Du Jinning picked up a piece of spiced dried bean curd on the table with a toothpick and asked Qi Bokun, "What is this?" She knew that Qi Bokun didn't like sweets, but he liked braised tofu, which was specially brought to him.

Qi Bokun didn't think that Du Jinning's childish question was abrupt to his old man, and replied very seriously: "Dried tofu." ”

Soybeans are a primary product, which is grown from the ground by the farmers. If a pound of soybeans can be sold for fifty yuan; So how many catties of dried tofu can be made into a pound of soybeans, and how much can it be sold for? ”

Qi Bokun thought about it, couldn't answer this question, and simply turned to Qi Muyuan and said, "Go, call the cook in the kitchen." ”

Qi Muyuan is listening to the two of them talking and can listen energetically, where can he miss such wonderful content? But he couldn't help but listen to his grandfather's orders.

So he rushed out as fast as he could, gave an order to the people on the shore, and then returned to the small pavilion in the middle of the lake, so fast that Qi Bokun and Du Jinning were dumbfounded.

Du Jinning silently closed his mouth.

I think that at the beginning, her mother Chen and her sisters supported the most difficult time by making dried tofu. These dried tofu are also the secret recipe of their Du family, and they were later given to Du Fangfei's mother-in-law Xie Shi to do, and now they have become the special products of the Xu family's dim sum shop, Yu Shi Zhai. She couldn't be clearer about how much dried tofu she could make with a pound of soybeans and how much profit she could get, and she didn't need to ask the cook at all.

She had just asked that question as a means of provoking thought, not asking for an answer from Qi Bokun at all.

But the ancestors of the Qi family seem to have forgotten this.

"Go on, you go on." Qi Muyuan saw that Du Jinning didn't speak, and hurriedly made a gesture.

He's addicted to listening.

Qi Bokun and Du Jinning glanced at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Du Jinning simply hung his appetite: "Wait for the cook to come, don't worry." ”

Although Qi Bokun was anxious, he also liked to tease his grandson, so he also nodded and said, "Yes, don't worry." ”

Qi Muyuan glared at his grandfather, thought about it, and glared at Du Jinning again, but he had no choice but to sit down and eat dried tofu.

After a while, the cook came, and Qi Bokun asked her; "How much dried tofu can you make from a pound of soybeans? How much is the profit? ”

The cook thought that the old lady wanted to eat something, so she specially called her to give orders.

As soon as she heard this, she was stunned for a moment before she said, "Dried tofu?" This slave has never done it. ”

Seeing Qi Bokun's face sank, he seemed to be very unhappy, and the eldest young master also looked disappointed, the cook thought about it and said busily: "I know how much tofu is made into a pound of soybeans, and the slave's mother used to make tofu and sell it." ”

Qi Bokun's face was a little better, and he said, "Then you can talk about it." ”

"The slave maid's family makes tender tofu, and a pound of soybeans can produce about five catties of tofu, and the profit is about fifteen yuan. And that's not even counting the bean dregs and oily skin left over from tofu. ”

Qi Bokun looked at Du Jinning.

Du Jinning nodded and agreed with the cook's words.

"Soybeans are agricultural products, and tofu made from soybeans is an agricultural and sideline product," she said. Then the profit created by this is the added value of agricultural products, which includes the labor, technology and power consumption of making tofu. Du Jinning said, "When the farmer sells the soybeans to the tofu factory, we have to collect a tax; When the tofu factory sells the finished tofu, we will collect another tax, and the tax charged is higher than when selling soybeans. This shows the importance of the processing industry and the circulation of goods. Therefore, we must not only focus on business, but also on industry, so that we will not be choked by the throat of the family and controlled by them. ”

"What if the family was also a businessman? Chipcock Road.

"Wouldn't that be better?" Du Jinning said with a smile, "In fact, even if the court values agriculture and suppresses business, there is no one in the family who does not do business." If you think about it, what family didn't open all kinds of shops and resell the grain produced in the fields, so as to make huge profits from it? For example, when selling grain, the farmer directly sells the grain to the rice shop; The family can open its own rice shop, which makes another layer of profit, and can also be based on the price of rice. Therefore, the court suppressed business, but it suppressed the common people. The family has a hole to exploit. ”

Qi Bokun was speechless.

"What you're talking about is a bit complicated, it touches on all aspects of society, and it has a lot of implications. Don't worry, let me think about it. Qi Bokun waved his hand,

Du Jinning raised his eyebrows.

Can the impact be small? This is already a question of social form, is it easy for this overhead Great Song Dynasty to transition from feudal society to the embryonic stage of capitalism?

"I'm just going to put forward a few ideas, which can be regarded as a brick throw. Whether these ideas can be implemented, and how to implement them, this is what Grandpa Qi, you humerus ministers, have to think about. If Grandpa Qi is fine, I will leave. Du Jinning was dashing, and he planned to leave.

"Hey, you kid, you want to run away when you put a fire, how can it be so easy?" Qi Bokun stopped her, "You have lunch here, and come with me to the palace in the afternoon." These are all brought up by you, and you want to throw them directly at me, but there is no door. ”

Du Jinning waved his hand: "Grandpa Qi, look at my little arms and legs, I have only been tossed once, and I really can't stand the second toss." So if I can't be in the limelight, I'll try not to be in the limelight. You are a little tired, and you will convey the words for me, and you will not mention my name, but only say that you came up with it. It's all for the Great Song Dynasty and the emperor, don't you say? National peace and security is our common goal. In order to get there, it doesn't matter how the process is, right? ”

"Slippery head!" Chipcock Road.

That being said, he knew that what Du Jinning said also made sense.

Because of the matter of the champion, the family extended a hand to Du Jinning; If these views were put forward by Du Jinning, then it is difficult to say how the family will treat Du Jinning.

If Du Jinning is a son of a family, thinking about his family, taking the risk of being in the limelight for such a time, and then being protected by the family, it is reasonable. But Du Jinning's foundation is too shallow, and his grade is too low, and if the family wants to make a move, he and the emperor may not be able to protect it together. Those people are everywhere. There is no way to take Du Jinning, and taking out Fang Shaohua, Xu Chengyuan and even Lu Xiaobei to make a fuss is enough for Du Jinning to drink a pot.

So this limelight, Du Jinning really can't come out.

"Didn't the emperor ask you about land annexation? You gave me the answer, what answer do you take? He asked.

Du Jinning shrugged: "When the time comes, just say you don't know." You haven't worked out a good way for tens or hundreds of years, so what can I, a fifteen-year-old child, understand? ”

“……”

Qi Bokun and Qi Muyuan heard these brazen words, and Qi Qi felt speechless.

A fifteen-year-old? Who is teasing! You're a demon, aren't you? This calm-hearted person is not as good as the elderly!