"It stinks so much."
When Li Xiao sent someone to buy some stinky tofu from a shop outside, Zhu Ningyun smelled the smell of stinky feet all the way back.
When two portions of stinky tofu were served, the flavor became even more intense.
Zhu Ningyun frowned slightly and said angrily: "Xiaolang, this smell is almost the same as the smell of your foot sweat."
Li Xiao chuckled and said, "What's wrong? Do you dislike me, my husband?"
Zhu Ningyun chuckled and joked: "I'm used to smelling it. Now if I don't smell your smell, I can't sleep well."
Li Xiao: "."
Since when did you become so naughty?
Seeing Ning Yun being so cheerful, Li Xiao lamented that ten years ago this girl would not dare to say anything to him for fear of being unhappy, but now she is becoming more and more unrestrained.
Li Xiao looked at his airtight boots again and thought that if there was a chance, he must develop breathable mesh shoes.
Zhu Ningyun's eyes fell on the stinky tofu and said: "This is the stinky tofu that has caused a lot of noise in the past two days. Just because of this thing, you got into a quarrel with a bunch of Confucian scholars?"
"Yes." Li Xiao nodded: "That Confucian scholar really doesn't know what's good or bad, and he doesn't know how to taste it. He insults me, my husband. Can I tolerate my husband?"
"Let me have a taste." Zhu Ningyun picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece.
"Aren't you afraid of the smell?" Li Xiao said with a smile.
Zhu Ningyun said: "I'm not afraid of the smell of your feet, why should I be afraid of this?"
Li Xiao said helplessly: "Looking at what you said, I'm so embarrassed."
Zhu Ningyun laughed, then put the stinky tofu into her little cherry mouth, chewed it, her eyes lit up, and said: "It's really good, it smells stinky and tastes delicious, just like your feet, it makes people like it."
Li Xiao held his forehead: "Can we not mention the feet?"
Zhu Ningyun bit another piece and said with a wicked smile: "No."
Li Xiao: "."
At this time, there was movement outside the door.
"See the Emperor, see the Holy One, see the Queen!"
The maids outside the door suddenly saw the saint coming, and they all knelt on the ground and worshiped.
This is the card of the Duke's Mansion, both the Supreme Emperor and the Holy Emperor are here in person!
Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first!
"Isn't this smell like stinky tofu?"
Zhu Di laughed and said, and several people walked in.
"I've met the Imperial Grandfather, the Holy One, and the Queen."
Li Xiao and Ningyun quickly stood up and went over to greet them.
"You don't have to be polite here, treat it as your own."
Zhu Yuanzhang walked over with a cane and glanced at Li Xiao first, "You kid, you haven't come to see us these days. Have you forgotten us?"
Li Xiao hurriedly handed over his hand: "Grandfather, how dare your grandson-in-law? I have been busy rowing dragon boats these past few days, so I have been delayed."
Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Don't think that we don't know, you are just a commoner rowing a dragon boat."
Li Xiao smiled and explained: "Nothing can be hidden from your discernment, Grandfather. My grandson-in-law wants to see if Beiping City can organize such a major event on its own without him."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and sat down, minding his own business. His eyes fell on the stinky tofu, "Is this the stinky tofu that those Confucian scholars said?"
Zhu Di also came over and sat aside, "I guess it's this thing."
"Grandfather, Your Majesty, please try it."
Li Xiao hurriedly took the chopsticks and handed them over one by one.
After a while.
After tasting it, their eyes lit up and they felt that there was something special in this stinky tofu.
"Yes, it tastes really good. It smells bad and tastes delicious."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said: "Li Xiao, you are really good at this kind of thing. We have heard that many people have learned this stinky tofu one after another. There are more and more ways for people to make a living."
Zhu Di nodded: "Yes, most people don't go to farming now. The more ways to make a living, the better. Li Xiao, you're doing a good job!"
"Thank you, Grandfather Emperor, and father-in-law for the compliment."
Li Xiao smiled modestly and said: "In Beiping, the imperial court took away the people's land. Li Xiao did not dare to neglect it for a moment. The value of the land has already been produced. As long as there are more service industries, the faster the money flows, everyone will Can live a better life.”
"This is indeed the case in Peiping, but we have never understood it."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly and asked: "What is the truth? Please tell us."
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di have always watched the taxes in Peking get higher and higher, and the people's lives are getting better and better, with food to eat and clothes to wear.
The salaries of officials in the imperial court are also increasing day by day, and the salaries of all Beiping are increasing.
These are all changes brought about by reform, but they have not understood the principles.
The reason why they dared to let Li Xiao do it was because Li Xiao first put the grand task of governing Peking in front of them. With Zhu Yu in front of them, they dared to let Li Xiao do it boldly.
"Okay, Grandfather."
Li Xiao waved his hand and said, "Here, bring me some pen and ink."
Soon, pens, ink, paper and inkstones were put on the table.
Li Xiao drew three circles in turn, showing a triangular shape.
Li Xiaoxian did not rush to explain, but smiled and said: "Grandfather, Your Majesty, Li Xiaoxian would like to ask you a question, why has the world been divided and reunited and dynasties have been changing for thousands of years?"
There were two people in front of him, one was the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and the other was the current emperor Zhu Di. If they shook each other, the world would be shocked.
Only Li Xiao dared to speak up and ask questions to these two people.
Zhu Yuanzhang said without hesitation: "We have a say in this. We conquered the Ming Dynasty. In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, the people were in dire straits. They couldn't eat, so they had no choice but to raise their heads and revolt! In the final analysis, if you don't have enough to eat, you can't live. Once the dynasty makes it difficult for the people to survive, there is only one way to be overthrown."
"That's right." Li Xiao said, "Grandfather, please tell me, why can't the people survive?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Because the land is in the hands of landlords and powerful people, if everyone has land, how can people starve to death?"
"The Emperor is wise, that's it!"
Li Xiao explained: "Since the Han Dynasty, land taxes have been collected, but land is allowed to be bought and sold freely. The sale and purchase of land are purely trade relations, so under free buying and selling, landlords are formed by economic conditions. It is precisely because of private ownership of land that The poor have no place to stand.
The people still have to do hard labor, encounter some disturbances, or suffer from three illnesses that deplete their family wealth, or there will always be a lean year in an average of three years, when the savings are gone and the land has to be sold.
This land is concentrated in the hands of a few people. The poor get poorer and the rich get richer.
By the end of the dynasty, this phenomenon became more and more serious. As a result, the people could not survive and the dynasty was about to end. "
Zhu Di was shocked, and after careful consideration, it seemed that it was indeed the case. Li Xiao could see so clearly!
Zhu Yuanzhang murmured: "So this dynasty change left hidden dangers in the Han Dynasty and continues to this day? Is this why you nationalized the land?"
Li Xiao nodded, "That's right."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "It makes some sense."
"Grandfather, you often say that agriculture is the foundation of food and clothing. Agriculture is the foundation of the country. This is really a great truth!"
Li Xiao first praised, and then said: People need to eat, and the development of the country cannot be separated from agriculture, but relying solely on agriculture is a bit weak. "
Li Xiao smiled slightly, pointed to the three circles, and explained: "Look, Grandfather, these three circles represent three industries and the laws of economic operation. Do you think this triangle is more stable?"
Zhu Yuanzhang wondered: "The triangle is indeed the most stable shape. What are the three industries?"
Li Xiao pointed to the circle at the top and said: "This first circle, Li Xiao named it the first industry. The most important industry in the world is the first. It is the foundation of the country and cannot be shaken. In all dynasties, it has been based on This first industry is the basis for development, and the other two industries are too weak, causing the triangle to be unstable. It should develop in a balanced way. But there are basic conditions before the other two industries can be developed."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What conditions?"
Li Xiao said with a smile: "Actually, we have already achieved it, that is, the agricultural output has greatly increased. The land's output in one year can feed the world for three years. It is full and warm, and lustful. Only fullness is the foundation of everything. Otherwise, everything is empty talk. .”
"That's it." Zhu Di's eyes lit up and he said: "Potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and high-yielding rice seeds are concentrated on the land, and the grain output has indeed increased threefold."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled happily: "Okay, it seems that our Ming Dynasty has agreed to the first condition, so what are the remaining two industries?"
Li Xiao said with determination: "As long as these two remaining industries are strengthened, the country will be extremely rich and will not decline for many years. From now on, the dynasty will never change!"
Hearing this, several people present took a deep breath.
Especially for Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, the dynasty will never change. It is so shocking to break the thousand-year-old situation that if they are united for a long time, they must separate, and if they are divided for a long time, they must unite!
If it could be accomplished, wouldn’t the Ming Dynasty be immortal for tens of thousands of years?
"Speak quickly!" the two said in unison.
Li Xiao nodded slightly, pointed to the second circle, and said: "The first industry is agriculture, which feeds the world. The second industry is called industry."
Zhu Di said: "Industry is the factories you opened in Peiping, right?"
Li Xiao said with a smile: "That's right, when you are full and warm, you can think about lust. You must be full first and then warm before you can think about lust. Agriculture solves the problem of food, and industry is to meet daily needs. Those textile factories, iron ore factories, and the medicines that make Fengyoujing Factories, etc., all to meet daily needs, and at the same time, it also solves the problem of food for the common people."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "It's true. In just one fertilizer factory, there are 30,000 people working there to make a living. Each person can earn thirty taels of silver per year. Even if there is no land to farm, it is enough for the family to eat and clothe themselves. .”
Zhu Di said happily: "Dad, you have also overlooked one point. This industry can feed back agriculture. For example, the fertilizer produced by this fertilizer factory can make the land more productive, and the money earned from the land converted from food will eventually flow to the people. In hand."
"That's right!" Li Xiao took out his pen and drew from the center point of the first circle to the center point of the second circle. "This is mutual complementation and mutual benefit."
He then drew from the center point of the second circle to the center point of the third circle, "Finally it flows to the third industry and then back to the primary industry!"
As he said that, Li Xiao drew from the center point of the third circle to the center point of the first circle, forming a triangle: "Life is endless, the cycle is endless, this is the most stable structure, enough to make the Ming Dynasty, It will never fail!”
The words fell.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di took a deep breath and stared at the triangle.
It is as if this triangle is the protective talisman of Ming Dynasty.
It is easy to conquer a country, but it is difficult to defend it!
As an emperor, what do you want to see most?
That is, dynasties will no longer change, and the world will no longer change hands.
After a while, Zhu Dinan murmured: "First be full, then warm, then think about lust, dear son-in-law, is this so-called third industry a brothel?"
"The brothel is only part of it."
Li Xiao explained with a smile: "The tertiary industry is called the service industry. In fact, it has existed since ancient times. It was most developed in the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty. The more developed the service industry, the more prosperous the economy will be. In fact, your imperial grandfather has already Realize that."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You mean, the restaurant I funded and the blind massage?"
During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang funded the construction of restaurants and massage services for the blind, filling the national treasury.
Li Xiao nodded and said: "Yes, if you have enough food and clothing, you want to pursue a better quality of life. Markets, shopping malls, restaurants, hotels, culture, education, transportation, and transportation are all a type of tertiary industry.
For example, a family can have a lot of luxury. They can go to a restaurant and have a drink. When they are tired from work, they can go to the little girl for a massage or a foot wash.
When people make money, they deserve to enjoy themselves.
The tertiary industry can promote more people's employment, keep money flowing, and everyone can get what they need, so that there will be endless money.
The tertiary industry represents people's yearning for better things and unknown exploration. When having enough food and warm clothes is no longer a problem, people are willing to spend money on the tertiary industry. "
In the future, the more developed the economy of a country, the higher the proportion of the tertiary industry.
The higher the proportion of the tertiary industry, it means that the first two industries will not be too bad.
At this time, the room was quiet.
Everyone was stunned by Li Xiao's remarks about the three industries.
In the previous dynasty, because there was only agriculture, the people could only rely on the land for food.
Therefore, once the land is annexed, the people will not be able to survive. They will have to rebel and redistribute land resources.
But now, land is not the only industry. People can farm, work as workers, pull rickshaws, make furniture, and teach.
"Tertiary Industry."
After a while, Queen Xu said happily: "So it's like this. Now there are many industries that have never appeared in Beiping City before. Money keeps flowing, but more and more."
Zhu Di also nodded and said: "Because there is a secondary industry in Beiping, the efficiency has been improved and the materials are more abundant. Many businessmen have tried to sell fresh goods from Beiping to other places. The business of this escort agency is also getting better and better. Recently, a new business has been opened in Beiping." There are more than twenty escort agencies in China. According to Li Xiao, these escort agencies are the tertiary industry service industry, because the birth of the secondary industry also feeds the secondary industry!"
In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient and people were rarely inhabited. There were often bandits and robbers along the road.
The escort agency came into being, and it has been around for a long time, but it is not as prosperous as it is now. In short, all walks of life in the tertiary industry have become developed.
Zhu Yuanzhang worriedly said: "If these things from Peiping go to other places, will they have an impact on the foreign markets?"
Li Xiao smiled and said: "Yes, it will bring a big impact and disrupt the market, so we need to impose sea restrictions and open border trade to make money from outsiders."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "I see, haha, you taught us a good lesson today and we benefited a lot. But the border trade you mentioned is to sell our good things to those Tatars?"
Li Xiaodao: "We can easily produce ironware and silk in exchange for horses, cattle and sheep, which is profitable. The establishment of tariffs will not only prevent foreign goods from impacting the local market, but also fill the national treasury. "
"Tariffs are a good idea, but..."
Zhu Yuanzhang wondered: "It's understandable to open the sea, but if we sell salt and iron to the Tatars in the north, they will in turn deal with us."
Zhu Di smiled and said: "Dad, I have already considered this. I will tell you in detail when I get back to the palace."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
This is the difference in concepts between father and son.
During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards Bei Yuan was to refuse to trade and to defend.
Zhu Di during the Yongle period believed that if several large tribes such as the Oara, Tatar, and Uliangha could not be unified, they would not pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty.
Opening trade with the weaker party will prevent the weaker party from being annexed, balance the power, and prevent it from unifying. Once you have your hands free, you can deal with them.
You can't say who is right or wrong, each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Unfortunately, Zhu Di spent his whole life conquering Mobei, but in the end he failed to destroy these nomads.
In fact, it was just as Zhu Di thought.
The unification of these tribes really gave the Ming Dynasty a headache.
After Zhu Di died, Mahamu completed the feat of unifying the tribes and attacked the Ming Dynasty.
If Yu Qian hadn't supported Yu Jiangqing and stood up to complete the defense of Beijing, the Ming Dynasty would have been destroyed.
There are good and bad ways for the emperor to guard the country.
The advantage is that the heavy border troops do not need to be handed over to the feudal king, which reduces the occurrence of rebellions.
The heavy army can not only defend the emperor, but also guard the door at the emperor's feet. If the door is guarded, the people in the interior will not be invaded by foreign enemies.
You know, once these Tatars cross the Great Wall, they will burn, kill and loot. They will commit all kinds of evil. They will ride fast horses and hold scimitars. They will come and go like the wind. A few people can slaughter a village, and the innocent people will suffer.
The disadvantage is that the capital with centralized power faces the enemy directly. Once it falls, the dynasty will directly fall into the hands of others.
"The theory of these three industries is strange, but it is indeed useful. The prosperity of Beiping is proof of this." Zhu Yuanzhang said in an unclear tone.
Zhu Di also roughly understood, nodded and said: "We are right to support Li Xiao's reform. This kid has ink in his belly, haha."
In fact, Zhu Di knew that Li Xiao was a wise person, and he knew that Li Xiao dared to do it. These would definitely be the results of future success.
Zhu Yuanzhang took another bite of stinky tofu, and suddenly thought that he came with a purpose today, looked at Zhu Di and said, "Fourth, look, we have all forgotten the business."
Zhu Di came back to his senses and looked at Li Xiao, "Xian son-in-law, you said a few days ago that alchemists are of great use. What's the use? Today, your imperial grandfather and I came here specially to have a look."
"I knew you two weren't just here to eat tofu."
Li Xiao chuckled and led the way: "Please follow Li Xiao. What the alchemist is studying is of great benefit to the secondary industry. Industry is the foundation of a great country. The foundation of economic development can make Ming Dynasty proudly stand on top of the world." !”
Hearing this, everyone was very surprised. Is the alchemist so capable?
"Okay! We are all looking forward to it."
Zhu Yuanzhang stood up hurriedly and walked over, followed closely by Zhu Di and others.
Everyone walked towards the Science Room of the Duke's Mansion.
Inside a room in the House of Science.
The people in this group of rooms all wore white coats.
Fit the image of a future scientist
This was because Li Xiao had specially unified their clothes. After all, this group of people were wearing black or yellow robes before, and they did look a bit like swaggering liars.
Now that we have unified uniforms, we feel very good and professional.
At this time, Song Yingxing was facing the blackboard and teaching all the alchemists.
He found that Li Xiao was really right to hire an alchemist.
Because these strange chemical and physical phenomena are difficult for ordinary people to learn and teach. Ordinary people will think they have encountered a miracle, yell and scream, and they cannot learn at all.
But these alchemists were different. Before they learned chemistry and physics, they knew various methods to purify elements from various substances, such as gold, silver, mercury, saltpeter, arsenic, and mercury.
For example, many alchemists will mix saltpeter and realgar to extract arsenic oxide, then use lard and arsenic oxide to obtain elemental arsenic, and then combine elemental arsenic and rosin to obtain pure arsenic.
Yes, these alchemists have been able to use their own methods to extract single elements from the material species in nature.
They were actually the earliest chemists, but they took a wrong approach.
These alchemists used arsenic to make elixirs, and it was poisonous if eaten.
But if it is used to add to steel, adding 5% arsenic to steel can produce lighter and harder alloy steel materials, semiconductors, and pesticides.
This is just one of them. Each of these alchemists has his own exclusive secret recipe and can come up with various elements.
But now Song Yingxing can directly tell them through chemistry books what these elements are, what they do, the fusion between molecules, and their molecular formulas.
Song Yingxing also used Li Xiao's microscope to allow these alchemists to see the world of microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, etc., which shocked them.
In short, these alchemists can quickly learn chemistry and physics.
In fact, people who can make alchemy are not stupid. They often do experiments on their own and analyze various fusion reactions.
Generally speaking, alchemists play different roles, and there are factions and the like.
When Li Xiao summoned all the alchemists to the Duke's Mansion, this group of like-minded people, and Song Yingxing relied on books to teach, often did various interesting experiments together to understand the laws of chemistry and physics.
This group of alchemists can quickly learn to do experiments, and they can also understand some of the principles. They are so happy that they want to tell the world that they are not liars, and they want everyone in the world to understand these things.
"The Supreme Emperor has arrived! The Holy Emperor has arrived!"
As the eunuch shouted, all the alchemists in the room were stunned. When they stood up, they saw two masters in dragon robes standing at the door.
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
Song Yingxing and all the alchemists knelt down together.
Song Yingxing's heart was filled with excitement. He never expected that he would be able to see Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle in his lifetime.
The alchemists, on the other hand, became uneasy. They heard that they were going to become masters and teach students, and their salaries would be high.
But the question is, will the emperor agree to this group of disliked people?
The fate of this group of alchemists is like this. Whether they are prosperous or not depends on their fate.
When the emperor believed in the art of immortality, they lived a good life, enjoying popular food and drinking spicy food.
When the emperor doesn't believe it, he can only go to the public to fool the rich, and he may even be severely beaten.
And the current emperor obviously doesn't believe in immortality.
They were worried that they would be beaten by these two men in dragon robes.
"What skills do you have? Show me your skills."
At this time, Zhu Di walked in and said, "If you are not outstanding, you will know the consequences."
Song Yingxing hurriedly raised his hands and said, "Please, Your Majesty, please move to the experimental room."
"Lead the way." Zhu Di put his hands behind his hands and said calmly.
"Yes." Song Yingxing handed over his hand, and then brought Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di to the experimental room, and the group of alchemists also followed.
In this experimental room, there are various beakers, containers, bottles and jars used for experiments, as well as various experimental devices.
Song Yingxing cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, first I can show you the power of thunder, a light bulb that can replace candles, okay?"
Zhu Di didn't quite understand and asked: "The power of thunder?"
Song Yingxing smiled slightly, "It's like lightning in the sky, you can turn it into your own use."
Hearing this, Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, thinking that they must be liars. Isn't it nonsense that the electricity in the sky can be controlled by them?
"Your Majesty, just watch."
Seeing that the two of them didn't believe it, Song Yingxing waved his hand and told an alchemist: "Le Can, go and demonstrate the principles of frictional power generation and resistance heating for your majesties to see."
A young alchemist came out and said, "Yes!"
Afterwards, other alchemists immediately prepared the newly developed tungsten wire. The tungsten wire was covered with a glass lampshade, which was obviously the result of many improvements.
The alchemist walked onto the bicycle and started pedaling furiously.
Buzz buzz——
The friction of bicycle wheels generates electricity, and the generated electricity enters the battery. The battery contains some mercury, mercury, cadmium, chromium, carbon and other elements, which are extracted by these alchemists and manufactured according to the principles in the book.
Soon after the battery is fully charged.
Then it was transmitted to the light bulb through the wire.
Suddenly, the dark room with the bed curtains closed suddenly lit up!
The light bulb lit up, as bright as the little sun.
The yellow light illuminates the whole room brightly! !
The effect of a light bulb is enough to match the light of dozens of candles.
The shape of the light bulb was reflected in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, shining brightly!
Amazing, so amazing!
Both Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang were shocked.
I thought that these alchemists could only make elixirs to harm people.
Now it seems that there is such a thing.
This Li Xiao is really not messing around, the alchemist is really useful!
A small light bulb that emits bright light? ?
(End of chapter)
