Wang Youcai is very busy this year.

In the past six months, he has basically been out of going out early and returning late, and having to work late at night.

The reason is actually very simple.

After studying at Guanshishan Academy Business School for three years, I have been with Wang Fugui for so long.

Especially when he went to India and Japan in person, Silla had a lot of business.

In addition, inspired by Li Kuan's speech, the impact these things had on him was particularly huge.

"What do you think is the essence of the wealth of the Tang Dynasty? Why does it keep increasing?"

In the Datang Exchange Office, Wang Youcai interviewed the shopkeepers of several shops, including the guest.

"It's very simple. When there was no Datang Trading Center before, the goods that we merchants could sell in a month were only equivalent to the few days now.

But since the establishment of the Datang Trading Center, our sales have skyrocketed.

In this way, we naturally have to pay more taxes, and wouldn’t the national wealth of the Tang Dynasty be even more?”

“That is, in your opinion, national wealth is a contribution made by commercial transactions, right?”

Wang Youcai did not defend himself to the interviewer, but just guided the questions he wanted.

"That's right! Without merchants, many things would be unable to be circulated in various parts of the Tang Dynasty, and the court would not receive more taxes."

Wang Youcai refused to comment on his answer.

He has been thinking about these questions for a long time.

Even the wasted manuscripts are almost one foot high.

"How do you think wealth is created?"

On the Datang Stock Exchange, Wang Youcai also found many people to ask.

"It's very simple. As long as the price of the stock I bought rises, will my wealth increase?"

Obviously, the one who answers this question is the leeks from Datang, well, commonly known as stock investors.

"But no matter whether your stock price rises or falls, the workshop behind it is actually the same workshop."

Wang Youcai said this and obviously stopped the other party.

yes.

No matter how the stock price changes, the workshop behind it is still the same one.

How did wealth increase?

"Didn't the exchange say that some people are talking about the value of the workshop? The rise in stock prices should mean that the value of the workshop is increasing, right? It means that the workshop has a promising future, right?"

"It is true. The investment in stocks depends on whether the workshop has a future."

Wang Youcai knew that he could not get more news from this person.

So I ended the interview decisively and headed towards the next partner.

"Master Dai, what do you think is the essence of wealth? Why does it increase?"

It is naturally impossible for Wang Youcai to stay on the Datang Stock Exchange and the Datang Trading Center all the time.

He naturally wanted to go to such a representative place in the Shufang City.

"This is not simple. Our labor creates all kinds of commodities, and these commodities are wealth. In other words, our labor creates wealth."

As a craftsman and an eighth-level worker in the Chu King's Mansion, Dai Quan naturally has his own insistence on his own point of view.

In his opinion, the workshop processed some valuable sand into various glasses, and then made glass mirrors and other products.

And these products can be sold at high prices.

Not only did the workshop pay taxes to the court, but the goods could also be exchanged for a large number of cattle, sheep, gold and silver from overseas and the Hu people.

Isn’t this creating wealth?

Isn’t the essence of wealth labor?

"But like all kinds of mineral deposits, they stay there, are themselves a huge wealth, right? These mineral deposits are not created by labor."

Wang Youcai found a reason to refute Dai Quan.

"You are right. Whether it is mineral deposits, or trees and beasts on the mountains, these things are not created by our labor.

But I think these things existed there, and they belonged to the wealth of the Tang Dynasty.

But without the hard work of craftsmen, without the craftsmen mining these minerals and processing them into various things, their value would not change, that is, wealth would not increase."

Dai Quan was not so easily speechless by Wang Youcai's few words.

"Different craftsmen have very different skills. The wealth they create is also very different when doing the same thing. So can it be understood that the essence of wealth is labor?

The more efficient labor is, the more wealth it creates, and in turn, the less it is."

Wang Youcai thought for a while and continued to chat with Dai Quan.

"The essence of wealth is labor? Wang Langjun, I think your summary seems to make sense.

Look, like various workshops, and there are so many people, the things that can be produced more than ten years ago are a number. After the assembly line production process is introduced, everyone can produce more things.

This shows that labor efficiency has increased and wealth created has also increased.

In the past year, various steam engine equipment has begun to enter some workshops, which further improves the production efficiency of various commodities and naturally increases the wealth created.

So when I think about it this way, is the essence of national wealth actually the efficiency of labor and labor?"

Dai Quan is also a person who is good at summarizing.

Otherwise, he would not have become the first eight-level worker in the Chu Palace, and he is also the most versatile eight-level worker.

Wang Youcai felt that his communication with Dai Quan was very meaningful.

Of course, he would not come to his own conclusion simply because of Dai Quan's statement.

"What do you think is the essence of wealth?"

In a piece of farmland, Wang Youcai also came forward to interview.

However, this interview is obviously much more difficult.

After all, you always ask some literary questions about farmers working in the fields, and they even think that you have a problem with your brain.

"I make it every day and rest at sunset. Only by working hard in the ground can I plant all kinds of food. The increase of each grain of food is an increase of wealth for me, so I think the essence of wealth is to work hard and not be lazy.

Once you are lazy, the crops in the ground will immediately not grow that well, which will eventually affect the harvest and your own wealth."

Finally, I found an old farmer who could communicate normally.

Wang Youcai's mood improved a little after a day of depression.

"But the area of ​​crops that a farmer can grow is limited, and if these grains are eventually sold on the market, the money they can get is also limited.

The same craftsman, who worked in the workshop for a year, made goods can sell more money."

Wang Youcai seemed to be chatting with the old farmer, and seemed to be asking himself.

"There are differences between people. Craftsmen have craftsmanship, so we farmers can only work hard."
Chapter completed!