After walking out of the textile factory, Zhou Changmin said bluntly: "Are you worried that I will forcefully take away your spinning wheels?"
"I don't have such worries. If you take a fancy to these spinning wheels, I can give them to you without forcing them to leave."
Lin Xu said with a smile.
"Are you willing?"
"Haha, it's just some spinning wheels. Why don't you want to part with them? Besides, I know how to make them anyway. If you take these spinning wheels away, I will just find a craftsman to make them. However, it will definitely take a lot of time to make so many spinning wheels.
It won’t take long, and during this period, I’m afraid these people will have no work to do.”
"With so many people having no jobs and no wages, wouldn't they scold me?"
"No! You don't have to worry about this!"
"Oh why?"
"I will tell them that the spinning wheel was taken away by Mr. Zhou, the governor of Jiangsu! I don't believe that anyone dares to scold Mr. Zhou!"
Lin Xu said seriously!
"Ha ha......"
Zhou Changmin was so amused that he laughed, pointed at Lin Xu and said: "You kid, you are really weird! I'm afraid they don't know who to scold, right? I must tell them my name clearly? Do you want to find someone?"
The artist drew me and put it on the wall of the textile factory so that they could scold me more bitterly?"
"Your Majesty, you are serious! I didn't mean it like that!"
Lin Xu said this, but in his heart he was thinking that your reaction is really fast!
"It doesn't matter whether you think so or not, I won't take these spinning wheels away."
"oh?"
Lin Xu was really surprised at this time. A person who was so passionate about spinning wheels did not want such a good spinning wheel. Logically speaking, he must have wanted something more important than a spinning wheel!
So what does he want?
Sure enough, Zhou Changmin went on to say: "Your master taught you how to make this new spinning wheel. If I force you to leave, how will it be different from the behavior of bandits! However, I have one request, that is, you must
Continue to expand the size of the textile factory!"
"In this way, for the court, it can increase tax revenue; for the people, it can solve the problem of feeding many people; for you, you can make more money!"
"I'm sure you won't refuse this kind of good thing that kills three birds with one stone!"
After hearing this, Lin Xu was a little surprised and said: "Master Zhou, are you supporting me in doing business?"
"Doing business is good for the country in terms of business, and it is good for the people in terms of business! Why don't I support it?"
Zhou Changmin asked rhetorically.
"However, our Daning Dynasty formulated a policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business at the beginning of the founding of the country. Today, this policy has long become the ancestral motto!"
Lin Xu looked into Zhou Changmin's eyes and said.
"Then do you know why Emperor Taizong formulated a policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China?"
Lin Xu had learned the reason why the feudal dynasty favored agriculture and suppressed commerce when he was in junior high school history class. He pondered for a while and said, "There are three main reasons."
"First, if businessmen want to do business, they must travel here and there. This is an unstable social factor."
"Second, for the sake of profit, businessmen often collude with officials and corrupt court officials."
"Third, after businessmen make money, they usually annex land on a large scale, which in turn causes many farmers to become refugees due to land loss. These people will also become a destabilizing factor in society!"
"In short, the main purpose of Taizong's policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business was for two words: stability!" This chapter has been completed!