Waking up the next day, Murphy felt a little back pain, stretched, and found that he was still wearing yesterday's clothes, frowning, recalling how he fell asleep last night, he was still chatting with Wu Yue, it seems that he talked about starting a business The bookstore or something, and then...then she fell asleep? Falling asleep like this in front of Wu Yue?

Murphy was silent.

"Sir, you are awake." Xizhi came in with a basin of water and served Mo Fei to wash up as usual. She secretly looked at her master. Murphy's schedule was very regular. No matter how late he went to bed, he could wake up on time, but he didn't expect that he could still get up after accompanying His Highness last night...

After Murphy finished washing, he sat down by the mirror table, and Xizhi took out the comb to straighten her hair.

"My lord's hair is soft and smooth. If it is long, it must be beautiful." Xizhi said with envy, "It's just that your hair seems to grow slowly?"

Murphy's heart moved. She had noticed this problem before, but she didn't pay much attention to it, but as time passed, not only did her hair stop growing, but even the good things that women do once a month slowly stopped. Although she no longer has to worry about sanitary napkins, is she still a normal woman without this? She won't wake up one day and she will become a man!

If that's the case, at least she doesn't have to worry about her gender being exposed. But if she couldn't find out the reason for the change, she would never feel at ease.

The nonsensical things should be put on hold for now. Her transmigration itself is a bizarre thing, and it doesn't matter if there is more.

"Unfortunately, I may have been a little rude last night. Is the lord angry?"

"Angry?" Xizhi asked strangely, "How could His Highness be angry? He seemed to be in a good mood when he left in the early morning."

"Leave in the early morning?" Murphy paused and asked hesitantly, "My lord spent the night here last night?"

"Yeah, it was your Highness who brought you back to the room." Xizhi looked at Murphy with ambiguous eyes, never believing that His Highness did nothing last night.

"Then...then..." Murphy didn't know what to ask. She woke up this morning in good condition, and obviously she was fine, but it was a little weird to share the bed with Wu Yue all night.

There were some unclear rumors between her and Wu Yue. If it was known that the two of them had spent the night again, it would be unknown what the rumors would be like.

Xizhi replied: "It should only be known by His Highness's personal servants." It's just unknown if he was paying attention in secret.

Obviously Murphy also thought of this, but now it's a fact, she doesn't want to waste time worrying about this, as long as she pays attention to it in the future. Wu Yue is a very capable man, and chatting with him often brings a lot of inspiration.

At this time, Yue Zhi came over to announce: "Sir, Your Highness invites you to the council hall."

Murphy changed his robe again, and went to the council hall after finishing it. However, it was strange in my heart that in the past, no one would specially come to urge before the meeting, because the time was fixed. Is there anything special today?

"This group of damn businessmen, is it really impossible for this king to take them?"

Before entering the council hall, he heard Wu Yue's furious voice, Murphy paused, and slowly stepped in.

There are only ten people in the hall at this moment, all of them are sitting upright, their bodies tense, and the atmosphere is very strange. Wu Yue was standing in front of the desk with his back to the door, and there were books scattered on the ground.

Mo Fei picked up the book and looked at it. It turned out that several major merchants jointly signed a letter to relax the operation of several major industries such as salt, iron, grain, and fur.

"Tell me!" Wu Yue suddenly turned around, just in time to see Murphy.

Mo Fei bowed slightly: "Master, calm down, why bother with these rude requests?"

Wu Yue paused, his expression slowly calmed down, and said coldly, "It's fine if it's just like this, but they sold Rong Zhen's grain to merchants from other countries at a high price. Isn't this repeating the mistakes of Yu country?"

Originally, there were agricultural policies offered by Murphy, and the large experimental fields divided by Wu Yue had a huge increase in harvests. The improvement of agricultural tools also greatly improved the efficiency of farming and harvesting. Who would have thought that those mercenary and short-sighted businessmen would use this to make money without paying any heed to Wu Yue's prior warning.

Seeing the witches calm down, Shen Bo said: "These merchants are indeed becoming more and more arrogant, and it is necessary for the lord to rectify."

"No." Meng Quan hurriedly said, "Rong Zhen has countless businessmen. If it is handled improperly, it may cause the merchants to resent and even move out in large numbers, which is very detrimental to our development."

Bai Limo frowned: "Of course, the power of businessmen is indeed too large. If it is not controlled early, it will inevitably affect the stability of Rong Zhen in the future."

From their discussions, Murphy basically understood what was going on. Although the status of businessmen in this era is not high, their power is not small. Many high-ranking officials are also big businessmen. It is no wonder that the scholar named "Zhao Han" at the last meeting of the scholar discussion in Guxi proposed the idea of ​​emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business. speech. During this period, just like Qin and Han Dynasties, there was no clear division of politics and business. There were many things that involved business and politics. There was a famous figure in Chinese history, Lu Buwei. Later, the position of prime minister above ten thousand people, its influence can be seen.

But suppressing business is not a perfect solution. Later generations all know that the development of commerce can rapidly increase a country's financial and national strength. Farming is the mountain, and commerce is the flowing water. Both are indispensable.

"That's right." Shen Bo said again, "If the lord doesn't deal with it, they will continue to sell food to the outside world. Now there are frequent wars, and the price of food is several times that of previous years."

"It depends on whether the handling is done properly. It must suppress the arrogance of the businessmen without incurring their resentment." Bai Limo mused, "Obviously, severe punishment alone is not enough."

Wu Yue sat back in his seat, looked at Murphy who was thoughtful, and asked, "Fu Tu, one of your Anbang Seven Policies is to develop business, have you ever thought about the consequences of businessmen taking the lead? Is this policy still possible? continue?"

Murphy replied: "Why can't it be implemented? Merchants value profits. As long as we give them enough benefits, they will support the lord willingly."

"You mean to continue to relax business policies?" Wu Yue frowned.

Barrymer was the first to object: "This is definitely not possible. Excessive indulgence will lead to turmoil."

"Complete indulgence is of course not feasible. The lord needs to give the sweetness while supplementing it with commercial law. The role of Futu's proposal to establish the Ministry of Commerce lies in this."

"commercial law?"

"Businessmen seek profit, and we will provide them with ways to make money. Except for the management rights of important materials such as salt and iron, which must be in the hands of the lord, everything else can be done cheaply. For example, paper and technology are in the hands of the lord, but the management rights can be controlled. Sell ​​it to those businessmen. However, if they want to obtain profitable projects, they must comply with the norms of commercial law, the rise and fall of the market, the amount of entry and exit, the fluctuation of prices, the level of taxation, the month and the year. , then set up business studies to enlighten them; fear that they will not be motivated, then offer gold medals to encourage them; if there are few or insufficient businessmen, go abroad to mediate them; if the business capital is too serious, then the export tax will be lightly supported, and the legislation will be customized. There must be good things, and good things can be suppressed, so why worry about the unhappiness of business and the uncontrollable businessmen?"

Such a remark immediately shocked several people present. They were all knowledgeable people. After a little mention, they became active and nodded to each other.

After easing his breath, Murphy continued: "To establish a complete business law, you need to understand business and grasp business conditions, otherwise everything will be empty talk."

"It makes sense, it makes sense." Meng Quan nodded in agreement.

Murphy wanted to say something, but he just moved his lips and didn't say it.

Wu Yue clearly saw her hesitation and said, "Fu Tu seems to have a lot to say, but it doesn't matter."

"No." Mo Fei looked around for a week and said bluntly, "Fu Tu suggested that all businessmen should not be promoted to high positions in the future."

As soon as this statement came out, there was another uproar among the people present. Although there were only dozens of people at this time, half of them had private property.

"Why?" Meng Quan asked.

"Yeah! Mr. Futu's proposal is too unreasonable! Don't people in business have the heart to settle the people and the ability to govern the country?"

"No." Mo Fei said with a calm expression, "The officials are respectful and powerful, and being able to specialize in their own affairs is inevitable. Everyone present, there are a few people who dare to say that they have never used their power to make a profit. ?"

Everyone was silent.

"Who dares to say that he has never used his power to oppress others and exploit the interests of the inferior?"

Mo Fei glanced at the people, and all bowed their heads to avoid them.

"Even if Futu has never been in business, he knows that the market speaks of the word 'fairness'. If people in high positions can't lead by example, what power does business law have to regulate others? You have the heart of benefiting the people, so why are you here? While enjoying the respect, how about competing with the people for profit?”

The words left the others speechless.

At this time, Mo Fei suddenly got up and gave a salute to everyone present: "Futu has no shape. If there is any madness, please forgive me. At the end of Futu, there is a word, there are three thousand mansions, it is better to leave a name for the ages."

"Okay." Wu Yue said, "Do you have any objection to Futu's words?"

You all looked at each other with a complicated expression, but no one objected.

"So, this king has decided to start compiling the commercial law from now on." Wu Yue looked at Murphy and said, "It's up to you to propose this matter, how about you be in charge?"

"Fu Tu takes the lead. But this matter cannot be sloppy. Fu Tu must spend a lot of time to understand Rong Zhen's business situation, and then formulate strategies according to the actual situation. It is inevitable that one person will be negligent. Please appoint a few more people who are familiar with business to act together."

"allow."

The content of this discussion, Wu Yue strictly prohibits others from leaking, and before the commercial law is enacted, everything is mainly based on sex.

Murphy, on the other hand, began to wander around the market, shuttle to places where merchants gather, travel to and from Rongzhen, learn about people's conditions, and collect business information.From the big merchants to the merchants and hawkers, there is no omission.

After being so busy for nearly two months, with the assistance of several business talents, Murphy finally had a sufficient understanding of Rong Zhen's business development.This is a dynamic market, but it has grown deformed without reasonable guidance. Once it is regulated, it will definitely make Rongzhen surpass other cities and become rich in Guanyu.

On the winter solstice of the forty-fifth year of Qixu, Rong Zhen's first commercial law was compiled.