I'm confused.,Let's use numbers.,I'm always writing the wrong number of chapters.,But the content of the last two chapters is right.。

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Even a grain of sand thrown into a calm lake can cause a ripple, the difference is how much that ripple will affect the entire lake.

The process of history is the process of bringing together one small event after another to become the whole process of history, and everything that the little people have done can become a part of history, so a decision of the big people can naturally affect more.

The collective, the state, the world, layer after layer of social structure is led by a small number of people, once the crossing can become one of the leading strata of the country, he is no longer a small grain of sand thrown into the lake, but a larger pebble.

If the current Lu Yi and Lu Qi are a stone that is still increasing in size, then Lu Zhe, as the emperor of the empire, is definitely a meteorite that has broken through the atmosphere, and the impact they have brought to the big lake of the world is no longer just ripples, it is a monstrous wave, and even an impact that is enough to change the world.

Lu Zhe influenced the historical process of the entire East, and the establishment of the empire was only one of them, and the external development was not like a meteorite smashing on the ground, forming an attack wave that was sweeping?

"We've come to an amazing time!" Lu Yi didn't know what kind of imagination he had fallen into, he was already excited and fanatical for a while, he pointed to those slaves: "For us, they are a small part after winning the war, but they are indispensable cheap labor for countries that urgently need labor. ”

Building roads is not a simple matter, even if it is building a road on flat terrain, some accidents can cause death and injury. In addition to engineering accidents, problems such as fatigue and illness can also lead to death, so unless it is a time when modern industrial technology is very developed, any use of primitive manpower to build roads is a high-risk thing.

In fact, even in the age when industrial machinery can be added to the project, do you know how many people will be turned into dry bones by building the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal? The construction of the Suez Canal was made of the corpses of Arabs and corny, and the opening of the Panama Canal was ploughed out of the bones of Caribbeans and Americans, and the Panama Canal was not built once, tens of thousands of people died in the first construction and were forced to stop construction, and then the construction was started. The "free states" covered up the casualties of the construction and only publicized the benefits of the canal.

"What we're doing now is the necessary road smoothing." Lü Qi knew a lot about what the slaves were doing, and he said: "It will take about two years to sort out a road from Chang'an to Nanling, and then it will take another two years to lay the wooden sleepers and railroad tracks on the road." ”

Lu Yi nodded, and the information he learned was the same.

Waiting for the construction of the railway from Chang'an to Nanling, and then the construction of the railway from Nanling to other capitals, the construction of the entire railway network will take about 30 years.

The ruling government estimated that 600,000 to 800,000 slaves would be needed to build the railroad alone, because of the loss of casualties, and the answer they gave was that the military would have to keep capturing slaves from outside for 30 years, or using other methods to obtain slaves.

The empire needed slaves not only for road construction, but also for mining and other industries, so the empire would need no less than 50,000 slaves per year.

"Slaves are also divided into categories, for example, those Nanyang monkeys are probably the most useless slaves." Lu Yi was disgusted when he talked about Nanyang, he said: "Those monkeys are short and ugly, not to mention, they are naturally lazy and rotten, and they should belong to the most useless slaves." ”

Lu Qi nodded in agreement. In his memory, the disposal of Nanyang slaves in the later part of the empire was to throw all of them to the Japanese islands for a high-loss mining business, and there were not so many Nanyang monkeys who died on the work, but they were constantly killed by the overseers, and slaughtered batch after batch to warn slaves from other places.

The South Seas are the first place for the empire to enter the sea, and it is currently being looted by the South Sea fleet, and the copper and spices transported to the empire mainland every year account for the majority, and luxury goods such as fragrant wood and gems are strictly controlled by the center.

"Of course!" Lu Yi stared at Lu Yang, who had just boarded the car, he was actually a little unbearable for his third brother. While glaring at Lu Yang, on the other hand, he also said to his brother: "If there are too many things, they will definitely not be valuable, and it is correct to strictly control the items and gems and other luxury goods." ”

"Nonsense, don't you control the flow of gold and silver into the country?" Lu Yang sat down without any politeness, waited for Cuihua to climb into the car with difficulty, and directly stretched out his hand to wait for the maid called Cuihua to prepare a drink. He took a glass of juice and said with a smile to his two brothers, "Am I not right?" ”

It seems like...... What's going on? Gold and silver were of course luxuries, but the abundance of them did not seem to diminish their value.

"Don't talk nonsense." Lu Qi saw that Lu Yi was stunned, and smiled secretly in his heart. He looked at Lu Yang with a tiger face: "In other words, gold and silver are priced by the empire, and as currency, their value has a constant value. Fragrant wood is a wood product used as a variety of materials, with no value other than some furniture and artistic carvings. Jewel ......"

"Gems can also be used as currency!" Lu Yang said triumphantly: "I have evidence to prove this!" ”

Gems can indeed be used as currency in some places, and there are not many places where they can be used as currency, gems in Central Asia can be used as high currency, and then gems in the Mauryan Empire are also circulated as currency above gold.

"Hey, hey! Nothing to say, right? Don't forget what the younger brother is majoring in, it's economics! Lu Yang was triumphant for this reason, he crossed Erlang's legs and kept shaking, handed the empty cup of juice to Cuihua, and said: "In the future, gold will definitely not be enough as a top currency, so it will definitely need other currencies to replace it." I think that by polishing gemstones into a canonical shape or style, they can be used as a higher level of currency than gold. ”

Lu Yi couldn't help but reach out and pat his forehead.

Lu Qi was smiling.

The brothers are now speechless in their hearts, Lu Yang has been relatively funny since he was a child, and his personality is also ruffian. The two elder brothers, who know what will become the final currency, listen to this one-and-a-half-old brother talking nonsense in a serious way, in addition to the slightest urge to laugh, they also think that they should correct their values for their younger brother.

"Polishing the stones?" Lu Qi is the eldest brother, and he has taken on the responsibility of educating his younger brother. He gestured and asked with a smile, "Then some gems are large enough, and some gems are small." There are many types of gemstones, how do you determine which category should be worth what kind? ”

Lu Yi secretly applauded Lu Qi's words. He himself is half a bucket of water about the economy, although he knows that Lu Yang's statement is absurd, and he can say a little truth, but he can't systematically correct it.

"The various types of gemstones?" Lu Yang was not stunned, but he became more and more proud, showing a smile like victory, and said, "I have thought about it a long time ago!" All kinds of gemstones, right? Then they are even more suitable as currency! Think about it, so many categories, and then work out a set of what the value of each gemstone should be, and their classification can help to become currency. ”

What followed was Lu Yang's exuberant explanation, which still sounded a little reasonable. He explained more or less completely, and finally said: "Gold and silver are precious metals because of their scarcity, and in themselves they are nothing more than as a material for some jewelry and works of art, in addition to being used as money. Gemstones are much more scarce than gold, aren't they? They have all the functions of gold and silver, so why can gold and silver be used as currency, but gemstones cannot? ”

Yes, why not, who said that gold and silver could be used as currency, and then gems could not be called a currency!

Lu Yi, who doesn't know much about the economic system, is already a little dazed, if he didn't know that paper money is the "royal road" in the end, he would have almost been persuaded by Lu Yang's words.

"......" Lu Qi admitted that he was a little underestimated, as if he was a little unlearned and unskilled younger brother, his face became more and more serious, and he was also thinking about how to explain it in his mind.

"Think about it, one gold coin is equal to ten silver coins, and one silver coin is equal to five hundred copper coins. Is one gold coin equal to five thousand copper coins? Lu Yang said and looked at Cuihua, signaling that he was thirsty, and then continued to say to the two brothers: "If one gem is equal to ten or more gold coins, one gem can replace the copper coins that need to be carried in a cart. Isn't this a further reflection of the evolution of the monetary system? We were able to create a monetary system with gold, silver, and copper trarials because we needed it. If you can create gold, silver, and copper triplets, why can't you add gems to the monetary system! ”

yes, why not? Aren't all institutions and systems created because they need to?

Lu Yi thought a little confused: "It seems that in modern times, some people can't make cash transactions, nor can they make transfer transactions, and use diamonds for large-scale transactions on the black market?" ”

Lu Qi was not stunned for the time being, but he couldn't refute the theory that since gold, silver, and brass could be used as currency, why couldn't gemstones.

It is clear that gold, silver, and brass became money, which was an artificially constructed monetary system, and gemstones of the same value as them were naturally qualified to join the monetary system.

"What's that......" Lu Yi seemed to think about it seriously, and raised a question: "Gold, silver, brass, they can be melted down to make any desired shape, but gems can't be, right?" ”

"Huh?" Lu Yang's triumphant expression froze, and he said in a dying struggle: "We just need them as currency, why should we melt them?" ”

"If the gemstone is used as currency, it is purely carved or cut, and there is a big loss of cost and process." Lu Qi quietly gave Lu Yi a thumbs up, then looked at Lu Yang with a frozen expression with a smile, and said, "For the precious metals that can be melted, we can easily print any desired pattern using stamping methods. For the time being, gemstone carving patterns can only rely on artificiality, and it is a bit difficult to use them as currency for circulation. ”

Lu Yang was stunned and said: "If you don't carve the pattern, it's fine......"

Lu Qi said: "The existence of a pattern on any currency is for the strict control of the monetary system. You studied economics and didn't learn this? ”

Lu Yang seemed to understand something, and said heartlessly: "I know, then I'll think about it again, there is always a solution." ”

Lu Yi was thinking about other things, he said: "Some countries in Central Asia and the countries of the Indian subcontinent have the habit of trading precious stones as currency. This seems a bit tricky, huh? ”

It is estimated that it is because there is no more expensive currency than gold, and because gold as currency can no longer bear the commercial replacement value, the use of gemstones as currency has been developed.

Lu Qi reminded: "They don't have paper ......", and then changed his words: "At least their parchment is very troublesome." ”

Parchment and paper are both called "paper", but they are really different. At present, except for the empire, which has paper, the rest of the races and countries do not have such a magical item as paper. Seems wrong to say that? At least the merchants in Central Asia had purchased some paper back, but the quantity was too small and too small.

The value of paper as a trade commodity was too low, but they learned that paper was useful, and more than one merchant was willing to pay a large price for the method of making paper, but there was no response yet.

"The ruling government's opinion is to drag it out, and it can be delayed for as long as it can." Lu Yi smiled evilly and said: "What is the easiest thing to carry words, then that thing will become an 'artifact' to inherit civilization." The importance of paper is more noble than anyone thinks, and no matter how it is made, it cannot be sold cheaply. ”

Lu Qi knew that that sentence was just an introduction, and sure enough, he listened to Lu Yi next.

"We don't lack gems, and let's be honest...... Gemstones were not popular in the Empire. Lu Yi continued to laugh evilly: "What we like is jade and jadeite, and the sales of those gemstones are not very good. They should perhaps be used as a currency and then exchanged for what we need from countries or races willing to accept gems. ”

"I'll just say, gems can be used as currency!" Lu Yang jumped out again, but was quickly pushed back.

"Adults talk, children go!" Lu Yi put Lu Yang aside in disgust, looking at him talking to Lu Qi, but he was actually talking to himself: "It's very operational!" Gems are nothing more than dispensable to us, and there is not much market in the Empire, so it's a good idea to take them out there and plunder them on another level! (To be continued.) )