And what are farmers?
It is the foundation of everything, and new people, new workers, and new businesses will emerge among them.
The most important of these is the source of troops.
With soldiers and weapons, everything will be possible.
In Qi Xingyun's own words, the place covered by bowstrings is the land of Daqi.
This is what Mu Zichuan admires most about Qi Xingyun. He is in a high position, flying above the clouds, but he can see all difficulties and is willing to see all suffering.
Which emperor can do that?
"And now this merchant is a teacup." Liu Yu opened the lid of the tea and said with a wry smile: "Look at the tea in this cup. Isn't the tea the profit earned by the merchant's business in the world? It also supports me Daqi. The biggest financial revenue comes from opening up the border areas.”
"You mean oil and water," Mu Zichuan said with a smile.
He looked at the tea and tea leaves, and this was what was confusing.
There are only so many goods in the world, but through the back-and-forth of merchants, they can actually produce greater value!
And in turn, it allows the world to produce more goods, further promoting the prosperity of Daqi.
"Everything in the world has its destiny, but this merchant is so weird. Is it possible that they can still create things? It is obvious that merchants are not engaged in production."
Liu Yu also shook his head repeatedly. This has been a strange topic in Daqi for more than a hundred years. There has never been a sage to teach them why they are like this.
But the facts are right in front of us. Prosperous commerce has brought huge fiscal revenue, and these revenues are still taxes collected under the original commercial tax system.
In the future, there will only be more and more, and the proportion will become larger and larger.
Liu Yu continued: "If things go on for a long time, I'm afraid it won't take more than a few decades. Merchants all over the world will dominate the world, and commercial taxes will probably reach unprecedented amounts. Maybe one day, there will be no agricultural taxes."
"I asked His Majesty about this at the beginning, and His Majesty said that this is to take advantage of the concentration of productivity. It's so foggy that I can't understand it."
Mu Zichuan sighed and said: "The boycott of low-priced military rations jointly organized by the merchants of Didian this time was handled improperly, which is not good for our great Qi and is not good for His Majesty's policies. Mr. Liu Ge, how do you think we should handle it?"
It is well known that Qi Xingyun built a large ship at the ferry. He even went to the ferry to inspect the dock and met with merchants from all over the world, although there were some flaws.
But His Majesty's signal of encouraging trade is good news for Daqi.
The current boycott of low-priced military rations by the Didian grain merchants is an extremely difficult matter.
Liu Yu said with a smile: "When His Majesty asked the Ministry of Punishment to formulate the military marriage law some time ago, he used the hearing as an example. I thought it was a good idea. This time the merchants in the residence caused trouble, just to test whether this hearing can be widely used. "
"Then please trouble Mr. Liu Ge." Mu Zichuan nodded, which was what she had in mind.
Liu Yu stood up and said: "Your Majesty is in the front to support the army, and we in the rear are just doing these things. There is no trouble or hardship. It is getting late, so I will make arrangements and solve this matter as soon as possible."
When Liu Yu left the cabinet, his face became a little gloomy.
The merchants' joint boycott of low-priced military rations this time is not just a problem for merchants. There must be some officials fishing in troubled waters and deceiving superiors and subordinates!
All state affairs are governed by officials, which is a trick Liu Yu learned in handling state affairs.
The transportation of grain and grass in Daqi exists in a form called grain Yin.
There is some food and grass in Bianjing that needs to be transported to the front line.
The grain merchants in Sixiang City need to transport grain and grass to the capital. At this time, as long as they transport the grain and grass to the transportation department in Sixiang City, they can get money to pick up the grain and sell it in the capital.
This method of transshipment greatly increased the convenience for the people, and also saved the consumption of Daqi's military grain transportation.
The inventor of this transshipment method is now Mu Zichuan.
When the war was tense, Mu Zichuan used the ideas he got from Qian Yinli to find His Majesty. After getting all His Majesty's requirements to ensure the supply of food and grass, he acted boldly and the effect was pretty good.
But now there must be something wrong with Liangyin that the court ministers don't know about, which led to the word "low price" appearing.
"When I was working, I couldn't see anyone. When I was in danger for my country, I couldn't find anyone. When I was looking for ways to make money, I was a first-class expert."
Liu Yu looked at the moonlight and hurried to Mu Zichuan's house.
He needed to know what happened that forced Daqi merchants, who had always been very stable and willing to spend their wealth for the country, to embark on such a path.
When His Majesty was on his own expedition, there must be someone behind it to do something like this! And he also used shameful means.
Mu Zichuan is now the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, with a high position. He was still looking at the papers in his hand late at night. When he heard Liu Yu coming to the door, he personally welcomed him into the house and said, "I know what Mr. Liu Ge wants to ask, Liu Yu." Sir, please look at this."
"This is a letter written by a first-class merchant in Didian. Even they have been brutally attacked and can hardly survive."
Liu Yu picked up Zhazi and said, "That's a first-class merchant in Didian. Even the grain merchants must be unable to handle it. Wouldn't it be even harder for those small merchants?"
The content in the letter made Liu Yu very confused. He thought that the first-class merchants in Didian should have millions of dollars in wealth, thousands of hectares of fertile land, and thousands of customers and servants.
But these grain merchants were so poor that Liu Yu was a little confused.
"Are these all true?" Liu Yu put down the note and asked seriously.
"I wonder if Mr. Liu Ge still remembers the Tang family? That first-class silk merchant has a fortune and his old house is worth more than hundreds of thousands." Mu Zichuan thought of his in-laws and sighed.
Liu Yu nodded, Mu Zichuan asked for food twice in Jiangnan, and squeezed out the last bit of food from the Tang family.
And this descendant of a first-class silk merchant managed the textile office in an orderly manner and was considered a capable official.
"The reputation of the Tang Secretary of the Textile Institute who devoted himself to the country is a good story, and it will definitely be written into the history of history and passed down to generations." Liu Yu asked with some confusion: "But the reason why their Tang family fell into ruin was because of the military disaster. . What does it have to do with this matter now? Could it be..."
Mu Zichuan shook his head and said: "It's not what Mr. Liu Ge thought. When I talk about the Tang family, I actually mean that most of the merchants in Daqi are not pursuing profits wholeheartedly, and they do not hold back in matters of right and wrong."
"But now some people hold the idea that businessmen pursue profit for the sake of money, and human life is cheap because of money. They are further persecuting this grain merchant in this matter of transshipment."
Only then did Liu Yu realize that Mu Zichuan was trying to convince him that someone was persecuting merchants.
Mu Zichuan shook his head repeatedly and said: "Scholars, farmers, industry and merchants are all your Majesty's subjects. Why are merchants alone regarded as a despicable profession, ranging from insults and beatings, to confiscation and destruction of homes, and they are also praised as supporting the country's style?"
"These merchants are all making profits in places tens of thousands of miles away, and every penny they earn is not in vain. After exchanging food for food in the capital, they thought about earning a little more on this last journey. What's the result?"
