Great Tang Southern Emperor

"What? One hundred tons of gold? Isn't that too much?"

"Could it be that I remembered it wrong? It shouldn't be."

"I remember that when Tubo was destroyed last time, the gold transported from Tubo was only [-] tons, right? This has already caused a sensation in Chang'an."

"My God, is Tianzhu made of gold?"

"..."

Chapter 1034 Shocked~

Chapter 391 Shocked~

Not only Li Shimin was surprised, but all the ministers also lost their composure when they heard this figure. This is a whole hundred tons of gold—if this figure is not a mistake, with so much gold alone, Datang is equivalent to an increase. The revenue of the treasury for one and a half years (Datang’s income last year was 2000 million taels, one hundred tons is equivalent to 320 million taels, and one tael of gold is exchanged for ten taels of silver is 3000 taels of silver), and this is still pure Calculated according to the price of gold, you must know that gold is a hard currency, and its circulation capacity is very strong no matter what era it is in. No one is stupid enough to spend gold directly.

What's more, although the exchange rate of gold to silver is almost 1:10, it is only a small-scale exchange. If the amount of gold is large enough, no one will follow this rule. If a hundred tons of gold are really to be exchanged together, the exchange rate It is not impossible to increase to 1:15 or even 1:20. The specific situation depends on how much profit the bank can make.

This is 30 tons of gold. You must know that the King's Bank established by Li Zhen and his brothers is called a small treasury. In fact, the gold reserves are only more than [-] tons.

Although Li Zhen claims to be as rich as a country, his annual income even exceeds the tax revenue of the national treasury. After accumulating these years, the gold in his hand is only less than ten tons.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to buy more, it’s that there’s really no way out—it’s definitely impossible for the treasury, and Li Zhen of Wangwang Bank is only one of the shareholders, it’s not that it’s not a decision maker, the only way is to buy from retail investors...

It’s just that others are not fools, and they all know the benefits of gold. Unless it is a last resort, no one will sell gold. If it fell into Li Zhen's hands, it would be like a meat bun beating a dog and never returning.

It's not that Li Zhen didn't think about buying at a premium, but he's not a gold collector, so there's really no need for it. He might as well invest in a little more business if he has the spare money.

It can be said that one hundred tons of gold is really a big number. Let me give another example. How much is Datang's treasury gold reserve?Regardless of the greatness of the Tang family, in fact, if we talk about gold reserves, it is actually less than [-] tons. Tang still has silver reserves, so I won't talk about these.Even Datang has only [-] tons of reserves, which shows that the status of gold in the eyes of the world in this era is even stronger than that in later generations.

But now a battle of Tianzhu has added one-third of the gold reserves to the Tang treasury. What does this mean?This means that Datang's national strength increased by a full [-]% almost instantly.If you don't consider other factors, just focus on these golds, the original five-year cultivation plan can be completely abolished, with this batch of gold, Datang can completely recover from the losses in the war in three years at most , and even the economy can take off again, and it will not be a problem to double the treasury revenue in five years.

Of course, those who should cultivate for five years still need to cultivate for five years, not for anything else, because Datang has been fighting abroad in recent years. While winning many times, it also consumes Datang's own vitality, and the people are even more war-weary Severe emotions, etc. These losses cannot be made up for by economic growth. The only thing that can heal the loss of vitality is time. Therefore, in any case, five years of self-cultivation is necessary and cannot be transferred by external forces.

All in all, the injection of [-] tons of gold will have a very powerful effect on Datang. At least it seems that the original five-year battle plan can be changed. After all, the economic strength in five years is stronger than expected. It is understandable that the war plan has been changed because of this.

"Actually, there is not that much, because the gold is not pure." Seeing everyone's amazement, Xue Wanche was very proud of himself, and said with a little humility: "Because most of the gold comes from the statues of the temple and all kinds of gold. In order to make the statue look more luxurious and dignified, I added some copper to it when the craftsmen cast the statue. Therefore, although it is nominally 20.00 tons of gold, the actual gold content is only [-]% at most, and the rest is It is copper (it may be mixed with other metals, otherwise, with a copper content of [-]%, the color of gold is already pink close to rose gold, and this color will not look good when used to cast idols)."

"That's a lot." Cheng Yaojin said with excitement still on his face: "If all of it is purified, it will be a full [-] tons, and it can be worth our Tang Dynasty's treasury tax for a year if it is calculated as silver. "

"Yes, eighty or ninety tons of gold, this is not a small amount."

"And don't forget, the copper contained in it is also a lot of money."

"This battle seems to be really right. Unfortunately, I thought it was a loss-making business before."

"Who said it wasn't? Who would have known that there would be so much gold in such a backcountry like Tianzhu?"

"It's a big loss for me. If I knew I would go to Tianzhu, how much spoils do I have to get?"

"Hehe, what's the use of talking about it now? You can't be envious."

"..."

For a while, everyone was discussing, some were regretful, some were envious, some were jealous, and their tone was different, but most of them were supportive of Tianzhu's battle—nonsense, they got so much gold in one battle , It would be great if there were more such wars. Datang could realize the four modernizations just by fighting.

Only a few officials who were born in Buddhism were very dissatisfied, or had misunderstood Xue Wanche and Liu Hongji, so they asked sharply: "It is a good thing to have a lot of gold, but if you blaspheme the gods and Buddhas so much, aren't you afraid of God's punishment?"

"Of course these don't count." Liu Hongji glanced at a few people. These bastards who eat people's food and don't do anything about human affairs are just trying to tear things down for us.

Keeping this enmity in mind, he explained in his mouth: "According to His Majesty's holy will, Brahmanism has been declared a cult by us, and cult gods such as Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva have also been demoted as false gods. What we smashed is The temples of false gods are demolished from idols of cults and melted with gold from the enemy, is this wrong?"

"..." Those few people stopped talking, of course there was nothing wrong with it, Li Shimin personally appointed this, not to mention that they are Buddhist disciples, and they can't compete with Brahmanism, they have no reason to complain for Brahmanism, the reason why They opposed Liu Hongji because they thought that what Tang Jun robbed was gold from Buddhist temples. Now the misunderstanding is explained clearly. As long as Tang Jun does not touch Buddhist property, they don’t care where your gold comes from—although they are very Envious of this batch of gold, that is.

Chapter 1035 Acting and Planning

Chapter 392 Acting and Planning

What's more, Brahmanism is the most staunch supporter of the caste system, and the main reason why Datang can win the hearts of Tianzhu is that the caste system was abolished and everyone is relatively equal. It can be said that the two are natural enemies, class enemies, As people on the side of Datang, although they may not be loyal to Datang, they will definitely not stand on the standpoint of Brahmins.Besides, the idea of ​​the caste system is that people are divided into high and low, which in itself is completely contrary to the education of equality for all living beings in Buddhism, and they have no reason to side with Brahmins.

"I didn't expect that just a Brahman sect would loot more than 300 tons of gold. I heard that many of their idols are made of pure gold. It's simply extravagance." Li Shimin also made a final decision on this matter: "It seems It is right for me to define Brahmanism as a cult, such a religion that does not teach people to be good will only harm people, so it is better to be extinct."

In fact, these golds are of course not just looted from Brahmin temples. Although more than half of them are indeed from temples, nearly [-]% of them come from the treasuries of various countries-although Brahmins are the highest in the caste system , but Brahmins are servants of gods such as monks, and Kshatriyas are the rulers of the country. Although their respective gold is not as much as that of temples, the sum of all the gold reserves is still slightly higher than that of temples.

It was just that for some reason, Li Shimin deliberately misled everyone and placed all the gold on the heads of the Brahmans. Anyway, the two sides are enemies, and the Brahmins' gold reserves are indeed terrifying, so it is not considered to be slandering them.

"Your Majesty, it's not just a hundred tons of gold." Liu Hongji suddenly corrected: "Because I was too hasty, I only searched the display of the main temples, and those smaller Brahman temples were just skipped in a hurry, and I didn't pay attention at all. Search. According to the calculations of our military advisers, although the gold in these small temples is not as much as that in the big temples, but because they are more in number, and we have not moved the gold hidden by the people, the overall gold amount may not be higher than ours. There's less to gain now, maybe even more than we have."

"what?"

"Sigh~"

"Oh my god~"

Everyone was shocked, and at the same time, there was a hint of greed in their eyes - that was gold, that was at least a hundred tons of gold, I didn't want to get all of it, but even if I only got one ton That's enough. Even if one ton of gold is completely exchanged for silver, it will be more than 30 taels of silver.Although it is said that everyone is a high-ranking official in the Tang Dynasty and has a lot of salary, who would think that they have a lot of money?What's more, more than 30 taels of silver, this amount is already more than the wealth of [-]% of the people in the world.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Li Shimin glanced at Li Zhen lightly, and admired Li Zhen's move very much. Just a few words made everyone think of developing Tianzhu, which is simply too powerful ——That's right, all of this is actually a plan arranged by Li Zhen and Li Shimin. At this time, Datang has not even occupied Nanyang and Borneo, so many people are actually not interested in Tianzhu, a place farther away.Not only do the officials think so, but even the common people all over the world think so. After all, in their view, even the meat at the door of the house has not been digested. Who cares about the things in the distance?If this kind of thinking among the people is allowed to spread, I am afraid that it will take at least five years before everyone's attention will be put on Tianzhu.

As the main promoter of the Tianzhu War, Li Zhen certainly didn't want to see a piece of land laid down, but wasted there in vain. It's unacceptable to say that - through hard work, many people died and laid down a piece of land, but in the end, no one cared about it. This is simply the greatest insult to them.

So after discussing with Li Shimin, Li Zhen came up with such a plan - since you look down on Tianzhu and don't want to go to Tianzhu to develop, then I will use Hongguoguo's interests to attract you, and in all Among the benefits, there is nothing more attractive than golden gold. It happened that the victorious Tang Jun brought back a large amount of gold, so Li Zhen thought of this trick.

After Lianye communicated with Xue Wanche and Liu Hongji, the four of them joined forces to perform today's scene, and the effect seems to be very good so far. One can imagine that after today's incident gets out, Tianzhu may usher in a crazy event. The gold rush is on.

Of course, although it was to attract them, Li Zhen did not lie to them. There are indeed many small Brahman temples in Tianzhu that have not been patronized by the Tang army, and those small and medium-sized nobles have not been plundered. Judging from the habit of decorating god statues with gold (this seems to be the commonality of the Tianzhu people, whether it is Brahmanism, Buddhism, or the later sinister religion, it is the same, especially Buddhism is the most widely spread, so that China and Southeast Asia I like to decorate Buddha statues with gold), there is definitely gold there, but there is definitely a lot of it.

It's just that it's hard to say whether the total amount exceeds one hundred tons, but it doesn't matter. Anyway, the gold can't be obtained by one person, so there is no way to count it. Li Zhen said yes, so it is, of course. Who can prove it?

"Okay, let's leave it at that for the time being about the gold matter, and we'll talk about it later." Li Shimin waved his hand to dismiss the matter, and continued to look at the gift list, as if he hadn't noticed the greedy light in the eyes of some people below.

"There are only [-] tons of silver? Could it be that Tianzhu doesn't produce silver?" Li Shimin was a little dissatisfied when he saw the second row of the gift list. There were [-] tons of gold. According to the ratio of gold to silver, the amount of silver was at least five times that of gold. It is reasonable, the silver reserves of Datang treasury are even ten times that of gold.But now the amount of silver is not even more than twice that of gold, which is simply too unscientific.

Xue Wanche glanced at Li Zhen strangely, feeling a little slanderous in his heart, but after thinking about it, he decided to explain according to his instructions, and at the same time he gave another blow to the officials: "Your Majesty, the matter is as it is, Tianzhu's The production of silver is actually quite a lot. The problem is that the quantity is too much. In addition, the number of ships in the fleet is not enough, so we only brought 600 tons. In fact, there are nearly [-] tons of silver piled up in Tianzhu’s military camp. Overall, even if the total amount of silver does not exceed a thousand tons, I am afraid it is almost the same."

Chapter 1036 Shocked one after another... ([-] words)

Chapter 393 Shocked one after another... ([-] words)

"What? There are more than 600 tons of silver? This is simply crazy." The officials gasped again. Although the value of silver is ten times that of gold, silver is also a very expensive precious metal. The value in the metal is only below that of gold.

Especially when the collection of gold is too high, it is extremely rare in market transactions, copper coins are too flooded, and the value is too low, so it is very inconvenient to carry large transactions, so silver has become a transitional currency between the two, becoming The most important currency used in bulk trade transactions, the market liquidity is very strong, and it is accepted by everyone.

What's more, although the value is not as good as gold, the output is higher. For example, the current quantity is several times that of gold-that is more than 600 tons of silver. Ten thousand taels of silver (one catty equals 3000 taels in the Tang Dynasty) would be shocking to anyone.

After the shock, there is also endless greed—since the gold has not been searched, there should be no less silver at a lower price. If you can go to Tianzhu in the first place, although you won’t be able to swallow all the silver, but Definitely get more snatching opportunities than others.

"So that's the case, but I misunderstood Aiqing." Li Shimin also looked at Li Zhen strangely, you really took great pains to develop Tianzhu.

"I dare not be a minister."