Three Kingdoms: Economic mastermind, Cao Cao wins!

Naturally, Li Mo didn't know the discussion between Xun Yu and Cao Cao. Xun Yu might have told Cao Cao about this matter and Li Mo had thought about it, but Li Mo didn't care. The stronger Cao Cao was, the more Li Mo was in essence. Safety, Li Mo still thought about this very clearly.

As for Guo Jia, Li Mo asked Guo Jia to follow him as his deputy, and this also made Guo Jia's understanding of Li Mo gradually begin to change. After the change,

Guo Jia was indeed very curious about Li Mo at first. After all, the establishment of the farmland system was undoubtedly a very appropriate measure in this era, but it was very smart to think of ways to cooperate with aristocratic families. This is also the reason that just attracted Guo Jia to stay here. He wanted to know more about Li Mo’s farming system.

There are not so many entertainment activities in this era, especially for men, whose hobbies are nothing more than two. Seed, either a woman or wine, and Zuixianlou happened to have both of them, and they were well-known ones. Guo Jia didn't miss it, and then the following things happened, and a few days ago What happened made Guo Jia suspicious of Li Mo. After Guo Jia heard about Li Mo's reputation, he initially thought that Li Mo was a talented person, especially in taxation and agricultural construction. After all, Guo Jia admired Guo Jia's ability to single-handedly alienate the entire Yanzhou taxation issue in a short period of time. In addition, he proposed the farmland system and worked hard to promote the farmland system. , but Li Mo and Xun Yu teamed up to plot against him. How could such a smart person like Guo Jia not understand the reason? So although he admired Li Mo's ability, he was very dissatisfied with Li Mo's character. Shame, although Guo Jia came from a poor family, he still had the demeanor of a nobleman. Naturally, he was very dissatisfied with Li Mo's use of such a philistine method to deal with him.

"Mr. Li Mo, are all the things we have seen these days made by you?"

After nearly half a month, Guo Jia finally raised his question to Li Mo in Li Mo's mansion.

"Yes what's the matter?"

Listening to Guo Jia's inquiry, Li Mo was not surprised at all. On the contrary, Li Mo would have been surprised if Guo Jia didn't ask anything. These days, Guo Jia has followed Li Mo to many workshops that Li Mo established alone. Among them, some of these workshops are responsible for making soap, and some are specialized in making clothing, paper, and even wine making. There are many things in them that Guo Jia has never heard of or seen.

"No, it's just that Mr. Li Mo has extraordinary abilities, which Guo Jia admires very much, but Guo Jia doesn't understand. Mr. Li Mo has such ability, why does he need to use this method to retain me?"

"Fengxiao, if this thing hadn't happened, I'm afraid Fengxiao would have gone north to join Yuan Shao by this time."

"this......I do have this idea"

"Filial piety has great talent. It would be okay if I didn't know, but since I already know, and I am working for the Lord, why should I let you go?"

"Aren't you afraid of losing your noble demeanor?"

"The style of a nobleman?"

After hearing Guo Jia's words, Li Mo couldn't help but smile, put down the brush in his hand, and then stood up directly and came to Guo Jia's side.

"What is Fengxiao’s so-called gentry demeanor worth? Is it the oppression of the common people, the monopoly of knowledge, or the suppression of poor families?"

"Lord Li Mo, this is a bit exaggerated. Didn't Lord Li Mo himself also come from a poor family? Now he is doing more business as a merchant. Don't you feel ashamed?"

Listening to Li Mo's words, Guo Jia was still a little dissatisfied. He felt that if Li Mo's words were really spread, Li Mo's political career would have ended prematurely. Guo Jia was surprised by Li Mo's boldness. , on the other hand, I admire Li Mo for actually having the courage to say these things,

"Fengxiao, you have been following me for half a month. To put it simply, although I have done a lot of things for merchants, the people I employ are basically common people. When all of these common people are added up, If you don’t have one thousand, you should have eight hundred. With these people getting money, not only can they support their families, but they can also have spare money to buy clothes and daily necessities. I want these people to have food to eat, houses to live in, and to take care of their families, right? ?"

"So what, since Mr. Li Mo has this ability, he should benefit more people, rather than just stay in a corner. If he meets Ming Gong and assists him, he should benefit the whole world."

"Here we go again, Fengxiao, you, or Mr. Wenruo, all have good ideas, but you haven’t seen the big things because of small things. For a simple reason, I support you through my own , changing and supporting the farming system was equivalent to helping hundreds of thousands of people, and the refugees benefited from it. What did Fengxiao do?"

"I......"

"Let me put it another way, among the aristocratic families mentioned by Feng Xiao, whether it is Yingchuan or Jingxiang, how many aristocratic families have really saved the people, let alone benefiting ten thousand people, even if they benefited thousands of people How many people are there in this aristocratic family?"

"What the people ask for is nothing more than two meals a day, enough food and clothing, enough food for their families, the ability to have children, and the ability to take care of the children. Fengxiao always talks about assisting the Ming Gong, and then it can benefit all people, and then what?"

"What then?"

"Suppose, whether Fengxiao assists Yuan Shao in changing the world or reviving the Han Dynasty, who will benefit? Fengxiao himself or Yuan Shao. Or, while some aristocratic families are eliminated, a group of new aristocratic families are cultivated. , has no meaning to the world. The people are still the people, all kinds of taxes and all kinds of injustices still exist, and poor families are still poor families. Will there be any changes?"

"Fengxiao, you talk about the world every day and talk about the demeanor of the nobles. Even if the world is really pacified one day, will anything really change?"

"I......this......."

At this moment, Guo Jia, despite his great talent, was still speechless by Li Mo's words. He couldn't think of any words to defend himself.

"So, Fengxiao, you have great talents. Whether it is marching and fighting, or military strategy, or even political acumen, I am not as good as you. I admit this, but there is one thing, Fengxiao, you are really Have you helped the people? Have you calculated how many people you have helped?"