"Well... I don't deny that I did think so."
Wang Quan said with certainty and conviction, "But now I have changed my ways and decided to be an honest businessman! And a businessman who treats business as a hobby rather than his main job, so..."
Wang Quan looked at the emperor in front of him expectantly, and then took out the "Barefoot Doctor Manual", "Militia Military Training Manual", "Survival Manual", and "Simplified Production Method" from the small bag behind him.
"Your Majesty, do you desire true power?"
Elementary School Students and the Final Producers: Chapter 265: Elementary School Students Selling Out the Country's Fortune
presumptuous! "
Facing the five books spread out like a fan in Wang Quan's hands, the old minister blushed and accused him, "How can you regard Your Majesty as a merchant?"
"Oh...I see."
Wang Quan nodded in understanding, then cleared his throat and said, "In addition to these five essential divine books for time travelers, I also have hundreds of tons of steel that I can present to Your Majesty. Your Majesty does not need to pay me anything. Just give me a few thousand boys and girls, and then reward me with hundreds of thousands of gold. Of course, I wouldn't mind if you wanted to carve out a few cities for me."
Li Shimin looked at the child who was speaking nonsense to him with a strange expression. That madman from Chu who mocked Confucius in the street was no better than him. Gold was one thing, but rewarding young boys and girls? The last person to do such a thing was the First Emperor, wasn't he? And he even wanted his own territory? This was a complete disregard for imperial authority, wasn't it?
"yes……"
Lihua looked at Wang Quan suspiciously and asked in a low voice, "What are you going to do with boys and girls in our grade?"
"It's nothing."
Wang Quan scratched his head and said, "I have five habitable planets and one wandering celestial body. It's a shame in every sense that there's no civilization living on such a large area of land. So I want to bring some people to live here and add some popularity."
"..."
Looking at the children whispering to each other, Li Shimin's brows slowly relaxed, and he looked with interest at these children who were so crazy that they asked him for their citizens and territory.
"Such arrogant talk is like the ravings of a child. I shouldn't have bothered with you. But if you truly have made contributions worthy of such a generous reward, that's another matter. What are you relying on? Could it be just over 100,000 kilograms of hundred-forged steel?"
"Of course not."
Wang Quan nodded affirmatively and said, "Your Majesty, I can sell you a thousand years of your country's life. Compared to this, no reward can compare."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar in Taiji Palace. Wang Quan could even see that a man who should be Wei Zheng was so angry that he couldn't even say a word. He could only use his eyes and trembling fingers to express how angry he was.
"Selling out my country for a thousand years?"
Li Shimin, completely unconvinced, said to Wang Quan with a slightly angry look in his eyes, "King Wen pulled his chariot 800 steps, but he only won 800 years of prosperity for the Zhou Dynasty. What magical powers and abilities do you, a little boy, have to dare to promise me a thousand years of prosperity? If you are joking with me, I will never let you off easily!"
"His Majesty."
Facing the pressure from the emperor, Wang Quan shrugged without any pressure: "Your Majesty, do you know why the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, and Sui dynasties all perished?"
"You want to test me?"
Li Shimin said calmly, "The Xia Dynasty fell because King Jie of Xia was tyrannical and fond of pleasure. He collected wealth from the people to please his favorite concubines, causing the people to suffer. The Shang Dynasty fell because Emperor Xin of Shang was aggressive and refused to accept advice, thus covering up his mistakes. The Zhou Dynasty fell because King You ignored state affairs and appointed treacherous officials, losing the support of the people. The Qin Dynasty fell because of excessive military service and taxes, which led to the decline of people's livelihood. The Han Dynasty fell because of the chaos caused by relatives and eunuchs, causing the people to suffer. As the saying goes, water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. He who wins the hearts of the people will eventually fall because he loses their hearts."
"exactly."
Wang Quan raised his index finger and said, "But Your Majesty—when will the people of the Tang Dynasty lose their support?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a barrage of accusations and accusations arose.
"My dear ministers, step back!"
Li Shimin gave an order, dismissing the men who were about to attack the child before him. He then confidently said to Wang Quan, "My Tang Dynasty will only perish at the hands of unfilial descendants in the future."
"It seems that Your Majesty has also vaguely realized the law of dynastic cycles—any empire will experience a period of prosperity when social contradictions are alleviated, decline when social contradictions become prominent, and then collapse when social contradictions intensify. It will then be replaced by a new dynasty, and the cycle will repeat itself. Therefore, the key to prolonging Your Majesty's reign lies in how to delay the intensification of social contradictions."
Seeing the child's words were meaningful, Li Shimin couldn't help but perk up and said, "The change of dynasties is like the waxing and waning of the moon. How can the general trend of the world be avoided?"
"I didn't say avoid it, I just delayed it until a thousand years later."
Wang Quan confidently raised two fingers: "This requires two methods. One is to change the system to ensure that the upward channel is not blocked. The other is this -"
Looking at the unfamiliar, fruit-like object held high in Wang Quan's hand, Li Shimin hesitated and asked, "What is this?"
"crop."
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin's eyes widened in astonishment. "I'm quite knowledgeable about farming, but I've never seen anything like this before! Could this be the crop they used to sell on the streets, yielding 6,000 kilograms per mu?"
"Yes."
Seeing Wang Quan nodding calmly, even Li Shimin, who prided himself on judging people, didn't know what to say for a moment - 6,000 kilograms per mu was too absurd, but the child in front of him didn't look like he was lying at all, and it seemed more like he was talking about an ordinary thing like eating pancakes today.
"Oh, no, let me add something."
Wang Quan corrected him, "With Jinkela, we can achieve a yield of 6,000 catties per mu. If it's farmyard manure or green manure, I'm afraid the yield will be lower. I estimate it to be 4,000 to 5,000 catties, right?"
"Four or five thousand kilograms..."
Li Shimin's mouth twitched as he said, "Even the Tang Dynasty's most skilled farmers can only produce 300 kilograms of rice per mu, while ordinary farmers can only produce a little over 200 kilograms. What on earth is this that can produce ten times more than even my most skilled farmers?"
"This thing is sweet potato."
Wang Quan affirmed, "Your Majesty, among all the contradictions in this world, the lack of enough food for the people accounts for a large part. Therefore, as long as we can feed them, social contradictions will not be so severe. The confidence that allows me to extend the Tang Dynasty for a thousand years lies in these small crops."
"..."
After a moment's silence, Li Shimin stared at Wang Quan intently and spoke word by word, "A yield of four to five thousand catties per mu is too incredible. I'll have to try it to know for sure. If it's true, I'll give you any reward you need!"
"Let's do it this way. Hey! You, yes, you, come here."
Wang Quan casually handed the sweet potatoes and some precautions for growing them to a military officer, then spread out his palm and called out the Lord God.
"Now let's jump forward to when the sweet potatoes are ripe. Can we do that?"
The small ball of light in his palm flickered twice, and then a beam of light descended to cover the elementary school students. Then, in the eyes of Li Shimin and others, the children disappeared one after another. The officials suddenly burst into an uproar, and Li Shimin was completely stunned for a long time...
After a while, he finally let out a wry smile.
To prove these sweet potatoes are real, there's no need to wait until they're ripe. Immortals, all you need to do is show off your magical skills, and I'll believe you. Why bother leaving like this?!
When he thought that he would have to wait until the sweet potatoes were ripe to see the immortal again, and there was no guarantee that the immortal would appear, Li Shimin felt waves of regret in his heart, but the regret was of no use at this moment, and he could only sigh.
I can only hope that the immortal won't leave just because of my caution and negligence...
Primary School Students and the Final Producers: No. 266 Primary School Students Go to the Grassroots
"The emperor is clearly here."
After temporarily retreating to the main divine space, Wang Quan looked at Illya with a puzzled look. "How did you lead us to the emperor's harem? Fortunately, we had Lihua's Goblin Throwing and continuous output of ordinary tickets, otherwise those Xuanwu soldiers would have been killed or injured by us long ago."
"But the emperor is clearly there."
Illya scratched her head in confusion: "I can't possibly recognize the wrong person!"
"Illya is wrong."
Miyu nodded silently and said, "I saw it too. The woman we went to see looked very similar to the 'cat-fearing woman' I knew. She is undoubtedly the Empress of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, Wu Zetian."
"Ah this..."
Wang Quan's eyes twitched and he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Emperor Taizong of Tang did not delve into the matter of him and others breaking into the harem. If he had investigated it and learned about Wu Zetian from the outspoken elementary school student, the scene would have been too beautiful.
"Well, I don't understand. I don't understand at all."
Lihua looked at Wang Quan in confusion: "Wang Quan, it seems like you are not just doing business."
"Uh...you can see that too?"
Lihua immediately patted her chest proudly and said, "Of course, we are friends."
“I’m just experiencing it.”
Wang Quan rubbed his chin and said, "My real wishful thinking is to follow Beren's approach and create a main god space full of reincarnations."
"Student Wang Quan, why do you want to recreate that kind of creation?"
Li Xiaolang said in confusion: "That's not something worth copying."
"The Lord God Space is not a good thing because there are problems with the underlying structure, and also because the evil-minded witch Beren has been treating the reincarnators as toys from the beginning."
Wang Quan snapped his fingers and said, "My ideal main divine space is a prosperous freight transit station. Goods from the multiverse can be delivered to other universes through this transit station, greatly promoting the prosperity of cosmic commerce."
"Is that so?"
Illya muttered, "We're just selling scrap steel and roasted sweet potatoes. It doesn't look like we're accomplishing such a grand undertaking at all."
"Because we are experiencing the work of 'grassroots employees' in the future main god space."
Wang Quan nodded and said, "My brain simply can't imagine how to build such a multiverse business empire, so we have to do such insignificant things and take action down to earth. This kind of grassroots experience can help me discover what kind of problems exist in the main divine space of my dreams. For example, I have discovered an obvious problem right now-"
Looking at Lihua, who was being chased all over the ground by the cheerful foal for trying to feed it carrots, Wang Quan spread his hands and said, "We need to find a market for these horses. Lord God, please try to find a place that needs horses and teleport us there. Of course, don't send all the horses there, just one or two as demonstration products."
The beam of light was cast down again, covering the five elementary school students and a horse. When Wang Quan opened his eyes again, he was surrounded by waves of noisy voices. He raised his head in confusion and looked at the source of the sound. Then he saw a huge display screen above his head. On the screen, a group of beautiful girls with horse ears were running on the track. Everyone was deeply attracted by the running of the beautiful girls with horse ears, and they cheered for them intently!
"Hiss... Is this a monster that is about to transform into a human form?"
Li Xiaolang subconsciously drew his peach wood sword and looked at the humans who were infatuated with the horse-eared beauty. "To be able to seduce so many humans, these monsters must be quite powerful!"
"This time when I went to the grassroots level, I discovered another problem."
Wang Quan squinted at Li Xiaolang and said, "In order to prevent humans from the demon-slaying worldview from attacking innocent beastmen in other worldviews, it is necessary to conduct detailed employee training."
"This...what is this!"
A surprised voice came from beside Wang Quan. Wang Quan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a petite orange-haired girl who was not much taller than him looking at the tall horse beside him in surprise.
“That’s a weird way of asking.”
Wang Quan gestured to Illya to complain about Li Xiaolang's attempt to subdue demons, while stroking the large horse beside him, he said to the orange-haired girl, "This looks like a horse no matter how you look at it. Don't you have any horses here?"
The orange-haired girl shook her head repeatedly and said excitedly, "Horse? Why is this wonderful animal named 'Horse'? Is it a monster? Some kind of monster that is transforming into a horse girl? Or is it some kind of forbidden biotechnology?"
Wang Quan squinted at the girl running on the big screen broadcasting the game. "To me, a human with horse ears is truly bizarre. The world is so big that nothing is impossible..."
At this time, Wang Quan also found that he and others had attracted the attention of everyone around them. A large number of cameras and mobile phones were pointed at this place and took pictures. Voices such as "What kind of animal is this?" "Could it be a doll costume?" "Why does this magical animal have the same tail and ears as a horse girl?" and so on were heard incessantly.
"This is not the place to talk! Come over here!"
The orange-haired girl quickly called a car to pack up the horses and Wang Quan and others and take them away. The girl's excited look made Wang Quan keenly smell a business opportunity. After some discussion in the car, the orange-haired girl readily agreed to buy all the horses he had and pay a large sum of money for it.
It was also during the payment that Wang Quan discovered another problem - the currencies of different worlds were not interoperable, and there was no currency that was popular in every world.
Can gold be used as hard currency?
He had just expressed this idea to the Main God Space, and the Main God Space transferred him to another world. After seeing a man trying to refine the entire earth into gold, he immediately gave up gold.
After much thought, he chose another hard currency that would definitely be popular in every world and definitely useful in most universes - rice, flour, grain and oil!
Basically, any living creature cannot live without food. Even the silicon-based creatures like the Shenyan Empire, which generate nuclear energy every day and don't need to eat at all, can make rice, flour, grain and oil into bioethanol and biodiesel to provide huge energy for the Shenyan Empire. There is almost no race in the multiverse that does not need energy!
"So it's decided. From now on, the goal of reincarnations is to earn rice for me. You must use the specialties of each world to earn rice in each world, racking your brains and exhausting your physical energy to earn rice! Rice, flour, grain, and oil are the universal equivalents of our main divine space! From now on, medals and points will be abandoned. In the name of a fifth-grade student from Wall Street, I will establish rice, flour, grain, and oil as the new universal currency of the main divine space, and call it - Justice Points!"
Elementary School Students and the Final Producers: Chapter 267: Rice and Justice
Wang Quan looked at the revelations he had gained from his grassroots work with great satisfaction. He then looked at his companions behind him and asked expectantly, "What do you think of this currency I'm issuing, backed by rice, flour, grain, and oil—Justice Points?"
"Emm, how should I put it..."
Li Xiaolang scratched his head and said, "Why should we give currency the name of justice?"
Wang Quan blinked. "Is there a rule against starting a name this way?"
"Emm, there really isn't such a rule."
Li Xiaolang looked at Wang Quan oddly. "But in our place, naming is about filling in what's missing. For example, if the Five Elements lack fire, we'd name him Mu Linsen. And your currency of justice—why does it have a tinge of malice?"
"That's just you thinking too much."
Wang Quan affirmed, "The trade I envision can make the world more prosperous. Far from being unethical, it's actually a great virtue. That's why I named it Justice Points. Yeah! That must be the case!"
After deciding to use rice, flour, grain and oil as endorsement for the issuance of justice points in the main god space, Wang Quan sold all the horses to the orange-haired woman and asked for rice in return.
Although it was very strange, the orange-haired girl agreed readily. Her school didn't have much, but it had a lot of food. After all, she had to provide food for so many big-eating horse girls. She had prepared a lot of food in advance and handed it all to Wang Quan, then happily led a large number of horses home.
Looking at the rice piled up in a whole warehouse in front of him, Wang Quan discovered another big problem - no warehouse could hold all the rice from the multiverse, and he had to dig underground warehouses. And it would not take one or two warehouses, but hundreds of thousands or even tens of millions of super-large warehouses to accommodate the rice from the multiverse.
Fortunately, he had five planets given to him by the cosmic emperor Frieza not long ago. He could free up one planet as a warehouse and then let the wandering celestial bodies guard this planet.
After writing down the solution to the problem in his exercise book, Wang Quan started transmitting again.
"Huh? Mr. Wang Quan, we have nothing to sell."
Lihua pointed her finger and said, "We traded the steel for horses, and the sweet potatoes were given to the emperor. We won't get paid until they're ripe. Now we have nothing to sell."
"Didn't we just get a batch of rice?"
"But classmate Wang Quan, don't you want to store the rice as a general equivalent?"
"That's just a 'thought'."
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