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Chapter 197 Value for money

I accidentally got out of the way again.

Generally speaking, the Qin Dynasty is still a country that is almost free to speak, and is also very open to cultural people. The status of cultural people is also very high. Invention and creation are also a kind of academic research, and no one cares about it. Therefore, Qin Shihuang was cautious after learning that Liezi's disciples discovered the matter of the disciples of the immortals. Because Lie Yuko himself was not only a disciple of Taoism, but also a great philosopher and thinker, but also an astronomical enthusiast and scientist, he created many astronomical equipment for observing celestial bodies. In human civilization, the ideas of the four stages of cosmic generation were first proposed. The theories of "celestial movement", "earth movement theory", and "universe infinite theory" recorded in "Liezi" are far away.

Long before similar Western theories, it completely developed Lao Tzu's cosmic philosophy theory to a nearly practical scientific theory stage. However, China's philosophical system is too complex and complex, and there are too many schools of thought and prosperity, which led to his theory not being too responsive at that time and not widely recognized. However, even so, Liezi's status was still very high in Chinese history, that is, the status of the martial arts world is very high. He is considered a leader in Taoism, which is equivalent to the position of Wudang Shaolin in the martial arts world in the martial arts world in the martial arts world. Even in the elementary school more than two thousand years later, there is still a simple and easy-to-understand philosophical worldview like "Two Children's Day Debate", which benefited future generations a lot.

Therefore, as disciples of Liezi, the status of Yu Wuya and Shui Qingrou fell into Qin Shihuang's ears, which was also very high. When inquiring, you must be careful and not easily collide. After all, disciples of Liezi represent a super large group. Whether it is the current doctor, Yin-Yang school or Confucianism, almost all originated from Taoism. As a very important branch of Taoism, Guixu School, as a typical representative of Huang-Lao academics, has a high status, both in the folk and in the court, and cannot be easily touched.

Chen Xu was promoted to become a disciple of the Immortal Family, and his status was several levels higher than that of the disciples of Liezi. Even Qin Shihuang had to be careful and sent his important ministers to come and visit him twice, and even planned to come to visit him in person to show his sincerity. Among them, there was his wish to pray for immortality and respect for immortality. After all, Qin Shihuang knew that he was just an ordinary person and was not on the same starting line as the Taoist master who cultivated immortals and asked about Taoism. Or the legendary immortal immortals would look down on him, an ordinary emperor on earth, so he visited and looked for Xu Fu several times later.

Since learning that Chen Xu received three volumes of Taiyi Tianzun's wordless heavenly books in his dream, Yu Wuya naturally became passionate and interested in Chen Xu and Chen Xu's unwillingness to do his job in research and inventions. According to Yu Wuya, since his benefactor has obtained the true inheritance of the immortal family, he will not create a top-grade immortal weapon to cut through the void, which is simply to embarrass the immortal disciples and to the Taiyi Tianzun.

So Chen Xu worked harder and harder. The quantum-level weapons that cut through the void shuttle black holes were indeed not developed. Nuclear-level weapons that could destroy the earth were absolutely not possible, but it was not impossible to create gunpowder and invent cannons. So he has now entrusted Zhao Qing and Shui Qingrou to search for various ore raw materials in the world, and only one day they will study all the aircraft cannons.

He lowered his head and thought for a long time, just when Jiang Beiting thought that Chen Xu understood his words and realized his mistakes, Chen Xu raised his head and bowed his hands, and said with a very serious expression: "Mr. County Master, is Daqin rich?"

This question was asked suddenly and very much. Jiang Beiting was stunned for a long time and shook his head and said, "The Qin Dynasty has gone through hundreds of years of war and finally unified the six countries. It can be said that the troops are strong, but it is absolutely not wealthy."

"Then are the people rich?" Chen Xu asked again.

"After experiencing wars, all people are suffering!" Jiang Beiting shook his head and sighed.

Chen Xu bowed again: "Since the current Qin Dynasty is neither rich nor rich in the people, but what's the crux of the problem?"

"The crux of the problem?" Jiang Beiting held his beard and shook his head after thinking for a long time. "The crux of the problem can be said to be in the court, or among the people. Now the concept of governing the country is becoming increasingly different. Left Prime Minister Li Si implemented strict laws and strict household registration management. In addition, taxes and labor service were also quite heavy. However, he had to resist the barbarians and Yue in the south and resist the Xiongnu in the north. In addition, the construction of the straight road of the road had to do it. The people's power was too much, which would inevitably lead to suffering. However, if he did not do it, the Qin Dynasty was uneasy inside and outside, and the surroundings were uneasy, and various factors were accumulated and entangled, so he had the current dilemma, but what did these have to do with your research on food?"

"These do not have much to do with my research on diet and brewing wine, but what I have studied is directly related to the wealth of Daqin!" Chen Xu said.

"Haha~" Jiang Beiting was stunned for a moment and laughed, "You are just looking for excuses for your deviant actions. Well, today I am bored, so I will listen to your theory of wealth and prosperity!"

"Sir, really want to hear it?" Chen Xu bowed with a serious expression.

"I really want to hear it, Xing'er Yue'er, you can also listen to Chen Lidian's high theory carefully. If you can learn a little bit, it would be vain that Chen Lidian brought these bottles of good wine and jealousy!" Jiang Beiting said with an extremely relaxed smile on his face.

"Please give Chen Lidian a detailed explanation!" Jiang Chuxing quickly bowed.

"Hmph!" Jiang Chuyue began to roll her eyes again, then held jealousy in both hands and took a sip, and couldn't help but frown again.

"Okay, today I will tell you about this method to enrich the country and the people!" Chen Xu sorted out his clothes and knelt down seriously, then took out a few brand new copper coins from his pocket and placed them on the desk.

"Today's Great Qin has the southern barbarians and northern barbarians outside and the people's livelihood is difficult inside. The country is not rich but the people are not rich. But in the final analysis, there seems to be only one, that is, food. Do the county master agree with it?"

"Not bad!" Jiang Beiting nodded.

"If there is enough food and the people are not troubled by hunger, is that so rich?" Chen Xu continued before Jiang Beiting said, "That may not be necessary. Filling the belly is just the most basic living security. The Book of Songs says: People are also working hard and living well. If the people want to live a healthy and prosperous life, it is not enough to have enough food. They also need clothes to cover their bodies. With food and clothing, they also need to avoid trouble. With houses, they also need to buy various utensils for production and life. The people can cultivate and the women can weave cloth, but farm tools and pottery bowls and pottery pots cannot be produced by themselves. They have to spend money to buy, but where does the money come from?" Chen Xu looked up at Jiang Beiting and Jiang Chuxing.

"You can sell the money for food and linen. Do you still have to say this?" Jiang Chuyue said coldly.

"But the people are not full of food and clothing, so how can they be redundant in food and linen?" Chen Xu asked with a lip of his lips.

Jiang Chuyue opened her mouth and swallowed the following words back. This problem was obvious. Although she didn't know much about the living environment of farmers, she also learned roughly through the situation in Chi County that the people did not have any excess grain and linen for sale. The farming and labor service alone made the people breathless.

"The people have no money in their hands, so they naturally cannot buy farm tools and daily necessities, but where is the money?" Chen Xu looked at Jiangbeiting again.

Jiang Beiting did not answer the words, holding his beard and waiting for Chen Xu's words below.

"The money is in the court, in merchants, in the kings, princes, and in the Neishiku Mansion, but not in the hands of the people who need money. Therefore, although these money is in the Qin Dynasty, it is dead money and is steeped in manpower and material resources, but it basically has no effect. If you want the people to have money, you must let the money start to flow from existence to none. From the court's merchants, princes, princes, and ministers, and the government of the Ku Mansion, the people can use this money to buy farm tools, buy good varieties, buy livestock, and buy salt and pottery.

, A family can gradually become rich, but rich people will not give this money to the poor. If the money can be circulated into the hands of the people, they must buy them what they can provide. However, the people have poor products, and they can provide only the mountain goods harvested between the mountains and the fields. I need ten kilograms of mountain grapes to make this bottle of wine, and I buy one and five kilograms from the mountain people. If a mountain person is hardworking, he can pick about fifty kilograms a day, then he can get ten

Money, this ten yuan can buy a bucket of salt, which can support the cost of five people in a family for half a year. Although I only purchased fifty kilograms of mountain grapes that seem useless, I solved the salt for half a year for the family. If this villagers were more diligent, from July to September, they could get hundreds of kilograms of mountain grapes, and finally they fell into their hands with dozens or hundreds of dollars. With this money, he could buy hoes and axes and other farm tools, repair houses and add pottery, and even buy new clothes for his family.

In the years of famine, I could still buy grain from the merchants' official warehouses. I collected these used-use mountain grapes, made them into wine and vinegar with special methods, and sold them to those dignitaries and princes and merchants again. The profits they earned were expanded again. In this way, not only Qinghe Town, but also the entire Chi County in the next year, but the poor people in Nanyang County will benefit from it. In this way, the coins will be circulated, and the result of circulation is that everyone gets what they need..."

Chen Xu roughly explained the circulation of currency in the simplest and simple language.

He did not study finance, so he only had a slight understanding of the circulation of currency. However, this theory is extremely novel and convincing in the current Daqin. Therefore, in his statement, not only Jiang Beiting kept nodding, but Jiang Chuxing was also fascinated by listening. Even Jiang Chuyue forgot to drink jealousy, and his little mouth opened and closed.

Some people may know some of these theories, but no one has systematically summarized them. The purpose of money, in the Shang and Zhou dynasties and even the Qin dynasties, was only a supplement to the original exchange model of bartering, which was far from reaching the height of later monetary theory. Therefore, coins were not considered complete in the Qin Dynasty, and they could be either available or not, because even the official ranks of officials were distributed with food and cloth, rather than giving money. The minted copper coins were basically piled up in the warehouse and rust and moldy. The biggest effect was that the emperor used to reward them.

Giving all officials and ministers a reward of tens of thousands of gold is dozens of kilograms of copper coins, and not many places have been used. Because there are too few high-end consumer goods, and because of the emphasis on agriculture and commerce, the development of business driven by currency is very slow. There has been no progress in hundreds of years. Without the support of a mature business system, currency cannot play a big role. If you develop business, you must abandon the legal fundamental issue of focusing on agriculture and commerce on a large scale. This is almost a closely linked and paradoxical contradictory complex.

"The theory of nephew is indeed novel and makes people suddenly understand. Indeed, only when the people are rich can they slowly gain wealth!" Jiang Beiting nodded repeatedly.

"Only when coins are circulated in the hands of those who need them, they can generate sufficient consumption and purchasing power. The people have enough consumption and purchase demand, and can all pottery workshops, wood workshops, and copper and iron workshops flourish. Even workshops like weaving and cloth garment can develop. Clothing, as a bulk consumable that is necessary in daily life, has a very large demand. Once the time is ripe, a large weaving factory and garment factory can be prepared to establish a large weaving factory and garment factory in Chi County to recruit a large number of women who are proficient in weaving and garment making. The profit of a piece of cloth is much greater than that of a stone of grain..."

"If everyone goes to weave cloth and make clothes, then who will cultivate grain?" Jiang Chuyue suddenly interrupted Chen Xu.

This problem is very sharp, especially in the era of the farming society where food is the absolute demand, so Chen Xu suddenly raised his understanding of this rude girl. This woman is rude, but not stupid, and is much smarter than Gongsun Beiyan. However, this problem is just a brainless problem. Even Jiangbeiting sneered at it and continued: "Weaving and making clothes only occurs after the food needs are met. Moreover, cultivating grain must be the main business, and there are strict requirements from the court to the people, so Yue'er's concerns will not occur, but you have this idea very well!"

"Yes, grain production is a must, other needs are affiliated, but everything complements each other, demand will inevitably promote production. Even if there are fewer people growing grain, then grain will inevitably be expensive. Once farmers think that growing grain can make profits, it will encourage farmers to grow more grain to meet market demands. Therefore, this is a virtuous cycle. Of course, the court will not tolerate farmers throwing away wasteland to do business. However, if the law in this regard can be looser, it will allow poor people to have more free and flexible ways to produce and live to make money. The well-off life described by the sages is just around the corner, and the wealth of the people is naturally bringing national wealth. Whether grain cloth or copper and iron pottery will generate a large amount of taxes, the money and grain will fill the treasury. Whether the Qin Dynasty built roads or canals, or even launched a war against the southern barbarians and northern barbarians, there will be no dilemma of demolishing the east wall and repairing the west wall..."

Chen Xu talked happily and used the circulation of money to explain the financial and taxation theory of later generations.

"Where do these theories come from?" Jiang Beiting asked with a serious expression after a long silence.

"Haha, please forgive me, the county master. Xu himself felt it was incredible. It was given by an old man in his dream, and it was unknown to him!" Chen Xu once again used the white-bearded old man as a shield.

Jiang Beiting and Jiang Chuxing both couldn't help but thrust, and only Jiang Chuyue snorted coldly with dissatisfaction.

This excuse is too bad. They are ordinary people, not disciples like Liezi, who will not be fooled by the white-bearded old man in his dream. However, Chen Xu was unwilling to say it, so they naturally could not ask questions, so they could only be depressed.

"The theory that my nephew said has inspired me a lot, but today I am not only here to give me gifts and reason!" Jiang Beiting poured a glass of wine on his own and said.

Chen Xu nodded, then glanced at Jiang Chuyue and Jiang Chuxing who were sitting opposite him.

"Xing'er Yue'er, you guys go ahead!"

"Yes, father!" Jiang Chuxing knew that Chen Xu might have a more serious topic to talk to his father, so he stood up and pulled Jiang Chuyue away.

"Does the county master know what I came today?" Chen Xu asked.

"I guess you will definitely come in the next few days, but I didn't expect it to be so soon. Do you have any suspicion of the identity of the old man?" Jiang Beiting asked lightly, with no unnecessary expression on his face.

"General Wang Jian, I wonder if Xu guessed wrong?"

"I didn't expect that you, a young man from the mountain village who had never left Nanyang, could also guess his identity. It seems that you are not an ordinary person, possessed by a monster!" Jiang Beiting said carefully as he savored the wine.

"Sir, you're kidding. How come Lang Lang's evil spirits come from the world!" Chen Xuyi retorted in a righteous manner.

"My elder brother wrote again a few days ago. Your Majesty was already discussing the conquest of Lingnan. The general suddenly appeared in Qinghe Town. It was quite strange at this time. If a virtuous nephew can be good with him, he may set foot in Xianyang soon and will be ready for his success. However, you must be careful in this matter. Xianyang is not Nanyang, nor in Zhixian. Once you step in, I will have no help. Everything depends on you. Although Wang Jian is the general, he is at home without power or power, so you cannot rely on him. You must be careful in every word and action, especially the left prime minister Li

Although this person studied under Xunzi and learned Confucianism, he practiced Legalism theory. In order to fight for power and profit, he poisoned his senior brother Han Fei. Confucian disciples and Huang Lao apprentices all over the world are almost enemies of him. Be careful not to be wary, so you must not have conflicts with him. Now what you do is tolerated by other schools, but it is not in line with the concept of the Legalism. There are also Zhao Gao, although he has been stripped of his official position and is at home for more than ten years, and he has many traitors in Xianyang. Moreover, you have a grudge against him, so you should be careful..."

"Xu Duo, thank you for your care and support from Lord Xu!" Chen Xu stood up and walked into the hall, bowed deeply to Jiangbeiting to the end. Moreover, this gift was also grateful from the bottom of his heart. At least his Li Dian was given by Jiangbeiting, which made his family become an exploiting class and no longer had to worry about food and drink.

"Well, Wang Jian's military achievements are profound and highly valued and loved by His Majesty. You must treat him well in Qinghe Town. Remember not to collide. Go, and help me bring me a few more bottles of Qinghe wine next time I come!" Jiang Beiting waved his hand.

"Of course, I will send someone to you in a few days!" Chen Xu got the answer and was unwilling to stay for too long to take a break.

"By the way, how much is your Qinghe wine to be sold?"

"Do you think it's expensive if you have five hundred dollars per bottle?" Chen Xu asked cautiously.

"Ahem~" Jiang Beiting squirted the table with a mouthful of wine, and slapped his face a few times, pinching the wine glass and gritting his teeth and nodding, saying, "It's not expensive, it's worth the money!"

"Hehe, that's good. Next time Xu gives you a few more bottles. You drink it slowly, Xu will leave!"

Chen Xu turned around, and walked out with an extremely proud smile on his face.

"Although this son is young, he is as polite as a gentleman, and is greedy for money and is as greedy as a villain. He speaks strangely, has an extremely intelligent mind, is very skillful, and knows medical skills. The Central General Zhao Qing just left, and now the general Wang Jian has made a private visit again. In this way, is he a disciple of the Funiu Mountain Immortal Family rumored to be widely rumored to be?"

After Chen Xu left, Jiangbeiting muttered to himself for a moment after realizing it, then his eyes suddenly lit up, and he put down his wine glass and shouted: "Qingshan, call Xiaoyue!"

"Yes!" The middle-aged man who had been guarding the door turned around and left, and soon took Jiang Chuyue into the room.

Not long after Jiang Chuyue entered, her little face turned red, and there seemed to be flames burning in her eyes. She stood in the yard for a long time and bit her lip and went out, but found that there was no trace of someone at the door.

After Chen Xu walked out of the county government, he searched for soldiers and found the residence of the county magistrate Fang Kuan. He went to visit again with a few bottles of fruit vinegar and a tube of tea. He came out calmly after half an hour.

Just when Chen Xu came to Zhi County, Wang Jian and Bai Zhen, who were still in Qinghe Town, were also sitting on the river beach chatting, and four guards stood far away with big swords on their shoulders to protect them.

"Grandpa, Chen Xu took people to Chi County early this morning. Could it be that he had doubts about our identity? Jiangbeiting knew you, and our identity could never be hidden after he had been there!" Bai Zhen said carefully.

"Ta, why should you and me hide your identities? If I hadn't dealt with Zhao Zhe in Wancheng, I would have led the soldiers of Zhongce Mansion to come. This man was weird and intelligent. With the protection of Liezi's disciples, it would be difficult to hide it. Let's talk about it when he comes back!" Wang Jian said lightly.

"That question yesterday seemed to have stumped him. He pretended to be drunk and covered him up. Come back today to see how he answers?"

"I am also looking forward to it. This is what Your Majesty entrusts. The battle in Lingnan is close to you. If there is no good method, there will be heavy losses. I hope he can give a perfect plan!"

"Although this boy is magical, he just grew up in this remote countryside. He has never seen the world before, let alone know how to march and fight. I think His Majesty's hope this time will be lost!"

"Watch the changes, listen to them, keep your duty carefully, and be secretive. This is a way to protect yourself. You must not make trouble. No matter whether Chen Xu has or not, your Majesty will send troops to do anything in Lingnan, so don't talk about this matter!" Wang Jian turned his head and looked at his grandson and warned him earnestly.
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