Chapter 600: Don’t Take Guan Zhong’s Plans for the Country Seriously

"No, no, brother Yi, it's too dangerous over there, not to mention you can't leave Chang'an." Li Chengqi's hair stood on end.

He didn't expect Li Yi to go out in person. Are you kidding?

Sending Yi Di abroad is purely an overestimation of talents. Yi Di should stay in Zhuangzi.

Then if anyone has any questions related to national policy, please ask Brother Yi.

Have you ever seen the prime minister running outside the court instead of the court?

"If I don't go, others can't. Economic war is not easy to fight." Li Yi insisted.

"I know, it is written in "Guanzi" that Guan Zhong used economic warfare to defeat other countries time and time again. If you find someone to learn from it, you will be good at it."

Li Chengqi took out the book "Guanzi", which wrote about Guan Zhong's economic warfare against Lu, Hengshan and Chu.

When they attacked the Chu State, they said they used money to buy Lu silk. Then the people of Lu stopped farming and planted mulberry trees, raised silkworms, and weaved silk silk.

Then Qi Guo continued to buy.

In the end, Lu State ran out of food, and Qi State cheated Lu State.

When he was attacking the Hengshan Kingdom, which did not exist in the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong said that he knew that the Hengshan Kingdom had good weapons and bought them at a high price.

The Hengshan Kingdom was building weapons, but no one was farming, and there was no food to eat. The Qi State cheated the Hengshan Kingdom again.

When talking about attacking Chu State, they bought Chu State's deer at a high price and sold a large amount of grain to Chu State at a low price. Chu State raised deer instead of growing grain. When there was no grain, Qi State cheated Chu State.

Li Yi knew these stories, and he looked dumbfounded.

"Brother, that's a story. It's fake. Where did Qi State get so much money that can support a country's main industry?

When a country makes money, it keeps it instead of spending it, raising deer, making weapons, and weaving cloth every day?

I said that I bought mugwort at a high price, but the people in Jingzhao Prefecture stopped planting their fields and only grew mugwort?

The currency of the Spring and Autumn Period was messy and made of bronze. Where did Qi get its money? "

Li Yi told Li Chengqi, don't listen to the story, the story is just a train of thought.

The real situation does not exist. Now people still exchange eggs for things and bamboo baskets for things.

Silk was also used as money, and copper coins were simply not enough.

When people make money, of course they have to spend it. Do they keep it all the time?

How long does it take to plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms? How many silkworms are produced in a year?

During this process, Qi State was providing food, and then suddenly ran out of food.

In other words, the Qi State had a lot of money at that time, which allowed the Lu State to destroy large areas of fields to cultivate mulberry and cultivate silkworms.

At the same time, Qi State can also sell grain to Lu State at low prices to support the daily meals of the people of Lu State.

Since your Qi country is so awesome, why don't you just start doing it?

Think about it, if Qi State does this, how many times will its productivity be compared to other countries?

Behind productivity is production technology, and production technology drives military technology when applied.

"Huh? No?" Li Chengqi thought that he could understand economic warfare after watching "Guanzi".

"Economic war is driven by simple buying and selling behavior, but it is not a simple buying and selling. There must be a process, and both sides gain and lose each other in trade.

A large overall profit is called a trade surplus, which means taking advantage of others.

Comprehensive profits are low, which is called a trade deficit, and others take advantage of you.

In a deficit, a large amount of resources are lost and national strength is weakened, which is usually accompanied by devaluation of the external currency and inflation internally..."

Li Yi also talked to his elder brother about the trade relations between countries.

"The loss of resources is a trade deficit?" Li Chengqi summed it up.

“No, if we only export supplies but don’t have enough to buy other people’s supplies, the books will reflect a trade surplus.

If I tell them where there are good iron ore and coal mines, they will exploit them in large quantities.

When they are sold to Datang, they will have a trade surplus due to resource exports.

Just buying food from the Tang Dynasty was enough, and the people could still live a good life. "

When Li Yi said this, he was thinking of a small island country where the guano sold was actually phosphate rock.

There was a time when the people were rich.

The people on the island used to be skinny and skinny, but since they got rich, everyone has become fatter.

Later, they almost sold it and ran out of money. They were used to living a good life and suddenly couldn't adapt.

"You can't say it, Brother Yi, you mustn't say it. Do you know where there is a mine? It's best to be in a place closer to Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty. Just tell me."

Li Chengqi knew how good coal was, let alone iron ore, so how could he tell the enemy.

"So I have to go to Khitan and solve the problem in Bohai Kingdom." Li Yi changed the subject.

"No." Li Chengqi continued to shake his head.

Safety issues aside, how long does it take to go there?

The last time I went to Luoyang, Henan Province, I felt like there was no backbone in Chang'an.

Fortunately, last year was in response to the locust plague, and this year the situation is even more severe.

When it came to tax collection, Bi Gou was thinking about money, but he couldn't come up with a perfect method of operation.

If there is a loophole somewhere, the Ministry of Accounts tries to find a way to fix it, but the method it comes up with is wrong again. Going back and forth to change it will delay things too much.

Brother Yi is staying at Zhuangzi. If you have anything to ask him.

"The only option is to let their people follow them, first send some things to the border, smuggle a few in exchange for money."

Li Yi temporarily gave up the idea of ​​going out and prepared to implement another plan.

Anyway, any one will work, the effect will be different, feel free to change it.

"Brother, tell the Khitan envoy that the 390 members of my Lijiazhuangzi economic and cultural exchange team and their relatives who went with them were among the people of the Tang Dynasty who were captured by them.

Now I ask team members to come back and refine the follow-up action plan. "

Li Yi told Li Chengqi another matter.

The boss promised at the beginning that the personal and property safety of the respective team members of both parties should be ensured, and at the same time, they should be able to withdraw at any time.

Here we are now, the Datang team members are the Datang people who were captured over there, 390 people.

Their relatives went to play together and must be brought back as well.

There are 390 captives here. On equal terms, the captives can also be turned into members of the Khitan team and brought back with their relatives.

"Ah?" Li Chengqi felt confused. Can a team member do this? It is impossible for the other party to agree.

The people who were arrested were the private property of the people in each place.

"Brother Yi, is your prisoner exchange inappropriate?" Li Chengqi shook his head.

"What's wrong?" Li Yi was puzzled.

"The number of people is different. If you bring your family, it's more." Li Chengqi said as if you didn't even know this.

"I've taught 390 people skills, UU Reading www.uukaｎshu.net What did the Khitans teach us Tang people?

Three hundred and ninety people can grow bean sprouts. Is it possible that the people in the Tang Dynasty were taught how to grow bean sprouts by the Khitan people? "

Li Yiqiang's words made sense, and others thought he was right.

"They won't agree." Li Chengqi decided to save others by himself. If it were him, he wouldn't do it.

"I don't expect them to agree. We'll contact you first, and then we'll discuss the number of people and follow up. We'll make progress step by step."

Li Yi understands better that it is a fool to make others feel uncomfortable. You said that 390 people would be exchanged for 390 households, so why not do it with you?

He then said, "We'll go back and forth in April and May. I'll make all the arrangements that need to be made. If I go there by myself, it will be easier."

"No, follow the difficult approach." Li Chengqi firmly stopped him again.

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