Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 507 Su He prepares to return to the border town

The Su family received the news and sent a servant to Fumanlou to book a private room. When the owner of Fumanlou heard that it was the Su family, of course he would reserve a seat for them and leave the private room for them.

The shopkeeper had already received instructions from the Ninth Prince that the Su family was their own family, so they could just make arrangements when they came. Su He often came to deliver recipes. This was their little god of wealth in Fu Man Lou, so they had to serve him well.

The shopkeeper prepared the dishes in advance and asked the servant to take them home and ask Miss Su He. If there was anything inappropriate, he could come back tomorrow to adjust it.

How could Su He not understand the shopkeeper's meaning? In addition to eating tomorrow, he would definitely leave his opinions. Then he would ask them to improve a few dishes, and then he could launch new recipes.

She would never take advantage of others, knowing that the shopkeeper would not accept the money when she paid. So she would pay in another way. After all, there were so many dishes in China that she could never use them all in her lifetime.

Besides, spreading the food can also provide some work for the common people. When people consume more, they will demand more. The essence of business is to create consumption and increase demand, so that more raw materials will be needed.

The common people are the producers of the raw materials. They don't need to worry about the intermediate and terminal profits. They will be satisfied as long as they can get more basic profits.

The delicious food created by Su He is being scrambled for by people, which is equivalent to creating a large amount of silver and money transactions, and everyone is a beneficiary.

Sometimes she wondered if the real meaning of money was just a management tool for the superiors. Wasn't it replaced by paper in later generations? Maybe it would eventually be replaced by numbers.

Just like in the old society, the government suddenly abolished a currency, and the people did not spend it in time, and it eventually became waste paper. The government reissued a new currency, and after a period of time, the old currency was exchanged for the new currency. Those who had a lot of wealth and were out of touch with the news would lose their so-called wealth.

This is the role of power. All wealth is distributed by it. The so-called wealth of the people below is what it wants to give you. Otherwise, once a decision is made, most people will lose everything.

So many people are obsessed with gold. In fact, they don’t know that it is another way to control the wealth of the upper class. If the supreme ruler wants to make the gold lose its value, it is also a matter of government decree.

In fact, the most important things in the end are food and water, which are necessities for people to live. These two things cannot be controlled, but they are also the most difficult to hoard. If you have less, you can't exchange for wealth, and if you have more, you can't save it.

Especially water resources, which are given by God. If God wants to take them away, there will be widespread suffering, regardless of one’s rich or poor, noble or humble.

This is why Su He wants to buy land to grow food. Of course, water will be stored appropriately. Ponds and wells have these functions. Su He also used some stones and cement to block the bottom of the pond, which is connected to the living water pond.

She always hoped that all her efforts were in vain, which was better than the disaster that would come. She often prayed to God to have good weather and no disasters in her life.

When she was studying history, she had really seen natural disasters beyond imagination, including those chosen ones who were completely destroyed. No one would be blessed just because you are powerful. Many great dynasties disappeared silently in the long river of history.

Seeing the princes of Ansheng Kingdom and many court officials forming cliques and fighting for power and money, she felt that it was unnecessary.

Being able to live comfortably is the most important thing, and it would be even better if you can live with freedom and dignity. This is also the reason why Su He wants his brother to take the imperial examination. At least he doesn't have to bow and scrape to everyone he meets, and kneel down and kowtow to a powerful person.

Even if she has wealth, it is really depressing to live without dignity. This is why she must go back to the border town after a while. The emperor is far away, and there she can live happily without succumbing to the powerful.