier. Prussia has no foundation for any textile industry, but the Netherlands has. The Netherlands has been a textile center since ancient times. They not only have people, but also have technology. Changing military uniforms and redesigning military uniforms has resulted in a large number of orders. I think there will always be a chamber of commerce in the Netherlands that will be attracted to it. As long as we give policy and tax preferential treatment, I believe that as long as there is a Dutchman, there will be more Dutch merchants soon.

People come here, open factories and establish chambers of commerce in Prussia. As long as the transactions in Prussia increase, there will always be a bank flowing into this bank. At this time, we can exchange the money from this bank from the left hand to the right hand and distribute it to the market to stimulate the construction of the country. In this way, if the deposit of 10 million tale was originally just 10 million tale, we can turn this money into more than 30 million or even 40 million tale construction funds into the development of Prussia!”

To increase the national strength of Prussia, only when the national strength is strong can we bring more taxes and build more troops. This is a common saying, and it is also the old path that Otto led his father Felletlia. I also want to take this path, but my path is not the same as what Otto wants to take.

On this day, I finally threw out a grand strategy to Felletlia about Prussia's next few decades or even hundreds of years.

In order to dominate national policies with economic needs, Prussia joins the competition between Swedes, Russians and Austrians against Poland, and must not allow any of the three parties to gain huge advantages. It is best to maintain the current situation. Poland does not restore peace for one day, and it will not become a trade center that threatens Prussia's role in the Eastern European plains.

Internally, at the current stage, Prussia must reduce a series of unnecessary tariffs in terms of economy and announce policies that are conducive to commercial trade and continue to seize the influence of Poland's coast in western Eastern Europe and eastern Germany. However, there is no need for the wool textile industry to focus on manufacturing and construction. Then, by improving the competitiveness of the textile industry, the convenience of the river is used to import products into the Holy Roman Empire, such as Saxony, Bohemia, Silesia and Poland, and replace the textile industry in the past Greater Poland region to become a new textile center. At the same time, try to control two rivers passing through Prussia as the key point, forcing the Saxons in the upper reaches to sign an agreement that is beneficial to Prussia, obtaining high-quality iron ore from the two forces, thereby developing military industry.

In the future, once Prussia is full, it can attack potential commercial enemies through military operations internally, and then through strong economic strength, it can earn a series of princes affected by Prussian business into a commercial alliance dominated by the Prussians, and finally slowly evolve from a commercial alliance to a military alliance, and then undergo a peaceful evolution. It can help the Austrians deal with the French, drive the French out of Germany, and expand the influence of Prussia in Germany. Of course, if Felletlia is willing, she can also unite the Swedes. The Russians start a war and will take off the title of Holy Roman Empire emperor that has been worn on the heads of the Austrians. Foreign, due to the relationship between Prussia and Austria, if the Russians are weak, Prussia will help the Russians. If the Swedes are weak, they will replace Sweden, control the Baltic Sea, and become the three-legged leg again.

Such a beautiful vision is first of all, the establishment of a national central bank.

This country's central bank is very important and plays an important role in my plan. If the national central bank cannot be established, then I will give up the entire plan and just do whatever I should do.

It’s not that the entire plan will be lost after leaving the National Central Bank. The reason I gave up is that the National Central Bank is not only the cage I put on Prussia, a beast that may grow up in the future, but also concerns my personal interests.

Now I have enough influence on the 10-member committee. Once the National Central Bank is established, who can play with this thing in Prussia? So in the end, I must be the one who presides over the National Central Bank. In this way, through the 10-member committee, I have influenced the country's political economy. By presiding over the operation of the National Central Bank, I have strengthened my control over the Prussian economy. By strengthening the former Otto party attached to me, my influence on Prussia has also been enhanced.

OK, I don’t deny that there is really a bit of power seizure, but as an outsider, I do need more power to ensure that I invest so much and so much blood can get the rewards I deserve.

Although Hans still thinks this is unrealistic, given the fact that the treasury is increasing in selling grain, it is estimated that Felletlia thought that the idea of ​​making money was good, so she agreed to my opinion.

Everything is ready, but the east wind is not there. As long as the Swedes are convinced, I can start the construction of Prussia. During this period, I continued to grab the female literary youth and instill in her everything I know in my head.

"Can you force me to force me so hard?" Felletlia was very dissatisfied.

I was angry: "You know how weak I am. Morris charges in the battle for more than ten times but hasn't been bulleted. I went to the front line twice, once shot a gun, and the other time it's even more exaggerated. There are shells exploded next to me, and there are still Carl Twelve to shoot below. If I accidentally die this time, just like you, do you have the confidence to go and walk the way I pointed you?"

"Then you won't die, you'll be able to do it."

"Believe it or not, I will beat you..."

“…” (To be continued...)
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