Yanagi asked for the third money.

Li Shimin replied: "The third sum of money does not need to be moved, this is the money used for the war, forty percent is used for border defense, and sixty percent is used to sweep away the Western Turkic rebellion." Originally, there was a fourth sum of money, but it had already begun to be spent before it was enough, that is, the money for the levy of the six edicts. ”

The various reserve funds that Li Shimin said are indeed extremely important.

Border emergency armament funds, this really can't be easily moved, Datang must guard against Tufan at the same time, focusing on Goguryeo.

Especially in Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty was ready to go to war at any time, leaving a large number of coins to prevent this day, and if it really wanted to fight, it would even use Zhenguo Yin.

If you want to fight, you have to destroy Goguryeo in one battle.

Out of the habit of later generations, Liu Mu lit a cigarette for himself when he was talking, and handed one to Li Shimin. Li Shimin took it and sniffed it, tried to take a small sip, and did not swallow it, but only passed it in his mouth, which felt very strange.

Liu Mu would say, "I have brought back a lot of gold and silver. ”

"It is used to subsidize the military expenses of the levy of the six edicts, as well as to repair the railway, originally only one railway was built, but now it is three at the same time, this expenditure is extremely huge, and it costs more money to build the railway than to repair the canal."

Li Shimin began to calculate for Liu Mu: "You see, according to the new Tang Law, land acquisition will be subsidized for some small money. Then the construction of the railway should be accompanied by the construction of a straight road, and then each important state capital must also have a railway station, take the road from Chang'an to Luoyang, it is said to be a railway, in fact, there are several poor roads. ”

"Yes."

This doesn't need to be explained by Li Shimin, and Liu Mu understands it.

The railways of later generations are denser than spider webs, and the main road from Chang'an to Luoyang must be a good way to be repaired, and then several counties like the key ones will also build branch roads.

For example, Huayin, Hedong and other states and counties with developed workshop industries must be connected to trains.

Even if it's not a heavy track, you have to choose a second heavy track.

What's more, Li Shimin's fanaticism for the railway, he must ask for the heavy track to be repaired and put in place at one time.

Liu Mu thought about it and came up with an idea: "Second brother, why don't we issue treasury bonds." ”

"National debt?"

"Just like the previous Western Expedition bonds, let's issue a treasury bond for cowpox this time, repay it in three to five years, and use the dividends from the development of the Indochina Peninsula to repay the bonds, what does the second brother think of this idea?"

Yanagi came up with a really good idea.

However, people in this era of Datang are more accustomed to saving money to do things, and Li Shimin is not used to this kind of thing of spending in advance.

"Not good. Next year's coin also has a use for next year, and this treasury bond can only be the next policy. ”

Is a national debt the next resort?

Yanagi didn't want to argue about it, at least in the future, government bonds would be a useful financial tool. Although I don't know much about it.

Liu Mu said: "Second brother, you can't do the matter of killing chickens and taking eggs, we don't have any money to grab at the moment." To plant cowpox for the Roman nobles, my opinion is that a symbolic total of 10,000 Roman gold coins is enough, this is the friendship between the two countries. We have already taken the benefits of defeating Saracen, and we can't take away the deposits from Africa, and we need to develop there. ”

", you think the second brother doesn't even understand this." Li Shimin scolded and laughed and explained: "In fact, the household department can still come up with some of the money, and now you can consider delaying a railway for a year, then the second brother needs a gap of about seven million guan, what can you do to make up for this seven million guan?" ”

Liu Muxin said that he did not want to issue bonds, and he did not want to borrow money from the gate valve, and he was not allowed to use directional funds.

In fact, this is Li Shimin himself adding difficulties to himself.

As if he guessed Liu Mu's thoughts, Li Shimin explained again: "Mu, you have to understand that there must be a rule for everything to govern a big country. Datang communication is not convenient, even if there is an urgent matter from Huazhou to Chang'an, it will take a day, and if there are no strict rules and government affairs to deal with it casually and flexibly, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Yanagi patted his head lightly.

"The second brother is wise."

Li Shimin laughed: "Tell me how fast you were transmitting information at that time?" ”

"Second brother, just walk 300,000 kilometers in one second. The speed of thunder and lightning is also 300,000 kilometers per second, 3,600 seconds in half an hour, one kilometer is equivalent to one kilometer, and one meter is equivalent to three feet and three inches. ”

"Awesome!" Li Shimin said so quickly, and asked at the moment: "So from Chang'an to Rome, can you stand farther away and shout so easily?" ”

"Of course, it's as convenient as talking face-to-face, but Datang can't reach it in two or three hundred years, electricity can only be used to the extreme, it takes at least three hundred years, five hundred years of development process, from current to analog, from analog to digital, from digital to quantum, it seems to be called quantum, this is too high-end, I don't understand."

Hearing Liu Mu say this, Li Shimin laughed heartily.

The eldest grandson Wujian and Dugu Lanruo, who were steaming wine in the house, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard Li Shimin's laughter.

Liu Mu said to Li Shimin: "Second brother, in fact, it is because you care too much about the train, so when you heard that the train was going to be suspended, it affected your mood, eight million guan may be a lot before, and it is estimated that it will be a new tax in the former Sui, etc., at the moment, I believe that the household department will definitely have a way." ”

"Also, let the household department discuss it first. We must find a way to squeeze out some coins, and we can't do anything to raise taxes, and the people's will is the best. ”

"Second brother, in the future, you can consider reducing the agricultural tax, or even not collecting the agricultural tax on the grain fields."

When Liu Mu said this, his expression became excited.

Li Shimin saw the eldest grandson Wujian and Dugu Lanruo walking towards the kitchen, and hurriedly gestured to Liu Mu to pause first.

But Liu Mu lowered his head and said while fiddling with his pipe: "In my time, the state no longer collects agricultural taxes, and it has to subsidize a lot of money every year for those who grow grain." However, there are not many farmers who grow grain, and most of them have gone to the cities to work, and the fields are full of vegetables and cash crops. ”

Li Shimin covered his face, this would not be able to stop Liu Mu, and he didn't know how Liu Mu would explain it.

Liu Mu still lowered his head, lit a cigarette butt and continued: "I remember that the year before I came to Datang, I had 600 million tons of grain in the country and bought 100 million tons from abroad. One ton of this amount, second brother, you know, is equivalent to twenty stones of our Datang, which is 12 billion stones of grain. ”

Bang dang......

Behind Willow, a chrome-plated steel basin containing greens fell to the ground.

Hearing the sound, Liu Mu turned his head violently, only to see Dugu Lanruo looking at him in surprise.

Li Shimin said lightly at this time: "Second brother, I gave you a look and a gesture, but you didn't see it." Think for yourself how to explain it. ”