Dragon's Origin

Chapter 624: Is There Too Much Money? (Part 1)

The old Taoist usually didn't pay much attention to these things, but when he heard that Mei'er and Rose were actually frightened by gold coins, and from Manager Zhou's veiled words, it seemed that he felt the same way, he couldn't help but become interested.

At the Lao Jun Temple, despite the old Taoist's seniority, he had never managed financial matters and had always been a "poor" Taoist.

In the past, whether at the Lao Jun Temple or outside, the common characteristic of everyone he heard and saw was that there were never enough gold coins, never enough gold coins, and they desperately wanted to earn gold coins. But today was the first time he heard that someone was frightened by gold coins.

"This is indeed novel!" The old Taoist didn't care if Manager Zhou felt awkward and laughed directly: "I've only heard of not having enough gold coins, never of being afraid of having too many gold coins. Exactly how many gold coins have you earned these days?"

Wang Sheng was also curious. He hadn't heard Mei'er and the others mention the turnover of Li Zhen Workshop recently, so he didn't know the specific numbers.

"Old Ancestor, Li Zhen Workshop earned 10 billion gold coins in six days this time." Rose had the lowest status among everyone, so she could only answer for Mei'er: "Just counting the gold coins required thousands of people, and they almost died from exhaustion before they finished counting."

"That's not enough to..." The old Taoist didn't seem to react at first. After saying a few words, he realized how much the number was and was immediately shocked: "How much did you say?"

"10 billion gold coins in six days." Rose was startled, but seeing that even Lingxu Old Ancestor was so surprised, she couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment. She covered her mouth and giggled a few times before answering: "That's still less than one-tenth of the total. If we really sold everything, I'm afraid... I'm afraid it would be hundreds of billions of gold coins."

"No wonder you're all like this." The old Taoist stroked his beard and nodded as if he suddenly understood: "I guess even if it were Lao Jun Temple, they would probably have trouble sleeping if they really got such a large sum of gold coins."

Although the old Taoist had always regarded money as dirt, it didn't mean he didn't know that gold coins were a good thing. With so many gold coins, even with the old Taoist's heaven-reaching cultivation, he still felt a little guilty.

"Look at you guys, so hopeless?" Wang Sheng shook his head directly after hearing the reason: "Serves you right for being poor all your lives."

Manager Zhou's eyes lit up again. Wang Sheng's words clearly meant that he had a solution. That was great; he didn't have to be so worried anymore.

"Please enlighten me, Duke." Manager Zhou didn't feel ashamed to ask Wang Sheng for advice in front of Lingxu Old Ancestor and Princess Ningguo. Even if Rose was there, wasn't she Princess Ningguo's maid?

"First, tell me, why are you afraid of having money?" Wang Sheng asked with a smile.

"Because when there's too much money, it will naturally attract the covetous eyes of all parties." At this time, how could Manager Zhou let Princess Ningguo answer? Lingxu Old Ancestor wasn't suitable either, so it could only be him.

The capital city, with its walls torn down, was simply an undefended, naked, delicious cake! If it were filled with 100 billion gold coins, let alone the various feudal lords, even ordinary people would want to come in and grab a handful!

"Then you've earned a lot of gold coins; do you plan to just keep them in the mansion to look at?" Wang Sheng couldn't understand these guys' logic. Were they all Pi Xiu that only took in and didn't give out? They only knew how to make money but didn't know how to spend it?

"What does the Duke mean?" Manager Zhou vaguely felt like he had a clue, but he still couldn't understand it all at once and couldn't help but ask.

"What's the purpose of earning gold coins?" Wang Sheng said with a smile: "In the end, isn't it all for spending? You're afraid that having too many gold coins will make people covet them, so spend them! Spend them, and you won't have any gold coins in your hands, right? What's there for others to covet?"

Mei'er's eyes lit up, as if she had figured something out. Rose was also frowning and thinking. Manager Zhou looked up at Wang Sheng and then looked down to think carefully.

"Old Zhou!" Wang Sheng smiled at Manager Zhou: "I believe that at any time, the Emperor always has many things he wants to do but can't because there isn't enough money in the national treasury. So, at any time, he can only try to find ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, cutting off those less important things. Right?"

Manager Zhou nodded repeatedly, like a chicken pecking at rice. How could there not be such things! There were too many such things! Doesn't training experts cost money? Doesn't paying salaries to court officials cost money? Doesn't repairing the imperial city cost money? Doesn't getting something new in the palace cost money? Doesn't raising an army cost money? Doesn't repairing various places in the capital city cost money? Doesn't providing disaster relief to the people in the event of a disaster year cost money? Listing them one by one could make a list several miles long.

"Spend it!" Wang Sheng smiled and pointed out when he saw Manager Zhou nodding: "Spend gold coins like flowing water, spend them ostentatiously, let people know that you've already spent the gold coins."

"Aren't you building a cultural center?" Wang Sheng explained one by one: "Invite knowledgeable people from all over the country, buy them a mansion, gather them in one place, and invite all the successors of various schools of thought to study. There's already a Royal Academy of Arts, so let's have another Cultural Academy. Those who want to study can be instructors or students, and the royal family will provide funding! These will all be voices of authority in the future! Think carefully; when everyone says that the royal family is orthodox in all learning, who would dare to easily attack the royal family?"

Manager Zhou's eyes had been flashing several times. The Duke was indeed the Duke; any idea he came up with was a method that people couldn't resist, simply amazing.

"Invite people who study learning, all kinds of juggling and acrobatics, storytellers and opera singers, rare foods, unique handicrafts, and pile all the food, drink, and entertainment in the capital!" Wang Sheng continued: "The more wonderful things there are in the capital, the more lively and attractive the capital will be, right?"

"Repair roads, post stations, high-end restaurants and hotels." Wang Sheng counted down one finger at a time: "Even if you don't have property in the capital, it doesn't prevent you from traveling and playing in the capital. Various attractions will allow people to study history, and all places will be repaired beautifully. The main road will continue to connect, and all food, clothing, housing, and transportation will be prepared. Prepare elegant playthings for cultural people and rare objects for ordinary people; there will always be one that suits them."

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"Isn't this building the capital? Mei'er has planned almost everything; build flower clusters every once in a while, high-end, atmospheric, and high-grade, all kinds of comfortable and beautiful." Wang Sheng's ideas were simply being thrown out one by one: "Let people come to the capital once and be able to brag to those bumpkins in the countryside for half a year, so that the dream of everyone in the world, in addition to owning property in the capital, would be, at the very least, to be able to visit the capital once in their lifetime."

"All the big businesses in the world must open stores in the capital." Wang Sheng seemed to have transformed into a planner for the capital, pointing out the country and gesticulating: "As long as other places have it, the capital has it. If other places don't have it, the capital also has it. Think about it; adding the gold coins you use to train experts, wouldn't throwing in 100 billion gold coins just make a sound? Is it enough to do anything? You're nervous, you're nervous that there's not enough money!"