Chapter 632 Military Ticket 1
“Next month, I will prepare to return to the Northwest Bay.”
While holding a knife and fork and competing with the steak on the plate, Paul said to Catherine and others said.
He is currently having a meal with his fiancée. Since their engagement was announced to the public, the two of them have moved around more. Sometimes they eat together, sometimes they take walks together, which can be regarded as cultivating feelings.
Gradually, the two of them became familiar with each other, and they were no longer as reserved as when they first met, although they were still separated by a thin layer.
"Next month? So soon."
Catherine looked up, slightly surprised.
"Really? Paul, I'll go back with you."
Irene was very excited. She really missed her days in the Northwest Bay, where there were no red tapes like Jingyao's. and annoying social interactions.
“Nonsense!” Catherine looked at her sister angrily.
"What's there! Sister."
Irene acted coquettishly towards Catherine, "Why don't you go too."
Catherine glanced at Paul and found that there was also something in his eyes. With a hint of hope.
"I... still have some things to do with Jingyao."
"What else do you have to do with Jingyao?"
Eileen asked dissatisfiedly. She didn't know anything. Didn't that guy Gerd marry his sister to the Northwest Bay just to keep her out of trouble?
“Something about the army.” Catherine whispered.
"Father in heaven!" Irene touched her forehead and said helplessly: "Are you still taking care of these things? Doesn't our Majesty mind?"
"Ahem!" Catherine He said solemnly: "Since our king has not made clear new arrangements, I will continue my previous work."
Paul nodded approvingly, "In his position, he will pursue his own affairs. Very good!”
Catherine glanced at her fiancé. Paul could always say some concise and concise sentences that directly hit his meaning. Whenever this happened, his impression in her mind would improve.
"Giles is accumulating strength, and we cannot lag behind. The establishment of the factory has greatly improved our finances, so the long-delayed army formation plan should be implemented as soon as possible."
Speaking of this, Catherine complained with some distress, "But what we can accomplish now is still far from the envisioned goal."
"Your Majesty means to invest most of the resources first. In the construction of special economic zones, the military can only allocate a small part..."
Paul picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, "In the final analysis, it is still a question of money."
Catherine nodded, "Yes!"
Looking at his fiancée's troubled look, Paul said: "I have some immature ideas about this issue!"
Katherine Looking at him, "Tell me about it?"
Paul smiled, "It has not been carefully considered, and it may not even be feasible in the end."
Catherine said: "That's okay, Maybe we can transition from immature ideas to mature ideas?”
"Okay!" Paul nodded, "Then I'll say it." "Catherine, Erin, first of all I want to ask a question - in your opinion, what is the essence of money?"
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"The essence of money?"
The two princesses looked at each other and saw the confusion on each other's faces. It was a strange question.
Irene said: "Money is money!"
"Then let me ask you, why do people like money so much? In our world, money is just some metals. Although the metals that make them-gold, silver, copper-are very rare, these metals can Is it used to fill the stomach or to keep warm from the cold?”
Irene said: “But these metals can be exchanged for food and clothing, and these things can meet the needs you mentioned.”
"That's right!" Paul clapped his hands appreciatively, "Eileen, you have touched on the essence of the matter."
"In other words, what can really meet our survival needs is not money itself. It’s the items they can exchange for.”
Irene and Catherine nodded of course.
Paul concluded: "So, money is a kind of trust. What is this trust? I take a small piece of metal from you in exchange for the items I need, and I can guarantee that you can take the money I give you." Your piece of metal is exchanged for the items you need from others. Money is the certificate of this credibility, and our entire human civilization endorses this certificate and artificially gives it value.”
Hear. Here, Catherine felt very strange. Although Paul was talking about knowledge that she had not touched before and it was very fresh, he seemed to have gone off topic. Wasn't he just discussing the construction of the army?
But she also vaguely felt that Paul was paving the way for what he had just said was an "immature idea." This was just a bit too long.
Just keep listening, and what Paul said is indeed interesting.
At this time Paul asked again: "Well, you two, now let me ask you, as a certificate of credibility, is the more money in this world, the better?"
"What's wrong with this? Naturally, the more, the better!"
Irene answered first, and said with excitement: "Isn't the Royal Government just worried about the lack of money? If there is more money, isn't it? Can we do more things? For example, recruit more soldiers and build more ordnance."
"Yes." Paul nodded, "For individuals, money is of course the most important thing. The more, the better, but what I’m asking is the whole world, the whole human society, is the more money really the better?”
Catherine shook her head slowly, and after Paul’s “popular science”, her mind I already have some vague and abstract cognitions, but I still don’t know how to express them in concrete language.
Paul asked: "Should we think that, within a limited scope, the total material wealth in society-that is, the food, clothing, etc. that each of us depends on for survival-is different from the things that circulate in society? Money should be a dynamic balance relationship. ”
Eileen asked: "Balance? What does it mean?"
Looking at the curious eyes of the little princess, Paul enjoyed it very much. He liked this feeling of being a teacher, although his own understanding of economics was only Just fur.
Looking at Catherine again, the always proud princess looked at him with a hint of admiration, even...admiration?
Paul felt secretly happy.
“Let’s first set up a simple model. Suppose the material wealth of our human society is ten loaves of bread, and there are only ten gold coins in human society. At this time, one loaf corresponds to one gold coin.”
"But one day, the Lord of Light suddenly appeared, and the gold coins held by human society suddenly doubled and became twenty gold coins. How many gold coins does one piece of bread cost at this time?"
Eileen She rolled her eyes at him and said, "Of course it's two gold coins. Hum, even children can count."
"In other words, you used to be able to buy a piece of bread with one gold coin, but now you have to spend two gold coins to buy it. A piece of bread."
"Well...it seems like this. Money...is worthless."
(End of this chapter)