Brother Jiu was so excited that he couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Master likes business, ...... What do you think? ”

Fusuni smiled slightly: "It's good to do business, with your own ability, earn a lot of money, make yourself and your family live better, what's wrong with this?" ”

Brother Jiu looked at her fixedly: "However, the status of Shinong industry and commerce, businessmen and merchants is the lowest, won't you look down on the master?" ”

Fusuni shook her head: "You can't say that, the four people of Shinong and Industry are not prosperous, there is no agriculture, there is no stability, there is no work, there is no wealth, and there is no business. None of these are indispensable. The reason why for thousands of years has been the lowest class for businessmen is that the productivity of the whole society is too much and too low, and if everyone goes to business and no one cultivates the land, people will not be able to guarantee basic living conditions. However, society is always moving forward, and the productivity will always increase, and the status of businessmen will naturally increase accordingly. ”

Brother Jiu was a little puzzled: "What are you talking about...... productivity What is it? ”

"Productivity is the ability of human beings to create new wealth. ”

Seeing that Brother Jiu was still confused, Fusuni thought for a while and said: "In primitive society, human beings don't know how to produce, and can only hunt and gather wild fruits for a living, so they can't talk about any productivity at this time. ”

"Then slowly, human beings began to know how to use tools, began to know how to grow food, knew how to domesticate animals, knew how to weave cloth and tailor, knew how to build houses, and knew how to make all kinds of utensils...... And the food grown, the domesticated animals, the houses built, the clothes and utensils made are the new wealth created by human beings. ”

"Hundreds of thousands of years ago, human beings had to barter, because productivity was low at that time, and the new wealth created by human beings could only barely meet the needs of human survival. Then, with the development of society, with the improvement of productivity, the new wealth created by human beings is more and more abundant, and then human beings are not satisfied with mere survival, but hope for higher enjoyment. ”

"And according to the ability and speed of human beings to create new wealth, we can judge the level of productivity. The lower the productivity, the lower the demand for businessmen in society, so the status of businessmen is correspondingly low. The higher the productivity, the more surplus materials the whole society needs to consume, then the demand for businessmen in the society will increase, and the status of businessmen will increase accordingly. ”

Seeing that Brother Jiu was listening carefully, Fu Suni felt a little embarrassed, and she had the feeling of giving people a political lesson......

Brother Jiu suddenly realized: "Therefore, Shinong Industry and Commerce does not naturally exist such a ranking, but a ranking according to the needs of the actual situation. At present, most of the agricultural harvest still depends on the sky, once there is a natural and man-made disaster, the harvest will be lost, which greatly affects the stability of the imperial court, so agriculture is the foundation of the country. Merchants tend to make profits, not only will they not actively provide disaster relief, but will try their best to make a fortune from disasters, and for the stability of the imperial court, they will naturally have to fight them. ”

"Yes. In fact, if the transportation can be more convenient and the country's materials can be more abundant, then, when a disaster occurs in a certain place, the grain harvest is lost, and the materials from all over the country can be transported to the local area very quickly, and the materials are abundant, and it is not so easy for businessmen to make profits. ”

Brother Jiu was thoughtful, he smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The capacity of water and land transportation is there, it is not so easy to provide speed and volume, and the output of grain in various places is also fixed, and it is difficult to ...... if you want to greatly increase it."