Chapter 19 Theory of Industry and Commerce

The child found that the reason why the family was so arrogant was because they had books in their hands, which meant that they had knowledge in their hands. However, because papermaking and printing technology are too backward, the cost of books has not been reduced. Li Zhen ignored Li Shimin, who was a thief, and continued: "In this way, the scholars of the poor family have the intention to study but have no books to read, and it is naturally impossible to become a talent without books, and the scholars of the poor family have no available talents, so the emperor can only use the children of the family, which is why the family dares to be so rampant." ”

"But it's different now." Li Zhen patted the printing press next to her: "Now that we have this, the speed of printing books will be greatly increased, and the cost of books will also be greatly reduced." When the price of books drops, the probability of becoming a scholar from a poor family will be greatly increased, and no matter how large the population of the family is, it will definitely not be able to compare with the scholar from a poor family, and as long as one of the hundred scholars from a poor family becomes a talent, the family will no longer have the confidence to be arrogant. Of course, this is not what the family wants to see, so the child suggested that his father hold off for a while, and when we have printed enough books, even if the family unites, we will have the confidence to fight. ”

"......" Li Shimin looked at Li Zhen with complicated eyes, he really couldn't imagine that a three-year-old doll could see things so thoroughly.

"Father, why are you looking at children like this?" Li Zhen was furious at the bottom of her heart, and asked timidly, she didn't seem to say anything too out of line, right?

"Nothing." Li Shimin came back to his senses, what were he thinking? His son has been inherited by the immortals, isn't it normal to be a little strange? It would be strange if he behaved like a normal child, right?

"But Zhen'er, there is still a problem that needs to be solved." Li Shimin frowned and picked up a piece of bamboo paper, folded it slightly, and the bamboo paper broke from it like a biscuit: "You see, bamboo paper is too useless, and rice paper is too expensive, how to solve this?" ”

"The co-authoring father didn't listen carefully to the child's words, did he?" Li Zhen 'puffed' and turned her head away: "The child is angry and ignores his father." ”

"Zhen'er, did my father say something wrong?" Li Shimin was inexplicable, but seeing that Li Zhen was still angry, he hurriedly hugged Li Zhen and apologized: "Good Zhen'er, it was my father's mistake that I didn't remember to listen to Zhen'er's words, but Zhen'er, you also know that your father has so many things to deal with all day long, and it's normal to forget one or two things once in a while, Zhen'er should be considerate of your father."

"Forgive my father." Li Zhen looked back with a smile: "Has my father forgotten?" The old man said that in addition to those Mengxue books, there are two gifts to give to the Tang Emperor, one is printing, which is the one in front of him, and the other is papermaking. ”

"Oh! Yes, yes, yes......" Li Shimin finally remembered: "Look at the memory of your father, you can forget such an important thing, it's really confusing." ”

Li Zhen took out a stack of papers: "Father, this is papermaking." ”

"Leave it to my father." Li Shimin took over the papermaking technique and said to Li Zhen with a smile: "Zhen'er, you have done your father a great favor this time, let's say, what reward do you want?" ”

"This is given to the father by the old grandfather, and the child can't ask for a reward."

"That's right. But after all, you have made a lot of effort in it, and if your father doesn't reward you, you can't do it, so you can tell me, what do you want? ”

"Hmm!" Li Zhen thought about it for a while, and at this time she should be agreed to say her plan: "The child wants to make a little money in business?" I wonder if my father can agree? ”

"How did you come up with the idea of going into business?" Li Shimin frowned and asked, the Tang Dynasty also pursued a policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing business, in this era, merchants were a profession that was looked down upon, and the imperial court even issued a decree that the children of merchants were not allowed to be officials, and merchants could not wear silk and a series of decrees that discriminated against merchants.

"The child knows what his father thinks, businessmen are looked down upon, but has his father thought about it, since businessmen are looked down upon, why do so many dignitaries and nobles still secretly engage in business? Even the royal family has a lot of people in business, right? Seeing what Li Shimin wanted to say, Li Zhen preemptively said: "Everyone knows it, and my father should not use those fooling words to fool children." ”

"Hehehe......" Li Shimin smiled awkwardly: "It's just ten businessmen and nine traitors, if you don't restrict them a little, I'm afraid the world will really be chaotic." ”

"Make a little restriction and the child agrees, not only the businessmen need to be restricted, but even the farmers and workers need to be restricted." Li Zhen said: "The concept of Shinong Industry and Commerce was put forward by Guan Zhong, in fact, Guan Zhong's "Shinong Industry and Commerce" is the meaning of concurrent, and there is no distinction between respect and inferiority. But some people deliberately misinterpret the meaning of their ancestors, saying that they look down on industry and commerce, but they wear clothes made by craftsmen, live in houses built by craftsmen, and look down on merchants but buy countless goods from merchants. ”

"As everyone knows, the city's agriculture, industry and commerce are indispensable, which is like a person, and the taxi represents the human brain and controls the operation of the country; Agriculture is the foundation of the country, that is, the bones, and it is the agriculture that supports the foundation of the country; Work is a person's muscles, and only strong muscles can have strong combat effectiveness; As for business, it is human blood, and blood needs to be circulated, otherwise people will die. Father, can you imagine what would have happened if there were no merchants? ”

"This ......" Li Shimin was speechless by what Li Zhen said, thinking about it carefully, what Li Zhen said is very reasonable, but it makes sense, but if he really wants to break this thousand-year-old stereotype, even if he is Li Shimin, he does not have the courage.

Seeing Li Shimin's expression, Li Zhen sighed: "Father, the child knows that the concept of heavy agriculture and suppressing business has been formed since ancient times, and it is not an overnight effort to break it, so the child just hopes that the father will let the child give it a try." ”

"This ...... All right. To tell the truth, Li Shimin was persuaded by Li Zhen, so let Li Zhen give it a try: "But what business is Zhen'er going to do?" ”

"This kid won't tell you." Li Zhen said mysteriously.

"Hahaha......" Li Shimin looked at Li Zhenmeng's cute appearance, and finally couldn't help laughing.

After laughing, Li Shimin's face turned grim: "Zhen'er, you can just say these words to your father, but you must not say it in front of outsiders." ”

"The child knows, after all, this is definitely a big rebellion in the eyes of some defenders." Li Zhen pouted and said, "Although they have been wearing clothes made by craftsmen and buying merchants' goods. ”

"Hahaha......" Li Shimin was amused by Li Zhen again, and he couldn't help but despise the words and deeds of some defenders.

"Okay, my father still has something to deal with, and my father has taken this printing press with me, so I won't play with you."

"Congratulations to my father."

Sending Li Shimin away, Li Zhen lay back on the bed, now that he has the right to do business, the next thing is to find a way to deceive Li Shimin...... Ah no, it's a change, change a few shops and a few workshops from Li Shimin, as long as you have workshops and shops, your money-making plan can officially begin.

When you earn your first pot of gold, you can open more workshops, and with more workshops, you can open more shops, and with more shops, you can make more money, and with more money, you can open more workshops...... In this way, I am afraid that in less than two years, I can have a fleet, with a fleet, I can make more money, with this money I can build a big ship, form a bigger fleet, with a larger fleet, I can explore the Americas and Australia, and the resources of the Americas and Australia can make more money...... Thinking that he would have dozens of fleets and thousands of big ships, Li Zhen's saliva couldn't stop flowing down - sure enough, shipping is more profitable in this era...... But everything is difficult at the beginning, and now I don't even have a shop, so don't think about it so much.