Muyou is an ordinary holiday for the court, and it takes about one day to rest every ten days. It means that officials pay attention to their image, so they have to spend a day taking a shower and changing clothes every once in a while; however, taking a bath does not require a whole day, Muyou is just a more elegant speech.

Zhu Gaoxu was not on duty either, so he left the palace and went to the Shenjia Liyuan by the Qinhuai River.

This time, the person in charge of guarding was not Zhang Sheng, but Du Erlang. Du Erlang is a drama fan and often goes to Liyuan to listen to operas and is very familiar with that kind of place. The person who received Zhu Gaoxu was Chen Xu herself. It is said that she doesn't come here often because the business of Chen and Xu families is far more than one Liyuan.

Today's theaters and restaurants are very lively, and there are a large number of officials and scholars in the capital. It is the holiday and it is time to make friends and play.

When Zhu Gaoxu heard that Li Louxian was not on stage today, he did not go to the theater and went to the private room near the Qinhuai River with Chen Xu.

Chen Xu wore a loose long robe with dark blue silk and clothes style, like an elderly landlord and noble lady. However, she was born with weak bones and plump skin, fair skin, and delicate edges. She dressed up like this with a unique charm, as if she had restrained her beauty. Or perhaps it was the appearance of a woman, which could not be affected by clothes.

Chen Xu said: "Now Li Louxian's name is not as loud as in Kunming City. On a good day like Muyou, the shopkeeper of Liyuan will not arrange for her to come on stage, and will leave it to someone more popular to show up."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded casually and said, "The market in the capital is even bigger, and there are crouching tigers and hidden dragons in every field."

Chen Xu smiled and said, "It's not that Li Lou is not as good as other people's family. She is getting older and her beauty is weak. Her skills are of course important, but her beauty cannot be missing. If the emperor likes her singing, I will ask her to accompany her and sing for the emperor."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Forget it, there is no need to be so troublesome."

After hearing this, Chen Xushi said, "Anyway, she has nothing to do today, so I will call her over in a while."

At this moment, a "tuk-tuk-tuk" sounded from the door. Chen Xu got up and opened the door. Seeing that it was Du Erlang. After the two of them greeted each other, Chen Xu walked out of the door and ordered another person in the corridor. Du Erlang entered the door and went up and said, "Sir, I saw Shangshu Xia."

Chen Xu, who had just returned to the court, spoke, "Our people didn't recognize them."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "What a coincidence. But it doesn't need to pay attention to Xiabutang. If he sees you, he will say hello and don't tell him that I'm here too."

Du Erlang clasped his fists and said, "I will accept the order."

Zhu Gaoxu turned to Chen Xu and said, "Mrs. Chen is like a private meeting place, which is a place for personal relationships. I and Xiabutang have not reached the level of personal friendship. When I meet in this place, they are both embarrassed and better not to see each other."

Chen Xu replied.

Zhu Gaoxu asked again: "Mu Sheng lives in the capital now, is he still here?"

Chen Xu turned his head and shook it gently, saying, "What are you looking for?"

"It makes sense." Zhu Gaoxu said thoughtfully.

At this time, he reached into his arms, took out a few pieces of paper, and said, "I am really serious about visiting today."

Mrs. Chen put down the teapot in her hand, took it over, looked around and asked, "What's it?"

"Standards." Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and explained, "Workshop products require a set of rigorous and unified standards. We will formulate them first. In the future, all workshops at home and abroad can only use our rules. Let's start with measurement."

The industry controlled by the Chen Xu family is generally called the Chen Xu business group. It looks like it is just a private business group, but in fact it contains the share of the nobles (Yao Fang family) and the royal family; in addition to the share of the shopkeepers of the Shen family and the Xu family, the large share of the Chen Xu family owns, and the heir is Zhuang Concubine Chen Baoyan, which will become the property of the royal family in the future.

So in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, the Chen Xu business group is not an official business, but is also an integral part of the court's industry and commerce. The Zhu family would slowly eat up the Chen Xu family's industry, but their eating habits were obviously much gentler than dealing with Chen Wansan and Xu Fujiu.

Zhu Gaoxu moved a seat and walked from the opposite side to the chair next to Chen Xu. Chen Xu looked at him sideways and then acquiesced.

He approached Chen Xu's name and pointed to the symbol above and said, "This is an Indian number (Arabic), used to keep accounts and tables, which will be more intuitive and concise than Chinese characters. In total, Chinese characters can be used to increase the difficulty of modifying them.

There is a formula here, which sets the density of water as unit measurement; that is, the volume of water in a volume of 'per cubic foot' is one pound. The volume of water per cubic foot is one liter.

In the past, the sizes of the construction, land and tailoring were different, and there were also differences in different places. However, the Iron Factory of the Guardian Nan Bureau has unified the size. In the future, we will use the size of the iron factory, with a decimal inch, rule of meter, and meter.

The original weighing was more complicated, and it was in hexadecimal system, and there were differences between different places. The weight of kilograms, twelve, money, and part should be changed to decimal system, which can be more accurate and unified within the measurement of the workshop system."

At this moment, Li Louxian knocked on the door and came in. She stepped forward to bow and bow, and Zhu Gaoxu made a move to help her and asked her to avoid the gift. Li Louxian was indeed aging more than when she was in Yunnan. She had thick makeup on her face, but the skin on her neck did lose its luster and the fine lines were obvious. Zhu Gaoxu felt that Li Louxian was also a pitiful person. Fortunately, Chen Xu treated her with a human touch and did not abandon her.

Mrs. Chen Xu collected the manuscript paper and said, "What the emperor wants me to do, I should follow it."

When Li Louxian saw that the two of them were still talking, he sat down next to him tactfully and started making tea.

Chen Xu said again: "When I was discussing affairs with the two clans, I also talked about the emperor. Unlike the previous emperors, everyone didn't believe it. How could the emperor support the merchants?"

Zhu Gaoxu flashed his mind and said, "I remembered a joke. There was an emperor who used brocade to wipe it with brocade after going to the toilet..."

Chen Xu immediately smiled awkwardly. Li Lou, who was working hard, applied too much makeup on his face and could not see his face. However, she couldn't help but quietly glanced at Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu ignored them and continued, "Later, the emperor thought it should be simple and economical, so he issued an order to cancel this fee. Unexpectedly, it caused dissatisfaction among many people. The female worker who weaved brocade said that they had no wages, and the farmers who planted mulberry and raised silkworms said that the cocoons had accumulated a lot and they were busy for a year."

Chen Xu's eyes froze, and then his eyes drooped slightly. She thought for a while and said, "I'm sorry to say it out loud. If I continue to make brocade, no one will get benefits. The Weaver Girl, the money received by the farmers is all taxes collected by the county magistrate from other places, and part of it will be intercepted. If the people had ten cents to buy things; if the ten cents were gone, the niece and the farmers could only spend five cents. In this way, the businessmen in the county were even more difficult to sell, and the business tax was paid less."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said, "It makes sense, madam is very knowledgeable."

Chen Xu smiled and said, "The emperor is also very good at telling stories. No wonder he can write a playbook for Concubine Shu with King Ning."

"Give me a lot of awards." Zhu Gaoxu smiled. He continued to say quietly, "Then let's change the story. The emperor who likes to use brocade in the toilet is the emperor of another country; but that country cannot make brocade by itself and needs to buy it from our country."

Chen Xushi said: "This is a good thing for us."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said, "If this ten cent is minted in our mint, then in order to buy this brocade, other countries need to sell grain or other things in exchange for ten cents. After the coins left the factory, they walked everywhere. As a result, a batch of goods from foreign vassals on the market were added to our market, and the ten cents were flowing to farmers, Weaver Girls, and the county government. Everyone had a better life."

Chen Xu said softly: "What the emperor said is very true."

Zhu Gaoxu continued: "If there is no trade, the weaver girl and the brocade produced by farmers is useless and will not get any benefits, will they still work in the future?

The monarchs and ministers of all dynasties value agriculture and suppress commerce, and have another set of ideas. Let’s ignore other reasons, just from the perspective of governing the country. Those people are in order to protect the population of growing grain, increase grain production, and promote population growth in the past; while merchants’ trade itself does not produce grain and cost, so it is useless. However, this set of ideas has loopholes, and the superiors ignore the enthusiasm of the people to work."

He paused and said, "It is said that during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, a large number of common people were slaves. The monarchs and ministers forced slaves to work, and they could simply take away all the remaining food and goods.

As a result, in the Warring States Period, some princes turned slaves into common people, and the food they harvested could be retained except for food taxes; the more common people planted, the more they obtained. In this way, the princes found that their families had obtained more food and wealth, because the common people were more willing to produce food."

Chen Xu listened with relish, and she might think it was very fresh.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu continued: "After the prosperity of industry and commerce, it became even more powerful. It not only stimulated domestic production, but also found ways to obtain real profits from other countries. Otherwise, it would be meaningless to invade and occupy other countries. During the Yongle period, the imperial court occupied Annan Kingdom, and the result was a year-round loss; there was no possibility of profits, and there were complaints from the government and the country and the country. Because the establishment of county systems in Annan Kingdom and the direct collection of grain taxes, the cost of establishing an official garrison was too high and there were too many resistances.

If our country takes the upper hand in trade first, it will allow officials and people to spend less time working and get more wealth. This is the fundamental way to change the hardships of the people. What is the way to confiscate bureaucrats, merchants and wealthy households and distribute them to the poor is to drink poison to quench thirst, which will only dampen enthusiasm and curb subsequent production, and everyone will fall into a more difficult situation together."

After hearing this, Chen Xu said softly: "No matter whether the priest's method is effective or not, your idea is indeed different from those carnivorous people. People are concerned about how to hold on to their own benefits and stabilize their own status. Who really cares about the difficulties of the common people?"

"It's just human nature." Zhu Gaoxu said, "Then do you believe in my heart?"
Chapter completed!