In the early morning, dozens of carriages were parked at the gate of the Li Mansion, on which were placed fine dried peonies, and Wu Zhengji pulled a donkey cart to transport the dried flowers outside the city.

Qin Mu popularized scientific knowledge to his protégés in the lobby, from simple physics to astronomy and then to business and economics.

"It turns out that the whole country is so complicated." Wu An sighed.

"It's not that the country is running complicated, but the whole country's economy is running complicated, in fact, it's easy to understand, come, everyone stands up."

Qin Mu asked them to stand in a row and feel the operation of the economy with their own experience.

"Li Kuan is a farmer who grows grain and vegetables, and his goal is to sell his produce at a reasonable price and earn an income." Qin Mu pointed at him and said.

"Hahaha, Li Kuan, have you ever farmed?"

Qin Mu knocked on the blackboard, "Listen carefully, each of you has a role." ”

Wang Xiang is a vendor who buys hu cakes, and he uses grain produced by farmer Li Kuan to make hu cakes. His goal is to produce high-quality Hu Cakes to meet the needs of his customers.

Zhang Yu is a scholar who loves to eat Hu cakes, but she doesn't have the time or skills to grow food or make Hu cakes. She is the demander of Hu Biscuits and is willing to buy Hu Biscuits at a reasonable price.

Wu An, a worker repairing houses in Luoyang, also needs to buy Hu cakes for his food.

Liu Qi is the owner of a shop who buys grain and Hu cakes from Li Kuan, a farmer, and sells them to people from other places who need to buy Hu Biscuits. His goal is to buy products at a reasonable price and sell them at a profit.

Wu Yifan was a court official who oversaw the market and ensured the quality and safety of produce and hu cakes. He is also responsible for ensuring fair competition in the market and formulating policies to promote economic development. ”

Everyone said in unison: "How can this be the economy?" ”

Qin Mu explained: "The actions and decisions of the six of you will affect the supply and demand of the market, the price of products, and the operation of the economy. You represent different players in the economy, such as the supply side, the demand side, the merchants, and the imperial authorities. By observing and analyzing your interactions, you can better understand supply and demand and the basic workings of the market. ”

After hearing this, everyone was confused, and Wu An asked, "So can we do a good job in the economy?" ”

"These are built on high productivity, which allows everyone to be fed and have a surplus to be able to have money to buy goods."

"That's not possible, a lot of people have never bought these goods in their lifetime, and it's a luxury for them to have enough to eat." Li Kuan said.

"Don't worry, we have another way, as long as the productivity of my Datang increases, we will immediately go to overseas trade, and the products we produce are sold abroad in exchange for food and money, as well as everything we need.

Take Yelan Rumor as an example, it costs 99 yuan to buy a piece in Datang, and if it is shipped abroad, it will be sold for 50 taels of silver. ”

"What if they don't buy it?"

Qin Mu smiled, "If you don't buy this, then there are others, such as our technology, our silk porcelain, this is something they can't make, and then our weapons." ”

"And what if he doesn't buy it?"

"Wu Yifan, you are a barb, right, if you don't buy it, there will always be businessmen and enemies in their country, then we will cooperate with his enemy and kill him, it is really impossible to directly enslave their country."

Qin Mu calmed down for a moment, looking at everyone's shocked expressions, with their own words being too radical for people who grew up in Confucianism.

But this world is like this, someone has to suffer, and someone has to pay in the end.

"Do you think you can study and participate in the imperial examination on your own? Most of your families are either businessmen or landlords, and aren't your wealth also based on the people at the bottom? ”

Several people looked at each other and nodded in approval, Qin Mu was right, their family was either a businessman who did a reselling business to make the difference, or the family relied on tenant farmers to farm for them, in exchange for their brocade clothes and food.

Qin Mu put his hands behind his back and slowly stretched out his right hand, "What we have to do is to let the whole world feed the entire Datang!" ”

"All over the world?"

Although everyone doesn't quite understand the meaning of this, what they can understand is that if the entire Datang supports one person, then he is the emperor, and the whole world supports the Datang, and everyone in the Tang Dynasty is the emperor.

After class, Qin Mu came to the door of the store, and the people who came to buy Yelan rumors lined up for dozens of meters, and Qin Mu found that someone was spending money to buy a queue position.

He came to the man and asked, "Why are you buying so many Yelan rumors?" ”

The man glanced at Qin Mu, "your, line up later." ”

Qin Mu sneered and walked directly into the store, and the man shouted directly, "Hey, why did this person cut the line!" ”

"He's the owner! You tell me! Someone reminded me.

Qin Mu knew at a glance that this person was a scalper or something, and it was also possible that he was buying it for someone else, but now Yelan was the only one, as long as he came to buy him, it didn't matter if it was a scalper or something else.

He didn't play hunger marketing and there were scalpers, which also shows a problem, their current production is not enough to meet the entire market.

But he doesn't want to ask for a sky-high price because of this, which is tantamount to killing chickens and eggs and giving up the mid-end market, the most spending power of the whole society is the middle class, and the profits they bring are more stable and more than the high-end.

After being busy for a while, the Yelan rumors in the store were sold out.

Xiaoqing put the ledger in front of Qin Mu, "This is today's amount." ”

"Don't look at it, how much do you count, it's hard work, Xiaoqing, I'll go grocery shopping later, I'll cook whatever you want to eat."

Xiaoqing stood up and stretched, "I don't think I can eat." Then he took out a letter and handed it to Qin Mu, "This is from today." ”

"Invitation?" Qin Mu opened it and glanced at it, "Liu Changqing, the president of the Luoyang Guild, invited me to go to the Tianzi Hall on the third floor of the Tianxian Building. ”

"Luoyang Guild? What for? Qin Mu asked.

"You don't know this, the Luoyang Guild is a chamber of commerce formed by businessmen here in Luoyang, and they want to pull you in."

"What kind of entry is nothing more than to get the goods from me, our Yelan rumor is so explosive, who is not red-eyed?"

Since cutting a bar of soap into two pieces and selling it, the gross profit margin is now as high as 66 percent, and it is normal to want a piece of the pie.

"Are you going to go?" Xiaoqing asked.

"Go, why don't you go, or what if you put on our little shoes."

No matter at any time, every line is playing in circles, they report together to keep warm, take care of each other, and if they don't participate, there will be more troubles in the future.

Qin Mu saw that Xiaoqing was a little lost and said, "Why don't you go with me to have fun, I took your brother last time, and I will take you this time." ”

"Alright, it's full of men, what can I do when I go?"

"You can dress as a man, haha."