Martial: I Started The Technological Revolution In Ancient Times

The officials naturally did not agree, and everyone even took a step forward, as if they wanted to surround him and then beat him up with hatred.    

Xiao Yun, however, seemed like he could not see and said indifferently, "The first level is to only see the transaction itself. It could be said that he was short-sighted. He felt that this was a fair trade, so he did not ask. What was the result? It was just that the deal could not be controlled. How much harm would it cause? The peasants will give an example."    

He suddenly started talking about proper business, and everyone fell silent.    

The officials were all polite when they heard people talking.    

They all wanted to hear what he said, but in reality, it was a disgrace.    

They wanted to see the people of Xiao family make a fool of themselves.    

Prime Minister Lee nodded and said, "Of course it would be a great harm!"    

Xiao Yun said, "This harm is not just what you said before. What do you mean that the people have no land to farm? There was another more important point. For example, grassland people were merchants, and they usually did some small business. Then he suddenly heard that some businessmen used a small amount of food to exchange for a large amount of land in the disaster area. This was simply a profitable business. How could the peasant miss it? Thus, the grasslanders used all their methods to find some food and painstakingly ran to the disaster area. As expected, they exchanged it for some land, but compared to the land exchanged by other merchants, it was obviously too small. The grasslanders were greedy and wanted to exchange for more. Thus, on one hand, they wanted to get more food. On the other hand, they wanted to get more food. They wanted to think of ways to stop the distribution of the food. As long as there was a problem with the food supply... There will be even more people willing to sell their land!"    

Prime Minister Lee was shocked.    

He did not think of this problem.    

Xiao Yun continued, "If all the merchants in the world are like the peasants and join in the fun of taking advantage of the situation, then it will definitely affect other businesses, ___ continued, and it will naturally cause a lot of harm to the Qin Country. On the other hand, there is only so much food. Since there is no food in the country... He would go overseas to purchase food. As the profits increased, the competition between the merchants in their own country would cause the prices of food in other countries to rise. At that time, the foreign countries will use a very small price to earn a large amount of wealth from our Great Qin Country! "    

Prime Minister Lee said in a deep voice, "In that case, this harm is far greater than what this old man said. In that case, why do you still agree with this kind of action?"    

Xiao Yun smiled and said, "Because the structure of the peasants is the same as His Majesty, very, very big!"    

"Humph!"    

Prime Minister Lee, who had always been calm, was also annoyed by Xiao Yun.    

Xiao Yun said, "As for Elder Lee's point of view, even if it is slightly further, it can be considered vertical. He knows that as time passes, the farmers will lose their land. Even if they survive, their lives after that will be even more difficult. There are too many refugees, resulting in unnecessary riots. "    

"Of course!"    

"It was a pity that His Majesty was thinking about the vertical direction and the horizontal direction!"    

"What do you mean?"    

"What he means is that he has a broad vision and he stands at the root of everything. He looks at the world and he looks at the future!"    

"Hmph, I don't know what I'm talking about!"    

Prime Minister Lee scolded in a deep voice.    

Xiao Yun laughed and said, "That peasant wants to ask Prime Minister Lee two questions."    

"Speak!"    

"First of all, after this farmer loses his land, he can only wait to starve to death? "    

"Of course!"    

"The farmers can only be farmers forever. Other than farming, can't they do anything else? Can farmers not be farmers for other people? Can they be long-term workers or something? "    

"Of course..."    

Prime Minister Lee was stunned for a moment and then said, "That's only a small portion. This kind of transaction must not be small. When the time comes, there will be too many people who will be homeless."    

Xiao Yun smiled and said, "Those businessmen who bought the land, are they going to farm by themselves?"    

"Of course they are hiring other people."    

" Oh!" Xiao Yun pretended to be enlightened and said, "Can the peasants understand that the total area of the land has not changed? The number of farmers did not change either, but the owners of these lands were ordinary farmers. Become a businessman?"    

"This..."    

Prime Minister Lee was shocked again. His eyes widened. He could not figure out what was going on.    

That's right!    

If neither of them had changed.    

The farmers could totally become long-term workers and work for those merchants.    

After a while, he remembered one of the loopholes and quickly said, "But if the civilians become long-term workers, they will become the slaves of those merchants. They will be exploited and their living space will be reduced."    

Xiao Yun smiled and said, "But correspondingly, if they encounter a disaster, will they be able to protect their lives with wages?"    

"This... merchants will not be so kind!"    

Xiao Yun said, "It is naturally hard for merchants to have good intentions, but if people are dead, then... When the disaster is over, no one will be able to farm for him. So, for the sake of the future, it's better to feed everyone. At least within their capabilities... Of course, this could not be discussed. Just treat it as if the merchants did not want to think about this. We'll let the people starve to death."    

He shrugged and spread his hands. He asked again," Prime Minister Lee, have you paid attention to the changes in the capital? "    

"Of course! What do you mean by that?"    

Prime Minister Lee frowned.    

Xiao Yun said, "Since you are concerned, may I ask Prime Minister Lee, what do you think is the biggest difference between the structure of the capital and ten years ago?"    

"This..."    

Prime Minister Lee thought for a moment and said, "Other than prosperity, there is not much difference."    

"Didn't see it? Alright, then I dare ask Prime Minister Lee, how did prosperity appear? Did it come out of nowhere? "    

"This..."    

Prime Minister Lee thought for a while, but he could not figure it out.    

This time Xiao Yun did not let Prime Minister Lee continue to think, but answered directly, "It's the workshop!"    

"Workshop?"    

"Yes, from clothes to shoes to armor and weapons. There are also steamed buns and buns on the street, as well as furniture workshops that sell far and wide in the Great Qin Country. These are all workshops! Because of them, the capital city of the Qin Country became more and more prosperous. "    

Although Prime Minister Lee did not want to acknowledge Xiao Yun, in front of the truth, he still nodded and said," In that case, it does seem to be true. "    

Xiao Yun smiled and said, "Then I would like to ask Prime Minister Lee, workshops have been developing. What is the bottleneck of the development of workshops now?"    

"This..."    

Prime Minister Lee was speechless again.    

Xiao Yun smiled and said, "It's people! The people who work, the people who sell, the people who buy. And the transport man. Since Prime Minister Lee did not answer the previous few questions, the peasant asked you one more question. What the commoner said, other than the person who bought it, were there any farmers among them? "    

"Naturally... not..."    

Sweat dripped down from Prime Minister Lee's forehead.    

Xiao Yun smiled and strode to the front of the hall. He stood in front of His Majesty and said loudly, "This is the pattern, the big pattern of His Majesty! The development of the cities was not only in the capital, but also in the surrounding cities. The workshops occupy a large proportion of the city, and almost all the workshops nowadays... They were all short of people! If they wanted to make it bigger and better, they needed more people to participate in it. We don't just want to increase the desire of the ordinary citizens to buy things."    

He took a deep breath and continued, "His Majesty had such a plan long ago. First of all, the population of Qin Country is limited. That's all. For example, 100 people. 80 of them are farming, 10 manmade shops, and 10 of them are businessmen. After this malicious purchase, out of the 80 farmers, 30 of them had lost their fields. The land belonged to the merchants, and the merchants planted large areas of land. Unified planning, unified management, and maximized the use of labor. As a result, the land that originally needed 30 people to cultivate... Only twenty people were needed. So what about the remaining ten people? He would join the workshop! Yes, yes, the original structure of 100 people. It turned into 70 people farming, 20 in the workshop, 10 people doing business, without changing the land and the production of food, ten more people are working in the workshop out of nowhere... "    

He paused for a second and turned to Prime Minister Lee. He asked in a low voice, "Prime Minister Lee, do you think Great Qin Country will become stronger because of this change?"    

"This..."    

Prime Minister Lee's eyes were wide open and he was speechless. He stood there in a daze and could not speak for a long time.    

Xiao Yun shouted and said straightforwardly, "This is the pattern of His Majesty! None of you, this bunch of officials, can understand it. You are still fighting here till your heads are bleeding? As a subject, he should have helped His Majesty resolve his worries and deal with matters for His Majesty. Now, he wants His Majesty to personally take care of everything and make it work. Your official position... Haha, I feel so comfortable sitting here! "