Chapter 804: 804 Good Wife
Chapter 804 804 A good wife
The economic construction of Tang State was very fast. In the second month after the end of the war, Tang State almost returned to the state before the war.
A few days later, a cargo ship loaded with radios arrived in Bunas, dumping the goods produced in the Tang Kingdom directly to the Eastern Continent.
Shipyards of all sizes began to produce freighters at full capacity, not only the shipyards of Datang Group, but also the shipyards of Sirik.
Because all countries need to restore their pre-war transportation capabilities, the production speed of these shipyards is actually faster than during the war.
Datang Group and Cyric Consortium are both working hard to produce 10,000-ton transport ships, which are the most technologically mature free ships.
This kind of ship is very easy to build and very cheap. A large number of such ships have almost monopolized the shipping industry in various countries. Similar ships are active throughout the endless sea and can be seen everywhere.
Countless ships began to restore the almost paralyzed maritime transportation on the endless sea, transporting various goods and supplies to all parts of the world.
Coupled with the fact that countries all over the world have begun to increase their investment in air transportation, the whole world has immediately entered a busy state.
People's lives have changed. Even isolated rural farmers have become accustomed to the various airplanes flying overhead from time to time.
A very interesting phenomenon is: In most places on the Eastern Continent, biplanes are still the main force of aircraft, and transport aircraft converted from bombers shuttle through the sky, dotting the blue sky.
In the Western Continent, C-47 aircraft occupies a dominant position. Tang State has more than 4,000 C-47 and DC-3 aircraft, and these aircraft can be seen everywhere.
Many businessmen have even become accustomed to taking this kind of plane to travel to various places. They are very satisfied with the convenience and efficiency brought by the plane.
This means of transportation shortens the distance between two places, making it possible to travel 1,000 kilometers in one day.
Although air transportation in this era is not yet so safe and reliable, people who pursue efficiency and are willing to try new things will always choose to travel by air.
The oil pipeline from Chu State to the southern part of Tang State has begun construction. This speed shows that before the war broke out, Tang State intelligence personnel had already visited the mountainous areas of Chu State and planned a complete oil transportation plan.
But no one cares about these details now. Everyone is busy setting up relevant equipment and doing their best to realize this century project.
The current technical level is still unable to meet the requirements for such long-distance oil pipeline transportation, so the entire project is divided into two parallel implementation plans.
One is a land transportation plan to establish several relay stations to transport the oil from Chu State to the southern part of Tang State one by one.
The other method is to first use a shorter pipeline to transport the oil to the port of Chu State, and then load it on ships from the port to Linshui and Dongwan.
Because of the urgent need for more oil, the Tang Dynasty decided to implement the two plans together, and the scale of the entire project suddenly increased to twice the original planned scale.
The emergence of a large number of aircraft, especially civil aircraft, suddenly pushed aviation fuel to an unprecedented height. Countries began to pay attention to oil reserves, and international oil prices more than doubled in one breath.
It was only then that the whole world realized that at least one-third of the oil was already controlled or indirectly controlled by the Tang State.
The largest known oil field in the world is in Chu State, followed by Longdao. Together with the southern oil fields that originally belonged to the Dahua Empire, Tang Mo's oil production capacity is sufficient for the economic development needs of Tang State.
If you include the oil fields where Tang Mo can exert influence, Tang Mo controls about half of the world's oil production capacity.
This is already a quite terrifying share, which is almost equivalent to saying that Tang Mo alone controlled the entire OPEC organization in the world before the time travel...
So, just taking into account the soaring oil prices, Tang Mo's wealth is already terrifying. If you add in businesses such as medicine and arms, what he has in his hands is the most profitable business in the world.
You must know that Tang State has been striving for dominance in grain trading. In recent years, relying on his huge wealth, Tang Mo has been using his method to influence the world's grain prices.
The Tang State itself has countless fertile fields. The Binghan Empire and the Dorne Empire, which are major grain producers, had been trading bulk grain commodities with the Tang State before the war broke out.
God knows how much grain Tang Mo purchased over the years, and relied on this grain to solve the Tang country's famine problem in one fell swoop.
In addition to grain trading, Tang Mo also has a super profitable business: banking! In fact, in addition to its Finance Minister Simeone, Tang State also has a financial controller who has been behind the scenes these years. He is Fan Kems who defected to Tang Mo and has been following Tang Mo ever since. He is now the president of the Datang Bank. The Imperial Gold Dollar, the Tang currency that is now almost equivalent to the world currency, was issued by the Datang Bank. Fan Kems’s job is to monitor and ensure the healthy development of the Imperial Gold Dollar.
Like the U.S. dollar that Tang Mo is familiar with, the Imperial Gold Dollar is now a common currency in the world. All countries use the Imperial Gold Dollar for settlement, and many countries even directly use the Imperial Gold Dollar to replace their own currencies.
There is no way around this: as countries continue to increase their debts to the Tang Dynasty, the financial systems of these countries begin to gradually collapse. People would rather use foreign currencies such as imperial gold dollars than use those issued by their own countries that are like waste paper. Large denomination banknotes.
So, the currency system in this world is very strange now: copper coins, silver coins and gold coins are still in circulation. This coin system was passed down from the dwarf empire in ancient times to the present day.
Based on this old currency system, the Tang Dynasty’s imperial gold dollar was recognized by everyone and became the most popular currency among large-denomination banknotes.
Banknotes in denominations of five yuan, ten yuan, fifty, and one hundred are widely circulated around the world, and even local gangs accept them when collecting protection fees.
Countries love and hate this currency issued by the Tang Dynasty. They are grateful that it helped them stabilize their own economies, but they also hate that this currency has plundered more wealth.
Now, whether it is Fan Kems or Simone, everyone, including You Lin, has understood why Tang Mo was so eager to obtain the right to issue banknotes.
Everyone also understands why Tang Mo tried his best to ensure the stability of the imperial gold dollar during the war and ensure the circulation of this currency.
Through Tang Mo’s series of efforts, Imperial Jinyuan finally grew up, began to make money and feed back the Tang Kingdom. How the United States harvests the world's leeks, how the lighthouse harvests the world's wool, and how Tang Mo can now make profits from the world.
It's just that the Tang Dynasty has not yet reached the heights of the United States, so it does not dare to do this kind of thing too blatantly.
With so many profitable projects, it can be seen how exaggerated Tang Mo's wealth is. Some people even think that the gold coins Tang Mo has now are enough for him to build a castle with pure gold.
Tang Mo doesn’t think he is that rich because he spends money better than many people think: although he can make huge profits every day, the money he spends every day is definitely not a small amount.
Tang Guo now has 170 public universities, more than 2,100 high schools, 5,000 junior high schools and more than 10,000 primary schools.
The gradual establishment of these schools marked the beginning of the Tang Dynasty's use of the most orthodox methods to cultivate all-round talents. The investment alone by these schools is already an astronomical figure in the eyes of other countries.
In order to inspire talents and cultivate cutting-edge scientific and technological talents, Tang Mo also established 10 royal academies. Including the Royal Military College, the Royal University of Science and Technology, the Royal University of Finance and Economics, the Royal University of Political Science and Law, the Royal Maritime University, the Royal College of Art, the Royal Women's University, the Royal Agricultural College, the Royal Medical University, and the Royal Normal College.
These ten universities are all funded by Tang Mo with his own private money. The teachers, instruments and equipment inside are all at the top level. The salaries of all the teachers there are exaggerated, and if you want to be a teacher here you must have real talent and learning.
The awards within these institutions are jointly selected by royal commissioners and on-campus voting, and the prize money is also paid directly by the royal family.
In addition, Tang Mo also provides various awards to teachers and students in these schools every year, including scholarships and various awards.
In addition, Tang Mo supported the security forces under Weis himself. This was done to ensure the reliability of the Guards.
It is no joke to say that Tang Mo spends tens of millions of gold coins every year just on education.
Coupled with Tang Mo's generosity in the field of scientific research and development, even if he can earn hundreds of millions or even billions of gold coins a year, the money will quickly flow back to the market.
By the same token, it seems that Tang has been exporting a large amount of technology and products, and seems to have made a lot of money.
But in fact, Tang State imports a large amount of ore, grain, timber, and meat every year, and its trade surplus has always been maintained in a very healthy state.
This is all due to Tang Mo having a good wife: Alice. She had managed the family well in Beiling back then, and now she also showed extraordinary talents in managing economic affairs in the Tang Empire.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made a lot of money when he married Wei Zifu. Not only did he get a beauty, but he also got two sky-high "dowries" from Wei Qing and Huo Qubing for free.
Tang Mo was not at a loss either. By marrying Alice, he not only gained Beiling and a loyal general, but Alice herself was also a genius and a truly good wife!
With her help, Tang Mo was able to save a lot of energy and be able to work on his humanoid self-propelled plotting machine with peace of mind...
(End of this chapter)