Done! Your Majesty is going to prostitute me for free!

Chapter 18 Scholars, Farmers, Industry and Commerce

"If everyone goes into business and stops working hard, wouldn't it be chaos?" Wang Jingwen rolled his eyes and said, "You are an official of the imperial court. If you open your mouth and shut up, you are a businessman. What the heck!"

"Um?!"

Lin Xiaofeng was a little confused.

Aren't you a businessman yourself?

Are you digging your own grave?

Seeing Lin Xiaofeng looking at him with strange eyes, Wang Jingwen immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing in a hasty manner, and quickly explained: "Since ancient times, everyone has thought so."

"Since ancient times?"

Lin Xiaofeng raised the corner of his mouth and sneered: "Since ancient times, men have farmed and women have weaved. So who will be the merchant and who will be the emperor?"

“Coarse linen has been used since ancient times, so why do we need to weave silk?”

"Is what has been true since ancient times correct?"

"You just say that if everyone in the world becomes a businessman, the world will be in chaos. Then if everyone goes to farm, everyone goes to be an official, and everyone goes to work, won't the world be in chaos?"

"Agriculture, industry and commerce all have their own advantages and are interdependent. The world order requires diversified governance. Commerce can also make countries prosperous and people rich. Sticking to tradition is not a long-term solution. We should be open-minded and accept new knowledge, Only then can harmonious symbiosis be achieved.”

"Old Wang! As a businessman, you can't make money if you stick to the old ways! How did Yangqu County come to be where it is today? It is to let all walks of life prosper and develop, especially businessmen."

"This..." Wang Jingwen was speechless by Lin Xiaofeng's words, but he was not willing to be outdone, so he could only say nonsense: "No, businessmen's emphasis on profits will affect the development of industry and agriculture!"

Seeing Wang Jingwen's strong words, Lin Xiaofeng was too lazy to argue with him anymore. He turned directly to Emperor Jingjiang and said, "Old Zheng, your accountant has betrayed his own class! You are rebellious!"

"Ah?! I'm not, I'm not, don't talk nonsense!"

Wang Jingwen quickly denied it.

"Ahem!" Emperor Jingjiang coughed, waved his hand and said, "Mr. Lin, it's my accountant who has been disrespectful and must be disciplined strictly!"

As soon as Emperor Jingjiang said these words, Wang Jingwen was completely blamed.

Wang Jingwen huddled in the corner aggrievedly.

In my heart, I wanted to draw circles and curse Lin Xiaofeng.

On the contrary, Li Dexian became more and more excited as he watched.

As the chief eunuch, Wang Jingwen was very domineering in the palace. Even the prince had to look at his face sometimes.

But now, people like this are failing Lin Xiaofeng one after another.

So cool!

It’s so cool!

‘Not only do my ideas coincide with mine, but I am also decisive in doing things without suffering any disadvantages. What a talent! ’

‘Enter the palace! Enter the palace! If this person cannot be captured and brought into the palace, it will be a loss to the palace! ’

Those ministers, tutors and the like can only talk sense all day long, and they are meaningless at all.

If Lin Xiaofeng enters the palace, I will definitely be happy every day!

The few of them continued walking. Lin Xiaofeng introduced the customs and customs of Yangqu County while greeting the vendors and people on the roadside.

Wang Jingwen kept a straight face and said nothing.

He had already decided that as long as Lin Xiaofeng was present, he would never say another word.

At this moment, Li Dexian was attracted by a bookstall.

Suddenly he recalled that before leaving the palace, Emperor Jingjiang burned all his idle books.

As a result, there is not even a single miscellaneous book at all.

You know, Ou Zhiyong tried his best to collect those from all over the world.

I have to find a way to add some quickly.

Thinking of this, while others were chatting, I quickly ran to the bookstall and picked up a book.

When I opened it, I saw five big words on the cover: "Mission: Impossible 7: Master Lin's Fatal Reckoning!" 》

"Let me go, what kind of book is this?" Li Dexian, who originally wanted to grab a copy and leave, simply stopped and started chatting with the store owner.

As soon as the bookstore owner heard Li Dexian ask this, he immediately burst into laughter: "Sir, you are a foreigner! This is a well-known story among our locals!"

"What this book tells is that the Haiyun Kingdom has developed a deadly plague that threatens all mankind. Master Lin, who has long since retired to the mountains, has to come out again and lead his right and left armies to fight against evil. But who would have thought that the opponent he met was his sweetheart when he was young, and there was also a hidden traitor in his team!"

"For a time, Lord Lin not only had to face the evil forces of Haiyun Kingdom, but also had to fight wits and courage with the traitors within Jingjiang Kingdom. His team even had differences. But Lord Lin was not disappointed, but struggled with the team. We formed a rope and started a thrilling battle with the enemy, finally stopping the conspiracy of the remaining members of Haiyun Kingdom!"

"And Mr. Lin finally solved his inner troubles and rediscovered his faith and sense of mission."

"Wow! What an interesting plot! How much does this book cost? I'll buy a copy!" Li Dexian danced and asked to pay.

The boss smiled meaningfully: "A copy only costs one tael of silver, but this is only the first episode of "Master Lin's Fatal Reckoning". To read the entire plot, you need to buy one to ten episodes. If you buy it in a package, it only costs Nine taels of silver.”

"Buy, buy, buy!"

Li Dexian happily took out the money.

While the two were chatting for a while, Emperor Jingjiang and others also came over.

When Lin Xiaofeng saw the book in Li Dexian's hand, his face suddenly turned red and he couldn't help but touch his nose.

How could the story I told the children at that time be made into a book?

Son of a bitch!

Wouldn't it be so embarrassing if there were fellow villagers here!

No, we have to crack down hard on piracy culture!

Emperor Jingjiang casually picked up a few books from the bookstall, and saw that they were all "Mr. Merry Lin", "Young Master Lin", "Mr. Lin vs. the Hulk" and the like.

After flipping through several books in a row, Emperor Jingjiang couldn't help but frown. "Why are these books written in vernacular? Could it be that in Yangqu County, everyone can publish books?"

"Yes," Lin Xiaofeng gave a thumbs up decisively, "As expected of a businessman in the capital, I can see the reason at a glance. Yangqu County has no restrictions on this kind of story books, as long as they do not slander our Jingjiang Kingdom and do not violate human ethics. , you can go to Yangqu County Book Printing House to print books and sell them. As for the vernacular, it is really because there are too few scholars in Yangqu County, so it would be good to be able to read and write things clearly."

Wang Jingwen, who had originally made up his mind to stop talking, couldn't help but burst out angrily after flipping through a few books: "The content in this book is superficial and has no profound meaning, and the writing style is even worse! It's a waste of paper!"

Lin Xiaofeng did not get angry this time.

After all, the gap between the times is too big, and the limitations of thinking are here.

Just like spiritual guys and non-mainstream people dislike each other, it was normal for ancient people not to understand vernacular literature.

"For the vast majority of people, the threshold for classical Chinese is too high. It is enough for ordinary people to be able to read and understand vernacular Chinese, enjoy reading it clearly, and recognize a few more words. As for those For those who are committed to an official career and want to study the Four Books and Five Classics, the county government also provides a free supply of classical Chinese books." Lin Xiaofeng explained with a smile.

Emperor Jingjiang frowned and said in confusion: "No, this vernacular text expands the content that can be explained clearly in a few words into several sheets of paper. Isn't this a waste of paper?"

"Don't just look at the use of paper. You must know that the vernacular is fascinating. People take turns reading it. Many people are worried about why they are illiterate. After going back and forth, there were only a dozen literate people in Yangqu County who became everyone's idol. Idol, in less than two years, most people can understand these idle books."

"More than half of the people? Is it possible that the literacy rate in Yangqu County has reached 50% now?" Emperor Jingjiang's eyes widened in surprise.

You must know that even in the capital, where dignitaries and noble families are everywhere, and scholars and families are everywhere, the literacy rate is less than 30%.

After all, reading and literacy requires money and time. Poor people don’t have this time and money.

Lin Xiaofeng smiled slightly and nodded, and the bookstore owner next to him hurriedly chatted: "Sir, the current literacy rate in Yangqu County is more than 50%, especially for children. In order to understand these vernacular texts, one by one I am no longer naughty, I concentrate on reading the book, and I will run several streets to ask my husband for help when I don’t know a word.”

"Some gentlemen first taught them the pronunciation and meaning of the words. When they found out that it was written in the vernacular, they were so angry that their beards were blowing. Their expression was the same as that of Mr. Wang next to you, but Mr. Wang has no beard! Hahaha!"

'Um? ! Can this all insinuate something about me? ! ! ! ’ Wang Jingwen was stunned.

It’s not just Lin Xiaofeng who co-wrote, everyone in Yangqu County is targeting me, right?

This father-in-law is not someone to be trifled with!

"What you said is wrong!" Wang Jingwen was angry and questioned sharply: "Look at this vernacular language. Things that can be explained clearly in just a few words are forced to use more than a dozen words. Especially the sentence 'two peaches kill three scholars', It was written as using two peaches as a lure to kill three scholars. Five characters turned into 16 characters. According to this logic, five pieces of paper turned into sixteen pieces. This is too costly!"

"Cost? That's not how you calculated the cost!" Lin Xiaofeng smiled slightly and narrowed his eyes.

"The number of words is not a waste of cost. Five words have become sixteen. The number of words and paper have tripled. On the surface, it is three times the cost of paper. But from the perspective of the official, this is the sales The books tripled in size, the press tripled in size, and the jobs tripled.”

"More and more workers are making money, and more readers are buying books that are easy to understand."

"Tell me, is this a good thing or a bad thing? Is the cost higher or lower?"

Emperor Jingjiang and Li Dexian looked puzzled. They always felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't explain it.

Wang Jingwen opened his mouth dumbly and was speechless.

There is only one sentence left in my heart: xxx for Lin Xiaofeng.

‘How come this damn guy has so many crooked ways and everything he says makes sense, but he doesn’t know how to refute him? ! Would it be okay if he entered the palace? ! ! ! ! ’

After Lin Xiaofeng's long speech, everyone fell into deep thought.

Lin Xiaofeng didn't care and continued to introduce the plants and trees in Yangqu County to everyone.

For a moment, the scene turned weird. One person introduced the person in the front, and several people behind him remained silent, which attracted many people's attention...

In less than half a day, Lin Xiaofeng had already taken several people to visit most of Yangqu County.

The sun is about to set.

After everyone said goodbye, Emperor Jingjiang and the others returned to the inn.

Li Dexian had fun but was also tired.

As soon as we got back to the inn, we went straight to rest.

Wang Jingwen was targeted many times by Lin Xiaofeng during the day, and he was worried that he would leave a bad impression on Emperor Jingjiang.

He quickly warmed the tea and brought water, and inquired about the welfare.

He even brought a bucket of hot water over to wash Emperor Jingjiang's feet.

Emperor Jingjiang was not interested in these at all. Instead, he asked Wang Jingwen to take out the territory map and ponder it over and over again.

After a long time, Emperor Jingjiang still didn't have any good ideas.

Just slap the table.

"My lord, please take good care of the prince here. I'll go to the county government office!"

"Ah?!!!!" Wang Jingwen was confused: "Your Majesty, are you going to see Lin Xiaofeng?"

"Yes!" Emperor Jingjiang said solemnly.

Wang Jingwen felt a little anxious. Lin Xiaofeng hadn't entered the palace yet. How could His Majesty trust him so much that he even went to look for him at night?

"Your Majesty, even Lin Xiaofeng probably has no solution to the disaster. I'm afraid it would be useless to go to him..."

"That's not necessarily the case!" Emperor Jingjiang shook his head and said, "You can also see his expression today. He is completely confident, but he is hesitant to take action. The reason why this boy hesitates is that he is worried about alarming the court and causing His dream of becoming a local emperor in Yangqu County was shattered!"

"But..." Wang Jingwen bowed and said: "But there is no ability to summon thunder. As your Majesty said, if such a person really existed, there would be no war. From the old slave's point of view, This person probably wants to use this gimmick to make a fortune from the national crisis and get promoted and make a fortune! Your Majesty has also seen his behavior in the past few days, he is almost a profit-seeking businessman!"

"You are not right. Although Lin Xiaofeng is greedy for money, it seems that he has no thoughts of promotion these days." After saying that, Emperor Jingjiang became a little angry: "The imperial court appoints officials and does not want to be promoted to serve the people and contribute to the country. , but just want to live a leisurely life guarding this one-third of an acre in Yangqu County, it’s really abominable!”

"After the disaster is resolved, I must let Lin Xiaofeng come to Beijing. If such talents cannot dedicate themselves to the country, it will be a complete loss for our country, Jingjiang! As for getting rich, I can definitely make him richest in the world!"

Seeing that Emperor Jingjiang had made up his mind, Wang Jingwen could only lower his head and say, "Your majesty, long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!"

"Hmph, if I were really a sage, Lin Xiaofeng wouldn't have been hiding in Yangqu County for so long! Okay, I'll go to the county government now, and you can take good care of the prince!"

With that said, Emperor Jingjiang pushed out the door and headed to the Yangqu County government office in a hurry.

This was Emperor Jingjiang's first time walking at night in Yangqu County, and he had never been out so late even in the palace.

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