Hearing that Zhuge Liang's sister and younger brother had come and made a home in Pingyu, Sun Ce was very satisfied.

That's the right attitude.

"How do you see it, what do you think?"

"The people are rich and the officials are poor, and the generals are commendable, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to last. If the enemy army enters the country, it will have the disadvantage of raising the enemy. ”

Sun Ce and Guo Jia exchanged a look and smiled in unison. As expected, Zhuge Liang came with problems, not as simple as investment. He is not willing to start from the most basic apprentice military plan, he wants to take the lead and strive for a higher starting point for himself. Perhaps he has already benchmarked himself against Pang Tong. Pang Tong is the idol in the minds of countless teenagers, his appearance is not good, but he can win a place with his own ingenuity, and he has become an important figure in the military strategy department second only to Guo Jia at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Zhuge Liang is a person who is good at gathering information, and it is impossible not to know Pang Tong.

One is Wolong, the other is a phoenix, and they are destined to be opponents by nature. It's just that now it's the opposite of history, Pang Tong came one step first, and one step in place, but he was one step slower and became a chaser.

"Then tell me, what should I have done in the first place?"

"Collect money and property in the officials, unified scheduling, and the people only keep half a month's grain to spend the New Year. After the New Year, either in the army or in the service, those who work can have food and clothing, and those who are idle are not allowed to eat. In this way, the people will be at ease and the officials will have spare power. The outside can resist the enemy, and the inside can prevent changes. Even if the enemy horses enter the country, they will not be able to eat, and the unscrupulous people will not dare to act rashly. ”

Watching Zhuge Liang talk eloquently, Sun Ce didn't interrupt him, just listened quietly. Guo Jia asked people to bring the desk, and the three of them took their seats under the porch. As soon as the case was placed, Yuan Quan and others came over with food boxes, took out bowls of steaming Lantern Festival, and placed them on the prepared long case.

Yuan Quan and Mrs. Zhong came to Sun Ce and the others with a bowl of Lantern Festival in one hand. Yuan Quan glanced at Zhuge Liang, immediately understood the reason, and quietly gave Sun Ce a look and smiled.

"Let's eat first, the green ones are vegetables, the red ones are red beans, and the white ones are lard, be careful of scalding."

Zhuge Liang hurriedly avoided the banquet and gave a salute. "Thank you, ma'am."

"I heard that your sister is also here, when will you have time to come to the workshop to meet you? The workshop is short of staff, and if they are willing to help, I would welcome it. ”

"Definitely, definitely."

Yuan Quan nodded and retreated with Mrs. Zhong. Sun Ce picked up the bowl and motioned to Zhuge Liang to eat first. Zhuge Liang was not polite, picked up the bowl, covered his face with his sleeve, and ate it in small bites. Sun Ce and Guo Jia chatted while eating, they didn't talk about anything military and political, they were all idle things, which military plan quarreled with the two yesterday, which one had a happy event recently, which winery had a new product, and so on.

But what they talk about the most is the best-selling window glass. Yuan Quan organized a group of glaze craftsmen in the workshop, in exchange for a promotion and salary increase, in exchange for them to share their own skills, learn from each other, and then carry out planned experiments, and soon made the first batch of window glaze. These window glasses are still far from Sun Ce's requirements, first, they are not pure enough, there are many variegated colors, and there are many bubbles; The second is that it cannot be made into a large plate, and the maximum can only be three or four inches square, and to ensure the yield rate, it can only be done up and down two inches. However, Yuan Quan was very satisfied, let people make a batch, first installed on the windows of the water pavilion, and sent some to the county school, with special window ridges, greatly improved the indoor lighting, all of a sudden caused a lot of sensation, within a few days of hard work received a large number of orders, the advance deposit is dozens of gold, enough for the glass workshop to expand reproduction.

Not only does the window glass allow people to see the outside scenery even in winter, but it also raises an interesting question: why is the view through the glass distorted, and the degree of distortion is different for each piece of glass? It is said that several county students are already collecting different window glass blocks and preparing to systematically study this problem.

Sun Ce is happy to see this happen. For him, window glass is not only a way to make money, but also a window to broaden the horizons of readers.

Although Zhuge Liang has been eating with peace of mind, he can hear clearly, and when he finishes eating, he puts down the bowl, wipes his mouth with the wet cloth towel that prepares his hands, cleans his hands, and then sits quietly on the side, waiting for Sun Ce and Guo Jia to finish eating, and then he says: "The general has studied "Guanzi"? ”

"Research can't be talked about, it's the same." Sun Ce smiled: "You also know that my family used to sell melons, and I know a little bit about the business." ”

Zhuge Liang was a little embarrassed. Sun Ce could laugh at himself for being a melon seller, but he couldn't agree, so he had to pretend not to hear. "Guan Zhong is indeed a great talent, his economy and the world can be called a good policy, Qi is hegemonic because of it, Qin is strong because of it, Sang Hongyang uses his strategy, and Han Wu sweeps Liuhe. If the general has leisure, he can take a look at it, and it will be beneficial to open the book. ”

"Do you think I'm not doing well right now?"

"I can't say it's bad, it's just that the trade-off is a little inappropriate."

Sun Ce bowed his head slightly and glanced at Guo Jia. Guo Jia raised his hand and motioned for Sun Ce to say it himself. The first is that the economy is indeed not his strong point, and the second is that Zhuge Liang should be allowed to see Sun Ce's heritage at this time, otherwise it will be difficult for Zhuge Liang to have a sense of awe, and it will be difficult for him to experience slowly by Sun Ce's side with peace of mind. Sun Ce knew this, ordered someone to take away the bowl, fetch tea, and prepared to set up the dragon gate array.

There are usually three realms when looking at history: one is to distinguish between truth and falsehood, that is, to see which things may be historical facts, which things may be crooked, and which ones are later fictitious; The second is to recognize the trend, expand the horizon, abandon the success or failure of the individual, and interpret the changing trend of history with the class and group as the unit; The third is to distinguish the law, stretch the time scale, and look beyond the struggle of groups and strata to see the law of development of the whole society.

The first layer is the history of the struggle of princes and generals, the second layer must take into account factors such as geography and culture, and the main content of the third layer is the impact of productive forces and production relations on society, which is more popular, that is, the economy. The economy is the foundation, politics is the superstructure, and politics cannot be separated from the influence of economic factors. In the short term, the most important thing is to grasp the military power, and in the long run, how to control the economy is the key.

Guanzi's greatest success was the creation of state capitalism, which was later absorbed by the Legalists, whether it was the Shang Dynasty's rule of law in Qin, or the Han Dynasty's Confucianism, which was a deformation of state capitalism. The state controls the country's economy by grasping the most profitable resources and industries – such as salt, iron, tea, alcohol, tobacco, finance, and real estate.

Although Zhuge Liang is only fourteen or fifteen, he is precocious, and he is a native of Langya, deeply influenced by Qi culture, Guan Zhong's thoughts have long been exposed to him, and he has a deep influence on him, and he later used this set to govern Shu. This set cannot be wrong, but it is not perfect, and later generations of scholars have discussed a lot about it, and Sun Ce himself has seen a lot, which can be regarded as a small study. He came to this era, before formulating policies, he took these issues into account.

"Guan Zhong is indeed a great talent, and his strategy of helping the country and the world is indeed a good policy, but it is not without room for improvement." Sun Ce cleared his throat and calmly met Zhuge Liang's clear gaze. "After a thousand years, when we become rulers and shepherds, we should do what we do, not what we do. Kong Ming, are you right? ”