Both father and son were lost in thought.

At this time, there was a conversation next door, attracting the attention of the two.

"That's the end of the prison break, no need to say more, let's just treat it as if it didn't happen. Now let's go back to class, I drank too much yesterday, where did I go? ”

Lin Che took a sip of wine, looked at Zhu Fan and said approvingly:

"However, the stilts arranged by your kid yesterday are really comfortable, and the quality of sleep last night was much better."

Zhu Fan smiled and said:

"Yesterday, Mr. talked about the reason why the emperor promulgated the importance of agriculture and the suppression of business, and he got drunk in the middle of speaking."

"I spent some silver to let people press the stilts for Mr., just be comfortable, Mr. has worked hard to teach us every day."

Lin Che smiled, didn't dwell on the topic, and began to lecture:

"You know, today's emperor was born as a peasant, and he has no natural affection for businessmen."

"It is believed that the merchants, after earning money, bought a large amount of land, gradually became landlords, and then exploited the peasants,"

"Also, merchants are running around, the court is difficult to manage, and there is no one to even collect taxes, and in the eyes of the emperor, these merchants are a group of worthless social moths."

"These are all important reasons for the current emperor to formulate a heavy agricultural and commercial policy, but they have caused great damage to the commerce of the Ming Dynasty."

Speaking of this, Lin Che paused, and then his tone became heavier:

"Actually, the emperor is wrong!"

"There is an essential difference between business and businessman!"

"Commerce is an economic activity that enables the circulation of goods through buying and selling."

"The essence of business is exchange, an equivalent exchange based on people's perception of value."

Lin Che drank a little wine and showed off the little economic knowledge he had learned in his previous life.

Zhu Fan listened sullenly, looking dazed.

'Commodity circulation'?

'Perception of values'?

'Equivalent exchange'?

Zhu Fan found that every time Lin Che gave a lecture, a few inexplicable fresh words could always pop out of his mouth.

But after some explanations, it always makes his eyes light up.

Zhu Fan didn't take the initiative to ask this time, he knew that Lin Che would definitely explain.

Really.

Lin Che saw Zhu Zhang's blank appearance and knew that the knowledge points he explained were beyond the outline.

"Hehe, this is a bit deep, beyond your comprehension."

"Well, I'll give you a simple example, and you'll understand it as soon as you hear it."

Lin Che poured a glass of wine, held it in his hand, and then gave an example.

"For example, I am from Yingtian, but I live in Beiping."

"Beiping grows wheat and eats pasta, but I'm used to eating rice from the south, and I'm not used to eating pasta."

"But there is only wheat at home, not rice, what should I do?"

Zhu Fan subconsciously replied: "Exchange!" ”

"That's right! It's an exchange! ”

Lin Che glanced at Zhu Fan approvingly, and took a sip of the wine in his hand.

"I took a bucket of wheat at home, but I only got half a bucket of rice at the market."

"Do you think I'm at a loss?"

"Yes! A bucket of wheat can only be exchanged for half a bucket of rice, and you will lose no matter how you calculate it. ”

Zhu Fan's brain was not filtered, and he said directly.

"Pig brains! I know how to fight and kill in one day, and it's too easy to think about the problem! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang next door heard this and cursed in his mouth.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang has never done business, he knows that some commodities have different prices when they change places.

This way.

Lin Che glanced at Zhu Fan and shook his head and smiled:

"Say you're simple, you're really simple."

"We can't just look at the surface of the problem, we must consider it from many aspects."

"I'm in Peking now, but Peking doesn't produce rice."

"What should I do if I want to get rice? Rice can only be transferred from the south to Beiping. ”

"This involves the issue of commodity circulation."

"It is thousands of miles to transfer rice from the south to Beiping, and it is land transportation and water transportation, so it is inevitable that there will be losses."

"In the process of transporting grain, you need to hire people, cars, and ships, which is another big expense."

"When the rice is transported to Beiping, plus the loss, labor costs, transportation costs, etc., half a bucket of rice is already the value of a bucket of rice in the south."

"This is a bucket of wheat for half a bucket of rice, which seems unreasonable, but it follows the equivalent exchange."

After Lin Che's explanation, Zhu Fan suddenly realized.

Zhu Yuanzhang's father and son next door also nodded frequently when they heard this.

Lin Che uses a simple example to simplify complex problems in simple terms.

The jerky words 'commodity circulation', 'value' and 'equivalent exchange' are also explained one by one.

Zhu Zhang's eyes were full of reverence, and Mr. Lin's words made him understand what business is.

Compared with those great Confucians in the university hall, Lin Che's lectures are always so simple and relaxed.

Lin Che spoke easily, and he was not tired of learning by himself.

There is no such thing, and the people who go around are dizzy, and the more they listen, the more confused they become.

Zhu Fan stood up and took the initiative to fill Lin Che and himself with wine.

"Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years, Mr. Lin, I respect you for this glass of wine."

Talking about a bowl full of wine, one gulp was dry.

Lin Che was not polite, and picked up the bowl and dried the wine.

After drinking, Lin Che continued to lecture:

"Speaking of business, let's talk about businessmen."

"A businessman is simply a person who makes a living by doing business."

This time, Lin Che didn't bite the text and drag the words, because he himself didn't remember the explanation of the term businessman.

What's more, even if I remember, I must not understand this foolish thing when I say it.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, Zhu Fan immediately understood.

"Sir, those people who open restaurants, teahouses, and grocery stores next to Tianfu Street are all counted as merchants!"

"Yes, people who make a living mainly in business are called merchants."

Lin Che nodded appreciatively.

"There are many kinds of merchants, not as the emperor imagined, those who run around and exploit the people are called merchants."

"They're just a small fraction of the businessmen."

"Most of the businessmen have their own industries and have roots in the local area."

"Like a restaurant, a teahouse, a restaurant... They are all engaged in local business activities, pay taxes on time, operate legally, and earn profits from their services. ”

"There is no exploitation of the people, on the contrary, all they earn is the money of the rich, and the poor people have nothing to eat, who will spend in these places?"

"Therefore, most businessmen do not conflict with the common people, and they are also like the common people, relying on hard work to make profits and support their families."

"The greatest contribution of businessmen is to drive employment and promote urban development. Don't talk about it far away, let's just talk about Yingtianfu, the prosperity of Yingtianfu is not because of business! ”

Zhu Fan was stunned by Lin Che's words.

It took a long time to come up with a sentence: "What is driving employment?" ”

Lin Che reacted at this time, and his words just now were a little avant-garde.

This is not the twenty-first century six hundred years later.

Words like "driving employment" and promoting development will only appear after hundreds of years.

"'Employment'? I'll give you a simple example and you'll get it. ”

"A businessman in Tianfu should open a restaurant, he can't do everything by himself, he has to hire a cook, please invite the second child, and invite the bookkeeper."

"These people are paid to support their families because the merchants open a restaurant and work in the restaurant."

"It's called driving employment."

Zhu Fan nodded, as if he understood.

Lin Che took a sip of wine and continued:

"Do you think it is appropriate for the emperor to characterize these businessmen as exploiters without investigation?"

(End of chapter)