After a while, Li Jing said, "This is my opinion that I will think about it again. Please continue to speak my dear."

Lin Feng immediately continued to say: "The Department of Economic Research, Weichen suggested that there be two departments, one is the Economic Department and the other is the People's Livelihood Department."

Although Lin Feng mentioned the two words "economics and people's livelihood" many times before, Li Jing and Li Jingsui did not think deeply, and they couldn't help but wonder why Lin Feng had to list them separately for research? Li Jingsui blurted out: "If you want to study it specifically by governing the country and pacifying the world?"

Lin Feng suddenly realized that these two people had been misunderstanding the word "economic" he was referring to.

The word economy comes from Greek, and its original meaning is "a person who manages a family". In his "Economic Theory", Xenophon understood the combination of the words "family" and "management" as economy. The first was the Japanese who officially translated it into economy, and later Mr. Sun Yat-sen introduced this statement from Japan to China.

In fact, as early as the beginning of the 4th century AD, the word "economy" was officially used in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in my country. The word "economy" was the synthesis and simplification of words such as "governing the country", "governing the country", "governing the world", "governing the people", and "governing the world and benefiting the people", which meant "governing the country and pacifying the world".

"Please forgive me for being rash in words. In fact, I just borrowed this word in ancient books. The economy mentioned by Wei Me refers to the material foundation of our country and society, and is a necessary condition for building the country and maintaining the operation of society. Its specific meaning can be big or small, from the national economy of a country to the income and expenditure of a family. The economy mentioned by Wei Me here refers specifically to the national economy of our dynasty.

The main direction of the Economic Department, Weishu also suggested two: First, mainly study the pros and cons of various economic policies over the past dynasties, analyze the problems and shortcomings in the current economic development of our dynasty, and find suggestions for rationalization and improvement; second, secretly study how to use economic power to attack the enemy.

In this regard, I can give an example. When Wu and Yue fought for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, Yue State gave the cooked seeds to Wu State for free. As a result, Wu State traitors who were bribed by Yue State deliberately concealed this inside story, which led to the failure of Wu State in the whole country and Yue State destroyed Wu in one fell swoop. This is a prototype of economic war. At present, the Economic Department mainly studies how to use economic mediums such as banks and coins to collapse the other party's economy and lose the material basis for confronting our dynasty, and finally achieve a soldier who will defeat others without fighting."

Oh, so that's it. Li Jing and Li Jing couldn't help but nodded, their eyes full of praise.

"The People's Livelihood Department has a more significant significance. According to Weichen's investigation, the term "people's livelihood" first appeared in "Zuo Zhuan? The 12th Year of Xuangong", which is the so-called "people's livelihood is hard work, and diligence is not scarce." Here, Weichen refers to the people's livelihood as the basic living and living conditions of the people in our dynasty.

Throughout history, basically every dynasty has a fixed beginning: that is, the people are living in poverty, desperate, rising up, officially kicking off the prelude to the demise of the dynasty. Therefore, I believe that if the country is compared to a stone tower, the people are the foundation of the tower. The foundation is unstable, and the tower body will be in danger. Therefore, people's livelihood is stable, society is stable and the country is stable."

Hearing this, Li Jing nodded constantly. People's livelihood is unstable, that is, the Li family's country is unstable!

"People's livelihood is a big article, and it mainly depends on the entire court. Here, the Wei minister suggests that the People's Livelihood Department hopes to add some beautiful and visible hope and confidence to this big article. With hope and confidence, the people will have beautiful expectations in their hearts, and the people will be determined, and the country will be as stable as a rock! At the same time, under the leadership of Your Majesty and King Qi, our Tang is undergoing reforms and will eventually pacify the world. This will affect the interests of many people. But if there are the support of the most numerous and widest masses of the people, these people will be blocking the chariot and overestimating their abilities!" Lin Feng began to fool again, trying to make these two superiors brand the concept of people's livelihood in their hearts.

"What do you think I should start?" Li Jing asked with a smile on his face.

"The most basic thing for a people's life is nothing more than food, clothing, housing and transportation, and living at home. A little further increase is a happy life. Our experiments on cotton planting are to care about the people's clothing; introducing high-yield food seeds is to care about the people's food. As for housing, we can study how to make the people more convenient and comfortable. For example, the media ball machine that Weichen has invented and the spring stove, and there are more small inventions under study, which are trying to make the people more comfortable.

Speaking of action, I want to say a few more words. One direction is the road used for walking. I plan to first develop a kind of material that can be quickly condensed and is very hard after condensed, which can be paved into the road surface, which can quickly spread throughout the country. It not only makes people feel very convenient and comfortable to travel, but also can build a military strategic avenue, which is very convenient for the mobilization of troops in the country!"

Here, Lin Feng was preparing to tinker with cement from later generations. In fact, the history of cement can be traced back to the Dadiwan people of Qin'an, China 5,000 years ago. They laid grounds similar to modern cement. However, Lin Feng wanted to borrow the method of the ancient Romans in later generations: using a mixture of lime and volcanic ash, which is very similar to modern lime volcanic ash cement. It is made of concrete made of gravel. After hardening, it is not only stronger, but also resistant to the erosion of fresh water or salt water.

"Can it be applied to military?" Li Jingsui asked curiously.

"Of course. If we can use this material to build the city wall in an important city, the stones smashed by the enemy will not be broken, and the arrows and crossbows that shoot cannot penetrate. At this time, we have strong bows and hard crossbows and long-range guns, how can the enemy be defeated?" Lin Feng continued to promote the use of cement and tried hard to tease and stimulate Li Jingsui.

"Ah, is this substance easy to invent?" Li Jingsui couldn't sit still. In history, combat was nothing more than offense and defense. If the level of attack on his own side had improved because of the invention of the Weapons Department. Now if there is a substance like this from the People's Livelihood Department, then the level of defense has also improved. Wouldn't it be time to win the battle?

"It's very easy! In fact, its raw materials are everywhere, and it's a specific stone. There are such rocks in the mountains next to Jinling City, which is very easy to invent." Lin Feng said mysteriously.

Of course, cement is generally used for building buildings, but Lin Feng wants to maintain a sense of mystery in advance, treat cement as a military strategic material, and strive to delay its spread, so that he can more time and more first-mover advantage.

"The other direction to improve the carriage is the tool for the carriage. Weichen often rides in a carriage. Although it is very convenient and comfortable, it will be extremely bumpy and has a lot of noise when it is fast. Weichen heard that there is a substance overseas in the south, called rubber, which is elastic and not water-permeable. Weichen thought that if this substance is wrapped outside the wheel of the carriage and the friction with the ground becomes smaller, it can increase the speed and reduce bumps. At the same time, steel components are introduced on the body of the carriage and retractable spring devices to reduce the impact force in the carriage. I believe that such a carriage will definitely be more comfortable to sit on!" Lin Feng said while gesturing in his hand.

Li Jing and Li Jingsui looked at Lin Feng a little strange. How did Lin Feng think of these? From the national economy and people's livelihood to the smallest part of a carriage?

Lin Feng didn't stop talking, and he began to fool Li Jingsui: "In fact, it's just a small effect of this kind of carriage. The key is that its speed can be accelerated, and our business and travel work efficiency can be accelerated.

Of course, this is just the civil use of new carriages. In fact, such carriages have a greater military effect. King Qi, please imagine that if our soldiers ride in such carriages, they can rush to the destination in front of the enemy, establish a defensive position first, or launch an attack first, the soldiers have saved their physical strength well, and we are equally winning half first! Even if the enemy is a cavalry, we can still surround the carriages as a temporary fortress to block the enemy's horse and riding, which also has more chances of victory!"
Chapter completed!