Chapter 27 The Dialectical Relationship between Business and Businessmen Both father and son were lost in thought.
At this time, the sound of conversation came from next door, attracting the attention of the two people.
"That's it for the prison break. There's no need to talk about it anymore. Let's just pretend it never happened. Now let's continue with class. We drank too much yesterday. Where did we talk about it?"
Lin Che took a sip of wine, looked at Zhu Ming and praised: "However, the rocking chair your boy arranged yesterday was really comfortable, and the quality of his sleep last night was much better."
Zhu Feng chuckled and said: "Yesterday, my husband talked about the reasons why the emperor promulgated the emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business. Halfway through, he became drunk."
"I spent some money to have someone hold the stilts for my husband, just to make it comfortable. My husband works hard to teach us every day."
Lin Che smiled, did not dwell on the topic, and began to lecture: "You know, the current emperor comes from a peasant background and has a natural dislike for businessmen."
"It is believed that after making money, businessmen purchased large amounts of land and gradually became landlords, thereby exploiting farmers,"
"Also, businessmen are running around, making it difficult for the court to manage. They can't even find anyone to collect taxes. In the eyes of the emperor, these businessmen are just a bunch of worthless social worms."
"These are the important reasons why the current emperor made a policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business, but it caused great damage to the Ming Dynasty's business."
Speaking of this, Lin Che paused for a moment, and then her tone became more serious: "Actually, the emperor was wrong!"
"There is an essential difference between business and businessmen!"
"Business is an economic activity that circulates goods through buying and selling."
"The essence of business is exchange, which is equivalent exchange based on people's understanding of value."
Lin Che drank some wine and showed off the little economic knowledge she had learned in her previous life.
Zhu Xi listened dully, with a blank look on his face.
'Commodity circulation'? 'Value awareness'? 'Equivalent exchange'? Zhu Xi found that every time Lin Che gave a lecture, a few new and inexplicable words would pop out of her mouth.
But after some explanation, it always made his eyes suddenly light up.
This time Zhu Xi didn't take the initiative to ask. He knew that Lin Che would definitely explain.
really.
Lin Che saw Zhu Ming's confused look and knew that the knowledge points she explained were beyond the scope.
"Haha, this is a bit deep and beyond your understanding."
"Let me give you a simple example. You will understand it as soon as you hear it."
Lin Che poured a glass of wine, held it in her hand, and then gave an example.
"For example, I am from Yingtian, but I live in Peking."
"Beiping grows wheat and eats pasta, but I have been used to eating rice from the south since I was a child, and I am not used to eating pasta."
"But there is only wheat at home and no rice. What should I do now?"
Zhu Xi subconsciously replied: "Exchange!"
"Yes! It's an exchange!"
Lin Che glanced at Zhu Ming approvingly and drained the wine in her hand.
"I took a bushel of wheat at home, but only got half a bushel of rice in exchange for it at the market."
"Do you think I'm at a disadvantage?"
"Yes! A bushel of wheat can only be exchanged for half a bushel of rice. No matter what, you still lose."
Zhu Xiang's brain was not filtered and he spoke directly.
"Pig brain! You know how to fight and kill in one day. It's too easy to think about problems!"
Zhu Yuanzhang next door cursed when he heard this.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang had never done business, he knew that the prices of some commodities would be different in different places.
Here.
Lin Che glanced at Zhu Xi, shook her head and laughed:
"I say you are simple, but you are really simple."
"You can't just look at the surface of the problem, you have to consider it from multiple aspects."
"I'm in Peiping now, but Peiping doesn't produce rice."
"What should I do if I want to get rice? I can only bring rice from the south to Peiping."
"This involves the issue of commodity circulation."
"It takes thousands of miles to transport rice from the south to Peiping, and it requires both land and water transportation. It is inevitable that there will be losses." "In the process of transporting grain, we need to hire people, cars, and boats, which is another huge expense."
"When the rice is transported to Peiping, plus losses, labor costs, transportation fees, etc., half a bushel of rice is already worth a bushel of rice in the south."
"This is a bushel of wheat for half a bushel of rice. It seems unreasonable, but it follows an exchange of equal value."
After Lin Che's explanation, Zhu Xi suddenly understood.
Zhu Yuanzhang and his son next door nodded frequently after hearing this.
Lin Che simplified complex issues through a simple example.
The unfamiliar terms such as 'commodity circulation', 'value' and 'equivalent exchange' are also explained clearly one by one.
Zhu Xiang's eyes were full of reverence, and with just a few words from Mr. Lin, he was able to understand what business was.
Compared with those great scholars in the university hall, Lin Che's lectures were always so profound and easy to understand.
Lin Che taught it in an easy manner, and it was not tiring to learn on my own.
There is nothing wrong with it. People who are confused will become confused and confused as they listen to it.
Zhu Xi stood up and took the initiative to fill Lin Che and himself with wine.
"Listening to what you have to say is worth ten years of studying. Mr. Lin, I'd like to toast you with this glass of wine."
As he spoke, he filled a bowl of wine and drained it in one gulp.
Lin Che was not polite, picked up the bowl and drank the wine.
After drinking, Lin Che continued her lecture:
"Having talked about business, let's talk about businessmen."
“A businessman is simply a person who makes a living by doing business.”
This time, Lin Che did not mince words because he himself did not remember the explanation of the term businessman.
What's more, even if I remember it, this idiot will definitely not understand it if I say it.
Sure enough, when he said this, Zhu Xi understood immediately.
"Sir, those people who open restaurants, teahouses and grocery stores next to Yingtianfu Street should be considered businessmen!"
"Yes, people who mainly engage in business for a living are called businessmen."
Lin Che nodded appreciatively.
"There are many kinds of merchants. They are not called merchants as the emperor imagined. Those who run around and exploit people are called merchants."
"They're just a small minority of business people."
"Most businessmen have their own industries and are rooted in the local area."
"Like wine shops, teahouses, restaurants... they all engage in local business activities, pay taxes on time, operate legally, and make profits through services."
"There is no exploitation of the people. On the contrary, all they earn is the money of the rich. The poor people have nothing to eat. Who will spend money in these places?"
"So most businessmen have no conflict with the common people. Like the common people, they rely on hard work to make profits and support their families."
"The biggest contribution of businessmen is to create employment and promote urban development. Let's not talk about distant places, let's talk about Yingtianfu. The prosperity of Yingtianfu is not driven by business!"
Zhu Xi was stunned for a moment by Lin Che's words.
It took me a long time to say: "What is employment generation?"
Only then did Lin Che realize that her words just now were a bit avant-garde.
This is not the 600st century 21 years later.
Words like “creating employment and promoting development” would not appear until hundreds of years later.
"'Promote employment'? Let me give you a simple example and you will understand."
"A businessman in Yingtian Mansion opens a restaurant. When opening a restaurant, he can't do everything by himself. He has to hire a cook, a waiter, and a cashier."
"These people receive wages because businessmen open restaurants and work in restaurants to support their families."
"This is called creating employment."
Zhu Xi nodded, seeming to understand.
Lin Che took a sip of wine and continued: "The emperor now characterizes these businessmen as exploiters without any investigation. Do you think this is appropriate?"
(End of this chapter)