The Master of the Kingdom

Mu Yan was a little helpless about the photo. He didn't notice that Su Yi's hand had been facing upwards. After handing him the book, he put it in his sleeve.

Su Yi thought to himself, this time he finally escaped, and he will definitely not be discovered.

After Su Yi returned to the house, he looked at the back of his hand, took out the golden sore medicine from the drawer, and applied it to himself. Because he occasionally hurts himself when doing experiments, he always keeps gold sore medicine in the house.

Although this black ointment smells unpleasant, the effect is indeed good.

Su Yi wrapped his hands with cloth at will, and said, "It should be fine tomorrow."

He deliberately used color photos to attract Mu Yan's attention, and it really made him fool around.

Su Yi opened the book and looked at the lifelike photos on it. When the photo first came to China, some people said it was the human soul captured by the camera. It seems that the photos can fool some people. But if it's just plants, not animals or humans, it won't cause much surprise even if it is discovered.

Su Yi put the book on the shelf at will, and glanced at the "Analects" next to him.

When he pulled out the glass manufacturing method that day, he put it on the bookshelf in the quiet room. Later, thinking that this thing is nothing strange to me, but taking it out is also a good thing that can cause many things. Su Yibian took the "Analects of Confucius" with the glass manufacturing method back to his bedroom.

Normally, no one moves anything in his bedroom.

When talking about calligraphy, Su Yi remembered the account book at home, the income and expenditure and deposits that made people cry.

In the Hanwu period, in order to contain the wealthy family, silver coins were deliberately minted. However, due to the boycott of the giants, it was abolished in only two years. Later, Wang Mang also minted silver coins, which were also soon abolished.

However, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although there were no official silver coins, the folks had already used silver as currency and widely used in large-scale "sales", such as bribery.

When the warlords were fighting in various places, the purchasing power of their copper coins decreased due to the decline of the Han Dynasty, while the value of silver became more and more healed. Folks mostly used to barter, while the clan and others all used silver and gold as their mutual currency.

Therefore, when the Yu Dynasty was established, re-minting silver coins, the resistance was not so strong.

Originally, silver began to be widely used in the Song Dynasty, but in this world, silver has already been used as currency, and it is not a "yuanbao" that has been finalized since the Yuan Dynasty, but silver coins.

The silver coins of the Yu Dynasty did not use the "three silver grades" of the Hanwu and Wang Mang periods, that is, silver coins with three patterns, distinguishing different denominations. Using patterns to distinguish them will lead to chaos in the currency market. There is only one type of silver coin in the Yu Dynasty, its weight is about half a tael, and its exchange rate is about 500 yuan. Two silver coins can be exchanged for consistent copper coins, which greatly facilitates market transactions.

Although there is no such thing as paper currency in later TV dramas, such as "silver tickets", it is still much better than just dragging a cart of copper coins to buy things without starting to move.

And the money that Su Yijia can use can only be filled with a small box when exchanged for silver coins.

It's just a small box... Su Yi only knew at this time that the family was so poor.

Of course, Su Yi actually has a lot of "treasures", if it is sold, it will definitely be worth a lot of money. But don't say that the gift items cannot be bought or sold. Even if the gifts are given by other people, they can only be said to give gifts to each other during the New Year's Day, but not to be sold.

Selling these things means that the family will soon be unable to make ends meet, and that would be a shame.

The housekeeper doesn't feel that the family lacks money at all. The granary is full, although it is not as good as that of the aristocratic family, but Su Yi’s family has a small population, and he still has good things in Mu Yan’s family, so the family’s granary has been able to support it for two years.

At this time, food is the most important thing. As for money or something, it is second.

But Su Yi, who came back from modern society, still feels that money is very important.

He has been thinking about how to make money, such as whether to open a restaurant or the like-the protagonist of the novel he reads basically has to open a restaurant when he travels back home. But his recipes are actually nothing great, mainly because the seasonings are great. The world's lack of seasoning makes his dishes delicious.

But the seasoning has not been harvested on a large scale yet. The seasonings he exchanged are basically used to support the operation of a restaurant, which is obviously impossible. So Su Yi temporarily put down this plan.

Su Yi flipped through the glass making recipe.

How did he forget this.

Food can’t be sold, he can sell glass. Why does he have to worry about what he eats, thinking that he can only make money by selling what he eats?

Not only glass, but soap is also available. However, the current soap manufacturing costs are also very high. To reduce the cost, it is necessary to make the alkali manually, and after the alkali is produced by the electrolysis method, the soap can be put into industrial production.

But it doesn't matter if the manufacturing cost is expensive. Originally, soap and the like are sold to the rich.

Su Yi's idea of ​​making money began to become active after being restrained by food.

Since soap can be sold for money, of course cosmetics and skin care products can also be sold for money. Noble women are very willing to spend money. A shop has good rouge gouache, but it can make a lot of money.

Su Yi immediately became excited. In fact, he has a lot of money-making ideas. Su Yi was excited...well, he fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.

When he got up the next day, Su Yi excitedly wanted to talk to Mu Yan about it, but Mu Yan had already gone to court. This is the great dynasty, and we will get out at the time of three or four shifts.

Su Yi felt that being an official was quite pitiful, and it was really a sin to get up so early every day. It's still better for him to be so free and to wake up naturally every day.

When Mu Yan came back, it was already evening, and Su Yi finally had a chance to tell Mu Yan about making money.

Mu Yan was surprised.

In fact, Mu Yan didn't dislike doing business or something. His family's squandering, of course, cannot be afforded with rent and salary. Even if some people despise doing business, it is impossible for a family to not have its own business relationship.

They may use collateral to do business, or they may use affiliation and collection of protection fees to let people who depend on them do business. To get a lot of money, business is essential.

Mu Yan was surprised that Su Yi was actually interested in making money.

Su Yi shouldn't be indifferent to human fireworks... Mu Yan thought about Su Yi on weekdays, well, it is not that inhuman fireworks.

However, Mu Yan still felt very excited when Su Yi offered to make money.

Moreover, business affairs are usually handed over to the subordinates, so how can the master think about it by himself?

But Su Yi said it happily, and Mu Yan listened. He became more and more indulgent towards Su Yi, and now it looks good where Su Yi is, even the appearance of love for money makes him like it. Su Yi wants to make money, and Mu Yan will definitely support it. Even if he let him make suggestions himself, um, it doesn't matter, as long as Su Yi is happy.

But when Mu Yan listened, she felt something was wrong with Su Yi's words.

Su Yi's words are getting farther and farther, and the plan is getting bigger and bigger, and it has changed from making money from the nobles in Beijing to a national commercial circulation.

Su Yi was originally not a business man. When he talked about this, he still had some dry goods at first, and finally ran the train with his mouth full.

He first withdrew a period of the importance of market economy to national unification, similar to the problem of "a field of cotton, b field of grain" that was rotten in high school political and economic books.

As for why making a glass and making a soap has something to do with this... Well, he said casually, and his thinking diverged by accident.

When Su Yi talked about this, Mu Yan began to meditate.

Then Su Yi found out about politics and economics, the little knowledge of high school, he had almost forgotten, and he seemed to be unable to say anything.

But he has other things that can diverge, such as international trade.

Did you know that flat glass is a super luxury item in Europe? In order to manufacture confidential glass, in order to make glass make money from people in other countries, let artisans produce glass on a small island isolated from the world?

They still don't know how to make glass. We make the glass, ship it out, and return it for gold and silver, and slaughter them severely.

Gold and silver are the universal currency in the world. Now, taking advantage of the ignorance outside, we sell the glass, and exchange a ship of glass for a ship of gold. All the gold is stored in the treasury. In the future, the treasury will no longer be afraid of lack of money. Use it whatever you want. .

That's right, let's talk to the emperor father, let the official take the lead and pull a boat of glass to exchange for gold! Domestic money is controlled by a large family, and it is difficult to extract it. But it doesn't matter, we can pick money from people abroad!

Good glass, good china, good tea, good silk. But forget it if it’s too exquisite, just choose the best made, the lowest cost, and you can’t get any high-quality goods, and it must be priced very outrageously, outrageously expensive, the more expensive the better, foreigners don’t lack gold and silver.

Porcelain still has to go through so many processes, and so is silk. We don’t have enough tea to drink, so let’s go through glass. Just burn it out and use it.

In short, Su Yi means that I offer glass manufacturing methods, and you are responsible for the sales. It is better to get the emperor father, take the lead in the name of the country, and go abroad to earn gold.

Su Yi felt that his thinking was too clear, and it was too provocative. Looking at Mu Yan, he was lacking in interest at the beginning, and with a smile that coaxed a child. Now his eyes are shining, and he can't wait to make a big deal.

"I will enter the palace immediately." Mu Yan left these words and entered the palace immediately.

This matter is very important, he will not wait the next day, and must report the matter to His Majesty the Emperor Ming before the palace key is released.

Su Yi touched his forehead: "Are you so excited? It seems that although Mu Yan does not value gold and silver very much, he actually loves money very much. But can the current sailing skills go so far? Along the mainland, should it be successful? If they want to sail far, I have to provide some technical support."

Compass or something, he can provide more accurate than the current Sinan, and can also adjust the magnetic pole and the true north-south error. What sailing is most afraid of is scurvy, and he can also formulate preventive measures in advance.

I heard that Europe does not like bathing, and there are more plagues than China. So make more soap, and the crew should take a bath frequently.

If there is not enough fresh water, you can use simple sea water to extract fresh water. The pure water may not be drunk, but it can be used for domestic water. And when driving at the shore, there should be no problem with supplies.

By the way, when Zheng He went to the West, he was pitted by the natives many times. He must write a good guide to getting along with foreigners, he must let the most treacherous businessmen deal with them, he must be equipped with the best weapons, but he must not suffer from the "great power".

We are not to promote any national prestige, but simply to make money. When enough money is made, all those who dare to provoke are beaten to the ground, and the national prestige will be there.

National prestige is built on economic strength and military power. To convince people to be magnanimous with morality, it is useful to clean up people first.

Su Yi shook his head, feeling that his thoughts are now very clear, and he must take this opportunity to write down everything he thinks now.

So he immediately went back to the study and wrote various guides with his barely eye-catching writing brush. Su Yi wrote, cursing inwardly. It’s really tiring to write too many words on this thing.

I need a pen.

But the current technology has not been able to make pens. The easy-to-use fountain pen came after the invention of the "Iridium-made gold pen nib, hard rubber, and free-flowing ink". Su Yi had to solve many technical problems for a pen.

First of all, he hasn't found rubber trees yet, and he doesn't know how to find iridium. But without iridium, the life span of the pen is only reduced. Maybe he can make a pen one day.

If rubber trees are found.

But Su Yi knew how to make rubber, but didn't know what the rubber tree looked like. Well, don't laugh at him, who made the tree only write the method instead of the rubber tree. And he can't remember the painting.

So now Su Yi still has to work hard, haha, and continue to work hard with a brush.

Mu Yan rushed into the palace, certainly not because of money, as Su Yi thought.

He believes that Su Yi is just "providing advice" in the name of making money.

These two strategies can completely exist as national policies and can solve many of the current problems in the Yu Dynasty.

The first one is that because the place is controlled by aristocratic families, there are big problems in all aspects of information circulation, causing a crisis that government orders cannot be issued in time.

Su Yi's proposal is to broaden trade routes and encourage commercial circulation. When private merchants go south and north, they will naturally spread the news from various places. However, there are many difficulties in doing business. For example, household registration, such as whether it will be abandoned because of business.

Agriculture is the foundation of the country. Because of this, the rulers of the past dynasties have adopted a policy of emphasizing agriculture and restraining business, worrying about population migration, which is detrimental to the management of household registration and is detrimental to agricultural production.

Mu Yan thought so before.

But after listening to Su Yi's talk about the relationship between "market" and "unification", Mu Yan had a new idea. This idea urgently needs to be shared with His Majesty. He wants to come and His Majesty is willing to use it for the next few years. , More than ten years, or even several generations of emperors’ policy policies.

His Majesty the Emperor would be very interested in this method that can reduce the influence of the clan on the place-thought Mu Yan, the "traitor of the clan".

The second thing is the issue of treasury and treasury.

After the silver coins were issued, the money in the treasury naturally changed from copper coins to silver coins. Although gold is not used as an official currency, it still exists when the nobles have been stored in the national treasury. Today's gold is mostly cut into measurable gold bars for preservation.

Now the country is full of waste, and although there is already a thriving meaning, there are too many places to spend money, and it is completely beyond the means of making ends meet. The family has a lot of money, and some people even throw gold and silver jewelry into the rivers and lakes to hear the sound. The aristocratic family occupies a lot of land, and there is no tax.

And the treasury is empty, and His Majesty the Emperor has used his private treasury several times to replenish the treasury.

Fortunately, when the Han Dynasty treasure house and the property of the hostile family were confiscated when the country was founded, I got a lot of gold and silver. But if this continues, there is no way to get in and out.

The emperor couldn't help the impulse to kill a few families. There was also the emptiness of the treasury. The emperor tightened his belt and lived his life. Those families also threw the treasures into the water and floated to hear the sound.

To be honest, this kind of too arrogant will be killed sooner or later.

But now that foreign trade is on the way, perhaps the emperor can bear it a little longer.

Of course, Mu Yan didn't feel that the death of those stupid families who showed off their wealth made him sad, he just felt that it was not a good time to oppose the family. It is better to focus on domestic construction first.

Originally, Mu Yan didn't think of this, because the Chinese people at this time all thought that the land outside the Central Plains was all barren land, what good things could there be? But since Su Yi is full of gold and silver abroad, and he can exchange anything for gold and silver, Mu Yan definitely believes in Su Yi.

Foreign countries are indeed barren land, but the barbarians are people. As for the underground, there are also gold, silver, copper and iron.

Mu Yan didn't know what glass was, but Su Yi didn't say that the rarest ceramics abroad, and cheap ceramics of lower quality can be exchanged for gold.

In order to burn qualified imperial porcelain, the other defective products were smashed in the Guanjiao. Now, those defective products can be sold abroad.

If it goes a little further, such as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this kind of thinking is absolutely impossible to appear in the heads of the upper class. But it's still early, everyone's mind is still open, there are not so many shackles and constraints.

In the Han Dynasty, the Silk Road was specially developed; in the Tang Dynasty, overseas trade was even more developed. In the Han and Tang Dynasties, they were keen to expand abroad, knowing that the outside world is very vast and there is no frog in the bottom of the well. So it's not surprising that Mu Yan can think of so much.

The only strange thing is that there is a big gap between Su Yi and Mu Yan's brain circuits.

Su Yi just wanted to make some money, but Mu Yan extracted two points from Su Yi’s full-mouthed train ride, which supported the Yu Dynasty’s national policy to enter the prosperous age in the future, and this also affected the later dynasties, "Equal attention to agriculture and business" and "Demand." "Going to the sea for business" has become the norm in the Chinese dynasty, and it is only natural that advanced ideas emerged in advance.

It was so early at this time, Su Yi didn't even think that what he was doing would affect modern society.

But sometimes, reality is more interesting than imagined.

After Mu Yan entered the palace, he immediately stayed overnight in the palace.

Mu Yan's servant also went out of the palace specially and returned to the mansion to take a few sets of clothes.

Su Yi was surprised, did the emperor's father love money so much too? But are these two people too excited? You can take your time to make money.

Mu Yan stayed in the palace for five consecutive days, and some people were called into the palace one after another, and stayed overnight in the palace together.

Su Yi didn't know about the others, but Mu Yan didn't go home for five days. Of course Su Yi knew.

At the very beginning, Su Yi thought, "It's just making money, and the two of them are not short of money. Are they so excited?" Later, Su Yi felt that it couldn't be for making money, it must be for major events in other countries.

Isn’t the township examination now over, and the first time you will be admitted to the Jinshi next February? Is it for this matter? Or is there something else? I heard that in autumn and winter, it is the peak period for the northern nomads to invade the border. Is this the reason?

Su Yi felt a little sympathetic to Mu Yan. He just went into the palace and talked about making money with His Majesty the Emperor, but he was arrested. It's so pitiful.

Su Yi slowly continued to write his guide to going to sea.

Anyway, Mu Yan looks so excited, this guide will definitely be used. At the beginning of spring next year, you will go to sea, right? I heard that the Mu family originally had a foreign trade fleet, but it was not far away, probably around the Indian Ocean. But now that there is a mature fleet, there is a foundation for voyages in the future.

"But do I want to improve the ship?" Su Yi bit the stick of his writing brush, and said, "Should I build an internal combustion engine? But this has to be done by digging for oil and refining it. Or should I start with a steam engine? Some people already use coal nowadays. It’s heating up. But is it too early to build the steam engine now? Is it dangerous?"

More importantly, the steam engine manufactured by Su Yi has to go through many experiments to be used on ships.

"Forget it, the steam engine and internal combustion engine will wait until I die." Su Yi decisively gave up the idea of ​​industrialization in advance.

He planned to write down the steam engine and internal combustion engine, as well as petroleum purification and other things that could greatly develop the industry, as a relic, and dedicated to the emperor at that time. Well, if he is dead, the emperor should be his brother or nephew.

He left the drawing, and then wrote the purpose, wanting to come to an ambitious emperor who knows how to use it.

As for whether the emperor would be jealous of himself because of these shocking things. I'm dead, don't you suspect that there are woolen threads?

It was so decided.

"But to be honest, even if I can make a steam engine and an internal combustion engine, I don't know how to use it on a ship." Su Yi sighed and shook his head.

But the gunpowder... do you want to get it out first? At sea, bows and arrows are still more deterrent without artillery, right?

But he was worried about making such a dangerous thing.

"Gunpowder and gunpowder weapons should also be left as blueprints." Su Yi added another relic to herself, "I don't know if the refined steel can be used...Wait, although you can't make firearms, you can use large crossbows. Use it as a gun.

Su Yi happily drew the drawing of the bow and crossbow manufacturing. As a man’s technical house, how could he not understand what weapons, whether it’s cold weapons or crossbows?