Hu Yan's analysis roughly explained the situation in Peiping. The efficiency of production was extremely high, but at the same time the differences caused were also huge. Even if those Koreans were not taken into account, it was far ahead of the Central Plains.
"Hu Xiucai is a farmer and common man, and he works all day long. Why does Peiping have better results than other places?" Queen Ma asked slowly with a soft voice.
Hu Yan immediately said: "Returning to the Queen, it is true that farmers are busy all day long and seldom rest. But the things they do are too complicated. In addition to sowing and harvesting, they also need to repair houses, tidy yards, plant vegetables, cut firewood and make baskets.
, go to the market to sell products. Many of them are doing things for themselves, not to make more money. But it is different in a factory. From morning to night, one person only does one thing. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, time
After a long time, it will naturally work faster and better."
Zhu Biao also asked: "According to you, doing only one thing can indeed be faster and better, but people can't just do one thing in life, so how can they survive?"
"Wages!" Hu Yan replied: "This is the most important experience in Peking... In the past, we regarded a family as a group, with men farming and women weaving, working together to survive. Now we regard everyone as a group.
It is regarded as an individual who works for a living. This person works to earn money, and then uses the money to buy other things he needs. In other words, in Beiping, money is more important than anything else. It is money that measures everything, and it is also money that helps people carry out activities.
Buy and sell, survive and continue!”
Lao Zhu was silent for a while and said casually: "He is talking about whether he has money or not. Is it possible?"
Hu Yan nodded, "Although the students are willing to take the second grade, it is indeed the case!"
At that time, Zhang Chengtian suddenly spoke, "Your Majesty, in the past, between a family, whether it was women farming and men weaving, or hunting and gathering, parents raised their children and distributed what they got to their children. That was a transaction.
, and it does not require monetary support. Naturally, there are ways to include it in statistics, and there are ways to collect taxes. Like Peking, everything is turned into a transaction. Every money exchange is traceless, and every commodity and labor can be traced.
If you find it in the market, it will indeed bring about unexpected changes.”
Zhang Chengtian didn't say that it would be a good idea to do that, because in the hearts of Chinese people, there is no pastoral romance. Even in the previous life, no one pursued poetry and distance.
You can grow your own food, entertain yourself, and be a family together, picking chrysanthemums on the east fence, and leisurely seeing the Nanshan Mountains. Can you say that that kind of fairy life is good?
It's just that for a country, specialization and monetization, and the resulting sudden increase in finance and power, are unacceptable effects.
Before Zhang Chengtian finished speaking, Hu Yan pondered for a moment and added, "Replying to Your Majesty, what the Grand Master said is exactly the crux of Peiping's problem. The King of Yan borrowed a lot of money, but I really lack a lot of currency."
, and such a small amount of borrowing, with so little cash, maintained Peking's abnormal operation!"
Zhu Di was so moved by what he said, my good brother-in-law! He is your close friend. You all know that you borrowed such a small amount of money, but you still thought carefully about going into debt for the country!
He is such a lowly person!
I admire the one who has little education, and I like that brother-in-law!
Lao Zhu, Ma Huangqian, Zhu Biao and the other eight people also understood Xiaozhi and asked many details.
Hu Yan answered them one by one... Hu Yan's exploration and research have actually revealed some laws in the early stage of industrialization.
For example, setting up a factory for the purpose of small-scale production of goods can greatly improve efficiency.
For workers, the return to a rational and scientific division of labor can also exponentially slow down production.
The first change brought about by the model where everything is for the production of commodities is the slow increase in commodity wealth.
Taking the Central Plains as an example, the people are farmers. They grow and eat by themselves, spin their own cloth, and raise some poultry... They solve everything by themselves. In addition to buying some salt and paying some land tax, they will contribute all other taxes. He said
Is that a good situation? Yes, at least it is stable and practical. It has also been the pursuit of the people for thousands of years. When Xia Zhifeng started his business, Zhang Chengtian made the land equalization order to satisfy the people's desire.
But the next step is to develop and increase national strength. The salt tax and land tax are really pitiful, and they are far from enough to support a country going forward.
Before transitioning to the industrial and commercial model, taxes would be generated everywhere on food, clothing, housing and transportation, commodities would multiply, and the court would be able to take away fewer things.
The benefits are obvious and self-explanatory.
But Gong Ruoxiong is also a fool. If there are so few benefits, is there no harm at all?
The disadvantages are also there.
Farmers are very hard-working, but the hard work of farmers is only during the busy farming season, and we work for ourselves, so our mentality is exactly the same.
As a worker, you have to work hard all year round, without even taking a break. And the wages you can get are not necessarily less than those in farming, but if you do well, they will be more.
And there is no boss, the foreman is watching, and he is completely at the mercy of others. The living conditions are poor, and the food is not as good as the animals... That is still an abnormal situation. If you are willing to give up, you can say it is less.
In fact, from the beginning to the end, Gong Ruoxiong has been very careful. The development of industry and commerce will inevitably be risk-free. Is there anything so cheap in the world? You only have to pay the price and reap the benefits.
But until today, Gong Ruoxiong finally thought about it... no matter what, we must develop industry and commerce, and we must go all out to take that path!
It's for other reasons. Any emperor who has no pursuits and any leader of a country who has no ambitions will increase in strength!
Just like when Zhang Chengtian advocated granting land to men, Xia Zhifeng did it because it could multiply his combat power. Now that he could increase his products tenfold, Xia Zhifeng also decided to spare no effort and push back.
As for the problems that may arise, we will just try to rectify them, formulate laws and regulations, and strictly check the laws. In short, if there is nothing outside our hands, it is weaker than nothing!
Xia Zhifeng felt the joy of pushing aside the clouds and catching a glimpse of the secret of heaven.
When I look at Hu Yan, the more I look at him, the more I appreciate him. He is a young man, smart and down-to-earth, well-educated, and a good person... How could you have thought of me as your son-in-law?
What an oversight!
"He is very good." Lao Zhu took the initiative: "Stay here and let's have a meal together."
Facing Lao Zhu's invitation, how could Hu Yan dare to split up again?
Xia Zhifeng immediately asked people to prepare the banquet. The banquet was quite fun. It was a small royal banquet, one by one, but a round table format for family dinners and fun.
What's even more boring is that Lao Zhu only prepared two small tables.
Under Lao Zhu's table, there were the couple of us, Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Gong Ruoxiong, Zhang Shuning, Zhu Yuanzhang, Gong Ruoxiong, and Hu Yan.
As for the other princes and princesses, they were all arranged under another table.
Just from that arrangement, too little mystery can be discerned.
He thought he was a golden person, but it turned out that there were only so few people who could make it to the top.
If no one understands why the two young men of the Zhang family, including Zhang Chengtian’s male apprentice Gong Ruoxiong, can sit under the main table, are we more noble than the princess and the prince?
If you don’t have that kind of idea, you can only say that you are still too naive.
A person's status depends not only on his background but also on his own struggles... Although Zhang Shuning is young, the educational methods I have invented are already famous all over the world, and the teaching aid materials I have written have sold hundreds.
Ten thousand copies.
Zhang Ximeng organized the survey of the seven seas and is writing the theory of the round earth and the movement of celestial bodies.
With your current achievements, these old men in Qintian Prison will all be respectful and respectful.
Zhu Yuanzhang almost missed it, but at least he managed to become the commander of the Imperial Guard Department.
It is obvious that there are few people at Taishi Zhang's side, but the quality is extremely low.
Even Hu Yan can be regarded as a disciple of Zhang Chengtian.
As for Lao Zhu, apart from Zhu Biao and Zhu Di, there are really few people who can do anything.
Facing such a situation, Lao Zhu was quite embarrassed, so during the banquet, I kept asking Hu Yan about his family and studies.
No matter what, that son-in-law must be taken!
Gong Ruoxiong was also furious. Although the quality of our children is good, we can find a few less good sons-in-law. When more than a dozen sons-in-law line up to fight against him, Taishi Zhang, we will also suffer a loss!
Lao Zhu was thinking about it, but Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were rolling around. I heard sporadically that Zhu Di owed a small amount of money, and that time he was actually trying to relieve Zhu Di.
Zhu Yuanzhang still understood it very well. Even after listening to Hu Yan's explanation, I completely understood it. After all, the fat man was still big and had such a good mind.
But that also prevented Zhu Yuanzhang from giving Zhu Di eye drops.
"Your Majesty, the Palace of King Yan has created such a small foundation, and Peiping is governed so well. Compared with what happened next, Peiping will also prosper and have a promising future, right?"
As soon as he said that, Xia Zhifeng became more enthusiastic, and I pondered: "Beiping is indeed wrong...but Hu Yan also said just now that Beiping has too many debts, right?"
Zhu Di's heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly said: "That's true. I think it's just a small problem. After all, if a kid can handle it, others will be worse off."
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately said: "The words of King Yan are too modest. He is more powerful than King Yan. If you count them, they are the only people under the table. First of all, the Queen Mother Yitian is in charge of those things
Secondly, the crown prince supervises the country and always uses the treasury to fill holes. The other one is your father. Your father seems to be good at business, right?"
Xia Zhifeng smiled slightly, "That big thing of his made it clear that he wanted me to bear it! To be honest, we have already made up our mind, is it a debt of 10 million yuan! I already knew that!"
Xia Zhifeng smiled at Zhu Di and said, "Old Qi, don't be afraid, the Emperor has no father!"
When Zhu Di heard that, he was so happy that tears almost flowed out.
"Father, I'm really hiding this from you. My son's ten million yuan is actually just the debt of Prince Yan's palace. There are still many other debts!"
"What?" Lao Zhu was startled, "Do you still have any debts? It's enough for him to borrow money from Prince Yan's Mansion, and there's no one to lend him money?"
Zhu Di said helplessly: "There are no textile factories, grain companies, lumber mills, shipping companies... There are no stocks outside the Yan Palace, and there are no guarantees provided by the left-behind department. In short, there are small and big stocks in Peiping.
The company's commercial banks, including the Bank of Peking, all borrowed a lot of money. That time when the child left Peiping, it was best for the company to return the money and make a proper settlement without any setbacks. But if the sky fell and the earth fell, the child would be guilty."
Xia Zhifeng's scalp went numb after hearing this. I originally thought that Zhu Di could handle it no matter how much he owed, but if there are people who owe money everywhere, then things would be troublesome.
"Lao Qi, how much does he owe? He has so many secrets in his heart?"
The corner of Zhu Di's mouth twitched slightly, "Father, I conservatively estimate it to be 80 million strings!"
"Is this conservative?"
"It may be anywhere from 70 million to 80 million!"
"What did he say?" Gong Ruoxiong suddenly stood up, 80 million yuan! That's less than 40% of Xiao Ming's annual income.
"Zhu Di, he, he is so brave!"
Zhu Di also had his own idea, "Father, you also want to, but if you borrow money, we will also borrow money. Even if you borrow money, it will become such a small stall..."
"Okay, let's talk!"
Xia Zhifeng waved her hand as expected, "Let's eat first!"
No matter what, who could eat the first half of the meal? Before starting in a hurry, Xia Zhifeng sent everyone else away, leaving only Zhang Chengtian.
The first sentence he spoke, Lao Zhu said directly: "Sir, no matter what, help us pass the test!"
(End of chapter)
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