Chapter 1316 Strange goods are awesome

"The value of goods in the world depends on their materials, texture, and use, but this is only the most basic basis for value calculation, and there is another more important basis, that is, the degree of scarcity."

"Strange goods are so rare that they are, the more valuable they are."

"A thing, no matter how good it is, if you can get it everywhere, it is worthless, such as the air we breathe every day."

Nangong Shouzhong's eyes shone brightly. The more he spoke, he became more confident. When he was proud, he even looked up at Li Chen and talked, "Everyone has to breathe to survive. If he leaves the air, it is like drowning, no matter who it is, he will die. So if it is just in terms of value, air should be the most precious."

"But it's because the air is everywhere and fills the universe, no one will pay money to breathe air. There is only one reason, it's too easy to get it."

"The other extreme is antiques."

"Caomin once handed a sky-blue Ru kiln porcelain bottle. To put it bluntly, the porcelain bottle is just a bottle and has no practical use. But because it has a century-old history, it is worth 30,000 taels. And because it is the only complete sky-blue Ru kiln porcelain bottle left at the same time, it is unparalleled in the world, and its value has increased by 70,000 taels."

"A full 100,000 taels of silver is still a preferential price given by Caomin for the friendship between the seller, but Caomin bought it back. Is it useful? It has no use, but it can only mean that Caomin can afford 100,000 taels of silver. With so much money, the porcelain bottle itself has no value at all."

"But even if it is worthless, now that the grass-roots sell it, some people are still willing to buy it for more than 120,000 taels. This is a rare item."

"This principle is the same with national debt."

"Caomin thought that at the beginning, treasury bonds must not be flooded, and they cannot be purchased at will. There must be a certain threshold. For example, one household can only buy one treasury bond, and a treasury bond has a minimum purchase amount of ten taels of silver. For those wealthy households can only buy one hundred taels of silver. In this way, its value will be reflected."

Li Chen asked: "Is it too low for those wealthy households to be limited to 100 taels of silver?"

Nangong Shouzhong smiled and said, "Your Highness, this is just an example. The limit can be 100 taels or 200 taels, but the people of the grass think 100 taels is enough. You must know that only in this way can it be reflected that the national debt is not something the court begged everyone to buy, but everyone should rush to buy. Once such a concept is available, some wealthy people will take advantage of the loopholes to buy more copies. The court turns a blind eye, everyone will take advantage of each other and win-win."

Li Chen suddenly realized when he heard this, and he smiled and said, "No, really good."

Nangong Shouzhong's face was flushed and said, "In addition, it can be combined with some small favors such as choosing lucky people and giving double interest rates. These methods are not very clever, and the probability is also low. The price paid by the court is not high. It is just a little interest, but for the people, who doesn't want to be the lucky one?"

Having said that, Li Chen completely understood Nangong Shouzhong's entire idea.

He pondered for a moment and said, "The suggestions you made are very good."
Chapter completed!