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Chapter 222 Li Shimin Borrows Money!

It mainly depends on what Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun say.

Now that Li Chengqian has gotten up and knows a lot of things, Xiao Ran feels that it's only a matter of time before things come to an end.

Hearing Xiao Ran say this, Li Chengqian felt relieved. The next step was to find a suitable opportunity.

Talk to Empress Zhangsun, wife of Emperor Taizong of Tang.

Li Chengqian was very grateful to Xiao Ran, feeling that Xiao Ran had helped him a lot.

The little princess soon came running back, holding a flower in her hand.

"Little Nang-kun~ I'll give you a gift~"

"Okay!" Xiao Ran took the flower.

Every now and then, the three little princesses would give Xiao Ran some flowers, and soon Xiao Ran was holding a different bouquet of flowers in his hand.

There were even dandelions.

Xiao Ran tied the flowers up and walked to Li Lizhi's side, handing them to her.

Li Lizhi smiled but did not take it.

"You don't want it?"

"If Sizi sees this, she'll be very unhappy," Li Lizhi said helplessly.

Xiao Ran didn't give it to him, saying, "That's true!"

Xiao Ran and Li Lizhi sat down by the river, not going to Li Shimin's side. Li Shimin was currently discussing high-yield grain with his civil and military officials.

We've already started planning how to promote these things next year.

The three little princesses were asleep inside the tent. Princess Yuzhang woke up because she was hot, so an electric fan was placed next to her.

Xiao Ran and Li Lizhi chatted casually. Li Lizhi had never left Chang'an City and longed to go to other places.

Xiao Ran also had other plans in mind.

We chatted idly until evening.

Xiao Ran really liked the atmosphere of the Zhenguan era.

A wise ruler and upright ministers
After the event ended, everyone silently handed over their binoculars.

Li Shimin also arranged for Zhang Anan to deliver the rewards to their respective residences.

For the sake of the grain and the money shop, Xiao Ran also got to know more people.

That's killing three birds with one stone!
Two days later, the money exchange opened for business.

Many people don't trust paper money and don't accept these things.

However, a group of people had already taken Kaiyuan Tongbao coins and gold into the money exchange and started exchanging them for paper money.

However, the quantity was not large, mostly a few hundred strings of cash.

This is an astronomical figure for ordinary people, but it's really nothing to these people.

These officials are mostly from prominent families; even if they aren't from the Five Families and Seven Clans, they are still far superior to ordinary people.

Besides the civil and military officials in the imperial court, there were also merchants and scalpers.

Starting tomorrow, supermarkets will no longer accept Kaiyuan Tongbao coins and gold; they will only accept paper money.

Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun also came, essentially to support the money shop.

Xiao Ran and his group also noticed that it was quite lively, but everyone there was someone they knew.

Almost there.

Both Xiao Ran and Li Shimin hoped that money shops could be promoted in the Tang Dynasty and that ordinary people would accept paper money.

There are too few people from aristocratic families.

In order to set an example and inject more funds into the money shop, Li Lizhi converted all of her previous supermarket profits into paper money.

Including part of the little princess's, Xiao Ran's is also included.

“This banknote...it features Her Highness the Princess!” Yuchi Jingde said with a smile.

It's very special; it's definitely not from this era.

It seems very unconventional.

Cheng Yaojin and his companions had exchanged several hundred coins and were comparing the different denominations. "Interesting, I didn't expect it to be like this, even this paper is different." Cheng Yaojin touched it.

"This isn't real gold or silver, and if we don't do it this way, it'll be troublesome if someone counterfeits it." Ma Zhou's family wasn't well-off, so they exchanged it for one hundred strings of cash.

“This is probably impossible to counterfeit. Feel these things, the paper, the color, the texture.” Fang Xuanling thought the banknotes were exquisite and had many details.

Because of the lead of these civil and military officials, many aristocratic families also wanted to see what the banknotes looked like.

The money exchange promised that the banknotes could be exchanged for Kaiyuan Tongbao coins and gold at any time.

With no other issues, Xiao Ran and the others did not stay at the money exchange for long before returning to the Lizheng Hall.

"Little Nangjun~ We're home~" The little princess pulled Xiao Ran and tried to go inside the screen.

Li Shimin quickly called out to Xiao Ran, "Sizi, Xiao Ran, you two wait a moment."

Li Shimin did not let the little princess and the others go back first, because Xiao Ran was there, and the little princess would not go back first.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Xiao Ran sat down, holding the little princess.

"Aren't all those Kaiyuan Tongbao coins just sitting there after the money exchange?"

Xiao Ran knew what Li Shimin was up to from those words: "Your Majesty, you're not short of money, are you?"

"I am not short of money, but the court is indeed short of funds. It is not I who will borrow it, but the court," Li Shimin said.

"Is there interest?" Xiao Ran asked with a smile.

"The imperial court is short of money and facing difficulties," Li Shimin changed the subject, "but the imperial court can contribute, such as maintaining public order and safeguarding the treasury."

Li Shimin said a lot, but the gist of it was that the imperial court could help with many things, as long as they were lent money.

Xiao Ran was surprised that Li Shimin wanted to borrow money so soon.

The money exchange is currently run by Xiao Ran and Princess Yuzhang, but in essence, it is still a collaboration between Xiao Ran and the royal family.

Royal affairs are none other than the affairs of the imperial court.

Xiao Ran wasn't too opposed to it, and never considered it his private matter.

The money shop isn't profitable right now, but it will definitely make money later. Xiao Ran can take a portion of it.

It's unrealistic to try to do too much of this.

Princess Li Lizhi and the others would definitely agree; it was already quite generous of Li Shimin to have spoken to them.

"Alright, the money exchange hasn't prepared any warehouses or such, so the Ministry of Civil Affairs will need to manage them from now on, and I don't have the capacity to maintain their security."

These matters are inseparable from the imperial court.

The reason for not doing it in the name of the imperial court was to avoid provoking resistance from others.

So now the money shop is nominally set up by Xiao Ran and Li Lizhi.

"Don't worry, the money borrowed by the imperial court will definitely be repaid."

Princess Yuzhang had previously told Li Shimin about the influence of 21st-century banks in later generations.

Li Shimin knew that if this business grew large enough, it would be of great use to the court in the future.

Issuing large amounts of paper money is tantamount to reaping the benefits of society as a whole.

The Tang Dynasty is now the economic and cultural center of this era, and it is not only the Tang Dynasty that is reaping the benefits, but also the other vassal states in the vicinity.

Compared to the future benefits, Li Shimin would never allow the money shop to go bankrupt.

"Alright, Your Majesty, let's go back."

Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun rose and escorted the group to the screen.

"Xiao Ran! When you have time, take your father-in-law to the hospital, or perhaps the Empress should also go and have a check-up." Li Shimin looked at Empress Zhangsun.

"Has Auntie been feeling unwell lately?"

"No, it's fine," Empress Zhangsun said.

"I'm still a little worried and want to have it checked again, so the imperial physician said it's nothing serious, but I'm still not reassured." Li Shimin no longer trusted the imperial physicians of the Tang Dynasty, as they had been helpless in dealing with Empress Zhangsun's condition before.

Li Shimin had more faith in the various medical devices of the 21st century.

"it is good"

(End of this chapter)