Winter goes to spring, and the year always begins with the recovery of all things.

On this increasingly warm day, Luan Yi is always absent-minded. From time to time, the back of the departing man always surfaced in his mind, and the face of leaning out of the car window and tearfully saying goodbye.

I don't know what kind of Spring Festival Cai Yan spent in Chenliu, and when will he come back to Yingchuan!

The strong longing condensed in Luan Yi's heart, although it did not fade with the passage of time, but it was finally forced to a hidden corner in the tense busyness. He really didn't have time to think about it......

After the Shangyuan Festival, the first real printing factory in Dahan was officially started in the suburbs of Yangzhai County. The plant covers an area of seven acres and eight points, with a total of 25 printers, 7 drying workers, 10 feeding workers, 10 binders, and 3 warehouse managers, a total of 55 people. For the printing of the word mold, Luan Yi is looking for the county carving master to carve the seal one by one according to the flying white body.

It took a month to make the letters, and a month later the printing plant was officially put into production. The white cotton silk is stained with ink under the push of the roller, and then cooled by the drying workers to the yard, waiting for the ink stains to dry, and then sent to the warehouse. After a set of books is printed, the bookbinder sews them together with a needle and thread into a book ready to be flipped through. Its appearance is exactly the same as that of later books, except that the pages are larger, and the carrier of printing is cotton silk.

Two months later, the first batch of 1,000 movable type printing cotton silk "Hongdu Shijing" books were published, and after the release of Le Jixuan in Zhiyang Zhai County, Yingchuan County, it was immediately warmly sought after by Yingchuan scholars. The new book ordering mode, portable books, and Cai Yong's celebrity effect immediately made scholars flock to this book. It was sold out after only three days on the shelves. Follow-up books kept coming, selling as many as they could.

There is a long queue outside the door of Le Jixuan every day before dawn.

The major liquor stores and inns in Yangzhai County are overcrowded, and they are all occupied by book buyers from all over the Han Dynasty.

The first 10,000 copies were sold out quickly, and the second 10,000 copies are being printed at an accelerated pace.

The popularity of book trading even far exceeded Luan Tao and Luan Yi's expectations, and the Luan family made a lot of money.

Two months later, just as people were reading the "Hongdu Stone Classic" with relish, another news came out - Le Jixuan released a new book. And there are two books, one of which is named by Luan Yi, the famous "Talking about Food" story collection. In this collection, in addition to the twenty-six well-known stories of Liaozhai, twenty-four chapters of Luanyi's new stories are implanted. At the same time, in order to beautify the book, Luan Yi also specially asked Mao Jue to draw a cover for the book. In addition, he added the words "produced by Luan" to the bottom of the book cover.

In this way, "Chatting Miscellaneous" is not only more beautifully decorated, but also infused with brand identity.

For a time, Luan's Mianshu became the hottest fashion item in Dahan. If there is no volume of "Hongdu Shijing" or "Chatting Miscellaneous" in anyone's study, he simply has no face and claims to be a reader.

Then the second book came out, which was Luan Yi's "Original Wealth", which had just finished at the beginning of the year. The book "Yuan Fu" has a total of 256 pages, a thick book with more than 100 chapters in five chapters, but the price is only 5 yuan. The vast majority of wealthy families in the Han Dynasty paid it. But as Luan Yi expected, "The Original Rich" did not sell well when it first came out, and its views on human nature and self-interest attracted a lot of criticism, and many people felt that the book "The Original Wealth" violated the orthodoxy of the saint's inherent goodness and was a deviance.

However, there are also many views of the great Confucians of the time who support Luan Yi. For example, Cai Yong, the master of the facial features, publicly stated that "Yuan Fu" is an important work that deeply analyzes human nature, and every word in the text is from the bottom of his heart.

Zheng Xuan, a master of scripture who had never met Luan Yi, also supported the book. He said to his students: "Everyone is self-interested, but when people seek profit, they are guided by the way of heaven, and they are also beneficial to a country and a lifetime!" (This means that people are self-interested, but in the process of pursuing self-interest, they are guided by the invisible hand in the dark, which leads to the development of the whole society.) Here, Luan Yi will make the invisible finger the way of heaven) can be called a good medicine for a rich country.

The controversy over this book in Yingchuan Academy has never stopped. At first, from the three, three, two and two scholar class colleges and Luan Yi disputes, it gradually evolved into many scholar class colleges and Luan Yi, Guo Jia, Shan Fu, Xi Zhicai, Mao Jue's five senses arguing, and then Xun Yu, Xun You's uncle and nephew and Cheng Yu also joined the team of the five senses, and it became a group debate, and it has a tendency to intensify.

The academy was afraid of causing trouble, so it arranged for a public debate to be held on the 16th of every month. Let Wuguan, Xun Yu, Xun Yu's uncle and nephew and Cheng Yu stand in the ring, but anyone who has doubts about "Yuan Fu" can be raised on the spot. Luan Yi and the others replied.

The ring lasted for five months, and all five debates ended in Luan Yi's victory. Of course, this does not mean how rich their knowledge is, but in fact, as the bible of modern economics, the truth contained in "Yuan Fu" is really beyond the eyes of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In addition, Luan Yi has its own strengths, and Luan Yi is proficient in pipes; Guo Jiaduo's conspiracy; Mao Jue reads Huang Lao; Shan Fu Jing Art of War; Xun Yu is familiar with Kong Meng; Xun Yu understands the code...... plus a well-informed Cheng Yu and a longitudinal and bronze-toothed Zongheng family drama talent...... The sum of the eight people can be called the encyclopedia of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and such a team is put together, even the most talented people in the world can't argue with them!

It was the day of the month again. The summer sun baked the earth, and even the trees in the yard were listless. The people in the town were eager to hide in the house and didn't want to come out, but Luan Yi and them had to stand in the high ring outside the academy and wait for their classmates in the courtyard below the stage to ask questions.

Speaking of which, the debate has been going on for five months. People who have different meanings about "Yuan Fu" are either convinced by Luan Yi and what they say, or they know that they can't say Luan Yi and Luan Yi's brothers on the stage, so they are ashamed of themselves and don't want to be embarrassed anymore. So there are few people who dare to debate, and most of them come to see the excitement.

No one argued, Luan Yi and Guo Jia had no choice but to drink tea in the sun bathed in the poisonous sun in the ring. The tea was drunk cup after cup, and no one spoke after waiting for the time of the three incense sticks. Luan Yi was afraid that if this continued, he would have to be tanned into black coal, so he signaled with his eyes that the big guy would simply end it early.

The crowd then got up and prepared to leave the stage. When he stepped up the steps, he saw Mr. Zheng, the old master of the academy, and Zheng Shuang of the Xun family accompanying an old man from the door. Their attitude towards the old man is respectful, which shows the extraordinary identity of the old man.

Looking closely at the appearance of the old man, the crane hair is childish, and the skin under the white hair is soft and smooth, and there are no wrinkles. His eyes were full of wisdom and light. The sleeves of the shirt move with it, fluttering, like an immortal.

The old man was followed by a child, not tall five or six years old. His eyes are not big, but his nose is not small, and there is a small mouth under the big nose, which looks as distinctive as Dian Wei - quite ugly. Entering the door, the little boy timidly glanced at the ring and lowered his head.

The old man pulled the child, and under the guidance of the senior leaders of the academy, he stood still in front of the ring, and bowed to Luan Yi and the others with a smile, "The old man has questions, and I hope you will give advice!" ”

Luan Yi and the eight people hurriedly reached the ground and said, "Don't dare to instruct!" The gentleman asked again, "Come on!" ”

The old man Langsheng asked: "In "Yuan Fu", it is said that everyone in the world is self-interested? ”

"That's right!" Luan Yi nodded.

"Yet, how can a gentleman be self-interested?" The old man asked again.

"Then dare to ask the gentleman who has no desire and no demand?" Guo Jiazhi's rhetorical question hit the nail on the head.

"A gentleman is proud of the world and despises all beings!" Xun Yu raised his head and responded.

"No, the gentleman of the world is for the country and the people, the joy of the world, the sum of thousands of households, the strength of the country, and the prosperity of the society!" Xi Zhicai changed his perspective and said that since a person wants to be a gentleman, he proves that he has something to pursue on a level. It can be described as whipping in.

The old man bowed his head in agreement, and then asked, "Reasonable, how can that gentleman be self-interested if he has a noble character?" ”

Luan Yi put his hands in front of his chest and said: "If you have a plan, you have a wish, and if you have a wish, you will definitely work hard to realize it, just like a gentleman, you will take the prosperity of the country and the people as your ideal, and put it into struggle." If the country is strong, the people will be rich, and the gentleman, as one of the people, will naturally be richer. That's why Yi calls it indirect self-interest. ”

"This ......" The old man was stunned for a long time, trying to refute but could not find a more suitable argument. Then he burst out laughing, "Indirect self-interest? Xiaoyou's explanation is also quite transparent, but it makes sense. However, the old man was puzzled and had to ask. ”

Luan Yi said politely: "Sir, excuse me, Yi Yi listens." ”

"If everyone in the world is self-interested, won't they compete with each other and cause chaos in the world?"

"What a wonderful question, sir! Yi used to think about this question, since the world is self-interested, why is there no chaos in the world? Luan Yi saw the old man's expression of doubt, so he explained: "The reason is that there is something invisible and intangible in this world, which is constantly guiding this self-interested heart to develop in a good direction. Finding the old man a little disappointed, he continued: "For example, a farmer ploughs the land and sells surplus grain to make money while collecting daily food, which is a sign of self-interest, but while he sells grain, he provides convenience for the daily consumption of the three classes of people in the business class. Another example is that Xun Yu's family is rich, and everyone in the academy knows it, but it has never been stolen by people who are eager for money. Of course, there are countless examples of the same. After a long period of thought, I came up with something that could not be seen or touched, and Yi called it the invisible hand, and now I think it might be more appropriate to call it 'Tao'. And the 'Dao' can also be divided into two ...... of heaven and humanity."

After hearing this, Shui Jing seemed to have an understanding, and hurriedly asked, "Oh? Let's take a look! ”

"The way of heaven is the general name of the order given to people by nature, and it is irresistible to manpower. Most of these orders still need to be understood by the world, and a small part of them we have already explored, the most obvious is the change of day and night, the full moon and the new moon, and the deeper ones are the words of the sages summarized by the ancient sages. Humanitarianism refers to the rules that have been artificially formulated since the beginning of human wisdom. For example, in criminal law, nature didn't teach people to kill people to pay off their lives and debts, right? For example, morality, loyalty, righteousness, benevolence and filial piety. Therefore, Yi believes that it is this way that guides self-interested people to obey the order, so that there will be no chaos. ”

The old man was overjoyed when he heard this, "Dao! Order! Well said, this statement is groundbreaking! "The Original Rich" is worthy of the name of the medicine of the rich country! ”

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