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Chapter 241 After purchasing the book, the reactions of various dynasties! (one)

Qing Dynasty.

After Li Hongzhang received the book, he quickly read it, looking for ways to save the country.

But after reading it, he felt a little disappointed.

Most of the books here are from before the Qing Dynasty, but he only has two from the Qing Dynasty, and both of them are novels.

As for books on scientific and technological achievements, there is not a single one.

These books were simply useless to the Qing Dynasty.

Li Hongzhang sighed and put down all his books. He felt that he still needed to find the way to strengthen the country by himself.

Finally, he turned his attention to the west, hoping to find a way to make the Qing Dynasty strong among the Western powers.

Moreover, Li Hongzhang believed that the Japanese slaves could slowly become stronger after learning the methods of powerful Western countries, so the Qing Dynasty would certainly be able to do the same.

So the next day he wrote to the court to support the country's implementation of the Westernization Movement.

Li Hongzhang believed that with the implementation of the Westernization Movement, the country would definitely become rich and powerful and catch up with the footsteps of the West.

After Lu Feng finished the live broadcast, he decided to take a good rest. After all, it was not his style to be so busy all the time.

However, when Lu Feng rested, the people of all dynasties did not rest.

They all carried out different actions based on the books they obtained.

Those who only bought "300 Tang Poems and Song Ci" began to use this book to educate their children, hoping that they could enter the officialdom and stand out.

Some people even copied this book and sold it near their homes.

After all, this is a book recommended by Tianmu, which can help your children win at the starting line. How could parents with children not be tempted?

As for the people of various dynasties who bought various novels, some of them lived a different life by virtue of their excellent eloquence and by constantly telling others about books.

Some people even furthered their studies, wrote their own novels based on the books they bought, and became famous local cultural figures.

Some people do not have such excellent eloquence. They can only train their children to learn literacy, and then copy the contents of the books and sell them.

Some people even began to learn to read on their own, hoping that the books in their hands would bring them wealth.

However, what they didn't expect was that as they studied, their lives would gradually change and slowly become a different life.

People from all dynasties who bought "Mengxi Bi Tan" and "Tiangong Kaiwu" also began to get busy, busy with various workshops.

They don't know if this can change his life, but at least they have a hope and a direction.

And they heard that after that so-and-so opened a workshop, he soon made a lot of money and married the second girl from the next village.

These gossips were very exciting to them, so they took action.

If they were worried about not having any workshops before, after all, they have been farmers for generations and have no skills.

However, after getting these two books, they did not lack technology, but only courage?

Do they lack courage? There is no shortage of them!

After all, they can't even afford food now, so how bad can they get?

And with the establishment of their workshops, the imperial court also issued policies to support them, which made them more confident in their future lives.

They believe that in the near future, they will be able to have meat for three meals a day.

For this goal, they worked hard.

Qin Dynasty. Qin Shihuang came to Baijia College and saw the workshops being built next to it and the vendors selling food nearby. He couldn't help but admire the power of the people.

Compared to him building the Great Wall, the people who built these workshops were much more active.

These workshops were built with money from merchants and ordinary people, and various things were produced based on the two books "Mengxi Bi Tan" and "Tiangong Kaiwu".

By that time, Da Qin will also collect taxes from these workshops to supplement the imperial government's finances.

According to calculations by court officials, after the establishment of these workshops, the tax revenue they can generate will reach 1/3 of other taxes.

Qin Shihuang was very satisfied with this result. After all, only a country's tax revenue can ensure the normal operation of a country.

Why did Shang Yang fail to reform back then? Wasn't it because the country's tax revenue was not enough to support the country's expansion?

Moreover, while building these workshops, Qin Shihuang also felt the error of his previous policies.

Although unpaid labor seems to save the country money, it also greatly dampens the enthusiasm of the people.

Moreover, in labor, because there is no financial income, the laborers dare not spend any money.

This will not attract any traders to do business, let alone collect taxes from these traders.

This is a vicious cycle, and the result is that money does not circulate, leaving money always lying in the national treasury.

So after Qin Shihuang returned to the palace, he began to convene his ministers to discuss reforms.

Qin Shihuang wanted the country to pay laborers for the construction of major national projects in the future.

However, in order to test the feasibility of this method, Qin Shihuang took out a small section of the Great Wall and conducted such an experiment.

The results of the experiment surprised Qin Shihuang.

Although the state invested a lot of money, it also increased local tax revenue.

After all, building the Great Wall not only requires labor, but also various tools, stones, and bricks.

But now that it is no longer managed by the state, a large number of merchants have taken over, and they need to pay taxes to continue operating.

The construction of the Great Wall required a lot of labor, which also attracted many traders to do business there, making it more prosperous.

But the disadvantages of doing this are also highlighted.

Those merchants will pass off inferior products and not act according to their standards.

There are also some officials who, after receiving benefits from merchants, want to use those shoddy materials to get through.

Qin Shihuang was a little disappointed with this result, but it was not unacceptable.

After all, he grew up with Lu Buwei, but he knew the habits of those merchants deeply.

All Qin Shihuang needed to do was to restrain those merchants to act according to standards and not to do shoddy things.

It is also necessary to restrain those officials so that they cannot lose the great interests of the country just because of their own small interests.

So Qin Shihuang issued a decree to severely punish those who took bribes, increased the punishment for shoddy merchants, and disqualified them from participating in the construction of the Great Wall.

Sure enough, after his punishment, his policy was renewed, and the entire north gradually became prosperous because of the construction of the Great Wall.

People can no longer tell that this is a frontier frequently invaded by the Huns from the north.

(End of this chapter)