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Chapter 391 The Impeccable Fallacy

"Puff! Cough cough..." Uncle Yao choked and shook his head, "Young student, do you think you can think of something that so many of us can't think of? Are you smarter than everyone in the world?"

Lu Ziqing said to himself, "At least half as smart."

"Then don't you think about it, why don't the other half of the smart people do this?"

Lu Ziqing shook his head: "Uncle Yao please advise."

Uncle Yao said: "White cloth is the most important commodity in the Western Regions that can be exchanged with Dazhou for silk and other goods. The caravans took silk tea and other things from Dazhou, and brought back white cloth and spices. If we are in Dazhou now The promotion of planting, coupled with your advanced baby, what is it called a cotton gin, has greatly reduced the cost of manual work, which will cause the price of white cloth to plummet. This is not a small drop, but it basically cuts off Dashi and the Western Regions. It doesn’t matter if it was in the Taiping era. In the past few years, we have been fighting with the northern barbarians in full swing, and we are going to kill each other. The only relatively stable ally is Dashi, but Dashi refers to the profit of white cloth to support the army. Suddenly their source of income was cut off, and Dazhou emptied their military expenditures with tea, silk and other in-demand commodities at high prices. You What do you think of the Western Regions that have suffered heavy losses?"

Lu Ziqing's eyes widened, and he said in shock, "They will all support the Beiman to attack us."

Countries without money can only have one response, which is to go to war.Beiman troops sometimes pass by the territory of the Western Regions. Whether the other party reports to Da Zhou or pretends not to see it, the degree of favorability is very important.

Lu Ziqing said unconvinced: "But, my nephew just wants to make my aunt feel more relaxed. My uncle understands what my uncle said, and we don't want to go to large-scale planting for now. As for the cotton gin, it's enough to use it secretly at home. "

He deliberately didn't take it when he left.Maybe in a few days, Shan Yueniang will use it occasionally when she is tired, and she will accept it if she thinks it is good?

"That's why Yueniang asked you to take that thing away." Uncle Yao shook his head and sighed, "You young man doesn't know what to do. You are greedy for money and utilitarian. You are always eager for quick success, just like a market You are like a disciple, no wonder Yueniang wants to drive you away immediately."

Lu Zi said with a clear heart, we earthlings are such bad-natured people, I'm really sorry.Besides, was it wrong for me to invent the tool?
Seeing that he was dissatisfied, Uncle Yao asked: "You only understand the principle of utilitarianism, so I will chat with you casually according to the principle of utilitarianism. Let me ask you, we sell a piece of white cloth for one ingot of gold. Then you do the same." A piece of white folded cloth sells for a tael of silver. Isn’t that the case?”

Lu Ziqing nodded, yes.

"Then I earned a bar of gold, and you earned a tael of silver. Which one of us earns more?"

Lu Ziqing: "..."

"No, uncle, this account cannot be calculated in this way." Lu Ziqing thought for a while, this is a matter of identity, you have to say whether you are an operator, a producer or a buyer, if you are an operator, if you want to make money, you can naturally use half Selling one ingot of gold at the cost of two silver coins?You can sell as much as you want, the cost and the selling price are two different things, the lower the cost, the more you can earn.You can't lead me into a ditch.

After Lu Ziqing finished speaking, he was very proud. It is impossible for Hongmeng disciples to be inferior to old farmers in mathematics.

Uncle Yao said, "Okay, now we're all selling an ingot of gold. Then someone comes to buy it, who do you think the other party will buy?"

Lu Ziqing said: "Things are the same. My cost is low but my quality is not bad. I can sell it at a low price. Everyone will buy mine and not yours. You won't earn any money."

Uncle Yao nodded: "Yes. Now that the news has spread, can you still sell a piece of gold?"

Lu Ziqing shook his head: "Of course not."

Uncle Yao said: "But I can still sell an ingot of gold. But you were reviled by thousands of people and became a black-hearted businessman."

"That's not possible..." Lu Ziqing said, "I can promote my machine to everyone for free, and everyone can use it. Then everyone can use a lower price to improve their lives, and the output will increase. Everyone can afford to wear white drape. And as an operator, it must be profitable, and buyers are not stupid, and they will not buy expensive ones."

Uncle Yao asked: "Is it really not? After 1000 years, after 2000 years, it won't happen?"

Lu Ziqing was suddenly speechless. This matter is a strange circle. In the era of all modernization on the earth, everyone suddenly pursues handicrafts.Obviously printed matter is more exquisite, but everyone is pursuing hand-painted, because hand-painted is a work of art, and the cost of paint is higher than that of printed ink, even if it looks the same.Obviously, teapots are rounder if they are made by machine, but everyone likes handmade ones, because handmade ones don’t have to be round.The most typical ones are clothes and textiles. Even though machine-woven products are exactly the same in terms of warmth retention, and domestic products are cheap and cheap, many people want to buy imported products and Italian ones, because Italian handwork is the most expensive.Even if the things made by hand are crooked, everyone likes them. This is called individuality, and it is called self-willedness when used. Even if there is nothing special about wild things, it is also called organic.

Lu Ziqing suddenly realized that he was being led astray again, he quickly shook his head to drive away these random thoughts, no, no, he was led into a ditch by Uncle Yao.To put it bluntly, things are rare and expensive, but you have to be extremely rich first!
Lu Ziqing said: "Uncle Yao, you can't say that. If everyone is like this, then civilization will not be able to progress. Everyone has returned to the ancient times, wearing grass skirts and picking wild fruits."

Uncle Yao asked, "Are people happier today than people in ancient times?"

Lu Ziqing: "..."

This, indeed, has always been the same.Joy, anger, sorrow, and joy have never had anything to do with material things.No matter how developed the future is, everyone will recall the past and keep imagining the joy and anger of the ancients.

Lu Ziqing shook his head vigorously, no, he was led crooked again by Uncle Yao.Why can Uncle Yao lead me astray?I'm really overwhelmed.

Uncle Yao said: "Then I will ask you a very simple truth. You want to give a gift to the person you respect the most, such as today's emperor, or the suzerain of Shenwumen, or give it to Tianzun. It's white cloth, which one do you think is more precious? How much do you charge?"

Lu Ziqing said: "It's all the same..." He suddenly stopped talking.

Lu Ziqing realized that he had forgotten a very important thing. Li Wan'er said that these white folds of cloth are used to make the armor lining of the armor, and they never charge money!
If a thing is not for sale, then naturally the more expensive ones are more expensive.Even if the quality is the same, people will definitely feel that the higher cost is better, because the more they pay, the different intentions are contained in it.It took more thought and more effort.

(End of this chapter)