Su Jing and Liu Bowen chatted a lot, and even saw Liu Bowen's quick response at Su's cloth shop.
Talent!
Absolute talent!
He has never been stingy with such talents.
"Thank you Mr. Su for your kindness. I treat me very well, so there's no need for that."
Liu Bowen declined again.
Just kidding, his boss is the emperor now, how could he be recruited by Su Jing.
Of course, Liu Bowen is quite satisfied to be so sought after.
It's a pity that Zhu Yuanzhang's complexion is getting worse and worse.
"Su Jing, don't go too far. My people dare to rob you. Believe it or not, I will break your legs!"
The furious Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but curse, and Zhu Chong's bad-tempered character was directly exposed.
"cut."
Su Jing snorted coldly and said, "If old man Liu hadn't agreed, I would definitely have fought for it."
"But since Mr. Liu doesn't have this idea, let's forget it."
Su Jing, who had no idea of the identity of the two people in front of her, was not at all clueless.
As a person who has experienced ups and downs in the business world, Su Jing has never shown timidity.
"you......."
"Master, master!"
Zhu Yuanzhang still wanted to speak, but Liu Bowen stopped him with a look of admonishment.
However, Liu Bowen looked at Su Jing and couldn't help but sigh that this young man was brave enough.
I just wonder if Su Jing would still have the courage if she knew the identities of the two of them?
Thinking of the scene at that time, Liu Bowen couldn't help but have a smile on his face.
"Mr. Su, please clarify my doubts."
Liu Bowen said to Su Jing again.
Su Jing looked at the two of them, then pointed to the bustling streets outside and said, "You can see that the streets outside are full of people, but do you know that in fact, more than half a year ago, Lishui County was completely silent at night. "
"For each reason, we must start from..."
Listening to Su Jing Moji's words, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but interrupt: "Don't talk in roundabout ways, be direct!"
Su Jing rolled her eyes at him and said, "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry."
I will endure!
Zhu Yuanzhang clenched his fists and forcibly endured it.
After all, he formulated the national policies of the Ming Dynasty. Whether it was agriculture, business or military affairs, Zhu Yuanzhang was very confident.
Now, he also wanted to hear what Su Jing's opinion was that dared to belittle his own decree.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang stopped talking, Su Jing continued: "If you want to manage a businessman, you must first have a basic understanding of business."
"What is business? To put it simply and straightforwardly, it is the exchange of resources."
“Replace the resources you need with the ones you don’t want.”
"In the beginning, there was no concept of currency, and all commercial activities were barter. Later, when currency was introduced, it became commercial activities with currency as an intermediary."
“Only after we understand the nature of business can we formulate corresponding policies.”
After saying so much in one breath, Su Jing felt a little dry, so she raised her glass and took a sip of tea.
Liu Bowen bowed his hands and said solemnly to Su Jing: "Master Su is a great talent. He can reveal the core of business in just a few words. I admire you!"
This was not a show, but Liu Bowen understood Su Jing's explanation of the nature of business.
"I'm just talking casually."
Su Jing said casually: "Let's continue talking."
"Since the essence of business is the replacement of resources, then there is a premise. Only resources can be replaced!"
"At present, the main source of resources in our Ming Dynasty is agriculture, so there is no doubt that we should emphasize agriculture. This is very correct!"
Although Su Jing is a businessman, he has never felt that agriculture is unimportant.
On the contrary, in this era of agricultural society, agriculture is the foundation of everything.
"There is some truth to this."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
Su Jing glanced at him and changed her subject: "Agriculture can only guarantee basic survival, but business can improve the efficiency of survival."
"With commercial activities, resources can be better circulated, and the circulation and integration of resources can in turn promote the development of agriculture."
"For example, farmers grow food, harvest it and sell it. If they have money to buy farm tools and cattle, they can produce more food."
“The process of buying and selling grain, farm tools and cattle is inseparable from commerce.”
"Of course, this is just the simplest aspect."
"Nowadays, the commercial taxes in our Ming Dynasty are indeed low, but there are considerable restrictions on the scope of business activities."
"You must know that the essence of business is the replacement of resources, and resources in different regions are obviously different."
"Centralizing businessmen actually greatly restricts the free development of business."
"That's the first drawback."
Listening to Su Jing's words, Liu Bowen was thinking seriously.
Zhu Yuanzhang on the side couldn't help it anymore and said directly: "What you said makes some sense, but if this businessman is not controlled, it will be the most unstable existence. I don't know how many people will be deceived and abducted!"
Restricting the scope of businessmen's activities was intended to stabilize the order of all parties when Zhu Yuanzhang first formulated this rule.
After all, ancient times were no better than modern times, and there were not so many tracing methods.
If merchants circulate at will, there will inevitably be many more profiteers.
Just shoot and change the place.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that businessmen were an important factor in social unrest.
It is precisely because of their unbridled interference in transactions that leading to hoarding and skyrocketing prices in times of war and even in times of peace.
Su Jing looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, nodded and said: "You are right, but I don't think it is a good idea to simply limit the scope of businessmen's activities."
"The development of commerce is beneficial to people's livelihood, but the emergence of profiteers will destroy people's livelihood."
"Then our first priority is not to restrict trade, but to restrict profiteers!"
"For example, when I went north to buy beef, I saw many tooth shops along the way because there were no tooth stickers, which caused the goods to pile up and make it difficult to circulate. In the end, they could only rot."
"This is simply a waste of food due to choking."
(Ya Xing refers to an intermediary, and Ya Tie refers to the officially issued intermediary business license.)
Of course Su Jing knew that Lao Zhu did this to maintain his rule and make society more stable.
It's just that such vigorous efforts to hinder the development of commerce will lead to the failure of commercial tax revenue, and the pressure on the Ming Dynasty's treasury will eventually be put on the farmers.
The life of farmers in the late Ming Dynasty was quite miserable.
Of course, Su Jing only briefly talked about the current disadvantages here, and could not mention the future.
Zhu Yuanzhang fell silent after listening to Su Jing's words.
He and Liu Bowen paid a private visit incognito, and what Su Jing said was true.
There are no teeth in the rows, so goods cannot be sold, but can only be piled up.
He thought it was just a rare incident, but based on what Su Jing meant, it was probably not what he thought.
And what Su Jing said does make sense. Business is not a bad thing. The bad ones are businessmen who do not do their job properly and have evil intentions.
This cannot be generalized.
"So how do you think this problem should be solved?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked rhetorically.
Su Jing raised the corner of her mouth and said calmly: "That is the emperor's business, it has nothing to do with me. I am just a businessman and not involved in government affairs."
