Yang Tinghe shook his head: "Your Highness, the fluctuation of silk prices will inevitably affect the price of silk collection." I used to see such scenes when I was in my hometown in Sichuan. Alas, how miserable the people are! ”

Hua Houwei's face softened and he laughed: "Master Yang, Master Yang!" Nowadays, unlike in the past, I use the power of machinery to speed up the brocade weaving, so as to reduce costs, rather than squeezing the price of the farmer's cocoon! To tell the truth, not only did it not drop, but it was half a percent higher than the market price! ”

"How is that possible!" Yang Tinghe stood up in surprise and stared at Hua Houwei's eyes: "Your Highness, is this true?" ”

"Alas, you are finally the master who taught me, how can you lie? Besides, my speed has gone up, and I need more raw materials, how dare I lower the price? Master Yang, scarcity is expensive, and there are fewer silkworm cocoons, is the price rising instead? ”

Yang Tinghe was a little stunned, and slowly sat back in his chair: "Unbelievable, unbelievable!" Your Highness, how did you do that? ”

"Okay, you don't need me to say, can you see for yourself? Let's go, Master Yang, Lao Jiang, let's go to the weaving workshop, take a look at the scene, and you will understand everything! ”

When Jiang Mian heard this, he laughed: "It's just right!" I've been itching for a long time! If it is really as His Royal Highness said, he will have to get a back to Guangxi! ”

"Guangxi? Lao Jiang, my grandmother is also from Guangxi. Well, let's go! Check it out first! ”

The three of them took a few retinues and drove straight to the weaving mill. When I entered the weaving mill, I happened to meet a wave of foreign merchants visiting the steam spinning machine.

"Look, this is the steam spinning machine. Day and night, one can get fifteen pieces of silk. Compared to the Weaver Girl, it is ten times faster! Ladies and gentlemen, efficiency, my prince has always emphasized an efficiency, as long as the circulation is fast, it is a horse that only earns a penny, a thousand horses a day, and a tael of silver! Besides, who is willing to earn only a penny? "Huang Xingchi is much more proficient, his demeanor is much more calm, and those Hua Hou Wei cramming techniques can also be used skillfully.

"Steward Huang, I am Guan Yonghe from Hangzhou Prefecture, although this steam spinning machine is good, if it is broken, it will be troublesome. No one in our area will fix it! ”

Huang Xingchi smiled: "Close the shopkeeper, it's simple." When you buy a steam spinning machine, give it away. We provide free training on general repair techniques and some wearing parts as gifts. If you really encounter a problem that can't be solved, we will come to repair! But if you say yes, you can't damage it artificially, then we don't care! ”

"Oh, that's fair! Huang Steward, how much does one cost? ”

"Two thousand taels of silver, no two prices!"

Yang Tinghe gasped when he heard it on the side, two thousand taels? If you sell yourself, it's not enough to lose money, this business can't be negotiated!

Guan Yonghe blinked, his fingers pinched, and he shouted happily: "It's not expensive, it's not expensive!" At most, it will be earned back in a year and a half! In the future, it will be pure profit! I want ten! ”

Huang Xingchi shook his head: "Hehe, close the shopkeeper, this is not good!" You're not qualified yet. You are only a probationary member of the Textile Association, and according to the constitution of our association, you can only buy five units! ”

Guan Yonghe immediately became anxious: "Steward Huang, what procedures can you become a full member?" How much? I buy! ”

Huang Xingchi still shook his head: "Where can money buy this?" The association stipulates that only Nanjing nationality or immediate family members of Nanjing nationality can directly join the association! ”

Guan Yonghe was stunned for a moment, and then rejoiced: "Haha, this is easy to do!" Wouldn't it be enough to make my son's household registration in Nanjing? Thank you, Steward Huang, for pointing out a clear path! I'm leaving! By the way, Steward Huang, keep the quota for me! I'm at the front! ”

Hua Houwei pulled Yang Tinghe out of the weaving workshop, and Jiang Mian was impressed: "Your Highness, you are really omnipotent!" In this way, the income of the farmers will increase, and the people will be better! ”

Yang Tinghe was silent, and when he was about to walk to the car, he suddenly raised his head: "Your Highness, you can move your whole body with a hair, silkworms make money, and there must be farmers who abandon their fields to raise silkworms and grow mulberries." In this way, isn't it putting the cart before the horse? ”

Hua Houwei nodded: "That's right!" Master Yang is really thoughtful! But I have a way! Let's go, go see my rice! ”

Yang Tinghe followed Hua Houwei into the car full of doubts, and Jiang Mian also sat up. Hua Houwei said with a smile: "Master Yang, I admire you very much for thinking about the suffering of the people. We are all striving for the betterness of Daming, and there is no difference in this. But my method is different from yours, you want to redistribute wealth, and I, not only to distribute wealth, but also to make wealth grow rapidly! There is water in the big river, and the small river is not dry! Daming is a sea, can everyone not be rich? ”

Yang Tinghe frowned and thought about Hua Houwei's words, but Jiang Mian shook his head: "Your Highness, the wealth of the world is certain, if you take one more piece, others will have one less, how can it grow?" ”

Hua Houwei looked at Jiang Mian, and then at Yang Tinghe: "Master Yang, do you think so too?" ”

"Hmmm! Hasn't it been like this for thousands of years? Yang Tinghe vaguely felt that something was wrong and said hesitantly.

"Alas, to say something you two don't like to hear, Confucianism's understanding of wealth is a fart! Don't be angry just yet, listen to me slowly! ”

"Your Highness, it's okay to debate, don't insult the Holy Master." Yang Tinghe said calmly.

"Got it!" Hua Houwei grimaced, then giggled. Yang Tinghe and Jiang Mian only reacted to the fact that His Royal Highness King Wu was only six years old.

"Well, no kidding. The more you discern it, the clearer it becomes, Master Yang, Lao Jiang, let me ask you, how much was the yield per mu before the Song Dynasty? Just wheat. ”

Neither of them has ever farmed, you look at me and I look at you, and they all shook their heads. Hua Houwei sighed: "Okay, I'll tell you." Before the Song Dynasty, our farming technology was not very good, and the yield per mu was only two or three hundred catties. What now? About 500 catties of fertile land. Then the question arises, what is the increase in wealth of these things? What is the reason for the growth? ”

it! The saint didn't say it! The two scholars who were rich and five cars looked at each other, and they were speechless for a while!

"Alas! It is better to believe in a book than to have no book at all! Isn't there anything in the book that you don't think about? Obviously, this is the result of technological progress and the labor of the people. So, is wealth equal to technology and labor? ”

These two are just a sensational literary general, and at this moment, they are like children who are learning, listening to Hua Houwei honestly tell the secret of wealth. Yang Tinghe raised his hand: "Your Highness, do you mean that people are the key?" ”

Hua Hou Wei slapped the coffee table on the car: "That's right! What wealth does no one want? How can no one have wealth? Why did dynasties and generations emphasize a population? Can technology and labor be done without people? ”

Jiang Mian's eyes flashed, and he asked tentatively: "In other words, talent is the most important wealth in the world?" Is wealth essentially people? ”

Hua Houwei shook his head: "Not really!" ”