Chapter 856

Fang Xuanling helped him calculate an account.

"Your Majesty, for the Master Craftsmen with a monthly stipend of thirty thousand, the limit is one hundred people. That is an expenditure of three million copper coins per month.

For the book writers with a monthly stipend of five thousand, the limit is ten thousand people. That is a terrifying expenditure of fifty million copper coins per month!"

These few figures made Li Er feel dizzy just listening to them.

In terms of the Great Tang's treasury income, if they played like this, they wouldn't need to do anything else.

Li Er said a sour remark indignantly.

"Qin Mu is burning money! But it's really unexpected, Great Qin is actually so rich now?"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui sighed in unison.

They really didn't expect it at the beginning either.

The rise of Great Qin hasn't been long. At first, it walked out of that poor and remote place in Tibet.

No one expected that Great Qin's national power would be so strong now!

They can casually take out more than fifty million copper coins every month to give to those artisans who don't have to work.

Isn't this just encouraging artisans not to work?

Fang Xuanling said.

"Your Majesty, I have discussed it with Ruhui for a long time and feel that this matter cannot be looked at only from the surface.

According to our analysis, Great Qin is going to establish a new system for cultivating artisans."

Artisan cultivation system?

Li Er was still very confused.

"What does Great Qin want to cultivate so many artisans for?"

In most people's consciousness, if the common people have things they need to use, naturally there will be artisans to make them.

Most of the time, the imperial court doesn't need to worry about the number of artisans.

Great Qin wants to cultivate so many artisans, if there is no work to do, are they just going to support them for nothing?

Li Er really cannot understand.

Fang Xuanling and the others also thought for a long time before they understood.

"Your Majesty, the Great Qin Emperor's way of doing things has always been different from normal people's thinking. Your Majesty, think about Great Qin's books; just this one item alone, who knows how much money it has earned for Great Qin? Moreover, the selling price is much lower than our cost!"

These words reminded Li Er.

For Qin Mu, one cannot use normal people's thinking to measure him.

Great Qin's books are indeed like this, and for a long time, they have left the officials of the Great Tang unable to understand.

However, Great Qin has indeed achieved it, cheap and high quality!

Li Er pondered for a moment.

"Could it be that Great Qin cultivating artisans is to have all three hundred and sixty trades develop by imitating the method of making books?"

As soon as these words were spoken, even Li Er himself was startled by his own words!

If it were like this, wouldn't that be a disaster?

By then, all of Great Qin's goods would become hot items.

If the Great Tang doesn't close the border, all three hundred and sixty trades will suffer a comprehensive blow and be unable to survive!

Li Er finally realized the seriousness of this matter.

He really hoped that the facts were not as he guessed.

But looking at Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, he saw that both of them were nodding slowly.

They acknowledged this guess of Li Er's!

Du Ruhui said.

"Your Majesty, your subject is worried about this, so I entered the palace to see the Emperor urgently. I hope Your Majesty can take measures early to prevent the occurrence of this situation."

Prevent?

How to prevent it?

Now Li Er's mind is full of closing the border.

Great Qin is too terrifying!

Besides closing the border, Li Er really cannot think of any other way to stop Great Qin.

"Minister Fang, Minister Du, do you have any ideas?"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were both very ashamed.

Great Qin is using its own absolute advantage to offer high treatment to artisans.

Such attraction is fatal!

What ideas could they have?

It is really impossible for the Great Tang to offer the same conditions to compete with Great Qin!

"Your Majesty, there is no way. But this matter has another potential hidden danger, which is that the artisans of our Great Tang might all run to Great Qin because of this!"