The more stable and prosperous the society, the easier it is to form the concept of money first, because the more prosperous the society, the richer the materials, and there is only one way to obtain these materials, that is, to use money to buy, in the case of money in hand, you can naturally buy the materials you need, and if you have no money in your hands, then you can't buy anything, it is difficult to meet your needs, so that people naturally pursue money more, because having money means having all material wealth, You can buy the materials you need, and you can live a better life.

If you don't have money, let alone have a lot of materials needed for life, even if you go out to play and don't have money to buy tickets, you can only stay in your own home, life will be quite unsatisfactory, even if you have love to drink water, it is also time-limited, when the passion subsides, many practical problems will emerge one by one, people have to pursue money, only with money, can you achieve everything you want.

In the era of scarcity of materials, money is relatively not so important, because money can not buy the materials they want, everyone is digging in the field, their own food is eaten, and the surplus is sold to exchange some for salt and oil farm tools and clothes, and the rest of the gold and silver jewelry is not something that farmers can consider, without these gold and silver jewelry can live well, these are not just needs, naturally no one cares too much.

But in the era of material abundance, the situation is completely different, in addition to oil, salt and clothing, there are many just needed materials, such as with the increase in the range of activities, the need for transportation, work is too far away from home, the need to rent, the upgrade of communication has led to the dinner has become commonplace, otherwise it is easy to be isolated by others, and the education of the next generation, the need for school district housing such a hard indicator, these need to be borne by money.

Even, the burden of cultivating a child, than the previous era to train dozens or hundreds of more, the previous ancient children, only need to give food to eat, raising ten or eight is not a thing, one more child is one more pair of chopsticks, and in the era of abundant materials, it is obviously not enough to give food to eat, but also need to invest huge financial resources in education and other aspects, so it is enough to raise one, let alone raise a few.

The era of Datang was originally an era when the materials were not sufficiently developed, and most of the people of Datang were farmers who did their duty, resting at sunrise and sunset, multiplying from generation to generation, continuing their own bloodline, they did not have too high demand, and they did not care much about the amount of money.

However, this situation has changed, with Li An's desperate implementation of industrialization, the materials of the Tang Dynasty are becoming more and more abundant, and the scale of each city is also expanding rapidly, in this case, the minds of ordinary people are also changing, although not all the people have changed, but at least these people near the city have changed, they have become more fond of money, and they have become less secure than before, they watch the people around them go to the city to work, and their lives are more prosperous, became richer, so he also followed the study, and also chose to work in the city, so as to change his face of poverty.

If everyone can improve their lives in this way, there will be no problems, the key is that opportunities and rewards are unequal, some people mix well, and some people mix badly, even if they do the same work at the bottom, there are some who can get a lot of money, and some not only do not get paid, but even owe a lot of money to the shopkeeper, in short, there are too many inequalities.

For example, to be a dishwasher, some people can get paid on time when they meet good people, but there are also some people who are unladylike and smash a bowl to compensate for a month's compensation, or even more, so it is very likely that they will not only not make money after working for a month, but also owe the shopkeeper a lot of money.

To say that the Tang Dynasty is also a place where there is a king's law, and when you encounter injustice, you can report to the official, but in some places, the official will not care about these small things at all, and even deliberately favors the rich.

After working hard for a year, not only did he not earn money, but he also owed a lot of debts, which has to be said to be a great sadness, and such things have appeared in various places in Datang, and many black-hearted businessmen who have no conscience will deduct the remuneration of the craftsmen for various reasons, and even deliberately delay and refrain from paying, which is simply without conscience.

Li An is naturally extremely angry about this kind of ugly social phenomenon, but this is also because the social development is too fast, and the construction of spiritual civilization cannot keep up.

If this kind of illegal things are allowed to run rampant, it will inevitably shake the ruling foundation of the Tang Empire, when the common people begin to be dissatisfied with life in large numbers, that is, when the crisis of the imperial court is serious, in order to avoid a terrible crisis, we must solve the process of rapid economic development as soon as possible, all kinds of unreasonable things, we must pay special attention to these major events that may affect the continuation of the Tang Empire.

Economic prosperity does not represent the strength of an empire, the economic strength of the late Qing Dynasty is the highest, even more than the sum of the powers, but in the face of the great powers, it is so vulnerable, it is simply too weak, not enough for a great power to beat, this is due to the lack of development of science and technology, and a country with a developed economy and equally developed science and technology, there will also be a very serious crisis, that is, the gap between the rich and the poor continues to widen, when the gap between the rich and the poor expands to a certain extent, the whole society will fall into terrible chaosAll kinds of crimes can spread at a breakneck pace, threatening to shake the very foundations of an empire.

Ang Lee's main task is to develop high technology, and the management of the country is naturally responsible for officials large and small, but this does not prevent Ang Lee from caring about state affairs, for the various unreasonable situations that exist in the entire Tang Dynasty, Ang Lee wants to know and gives reasonable solutions, and the attention to these problems will not weaken Ang Lee's research in scientific research, after all, scientific research needs to be taken slowly step by step, it is not impatient, and you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and the more anxious you are, the more likely you are to do nothing, for this, Ang Lee is very clear, so Ang Lee is never in a hurry, every research is carried out slowly step by step, anyway, there is a lot of time, just study slowly.

Just now the craftsmen were talking about the history of the king of Xiazhou, Li An heard it, he happened to pass by that place, but these craftsmen were in the house, and they didn't see Li An, and even the little officials who scolded these craftsmen didn't find it, but Li An was just passing by, and he wouldn't ask about these little things, in order not to let these craftsmen have a psychological burden, Li An quietly walked past their invisible position and went to the next workshop.

The Wanli Transsion Project is a plan that the Tang Dynasty is most concerned about, and everyone knows very well what this plan means to the Tang Empire, so everyone from the emperor to the ministers attaches great importance to this plan, and they are paying full attention to the progress of this research, and even go to the R&D center from time to time to see the situation and inquire about the progress of the research.

Although for many ministers, they only come to care once a month or two, and the frequency is not very high, but there are so many ministers in the imperial court, today you come to care, tomorrow he will care about it, so that almost every day someone will come to care, but let the little officials in charge of reception busy feet do not touch the ground.

As the person in charge of the R&D center, Li An is to receive according to the situation, if every official who comes is personally received, then Li An will not be tired to death, which will also interfere with his own research, only the highest officials and better relations, Li An will go over to accompany and answer some progress questions.

"Li Shilang, the right minister is here."

As soon as Li An came back from a few workshops, he heard the news of someone visiting.

"Right phase? Didn't you just die? ”

Li An asked suspiciously, he went to the north for more than a month, and he didn't pay too much attention to the affairs of officialdom, so he didn't know that Datang had a new right minister.

The little official was startled and said, "Li Shilang, it was Li Youxiang who just passed away, and now it is Yang Youxiang." ”

"Yang Guozhong, he finally became the right minister."

Li An said.

The official surnamed Yang in the imperial court has no one else except Guozhong, so you don't have to guess to know that it is him.

"What about Wei Jiansu? Did he get promoted? ”

Ang Lee asked.

The little official replied: "Yes, Li Shilang, Wei Xianggong is now the left minister." ”

"Oh, where is the original left phase?"

Ang Lee wondered.

"Back to Li Shilang, he has already returned to his hometown, and he left the capital half a month ago."

The little official said.

Li An nodded and said, "In just one month, the changes in the capital are big enough!" There are so many changes in officialdom, what else is not clear to me. ”

The little official didn't answer, Yang Guozhong was still waiting? Naturally, he couldn't continue to talk to Li An.

"Right Minister, congratulations on being promoted!"

Li An said.

"Haha! What kind of official is not official, if Li Shilang wants to be the right minister, it will definitely not be my turn, it will not be my turn! Ha ha! ”

Yang Guozhong said modestly.

Li An smiled and said, "The right minister came to our R&D center, is there anything wrong?" ”

"This ...... The main thing is to see where the Wanli Transsion plan has come, and His Majesty is very concerned about this. ”

Yang Guozhong said.

Li An nodded and said: "I understand, I understand, not only Your Majesty is extremely concerned, everyone is paying attention to this Wanli Transmission Plan, those large and small officials in the court, running to me all day long, there is no day that can be cleaned, it takes time to engage in research, how can it be done overnight, is it too early?" I'm afraid it's hard to get it out without half a year. ”

Yang Guozhong nodded, and said seriously: "Isn't it, Li Shilang has done his best, this is already the fastest progress, and there is nothing to worry about, now the telegram can be transmitted thousands of miles away, as long as you get more, you can make the capital and all the counties directly contact." ”

Ang Lee smiled: "Haha! Or the right phase understands me! With the telegraph, communication is no longer a problem, but this is not something that everyone can play, and people who must be trained must be trained to use this kind of machine, while Wanli Transsonic can directly talk to people thousands of miles away, this difficulty is very small, almost everyone can do it, and it is naturally more attractive, so Your Majesty and the ministers are in a hurry, and I can also understand that as long as possible, I will try my best to be faster. ”

"Haha! That's good, that's good, by the way, I have something to discuss with Li Shilang this time. ”

Yang Guozhong said in a low voice.

"What's the matter! But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

Li An opened his mouth to answer.

"It's the machine that makes dirty clothes, there are some small problems, if you can improve it a little, maybe you can get twice the result with half the effort, this is the improvement proposal put forward by the craftsman of my workshop, he didn't dare to change it at will, and he didn't dare to come to see Li Shilang, so I ...... it."

Yang Guozhong opened his mouth and said.

So, you came to me with a cheeky face. ’

Li An was disgusted in his heart, took the drawings and looked at it, sure enough, there were some design problems in the machine, and this unknown craftsman, the improvement suggestions put forward were very good, and indeed some extremely difficult problems could be solved.

Of course, there are many problems, and only the craftsmen in the front line can find them well, and the designers do not need to operate the machine, and it is easy to ignore the problems of many machines.

"Yes, yes, this place can indeed be improved, but, how to improve, I have to think about it, by the way, after the right minister goes back, it is best to call this craftsman, for some details of the machine, I have to ask him personally to be sure, how to modify."

Li An said.

This is equivalent to issuing an eviction order, but it doesn't seem to mean that.

"Okay, no problem, this person is outside, I'll be there soon, haha!"

Yang Guozhong said with a smile.

Soon, an honest-looking craftsman was brought in.

"The villain sees Li Shilang."

The craftsman said tremblingly.

"Don't be nervous, your opinion is very good, the official has seen it just now, there are indeed some problems in this part of the machine, and it needs to be improved, come, you come here."

Ang Lee opened his mouth and asked the craftsman to come over and discuss with him how to improve the machine so that it can work more rationally, so as to reduce energy consumption and improve the efficiency of work.