After a while, Li Jing said: "This discussion allows me to think again, Aiqing, please continue." ”

Lin Feng immediately continued: "The Economic Research Department, Wechen suggested that there be two departments, one is the Economic Department and the other is the People's Livelihood Department. ”

Although the two words economy and people's livelihood have been mentioned by Lin Feng many times before, neither Li Jing nor Li Jingsui have thought deeply about it, and they can't help but wonder why Lin Feng wants to list them separately for research? Li Jingsui blurted out: "To govern the country and level the world, do you want to specialize in research?" ”

Lin Feng suddenly realized that these two people had always misunderstood the word "economy" they were referring to.

The word economy is derived from the Greek word for "the person who manages a household". Xenophon, in his Economic Treatise, understood the combination of the words "family" and "management" as economic. It was first officially translated into economy by the Japanese, and later introduced this term to China from Japan by Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

In fact, as early as the beginning of the 4th century AD, the term "economy" was officially used in the Eastern Jin Dynasty of China. The word "economy" is a synthesis and simplification of the words "economic state", "economic country", "helping the world", "helping the people", and "helping the people through the world", and its meaning is "governing the country and leveling the world".

"Please forgive Weichen for his reckless words. In fact, Weichen just borrowed the word that had already existed in ancient books. The economy that Wechen refers to refers to the material foundation of our country's society, which is a necessary condition for building a country and maintaining the operation of society. Its specific meaning can be large or small, as large as a country's national economy, as small as a family's income and expenditure, and the economy mentioned here by Weichen specifically refers to the national economy of our dynasty.

The main directions of the Economic Division, Wechen also suggested two: first, mainly to study the pros and cons of various economic policies since the past dynasties, analyze the problems and shortcomings in the current economic development of our dynasty, and find reasonable improvement suggestions; The second is to secretly study how to use economic power to strike at the enemy.

In this regard, Weichen can give an example, when Wu and Yue fought for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, Yue Guo gave boiled seeds to Wu State for free, but the Wu domestic traitor who was bought by Yue Guo deliberately concealed this inside story, which led to the failure of Wu State in that year, and Yue Guo destroyed Wu in one fell swoop, which is a prototype of economic warfare. At present, the Economic Department is mainly studying how to use banks, coins, and other economic media to cause the other side's economy to collapse, lose the material basis for confrontation with our DPRK, and finally achieve the goal of surrendering without a fight. ”

Oh, I see, Li Jing and Li Jingsui couldn't help but nodded, their eyes full of approval.

"The Ministry of People's Livelihood is even more significant. According to Weichen's search, the word 'people's livelihood' first appeared in "Zuo Chuan? The twelfth year of Xuangong", the so-called 'people's livelihood is diligent, and diligence is not scarce'. Here, Wechen refers to the people's livelihood as the basic survival and living conditions of the people of our dynasty.

Throughout history, basically every dynasty has a fixed beginning to fall: that is, the common people are struggling to make a living, cornered, and rise up, officially opening the prelude to the demise of the dynasty. Therefore, Weichen believes that if the country is compared to a stone tower, then the people are the tower base, the tower base is unstable, and the tower body will be in danger. Therefore, if the people's livelihood is stable, the society will be stable and the country will be stable. ”

Hearing this, Li Jing couldn't stop nodding, the people's livelihood is unstable, that is, the Li family's country is unstable!

"People's livelihood is a big article, and it mainly depends on the entire imperial court. Here, Wechen suggested that the Ministry of People's Livelihood hopes to add some beautiful and visible hope and confidence to this big article. With hope and confidence, the people will have beautiful expectations in their hearts, and the people will be determined, and the country will be as stable as a rock! At the same time, under the leadership of His Majesty and the King of Qi, I Tang is undergoing a change, and will eventually calm the world, which must affect the interests of many people, but if there is the support of the most numerous and extensive people, these people are mantis arms blocking the car, and they are not able to do their best! Lin Feng began to fool again, trying to make these two high-ranking people brand the concept of people's livelihood in their hearts.

"Then how does Aiqing think to start?" Li Jing asked with a smile on his face.

"The most basic life of a people is nothing more than food, clothing, housing, transportation, and home life, and a little more is a happy life. I tried to promote cotton planting, which is to care about the people's clothing; The introduction of high-yield food species is precisely to care for the food of the people. As for housing, we can study how to make it more convenient and comfortable for the people. For example, Weichen has invented the matchmaker ball machine, the spring furnace, and more small inventions are being studied, which is trying to make the people live more comfortably.

Speaking of lines, Wechen wants to say a few more words. Line, one direction is used to travel the road, Weichen intends to first study a kind of material pavement that can be quickly condensed and very hard after condensation, which can quickly spread throughout the territory, not only so that the people can travel very conveniently and comfortably, but also can be built into a military strategic avenue, which is very convenient for the mobilization of troops within the territory! ”

Here, Lin Feng is preparing to drum out the cement of the future generations. In fact, the history of cement can be traced back to 5,000 years ago in China's Qin'an Dadiwan people, who laid a floor similar to modern cement. However, what Lin Feng wanted to borrow was the method of the ancient Romans in later generations: using a mixture of lime and volcanic ash, which was already very similar to modern lime and volcanic cement. Concrete made from cemented crushed stone is not only strong after hardening, but also resistant to fresh or salt water.

"Can it also be applied to the military?" Li Jingsui asked curiously.

"Of course. If we can build walls with this material in important cities, the stones thrown by the enemy will not be broken, and the arrows and crossbows will not penetrate through them, and at this time, we will have strong bows and crossbows, and we will have long-range guns, how can the enemy not be defeated? Lin Feng continued to promote the use of cement, trying to tease and stimulate Li Jingsui.

"Ah, is this substance easy to invent?" Li Jingsui couldn't sit still. If because of the invention of the Weapons Division, the level of one's own attack has gone up, and now if there is this kind of material from the People's Livelihood Division, the level of defense has also gone up, and won't victory in the battle be just around the corner?

"It's easy! In fact, its raw material can be found everywhere, it is a specific stone, and there is this kind of mountain stone in the mountains next to Jinling City, which is very easy to invent. Lin Feng pretended to be mysterious and said.

Of course, cement is generally used for house construction, but Lin Feng wants to maintain a sense of mystery in the early stage, treat cement as a military strategic material, and strive to delay the speed of its spread, so that he can have more time and a first-mover advantage.

"The other way to improve the line is the tool of the line. Wechen often rides in a horse-drawn carriage, although it is very convenient and comfortable, but as soon as the speed is fast, it is unusually bumpy, and the noise is also large. When we heard that there was a substance called rubber in the southern part of the country, which was elastic and impermeable, we thought that if this substance was wrapped around the wheel of the carriage, the friction with the ground would be smaller, which would increase speed and reduce bumps; At the same time, the introduction of steel parts on the body, coupled with a retractable spring device, reduces the impact force in the carriage, I believe that such a carriage will be more comfortable to sit on! Lin Feng gestured in his hand and said.

Li Jing and Li Jingsui looked at Lin Feng a little differently, how did Lin Feng come up with these things, as big as the national economy and people's livelihood, and as small as a carriage part?

Lin Feng's words didn't stop, and he began to fool Li Jingsui again: "Actually, sitting comfortably is only a very small role of this kind of carriage, the key is that its speed can be accelerated, and our business and travel work efficiency can be accelerated by this."

Of course, this is only the civilian use of new horse-drawn carriages, in fact, such carriages have a greater military role. King Qi, please imagine that if our soldiers can rush to the destination before the enemy in such a carriage, take the lead in establishing a defensive position, or attack first, and the soldiers also have a good preservation of physical strength, we are equal to half of the victory! Even if the enemy is cavalry, we can also fence the car as a temporary fortress to stop the enemy's horses and horses, and we also have more chances of winning! ”

"Good, good!" Li Jingsui couldn't help but sigh with his palms, looking eager for Lin Feng to make such a carriage now!