"Boss Cao may have misunderstood. My Li family is no longer a merchant's home. There are several shops in the house, but they are managed by servants. Neither I nor my family are directly involved. As for Boss Cao, You mentioned improving the status of a businessman and changing the impression of a businessman in the eyes of everyone. I cannot afford such an important and sacred task! Boss Cao, you should hire someone else~!"
In the hall of Li Mansion.
Li Zexuan lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head and refused.
This Cao Wendong only paid a few thousand dollars, and he wanted Li Zexuan to lead this group of businessmen to "make a revolution". It was really a bit fanciful. To be honest, Li Zexuan sympathized with the unfair treatment of the businessmen, but it was just sympathy. If he was asked to become the business leader and cause trouble, he would not do it.
First, it’s not worth it. To break the thousand-year-old class division system of scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants, it would cost too much, and it would not be of any benefit to him. You must know that he is now in the “scholar” position. They are the vested interests of this class division. How could they become so enthusiastic about standing up for businessmen because of Cao Wendong's words? He is not an impulsive and brainless boy.
Secondly, this is not his ambition now. His most important task at the moment is to run his Yanhuang Academy well. He is not interested in these irrelevant things at all. So, why do he do things that are not good for him and are not interesting to him?
Just because Cao Wendong "raised his hands" before did he have to obey his words? Totally impossible!
When Cao Wendong heard this, his arms trembled violently, and his expression quickly darkened. He smiled bitterly, cupped Li Zexuan's hand, and said, "It seems that Cao has been abrupt. I hope that Sir, I will forgive you, and Cao will leave now~" !”
"Wait a minute~!"
Li Zexuan stretched out his hand and said:
"Although I cannot come forward to organize the establishment of a chamber of commerce, cooperation is still possible. If Boss Cao has any feasible cooperation plan, he can go to the workshop to talk to Uncle Fu and Ma Zhou. Also, I have no regard for merchants. Prejudice, on the contrary, I believe that if the Tang Dynasty wants to progress and all the people in the world want to live a happier life, they cannot do without businessmen. I think Boss Cao is a person with ideas, although I cannot personally participate in the chamber of commerce you mentioned, But I am still very happy to give you some support within my ability~!"
These words were spoken by Li Zexuan from the bottom of his heart,
Historically, the Chinese people's view of businessmen can be said to be the most unflattering in the world. The low status of businessmen is also the result of thousands of years of stigmatization.
Why stigmatize business people?
Perhaps many people will think of the "emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business" policy of past dynasties, but first of all, we must understand that the business referred to by "suppression of business" is private business rather than official business. Under the high-sounding excuse, it actually has a monopoly heart.
Therefore, "focusing on agriculture and suppressing business" is an extremely hypocritical proposition. Just like the modern "purify the Internet environment and establish a new trend of civilization", it is a slogan for those in power to be upright and righteous, and those involved are scolding. If there is a funny person in a thousand years, Experts only rely on literal interpretations and believe that the "Network Cleanup Operation" has protected the physical and mental health of the people. I believe you will also laugh out loud.
Unfortunately, history is not written by businessmen after all. In order to maintain market advantages and prevent the leakage of business secrets, businessmen are unwilling to write books and spread their own ideas and experiences. This gives those in power a propaganda advantage. They can stand on the highest moral point, wantonly distort the role of businessmen, and discredit the other party to gain a dominant position in public opinion. So much so that over the past two years, most people actually believed it to be true.
But in fact, there is no doubt about the role of businessmen in promoting social progress, and the greatness of businessmen cannot be overemphasized. The so-called "businessmen do not create value" is the biggest prejudice. Businessmen create value, but labor may not;
Businessmen are the first driving force for social progress. Businessmen bring vitality to society and promote freedom, fairness and democracy; businessmen invent and maintain business systems and logistics networks, and promote the exchange and dissemination of ideas, people, and culture, such as In the late Xia Dynasty, it was West Asian merchants who introduced wheat, bronze, and mathematics to China;
The brilliant achievements of human civilization, such as science, technology, legal system, and art, are all by-products of the commercial system; history is political-oriented and incomplete. Only by looking at history from a commercial perspective can we restore the true face of history.
Therefore, from the perspective of social progress, Li Zexuan is still very willing to see the status of merchants improve and the business of Datang become more prosperous, but if he is allowed to be the vanguard of the "revolution", then forget it~! You can say that he is cold-blooded, but he has people he needs to protect, and he will not take risks for things that are not relevant.
"That's great! So, Cao, thank you Sir for your help and guidance!"
Cao Wendong thanked him excitedly.
Although this result is still far from his ideal, it is better than getting nothing at all. At least he has some hope!
"Haha~! Boss Cao, walk slowly~!"
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"Dad, sir, try these fried chicken balls, what do you think?"
noon.
The family gathered around a table and had lunch warmly. However, the food on the table today was obviously different from before. Li Zexuan could smell it as soon as he smelled it. It was definitely not cooked by the family's cook Aunt Zhao, nor did it look like my mother. made.
"That's right~! Master, Xuan'er, today's lunch was all organized by Yu Xi alone. It took a lot of effort~!"
Mrs. Li squinted her eyes, glanced at her daughter-in-law, and laughed.
"Hmm~? Isn't there a cook at home? Yu Xi, why do you cook the food yourself?"
Father Li frowned and asked. He thought it was because the servant was doing something wrong!
"Dad, my daughter-in-law is just trying her best. It has nothing to do with Aunt Zhao. Dad, try it quickly and see if it tastes good? My husband, please try it too. There are several dishes here that I made based on your previous preparations." The chicken, braised pork, lion's head and other dishes are all derived from deliberation, sir, please see if they suit your taste!"
Han Yuxi gave Li Zexuan a piece of food with a sweet smile and said.
Li Zexuan looked at the golden and tender chicken meatballs in the bowl, the size of pigeon eggs, with three or two chopped green onions on the outside, and was a little surprised. Isn't this similar to the salt-fried chicken eaten in modern times? It’s also a high-end version of salted crispy chicken!
If Han Yuxi hadn't said that she imitated the dishes she had invented before, Li Zexuan would have thought that his wife had also traveled through time.
What a bastard, my wife’s learning ability is incredible! He can make inferences based on existing dishes. He is really a genius!
"Just looking at the appearance of this dish makes me very appetizing. Well, let me try it!"
Li Zexuan smiled, then picked up a piece of muscle and fed it into his mouth. His mouth suddenly became fragrant. He gave a thumbs up and said: "Hmm~! It's delicious! It's really delicious! Madam, thank you for marrying me." Let’s go home, otherwise our Zuixian Tower will definitely lose money now!”
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