"That's why His Highness came up with the idea of letting ordinary people and other wealthy businessmen set an example first. There is no problem with this."
Nangong Shouzhong kept talking until this point, which was quite satisfactory. Li Chen just listened and did not express his position.
He knew that Nangong Shouzhong's words were still coming.
Sure enough, Nangong Shouzhong continued: "But in the eyes of ordinary people, this is still not enough."
Li Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, but still said nothing, waiting for Nangong Shouzhong to continue.
Nangong Shouzhong was obviously a little scared. After bowing to Li Chen, he mustered up the courage to say: "Caomin has been doing business with his father for many years. Later, his father passed away. Caomin himself also has some insights and experiences. In Caomin's opinion, the real issue of the national debt is
It is not enough to cause a trend among the people, and it is not enough for ordinary people and other wealthy businessmen to take the lead."
"Two more things need to be done."
"The first point is to make the people realize that the national debt is related to their own vital interests, and it has only benefits and no disadvantages."
"The second point is to set a threshold when selling government bonds in the first place."
Li Chen raised his eyebrows, finally becoming somewhat interested in Nangong Shouzhong's words, and began to listen carefully.
Sensing a positive signal from the subtle changes in Li Chen's eyes, Nangong Shouzhong was greatly encouraged. He immediately continued: "The first reason for this is that most people are actually short-sighted, and all they care about is this matter.
Without risk, how much benefit can be brought, and can these benefits be easily obtained?"
"It is not difficult to achieve this. On the one hand, the government and the people vigorously promote national debt. Of course, this alone is not enough. The common people believe that people can be allowed to advance the interest income when they purchase national debt for the first time.
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"For example, if a national debt has a fixed interest rate of one tael of silver and the monthly interest is ten cents, then the court can immediately pay the interest of the ten cents when the common person purchases the national debt of one tael of silver. Although it seems that the court paid the interest in advance, it is
It’s a loss, but we must know that this will greatly enhance people’s trust in the national debt.”
"In the eyes of the people, they have received the interest in advance, which means that the income has fallen into their pockets, but the principal is still there. The money has been earned first, and they just have to wait for the time to get back the principal. This is better than paying the principal with interest.
It's much easier to accept it mentally if we wait together."
"As for the imperial court, although the interest was paid in advance, it increased the sales of national debts. Even if the interest expenditure is excluded, the imperial court can sell one more national debts, which is enough to pay for ten or even dozens of people.
The interest rate is high, which is a good choice for the imperial court that is in urgent need of large amounts of cash."
Hearing this, Li Chen's eyes lit up.
Sure enough, professional things still need to be done by professional people. In his opinion, Nangong Shouzhong was a capital wizard in the feudal era.
This kind of capital thinking is extremely scarce due to the limitations of this era.
Even Liu Sichun, who was already a natural businessman in Li Chen's eyes, couldn't compare with Nangong Shouzhong.
"Tell me the reasons and methods for the second point." Li Chen took the initiative.
Nangong Shouzhong was overjoyed. He knew that he had impressed Li Chen and had shown his value in front of His Royal Highness. This was the greatest good thing for him.
After taking a breath and sorting out his thoughts, Nangong Shouzhong said: "This second point is the key to selling the entire national debt."
