Mixing ancient times with Taobao

Chapter 250 Productivity

"There are quite a few people studying you in Nanjing."

Xu Han said unhurriedly: "Some people say that what you practice is the study of merit. Although it is practical, it is also utilitarian."

He took a sip of tea and continued: "Some people even say that you don't know what to say, you are extremely arrogant, you abandon the theory of saints, set up your own sect, enter the Tao with ingenious and obscene skills, and call it science."

Zuo Fu sneered, "Yangzhou's 80 people were massacred, natural disasters and man-made disasters are in front of them, why don't these talented people save the people? Is it their way to misinterpret the words of the sages and focus on flattery?"

"You are a woman who has entered the officialdom, so you will inevitably be captured by others, so why are you angry?"

Xu Han was still unhurried, "I think your school has merits. In the past few days, I wandered around Changzhou, and what I saw and heard was unimaginable. What I can think about is The effect of this ingenious obscenity. The way in this world, to be used to the extreme is knowledge."

Zuo Fuliu was a little surprised.

I thought that this stinky mouth who grew up reading the books of saints was like those pedantic literati, but I didn't expect that the ability to accept new things is very strong?

"I read that book, and some doubts have been explained. It's just that there are still some questions that I don't understand. Please enlighten me."

He stood up and made a deep bow with a very sincere attitude.

Zuo Fu narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment and said: "Young Master Xu, you are being polite, if there is any problem, Fu will definitely know everything and talk about it."

"So, Han is grateful."

Xu Han sat down and said: "I read in this book that in ancient times, people drank blood and lived by hunting and gathering, and their life span was extremely short. But since they learned how to drill wood to make fire, people's life span has increased. In the book It is said that fire can eliminate various parasites and viruses in meat, and cooked food is easy to digest, so it can increase life expectancy.

This, I can still understand.But the book also said that this is also a manifestation of the increase in productivity, but I read it for a long time, and I don't know where the productivity has increased?Could it be that if you learn how to make fire, you will hunt more? "

Zuofu laughed, "Humans can use fire, but other animals can't. If they set fire, many animals may be burned to death. Isn't this an increase in productivity?"

"But this is a trick..."

"From not being able to use fire to drilling wood to make fire is an improvement in technology. This book is called Science and Productivity. It says that the improvement of technology is closely related to the improvement of life. The appearance of fire has improved life. It is a technological improvement. People live healthier, more energetic, and stronger will also improve their hunting capabilities. This is the benefit of technological innovation.

And this book talks about the great relationship between technological innovation and production.The Second Young Master Xu was born in the family of Gongqing. Do you know this overseas trade? "

"Slightly heard."

"Then do you know how much money those smuggling big merchants make a year?"

Xu Han shook his head to express his ignorance.

Zuo Fu stretched out a finger, "The profits of those large merchants are more than one million taels."

Rao was cold-tempered, but after hearing this number, he still took a breath.

How much is the annual tax in Ming Dynasty?

How can a merchant earn so much?
"Then do you know why they can earn so much?"

Keep shaking your head.

"Those Western Yi countries are thousands of miles away, separated by many oceans, to come to my Ming Dynasty, it is really close to death, but why did they come?"

Zuo Fu took a sip of tea and continued: "They came for our tea, silk, and porcelain. Why can we sell these things to them? Because they don't have them, or the technology is not as good as ours. We form a monopoly with technology. If the court Kaihai, then this will be a direct manifestation of productivity! The court itself has no output, and the court’s income comes from taxes. The court collects this money, firstly to maintain operations, and secondly to play a role in regulation.

You can see that the dynasties that have disappeared are all due to problems with regulation, so they disappeared.When did the natural disaster stop?Why is it particularly prominent only at the end of the dynasty?If the imperial court is out of control and cannot play a regulating role, then natural disasters will come, and man-made disasters will not be far away!
Let's talk about sea trade.We monopolize technology and earn a lot of money. If the imperial court has this money, it can build bridges and pave roads, and pay enough money to the peasants. When the peasants have money, they will consume themselves. Then the demand of all walks of life will increase, and the income The more money you have, the more taxes you pay to the court, and the more things the court can do for the people, the more money the people have. Such a cycle is a virtuous circle.

So back to productivity.

You may think again, wouldn’t there be fewer people cultivating land like this?No farm is unstable, isn't it?Indeed.But do you think, if there is demand in the market, will the supply be cut off?Of course, in order to better supply market demand, it is necessary to talk about technology.Technological innovation can liberate part of the labor force to invest in other industries.

In the past, we farmed.

Ten people farming may only be enough for ten people to eat.But what if we upgrade to ten people farming and 100 people eating?Were the ninety people freed from the fields and freed to do other things?If it is upgraded to one person farming, what will 100 people eat?Is it possible for 99 people to do other things? "

"But how can one person plant the land and a hundred people eat it? Moreover, with those 99 more people, what else can they do if they don't farm the land?"

"Ah……"

Zuo Fu smiled, "The first problem is very simple, that is to improve technology. We are like the ancients who drink blood. If we want to free most people from the farmland, we must change the way we farm and improve our seeds. My Have you heard of high-yielding rice? This is the result of improvement.

The yield per mu is [-] catties, which is the benefit brought by technological innovation.And this is just rice seeds. In fact, there are still many areas that can be reformed, such as our farm tools.I made a threshing machine, and the efficiency has been greatly improved. Is it easy for farmers?In addition, there was a kind of planter in Han Dynasty. Although it has been lost, we can still think of recreating it!Seeders, rice transplanters, as long as you dare to think, you can do it!

As for the second question... Production has resumed in the city these few days. Take a look at my city of Changzhou. Is there enough people?Not enough!I want to repair all the roads, build a new city wall, plant my new seeds in the fields, and improve water conservancy to prevent flooding... I feel numb when I think about it, I don’t have enough people what!It is not enough for all the people in Changzhou to work!
How many years will it take to finish these things?Once you get the basic conditions right, you can do many things again.You can open a large workshop, make things on a large scale, sell things on the market, and then go back to the cycle mentioned earlier..."

Zuo Fu took a sip of tea, "The work is endless. Of course, when this model develops to a certain extent, there will naturally be bottlenecks. But it doesn't matter, just open up new markets, such as sea trade..."

(End of this chapter)