I, the villain of destiny, become invincible starting from crushing the hero

Anyway, bullying Gu Xiao had never been overseas, so he couldn't tell what he was talking about Gu Xiao.

"With more iron, we can build invincible warships and take the soldiers of Datang to conquer the whole world. We can go to Nanyang to find high-yield grain potatoes and delicious seasoning peppers. Datang's iron hooves will I will travel to every corner of the world, don't you want to see a more prosperous Tang Dynasty?"

Gu Xiao, "..."

Potatoes and peppers were imported from Nanyang to Huaguo, but Europeans made them from America during the Ming Dynasty and brought them to Nanyang. Are you going to Nanyang to find chicken feathers?

When persuading others, can you do your homework first?Don't take things for granted, okay?

Do you feel that everyone is as ignorant as you when you are ignorant?

Moreover, the Tang Dynasty has just recovered from the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and the people are still struggling on the line of food and clothing. What kind of iron-shoe war is going on?

Where did you get the population from?

Do you rely on your mouth?

Gu Xiao's blood boiled when he heard what he said, and said: "Have you read the Law of Zhenguan? Are you not afraid that His Majesty will punish you for treason if you mine iron ore and smelt private iron with great fanfare?"

"Don't worry, I am absolutely sure His Majesty will not pursue me!"

Didn't the emperor do anything to him now?

Ye Changtian felt that mining iron ore was nothing at all.

He is the greatest treasure for this era.

What he can bring to Datang is far greater than the benefits brought by this iron mine, and any fool knows how to choose.

Gu Xiao, "It is also said in the Zhenguan law that buying private property for officials and opening stores to do business is to compete with the people for profit, and to degrade one's status, one will be dismissed from office."

Not only that, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are lowly, no matter how much money they have, they can't wear silk and satin, they can't ride in a carriage, they can't ride a horse, they can only ride a donkey or a mule, and three generations of descendants can't do scientific research.

So merchants are rich but not expensive.

Big families like the Gu family can also buy land and shops, but shops and the like can only be rented out, and members of the Gu family are not allowed to engage in business.

If not, the crime should be eliminated.

Seeing him worrying and worrying, Ye Changtian almost became impatient.

"What are you afraid of? I'll go and say hello to His Majesty. He will definitely not dismiss you."

Gu Xiao let out a heck.

"But I don't want to give it to you."

Ye Changtian, "..."

He was aggrieved for a long time before he said: "Brother Gu, I don't want the land for nothing. I will cooperate with you. As long as you hand over the iron ore to me, I will give you [-]% of the profit."

He balabala persuaded him, anyway, he just meant one thing, if Gu Xiao was a smart person, he should immediately agree.

Otherwise, if you miss this village, there will be no such shop.

Gu Xiao was unmoved.

Ye Changtian gritted his teeth secretly, really ignorant of flattery.

"I'll give you [-]% more at most, [-]% in total, no more!"

He looked like he had suffered a big loss.

"You have to know that without my mining technology and ironmaking technology, even if you hold this iron mine, it will be useless."

Gu Xiao, "I'm happy to put my own things where I don't need them."

Ye Changtian, "You are four and I am six. This is the biggest concession I have ever made. Don't push yourself any further!"

Obviously he was the one asking for something from Gu Xiao, and made him look like he was giving alms to Gu Xiao.

Gu Xiao, "No."

Ye Changtian stood up at once.

"Okay, okay! You won't give it, right? Then you can hold that iron ore and go moldy!"

He walked towards the door, seeing that Gu Xiao didn't stop him, so he had to stride away from Gu's mansion.

He is confident that Gu Xiao will have nothing to do with the iron ore, and he will definitely come to beg him in the end.

At that time, the conditions he gave Gu Xiao may not be so good.

Let's see how he uses Gu Xiao's family property to trample him under his feet!

Seeing him leave, Gu Xiao pretended to have someone go to the field to investigate.

It is not that if you master the balance equation of ironmaking, you will be able to engage in large-scale steelmaking in ancient times when productivity was backward.

Just like the same top menu recipe, some people can't make it taste like a chef if they follow it.

Productivity determines the relations of production, and the economic base determines the superstructure.

Without the support of the industrial system, scholars, and skilled workers of the entire society, what kind of industrial revolution is going to happen?

Chapter 74 Traveling through the Tang Dynasty: I am a time traveler and I am the best

The reason why these things are so easy to obtain in modern society is because of the impetus of several industrial revolutions. Feudal society had no industrial foundation, so it is very difficult for you to directly bypass the development of productive forces to produce things beyond the level of this era.

Even a qualified screw cannot be produced.

Especially at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the common people had just recovered from the wars at the end of the Sui Dynasty. They couldn't eat enough or wear clothes, and it was impossible for them to engage in any industry.

But there is a male protagonist, his aura is enough to support an industrial system.

Unreasonable to the extreme.

But who cares, many things cannot be explained rationally.

And what does it mean to mine iron ore?

It means that more jobs can be provided for the common people, and it means that more iron can be used in agriculture to improve the efficiency of agricultural production. Externally, it can also increase the lethality of weapons and resist foreign enemies...

Since Ye Changtian's protagonist halo is so awesome, why doesn't he use it to let the people live a better life?

So the next day, early in the morning, Gu Xiao directly talked about the iron ore, and unconditionally handed over the iron ore to the state treasury.

There was a gasp in the entire hall.

Li Er asked excitedly: "Are you sure? Is it really a big iron mine?"

"Yes, I have sent people to investigate, and there are indeed iron mines."

The emperor said three good words in a row, and he couldn't wait to leave the court, and wanted to see the iron mine in person.

Ye Changtian was still waiting for Gu Xiao to come to beg him, but when he heard about Gu Xiao directly handing over the iron ore to the treasury, he was so angry that he almost went to heaven.

He hurried to that piece of land, and sure enough, he saw Li Er and all the ministers there.

Ye Changtian, "..."

Seeing Gu Xiao standing alone, he ran over angrily, and said in a low voice:

"Gu Xiao, are you crazy? I kindly told you about the iron ore, but you actually handed over the iron ore to His Majesty, have you ever considered for the people of the world?!"

What kind of young minister is Ma De? It's like a vegetarian meal on the corpse, just scraping the blood of the common people!

Ye Changtian grabbed Gu Xiao's skirt.

"You rich and powerful are really disgusting. You only think about yourself, you live the most luxurious life, and you never think about the poor people in the world? Do you know how much convenience iron mining will bring to the people?!"

With a little effort, Gu Xiao broke away Ye Changtian's hand, straightened his skirt, and said nothing.

Merchants in Huaguo from ancient times to the present have a common characteristic-belonging to the transportation type rather than the production type.

An economist once made a metaphor.

He compared wealth to mice. Foreign businessmen will keep improving their mousetraps in order to catch more mice.

But Huaguo merchants have a good relationship with those in power in order to obtain the privilege of catching these mice, so that no one else can catch these mice.

Many people find this social status unfair when they don't have the opportunity to be the one to catch the mouse.

But what's ridiculous is that when they have the opportunity, they will use all means to maintain this inequality, and even take the initiative to create injustice so that they can get more rats.

Ye Changtian is a typical kind of person.

When he hates privilege, it is only because he is not a privileged class.

When he becomes a privileged class, he knows better than anyone else how to intensify and oppress the people at the bottom.

So Gu Xiao wanted to let the iron mine appear, but he never thought of handing over the iron mine to Ye Changtian.

And Li Er is an emperor with the burden of an idol.

He wants to create a prosperous age and be an emperor through the ages, so he is doomed not to do anything that will damage his image as a good emperor.

Giving him the iron ore is much better than handing it over to a traveler who has no bottom line.

Moreover, iron ore is scarce, and it has been controlled by the government since ancient times.

Ye Changtian thought that like later generations, any rich second generation would have iron mines at home?

"Give the iron ore to His Majesty, wouldn't His Majesty use it for the people? It must be handed over to you to benefit the people of the world?"

You just say that the emperor is here to do it.

"Or do you mean that you will give iron to the people of the world for free, without charging a penny?"

A villain who kills and robs goods is called evil, and a protagonist who kills and robs goods is a matter of course, robbing the rich and helping the poor.

It was obviously for the same purpose, both for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, what the original owner did was wrong, and what Ye Changtian did was right.

Moreover, it is clear that the original owner's approach is more in line with the actual situation, and is promoting the progress of Datang step by step.

However, Ye Changtian's approach was even more radical. He used even greater sacrifices to promote a small improvement, and he was the one who reaped the greatest benefits.

"Gu Xiao! You don't understand anything at all! Do you know how useful the iron ore will be in my hands? I am saving the country through industry! Now you are sacrificing the interests of me and the people of the world to claim credit! To please His Majesty , completely disregarding the life and death of the people in the world, you flattering treacherous!"

Gu Xiao, "...?"

Making big money from other people’s fine clothes and fine food is to search for the hard-earned money of the common people, and you earn the money of the common people to save the country through industry?

It's right for you to hug your thighs, and it's a traitor for others to hug your thighs.

Double standard dog!

Gu Xiao felt that it was necessary to correct his wrong perception.

"I sacrificed your interests to do good things? What interests did I sacrifice? Is that land yours? You don't think everything about my family is yours, do you?"

Ye Changtian choked suddenly.

Gu Xiao sneered in his heart, and then made a coquettish operation to let Ye Changtian truly understand what a real treacherous man is.

He walked up to Li Er.

"Your Majesty! I have something to say!"

Li Er is happy now, seeing that Gu Xiao still has something to say, he just thought that he wanted to ask for some reward.

For such a great achievement, Gu Xiao doesn't need to speak up, and he will definitely be rewarded.

But I didn't expect Gu Xiao to say: "I want to ask for credit for my cousin Ye Changtian!"

Ye Changtian, "...!?"

Gu Xiao, "To be honest, it was my cousin Changtian who told me that there are iron mines under this land, and cousin Changtian also said that he has more advanced mining technology and iron and steel smelting technology than the current Datang. , as long as the iron ore is handed over to him, he will definitely forge the best iron in the entire Tang Dynasty!"

Ye Changtian, "...!?"

I was grinning on the horse face, MMP in my heart!

The others looked at Gu Xiao with admiring eyes.

It seems that Gu Xiao exposed Ye Changtian's plagiarism before, not for Ye Changtian, but for Ye Changtian's good.

Look, don't you still take the initiative to ask for credit for Ye Changtian now?

Li Er looked at Ye Changtian, "Ye Changtian, are you serious?"

Ye Changtian, "..."

Can he deny it?In the end, he could only bite the bullet and nod, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Gu Xiao, "Your Majesty, Cousin Chang Tian took the initiative to find out where the iron mine is, and is willing to provide mining and smelting technology. He really cares about the Tang Dynasty, and he is a minister of the Tang Dynasty. I hope your Majesty will reward you!"