"You don't have to wear any pants. You're wearing a pair of woolen pants that keep you warm, so it's no wonder you don't feel cold in winter. ”

Tianhao laughed again: "It's better to bring your own equipment!" Nothing to ask for...... Hahahaha! ”

……

Niu Weibang likes Tianhao's son very much.

He often runs to the crib and teases the child, staying for most of the day.

All sorts of messy questions and a lot.

"Ah Hao, your son is good-looking!"

"This kid looks like you, really like."

"Prison Cow...... Why did you give him that name? Sounds weird. ”

In this regard, Tianhao could only roll his eyes, or pretend not to hear.

It's all nonsense.

I'm so handsome, can my son be ugly?

It's strange that my son doesn't look like me, does he want to look like you?

What you want to name your child is your father's freedom, even if you are the patriarch, you have no right to interfere.

Of course, these words can only be said in the stomach, and they can definitely not make a sound.

Niu Weibang felt that Tianhao was even weirder.

Barbarian women are not as delicate as their counterparts in civilized times, and after lying on the bed and drinking broth for two days, Ayi can already work in the fields. She picked up the baby to breastfeed like all mothers, even in the presence of outsiders, but lifted her clothes with her back and avoided it a little, and then everything was normal.

Niu Weibang also has a wife and children. Looking at Ayi, who was breastfeeding, he turned Tianhao heavily with his elbow, and his voice was very low: "Your taste is very special!" ”

"What?" Tianhao didn't react for a while.

"How could you like this kind of woman?" The two men stood outside the room, separated by a distance of more than 20 meters, Niu Weibang raised his hand and pointed at Ayi, who was sitting in the room, with a puzzled expression on his face, with a little urgency: "She looks so ugly, I didn't expect you to be such a self-depraved man." ”

"Ayi is my wife." Tianhao glanced at him dissatisfied.

Identity and power are twins, and there is a huge gap between the leader of the village and the patriarch. The city lord is different, especially if he is promoted through great military exploits and becomes powerful by enriching himself by plundering foreign populations. Tianhao obviously felt that compared with the past, Niu Weibang's attitude towards himself has changed a lot, he is more cordial, and there are many less superiors and subordinates, and they are not so much leaders and subordinates as close friends.

Being promoted to the lord of the city can become a relative of the king of the clan, which is indeed a wonderful way to win over.

Niu Weibang made it clear that he didn't believe Tianhao's words. He smiled gloomily, his eyes full of pity: "I'll send you a few women another day, the really beautiful kind, you'll like it." ”

"I don't want it." Tianhao, who was full of justice, was very resolute: "I like Ayi. Men should be affectionate and single-minded. She was good to me, and I will be good to her. ”

“…… Sizzle! Niu Weibang didn't expect Tianhao to say this, and couldn't help but gasp. He slowly touched his chin and said stupidly, "It sounds like the real thing...... But then again, you are now the lord of the city, and if you don't have ten or eight women around you, it is very unworthy of your identity! ”

"I don't want it anyway." Tian Hao is stern: "If you really want to send women to me, I will wash them, cook them and eat them." ”

It's not a formal occasion now, as long as it's harmless, the conversation with Niu Weibang can be a joke.

"You can eat it if you want! Then I'll pick you a few fine skin and tender meat, the kind that doesn't stuff your teeth. Niu Weibang looked at him with a sneer.

"Then I beg the king to reward a few more." Tianhao arched his hand at him, and said sincerely: "There are many people in Panshizhai, if you give less, it will definitely not be enough." ”

Niu Weibang, who was completely speechless, shook his head again and again, and gave him a thumbs up: "If you want me to say, you are the real pig people." With the thickness of your skin, iron teeth are a fart! ”

Speaking of pigs, Niu Weibang's thinking suddenly changed direction: "I have to go back with the army in a few days." Panshi Village is developing very well now, and you have managed it in an orderly manner. But I don't understand, what do you want to do when you let so many pig people go down to the mine to dig peat? ”

"Of course, dig it up and sell it." Tianhao replied honestly: "We are short of food, lack of cloth, and still lack a lot of things. ”

"Just pretend for me!" Niu Weibang glared at him, feeling angry and funny: "Look at these guys in your village, whether they are men, women, or children, they are all eating red. There are so many walled cities under the command of this king, which one has more food than you? ”

"That was before, it's different now." Tianhao sighed: "There are so many pig people coming in at once, and the grain in the warehouse is empty. If it weren't for the fact that the fishing grounds in the east can catch marine fish every day, I wouldn't be able to hold on to the appetite of the pig people! ”

"That's why you sold peat to Redhoof and Thunderhorn?" Niu Weibang knew that Panshizhai had organized several caravans to go to other cities to sell peat. Although he is not optimistic about this, the two sides confirm that Tianhao does not seem to be lying.

"There are 50,000 people in the City of the Red Hoof, and there are 130,000 in the City of Thunderhorn. With so many residents, it is impossible for everyone to go out of the city to cut firewood, but firewood is a necessity for them and needs to be used every day. I've been to Thunder Point City, and the trees around the city have long been cut down, and now the firewood used by the residents of the city is brought from afar, which is a commercial activity that must be maintained by the people in the surrounding villages. Tianhao's tone was calm.

"I know that." Niu Weibang nodded slowly, and he put away his joke thoughts: "You want to use peat instead of firewood?" ”

"Peat is a better fuel than firewood. In fact, as long as you have used it, you will choose peat instead of firewood. Tianhao said seriously: "As for the trees on the mountain outside the city, let's let them grow slowly!" ”

A hint of suspicion flashed in Niu Weibang's eyes: "Listening to your tone, it seems that you are very much in favor of the monetary reform model that the Lion King is vigorously recommending?" ”

"Well, I only agree with some of them." Tianhao did not hide it.

"Be specific." Niu Weibang could no longer see a smile on his face. At this moment, the conversation between the two became that of a superior and a subordinate.

"The monetization system will eventually become part of the social framework." Tianhao patiently explained: "Taking the Thunder Horn City under your jurisdiction as an example, in fact, the civilians in the city have been divided into various industries. They can't be like a sparsely populated village, where they have to do everything themselves. Farmers farmed the land, blacksmiths were responsible for forging, craftsmen paved roads and bridges, and soldiers fought wars...... In the case of firewood for cooking, if all the civilians of Thunderhorn were to be self-sufficient, they would have to spend a lot of time each day leaving the city to collect fuel in the nearby wilderness and mountains. But as you know, this did not happen, my lord, because the villages near Thunderhorn City did the work of chopping wood for them. The villagers labored, and the inhabitants of the city exchanged grain and cloth for firewood, which was the simplest form of barter, and the most basic commercial activity. ”

The expression on Niu Weibang's face softened slightly, and he nodded lightly: "I know this, grain and cloth originally belong to currency. ”

"But they're not easy to use." Tianhao persuaded with heuristic thinking: "Take buying a bundle of firewood as an example, its value is obviously not comparable to a piece of cloth. Think about it, my lord, if you are in urgent need of firewood for cooking now, but you don't need too much, will you cut a small piece of the cloth you hold in exchange for the actual value? ”

"How's that going to work?" Niu Weibang shook his head and vetoed: "Only the whole piece of cloth is valuable." ”

"For the firewood sellers, the principle is actually the same." Tianhao smiled: "A small piece of cloth is useless to him. But herein lies the problem: his firewood is only worth that, and it will not sell for a whole piece of cloth in any case. ”

Niu Weibang was very shrewd, and he thought thoughtfully: "So, you need a currency with a small denomination and a position in the middle?" ”

Tian Hao stroked his palm lightly: "From this point of view, there is actually no problem with the Lion King's monetary reform plan, and it should even be said to be far-sighted." ”

Niu Weibang's eyes revealed a hint of inquiry: "Wu Yuan's opinion is similar to yours, and he said the same thing to me. ”

"No, I'm fundamentally different from him." Tianhao shook his head slowly: "Agreeing with the lion king's monetary reform plan does not mean accepting it without reservation. In fact, Lion King's scheme has a big hole. I don't know if this was deliberate on his part, or if it was a conspiracy against other tribes, including us. ”

Niu Weibang's expression kept changing, and he became careful and dignified now: "What loophole?" ”

Tianhao took out a silver coin from his pocket: "This currency itself has no value. As the great master said: you can't eat it, you can't wear it. But precious metals have value in their own right, and this is what the lion king learned from the white southerners. One reason for this is that they are scarce, so white Southerners have recognized and embraced them, and based on them they have formed a systematic monetary framework. ”

"But we're different. If the problem of food and clothing is not solved, no one will consider the use of metal currency. To put it simply, the money spent must buy a sufficient quantity of goods. In the case of this coin, the lion king says it's worth a whole bag of flour, but who would believe it? Even if they believe it, how many people are willing to exchange flour for money? Because taking the money means that he has to find another person who is willing to accept the money. The one who sells the flour does not need food, he needs something else, salt, wine, clothing...... This requires the person who owns these things to recognize the value of the silver coin, otherwise the money will only rot in his hands and will never be spent. ”

"You're right, that's the crux of the matter." Niu Weibang thought so and nodded again and again.

"Secondly, it's about value." Tianhao's eyes became a little cold: "Why did the Lion King say that this silver coin is worth a bag of flour?" Who gave him the power to set prices without authorization? What is the basis of the trade framework and the volume of currency exchange that he prescribes? To put it bluntly, this is a new game that we have never touched before, and the Lion King is indeed ahead of everyone, but the way he sets the rules of the game is too crude for us to understand and agree with. ”

"The best way to do this is for all the tribal chiefs to come together and work out an equal amount of money that is acceptable to all. This kind of thing can never be decided by a single tribe, because the situation of each tribe varies greatly, and a balance must be found. Otherwise, the monetary system will become a knife for plundering wealth, and a lot of food and cloth can be snatched from a pile of useless metal, and when the time comes, we will have nothing but a bunch of tinkling money, and many people will starve to death and suffer heavy losses. ”

Niu Weibang's eyes shone brightly. For the first time, he discovered that Tianhao actually had such profound insight. The in-depth narration made his eyes clear, and many of the complex problems that plagued him were explained.

"So how do we fix it?" He asked with some impatience.

"There are two ways." Tianhao talked eloquently: "The first type: issue our own currency, which only circulates within the cattle clan. The right to set prices must be recognized by His Majesty and the National Teacher, who jointly issue a certificate of permission, and only then can it be recognized by all the clansmen. ”

Niu Weibang frowned: "Isn't this following the path of the lion clan?" ”

"This is the exclusive currency of our cattle clan, and it cannot be circulated with the money of the lion clan." Tianhao explained: "It involves the issue of productivity per capita. For example, one basic Ox currency can buy one kilogram of animal meat, because our Ox and Leo people have different hunting abilities, and the number of herds around their habitat is very different, so this purchasing power will definitely not work on the Leo side. If they want to buy goods from us, they have to exchange their money for ours and then talk about business. ”

Niu Weibang's eyes straightened when he heard this, and he let out an extremely painful moan: "...... This...... It's just too complicated. ”

He didn't understand it. I could understand it before, but then it was a mess in my head.

Tianhao looked at him and said with a smile: "King, there is a second way. ”

"Forget it, I won't listen." Niu Weibang raised his hand to stop it, and his attitude was very resolute: "I shouldn't talk to you about this topic." No wonder the national teacher said that you are smarter than this king...... Forget it, let's talk about road construction! ”

Building a road between Panshi Village and Thunder Horn City is a condition that Tianhao has preceded this———— and it can be regarded as a meritorious reward for this battle.

"I will send people to prepare all kinds of materials needed to build the road, as long as the king agrees, I will send people to follow and study for a period of time next spring for a month, and when they go back, the construction of Thunderhorn City can also begin."

Niu Weibang is not opposed to building roads. It's just that he doesn't understand: "Building a road, is it really so complicated?" ”

Tianhao smiled: "We are going to build a new road, very hard, spacious kind." If completed, the round-trip time between Panshi Village and Thunderhorn City can be reduced by at least half, or even more. ”