Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 676 Are You A Monster?

Du Jinning used a toothpick to pick up a piece of spiced dried tofu on the table, and asked Qi Bokun, "What is this?" She knew that Qi Bokun didn't like sweets, but he liked braised dried tofu, and this was specially brought for him.

Qi Bokun didn't feel that Du Jinning's childish question was being abrupt. He answered seriously, "Dried tofu."

"Then, soybeans are primary products. They are grown from the fields by farmers. If a catty of soybeans can be sold for [-] Wen, then how many catties of dried beans can be made from a catty of soybeans, and how much can they be sold for?"

Qi Bokun thought for a while, but couldn't answer this question, so he turned his head to Qi Muyuan and said, "Go, call the cook from the kitchen."

Qi Muyuan was listening to the two talking with great enthusiasm, how could he miss such a wonderful content?But he had to listen to his grandfather's order.

So he rushed out at the fastest speed, gave instructions to the servants on the shore, and then returned to the small pavilion in the middle of the lake. The speed made Qi Bokun and Du Jinning dumbfounded.

Du Jinning silently closed his mouth.

Back then, her mother, Mrs. Chen, and her sisters survived the most difficult times by making dried tofu.These dried tofu are still their Du family's secret recipe, and later they were given to Du Fangfei's mother-in-law Xie Shi to make them, and now they have become a specialty product of Xu's dim sum shop, Yu Yi Zhai.As for how much dried tofu can be made from a catty of soybeans and how much profit can be made, she is very clear, and there is no need to ask the cook.

The question she asked just now was just a way to arouse thinking, not asking Qi Bokun for an answer at all.

But the grandparents of the Qi family seem to have forgotten this.

"Go on, you go on." Seeing that Du Jinning was silent, Qi Muyuan quickly made a gesture.

He is addicted to it.

Qi Bokun and Du Jinning looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Du Jinning simply whetted his appetite: "Wait for the cook, don't worry."

Although Qi Bokun was anxious, he also liked to tease his grandson, so he also nodded and said, "Yes, there is no rush."

Qi Muyuan glared at his grandfather, thought for a while, and then glared at Du Jinning, but he had no choice but to sit down and eat dried tofu.

After a while, the cook came, and Qi Bokun asked her, "How many dried beans can be made from a catty of soybeans? What's the profit?"

The cook thought that the old man wanted to eat something, so she specially asked her to order it.

When she heard that the question was about this, she was taken aback for a moment before she said, "Dried tofu? This slave has never done it before."

Seeing Qi Bokun's downcast face, he seemed very unhappy, and the eldest young master also looked disappointed, the cook thought for a while, and hurriedly said: "I know how much tofu is made for a catty of soybeans, and the slave girl's family used to make tofu for sale. "

Qi Bokun's complexion got better now, and he said, "Then tell me."

"My servant's family makes soft tofu. One catty of soybeans can produce about five catties of tofu, and the profit is about fifteen yuan. This doesn't count the bean dregs and oily skin left over from tofu."

Qi Bokun looked at Du Jinning.

Du Jinning nodded, agreeing with what the cook said.

She said: "Soybean is an agricultural product, and tofu made from soybean is an agricultural by-product. Then the profit created in it is the added value of agricultural products. This added value includes the labor, technology and power consumption of making tofu." Du Jinning said, "When the farmers sell soybeans to the tofu workshop, we have to collect the tax once; when the tofu workshop sells the finished tofu, we collect the tax again, and the tax collected is higher than when selling soybeans. High. This shows the importance of the processing industry and commodity circulation. Therefore, we must not only re-business, but also re-industry, so that we will not be choked by the aristocratic family and controlled by them."

"What if the aristocratic family also does business?" Qi Bokun said.

"Wouldn't that be better?" Du Jinning said with a smile, "Actually, even if the court emphasizes agriculture and suppresses business, there is no aristocratic family that does not do business. Think about it, which aristocratic family doesn't open various shops, and then sell what is produced in the fields Grain is sold again to make huge profits? For example, when selling grain, farmers directly sell the grain to the rice shop; while the aristocratic family can open the rice shop themselves, which makes another layer of profit, and can also be based on the price of rice. It’s strange to be high and low. So the court’s suppression of business is just to suppress the common people. There are many loopholes that the aristocratic family can take advantage of.”

Qi Bokun was speechless.

"What you said is a bit complicated, involving all aspects of society, and has a great impact. Don't worry, let me think about it." Qi Bokun waved his hand,
Du Jinning raised his eyebrows.

Can the impact be small?This is already a question of social form. Is it easy for this overhead Song Dynasty to transition from a feudal society to an embryonic stage of capitalism?
"I just put forward some ideas, which can be regarded as attracting jade. Whether these ideas can be implemented and how to implement them, this is what Grandpa Qi and you humerus ministers have to think about. If Grandpa Qi is fine, I will leave." Du Jinning bowed gracefully , intends to let her go.

"Hey, you kid, it's so easy to run away after setting fire to it?" Qi Bokun called her back, "You have lunch here, and come to the palace with me in the afternoon. You proposed these things. Throw it to me directly, there is no way."

Du Jinning waved his hand: "Grandpa Qi, look at my small arms and legs, I have only been tossed once, and I really can't stand the second toss. So if I can keep out of the limelight, I'd better try not to be in the limelight. You just accept it." Tired, just convey the words for me. Don’t mention my name, just say that you came up with it. It’s all for the Song Dynasty and the emperor, don’t you think? Guotai Minan is our common goal. In order to achieve this goal , it doesn’t matter how it goes, does it?”

"Slippery!" Qi Bokun said.

Having said that, he knew that what Du Jinning said was also reasonable.

The aristocratic family extended a hand to Du Jinning because of the number one scholar; if Du Jinning actually put forward these views, it would be hard to say how the aristocratic family would treat Du Jinning.

If Du Jinning is a member of a family, for the sake of his own family, he would take such a chance to be in the limelight and be protected by the family, then it would make sense.But Du Jinning's foundation is too shallow, and his rank is too low. If the aristocratic family wants to make a move, even he and the emperor may not be able to protect him.Those people are all-pervasive.There was nothing he could do about Du Jinning. Taking Fang Shaohua, Xu Chengyuan and even Lu Xiaobei to make a fuss was enough for Du Jinning to drink a pot of.

So this limelight, Du Jinning really can't show.

"Didn't the emperor ask you about land annexation? You gave me the answer, what did you answer?" he asked.

Du Jinning shrugged: "When the time comes, just say you don't know. You haven't worked out a good method for decades or hundreds of years. What can I, a 15-year-old child, understand?"

"..."

Qi Bokun and Qi Muyuan were speechless when they heard this brazen words.

15 year old kid?Who are you kidding!Are you a monster?This calm mind is not as good as the elderly!

(End of this chapter)