A few days passed in a flash.

Before I knew it, the day of exchange had arrived.

Yan Jiaoran still hasn't figured out how to reward Qin Yuan, this bastard.

well--

Irritable!

As the emperor of the Great Zhou, he actually didn't know how to reward a minister who had made great contributions.

This is truly something I've never seen before.

This dog man!

How annoying!

Yan Jiaoran had a headache.

Moreover, neither she nor Murong Yanran could come up with a reasonable answer to the previous test questions.

If I go back this time, I won’t be able to reshape my image.

The court has not had anything important to ask that bastard recently.

What a headache! What a headache!

If only I could delay the exchange for a few days...

As I was thinking, the time came.

That familiar feeling arrived as promised.

…

Qin Mansion.

Qin Yuan had just settled the scientific research workers he had deceived and was climbing into bed to go to sleep.

He saw his wife's thick eyelashes tremble instantly, like a dragonfly flying onto her jade head, and she woke up with a "ying" sound.

"Madam, are you awake?" Qin Yuan smiled awkwardly.

He thought he had made too much noise and woke his wife up.

Yan Jiaoran smiled sweetly, "You're so late today."

Qin Yuan climbed onto the bed, covered himself with the quilt, and lay down beside Yan Jiaoran: "I have settled those Taoist priests, and before I knew it, it is already this time."

"Taoist priest?" Yan Jiaoran asked puzzledly.

"I, your husband, have tricked all the Taoist priests from the Taiyi Zhenzong and Yuhan Sect into coming here." Qin Yuan said proudly, "Just wait and see what great things I will accomplish!"

"Big business?" Yan Jiaoran's eyes lit up, and she asked hurriedly, "What big business?"

Is this bastard planning to seek the immortal way?

He actually invited all the Taoist immortals!

"Secret!" Qin Yuan smiled mysteriously: "My wife, you will know it later!"

Oh, you bastard!

He must be trying to secretly refine some elixir!

However, if you want to make elixirs, you can just ask the immortal from Yuhan Sect.

Why do we need to invite the immortals from Taiyi Zhenzong as well?

besides!

How on earth did this bastard manage to invite the immortals from both sects?

As the Emperor of the Great Zhou, it was very difficult for her to invite these two secluded sects!

Yan Jiaoran felt a little aggrieved, but Qin Yuan refused to say anything, so she had no choice but to bury her doubts deep in her heart.

Forget it, business is important!

It’s a rare opportunity to come here, so I’ll finish the last class first.

She is very interested in the art of dragon slaying!

Although Qin Yuan broke it down and explained it to her, she still didn't understand.

Then, Yan Jiaoran hid her rosy face in the crook of Qin Yuan's neck and asked softly, "Husband...husband!"

"Last time you said, 'Productive forces determine production relations, and the economic base determines the superstructure,' I didn't quite understand. Could you explain it again?"

Qin Yuan was stunned. He didn't expect his wife to suddenly ask this question.

It seems that he really didn't think it through and just surrendered.

He was even more proud: "It seems that my wife has been studying very hard these days. She is still thinking about the "National Destiny Theory" we talked about earlier."

"Well, let me give you another example. With your intelligence, you will surely understand if you think about it carefully."

uh-huh!

Yan Jiaoran immediately pricked up her ears and prepared to recite.

Qin Yuan pondered for a moment before speaking: "Then let's continue with our last topic."

"Last time we talked about how the form of dynasties began to change starting from the Zhou Dynasty."

"There was a gradual transition from slavery to feudalism."

"And this transformation inevitably led to war, which is the chaotic scene of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period."

"At the same time, production technology also changed further. With the promotion of iron farm tools and ox-drawn plows, productivity improved."

"As a result, land became the most important thing for the princes."

"Afterwards, in order to gain more advantages in that chaotic situation, the princes resorted to war, seized land, and captured people, thereby increasing their war potential and being able to grow more food."

"With the advancement of productivity, the well-field system, the foundation of the Western Zhou Dynasty's rule, collapsed, and the Zhou king's rule became a mere formality. Various states began to reform and strengthen themselves."

"Take Shang Yang's reforms as an example. Taxes were assessed based on per-acre yield, which in a sense negated the saying 'All under heaven belongs to the king' and instead treated land as private property."

"From then on, the Qin Dynasty fully transitioned to the 'agricultural warfare system', accumulating strength to unify the six kingdoms!"

"After the Qin Dynasty unified the country, its economic foundation made it impossible to continue the old path of the Western Zhou Dynasty, which established counties and prefectures, and established a centralized system with the prime minister and the three dukes and nine ministers at its core."

"Madam, do you understand what I mean?"

Yan Jiaoran suddenly understood and nodded.

"Because farming methods changed and grain production increased, farmers became very important to the Zhou king and the princes."

"No longer a dispensable slave who can be beaten or killed at will, but a peasant with a higher status!"

"And because the grain production increased, the Great Qin, based on peasant farming and warfare, had to abolish feudal fiefdoms and establish prefectures and counties, because the peasants no longer belonged to the feudal lords!"

"It was precisely because of this that Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu, though he conquered the world, wanted to return to the old feudal system. Although he relied on his powerful military force to dominate his generation, after his death, the princes once again engaged in chaos..."

She had completely understood it.

This must be the dragon-slaying technique that Yafu once talked about!

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