After laughing, someone asked soberly: "Xiangye, what do you say have to do with 'Si Mao'?" ”

"Don't you understand?"

Yan Shiyue said: "Economy is a science, sales is a skill, for buyers and sellers, there is no 'exploitation' of anyone, more often, it is a win-win, multi-win, all happy." From the perspective of the 'country', this is a kind of circulation and replacement of resources, and we trade with our neighbors in order to earn their money and get back what we want to take. ”

Lin Fujian finally spoke: "The family has ten thousand gold, and if you put it into the shop, you may also get ten thousand gold." ”

"Yes," Yan Shiyue said: "Let money make money, is the way to make money." ”

She took a step back: "I want to ask my father and you to see something." ”

Emperor Ming Yan nodded.

She waved her hand, and the people who were guarding outside walked in, each holding a box, and when he opened it, the same glass was taken out.

Even Emperor Ming Yan was curious and left the throne to watch.

In fact, glass products have just begun to be trialed, in Yan Shiyue's view, the production is not good, but for the natives, it is an epoch-making invention, the most attractive of which is the mirror.

The clarity far exceeded that of the bronze mirror, and even Emperor Ming Yan was startled when he took it.

Other trinkets, small vases, etc., are also crystal clear, the shape is far more than water jade and the like, and exquisite, especially the most ordinary glass beads, which look much more dazzling than gold and silver jewelry.

Everyone watched it carefully and praised it. Emperor Ming Yan said: "What is this?" ”

Yan Shiyue said: "This is called glass, I just asked someone to get it, the craftsmen are ready-made, as long as there is a state-owned company, it is Ayah's, or not...... Oh, then I deserve to be rich? ”

Emperor Ming Yan glared at her.

Yan Shiyue waited for these people to see it before saying, "Do you think this thing is good?" ”

Naturally, everyone was amazed.

Yan Shiyue grabbed a handful of glass beads: "So, how much is such a handful, tell me, how much is it worth?" Or, how many taels of silver are you willing to spend on it? She looked at Xu Mingxiu: "Xu Xiang? ”

Xu Ming cultivated: "The old man doesn't love these things, but if you think about it, it should be worth at least two or three hundred taels, right?" ”

"Lord Lin?"

"If you have a good heart, you can get a thousand taels."

Others also said: "It's worth three hundred taels." ”

"If you enter the bidding house, someone will buy five hundred taels."

Yan Shiyue smiled.

Then, she slowly walked among the crowd, raised her hand high, and pointed lightly, and the glass beads suddenly slipped from between her fingers, and the room was filled with the sound of ding dong for a while.

Even Emperor Ming Yan was taken aback, and the others exclaimed one after another, and the effect was extremely shocking.

Yan Shiyue saw that there were many adults, and bent down to pick up the glass beads, and then said slowly: "Then if I tell you...... The cost price of such a beautiful bead is less than a penny, do you believe it? ”

The minister, who was picking up beads, exclaimed, "A penny? ”

"That's right," Yan Shiyue looked at them with a smile: "That's why I want to build a camp, such a huge profit, such a fragrant cake, the court doesn't eat it, who else dares to eat it?" Who else eats? We take a penny and go to a neighboring country to exchange it for their ten thousand gold, ten thousand gold...... Isn't this kind of business worth doing? ”

She smiled, unhurried, not in a hurry, but from head to toe, it was full of wordless demagoguery: "So, from the perspective of profit, I don't think the question of 'do or not' really doesn't have to be considered...... What we need now is to think about the question of 'how', don't you? ”

"As for the risks...... Oh, you will choke to death when you eat, you will choke to death when you drink water, everything is risky, so let's kill ourselves on the spot, why live? You are all the pillars of the people, rich in learning, experienced in experience, I believe you will be able to come up with a way to avoid risks. ”

She arched her hand, and then she retired.

The others were still in shock, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a while.

Emperor Ming Yan was also pondering.

This is different from cement. Cement is a thing that looks relatively simple and "convenient", and in his heart, it can be used as a kind of "grace" to give.

But this "glass", at a glance, you can see the huge profits contained in it, which really shocked him.

As Yan Shiyue said, if the country doesn't do this business, who else dares to do it? And who can do that?

And it is indeed a pity that such a deal is taken back and left it dusty.

Seeing that the ministers below instantly changed their tunes and discussed the question of "how to implement it". Emperor Ming Yan suddenly discovered that he had been brainwashed by his little daughter.

Fang Cai's scene was too shocking, and the numbers she announced later were too shocking, it was like a thunder on the ground, which stunned them, and then involuntarily, she led them away.

"Your Majesty," Lin Fujian stepped forward and said, "The minister suddenly thought of a story. ”

Emperor Ming Yan said: "Oh? ”

"The minister thought of Guan Zhong's 'service to Lu Liang' in the past, and seemed to understand a little bit of the 'economy' that Xiang Ye said."

What is the story of serving silk and descending to Luliang?

said that the national strength of Qi was weak, Guan Zhong saw that Lu and Liang were good at weaving silk, so he offered a plan to Qi Huan.

So the Duke of Qi Huan and the ministers all put on silk clothes, and if they were good, the people also wore silk clothes.

As a result, the price of silk in Qi rose sharply, and the merchants of Lu and Liang also followed the trend to transport the silk material into Qi State, and the people of the two countries planted mulberry hemp and woven silk, and then used the silver earned to buy the grain of Qi at a low price, and Qi also cooperated to sell grain.

In this way, in order to develop the silk industry, the two kingdoms of Lu and Liang inevitably abandoned agriculture, while the Qi country took the opportunity to vigorously develop agriculture.

On the surface, all the countries have prospered, the national strength of Qi has increased greatly, the soldiers are strong, and the weaving operations of Lu and Liang are developed, and the country is rich and the people are strong, which seems to be a win-win situation, but the crisis is lurking in it.

A few years later, Lu and Liang's grain completely relied on imports from Qi, and the time was ripe.

Qi Huan changed to wear silk clothes, and at the same time forbade the people to wear silk, and then "retreated, no envoys with Lu and Liang", and ten months later, "the people of Lu and Liang were hungry and discouraged".

In other words, the two countries of Lu and Liang had already planted mulberry trees in their fields, and it was too late to plant grain, and it was difficult to continue to store grain, and agricultural production could not be resumed for a long time.

This is indeed an excellent example of the use of economics by the ancients.

Guan Zhong is definitely an expert in this regard, "Hengshan's strategy", "buying deer to control Chu", "buying fox to descend", etc., are all similar applications.

Yan Shiyue listened to Lin Fujian retell this story and understood his intentions.

He did not directly persuade Emperor Ming Yan to do or not to do it, but said in a casual manner that if we think about this matter well, it may be very useful, and the soldiers will weaken the national strength of other countries without blood......

After all, what can I say, glass is always an ornament, what is the use?

They can't be used to fight wars when they sell to their neighbors, so if we can exchange what we have useless for what they use...... That's success. If we plan carefully, we may be able to achieve the effect of "serving silk and reducing Luliang".

Emperor Ming Yan was thoughtful.