My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 43 Worried about the privileged class? We have two hands
Looking at these two guys, Li Han was speechless for a while.

Just look for gifts, why are you occupying my recliner?
Forget it. Antique shops are not like boutiques. They need traffic. These two won’t be a problem here. They can stay if they want.

It just so happens that there is someone to help look after the store, so it would be more comfortable for me to go back to the inner hall and lie on the bed.

I returned to the inner hall, closed the door, and opened my mailbox as usual. Wow, Lao Zhu actually replied.

But what do those ginsengs lying next to the letter mean?
Want our old Li to make up for it?

When I took them out and looked at them, I found that these ginsengs had many stalks, thick heads, and long and thin whiskers, which were sparse but not messy, flexible but not brittle, with pearly dots, and the main whiskers were intact. This was obviously an old ginseng.
Moreover, its body is exquisite and beautiful, not fat and bloated. It is obvious that it grew in the wild forests and has been exposed to wind and rain all year round.

This is an old wild ginseng. Although I don’t know its exact value, the price of an old ginseng is generally not low.

I remember that at a ginseng auction a few years ago, the highest price was several hundred thousand.

The old ginseng that Lao Zhu gave seemed to be of no worse quality than those at the auction.

As for why Li Han knew so much, it was all because of his free time in the antique shop.

Such precious things cannot be piled up casually, they must be well preserved.

However, all the fine gift boxes seemed to be in the store, so Li Han took the ginseng and went out of the inner hall and came to the antique shop outside.

Li Momo saw Li Han coming out and said with a smile: "Li Han, I can relax here with you. It can be regarded as a way to enjoy retirement in advance."

Li Han smiled and said nothing. Suddenly, Li Momo's eyes shone with golden light and he jumped up from the recliner.

Then he rushed to Li Han with a look of surprise, "Great, Li Han, how did you know I wanted to give my dad ginseng?"

"Ah, this..."

Then Li Han watched Li Momo take the ginseng from his hand.

Li Momo carefully observed the ginseng, stroking its beard with his fingers, his expression becoming more and more surprised.

"For my dad's fiftieth birthday, I was going to give him a large ginseng. I looked in many places, but the ginseng was either not old enough or artificially cultivated. The ginseng you got, Li Han, is wild ginseng that's over a hundred years old!

You really gave me a big surprise!"

"This……"

Li Han was also helpless. Since the other party had already said this, he could only go along with it.

In a word, he is a big customer, and whatever a big customer says is right!
"Li Momo, as long as you like it."

After carefully selecting two ginsengs and wrapping them in a gift box, Li Momo looked at Li Han excitedly: "Li Han, you are the most thoughtful! But I don't have that much cash right now, I will transfer the money to you later."

As he said that, Li Momo took the ginseng, got on the Ferrari, and then disappeared with a "boom".

This is the instant switch from a retired uncle to a domineering president.

This Li Momo really doesn't consider himself an outsider at all. Li Han shook his head and carefully packed the remaining ginseng.

Ginseng is also an old item. Who says antique shops can’t sell ginseng?

Xu Nian watched all this in a daze, and only after Li Momo left did he ask Li Han in surprise:

"Old Li, you have blue and white porcelain worth tens of millions, ancient architectural models worth hundreds of millions, and now you have a hundred-year-old wild ginseng. Are you... being kept by some rich woman?"

Li Han rolled his eyes at Xu Nian in annoyance, "Oh, yes, yes, he is being kept by a rich woman!"

"Old Li," Xu Nian said in great sorrow, "If Li Momo heard what you said, she would be very sad."

"Huh?" Li Han looked at Xu Nian in confusion, somewhat bewildered.

"You are such a fool. You know everything except romance. Why do you think people come to you every day? Do you think they have to buy ginseng from you? It's just to make her father give up the merger of your shop." Li Han was stunned. He had never thought about it in this way. He was too confused.

Well, it’s not a big deal. At worst, I, Old Li, can marry you.

Xu Nian waved his hands, looking like a hopeless case, then lay back on the recliner and continued to act like a big shot.

Li Han smiled and said, as for love affairs, just let everything take its course. There are more important things to do now.

He returned to the inner hall, picked up Zhu Yuanzhang's reply, and began to read it.

"Lao Li, the radio handheld transmitter you sent is truly a magical device!

Didn’t you see how Xu Da, Li Wenzhong and the others were stunned after seeing the radio hand-held station? It was really funny…”

Ha, I didn’t expect that after Zhu Yuanzhang came into contact with the radio, he would realize the tremendous changes it would bring to the court and military.

Having said that, if he is the emperor of a country and can't even think of this, then he is a bit unqualified.

When Xu Da, Li Wenzhong and the others saw the shocked expressions on the radio, Li Han instantly had a picture in his mind. It was indeed very interesting.

Old Zhu wants to popularize walkie-talkies in Ming Dynasty?
Hehe, Old Zhu, do you think Old Li can't see through your little tricks?
Since the walkie-talkie is so useful, we will definitely buy more and send them over. At the very least, during the Northern Expedition, the role that the walkie-talkie played was so great that it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was of great significance!

But if it is to be popularized in Ming Dynasty, it definitely cannot be a handheld radio, it must be a radio station, and there must be a signal station. However, Ming Dynasty does not even have electricity, so this matter needs to be considered carefully.

Li Han continued reading.

"…If the princes and nobles completely control overseas trade, will they be able to control the Ming Dynasty's economy? Will this become another shackle for the Ming Dynasty…"

This is a good question. Has Mr. Zhu thought about this point?
The problem of the privileged class monopolizing the economic lifeline and becoming a cancer of the country is extremely common throughout history, both in China and abroad.

A comprador of the master of micro-manipulation, a consortium living a merry life, a chaebol of South Korea, and also a little Yueyue who seems to have tried to imitate China's reform and opening up but ended up learning something weird, and now has a military business that is difficult to get rid of.

What’s even more terrible is that Da Piaoliang has various trust complexes headed by the military-industrial complex, and behind them is the privileged class among the privileged, Squid!

However, the princes and nobles have not even touched the edge of the capitalists yet.

Rather than worrying about them becoming a privileged monopoly class, it is better to worry about them lying at home, indulging in romantic affairs, listening to music in brothels, and waiting to die.

I'm just being a bit overly worried.

Unless there is truly universal peace and harmony in the world, it is impossible to eliminate the privileged class, otherwise it would be utopian.

But it’s better to prepare for this matter early. Li Han thought about it and came up with an idea.

The key is still checks and balances and sufficient domestic competition!

The first thing to be done is internal checks and balances, which is to let the princes and nobles fight among themselves.

The second is external checks and balances, which is a long-term task and, of course, an inevitable result of the development of trade.

It is the rise of private capitalists and entrepreneurs.

Overall, the visible hand of national macro-control and the invisible hand of market laws need to play a role together.

In the Ming Dynasty, the visible hand of macro-control was no problem at all, and it was even possible that it was excessive.

As for the invisible hand of the market, it still needs to be cultivated well.

As for free trade?

That is the slogan to knock on the door of other countries!
Of course, the above premise is that maritime trade really flourishes!

(End of this chapter)