"The value of goods in the world depends on its materials, texture, and use on the one hand, but this is only the most basic basis for calculating value. There is also a more important basis, and that is the degree of scarcity."
"Rare goods are valuable, which means that the rarer the item, the greater its value."
"A thing, no matter how good it is, is worthless if it is available everywhere, such as the air we breathe every day."
Nangong Shouzhong's eyes shone. The more he spoke, the more confident he became. When he was so proud, he even looked up at Li Chen and started talking, "Everyone needs to breathe to survive. If you leave the air, it's like drowning. No matter who is over there."
They are all mortal, so if we talk about value, air should be the most precious."
"But because air is everywhere and fills the universe, no one will pay money to breathe it. There is only one reason: it is too easy to get."
"The other extreme is antiques."
"The common people once had a sky-blue Ru kiln porcelain vase. To put it bluntly, the porcelain vase was just a bottle and had no practical use. However, because it was a hundred years old, it was worth thirty thousand taels, and because it was from the same period.
The only complete piece of azure Ru kiln porcelain vase left is unique in the world, and its value has increased by another 70,000 taels."
"A full hundred thousand taels of silver was given at a preferential price because of the relationship between the grassroots and the seller. But the grassroots bought it back. Is it useful? It has no use. It can only mean that the grassroots can afford to pay ten thousand taels of silver.
With so much money and ten thousand taels of silver, the porcelain vase itself has no use value at all."
"But even if it is worthless, now that ordinary people are selling it, there are still people who are willing to pay more than 120,000 taels to buy it. This is a rare commodity."
"The same principle applies to national debt."
"Caomin believes that in the beginning, national debts must not be rampant, let alone purchased at will. There must be a certain threshold. For example, each household can only purchase one national debt, and the minimum purchase amount for one national debt is ten taels of silver.
, those wealthy households can only purchase a maximum of one hundred taels of silver, and in accordance with the first point, its value is also reflected. "
Li Chen asked: "Those wealthy households have a maximum limit of one hundred taels of silver. Is it too low?"
Nangong Shouzhong smiled and said: "Your Highness, this is just an example. The limit can be one hundred taels or two hundred taels, but ordinary people think that one hundred taels is enough. You must know that only in this way can it be shown that the national debt is not begged by the imperial court.
Buy, but everyone has to rush to buy. Once such a concept is formed, then those wealthy people will find ways to take advantage of the loopholes and buy more copies. The court will turn a blind eye and everyone will get what they need and win-win.
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Li Chen suddenly realized what he said, and he smiled and said: "Not bad, it's really not bad."
Nangong Shouzhong's face glowed brightly and he said: "In addition, you can also add some small favors, such as selecting lucky people and doubling the interest. These methods are not very clever, and the probability is low, and the price paid by the court is not high.
It’s big, it’s just a little interest money anyway, but for ordinary people, who doesn’t want to be the lucky one?”
Having said this, Li Chen finally understood Nangong Shouzhong's entire thinking.
He pondered for a moment and said, "These suggestions you made are very good."
