The reason why Yun Xi asked them to buy grain from Nanyang was not only to fill the gap that would arise in the future of domestic grain, but also to balance domestic and foreign trade. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There is no fixed amount of wealth in the world, and with the development of productive forces, wealth is increasing; But there is a certain amount of silver and gold under heaven.

Now Nanyang can export a lot of things from the Ming Dynasty, but on the whole, the Ming Dynasty has a trade surplus, and the countries as a whole have a trade deficit. It's not a good thing in the long run.

What will they do when the Ming Dynasty is short of gold and silver and it is difficult to buy the goods they need from the Ming Dynasty? They did not have the courage and strength of Britain to start a war, so they could only go to sea to rob as pirates. No matter how powerful the Great Ming Water Master is, he can't completely stop such a thing.

Therefore, Yun Xi needs to maintain the trade balance. Moreover, he did not lie, the grain in Nanyang is indeed very cheap, and he will not let the merchants who sell grain from Nanyang suffer.

As for the trade balance, I am not too worried about Yoonhee in the South Seas, but I am very worried about Fuso and North Korea. Neither country has any special products, and it will not be easy to get out of the trade deficit.

North Korea is just going back, it's really not good, let him close himself off from the country; But the Fuso people have always had a tradition of being pirates, so they must be worried.

Yun Xi was thinking about how to get Fusang out of the trade deficit, when suddenly the guard next to him, Li Bo, said: "Your Majesty, just now two people over there glanced at Your Majesty, and then immediately turned their heads with a look of panic on their faces. And the ministers looked at their expressions, as if they recognized His Majesty. ”

"Huh?" Yun Xi came back to his senses: "Is it in the merchant's store?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's in the merchant's shop." Li Bo replied.

'Who is it that you know me?' Yun Xi thought about it and said, "Go and arrest these two people." ”

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"What's the matter, Your Majesty will come to personally inspect the Shanghai City!" One said.

"It's all your fault, after I heard that His Majesty came to Shanghai yesterday, I said that we should not stay in the city for these two days, whether it is pretending to be sick or whatever, and avoid these two days; You say that Your Majesty doesn't recognize us. Your Majesty did forget about us, but the guards seem to recognize the two of us! Another said.

"Where are the guards recognizing us? It was clearly your expression at that moment that made the guards suspicious, that's why it's like this! Said the person who spoke earlier.

These two people are the two former people who ......said outside the temple when Yunxi took Siqi and Wenyuan to visit the Yingling Temple at the beginning of this year - Mai Guoze and Ai Su. (Chapter 461)

The two of them were deprived of their fame on the spot by Yun Xi, and they completely lost the rank of advancement. But they didn't dare to go home, so they were stranded in the capital at that time. The officials of the Ministry of Rites were sympathetic to them, so they did not drive them back to their hometowns.

The innkeeper was also quite sympathetic to them, so he took them both in and let them do some bookkeeping work to earn a living.

But then Yun Xi initiated the reform of Yingtianfu, replacing the officials with the police, they had no way to hide in the capital, and the fellow villagers who became officials in the examination came to Shanghai City with the help of the help of the villagers.

The two of them were good at arithmetic and good at handwriting, so they found a merchant in Shanghai City to make a living.

But they are not willing to go on like this! Both of them were former lords of the land, and although they were now free of food and clothing, they had seen more during these days than they had seen before as a rich man in the countryside; But when the social status has plummeted, how can you be willing.

So the two of them have been trying to find a way out of this life all these days. They were lucky, recently a businessman who came to Shanghai to buy goods said that he would go to his house to teach Xixi's children to read, and he was going to go after the delivery of the matter at hand in the next two days, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen at this time.

Li Bo walked into the shop with a few guards and local officers, found Mai Guoze and Ai Su, and first said to the owner of the shop: "These two people are fugitives, we will arrest him and go back to confess his guilt." Then he took both of them. The owner of the store didn't dare to let it go.

Yun Xi did not interrogate immediately, but walked around the South City again, and walked around the entire South City before returning to the City Department and asking Zhang Jian to prepare a room, and he wanted to interrogate the two in person.

Yun Xi asked seemingly casually, "Do you two recognize me?" ”

Ai Su was so frightened that she trembled at this time, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, not daring to speak; Mai Guo was also very scared, but struggled and said, "Your Majesty, the grass people recognize Your Majesty." ”

"How did you recognize me? Who are you? Yunxi asked.

"Your Majesty, the grass people's name is Mai Guoze, the grass people's companion is named Ai Su, and the grass people are both from Huguang and Changsha."

"At the beginning of this year, the grass people ......, and they were fortunate to have Mu Tianyan when His Majesty visited the Yingling Temple." Mai Guo said. He concealed the fact that the two of them had been deposed and made famous.

Yun Xi said to Li Bo: "Take this person named Mai Guoze out!" When she was the only one in the room, she asked, "How did you recognize me?" Who are you? ”

Of course, he didn't believe Mai Guoze's words. The two of them were so abnormal that they looked very frightened like fugitives, not at all like the emperor who had seen him excited.

Ai Su trembled and said, "Your Majesty, the grass people are indeed from Changsha, Huguang, and they are indeed fortunate to have seen Your Majesty's Long Yan when Your Majesty visited the Yingling Temple at the beginning of this year. ”

"It's just that at that time, the grass people were Huguang's move to Beijing to catch the exam, and because his words violated His Majesty's holy will, he was abolished and had to come to Shanghai to make a living. Please forgive your Majesty for the sins of the two grass people. After he finished stumbling, he kowtowed repeatedly.

As soon as he said this, Yun Xi remembered what the hell was all about. He looked down at Ai Su again, and understood that he was so scared now because he should have been sent back to his hometown, but now he was in Shanghai.

Yun Xi will not dispose of them anymore. Letting them lose their fame is already a very big punishment, and there is no need to punish them again. Moreover, it is also good for them to be mixed in the Shanghai market now, and the development of the economy requires intellectuals to enter the business field.

Yun Xi said: "I have already punished you at that time, and I will not punish you again. He also instructed Li Bo: "Send them back to that shop and talk to the owner about them, and the two of them are fine." ”

Ai Su hurriedly kowtowed again and said, "Grass people, thank you, Your Majesty Longen." Then he stood up. In the process, because I knelt for a long time, I couldn't stand up and fell to the ground, and a notebook fell out of my arms.

The little notebook jumped a few times on the ground and reached Yunxi's feet. Yun Xi was curious for a moment, lowered his head and picked up the notebook, and was about to ask the guard to hand it to Ai Su, but he flipped through it casually, but he was stunned, and the hand that was about to be stretched out stopped in mid-air.

I saw that it was written: '342 plus 967 equals 1309......'

It's a big food number, not an Indian number. Yun Xi thought.

Yun Xi said to Ai Su, "Why do you use this number to count?" ”

Ai Su said: "Your Majesty, this is brought by the owner, he said that the Indians use this count, which is easier than Chinese characters, so let us use this count." We also thought it was easy to use, so we used it. ”

Yun Xi pondered for a moment and said, "Aisu, are you willing to be an official?" ”

What the! Ai Su thought that he had misheard, and looked at Yun Xi a few times in a daze before he reacted, knelt down and said, "The grass people are willing!" ”

"I have appointed you as the inspector of the Household Department of the Nine Grades, and I am responsible for promoting Indian numbers in the Household Department."

When Yun Xi first came here, he thought about waiting for himself to succeed to the throne to promote Indian numerals, but then he gradually got used to Chinese characters and did not do accounting himself, so he forgot about it; Now that I finally think about it, of course, I want to promote it right away so as not to forget it again.

Ai Su clasped his head excitedly and said, "The grass people thank Lord Longen." "Even if it's just the inspection of the ninth grade, it's still an official, and I don't know how high it is higher than the current bookkeeper for businessmen.

Ai Su paused and said, "Your Majesty, Mai Guoze, a friend of the grass people, is also very familiar with Indian numbers, can Your Majesty appoint him as the inspector in the same way?" "He was very attached to friendship, so he had the courage to recommend his friends.

"No!" Yun Xi said. 'Dare to deceive me, if you don't deal with it, it's already an extrajudicial favor, and you still want to be an official? Dream. Moreover, it is enough for one person to promote Indian numbers, and there is no need for one more person. He thought.

Ai Su didn't dare to say any more, and was taken down.

Yun Xi later taught Ai Su the three symbols '+、-、=' before returning to Beijing. He didn't know if these three symbols had already been invented at this time, but he assumed that they had already appeared, and told Aisu: "If someone asks you, just say that these three symbols were invented by Indians, understand?" ”

Therefore, the whole world thought that these three symbols were invented by the Indians, and even the Indians themselves could not find any documents recording these three symbols in their own country before the three symbols were transmitted to India from the Ming Dynasty, but they also regarded them as their own inventions, and they blew them for a long time as 'India's contribution to world civilization'.

Later, Chinese mathematicians invented the two symbols of '*' and ÷' based on these three symbols.

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The proprietor of the shop said to Mai Guoze: "Although you were taken away by the messenger of the city and released again, my friend who originally wanted you to be the seat of his own Xixi was afraid of getting into trouble, so he didn't want you to be the west seat anymore. ”

"Hey, I also know that you used to prefer to do some scholarly things for the sake of lifting people, but you should continue to work as a bookkeeper in me now."

"You have just come back from the Yamen of the City Division, so you will rest for a day today and continue to work tomorrow."

The proprietor said this sentence and left.

Mai Guo gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, you are really a good emperor!" He secretly hated Ai Su: "I only care about my future, and I don't remember my old friends at all." I misread you. ”