After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

Two hours of classes in the morning and two hours of classes in the afternoon, and that's how the day came to an end.

Everyone gained a lot that day and had a more comprehensive understanding of the Treasure Note.

But the more you realize this, the more you feel your own inadequacy and insignificance.

Just as humans feel their own insignificance when facing the vast universe, they also have a more cautious and respectful attitude towards the economy, and many people even want to delve deeper into economics.

Those scholars and intellectuals called it the stench of money, but officials know that nothing can be done without the word 'money'!

They all clearly understood that governing a country is not simply a matter of using morality and ethics to restrain it, but rather requires spending real money to maintain rule.

As they said at the beginning, taxation is the foundation for the normal functioning of a country!

When their class ended, Zhu Qinggu's live stream wasn't completely over yet; she was still answering questions from the audience as usual.

(Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen: Miss Zhu, will there be any more classes later?)

"Yes, today is Tuesday, and the next class is on Thursday, so it's the same day again." Zhu Qinggu glanced at the comments and saw that many people were asking this question, so she answered it.

A day's break is necessary to allow these people some time to process the information, and they will definitely need to organize a lot of data from previous years when they get back.

Today's lesson went well, and I hope the next lesson will be just as effective.

(Han Dynasty, Sang Hongyang: What will we talk about in the next class? The monetization of silver?)

Anyone can see what follows the Ming Dynasty Treasure Note.

Whatever is said, it has some effect on previous dynasties, allowing them to avoid past crises when they decide to issue paper money or adjust certain economic policies.

“That’s right, the next class will naturally also cover silver, and we might also talk about some things related to the commodity economy.” Zhu Qinggu didn’t need to hide anything; giving a heads-up in advance would attract the attention of more people who were interested in this topic.

Many people asked questions afterward, and Zhu Qinggu answered them all. She also answered the three questions from the lottery very seriously. When the store was opened, it was as popular as ever.

It seems that many things are far from being saturated in the market.

Zhu Youxiao returned to his own dynasty and looked at the notification in front of him—[The item you carved, 'Agarwood Rockery,' has been sold.]

Looking at the pile of gold ingots in front of him and the number of points he had earned, Zhu Youxiao suddenly felt very comfortable.

Zhu Qinggu and his team had previously placed some Ming Dynasty and Tang Dynasty specialties in the store for sale, which were very popular with people from other dynasties and time periods.

Zhu Youxiao's wood carvings are all masterpieces. This "Agarwood Rockery" has everything: ponds, terraces, forests, and pavilions. The lamp screens and incense tables are exquisitely carved and can be called a unique masterpiece!

Throughout history, there have been many people who have a discerning eye for quality.

Moreover, with the emperor's identity as a figurehead, who wouldn't want something made by the emperor himself?

So when Zhu Youxiao put up the artificial mountain, it was snapped up like crazy. Liu He of the Han Dynasty was a bit lucky and managed to snatch it up.

Although he was absurd, this guy actually had quite a lot of points. A lot of gold ingots were unearthed from the tomb. Now that he's still alive, he's naturally spending them lavishly.

Although he couldn't be a middleman like the founding emperor, Zhu Youxiao felt that making a living through wood carving was quite good.

On Chongzhen's side, he received a batch of equipment, the kind used in warfare in China in the 1930s, 40s and 50s: homemade cannons, hand grenades, explosives, and guns... But even these things were much more sophisticated than what we have now, and they wouldn't explode.

They also gave them several exquisite Mauser pistols that they had seized from the Japanese devils.

Just looking at the shiny metal casings of those Mauser pistols was enough to make Chongzhen's eyes light up.

The dozen or so people in front of me were wearing drab blue military uniforms. One of them, a young man with a dirty face but clear and simple eyes, saluted and said in accented Mandarin, "Greetings, Commander!"

A man with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, exuding a roguish and drunken aura, covered his head with his hand. "What are you calling 'Commander'? Call me 'Your Majesty'!"

A scholar-like, upright-looking man coughed and said, "Student Zhu is still here."

The roguish man toned down a bit, grinning at Zhu Qinggu and Bai Qin and the others beside her, "Don't be offended, Zhu. This is just my temper, I can't change it."

Chongzhen thought this man was a rogue, but his aura was quite interesting. His roguishness was like that of the Taizu Emperor, but he was definitely much more shameless.

"Call me 'Commander,' I love to hear it!" Chongzhen had become very approachable now. How could he not be? These people were all here to teach his troops how to use these things, and Miss Zhu and several experts from later generations were also here.

Not long after, Zhu Yuanzhang arrived. As the middleman, how could he not be present?

However, before they arrived, Chongzhen and Sun Chuanting had already figured out the names of the dozen or so people in front of them. The roguish man in the lead was called Li Yunlong, the refined-looking one was his political commissar, and among the dozen or so people was a bald monk who was Li Yunlong's bodyguard. Everyone called him Monk Wei.

……

Li Yunlong is strange; he disappeared early this morning, and now Da Ming has reappeared.

It doesn't matter which one, they all have two eyes, two noses, and one mouth. As long as there's food, that's fine!

Li Yunlong was relatively restrained here, mainly because Zhu Qinggu and the others saved his wife Xiuqin. It's a pity that Xiuqin couldn't come here. If there's no more fighting in the future, I wonder if I can bring Xiuqin here for a stroll.

Li Yunlong smacked his lips.

The transactions between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chongzhen during their wars, and their subsequent interactions, went through several cycles. These transactions were all based on the bumper harvest of sweet potatoes during the Hongwu era.

In the Hongwu era, sweet potatoes would normally take several months to mature, but Zhu Yuanzhang and his people obtained some sweet potato tubers from later generations through a shop and planted them. These sweet potatoes matured quickly, and with the passage of time, they matured even more easily. The planted field yielded a large harvest.

They only harvested from one place, but it was enough to make all the civil and military officials so happy that they wanted to offer sacrifices to Heaven and Earth. It was truly a divine grain that yielded thousands of catties per mu and saved countless lives!

And there are still many things yet to be harvested.

They planned to invite everyone to go harvest sweet potatoes together after the lecture and offer sacrifices to heaven and earth.

Zhu Yuanzhang's lack of explicit statement was actually a way of advertising for the Ming Dynasty and salvaging some of its negative image.

This kind of political grandstanding has since been permitted by think tanks in later generations.

In the eyes of later think tanks, this was not just a political show, but also a form of emotional exchange!