Without waiting for Zhou Jin to ask, Su Shi explained: "The most important profit in the silk business lies in the ready-to-wear garment, and the value of the ready-to-wear depends on the embroiderer. For the same piece of silk, compared with an ordinary embroiderer and a Tang embroidery girl, the value of the ready-to-wear is too far apart. So it's not a good choice to bring down the price of silk. ”

This truth is not difficult to understand, Zhou Jin thought about it, and suddenly smiled: "No wonder you want to bring Tang Xiunu over." ”

Su Shi also smiled: "It's a pity that no matter how high the price is, she won't come." ”

"So what are we going to do?"

"What is the raw material of silk?"

"Silk."

Su Shi smiled and said: "Don't say everything, even if half of the silk is controlled in our hands, then we are equivalent to controlling the entire silk industry." And with our current strength, it shouldn't be difficult to control half of the silk. ”

Zhou Jin gasped because of what Su Shi said honestly.

Su Shi continued: "Any industry is composed of many links, resources, processing, products, sales, etc., if you want to control an industry, you only need to use capital to control one of the links in your own hands, then the entire industry is under your control." ”

"And the use of capital is also very simple, either use the price war to make the opponent unprofitable and have to exit, or raise the price to gather the opponent under his own banner. As long as a monopoly situation is formed, then this industry is up to you. ”

However, at this time, Zhou Jin's face did not show an excited look, but instead looked worried, because she finally understood why Su Shi said that capital was a terrible thing.

After a long time, Zhou Jin looked up at Su Shi and asked slowly: "Since capital is so terrifying, is there no way to resolve it?" ”

If the capital of the Daqian is really rampant, then the entire Daqian will definitely be controlled by capital. Thinking of this, even though the weather was hot, Zhou Jin only felt a chill, and she even looked at Su Shi with some reproach, blaming him for why he would release such a monster as capital.

Su Shi didn't understand what she meant, so he had to sigh: "Actually, I really don't want to do this, but in order to disrupt the current situation of Daqian, capital is the fastest and definitely the most effective method." ”

"How do you resolve that?"

Su Shi picked up a book from the desk and suddenly asked, "Who improved this papermaking and printing technique?" ”

Zhou Jin's face showed a proud look: "Naturally, it's the prince's brother." ”

This answer was naturally not surprising to Su Shi, he suddenly felt countless emotions in his heart, and then sighed: "This is one of the ways to break the monopoly of capital." ”

Zhou Jin shook her head, indicating that she didn't understand what Su Shi meant.

"Improvements in technology. Before the prince improved papermaking and printing, books were monopolized by those wealthy families, and it was because of technological improvements that the monopoly was broken. ”

He went on to explain: "Taking silk as an example, if silk has been monopolized by capital, a new technology has emerged at this time, silk can be made without silk, and both price and quality are far better than silk, and those who monopolize silk capital are afraid that they will lose all their money." ”

However, Zhou Jin was stunned: "How can you make silk without silk?" ”

Su Shi smiled: "This is just an assumption, used to show that the improvement of technology can break the monopoly situation." ”

Zhou Jin thought for a moment and continued to ask, "Will that form a new monopoly?" ”

"Yes." Su Shi said with certainty: "As long as capital exists, a monopoly will definitely be formed." ”

Zhou Jin couldn't help but show a disappointed expression: "Isn't that useless?" ”

"How could it be useless?" Su Shi couldn't help but smile and said, "At least the technology will continue to improve." ”

Zhou Jin didn't know what Su Shi was laughing at, and he didn't think it was funny.

Su Shi smirked alone for a while, then restrained his smile and continued: "The second method is to be harsh on business like the first emperor. Capital is dependent on commerce, and if commerce does not live, capital will lose the soil for survival. ”

Zhou Jin shook his head again, thinking that this method was also not advisable. It is precisely because of the prince's brother who changed his business with business that he has today's prosperous world, and now he can't accept it if he goes back to the previous path.

"Is there any other way?"

Su Shi's expression became a little strange, and he said slowly: "Yes, and this method is likely to be the method that the prince wants to use?" ”

As soon as he heard that the prince's brother would actually use this method, Zhou Jin's eyes glowed strangely, and he looked straight at Su Shi.

"Since capital is so terrible, it must not be controlled by the wealthy family, and I believe that the prince's ultimate plan is to prepare to firmly control capital in the hands of the state."

Zhou Jin wondered: "How can I do it?" ”

Su Shi smiled meaningfully: "Although capital is terrifying, it is not worth mentioning compared to power, at least for now. ”

Zhou Jin thought about it carefully, and felt that Su Shi's words were not unreasonable, and the worried mood just now had also been reduced a little.

At this time, Su Shi suddenly said: "Now that you understand the horror of capital, you should understand that Qianqiu Business must not fall into the hands of others. ”

Zhou Jin nodded immediately, and said resolutely: "Don't worry, I will never let others get involved in the Qianqiu business." ”

Su Shi thought about it again, and said in a deep voice: "Chen Xiaolan is a talent that can be created, and her talent in business is very high. ”

Zhou Jinqi said: "Why am I looking for her?" Naturally, you are in charge of these thousand years of business. Then she seemed a little angry: "When you are undecided, you like to find whomever to whomever you like." ”

There is no reason for a woman to be angry, and Su Shi naturally understands this truth, so he just smiled and continued: "Yizhuang still has to check it to see if You Gui's body is still there, since it is my speculation, I still have to confirm it." ”

Hearing that Su Shi changed the topic, although Zhou Jin was dissatisfied in his heart, he still nodded, and then remembered one more thing, and couldn't help but say worriedly: "The secret guards have been investigating for so many days, but they have not found any clues, thinking that Pei Hyun's people are still hiding in the palace, I am really worried about the safety of the palace." ”

Su Shi's brows furrowed, feeling a little strange: "It's been so many days, and no clues have been found?" ”

"At that time, there were not many people entering and leaving the palace, but there were only a dozen people, and under the careful investigation of the secret guards, there was nothing suspicious about these people."

"What about the guards?"

Zhou Jin shook his head and signaled that nothing had been found.

"What about carrier pigeons?"

Zhou Jin sighed: "Around the imperial city, don't talk about raising carrier pigeons, and even raising birds are very few. ”

Su Shi also felt very strange: "Since the guards and the people who entered and exited the palace were not suspicious, how did they spread the news into the palace?" ”