Martial: I Started The Technological Revolution In Ancient Times

Then he said, "Tell me, what's the use of this thing? Let me see if your brain works."    

Tuoba Tian'er could only say, "The foundation of a region's economic development is the flow of goods. In the past, the circulation of goods could only rely on horse carriages or people carrying them on their backs. But now that there are so many of them, I'm afraid that one person can transport 100 kilograms of goods. It could also travel a long distance and increase the exchange rate of all goods. This would also increase the production speed and reduce the cost of some finished goods. It will make the goods cheaper and make it easier for the people to accept. "    

Xiao Yun widened his eyes and said in disbelief, "Wow, you actually know?!"    

"I am not a fool!"    

... "Aiya... ordinary nobles don't know."    

"Hmph!"    

It had to be said that Tuoba Tian'er's brain was good enough.    

It was just that she was usually restricted by the trivial matters of the Imperial Court.    

She always felt that power struggles were the most important, but it was always easy to forget the roots of the world.    

What was the root?    

It could make everyone live a better life!    

"During this period of time in the Northern Wei, no matter whether it's in the Great Royal Court or other places, actually, I've been constantly observing where the advantages of the Northern Wei lie. And where is the disadvantage? This kind of thing is very obvious. The real big problem is like a tiger crawling on its head. It's so obvious. "    

"So... what's the problem with the North Wei?"    

Xiao Yun smiled and said, "What do you think?"    

"The Imperial Court is corrupt, officials are corrupt, nobles dominate the city, and civilians are powerless."    

Tuoba Tian'er said it with decisiveness.    

However, Xiao Yun shook his head.    

Then he said, "These are actually not the key. Decay is because the body is too large. There are too many positions, too many people who eat in plain clothes, but as long as the Imperial Court has enough money... In fact, it can feed them. The same principle applied to the corruption of officials. As long as they were supervised, to let the corrupt officials use it on construction, for example, a road that cost a hundred taels of silver, he reported a thousand taels of silver for 900 taels of silver. But in the end, a road was built, wasn't it? If he had enough money, even if he was so corrupt, he would still be able to deal with it. As for how to bully the market, what did it mean that the people were powerless? To put it bluntly, the aristocrats had to take a large amount of money. They ate meat and only let the people below drink some soup. If there was not much meat, the soup would naturally be clear, but if there was enough meat, this soup was also mostly thick soup, at least it wouldn't starve people to death. Right? "    

Tuoba Tian'er frowned and said," There is only so much money. The most important thing to rule is to make the most balanced distribution of the limited money. That is the right way! "    

"Who said that money can only be so much?"    

"This..."    

Xiao Yun patted his bicycle in satisfaction and said, "The advantage of North Wei is that it has a long history and a developed culture. Whether it is the nobles who travel better for themselves or the scholars who like to tour around, ___ said. No matter what the purpose is, the road in North Wei is really good! I don't know what the Sun Moon Country is like, but in terms of the road construction, the North Wei is indeed much stronger than the Qin Country. If such a good road doesn't have the corresponding means of transportation, wouldn't it be a waste?"    

"We'll use this?"    

"Yes, this is it. There's another characteristic of the North Wei. Although the North Wei region is very vast, it can also be said to be vast and sparsely populated. Most importantly, the distance between cities is too great. Each city was a complete system of its own. Therefore, there would be a lot of places to transport, but the quantity would be very little. It was not worth using too many transportation tools, such as carriages. Moreover, the cost of those things is a bit too high. "    

Xiao Yun walked to the table and drew on it.    

"Ten stones of grain, the same amount of money, bought from farmers. Transporting it to the processing workshop in the city, or shedding the shell for storage. Or wine brewing products, if transported by horse carriages, people eat horses and horses chew. Transporting and unloading, requires the same amount of money to be spent. As a result, the value of the food would be raised. The things that were made would also be very expensive. If there was a year of disaster, or if the civilians could not live, they would have to turn around to buy food. The price would naturally become higher, and it would not be able to be sold all the time. This price might go up to two and three cents. It was a price that the civilians could not accept at all. Everyone said that the grain merchants were too black-hearted, and they were black-hearted. But even if the grain merchants did not earn a single cent, the price would not be lower than two cents. Isn't this a waste? "    

"Hmm... I'm afraid most of the money will be wasted on transportation."    

"That's right. Let's take another example, for example, iron."    

"Iron?"    

"The iron is very expensive no matter where it is. Right? "    

"Humph! In terms of iron weapons, no one in the world can compare with your Qin Country. Even in our North Wei, most of our weapons are copper weapons. They are not any worse than iron weapons."    

"Is that so? Why are iron weapons not used much?"    

"It's expensive!"    

"The young man nodded. Yes, it's very expensive. It's a place where iron can be refined. Yes, it's very expensive. It's a place where iron can be refined. There were only a few iron ores that had been mined. It was a thousand catties worth of iron ore. The cost of mining should be around the same amount of money, but 1000 jins of iron ore... It could only produce a dozen kilograms of iron, even if it was more. A hundred kilograms, that should be enough, right? Just the mining cost of a hundred catties of iron had reached the usual price. What about the transportation? Iron mines were unable to produce pure iron, so they needed to transport ores. A thousand kilograms of iron ore, just for the transportation fee. It's not just the usual. "    

"From the mining area in the north to the iron refinery in Great Royal Court, a thousand kilograms of iron ore needs to be transported at ten pints, it can't be any less"    

"Is that so?"    

Xiao Yun chuckled and said, "You know quite a bit about these numbers."    

"I am also very concerned about these problems, okay? After all, the number of iron weapons determines the strength of a country."    

Xiao Yun nodded and continued, "In this way, 100 pounds of iron needs to be 10 regular iron, which is equivalent to 11 taels of silver! What about the consumption of iron? Other than manpower, what other consumption is there?"    

" That is naturally firewood. "    

"[Isn't that right?]"    

Xiao Yun smiled and said, "There is no other way. People carry firewood from the mountain. Don't think I don't know that your North Wei's coal cooking is very advanced. Most of your iron refining techniques also use charcoal to burn. And it has to be that kind of exceptionally good charcoal fire. Right? "    

"How do you know?!"    

Tuoba Tian'er was shocked and widened her eyes as she stared at Xiao Yun.    

One. The degree of craftsmanship of a country was usually a secret. As a "foreigner," Xiao Yun should not know this.    

Xiao Yun shrugged. "I don't even need to ask. I can guess that it must be so. After all, the iron in the North Wei does not rely entirely on import. I can still produce some. But with your technology, other than using high-quality charcoal fires, there's really no chance."    

"Alright... Alright, just take it as you're right."    

Xiao Yun said, "Wood, cut down from the mountain. It needs people to carry it bit by bit to a place where it can be burned. Then, it will be burned into charcoal. Then, we will use a carriage to transport it to the iron workshop. How much will it cost to transport it back and forth?"    

" The price is the same. "    

"What is the exact number?"    

"If we calculate it based on refining one thousand jin of iron ore, we'll have to spend around ten cents on firewood. "    

"Look, it's another ten yuan, and another ten yuan on the left. How much does one jin of iron cost on the right and ten yuan on the right? Plus the cost of forging, the transportation of finished products... Under layers upon layers of progress, a kitchen knife that only used two or three pieces of iron... How much do you want to sell it for? "    

Tuoba Tian'er was silent.    

Because if she calculated it like this, the amount was really terrifying!    

Previously, she had always felt that those iron refinery houses and blacksmiths were a bit too shady and the profits were too great. That was why the people were unable to use more iron tools.    

But now that she thought about it... those blacksmith shops actually did not earn much money.    

Even if all the profits added up, it would only barely be able to maintain the operation of one shop.    

Xiao Yun looked at her expression and continued, "But if the transportation can save half of the cost, then the final product, which is a kitchen knife, how much cheaper can it be? Twenty percent? Or 30%? "    

" At least twenty percent! "    

"Yeah, a kitchen knife has a 20% balance. What if all the goods can be cheaper by 20%?"    

"This..."    

"The sales will increase because of the low price. The sales will increase and the number of kitchen knives can also increase. In this case, can all the kitchen knives in the North Wei be added with 20% of the total number of kitchen knives? "    

"It should be even more..."    

"That's right. This is the principle of spiraling growth. As long as we save some money in one place, it will be a huge benefit to all industries. Now you know the significance of transportation, right?"