No one said anything. The person who knew the most about money among them was Ai Husheng. He had been the Minister of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty for ten years.

He didn't even understand how the remaining Qiu Bahe who worked in intelligence could know how to make money. If it was about robbery, then they could still participate in the discussion.

Suddenly, Li Xiao noticed that Sun Yuanhua, who was still there, was sitting silently on his chair, his eyes always falling on the papers in his hand.

"Master Chief Assistant?" Li Xiao turned his attention to Sun Yuanhua.

"Oh! I do have an idea here, but I don't know if it's mature or not. I'm still thinking about it, thinking about it!"

This old bastard is like this. Even if he has an idea, he doesn't know how to say it. He has to be forced to ask Li Xiao!

This is Lao Guan Youzi, the oily Lao Guan Youzi.

"It's time, let's talk!" Li Xiao urged helplessly, as if this was a well-rehearsed formula.

This is the case every time Sun Yuanhua has a new charter.

"How about issuing war bonds?" Sun Yuanhua put the paper in his hand on the table and said.

"War bonds?" Everyone's eyes widened.

"To war bonds!" Sun Yuanhua nodded.

“First of all, war bonds can greatly ease our current financial situation. I won’t say more about this!

Secondly, in recent years, our Ming Dynasty has been light on corvee and low on taxes, and the taxation is unprecedentedly low.

If people pay less taxes, it means they have more money in their hands.

When people have spare money in their hands, they will think about investing.

Nowadays, private investment is available, and some people have even begun to hoard it.

Last year, some people even amassed money and made profits by hoarding garlic. At its most expensive, garlic was priced at the same price as mutton.

Many dumpling restaurants have started charging money for garlic.

At the beginning of spring this year, I started to stock up on green onions for a while.

The price of green onions has skyrocketed, and finally it has reached the point where no one would be willing to put onions in a plate of fried mutton with green onions.”

Sun Yuanhua is in charge of civil affairs, so he is naturally very familiar with these civil affairs. Now that he is talking about it, everyone seems to be listening to a book.

The soldiers here eat in the cafeteria most of the time.

Lvzhu is one of those people who doesn’t touch Yang Chun Shui with all his fingers!

Li Hao has never entered the kitchen, let alone the vegetable market.

Li Xiao was busy raising armaments and always inspecting the troops. He had no time to look at these things!

It was mentioned in newspapers from time to time!

They say that onions are more expensive than mutton, and there are other headline-grabbing claims about garlic.

When most people read newspapers, they usually read them as if they were new, as if they have nothing to do with them.

Now that Sun Yuanhua has spoken out, everyone naturally has a different feeling.

It turns out that this is all private money, and so many things have happened because there is nowhere to vent.

"The price of live pigs has remained high for more than a year in the past two years. Is it also the fault of these people?"

Stewie asked angrily.

This is the bad thing about people who have heirlooms of poetry and books. They look down on traders. In Stewie's view, it would be best if all those people who buy, resell, and hoard goods should be pulled out and shot.

"That's not true!

That year, swine fever broke out across the country. The swine fever was so severe that naturally many pigs died.

In order to meet the needs of epidemic prevention, pigs were hunted and killed in every village at that time. After digging pits and burning them, they were then filled with quicklime.

At that time, the implementation of epidemic prevention was so strict that pigs were almost extinct in many places. This was the fundamental reason for the rise in pork prices!

However, this thing gradually recovered as the swine fever dissipated.

Since the second half of last year, the price of live pigs has been falling. Now, it has dropped to dangerous levels.

The court is trying to figure out how to do it. Low pig prices will hurt the enthusiasm of pig farmers, which is not necessarily a good thing."

"Now that we are talking about war bonds, why are we talking about pigs?

Commander, I think war bonds are very feasible. After all, the people have money in their hands, but they don’t have a safe investment direction.

Many people keep their money in banks!

It seems that this kind of material speculation happens frequently.

The official feels that the income from war bonds is stable, and they are issued by the imperial court. The credibility is absolutely guaranteed, and if they are issued, they will definitely be snapped up."

Ai Husheng was very happy. It’s not that he didn’t know the benefits of war bonds. But he didn’t dare to say it!

After all, war bonds require a lot of interest.

If huge gains cannot be made in the war, what is likely to happen is losses.

But now that Sun Yuanhua has taken the lead to speak out, he has no taboos anymore.

He kept preaching the many benefits of war bonds.

"War bonds are a good idea. If that's the case, then establish a Daming Oil Company after the war.

Our oil fields in Daming are all managed by Daming Petroleum Company.

Who owns the oil field today? Even if it is shares, it should be included in the equity.

From now on, we will only receive dividends and not participate in management.

In addition to dividends, the remaining profits from oil companies were used to repay war bonds and the interest accrued.

After the war bonds are repaid, the income generated will be at the disposal of the imperial court."

Li Xiao glanced at the pieces of paper handed over by Sun Yuanhua, thought for a moment and announced.

The faces of the people sitting there, except for Stewie, all looked a little unnatural.

They all have oil fields in the Middle East, including Li Xiao himself.

It can be said that the Ming army is fighting for their interests now.

Li Xiao glanced at everyone present and saw everyone's expressions.

He knew that this was a hornet's nest.

But reality forced him to do this. He did not want to pass on the cost of defending the Xungui Oilfield to the people.

The Ming Dynasty had maintained low tax rates for many years, and Li Xiao did not want to increase taxes because of this war.

"Okay! That's it, the Ministry of Accounts is going to start issuing bonds immediately.

The interest rate should be set generously, making it look like bank regular interest, which would be boring.

We want the people to really get benefits and make money from war bonds."

Li Xiao announced loudly that no matter how they felt, everyone could only bow their heads and promise.

Oil is a monopoly business. Now all oil fields, including exploration, oil production, and oil refining technology, are all monopolized by Ming Dynasty.

In addition to Daming's own use of refined oil, there is also a lot of demand from abroad.

However, the refined oil market is now in chaos, and sometimes companies even lower prices in order to compete for customers.

After the establishment of Daming Oil Company, this situation will disappear.

By then, buyers from any country will face a behemoth with a monopoly position.

But the general manager of Daming Petroleum Company has become a standard fat man.

Everyone was thinking about how to get this lucrative position into their own hands.

As long as you get this position, money will be just a number.

After the meeting, Li Hao was the first to come to Li Xiao's office.

"Brother...!"

"Want the position of general manager of an oil company? Can you do it?" Li Xiao looked at Li Hao teasingly.

Giving up the position of the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty and becoming the general manager of an oil company would not be done as long as you are not crazy or have congenital dementia.

"I...how can I, I want to...!" The guy rubbed his hands and looked like he had trouble defecating.

"You think, you think nonsense.

What do you think Xiaoyu is doing? Who is our aunt?

Li Lin went to the First Expeditionary Force, so don't try to meddle with him.

Last time, I didn't settle the score with you for dealing with Sun Zhijie.

That's my son. If he's embarrassed, I'll take it out on him. It's not your uncle's turn to take action.

Since I didn't say anything, it proves that Sun Zhijie did the right thing.
To be continued...