Wen Qihang fried the cow once, and everyone gave him a myth, after all, there was a million silver coins spent in vain.

Old man Mei also thinks that Wen Qihang can replicate the miracle again.

However, tea has now become a national strategic commodity, which needs to be exchanged with the Uighurs for cattle and horses. If it is used to hype it again, the court will not sit idly by.

He said that he wanted to make money by hyping tea, just to comfort Old Man Mei.

Before the Song Dynasty, tea was still the exclusive product of the literati, because the production was complicated, it was not easy to keep, and ordinary people could not afford to enjoy it.

Since the advent of the tea drinking method brought by Wen Qihang, tea has quickly spread among the people.

Although good tea is still ridiculously expensive, it is also because of the heat and technique of roasting tea and the reason of origin.

It's no longer because of the production.

In the past, tea was also called soup tea. Tea leaves have to go through multiple steps such as picking, killing, drying, drying, drying, and grinding. Moreover, it is necessary to add a variety of valuable condiments to the tea soup, such as mutton fat, spices, ginger juice, minced garlic, orange peel powder, etc., which is difficult for ordinary people to use or entertain at home. The tea brought by Wen Qihang only needs to be picked, killed, dried, fried and rolled. The number of steps involved in making tea has been greatly reduced, which is an important reason for the rapid popularity of tea.

And drinking is even more convenient, just a pot of hot water, can bring a rhyme of tea fragrance.

It's no longer just Shimizu who entertains guests, the host family has face, and the guests also feel valued, which can be said to be a great joy.

The price of tea has also risen sharply because of this, but there is no need to prepare all kinds of condiments, and the people can accept it.

The second time the price of tea rose sharply, because the Uighurs had opened up the tea and horse trade, this time mainly because production could not keep up.

Now it is the third time that the price of tea has risen sharply, and this time it is no longer the relationship between supply and demand, but artificial speculation.

The price of tea has soared from the original one pound to the current two pounds, and it can be said that the people can no longer afford it.

Wen Qihang can imagine how irritable Zhao Lao Er in the palace is at this time.

At this time, it is simply death to fry tea.

"Li Tang's big shopkeeper Li sent someone to send three thousand catties of tea, and it has been delivered to him." The dog baby sighed and said, "It's just that the current price of tea is too expensive........ Do we still accept it in the house? ”

Wen Qihang shook his head and said: "Don't accept it, just concoct these three thousand catties of tea and maintain the old customers." As for the rest, we are not involved. ”

"Got it, sir." The dog baby said respectfully.

"Didn't the lord last time........ This time, why don't we ........ too," Zheng He said tentatively. The last time I heard that I set sail, I made a lot of money by using the price of cattle, and this time the situation of tea is too similar to the last time, and I can make a lot of money again.

Smell the smell of sailing: "What?" It's crazy to think about money! Today, Mr. will give you another lesson, you know, some money cannot be earned. ”

"This tea is not as important as the cow, right?" Zheng He was a little unconvinced. What is the situation of the Jue Mansion now, he knows very well that in order to maintain the large construction of Guanlou Village, Wen Qihang borrowed 300,000 yuan from the money village. The lack of money can already be said to be lacking to a certain extent.

This kind of money is completely unprofitable and unprofitable!

"Oh?" Wen Qihang glanced at Zheng He: "You think so?" ”

Zheng analyzed and said: "The people can't plough the land without cattle, and if one is not done well, it will cause chaos. But tea, it doesn't matter if the people drink it or not, right? ”

Wen Qihang sighed and said: "Well, it's good to be afraid of the people, water can carry a boat, and it is easy to overturn a boat." However, this kind of harm takes a long time to appear, but there is one kind of harm that can be seen immediately. ”

“........ The students are dull, and Mr. Wang advises. Zheng He was stunned.

Wen Qihang said with a complicated expression: "You took a chicken from the people today, a pig from the people tomorrow, and a wife and daughter the day after tomorrow, but as long as they still have a bite to eat, they will swallow it." Only when you don't resist will starve to death........ Even when that happens, only a small number of them will stand up and resist, and most of them will just go with the flow.

Therefore, no matter how many evil things have been done to the people before, as long as the people are about to starve to death, they can be given the materials to continue their lives, which can greatly reduce the possibility of the fish dying and the net being broken.

If it really doesn't work, it would be nice to finally get a scapegoat for the people to vent their anger.

can offend the powerful, and it is the biggest magnate, then the greeting is the retribution of the present world........ If you are not sure how to deal with it, it is better not to provoke, because once provoked, the end is usually to die until one party is completely finished. ”

“........”

Zheng He was dumbfounded, and when he heard Qihang's words, he completely subverted his previous cognition. Although he also knew that the people were not much stronger than grass mustard, he couldn't ignore it like this.

"Sir, this, this ........"

Wen Qihang said meaningfully: "This answer, is it a little unexpected?" ”

"Yes........"

What an accident! It's just not amazing!

Wen Qihang smiled and said: "So, in order not to make the people so numb, our responsibility is very heavy!" ”

"Responsibility?" Zheng He wondered.

"yes, responsibility. Let the people know the importance of preventing the slightest problem, the human heart is greedy, and let them understand when they lose a chicken, if they don't resist, what the consequences will be. ”

"But how can this be done?" Zheng He frowned and thought about it.

"Aren't we doing it now?" Smell the unfathomable high and deep road.

“........”

I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain. Zheng He doesn't understand it now, and he doesn't understand it.

The self-awakening of the people first needs to open up the wisdom of the people. It is not unreasonable that the policy of the ancient rulers to control the people was that the people could use it, but they could not know it.

With the opening of the people's wisdom, they naturally demanded more rights, which was the driving force for the evolution of mankind from a slave society to a democratic society.

And the most important thing to open up the people's wisdom is education, that is, what Wen Qihang wants to do now.

It is terrible to live in an authoritarian society, and the emperor can decide whether people are rich or rich, even life and death. This feeling of being unable to control one's life is simply terrible, which makes Wen Qihang very unaccustomed.

Under the general environment, a person's efforts can be said to be minimal. It is only by making all people aware of themselves that the overall progress of social democracy can be promoted. As long as the people have a certain understanding and demands, even if he is the emperor, he must make compromises, otherwise he will really become a lonely person, and he will only be ousted from power.

However, this kind of thing is not achieved overnight, and the first thing to promote is to act in accordance with the law.

It is necessary to let the emperor be less respectful and act according to the law, as long as he does not touch the law, everyone can live freely, and there will always be a day when democracy will be realized.

(End of chapter)