The water mist on the Jun Kiln teacup curls up, which seems to widen the distance between the two parties and blur the boundaries between them.

  Wang Ziteng looked at the young servant who was still calm as before with great interest.

  He couldn't remember when and what happened when he first met this guy, but the calligraphy of Mi Wanzhong that the other party gave him is still in his room.

   "Where the flowers are blooming and willows are dense, it is the means to open them; when the wind is violent and the rain is violent, stand still to see the heels."

   It seems that this sentence is also very suitable for the relationship between me and him now, or to move forward and cooperate in the future?

  Wang Ziteng didn’t know whether this antithesis was written by Feng Ziying himself or by someone else, but in any case, it is not easy to realize this artistic conception at such a young age.

   "You haven't said what you think about the future. Is it just a step-by-step process, from the minister to the minister, from the minister to the cabinet minister, from the cabinet minister to the chief minister, and then retired to Linquan as an official?"

  Prince Teng picked up his teacup and took a sip, "I don't think this is what you want."

"Of course." Feng Ziying was also very calm, "Whether the official position is important or not, of course it is important, but it is not because this position is important, but because it can do more and more important things in this position, which is the most important thing. In that case, what if you are at the top of the palace?"

  Wang Ziteng's heart skipped a beat. This guy really dares to say that he is a civil servant.

   "Ziying, it seems that you have a lot of things you want to do, and it doesn't seem to be in line with the wishes of the princes in the court." Wang Ziteng smiled, "Then how do you plan to promote your own ideas and wishes?"

"There are hundreds of people, all kinds of people. Everyone has different life experiences and different judgments on things and situations. It is normal. Seek common ground while reserving differences, and start from the same place. I have been doing this for the past few years... "

  Feng Ziying's words made Wang Ziteng shake his head: "What about the 'different'? It won't disappear just because you did the 'same', maybe you will be affected and become bigger and stronger..."

"Well, what the prince said is correct. There will be two situations. One is that the 'different' party sees the benefits and changes brought about by the 'same' and changes their position and converges. The other is that they think there will be more If it harms their interests greatly, the 'different' will oppose it more forcefully,..."

Feng Ziying must be very patient, "For example, the use of firearms in the army, whether it is the infantry or the navy, can see the changes that firearms bring to the combat effectiveness of the army, so there are more and more supporters. There are more and more people, such as the development of industry and commerce. More and more farmers have gone to the city to work in silk workshops, cotton workshops, and iron smelting workshops. If they go out or can’t afford a good price, they will hate the industry and commerce, thinking that it hurts their interests, and will only become more and more opposed, so what should the court do?”

  The latter situation mentioned by Feng Ziying occurred in both Shuntian Prefecture and Yongping Prefecture.

  Ports and wharves require more and more manpower, and sea trade fleets require more and more manpower. Even in places like Dongfan, more and more labor is needed for colonization, road building, housing and logging.

Timber processing factories, shipyards, iron smelting plants, iron factories, military factories, cement factories, brick factories, and car factories all appeared in large numbers in Shuntian Prefecture and Yongping Prefecture, especially those in Luanzhou, Zunhua, Yuguan, Dagu, Miyun, Lulong, Qian'an and other places are blooming everywhere, all urgently needing a lot of labor, and even attracting a large number of foreign refugees to join them.

   In fact, this situation also occurs in Jiangnan.

  Suzhou, Huzhou, Songjiang, Yangzhou, Ningbo and other places are quite obvious, but compared to the narrow and densely populated areas in the south of the Yangtze River, the concentration trend of the population in the north seems to be more obvious.

   "The country is based on agriculture, Ziying, you don't seem to agree with this?"

Wang Ziteng is also not an ignorant person. He was able to move between the positions of the Beijing Camp Jiedushi and Xuanda Governor. In addition to his proficiency in military affairs, he also dabbled in civil affairs. It is precisely because of this that he really feels that Feng Ziying is not Simple, far stronger than his father Feng Tang.

  A military general who can fight was like a crucian carp crossing the river in the Zhou Dynasty, and a civil servant who knows soldiers is not rare, but a civil servant who is capable of writing and military and is good at economics and people's livelihood is really rare.

"Agriculture is the foundation of the country. This principle has been a golden rule since the pre-Qin period. In the current situation, this statement is also correct, but I don't think those gentry have harmed the country because the tenants refused to pay more for renting land. You can lower the land rent, and some people come to rent the land. It only shows that your landlord’s exploitation is too high, so that everyone thinks it is more cost-effective to go to the workshop, whether it is a tenant or a long-term worker. If you are willing to lower the land rent, the wages will increase. If you are taller, can someone come to farm for you? There are so many people in this world who can’t afford to eat, so are there fewer people who freeze to death and starve to death every winter?”

Feng Ziying leisurely lifted the tea foam with the lid of the teacup, and continued: "What's more, the development of industry and commerce has really harmed the country, or agriculture? The development of iron smelting and iron making has contributed to the development of needles, sickles, and iron. The prices of pots, hatchets, kitchen knives, shovels, shovels, iron plows, steel axes, hacksaws, and all iron materials and ironware have fallen. The price of knives and kitchen knives has dropped by almost 30% every year. That is to say, things that cost one tael of silver the year before can be bought for only five taels of silver this year. This also makes the use of iron plows and shovels more common in agriculture. Broader, wouldn't that be a good thing?"

"Similarly, the price of steel axes and hacksaws has plummeted, making it more used in logging and wood processing, and the cost has fallen, which has also stabilized the price of wood that has been on an upward trend, which has been transmitted to industries such as shipbuilding and horse-drawn carriages. It also stabilizes the price increase of vehicles and ships, which will reduce the transportation costs of landowners who also need to use vehicles and ships to transport grain for sale, isn't this a good thing?"

  Feng Ziying's eloquent talk made Wang Ziteng also see the extraordinary eloquence of this young governor Feng, who is known as the leader of young scholars in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and made some economic truths transparent.

  Even Wang Ziteng, who wanted to find one or two loopholes in it to refute, was lazy.

"I have always thought that the development of industry and commerce has greatly promoted agriculture, from all aspects, but this does not mean that the income of the landowners will also increase, because obviously with the extensive use of iron, sea trade Developed and colonized, in the future, places like Dongfan, Luzon, Jiugang, and Jiaozhi will be more conveniently connected with the inland areas of Dazhou. Like five years ago, the ships moored in these ports in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Ningbo, and even Yangzhou It is mainly based on a few hundred shi to three or four thousand shi, but with the introduction of the Xiyi ship type, ships with a capacity exceeding 10,000 shi abound, and can even reach 20,000 shi to 30,000 shi, which means, It will be very easy and convenient to transport japonica rice from Dongfan, Interweaving and Luzon to Songjiang, Guangzhou or even Laizhou and Dagu. However, Luzon, Jiugang and Jiaozhi are all cropped three times a year. The price of japonica rice is cheap, and it will be very easy to transport to the capital. Cheap,…"

Wang Ziteng understood what the other party meant. In this case, if places like Luzon, Dongfan, and Jiaozhi use such large grain ships to transport them by sea to places like Dagu and Yuguan, the cost will be very low, and water transport will be affected. In the same way, grain prices in Huguang and Jiangnan will also be affected, so when the grain cannot be sold at a price, the income of the landowners will definitely drop.

   "Ziying, the development of sea trade will not only have an impact on food prices. Like planting mulberry and silkworms, planting cotton, silk and cotton cloth can be exported in large quantities, which can also make up for the losses of landowners..."

   Wang Ziteng thought for a while before asking.

But Feng Ziying immediately shook her head: "It has a certain impact, but it is definitely not as big as the impact brought by the overseas grain shipment from the south, but I think this is a matter of pros and cons. When the grain price in the north stabilizes, will it be good or bad for the court? ? Is it good or bad for the people in the North? It goes without saying that you can’t negate such achievements just because the income of some landlords in Huguang or Jiangnan has been affected? Besides, these landlords exchanged their land rent income for silver deposits Is it good to be in the cellar? Now a large amount of silver is being transported into the country from Luzon, and the price of silver is falling visibly against the price of gold. Why can’t they invest the silver in industry and commerce? No matter how bad you are, you can also store it in Yinzhuang to make money How about some interest?"

  The principles of business and economics Feng Ziying believes that no one in the Great Zhou Dynasty can understand better than herself, and no one can understand the direction of the development of this era better than herself. It will be much easier to find evidence after having a goal.

  Wang Ziteng also has no intention of entangled and argued with Feng Ziying over these details. He wants to know what Feng Ziying wants to do in the future and where he wants to go.

  Of course Feng Ziying can’t answer which step he will take, because he himself is not sure which step he can go, so he can only take one step at a time.

  But as Wang Ziteng asked, is a chief assistant his ultimate goal?

   Certainly not, not enough.

"Your Majesty, you're asking me this question." Feng Ziying smiled, "I said what I want to do, to make the court strong and the people prosperous. You say it's too false, but you have to ask me what I want in the end, and my name will go down in history. Well, maybe I have done it now, of course it may not be enough, and I want to have more praise and praise for me, so I will continue, but that is a matter for future generations. I said that I want to achieve my goal, for sure More power is needed, from the imperial court, from the army, from merchants, in all aspects,... I will not agree to whoever blocks my way, I will try my best to persuade him to walk with me, or push him away so that he cannot interfere Me, no matter who it is, it will be a long process, I am patient, but more determined and resourceful,…”