Steel, Guns and the Industrial Party Across the World - Chapter 628

“Next month, I’m going to go back to Northwest Bay.”

While holding a knife and fork to compete with the steak on the plate, Paul said to Catherine and the others.

He is now dining with his fiancée. Since their marriage contract was announced to the public, the two of them have moved around a lot. Sometimes they eat together, sometimes they take a walk together, which can be regarded as cultivating their relationship.

Gradually, the two became familiar with each other, not as stiff as when they first met, although there was still a thin layer of separation.

“Next month? So soon.”

Catherine looked up, slightly surprised.

“Really? Paul, I’ll go back with you.”

Irene was very excited, and she really missed the days in the Northwest Bay, where there were no red tape and annoying social interactions of Jingyao.

“Nonsense!” Catherine cast a reproachful look at her sister.

“What’s the matter! Sister.”

Irene acted like a baby to Catherine, “Why don’t you go with me too.”

Catherine glanced at Paul and found that there was also a trace of expectation in his eyes.

“I… still have some things on Jingyao’s side.”

“What else do you do in Jingyao?”

Irene asked dissatisfiedly, she didn’t know nothing, didn’t that guy Gerd marry his sister to the Northwest Gulf just to let her not be troublesome?

“About the army,” Catherine whispered.

“Father in heaven!” Irene touched her forehead and said helplessly, “Are you still taking care of these things? Does our Majesty not mind?”

“Cough!” Catherine said solemnly, “Since our king hasn’t made a definite new arrangement, then I will continue my previous work.”

Paul nodded approvingly, “I’m in my position, I’m working on my own affairs. Very good!”

Catherine glanced at her fiancé, and Paul could always say some concise and concise sentences to hit the point. Whenever this happened, his impression in his heart would improve.

“Giles is accumulating strength, and our side 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 in the construction of the special economic zone first, and the army can only allocate a small part of it…”

Paul picked up the napkin and wiped his mouth, “In the end, it’s still about money.”

Catherine nodded, “Yes!”

Seeing his fiancée’s distressed look, Paul said, “I do have some immature thoughts about this issue!”

Catherine looked at him, “Let’s hear it?”

Paul smiled, “It hasn’t been thought through, and it may not even be feasible in the end.”

Catherine said, “That’s okay, maybe you can move from an immature idea to a mature one?”

“Okay!” Paul nodded, “Then I’ll say it.”

“Catherine, Irene, first of all I want to ask a question – what is the essence of money in your perception?”

“The nature of money?”

The two princesses looked at each other and saw the doubts on each other’s faces. It was a strange question.

Erin said, “Money is money!”

“Then I ask you, why do people like money so much? In our world, money is nothing more than metals. Although the metals from which they are made—gold, silver, copper—are rare, these metals can be used To fill the stomach or to keep warm from the cold?”

Erin said: “But these metals can be exchanged for food and clothing, and these things can meet the needs you said.”

“That’s right!” Paul clapped his hands appreciatively, “Irene, you have touched the essence of the matter.”

“That is to say, what can really meet our survival needs is not money itself, but the items they can exchange for.”

Irene and Catherine nodded of course.

Paul concludes: “So money is a kind of reputation. What is this reputation? I take a small piece of metal from you in exchange for what I need, and I can guarantee that you will take what I give you. Your piece of metal is exchanged for what you need from someone else. Money is the token of that reputation, and our entire civilization endorses that token, giving it an artificial value.”

Hearing this, Catherine felt very strange. Although Paul was talking about knowledge that he had never touched before, which was very fresh, he seemed to be digressing. Wasn’t he discussing the construction of the army just now?

But she also vaguely felt that Paul was laying the groundwork for the “immature idea” he just said, but the foreshadowing was a bit long.

I’d better keep listening to myself, and what Paul said is really interesting.

At this time Paul asked again: “Then two, now I ask you, is it better to have more money as a certificate of credit in this world?”

“There’s no doubt about it, the more the better!”

Irene answered first, and said happily: “Isn’t the kingdom government just worried about the lack of money? Isn’t it that more money can do more things? For example, in terms of the army, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com recruits more More soldiers, more ordnance.”

“Yes.” Paul nodded, “For an individual, the more money the better, but what I’m asking is the whole world, the entire human society, is more money really better?”

Catherine shook her head slowly. After Paul’s “science popularization”, she already had some abstract cognition in her mind, but she still didn’t know how to express it in specific language.

Paul asks: “Should we think that, within a limited range, the total material wealth in society-that is, the food and clothing on which each of us depends-and the money circulating in society should be a dynamic relationship. balance relationship.”

Erin asked, “Balance? What do you mean?”

Seeing the curious eyes of the little princess, Paul enjoyed it very much. He liked the feeling of being a teacher, although his own understanding of economics was only superficial.

Looking at Catherine again, this proud princess looked at him with a hint of admiration, even…worship?

Paul felt secretly refreshed.

“Let’s set up a simple model first. Suppose the material wealth of our human society is ten breads, but there are only ten gold coins in human society. At this time, one bread corresponds to one gold coin.”

“But one day, the Lord of Light suddenly appeared, and the gold coins held by human society suddenly doubled to twenty gold coins. How many gold coins does one bread correspond to?”

Irene gave him a blank look, “Of course it’s two gold coins. Hmph, kids 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 a piece of bread.”

“Uh…it seems so. Money…is worthless.”