The tea smoke is curling up.
Chen Qingyi forgot to pour tea. After hearing what Li Jindou said, he was shocked to realize that the problem had become so serious!
There’s no problem with the Jinfeng Group, but… there’s a problem with the Emperor!
"Don't make random guesses. That's a big no-no for businessmen!" Li Jindou shook out the ash from his pipe and knocked on the table. "Pour the tea!"
Chen Qingyi quickly poured two cups of tea and handed one to Li Jindou. "I understand, but... Second Brother is the president of the People's Bank of Daxia... and you control the most crucial matter, printing money. What if, what if the Emperor wants Second Brother to print money endlessly?"
"There's no need to worry about that. According to the Great Xia Currency Law, even if the Emperor wants to print money, it must be approved by the three ministries and the cabinet. The three chancellors are aware of the huge harm caused by indiscriminate currency printing, especially the Minister of Revenue, Yun Xiyan. He is even more aware of the huge impact of uncontrolled currency on the economy, so the Emperor can't take this step."
"What I'm most worried about isn't this, but the fact that the Emperor is short of money and might want to target the Golden Phoenix Group! Or... he could remove Minister Yun from office and replace him with someone who listens to him."
"That's highly unlikely. Yun Xiyan is a slippery guy. Besides, he was appointed by the Emperor himself, and he has a very good relationship with the three Prime Ministers and many members of the Cabinet. The Emperor would have to have a major handle on him to make a move."
"So after much thought, I've concluded that the Golden Phoenix Group is the most dangerous. It originally belonged to the royal family, and now that the Emperor is gone, if the Emperor wants to take it back, I have no reason to refuse."
"But without the Emperor's consent, I cannot hand over the Golden Phoenix Group to him... So I can only resort to this tactic of escaping and preserving the Golden Phoenix Group's core businesses and the talent it has cultivated over the years on the Leah Continent."
"We'll return it to him after the Emperor returns. Then it's up to him to decide how to deal with the Golden Phoenix Group."
There are three countries on the continent of Leah, which are in fact still vassal states of Daxia.
The Golden Phoenix Group moved to the Leah Continent, and it did not go beyond the jurisdiction of Daxia, but that place was too far away, and the emperor could not reach it in a short time. By the time the emperor knew all this, I am afraid the emperor would have returned.
Chen Qingyi pondered for a moment and understood Li Jindou's concerns and thoughts. He nodded and said, "Then why don't we go together, Master? The Leah Continent has a unique landscape and a different business atmosphere. I think it would be better for you to go there and manage the Golden Phoenix Group."
Li Jintou shook his head, picked up the teacup and took a sip. "I can't leave. If I leave..." He grinned, "If the emperor charges me with absconding with the money, my reputation will be ruined!"
He turned his head and looked out the window again, with a different light in his eyes, and he murmured:
"You don't know, back then...how many years have passed?...Back in Jinling, I was the head treasury manager of Baolong Bank, but I was tricked into leaving by Fu Xiaoguan."
"It wasn't really a lie, and I still remember that scene clearly. He came to my house, and I called back your four brothers... At that time, Li Cai was still the Minister of Revenue of the Yu Dynasty."
"He was only seventeen years old at the time, yet he was already considered the most talented scholar in the world and the Emperor's future son-in-law. When I first met him, I was extremely nervous, but he turned out to be such an approachable person. He left a very good impression on me!"
"He established the world's first Ministry of Commerce and invited Li Cai to join it."
"At the time, he was promoting a new policy that promoted both commerce and agriculture, creating many laws related to commerce. He also established a Sitong Bank in Jinling and issued stocks!"
Speaking of stocks, Li Jindou stroked his long beard and laughed. "It was quite novel, but it eventually fizzled out. I once asked him why he stopped, and he said... it was a failure. But issuing stocks solved a lot of problems back then. For example, most of the big businessmen today obtained sufficient funds for their development through the discovery of stocks."
"Later, I realized that this thing is a double-edged sword. Didn't the Yi Kingdom learn to use this stock market and end up destroying the country? I guess this is also his concern. This thing is a bit ahead of its time and the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. So he never tried it again."
"The time I spent with him was the proudest time of my life!"
"I've witnessed the rise of commerce, and I've also witnessed the wars waged through commerce... It was a battlefield without the smoke of gunpowder, yet it was incredibly brutal."
"At that time, he said he wanted to build a global trade platform, and that Yu Dynasty products would eventually be showcased on that platform. The survival of the fittest... Yu Dynasty products were too low-end, so they had to eliminate most merchants and support a few competitive ones... But he didn't expect the situation to evolve into what it is today."
"That's certainly better. Daxia's commerce has flourished in recent years, and we can all see it. I think it has strong competitiveness on the world trade stage, otherwise he wouldn't have opened up the Maritime Silk Road."
A bright light appeared in Li Jindou's eyes. This was what he expected, and it was also what the merchants of Daxia expected.
He originally found it hard to imagine what a grand occasion that would be, but with the completion of the Silk Road in recent years and with the rapid transportation of Daxia's goods by train to neighboring countries, he realized the importance of Daxia's entry into world trade.
The inflation that Fu Xiaoguan had originally worried about did not occur. The huge amount of goods produced by Daxia's powerful productivity poured into other countries like a tide, were loved by the people of other countries, and were sold at excellent prices, earning a lot of money for Daxia!
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the output of currency brought about by the output of goods!
Daxia's paper currency has now become the most sought-after currency in neighboring countries!
Daxia controls the pricing of commodities and also controls the circulation of currency!
Fu Xiaoguan finally laughed and said...this is a disguised form of plundering by capital.
"What a talent! He is the most talented person in the world. His ideas are so wild and imaginative, but he has put them into practice. He has established laws to regulate business practices and also to standardize trade rules around the world. This is why Daxia has such a prosperous business atmosphere today."
"It's a pity that he is not someone who can sit still. Now the emperor has changed..."
“People say a dragon’s son gives birth to a dragon, and a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse’s son will dig holes… but that’s not always true.”
"Alright, he will come back one day. When he comes back, everything will be fine. You can go now. Remember, come early tomorrow morning and go to the Leah Continent with your three brothers!"
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