What's wrong with a lord daddy who just wants to draw cards?

Chapter 192-191- The primitive accumulation of capital is so simple and unpretentious
The huge war machine called the 'Empire' was fully activated when the Central Plains declared war on it, with countless gears rolling and smoke billowing...

Under the pressure of the highest priority, the bill related to the sale of official positions and seigniorage was successfully introduced three days later. Countless copies were printed and sent to all parts of the country. The lower-level administrative departments were responsible for letting the people know the contents of the bill.

At the same time, official positions and titles began to be sold to wealthy people, landowners, and noble families.

Although they are all minor officials in name only, what these people need is reputation, not money.

As a result, the first batch of official titles released were quickly sold out, which slightly enriched the empty treasury, but it was still unable to make ends meet.

However, compared to before, the current situation at least gives His Majesty the Emperor hope.

After the new coins were minted and officially put into the market, Emperor Burton burst into laughter. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was making money every day, so he also rewarded Prime Minister Schlieffen who proposed this great plan.

“Seigniorage is not a long-term solution.”

In Domi's room, Carlos sneaked in again, just like last time, he said solemnly at this moment.

"I think so too," Duomi nodded in agreement. In fact, this method had already appeared during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in his previous life, and the final result in practice was not ideal:

"Bad money drives out good money, and sooner or later the market will suffer inflation and collapse..."

Carlos immediately glanced at Domi: "As expected of my son, he sees things thoroughly. Maybe you are more suitable for business than Edward?"

He couldn't help but recall the scene when Duomi captured Zhou when he was a child. It was obvious that Edward, who had captured the golden dragon, had more relevant talents. And that incompetent boy used to do business with 1000 million golden dragons, but ended up losing 500 million... …

Duomi smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "I'd better forget it, it's too energy-consuming..."

"Speaking of which, I went to see the content of the meeting. I guess it's not necessary now. The spiritual assimilation of the conquered land."

"Well, now that we have a powerful enemy, it would be good to prevent them from rebelling. But it would be too fanciful to want the conquered country to further integrate into the empire."

"So the meeting is over?"

"It's not officially over yet, but it's coming soon, so I'll have to go back soon. What about you, Duomi, do you want to go home together?"

Duomi counted the time. He was still waiting for an opportunity and could not leave the royal city at this juncture.

"Father, why don't you stay in the royal city for a few more days and give me some time? After I finish this matter, we can go back together."

"What's up?"

He shook his head: "We can't say yet."

Carlos smiled slightly, his eyes seeming to see through everything: "Okay, the little brat has grown up and learned to hide things. As soon as possible, there are still many things in the territory waiting for me to deal with."

When the seigniorage tax was intensively collecting people's property in the empire, in addition to his daily work in the intelligence department, Domi spent the rest of his time secretly planning a brand-new bill, and when he felt that the time was almost ripe, he wrote another letter to Morey…

A week later, the drawbacks of seigniorage began to become apparent.

The amount of money circulating in the market has increased, but the means of production have not changed. This has caused prices to rise sharply, and inflation has exposed its fangs.

This thing has been a topic that can never be avoided in human society since the advent of currency. The bread of 50 marks is a very representative example.

No one would use 50 banknotes to buy a piece of bread, but there are so many '50' used to buy bread in the market that it has become waste paper.

The people in the Finance Department were not just freeloaders. They quickly discovered this problem and reported it to the emperor in time.

So soon, the second temporary court meeting was held again.

Schlieffen's expression was not good-looking. From a considerable perspective, it was indeed a genius to be able to create a means of raising money like seigniorage on his own, but even if he was a genius, it was difficult to accurately predict the consequences it would bring.

However, Emperor Burton did not criticize Schlieffen too much. After all, he had already filled the treasury a lot, even at the expense of inflation.

"According to the Ministry of Finance's forecast, seigniorage will be implemented for another month. Before ending the use of seigniorage, the empire needs a new plan to raise military spending."

Burton glanced around and saw that all the ministers were silent. He sighed helplessly. Thinking about it, if you want to make money, it is not easy to think of any method that does not affect the whole body at a moment's notice.

At this moment, a small figure walked out from the ranks of civil servants, it was Duomi!
"Your Majesty, I have a plan."

"Oh?" Burton looked suspicious. He didn't believe that a child could compete with so many adults, but he still let him say it.

Mickey, who was among the nobles, poked Carlos in the waist with his elbow and whispered: "What are you doing here, Domi? Did you instigate it?"

Carlos shook his head: "Domi said he had something to do. I think he meant now."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Duomi took a deep breath, and then said without being humble or arrogant under the attention of many top people in the empire:
"The name of my plan is-Salt and Iron Government Construction."

"Salt and iron are an integral part of people's daily lives. For example, if people don't have luxury goods, they won't spend their little money to buy them. But if people don't have salt when they eat, their body functions will suffer. Not guaranteed.

My college class teacher, Stewart, taught poison. In the process, he also popularized the relationship between the human body and salt. If a person is left without salt for a long time, he will suffer from anorexia, nausea, vomiting, accelerated heart rate, weak pulse, and muscle weakness. Symptoms include spasms, blurred vision, and weakened reactions.

Therefore, no matter how poor people are, they will still use money to buy salt. The same is true for iron as a production tool. "

At this point, some people have already guessed Duomi's intentions. Thinking of the benefits, they suddenly feel that Duomi is the genius.

Domi continued to state the plan:

"Currently, most of the salt and iron industries in the empire are in the hands of small and large private workshops, big businessmen, and various nobles..."

The expressions of the nobles present changed greatly. Of course they knew how much benefit these industries could bring, because they were doing it now. If they really want to be a salt and iron official, it would be equivalent to cutting off their flesh!

So the nobles attached to Cumberbatch and Bedford, under the instruction of the two family heads, jumped out to oppose:

"Your Majesty, I believe that this bill involves too many industries and interests. Once it is released, it may cause considerable turmoil to the entire empire!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, please think twice! Nowadays, external troubles are pressing on the country, and there can be no more internal worries!"

They were right. Touching the interests of too many people was indeed a pain point for the emperor. He looked at Duomi, hoping that he would realize this earlier.

But Duomi didn't panic at all and continued calmly:
"Everyone, please be patient for a moment, I haven't finished speaking yet."

“I think these two important industries, salt and iron, must be in the hands of the state in the future, because they will bring long-term, stable and huge income to the country, and it is more reasonable for the state to control them.

But fat people cannot eat in one day, they have to eat one bite at a time.In view of the current shortage of the imperial treasury and the temporary inability to spend so much money for peaceful redemption, I suggest that the unconditional peaceful redemption be postponed for ten years. "

The corners of Domi's mouth raised slightly, because next was his moment to perform.

"Within ten years, the salt and iron industries will continue to be held by their original owners, but they will need to pay tithes, that is, one share of ten profits will be handed over to the national treasury, and only large-scale salt and iron industries can continue to operate. It is prohibited to Make and sell illicit salt to avoid the outflow of production materials and funds."

There was a lot of discussion below, and the hall was very lively for a while. They all felt that this was indeed an excellent compromise that could solve the current problems of the empire and give them buffer time.

As an emperor, his considerations were different from those of the powerful men who only cared about interests, so he asked:
"Then what scale does a salt and iron factory need to reach to be called 'large-scale'?"

Domi had already anticipated this when formulating the bill, and gave detailed scale classification standards on the spot.

Burton was already cheering in his heart, but he still had to go through the necessary procedures:
"Do you have any other opinions on this?"

In fact, there is not much dissatisfaction among the people. Some people who are not too dissatisfied with the excitement always turn their attention to Schlieffen, who is standing at the front.

"It must be uncomfortable to be stepped on by a child~"

"Stop talking, be careful that the Prime Minister will punish you."

Schlieffen remained silent until the end.

"Very good, then hurry up and draft the bill for the Salt and Iron Government. Make sure it is detailed and clear."

"No need to bother ministers," Duomi suddenly interrupted.

In full view of everyone, the door between the thrones opened, and he asked his subordinates in the intelligence department to bring several scrolls and display them in front of Burton.

"I have already drafted the relevant bill. How about your Majesty adopt it directly after review? This can greatly speed up the efficiency of implementation and will surely play a key role in the frontline war."

"You...you made all this in advance!?"

Burton took the scroll and looked at it carefully, and found that many of the regulations were extremely clear and clear, completely in line with what he thought a perfect bill would look like.

"Yes, the collaborative help of many colleagues in the intelligence department is also indispensable."

In fact, it has nothing to do with the guys in the intelligence department. It was all done by Duomi alone.

As early as the "behind closed doors" period a few years ago, he had already completely memorized the laws of the empire in his mind. It was not difficult to formulate a bill that was already clear to him. The only point that needed to be focused on was compliance with the laws of the empire.

He actually brought the intelligence department with him because he wanted to give his subordinates some benefits, so that they would know that following him would pay off.

"Okay, okay! It's true that a hero comes from a young age, a big reward! Whatever you want, Dominic, I can satisfy you to the maximum extent! Just because of your huge contribution to the country."

Great, that's part of the plan.

Seeing Domi's preparations, Schlieffen always felt that there was something fishy, ​​and he felt like he was being led by Domi. As a person in power, he didn't like it very much.

"Then please give me the same rights as the royal family to directly acquire the salt and iron industry unconditionally."

Burton frowned: "You mean... you want to acquire the salt and iron industry?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, rather than leaving such an important industry to a group of private retail investors, it would be better to leave it to me, whom you can trust."

Of course, Burton would not listen to Domi's words, but after weighing the pros and cons, he chose to give a piece of the cake to the bill sponsor.

He felt that even if Domi had Blofeld's backing, he wouldn't be able to get too much of a share at one time, so he would just treat it as a benefit.

"Sir Dominic, I have to remind you that if you want to eat this piece of cake, you have to be able to withstand scolding. Can you do that?"

Domi understood what Burton meant:

"Return to your majesty, I can do it."

"I hope you won't regret the decision you made today."

"I hope your Majesty will not regret it."

"How dare you!" Schlifen finally spoke after being silent for a long time, but it was to scold Domi: "How dare you talk to His Majesty like this!"

Schlieffen's voice was as low, deep and loud as a lion's, making people's scalp numb.

Just when he wanted to continue the attack, Burton raised his hand to stop him and looked at Domi deeply:

"I am the emperor and I never break my promise to my subjects."

Duomi bowed and bowed, then silently withdrew.

The meeting officially ended.

Different from the last court meeting, this time the ministers quickened their pace as soon as they left the throne. You don't need to think about it. They are eager to let their families get money to buy the salt and iron industry. A step later will He was preempted.

As for why?

Because in the Yantie official business, after achieving a monopoly, the price will inevitably rise sharply. This price is uniformly stipulated by the royal family, but it will definitely be more expensive than the original price.

Acquire it quickly before the bill is released, and then you can reap the dividends. After ten years, the value of the property will appreciate, and then it will be peacefully redeemed by the royal family, and you will directly earn back all the capital and profits.

Two words - make money with blood!
Everyone is smart and knows what to do at this time, but one person knows it earlier than them.

At this moment, Morey had taken a long-distance carriage to the eastern part of the empire and reached an acquisition agreement with an iron smelting plant.

There are many salt fields along the southern coast of the empire. Nearly [-]% of the private salt fields and nearly [-]% of the Dashang salt fields have been taken over by Mei.

There are many mineral veins, iron mines and iron smelting plants in the eastern part of the empire. What Morey is doing now is to use money to stun the mine owners and factory owners, and then steal the industry ownership certificates from them.

When the nobles and ministers wanted to acquire it again, they would find out that the names of these properties had all been changed, but they still had the same name - Four Seasons Chamber of Commerce.

They knew about the Four Seasons Chamber of Commerce, but why did they feel that the Four Seasons Chamber of Commerce knew about this earlier than they did?
It wasn't until the next day that they witnessed the Four Seasons Chamber of Commerce using the royal redemption right to directly buy the factory from the owner, and then they suddenly realized that the owner behind the Four Seasons Chamber of Commerce was actually Dominic!
This guy actually put it here with the emperor's permission to enrich himself!

(End of this chapter)