The prince frowned for a moment, and then said: "With money, the people in that city can naturally go to other towns to buy what they want. This will enrich their supplies, even if money can’t eat or wear. , But it can trade these things."
Lu Yu nodded heavily and said: "Yes, this is the truth. Money is really very, very useful in a city! But... It's a pity that if you spend a considerable amount of money, Lord Prince, then Who do you want to buy things with? Almost half of the continent belongs to you. In order to enrich the life here, do you want to buy with the kingdom? Or do you want to buy with Locke?"
The prince fell silent all at once.
Lu Yu continued: "The value of money is that it can be exchanged. Without this foundation, it is meaningless. For a city, a sum of money is very important, but for the entire city-state today, money is Is it important? Hehe, it doesn't seem to be that important, but... Since the prince has said it, and I really like this Xuan Mingzhu, please give me a price."
Price, yes, the prince originally wanted to offer a big price. After all, according to the information returned, this Lu Yu is very rich, and he doesn’t regard money as a thing at all, and he really needs money. He also thought about it before. What was meant was that as long as he had enough money, he would be able to solve all the problems that bothered him now, but... after listening to Lu Yu's remarks, he realized that it didn't seem to be that simple.
So... the phrase "soldiers in power" that Lu Yu said before, really hurt him at this moment.
"How much do you think this Xuan Mingzhu is worth?"
"Is this for me to bid?"
Lu Yu sighed, then stood up, first walked to the left side of the hall, then... twisted the ring, and a row of gold bars emerged from the small world, neatly placed on the ground.
Walking from left to right, a row of gold bars is like a golden thread on the ground.
Then I walked from the right to the left again, and the line was much thicker.
Walk it again, and it is a line paved by three gold bars.
Lu Yu said, "These gold bars are all the people who came this time, ten times their weight. I wonder if they are worthy of this mysterious pearl?"
To be honest, when Lu Yu released the first gold thread, Lord Prince's eyes lit up.
He knew that the other party had a lot of money, but he really didn't expect that there would be so much.
How much money does the Prince Prince himself have today? Regarding this, there are many guesses. After all, he owns half of the current continent. It is reasonable to say that he is extremely rich. But in fact, the wealth he has is truly his own. There are only some secret treasures and a few gold coins. The specific number is more than 1,300, which is not comparable to the wealth of an ordinary city lord.
Seeing so much money, what he thought of instantly was that he would have a slightly easier life, at least... It would be okay to renovate this castle.
But then he thought of the reason Lu Yu said before. If he spends more money out of thin air and buys a lot of things, even though the people seem to have a lot more money, in fact... it is even more impoverished.
This... is like a curse, causing him to fall into an endless loop of no way out. No matter what he thinks, it seems that he can't find a solution.
In fact, in the face of this kind of economic recession, many people can't think of a way. Even in Lu Yu's previous life, many times the world will use the "self-reduction" method to deal with this matter, such as... rebellion, or war.
Of course, the prince couldn't think of it for a while, he was confused, but he was shaken by the gold in front of him.
"The inequality of wealth is a problem that any country will face in any era. Our city-state is the same. Population will follow the pace of wealth. If it is not controlled, it will become even more desolate. This windy city will It will become a dead city. This king doesn't want to see such a situation, especially if he doesn't want to see the kingdom and they look at our jokes!"
The prince said what he cares most about and what he is most worried about. Lu Yu sighed, and then said: "Actually... It's not that you can't go to them to buy things if you are at war with the kingdom now, even the city-state itself. Can't go, but some businessmen... can do this kind of thing."
The prince was taken aback, and then asked in a deep voice: "You mean... smuggling?"
"What's wrong?"
Lu Yu smiled and said: "As long as there is an exchange of goods, it is a good thing, and... Your prince, you can think about this issue from another angle. Our city-state and the other's kingdom use the same currency, and they will be richer than us. , But the currency itself will not be too much, and there will not be a gap of several or even dozens of times. And... Your prince should have investigated, my money, my gold, come from a very secret place , And even places that the Prince does not know. Yes, they are produced in a place that the world does not know. They do not belong to the city-state, the kingdom, let alone the Locke. Then... Please don’t take them to the Prince. Think of it as money. Don’t think that if gold coins flow to the kingdom, our gold coins will be reduced. But think about it, we can use these... things that we get for nothing in exchange for their real things, and really eat and drink. , Tangible resources, for the people, are tangible vitality. And we use these gold as gold coins, in fact... Gold is gold, but in fact, they can be regarded as counterfeit coins. Lie to the kingdom, isn't it?"
In Lu Yu’s previous life, an economist said, “Don’t, never, never, let a currency become the unified currency of the world, then the problem that will immediately arise is that the country issuing this currency will have no restrictions. Worried about, crazy printing! When a country sells'counterfeit currency' in the name of the country, it is a disaster for the world.
To be honest, Lu Yu used the platinum standard to replace the gold standard, and caused one of the world’s largest economic crimes, putting the United States in a situation where it was impossible to recover. He also used the bait of the'unified currency' to draw a picture for the United States to make them unable The refusal of the big pie, thus let them fall into the trap.
Lu Yu is very proficient in this set of things, and now, he can't help but want to try it in this world.
He raised his head and looked at the lord with a light smile. Then... Suddenly, he took a huge gold brick at least two meters square directly out of the small world and threw it on the ground.
boom!
The loud sound made the hearts of everyone present miss a beat.