denied the possibility that the Wang family was involved in the assassination of Yan Yan, Li Cong quickly changed the topic, he was more concerned about Yan Yan's thoughts, why he would be willing to let Lu Yu take over her properties.

You must know that Shinong Industry and Commerce, business is the last in line, why would Yan Yan be willing to let his son take care of his own industry full-time, with an official position or title, he can completely order his own customers to take over, and more importantly, with an official position or title, no matter what business he does, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort than ordinary people.

First of all, merchants can provide more taxes for the country, thereby reducing the pressure on some farmers, in other words, allowing the people to live a better life; Second, the treasury is abundant, and it can naturally afford to raise more soldiers to protect Dazhou from being bullied and invaded by foreign countries; The third is that business can promote the progress of society, it is producer and consumer... ”

Yan Yan suddenly paused when she said this, because she realized that she was almost exposed, the other party must have never heard of the new words producer and consumer, and such esoteric theoretical knowledge would definitely not be able to be popularized in this time and a half.

Therefore, after a pause, she changed her statement, "To give the simplest example, take my textile factory as an example, the reason why I wanted to open this textile factory in the first place was that on the one hand, I wanted the farmers to grow things to be sold at a good price, and not in vain for their hard work; on the other hand, it is to use these cotton to make better things for everyone; Another point is that it can feed more people, and at the same time, it can also provide more taxes to the imperial court. ”

"But what does this have to do with social development?" Li Cong still didn't digest Yan Yan's words.

"Of course, in my textile mill, for example, in order to sell my things to more people, I need to ship things out, so I started shipping again, but to do shipping, I have to order a few big ships first, and shipbuilding can support a group of shipyard workers and logging workers? Also, as my business is getting bigger and bigger, for the sake of safety, I need to equip these sailors with a certain amount of gunpowder, and will the gunpowder be enough to feed a group of people? Also, the most critical point, whether it is a textile factory, a shipyard or a gunpowder chief, in order to do better and better, to stand out in the same type of factory, is it necessary to constantly ponder new skills and constantly innovate, and the innovation is to promote the development of society. ”

These words made Li Cong suddenly have a sense of enlightenment, he remembered the threshing machine invented by Yan Yan, at that time Liu Feng said a sentence, at least let the agriculture of the Great Zhou Dynasty advance for a hundred years, but it is not to promote the development of society.

From the threshing machine to the artillery and musket, to the small soaps, socks and face towels in life, these are not new things that Yan Yan introduced.

These things not only kept the Great Zhou for him and recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun, but also brought rich returns to the Great Zhou, successfully making the Great Zhou stand among the neighboring countries, which was a goal that he and his ancestors had worked hard for nearly a hundred years and had not reached, but he did not expect Yan Yan to do it in just a few years.

Li Cong seems to understand the importance of business.

But after understanding, Li Cong was even more confused, since business is so important, why did people before keep emphasizing that agriculture is the foundation of the country? Why is the Chamber of Commerce at the bottom of the list?

Yan Yan also explained this question slightly, to the effect that food is the foundation of a country, so in order to prevent more people from pursuing profits, they can only suppress business and focus on agriculture, so business must develop without affecting agriculture, and there is a balance between the two, as for how to control this balance, that is the problem of the ministers of the court.

"Girl, no wonder the old saying is better than reading for ten years, what you told me today touched me a lot, I need to think about it." Li Cong was convinced.

"Uncle Emperor really tortured me, my little bit of Taoism is that I dare to make an axe because you love me, but I don't dare to reason with others outside." Yan Yan hurriedly respectfully admitted his mistake.

Li Cong didn't break her either, and the two new words that Yan Yan accidentally confided once again confirmed his conjecture, this kid must have had some adventure.

But Yan Yan didn't say it, and he couldn't ask about it, so he took the initiative to change the topic and asked about Yan Yan's five-year plan, because he had heard Li Xi say that Yan Yan had given them what day, month, year, and five-year plans, and what five-year plans, and he wanted to know what Yan Yan's five-year plan was.

Knowing that Yan Yan wanted to open a few textile factories and soap factories in the south and north, and at the same time wanted to bring maritime trade to the Westerners, communicate with them, and see if he could learn from other people's strengths to promote the social development of the Great Zhou, Li Cong asked him how he could help.

Yan Yanzhen made a request, she knew that at present, gunpowder and grenades are military materials, and they can't easily reach individuals, but the risk of maritime trade is too great, and pirates are erratic and unpredictable, so she needs to equip the crew with a certain number of grenades, which must be nodded by the emperor.

Li Cong naturally knew this, so he happily agreed, but he also put forward a condition, wanting to set up a fleet in the name of the imperial court, and let Yan Yan help draw up a plan first, and the specific operation would be handed over to the household department.

In fact, he didn't have this idea for a day or two, in the past two years, he has personally watched the changes brought by Yan Yan's maritime trade to the capital, and after removing the large amount of tax that is given to the household department every year, the capital has a lot of new imported products, food, clothing, and play, which has caused the children of these big families to flock to it, which not only enriches Yan Yan's purse, but also broadens everyone's horizons.

In addition, Li Cong also knew that Yan Yan also shipped the tea, silk, embroidery, porcelain, lacquerware, gold ornaments, Buddha statues and other items of the Great Zhou Dynasty to other countries, and the profits from this back and forth were tens of thousands, so it was no wonder that some people looked red.

Therefore, Li Cong wants to take over this business, make the big head in the name of the imperial court, and give the small head to the individual, depending on the personal ability.

Yan Yan still has this bit of eyesight, and seeing that Li Cong wants to meddle in maritime trade, he hurriedly said: "In this case, I only do offshore business, and the Western side will be handed over to the imperial court, and a big business will be formed in the name of the imperial court, specializing in the business of Westerners, I heard that their favorite is porcelain and embroidery, as well as our tea." ”

In fact, Yan Yan still has a dream, she wants to try her luck to see if Da Zhou's fleet can find the American continent and bring back the corn and sweet potatoes she wants, as well as peanuts and other things.