Financial elite Lin Mo traveled through the first year of Zhenguan and became the young owner of a quality warehouse that was on the verge of bankruptcy in Chang'an West City. When everyone thought he would be destitute on the streets, he relied on modern financial thinking to leverage the Chang'an business community with a "bank note" and used "national debt" to raise sufficient military expenses for Li Shimin's Northern Expedition.
From the Treasury to the Royal Bank, he single-handedly built the financial system of the Tang Dynasty; from Chang'an to the Western Regions, he used bonds as his soldiers and exchange rates as his blade. Families regard him as a calamity, and kings rely on him as a sword. When the banner of "Khan of Heaven" was flying in all directions, he bowed and retreated behind the scenes. The sharpest knife in the world was not a sword or a halberd, but the consensus of people on trust.
The financial fire he planted will eventually set fire to a prairie fire for thousands of years.
