Wang Shouren, Tang Yin, and Zhu Houzhao all had something to do, and at the dinner in the evening, only Xie Zhi and Xu Jing were left on the round table of Nuoda.

"Zhixian, but what else needs to be done down? Bohu and they are all busy, and they feel extremely useless in the yazhong in their leisure. ”

Since Xie Zhi came out with Xu Jing, he naturally wanted to arrange something for him, and he wouldn't let him eat white rice.

Regarding Xu Jing's question, Xie Zhi smiled and said, "I want to talk to you, there is something I want to hand over to you to be responsible, but I am afraid that you will dislike it." ”

Xu Jing gave up continuing the imperial examination, and followed Xie Zhi out to do a lot of work, and he would not be disgusted if he was tired.

Xu Jing didn't think about it, so he said: "The magistrate, please say, no matter what happens, I am willing to go." ”

Xu Jing is talking happily now, but he is afraid that Xie Zhi will hesitate when he says it.

Xu Jing asked, and Xie Zhi replied: "I want to ask Father Heng to start taking charge of the business affairs of this county, Shinong Industry and Commerce, Shang is not at the bottom, this is really not a high-level errand, if Father Heng is unwilling, he will not suggest." ”

Tang Yin is in charge of the county school, and he is the most high.

Wang Shouren is in charge of Yun Zhongwei, although he is declining, he can still speak.

But this business matter is really...

Xu Jing really hesitated, and after a while, he asked, "How do you do it?" ”

Xie Zhi put down the chopsticks in his hand and said: "Whether it is the village school in the county or the cloud Zhongwei in the future, they all need silver money as support. Relying only on some fields, according to the laws of the imperial court, if you collect rent, it is far from enough to support the huge expenses, a certain plan, you are responsible for opening up a trade route, creating income for the county, and not creating some wealth for the people. ”

Xie Zhi briefly said some plans, and Xu Jing was still considering them.

If you want to be a businessman, why do you need to study hard for so many years.

Xie Zhi saw that Xu Jing was a little embarrassed, and he didn't do persecution, and said: "This matter, Father Heng, you consider it yourself, if you don't want to, then choose someone else to do it, but for the time being, it is really not easy to find a person who can take on this great responsibility like Father Heng." ”

Picked up the wine glass, took a sip of wine, Xie Zhi sighed and said: "The people take food as the sky, only by burying their heads in planting food, is the guarantee of the stability of the prosperous world, the merchants make a lot of profits, in order to avoid no one farming to do business, all dynasties are suppressing the merchants, in fact, when there is a surplus of food, other labor creates its own inexhaustible products, which is the need for merchants to sell these things, otherwise, they can't use it, others need it, from the beginning of barter, to the present silver exchange, this is progress, not regression." ”

The development of commerce is also a collision of civilizations, but also a cultural exchange, learning from each other's strengths to lay the foundation for the development of science and technology.

Naturally, these loud things, Xie Zhi said, and Xu Jing may not be able to understand.

However, as Xu Xiake's ancestor, Xie Zhi believes that Xu Jing is not bad.

After Xie Zhi's exclamation, Xu Jing finally opened his mouth and asked, "I don't know what Zhixian thinks about the matter of Shangjia?" ”

Xu Jing asked again, which means that Xu Jing still has some ideas on this matter.

Xie Zhi replied: "Here and the Tatar Department is unwilling, you can exchange with the special products here, and get their unique things are naturally not only sold to the people in the clouds, after all, in the clouds, how much income can be earned, to take these things to other places for sale, here is not far from Tianjin Wei, through the sea route there, sell overseas, and bring back the products of the place to sell, in the Tatar place is not worth much silver fur, maybe it is worth a lot of money overseas, It is these differences that are earned. ”

Ranking businessmen in the last industry, in fact, there are also those scholars who deliberately suppress them.

After all, money is dung to the sour literati, and this kind of behavior of sharpening the head to earn the difference is not on the table.

Xu Jing was thinking about it, Xie Zhi said: "Whether a country is rich or not, it has to be guaranteed with grain, but it also depends on the amount of money, naturally, this money depends on the market..."

Advanced economics, Xu Jing may be difficult to accept, let's put it simply.

After a pause, Xie Zhi said again: "Although you look at the silver money, you can't blindly create silver money, just take the treasure money that Taizu made, these treasure money has created too much, and it can only depreciate it, and no matter how much silver money you have, you can't call it rich." ”

Explaining this problem, Xie Zhi said: "The wealth of the people determines the wealth of the country, just like what we have to do next, we have silver, and after the rest is in the clouds, we can give it to the imperial court, so that the imperial court can fill the treasury to raise troops, and the more people who do business, the silver collected by the imperial court will naturally be more, and the tax from the land can be exempted, and the imperial court will no longer collect taxes, and the authority to open up wasteland can also be lowered."

The land in the hands of those royal relatives and nobles is no longer valuable, and can only be sold at a low price in the end, so that the people have their own land, who will leave their homes, their own farming, the grain obtained is their own, and if there is enough rations in the whole family, if there is still surplus grain, they can sell these grains, so that the real wealth of the people in various industries will be achieved. ”

Xie Zhi's words made Xu Jing stunned, and after a while, he asked, "This matter is as simple as that?" ”

Xie Zhi smiled slightly, and replied: "It's easy to say, but it's hard to really operate, so you need a person who can do things to do, and it's not so easy for a pioneer to do it, but if this trade route can be opened, half of the success of an idea." ”

After a pause, Xie Zhi continued: "With the efforts of His Majesty, although the Ming Dynasty has entered Zhongxing, the problems existing in the previous dynasties have been highlighted.

Before Xie Zhi finished speaking, Xu Jing got up and said: "Zhixian has such a great ambition, how can he hesitate because he is afraid of his reputation, this matter should be ordered in Xia, although Zhixian can rest assured, he will definitely be able to do this well." ”

This agreed, Xu Jing's abrupt promise, so that Xie Zhi was a little unable to react, stunned for a moment, and then said: "If you think about it, then do it, all the resources in the county can be used, if there is a need for the imperial court to come forward, go and ask Your Majesty for an order." ”

Xu Jing arched his hand again: "Xie Zhixian." ”

Xie Zhi raised his hand and beckoned: "If you can get the help of Heng's father, you will be fortunate in your three lives, and you will also have the help of Heng's father, Bohu and Bo'an, who don't care about fame and fortune, otherwise, how can these things be done?" ”

After Xu Jing took a few bites of food, he rushed to leave.

This is really vigorous enough, I thought about it just now, and now I am in a hurry to do something.

Xie Zhi ate and read the book, and then went to sleep.

At noon, He Liang came back, and brought an old man and a young father and son with him.

"Young Master, this is Craftsman Yin, this is his son..."

Xie Zhi, who was reading on the rattan chair in the courtyard, heard He Liang's introduction, and immediately got up from the rattan chair and asked, "Who made firearms?" ”

The father nodded and replied, "Villain Yin Shui, please meet the county master." ”

Xie Zhi waved his hand to stop his father, who was about to bow, and said, "No need... Yin Shui? The name is interesting. ”

Yin Shui smiled and replied: "The villain's father said that the villain wants to deal with firearms, so he took this name, saying that it can keep the villain safe." ”

After Yin Shui's introduction, He Liang took out a letter and said: "This is from His Majesty to the young master, and there are also some firearms and gunpowder, which were escorted by more than ten people from the Shenji Battalion, and the villain was afraid that the young master would be in a hurry, so he came back first with Yin Jiang's father and son." ”

He Liang spoke, Xie Zhi also opened the letter, flipped through it and looked at it for a long time, there was not a word on it, he held it and looked at it through the light for a long time, and there were no scratches, this is a code?

Xie Zhi took the letter in front of him and asked, "This is from Your Majesty?" Word? Heavenly Books? ”

He Liang was stunned for a moment, recalled for a long time, and said: "After the villain gave the letter to the master, he has been waiting for His Majesty's reply at home, it was Gonggong Xiao who handed over the letter to the villain, Gonggong Xiao led the villain to the Shenji Camp, passed on His Majesty's message, and brought out Yin Jiang's father and son and some firearms and gunpowder, and the villain never looked at this letter again..."

The only people who handled this letter were Xiao Jing and He Liang, and the two of them naturally changed the letter for no reason, and the only possibility was that when Emperor Hongzhi gave it, it was blank.

What do you mean, isn't it good to explain it directly? You have to play some dumb riddle!

However, who made Xie Zhi smart, looking at this letter, Xie Zhi can also understand what Emperor Hongzhi meant, I'm afraid it's not troublesome for him, right?

He is a sincere person, and when he left Jingshi, Emperor Hongzhi said that he had something to look for him.

Xie Zhi didn't think much about it, accepted the letter, and said: "Let's go at night, take Yin Jiang to rest first, and later, this county has some ideas about the fire gun to communicate with Yin Jiang." ”