Chapter 632 Military Notes 1

"Next month, I'm going to go back to the Northwest Bay."

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

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 go for walks together, which can be considered to cultivate their relationship.

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."

Eileen was very excited. She really missed the days in the Northwest Bay, where there were no red tapes and annoying social interactions like Jingyao.

"Nonsense!" Catherine looked at her sister angrily.

"What's there! Sister."

Irene looked coquettishly at Catherine, "Why don't you come too?"

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

"I... still have some things to do with Jingyao."

"What else do you have to do in 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 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."

At this point, 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 special economic zones first, and the military can only allocate a small part..."

Paul picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, "In the final analysis, it's still about money."

Catherine nodded, "Yes!"

Seeing his fiancée's troubled look, Paul said: "I do have some immature ideas about this issue!"

Catherine looked at him, "Tell me about it?"

Paul smiled, "It's not well thought out, 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 will say it."

"Catherine, Erin, first of all I want to ask a question - in your opinion, what is the nature of money?"

"The nature of money?"

The two princesses looked at each other and saw the confusion on each other's faces. What a strange question.

Erin 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?”

Erin 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 in appreciation, "Eileen, you have touched on the essence of the matter."

"In other words, what can really meet our survival needs is not money itself, but the items they can be exchanged for."

Erin and Catherine nodded in agreement.

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.”

Hearing this, 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?

There is no mistake. One post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, take a look!

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 of a foreshadowing.

You'd better 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? With more money, can't we do more things? For example, in terms of the army, it can recruit more soldiers and build more of ordnance.”

"Yes." Paul nodded. "For individuals, the more money, the better. But I'm asking about the whole world, the whole human society. Is the more money, the better?"

Catherine shook her head slowly. After Paul's "popular science", she already had some vague and abstract cognition in her mind, but she didn't know how to express it in concrete language.

Paul asked: "Should we think that within a limited range, the total material wealth in society - that is, the food, clothing and other things that each of us depends on for survival - and the money circulating in society 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 the feeling of being a teacher, although his own understanding of economics was only superficial.

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

Paul was secretly happy.

"Let's 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 of 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 loaf of bread correspond to at this time?"

Irene rolled her eyes at him, "Of course it's two gold coins. Humph, even a child can calculate."

"In other words, you used to be able to buy a loaf of bread with one gold coin, but now you have to spend two gold coins to buy a loaf of bread."

"Uh...it seems so. Money...is worthless."