With the support of his wife, the rest of the matter will be easier to do. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Chen is Wang Xifeng's general status in the Liufu in Jiafu, and matters of all sizes often have to be completed with her permission. If there is no Chen's approval, it is estimated that Liu Xu will not even be able to pay the silver.

Liu Xu sat beside Chen's and gently held her hand, Chen's palms were slightly sweaty, revealing a trace of warmth, obviously his heart was shaking and his heart was convinced.

"Women are really emotional creatures, as long as they can move her, things will be easy to do." Liu Xu felt that he was planning, and began to talk about the plan eloquently: "Does the lady know what conditions are for doing great things?" ”

"The first thing to do is to win souls." The assessment of collaborators is always two-way, and now that Liu Xu has won Chen's recognition, the following is for Chen to show his value. Although Chen is only a woman in the boudoir, she also knows that only by showing her own value can she get the greatest benefit from cooperation. Therefore, she shook her spirit and told what she usually thinks: "Throughout the ancient and modern times, those who want to achieve great things must first have the support of sages, and then cultivate political principles internally, use Wang Ba externally, have deep roots, and give both grace and power, and then they can compete for the Central Plains and dominate the world." ”

Although these words are also a kind of rhetoric, and they will be sprayed with blood on modern Internet forums, it is impossible to say them without enough reading. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan was extravagant, men loved beautiful concubines, love children, dogs and horses, antiques, and lights, but there were not many people who loved Jin Ge Iron Horse and loved the country and the world. This Chen can say such a thing, which shows that he has worked weekdays.

Liu Xu nodded secretly, as long as it is not an elm head, it can always be created, this Chen's scheming intelligence can be the best choice, as long as he is trained, he will definitely be able to become his own virtuous helper.

However, what surprised him was yet to come.

Chen suddenly changed his words and said: "It's just that the concubine thinks that all this is false, and if she really wants to dominate the world, there are only three things, silver, silver, and more silver!" ”

"How can you be so knowledgeable?" Rao couldn't help but be surprised by Liu Xu's insight, a famous general in the West once said that "war is money, money, and more money", but he didn't expect his cheap wife to have such insight.

Chen enjoyed her husband's surprised gaze very much, she had suffered too much impact today, and her husband, who used to look down on her, was a blockbuster, which made her secretly surprised and eager to show her ability: "The concubine is responsible for the expenses of the house on weekdays, and she knows that this big family has to run on, and it is impossible to do it without silver, without silver, there is no food, without silver, you can't afford to hire people, and you can't deal with Shangguan without silver, so the concubine thinks, this ruling the country and the world is also similar." ”

"You are right, silver may not be omnipotent, but without silver it is absolutely impossible, silver is the foundation of the country, and without silver, the country will be destroyed." Liu Xu paused, felt that it was not intuitive enough to speak like this, and began to give examples: "In the great Ming Dynasty, Taicang silver is only 4 million taels every year, which rich family in this Nanzhi area does not have hundreds of thousands or millions of silver buried in their homes?" Isn't it a joke that the normal income of the imperial court in a year is the deposit of a few people? If you want to talk about war, in fact, it is to fight money, soldiers need silver for food and grass, equipment and horses need silver, gunpowder and artillery need silver, and when the three armies move, the cannon will cost silver, but the imperial court only earns this amount of silver every year, and it has to send money to the army and hundreds of officials, how can it win the war? ”

"Xianggong thinks that the court collects less money?" Chen asked, her tone was a little incredulous, the education she received since she was a child was "light and thin, and the people benefit a hundred times", as if the court that does not compete with the people for profit is the reign of the holy king, and the people are in the dynasty, hearing this statement today makes her have a feeling of being deaf and blind.

"One is to collect less, and the other is to spend more. Said that the harvest is less, eighty percent of the country's income is field endowment, but this field endowment is collected on the small people, lady, you don't practice crops, I don't know how difficult it is for the small people to make a living, the peaceful year is good, in the event of natural disasters and man-made disasters, may be hard for a year and the final food received is not enough to pay the field and rent, in the end can only borrow the donkey rolling, nine in and thirteen out, lamb loans, and finally sell children and daughters can not be repaid! And the nobles and nobles, the gentry and doctors are full of food all day long, and they have nothing to do, but they occupy how many fertile fields in Liangjing and Shandong, but they rarely pay rent! In the long run, the war went smoothly and it was good, and it was over after a while, once the war dragged on for a long time or even humiliated the country, the court had to collect taxes, and the taxes would be collected more and more, and the small people would get worse and worse, either forcing the whole family to death or offering to the wealthy, if it was a poor place like Shanxi, it would be necessary to pull the flag and rebel! ”

Liu Xu said these words with a spittle, picked up a cup of tea on the table and drank it all.

"This is the best Yangxian, how can it be so good?" Chen glanced at Liu Xu, poured the white glazed teacup full of tea, put it in Liu Xu's hand, and continued to ask with a spring face: "A word from the prime minister is better than reading a book for ten years, how to explain that it takes too much?" ”

"The collection is too small, and the local gentry are all shouting that the tax is too heavy and the small people can't support it, but even if the final tax burden is only 20% of the tax in Suzhou, Shandong is only 10% of the tax, and Liyang County's tax is less than one-twentieth (Note 1), how can you say that the tax is heavy? said that the tax was heavy, but the local gentry were too heavy, and the small people were unable to support it! It's ridiculous to think about it, obviously the silver and grain are taken by the local officials and gentlemen, but the court has to be poor and angry! As for the rest, it will involve commercial taxes, and it will be unclear for a while, so I'll tell you that it costs too much. Liu Xu took the tea and took a sip, this time he paid attention to a taste, and sure enough, the soup was pure and clear, and the aroma was strong, and he couldn't help laughing: "Good tea, good tea, it's just that my husband can't taste it, and I want my wife to teach me." ”

"This is all a small section, and I hope my husband will teach me what it means to spend too much?" Chen knew that what Liu Xu said was the way of the king and the common sense of governing the country, which could be called the study of the emperor, and if he could learn it, the family would be inexhaustible for eternity, so he blinked his beautiful eyes and asked in a coquettish voice.

"If you spend too much, you don't spend the money on the idea, and it will be in vain to spend an extra tael of silver!" Liu Xu stopped and said loudly: "You don't know, but I know that the state gives more than eight million taels of silver to the clan a year, and what is the use of these people for the country?" ”

Indeed, the Ming Dynasty's clan raising family is not unkind, but these people did not show much integrity and ability when the court was finished, and the emperors of the Southern Ming Dynasty even killed each other in order to compete for orthodoxy, which is much inferior to "you Qing Dynasty".

After the end of the Qing Dynasty, the bad people didn't go to the stack, and in order to protect their wealth and wealth, they also killed many revolutionary parties!

"In addition, the royal use, extreme luxury, indiscriminate repair of palaces, and the sealing of famous mountains, is that not a bottomless pit that spends money? In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the wages of the three halls were more than 5,957,500 taels of silver, isn't this self-defeating? The more Liu Xu said, the more angry he became, it was not easy for this Ming Dynasty to persist until the seventeenth year of Chongzhen.

"As for military spending, risking military salaries and encroaching on military camps, that's another confused account, I'll tell you slowly in the future."

"In a word, there must be something to go out, there must be a basis for entry, collect taxes reasonably, and live within your means, this is the way of the old Cheng to seek the country, which is much stronger than fighting against the same party in the court!"

The Ming people lack the idea of digital management, although they only want to collect taxes, but they do not know how much to collect, how much budget to make, how to dispose of income, the country is full of all kinds of short-term revenue and expenditure, completely unable to establish a central financial processing center, is a mess of financial management. Under the guidance of this general lack of attention to data, even intellectual elites like Chen only know that "the people benefit a hundred times more from the lightest", but they do not analyze the country's finances from the perspective of big data.

Chen Shi was completely convinced at this time, she sorted out her thoughts, her face was a little pale, and she said in a slightly trembling voice: "The princess is so talented, and the concubine knows what it means to be a manager and a bright talent today!" ”

"Ahem", Liu Xu laughed dryly, in fact, these truths are estimated to be able to be said by a person on the Internet, but his eloquence has occupied some secret data and materials of the imperial court, and there is really nothing to boast about.

But then again, the feeling of being admired by beautiful women is indeed a pleasure.

"Pei'er", Liu Xu finally remembered his wife's small words, he held Chen Pei'er's hand, and changed to an extremely dignified voice: "You and I are husband and wife, one is prosperous, and the other is lost, so tell me, can I trust you?" ”

"Don't worry." Chen Peier is just a twenty-year-old girl in the end, no matter how shrewd and capable, well-read, she is a female student bully at best in modern times, and she has long been confused by Liu Xu's continuous beating and beating of her cheeks, and she no longer knows what to do. "The concubine married into the Liu family, she has long been the Liu family, please say anything to the minister."

"Good, good." Liu Xu's tirade is for this moment, "I have to do three things now, all of which are big things." ”

"Minister, please."

"The first thing, and now the new emperor has succeeded to the throne, Wei Zhongxian is not far from the downfall, when Wei Zhongxian sent Tiqi to arrest Zhou Gong Shunchang, it has long caused the Jiangnan people to boil, and the husband wants to convene the Jiangnan scholars to oppose Wei Zhongxian, once the time comes, not only can he leave a name in the Son of Heaven, but he can also be famous in Jiangnan for the husband, you must help me!"

Chen Peier didn't expect the first incident to be such a big thing, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, fortunately, her psychological quality is excellent, and she knows that most of the eunuchs can't jump for a few days, and her husband has no worries about his life in Jiangnan, so she just nodded: "Pei'er knows, I will tell the account office to withdraw 10,000 taels of silver from the prime minister, and if you want to do it, you have to make a big deal!" ”

10,000 taels of silver! Liu Xu secretly said, sure enough, this ruling class is brutal and rotten, according to the purchasing power of grain, this 10,000 taels of silver is equivalent to millions of yuan.

But this surprise can't be shown.,After all, buddies are also characters who have eaten, played, and seen.。

"This second thing, my husband has recently figured out a few ways to make money, if it can be profitable, it can be several times more profitable, you have to help me complete this matter."

Chen Peier had learned housekeeping and financial management with her elders at home, and she knew the usual rate of return on investment. When she heard the benefits of several times, she was first happy, and then showed a slightly suspicious look: "Although Lu Buwei said to his father back then, 'Work and stand up, the profit is ten times, the pearl and jade are priceless, the profit is a hundred times, and the benefit of seeking the country is inexhaustible', but in fact, it is worth spending money if you can have a profit of three points, and everyone will rush to it if you can have three points of profit, what door can have several times the profit?" Could it be the benefit of sea trade? However, the sea trade requires large ships, and skilled sailors and captains are required, and our Liu family has never been involved in the sea trade, so how can we participate in it? ”

In later generations, there was a sentence that was quoted rotten by the author of the online novel: "Once there is a proper profit, capital is emboldened: if there is a 10% profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere; With a 20% profit, it becomes active; With a 50% profit, it takes risks; For the sake of 100% profit, it dares to trample on all human laws; With a 300% profit, it dares to commit any crime, even risking hanging its head. Commentators all think that it is the original words of Marx's old man, but unfortunately this sentence is not said by Marx, but just a commentary quoted by Lao Ma in Capital. About? Dunning, The Trade Union and the Strike, London edition, 1860, pp. 35, 36.

But no matter what, this multi-fold benefit is indeed heartbeating, and Chen Peier can't help but feel hopeful.

If there are really several times the profit, the capital turnover is faster, and hundreds of thousands of silver can become millions in a few years!

Millions of silver, the regular tax of the Ming Dynasty is only four million silver a year!

Liu Xu smiled slightly, buddy is from the chemistry department of a famous university, if he can't make some inventions, wouldn't it be in vain?

However, at this time, the wild goose has not yet been beaten, and there is no need to discuss how to cook in a hurry, so Liu Xu just said: "Take a pen and paper, write down the materials to be prepared for the husband, and when I do the first thing, you will prepare the materials first and then gather the craftsmen." ”

The paper is Xue Tao's note, the pen is the sandalwood carved painting golden rabbit pen, the ink is custom pine smoke ink, there are moire pine prints, it is really a rich and noble family in the south of the Yangtze River, food, clothing, housing, walking, sitting and lying, everywhere is exquisite.

Liu Xu wrote on the paper:

10,000 catties of lime

10,000 catties of salt

Quartz 10,000 catties

10,000 catties of alkali

10,000 catties of pyrite

1,000 pounds of refined flour

………………

Liu Xu is not stupid, he knows that he can't write simplified characters in ancient times, but fortunately, he often reads ancient books, and it is no big problem to write a few traditional characters.

"Xianggong wants to make jars of jade? The method of making this jar of jade has been established since ancient times, and it has been manufactured in the Great Inner Heart Cultivation Hall and Liangguang, how can it be several times more profitable? ”

Do you still want to compete with buddies with those opaque lead barium glasses made in ancient times? Opaque glass still dare to be called glass? Liu Xu expressed his disbelief from the bottom of his heart. But he didn't bother to explain to Chen Peier what calcium and potassium glass is and what modern glass is, so he simply shook his husband: "My jar of jade is naturally different from ordinary jar jade, and the lady will know it at a glance." ”

Seeing this, Chen Peier didn't question it anymore, but just asked, "What about the third thing?" ”

"Thirdly, I have a great cause, and the most important thing is to win souls, you choose twenty loyal and literate sons from your family to do things with me, and then choose the same loyal ones to cultivate, this is the team of my future business. Moreover, if there are young people in your Chen family who can be trusted, you may wish to find them, and you can also be entrusted with important tasks after passing the inspection. ”

This third thing is to build a team of cronies, Chen Peier saw that her husband was speaking and doing things in an orderly manner today, calmly, and the indescribable joy in her heart, she just nodded and responded: "When the husband returns, Peier will definitely do these two things!" ”

"Good!" Liu Xu laughed, kissed Chen Pei'er on the face like lightning, and then got up and left the inner room.

He laughed for a long time, and the laughter shook the world.

Chen Pei'er looked at Liu Xu's departing figure, stunned for a long time, and suddenly looked at her flat lower abdomen faintly, and a sense of urgency surged in her heart.

Note 1: Seen in Huang Renyu's "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli"