I accidentally pulled away again.

Generally speaking, the current Great Qin is still a country that is almost free speech, and it is also very open-minded for cultural people, and the status of cultural people is also very high, and it is also a kind of learning to engage in invention and creation, and no one cares, so Qin Shi Huang was cautious after learning that Liezi's disciples discovered the matter of the immortal disciples, because Lieyukou himself is not only a Taoist disciple, but also a great philosopher and thinker, and also an astronomy enthusiast and scientist, making many astronomical equipment for observing celestial bodies. In human civilization, the idea of four stages of the generation of the universe was first proposed, and the theories such as "Theory of Celestial Motion", "Theory of Earth Motion" and "Theory of Infinite Universe" recorded in "Liezi" were far earlier than similar theories in the West, and completely developed Lao Tzu's theory of cosmology to the stage of almost practical scientific theory, but the Chinese philosophical system was too complex and complex, and there were too many schools of thought and too many and too prosperous, resulting in his theory not having much correspondence at that time and thus not being widely recognized, but even so, The status of Liezi is still very high in Chinese history, that is, the status of the rivers and lakes is very high, and it is a figure who carries the handle of Taoism, which is equivalent to the status of Wudang Shaolin in the rivers and lakes in later generations.

Therefore, as a disciple of Liezi, the identity of Yu Wuya and Shui Qingwen fell in the ears of Qin Shi Huang, which is also very high, and you must be cautious and not easily collide, after all, Liezi disciples represent a super large group, whether it is the current doctor, Yin-Yang or Confucianism, almost all of them originated from Taoism, and the Guixu faction, as a very important branch of Taoism, as a typical representative of Huang Lao's academics, has a high status and cannot be easily touched.

And Chen Xu was advertised as a disciple of the Immortal Family, and his status was several grades higher than that of the disciples of Liezi, and the disciples of the Immortal Family who followed the disciples of Liezi, even Qin Shi Huang had to be cautious, and sent his important ministers to contact and visit twice, and even planned to come to visit in person to show his sincerity, which certainly included his desire to pray for immortality, as well as his respect and awe for the immortals, after all, Qin Shi Huang himself knew that he was just an ordinary person, and the Taoist masters who cultivated immortals and asked were not on the same starting line, In other words, those legendary immortal immortals would look down on him as an ordinary human emperor, so they made several subsequent tours to the southeast to personally visit and look for Xu Fu.

And since learning that Chen Xu got the three volumes of Taiyi Tianzun in his dream, Yu Wuya is naturally full of passion and interest in Chen Xu and Chen Xu's research and invention without doing business, according to Yu Wuya, since Engong has obtained the real immortal inheritance, not making a high-grade immortal weapon that cuts through the void is simply a shame for the disciples of the immortal family and a shame for Taiyi Tianzun.

So Chen Xu worked harder and harder, it is true that the quantum-level weapon that cuts through the void and shuttles through the black hole cannot be developed, and the nuclear-level weapon that can destroy the earth is absolutely not possible, but it is not impossible to make gunpowder and invent the cannon, so he has now entrusted Zhao Qing and Shui Qingrou to go down to the sky to find all kinds of ore raw materials, just wait for one day to study all the aircraft cannons.

Bowed his head and thought for a long time, just when Jiangbei Pavilion thought that Chen Xu understood his words and realized his mistake, Chen Xu raised his head and arched his hand, and said with a very serious face: "Lord County, is Daqin rich?" ”

This question was asked very abruptly and at a very turning point, Jiangbei Pavilion shook his head for a long time and said: "After a hundred years of war, Great Qin finally unified the six countries, it can be said that the army is strong, but it is definitely not rich. ”

"Then may I ask if the people are rich?" Chen Xu asked again.

"After the war, all the people are suffering!" Jiang Beiting shook his head lightly and sighed.

Chen Xu gave his hand again: "Since the current Great Qin is not rich and the people are not rich, but what is the crux?" ”

"The crux?!" Jiangbei Pavilion stroked his beard, and shook his head after thinking for a long time, "The crux can be said to be in the court, it can also be said to be in the people, now the concept of governing the country, the court and the people are increasingly divided, the left minister Li Si implements strict laws and regulations, strict household registration management, plus taxes and forced labor are also quite heavy, but to resist the barbarians in the south, resist the Huns in the north, coupled with the construction of the straight road, the court has to be, the use of the people's power is too much, and the people's livelihood will inevitably suffer, but if not, Daqin is uneasy inside and outside, and the surrounding is restless, and all kinds of factors accumulate and entangle together, You have the predicament you have now, but what does this have to do with your study of food? ”

"These really don't have much to do with my study of food and winemaking, but what I study is directly related to the wealth of Daqin!" Chen Xu said.

"Haha~" Jiang Beiting was stunned for a moment and laughed, "You, you're just looking for an excuse for your deviant behavior, or whatever, if you're bored today, I'll listen to your rich country's high theory!" ”

"Do you really want to hear it?" Chen Xu arched his hand with a serious expression.

"I really want to hear it, Xing'er Yue'er, you should also listen to Chen Lidian's high opinions, if you can learn half a claw, it will not be in vain that Chen Lidian sent these bottles of good wine and vinegar!" Jiang Beiting said with a relaxed smile on his face.

"Please tell me carefully!" Jiang Chuxing hurriedly surrendered his hand.

"Humph!" Jiang Chuyue began to roll her eyes again, then took a sip of vinegar in both hands, and couldn't help frowning again.

"Okay, today I will tell the county and Brother Jiang about this method of enriching the country and enriching the people!" Chen Xu tidied up his clothes, sat down on his knees solemnly, and then took out a few brand-new copper coins from his pocket and gently placed them on the desk.

"Today's Great Qin, there are southern barbarians and northern barbarians outside, and there are people's livelihood and hardships inside, the country is not rich and the people are not rich, but in the final analysis, there seems to be only one, that is, food, does the county lord think so?"

"Not bad!" Jiangbei Pavilion nodded his head.

"If there is enough food, and all the people are free from hunger, is it rich?" After Chen Xu finished speaking, he didn't wait for Jiang Beiting to speak, and then continued: "That's not necessarily, the stomach is only the most basic life guarantee, the poetry is elegant: the people also work, and they are well-off, if the people want to live a healthy and prosperous life, it is not enough to have food, they also need clothes to cover their bodies, they need food and clothing, they also need houses to avoid trouble, they need to buy various utensils needed for production and life, people can farm, women can weave, but farm tools and pottery bowls and pots can not 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.

"The money can be sold for grain and linen, do you still want to say this?" Jiang Chuyue said coldly.

"But the people can't eat enough and don't have enough clothing, so how can there be more food and linen?" Chen Xu pursed his lips and asked.

Jiang Chuyue opened her mouth and swallowed back the words behind, this question is obvious, although she doesn't know much about the living environment of the peasants, but she also roughly understands through the situation in Pheasant County, the people do not have extra grain and linen to sell, just farming and forced labor will overwhelm the people.

"People have no money in their hands, so naturally they can't buy farm tools and daily necessities, but where is the money?" Chen Xu looked at Jiangbei Pavilion again.

Jiang Beiting didn't answer, holding his beard and waiting for Chen Xu's next words.

"Money in the imperial court, in the merchants, in the princes and princesses, in the inner Shiku Mansion, but not in the hands of the people who need money, so although these money is in Daqin, but it is dead money, it takes manpower and material resources to cast it but basically does not work, if you want to let the people have money in their hands, then you must let the money begin to flow from there to nothing, from the court merchants, princes and princes and the treasury to the hands of the people, the people can use the money to buy farm tools, buy improved seeds, buy livestock, buy salt pottery, and a family can slowly become rich, But rich people will not give this money to the poor people, so that the money can circulate to the people, you must buy from them the things and items they can provide, but the people are poor, can provide only the mountain goods picked and harvested between the mountains and fields, I brew this bottle of wine, I need ten catties of mountain grapes, I buy one money and five catties from the mountain people, if a mountain man is hardworking, he can pick about fifty catties a day, then he can get ten yuan, these ten dollars can buy a bucket of salt, to support a family of five people for half a year, If this villager is more industrious, from July to September, he can get hundreds of catties of mountain grapes from July to September, and finally he has dozens of hundreds of dollars in his hands, with which he can buy hoes and axes and other farm tools, or repair houses and add pottery, and even buy new clothes for his family. The wine and fruit vinegar were made by a special method, and then sold to those dignitaries and princes and merchants, and the profits were once again expanded to the scale of purchase, so that not only Qinghe Town, but also the entire Pheasant County tomorrow, and the poor people of the entire Nanyang County in the year after tomorrow could benefit from it, so that the coins were circulated, and the result of circulation was that everyone got what they needed......"

Chen Xu used the simplest and most simple language to roughly explain the circulation of currency.

He didn't study finance, so he only knew a little about the circulation of money, but this theory was extremely novel and convincing to today's Great Qin, so in his story, not only Jiang Beiting kept bowing his head, Jiang Chuxing was also fascinated by it, and even Jiang Chuyue forgot to drink vinegar, and his small mouth opened and closed.

Some of these theories may be known, but no one has systematically summarized them, and the use of money, in the Shang and Zhou dynasties and even the Great Qin period, is only a supplement to the primitive exchange mode of barter, far from reaching the height of the monetary theory in later generations, so coins in the Great Qin are not a complete currency, there may or may not be, because even the official rank of officials is issued with grain and cloth, not money, and the copper coins minted are basically still piled up in the treasury rust and mildew. The biggest effect is that the emperor used it to reward hundreds of officials and ministers, and often rewarded thousands of gold, that is, dozens of catties and hundreds of catties of copper coins, and there are not too many places to use them, because there are too few high-end consumer goods, and because of the reason of heavy agriculture and suppression of business, so the development of commerce driven by money is very slow, there is no progress for hundreds of years, there is no mature commercial system support, and money can not play a big role, and if you develop business, you must abandon the fundamental problem of law of heavy agriculture and business suppression on a large scale. It's almost a complex of closely connected and paradoxical contradictions.

"The theory of virtuous nephews is indeed novel, and it makes people suddenly, it is true that only when the common people are rich, can they slowly buy family property and become rich!" Jiang Beiting nodded repeatedly.

"Coin only circulates to the hands of those who need it, in order to produce enough consumption power and purchasing power, the people have enough consumption and purchase demand, even with pottery workshops, carpentry workshops, copper and iron workshops can flourish, and even weaving and clothing workshops can also be developed, and clothing as a kind of daily necessities in addition to food, the demand is very large, once the time is ripe, you can also prepare for the formation of a large weaving factory and garment factory in Pheasant County, Recruit a large number of women who are proficient in weaving and garment making to process and produce, and the profit from one piece of cloth is far greater than that of one stone of grain......"

"If everybody weaves cloth and makes clothes, then who's going to grow the grain?" Jiang Chuyue suddenly interrupted Chen Xu's words.

This question is very acute, especially for the era of food as the absolute demand in the agrarian society, so Chen Xu suddenly raised his awareness of this unruly girl, this woman is rude, but not stupid, much smarter than Gongsun Beiyan, but this problem is just a brainless question, even Jiangbei Pavilion was a little scoffing, and then said: "Weaving and clothing will only appear after the food demand is met, and cultivating grain must be the main business, and there are strict requirements from the court to the people, So Yue'er's worries won't appear, but it's good that you have this idea! ”

"Yes, food production is a must, other needs are subsidiary, but everything complements each other, demand will inevitably promote production, even if there are fewer people who grow grain, then food must be valuable, once farmers feel that growing grain can be profitable, then it will promote farmers to plant more food to meet the needs of the market, so this is a virtuous circle, of course, the court will not tolerate farmers to abandon the land to do business, but if the law in this area can be loosened a little, Let the poor people have a more free and flexible way of production and life to earn money, the well-off life described by the sages is just around the corner, and the wealth of the people naturally brings the wealth of the country, whether it is grain, cloth or copper, iron and pottery, will generate a large amount of taxes, these money and grain fill the treasury, whether Daqin is building roads or canals, or even waging war against the southern barbarians and northern Yi, there will be no more dilemma of demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall......"

Chen Xu talked eloquently, using the circulation of money to explain the financial and taxation theories of later generations.

"Where do these theories come from?" After being silent for a long time, Jiang Beiting asked with a serious face.

"Hehe, forgive me, Lord County, Xu himself feels unbelievable about this matter, it was given by an old man in his dream, and he is unknown!" Chen Xu once again offered the white-bearded old man as a shield.

Jiang Beiting and Jiang Chuxing both twitched involuntarily, and only Jiang Chuyue snorted coldly dissatisfied.

This excuse is too bad, they are ordinary people, not disciples like Yu Wuya, they will not be easily fooled by the white-bearded old man in their dreams, but Chen Xu is reluctant to say, they naturally can't ask, they can only be depressed.

"The theory that the virtuous nephew said has inspired me a lot, but the virtuous nephew is not only here to give me gifts and reason today!" Jiang Beiting poured another glass of wine and said.

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

"Xing'er Yue'er, you guys go down for the time being!"

"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 to say goodbye and leave.

"Does Lord Xianzun know why I came today?" Chen Xu asked.

"I guessed that you would definitely come in the next few days, but I didn't expect it to be so soon, do you have any doubts about the identity of the old man?" Jiang Beiting asked lightly, without any superfluous expression on his face.

"General Wang Qian, I don't know if Xu guessed wrong?"

"I didn't expect you, a young man from a mountain village who has never been out of Nanyang, to be able to guess his identity, it seems that you are really not an ordinary person, possessed by demons!" Jiangbei Pavilion tasted the wine carefully and said.

"My lord is joking, how can Lang Lang Qiankun come to be evil!" Chen Xuyi's rhetorical rebuttal.

"My eldest brother wrote again a few days ago, His Majesty has been discussing the conquest of Lingnan, but the general suddenly appeared in Qinghe Town, at this time it is quite strange, if the virtuous nephew can get along with it, it will not be able to set foot in Xianyang in the near future, and the day of Feihuang Tengda can be waited, but you have to be cautious about this matter, Xianyang is not Nanyang, let alone Pheasant County, once you step in, I will have no help, everything depends on yourself, although Wang Jian is a general, but after all, Xianfu has no power at home, so you can't rely on him everything, you have to be cautious in everything you say and do, Especially Zuo Xiang Li Si, although this person studied under Xun and learned Confucianism, but what he did was Legalist theory, in order to fight for power and profit, he poisoned his senior brother Han Fei, almost all Confucian disciples and Huang Lao apprentices in the world are enemies with it, and they must not be careful, so don't be careful to conflict with it, now what you do can be tolerated by other schools, but it is not compatible with the concept of Legalism, and that Zhao Gao, although he is now stripped of his official position and idle at home, but he has been deeply cultivated in Xianyang for more than ten years, and he has a lot of treacherous henchmen, And if you have an enmity with it, you should be more careful with ......"

"Thank you for your care and support!" Chen Xu stood up and walked to the hall, bowed deeply to Jiangbei Pavilion, and this gift was also from the bottom of his heart, at least he was given by Jiangbei Pavilion, so that his family became an exploiting class, and he no longer had to worry about eating and drinking.

"Well, Wang Jian has made great achievements in the army, and he has won the respect and love of His Majesty, he is in Qinghe Town, you have to be courteous, remember not to rush, go, help me bring a few more bottles of Qinghe wine when I come next time!" Jiangbei Pavilion waved his hand.

"This is natural, I will send someone to send it in a few days!" Chen Xu got the answer, and he didn't want to stay longer and prepare to retire.

"By the way, how much are you going to sell this Qinghe wine?"

"Five hundred dollars for a bottle, do adults think it's expensive?" Chen Xu asked cautiously.

"Ahem~" Jiang Beiting squirted a sip of wine on the table, twitched a few times with a slick of his face, pinched the wine glass, nodded through gritted teeth, and said, "It's not expensive, it's worth the money!" ”

"Hehe, that's good, next time Xu will send a few more bottles, you drink slowly, Xu will retire!"

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

"Although this son is young, he behaves politely like a gentleman, and he is greedy for money like a villain, his speech is strange, he is extremely intelligent, sharp-minded, extremely skillful and understands medical skills, Zhao Qing, the middle servant, has just left, and now the general Wang Jian is actually slightly obedient to private visits, and so on, could it be that he is the disciple of the Funiu Mountain Immortal Family that is rumored to be in the outside world?"

After Chen Xu left, Jiangbei Pavilion muttered to himself for a moment, and 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 after a while, he walked into the room with Jiang Chuyue.

Not long after Jiang Chuyue entered, her little face flushed out, there seemed to be a flame burning in her eyes, and after standing in the courtyard for a long time, she bit her lip and went out, only to find that there was no shadow of someone at the door.

After Chen Xu walked out of the county office, he inquired about the soldiers, found the residence of the county lieutenant Fang Kuan, and went to visit again with a few bottles of fruit vinegar and a tube of tea, and only came out calmly after half an hour.

And when Chen Xu came to Pheasant County, Wang Jian and Bai Zhen, who were still in Qinghe Town, were also sitting on the river beach chatting, and the four guards stood around from afar with big swords.

"Grandpa, Chen Xu took someone to Pheasant County early this morning, could it be that he was suspicious of our identity, Jiangbei Pavilion knows you, and our identity can no longer be concealed after he has been there!" Bai Zhen said cautiously.

"Hey, why do you and I need to hide our identities, if it weren't for the matter of Zhao Zhe in Wancheng, I would lead the soldiers of Zhongce Mansion to come, this son is full of eccentricity, brilliant intelligence, plus the protection of Liezi's disciples, it is difficult to hide it, wait for him to come back!" Wang Jian said lightly.

"That question seemed to stump him yesterday, and he even pretended to be drunk to cover up the past, and come back today to see how he answered?"

"The old man is also very much looking forward to it, this is a matter entrusted by His Majesty, the battle of Lingnan is close at hand, if there is no good way, there will be heavy losses, I hope he can give a perfect plan!"

"Although this son is magical, he just grew up in this poor country, and he has never gone out to see the world, let alone knows how to march and fight, I think Your Majesty's hopes this time will be disappointed!"

"Wait and see the changes, listen to it, abide by your duty, keep it secret, this is the way to protect yourself, you must not do nothing, whether Chen Xu has a method or not, Your Majesty will send troops, so don't discuss this matter!" Wang Jian turned his head to look at his grandson and admonished earnestly.

"Zhen'er knows!" Bai Zhen hurriedly nodded in agreement.