"Ten and a half taels of money is not a small amount." Li Si was helpless. This prince must not want to see the money left in the national treasury.
Last year, the number of people already reached a historical high. This year, with the increase in wages, more people are willing to perform labor service, which is a huge burden on the country.
The money in the Qin Dynasty was expensive, and the purchasing power of ten Qin half-liang was quite considerable.
"I know, but along the way we've been here, Prime Minister Li has also seen that the lives of the people in Qian are not good." Zhao Qingrui sighed lightly. She also wanted to save more money, but she couldn't save much at all.
Nowadays, the income of the Qin Dynasty comes from taxes and the revenue from salt. Other fields have just begun to make profits, but they don’t actually make much.
However, the national treasury was consumed greatly. Apart from the salaries of officials, the largest expenditure was on the buildings that the Qin Dynasty was currently building, such as the Great Wall, the imperial mausoleum, and the Afang Palace.
Another major item is the manufacture of weapons for the military.
My father is determined to expand outward, and the Qin army has been preparing for war since the beginning of the year.
War is extremely costly for a country, and there is actually not much money saved in the treasury.
Thinking of her father, he was such a spendthrift. If he wasn't her father, she would have cursed him.
My dad is not good at making money, but he is very good at spending money. That’s enough.
Li Si knew what Zhao Qingrui was thinking.
"Your Highness, thirty and a half taels of Qin every year is already a great favor to the people of Qian." Li Si said seriously.
"Your Highness is aware of the current situation. The Qin Dynasty needs money in many areas. I admire your Highness for considering the people. I know I can't do that. Your Highness has proposed so many policies to benefit the people. It will only take a few years for the people's lives to gradually get better. Your Highness doesn't have to be anxious." Li Si advised.
The Qin Dynasty does not only have the common people. Many of the policies proposed by Zhao Qingrui have already been used on the common people. In just two or three years, the lives of the common people will surely get better.
In his opinion, Zhao Qingrui was just too impatient.
In the end, Zhao Qingrui compromised. She knew that Li Si was right and she was indeed too anxious.
The lives of the people of Qian have actually improved a lot.
Along the way, she heard a lot of people's support for the Qin Dynasty.
After making some comments on the memorial, Zhao Qingrui began to discuss the affairs of the Maurya Dynasty with Li Si.
The previous minor conflicts don’t count. Now that we want to trade with the Qin Dynasty, many things need to be regulated.
She is about to return to Xianyang, and she will have to discuss this matter with Feng Quji and others. Before that, she hopes to have a general strategy.
"Your Highness, how did you get the information about the Maurya Dynasty?" Li Si asked curiously.
Over the past year or so, he had also noticed that the little princess knew a lot of strange things.
He was curious, but he didn't dare to ask too much when His Majesty was around. Now that only Zhao Qingrui was around, he couldn't help but ask.
Zhao Qingrui was silent for two seconds. As expected, Li Si must have noticed her abnormality a long time ago.
Fortunately, her father was the First Emperor, otherwise these things would definitely bring her endless troubles.
"My master told me that he went traveling. He knows everything about astronomy and geography." Zhao Qingrui did not feel any psychological burden when he once again dragged the fictitious master out to take the blame.
"I wonder who your highness's master is?" Li Si raised his eyebrows. He had never heard Zhao Qingrui talk about this.
"I don't know who he is. He taught me before and then left." Zhao Qingrui said calmly.
"That's such a pity. It would be great if I could meet such a talented person." Li Si said regretfully.
As to whether he really thought so, Zhao Qingrui didn't know.
"Let's talk about the Maurya Empire. Does Prime Minister Li have any good ideas? Although our Great Qin is far away from the Maurya Empire, my father wants to expand now, and the Maurya Empire is also within his reach."
"They can come to our Great Qin by ship for trade. There is no war at the moment, so we can also trade and earn more things that are beneficial to Great Qin from them." Zhao Qingrui said seriously.
Now that King Sharishuka of the Maurya Dynasty is tyrannical, this is an opportunity for the Qin Dynasty.
"I don't know what their specialties are? Are they beneficial to our Great Qin?" Li Si asked curiously.
"I'm not very clear about this." Zhao Qingrui shook her head. She didn't know much about the history of these foreign countries. Moreover, this history was very long ago and there were not many records left.
Li Si looked at Zhao Qingrui seriously, and after making sure that she really didn't know, he gave up.
Since Zhao Qingrui doesn’t know, let’s ask someone to learn more about the Maurya Dynasty.
"My Great Qin is not good at going out to sea. It may not be easy to trade with them on a large scale." Li Si said after a moment of hesitation.
"My father has blueprints of various ships. As long as we have money and a shipbuilder, it is not difficult to build one." Zhao Qingrui immediately thought of the blueprint of Zheng He's treasure ship that he had exchanged.
Li Si: "..." Where did Your Majesty get the blueprints? How could he not know the state of the Qin Dynasty's shipbuilding industry? Looking at the confident look of the little princess, Li Si suspected that the blueprints were related to Zhao Qingrui.
"Your Majesty, do you have the blueprints for the sea vessels? Even if we do have sea vessels, our Great Qin doesn't have many people involved in sea navigation."
"I know that these can be cultivated slowly. As for the blueprints, they were taken out by my master. They will definitely be more powerful than the existing ships of the Qin Dynasty." Zhao Qingrui nodded. What Li Si said was all on point.
"All of this depends on having money." Li Si sighed. Money is needed everywhere. Shipbuilding is not a trivial matter, and cultivating talents for sea navigation is not something that can be achieved overnight.
If you want to conquer overseas, it’s not possible, at least not now.
Zhao Qingrui also knew what Li Si was thinking.
When it comes to money, Zhao Qingrui and Li Si stared at each other. The Qin Dynasty really couldn't come up with any more money.
The imperial mausoleum is almost finished now, but it is still unknown when the Afang Palace will be completed. As for the Great Wall, its construction lasted until the Ming Dynasty. At least as long as she is alive, the construction of the Great Wall will not stop.
Of course, if the Qin Dynasty unified the world, the construction of the Great Wall could also be stopped. By then, the whole world would belong to the Qin Dynasty, and the construction of the Great Wall would not have much meaning.
It is too early to say these things now. The Great Wall still needs to be built and it is impossible to stop.
Money is needed everywhere, and the money in the Qin treasury cannot withstand the tossing.
"Money, how can I make more money?" Zhao Qingrui sighed. She wanted to mint coins in large quantities, but once she did that, the Qin Banliang would be worthless.
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