After all, ever since the Yuzhou family's ability to use water power spread throughout the world, many things in the Tang Dynasty began to be sold at a lower price based on quantity.

“Your Majesty does not need to worry about how much profit they make, because no matter how much profit they make, the source of the goods is always in the Tang Dynasty. The more they make, the more the Tang Dynasty will make.

Moreover, as long as the profits are high, people will continue to chase after them, and eventually the profits will be suppressed. If they need to maintain high profits, they must constantly look for new places to dump goods. In this way, wouldn’t it be a good way to expand overseas for the Tang Dynasty?"

"That's true."

Li Zhi nodded, and then asked, "If they make enough money at once, it would be a problem if they don't go out to sea anymore?"

“I definitely don’t make enough money.”

"What do you mean?"

Li Zhi waved his hand and said generously: "Don't be alarmed, Grand Steward. I am only speaking the truth and have no intention of blaming you.

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Li Zhi thought about it and said without comment: "I don't think it's a big deal. I can't figure out the ins and outs of this matter for the time being. I have to think about it carefully before I can make a decision."

There was actually nothing wrong with doing so. After all, mining could make money much faster than industries like breeding and manufacturing. Li Zhi also spent a lot of money every year collecting grain to stabilize grain prices, and this led to a continuous rise in prices.

How wonderful it is like now. Ordinary people need to keep making money to make a living. The wealthy families are worried that money will depreciate, so they also need to keep investing, resulting in a constant flow of money and various materials. The Tang Dynasty keeps expanding outward, and ordinary people can easily earn money and food to make a living.

Li Zhi didn't mind showing weakness in front of Wang Zheng. Anyway, there were many things Wang Zheng had done in the past that Li Zhi couldn't understand. Sometimes it even took him a year or two to figure out the trick.

Now the gym is still constantly improving various mining equipment. With the continuous improvement of mining and smelting technology, gold, silver, copper and iron will increase greatly in the future, more and more money will be issued, and prices will continue to rise.

"There is no rush for this matter. Anyway, the country is still stable, and your majesty's treasure house is also continuously increasing. Just keep it like this, and we can talk about it slowly later. There are many things that I don't understand, so we have to wait and see whether it is good or bad."

After all, there is no need for the whip itself, and the income from the old ox plowing the land is also his own. If I want to criticize the steward, I will describe him as a farmer. "

Wang Zheng naturally would not admit that he had known about this for a long time. Wouldn't that make Li Zhi feel uncomfortable?

Wang Zheng curled his lips and bowed to Li Zhi, saying, "Your Majesty's description makes me very frightened."

Li Zhi pondered for a moment and asked, "The chief steward never mentioned this matter. Did he just find out about it? Or does he think this is a good thing?"

Li Zhi pondered for a moment and said, "I feel that the entire Tang Dynasty is like an old ox, and the chief steward is like a whip, always urging the Tang Dynasty to plow the land."

The continuous rise in prices made Li Zhi feel that he was not losing money, so he had never paid much attention to the price increase. When he heard Wang Zheng's analysis, he felt something was wrong.

Li Zhi also wanted to wait and see about this matter. After all, he could afford to wait for a few years.

Then, every year, prices of various commodities have risen. Why is that? "

“I just discovered this, and I think this is a good thing. After all, everyone has a tendency to slack off. If prices remain at a certain level, many people will lose motivation after earning a certain amount of money.

Wang Zheng smiled and explained, "Your Majesty, haven't you noticed that prices have been getting more and more expensive over the years? Even food, salt, cotton and linen are more expensive every year, and they will continue to be more expensive as time goes by. It is not easy for them to save enough money to spend for a lifetime."

This is because Wang Zheng required the money houses to exchange gold, silver, copper and iron before they could print an equal amount of banknotes. If they secretly printed more each time, prices would rise even more sharply.

“Because blast furnaces can smelt not only iron, but also copper, silver, and gold. Although materials are abundant, there is also more money, so prices will naturally rise slowly.

At that time, vermicelli squeezed the price of grain, salt stone squeezed the price of salt, and with the blast furnace iron smelting, the price of ironware also plummeted. I purchased grain at a loss, which stabilized the price of grain.

What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Or they may become like the aristocratic families in the past who only knew how to accumulate wealth but didn't spend it much, and then the world would become stagnant again.

Wang Zheng was very satisfied with Li Zhi's point. If he didn't know something, he didn't know it. He didn't jump to conclusions or make comments easily. Instead, he hid aside and observed slowly. He was much better than many people who pretended to know everything.

I remember that year when common people were singing and dancing, while the aristocratic families were full of resentment.

In particular, Your Majesty's issuance of brass coins caused the depreciation of bronze coins. The new silver and new gold were also of much better quality than the previous gold and silver, and the quantity was large. All of this naturally led to a continuous rise in prices.

Ultimately, the productivity was too low. Li Zhi asked the gym to focus more on mining, while other ordinary industries developed too slowly.

Li Zhi frowned and thought for a while, then said, "It's really getting more and more expensive. I remember that in the second year when the chief steward just invented salt stone, the prices of various commodities were at their lowest.

Wang Zheng smiled and said, "Of course I am not a farmer, but Your Majesty is a good farmer. I don't know what will happen in the future, but at least from ancient times to the present, Your Majesty's Tang Dynasty has the best farming.

In the so-called prosperous times before, the people only sought to have enough food and clothing, but your Majesty’s people can eat minced meat at any time.”

"They should eat minced meat." Li Zhi nodded, with a hint of smile on his face, "The chief steward said that the people should eat minced meat, and as an official, I should serve the emperor and let the people eat minced meat.

When I heard this, I drank three cups of wine to ease the joy in my heart. I have been waiting for the day when the steward will let the people eat minced meat. It has been only six or seven years now, and the steward has fulfilled his promise. "

A smile appeared on Wang Zheng's lips. After more than ten years of hard work, there were some results.