After listening to Muchuan's narration, Ouyang Bufan and Mo Zhu finally understood.
It was after they understood this that the two of them felt admiration in their hearts. They didn't expect that Muchuan had already thought so much when he entered the forest to hunt wolves! In addition to thinking of how to kill the "Wolf God", he even used the "Wolf God" to
"God" things to achieve your own goals and plans.
Mo Zhu sighed: "Mr. Muchuan is really Zhuge Liang in this world! He plans strategies and knows the opportunities first. I'm afraid no one in the Tang Dynasty can be your opponent!"
Ouyang Bufan nodded: "Yes, Mr. Muchuan, you are so powerful that I even doubt whether you are a human being! Could it be that you were sent down to earth by a god!"
Muchuanke couldn't be happy at all while listening to the flattery of the two of them.
What's the use of saying all these beautiful words?
If you have this time, you might as well do more practical things.
Muchuan then began to say: "In short, now that the wolf scourge has been eliminated, the water conservancy project must be stepped up! On the other hand, the purchase of national debt must also be promoted more!"
The national debt issued by the Tang Dynasty court has been promoted in Gyeonggi Province and its surrounding areas, and has also penetrated into the military.
As for why it infiltrated into the army?
This is also because of the reminders from Qin Qiong and Duan Zhixuan.
After winning the last competition with Duan Zhixuan, the two heroes of Lingyan Pavilion agreed to help promote national debt in the army. As soon as they promoted it, the effect was surprisingly good! So Muchuan thought carefully later and found that national debt sold so well in the army.
In addition to the prestige of Qin Qiong and Duan Zhixuan, it was also related to the soldiers' personal reasons.
The sergeants of the Tang Dynasty were among the first-class beings among the ancient people. Their status and purchasing power were higher than those of ordinary people. Naturally, they had enough money to purchase national debt.
Another point is that as a sergeant, he is loyal and patriotic, and his sense of identification with the country and the court is much stronger than that of ordinary people. Since the national debt is endorsed and issued by the court, it will naturally gain the trust of the soldiers.
It is precisely based on these two points that Muchuan plans to expand the army throughout Gyeonggi Province and ask military generals to help recommend sales.
If Muchuan was just the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, he would definitely not be able to recruit so many military generals. Fortunately, Muchuan's identity at this time was not only the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, but also the general of the army!
The general of the regular army is a second-grade military official with high authority and strong influence! It is said that the first level of official rank kills people, and Muchuan can order most military generals to act by virtue of his status as a second-grade official.
Muchuan made calculations with Ouyang Bufan and Mo Zhu at this time: "According to my preliminary calculations, we still lack one million taels of gold, so we have to slowly issue treasury bonds to all parts of the country in the past six months.
The troops stationed in other counties are the focus."
Muchuan planned to ask Ouyang Bufan to take his handwritten letters and travel around the country to raise funds from national debt.
Ouyang Bufan began to mutter: "It's me again, why is it always me...and is our household department so short of money?"
The funds previously raised from Gyeonggi Province are enough for us to reclaim land and build water conservancy projects! We shouldn’t need to use so much money!”
"It seems that you don't know something...that's right, I don't seem to have told you anything."
Muchuan laughed and started talking.
In fact, the existing funds are enough for them to complete projects and workshop construction in Gyeonggi Province, but what if they want to build similar "royal workshops" across the country and build dams, ferries, reservoirs and other construction projects?
If it were implemented on a large scale across the country, there wouldn't be enough money.
Unexpectedly, Ouyang Bufan was shocked after hearing Muchuan's idea: "So, do you want to build dams like the ones in Chang'an Plain on a large scale across the country?
How much will this cost?"
Mo Zhu: "I don't understand either... Royal workshops can improve people's quality of life and boost employment rates in a short period of time, but why do water conservancy projects cost so much effort?"
The construction of water conservancy projects can dredge rivers and control river flood seasons, thereby providing water sources for fertile farmland.
However, the construction of such a project often requires a very long period, the results are slow, and the economic results are not necessarily good.
In Mozhu's opinion, instead of spending money on the construction of water conservancy projects, it would be better to build more royal workshops.
Ouyang Bufan also had the same view on this. At this time, he said: "Sugar, chili sauce, soy sauce and other seasonings are very good, and there is still a lot of room for the future. We should spend our money wisely."
After listening to what Mo Zhu and Ouyang Bufan said, Muchuan nodded silently. It seemed that these two people were also able to think with their brains! In the past, they would not have seen the far-reaching significance of "building water conservancy projects", but with
Muchuanduo, the two of them have learned to use "modern economic theory" to analyze and look at problems, which can be regarded as their cultivation was not in vain.
However, they only know one, but not the other.
In fact, the significance of building water conservancy projects is not as one-sided as they think. In addition to regulating river waters and increasing crop yields, water conservancy projects have more meanings!
Generally speaking, water conservancy projects are divided into two parts. One is to build reservoirs and dams to intercept river water and reduce the impact of natural weather on crops, thereby making water available during droughts and making dams less likely to occur during rainy seasons.
Another point that Muchuan did not mention to Ouyang Bufan is that water conservancy projects can also promote the development of handicrafts and commerce!
There are many rivers in the eastern and southern parts of the Central Plains, large and small, but more than half of them are difficult to navigate. Even if they are navigable, there are various restrictions.
For example, the river bed is narrow, the water level is low, and the surrounding natural environment is harsh, which can easily cause mudslides, etc.
One of the processes of water conservancy construction is to plant trees to stabilize the river bed, and to manually dig and deepen the water channels, thus making the trade routes unimpeded.
In addition to being the Minister of Household Affairs, Ouyang Bufan was also a businessman. He understood Muchuan's words as soon as he heard it.
"I see, Lord Muchuan is indeed such a thoughtful thinker!"
On the other hand, Mo Zhu looked confused. In fact, he didn't understand what Muchuan was doing until now. At that moment, he touched Ouyang Bufan with his elbow and asked what Muchuan said.
Ouyang Bufan raised his head proudly: "When the trade routes are opened, the volume of trade will increase, and then the goods produced by the royal workshops will be able to circulate! And... the most important thing is the mobility of materials in the entire society.
Greatly sped up.”
Ouyang Bufan then gave several examples. Once water transport routes increase, rice grown in the south can be transported to the north, and flour from the north can be transported to the south.
