"Sloppy, misleading?" Mo Dun Huo Ran raised his head and stared at Yu Zhining and said, "The Book of Prosperity is a summary of the successful experience of Mojia Village, and it is a practical and feasible strategy to enrich the people. ”

Yu Zhining sneered: "For thousands of years, the dynasties of the past dynasties have been heavy on agriculture and suppressed business, how did it become a businessless and inactive in the mouth of Mohou, and it was the first to do business in Yazhou, and the low-priced tribute oranges in Yazhou have increased several times through the hands of the Mo family. ”

Merton sneered and retorted: "Since Lord Yu thinks that businessmen are useless, why not play Your Majesty and prohibit the people of the world from doing business." ”

"Huh!" Yu Zhining was choked suddenly, although he agreed with the emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of business, if the music forbade the world to do business, he would definitely be laughed out of his big teeth.

"Since ancient times, the emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of commerce is based on the fact that the world's products are not abundant, and the people are still short of clothes and food, and attaching importance to agriculture is the foundation of the country. Merton said loudly.

The officials couldn't help nodding, but they had experienced the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and naturally knew that the reason for the turmoil was that the people couldn't survive, so they rose up one after another.

"As for no work and no wealth, a bucket of grain is only three or five cents, if it is ground into flour, the price can be increased by three percent, if it is made into a cake, this can be several times profitable; An egg is only a penny, and the price of hatching chicks doubles; A pound of iron material is only ten Wen, a pound of good steel Baiwen is more than 100 Wen, as for the reason why the price of Gong Ju has increased several times, do you know how much manpower and material resources are needed to transport Mojia Village from the distant Yazhou to Chang'an City, coupled with the secret skills of the Mo family, in order to make the Gong Ju fresh as ever, such a price is also extremely fair, the people of Chang'an City have bought it is proof, the so-called work is to process agricultural products through ink technology, and to double the value, this is the reason why no work is not rich, but also the reason why Mojia Village is rich. Merton said proudly.

"What about not having a business?" Yu Zhining asked rhetorically. The Tang Dynasty also emphasized agriculture and suppressed business, and Mo Jiazi's "Getting Rich Sutra" openly supported businessmen, so he saw how Mo Dun justified himself.

Merton was not afraid to say: "Merchants do not produce, but they run between the two places, to achieve communication, and now the Tang Dynasty is thriving, through the progress of Datang ink technology, Quyuan plough and pesticides can increase grain production year after year, artificial incubation technology makes chickens, ducks and geese everywhere, grafting technology makes melons and fruits all over the mountains." At this time, the people who grow grain want to eat meat, those who breed chickens and ducks want to eat fruits, and those who grow fruit trees want food. All of these require merchants to transport goods and communicate with each other. The people exchanged the surplus harvest for money, so that everyone could get the material things they wanted. If there is no merchant to bring grain and buy tribute oranges, I am afraid that the tribute oranges all over the mountains are rotten on the trees and no one cares, and how can the people in Chang'an City be able to taste such deliciousness. ”

The officials nodded one after another, although everyone said that agriculture was important and business was suppressed, but in private, which one did not do business secretly, otherwise how to maintain a decent life in Chang'an City.

"All the people in the world are indispensable, and businessmen are also an indispensable part of the world, of course, there are many unscrupulous businessmen, hoarding and shoddy, which requires the supervision of the imperial court." Merton added.

Yu Zhining laughed and said: "Mohou tongue fights lotus, but it can't hide a fact, the wealth of the world is just a bowl of water, one person takes more, there will be one person who takes less, the so-called Mojia Village and Yazhou are rich, but they are just taking the wealth of the world to fatten the two places." ”

As soon as Yu Zhining's words came out, many civil officials immediately bowed their heads, and since ancient times, the theory of a bowl of water for the world's wealth has become recognized by the world. As soon as Yu Zhining's theory came out, it immediately aroused widespread support.

Merton angrily rebuked: "It's ridiculous, a bowl of water in the world is simply a big fallacy." Wealth is not quantitative, but created by thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty, otherwise the taxes of the Tang Dynasty have increased year after year, where does the extra money come from, is it that the imperial court is looting the people again. ”

"Mo Jiazi, don't be arrogant." Yu Zhining's face was embarrassed and said, if it was the same tax payment every year before, Yu Zhining's words seemed to be extremely correct, but since the Mo family's ink technique was widely used, Datang's taxes have skyrocketed year after year, which immediately made this sentence full of loopholes, and Mo Dun directly hit his key point as soon as he made a move.

"Xiaguan is not talking nonsense, the wealth of the world is a bowl of water, it may be so in a short period of time, but from a long-term point of view, the wealth of the world is growing, take the tax of Datang as an example, the annual increase of one percent of the tax, is the wealth created by the hard work of the people of Datang in the past year.

"This is just the data of the past few years, if you compare it with the previous dynasties, you will find that the wealth of the Tang Dynasty will far exceed that of the previous dynasties, where does this wealth come from?" Merton asked rhetorically.

Yan Shigu nodded and said, "However, taking the most powerful Han Wu period as an example, its annual tax is less than fifty percent of the current Tang Dynasty. ”

"And farther away in the Xia, Shang and Zhou periods, the land of China is even more barren, and the people of the world build cities and open up farmland, these are the wealth created by the people, and it is the hard work of my Chinese people from generation to generation that makes us rich today. Not to mention that the original output of one acre of farmland is only three quintals, such as today's farmland has been generally four quintals, the original two-wheeled carriage, the cargo capacity is only a thousand catties, and the four-wheeled carriage generally carries three or five thousand catties, the consumption of forage is almost the same, the original melons and fruits are scarce, grafting technology can make melons and fruits all over the mountains, these increased output in adults do not know if they can explain where it comes from. Merton stared.

Yu Zhining's face suddenly turned red, and he was speechless, the increase in production brought by the Mo family's ink technique was extremely significant, and these naked data directly slapped him in the face, making him unable to refute.

Merton said proudly: "What a fallacy is a bowl of water in the world's wealth, wealth is created through the hands of all the people in the world, accumulated from generation to generation, according to the current momentum, Datang's taxes will increase at a rate of one percent per year, you can calculate, ten years later, Datang's taxes will double on the existing basis, twenty years later, and double every ten years, if it is a hundred years later, my Datang's annual taxes will reach a huge number." ”

"Whew!"

The people of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help but be agitated, and many ministers who were skilled in arithmetic had even calculated the unimaginable astronomical number.

"If the existing Datang wealth is a bowl of water, over time, it will accumulate a bucket of water, a tank of water, or even a lake of water until it accumulates into an endless sea." Merton said loudly.

At this point, the first wealth controversy of the Tang Dynasty officially ended, and with the support of iron-like data, Yu Zhining's body was incomplete. Merton's theory of wealth creation made his debut in Datang.