After being replaced, she changed from a miserable daughter-in-law to a lucky wife

Chapter 707: Rewards and Punishments

Xia Wanniang walked over to him and squatted down: "I'm here to see my two children, and to see you by the way." As she said that, she picked up a piece of colored glass from a stall and began to look at it.

Wu Xiao looked at the colored glass in her hand and said, "It looks good, doesn't it? Your trading area is really nice. Coming here every day is like shopping on Taobao."

Xia Wanniang turned to look at him: "Do you know what I'm thinking?"

Wu Xiao looked at her strangely: "What are you thinking about?"

"Should I work behind closed doors or look at the wider world?" Xia Wanniang has been thinking about this question.

Wu Xiao looked at her: "What do you mean?"

Xia Wanniang played with the colored glass in her hand for a while and said, "I wonder if these colored glasses are only sold at a very low price in their country, such as a few coins, but can be sold at a high price here."

Wu Xiao looked at the rabbit he had just bought and fell into deep thought.

Xiao Zisen and Mo Zi were also thinking about the same question: what if we send the cheap things here to other places to sell?

Can I also earn a high price difference?

Xia Wanniang put down the glass in her hand, stood up and walked forward.

Xiao Zisen and Mo Zi both caught up with her: "Mom, you want to open a trade route."

Xia Wanniang: "It's not just about trade routes. To give a simple example, if the other countries didn't come to Daxia this time, they wouldn't know that we have cannons, and they would still want to start a war."

She looked at the two children beside her and said: "Only when you go out, you will know where you are lacking and where your weaknesses are."

Mo Zi: "If they don't come this time and still start a war, they will definitely be the ones who suffer."

"Indeed." Xia Wan said, looking towards the free trade zone: "New faces and new things appear here every day. If they hadn't come, you would never have known about Liuli."

Wu Xiao was listening behind her: "So your desire to open a trade route is secondary, the real thing is to see the development of other countries."

Xia Wanniang looked at Wu Xiao with a smile: "What do you think of this proposal, Master Wu?"

Wu Xiao looked at Xia Wanniang: "This is a double-edged sword."

Xia Wanniang nodded: "Yes, in the end it all comes down to research and enterprising spirit. I have quite a few ideas, we'll talk about them later when we get back."

Wu Xiao nodded: "Okay."

After they walked around the trading area, they returned home.

Xia Wanniang asked the two children to stay as well: "If this sword is used well, it will be very helpful to the future development of Daxia. If it is used poorly, it may hurt yourself."

Wu Xiao: "I want to know your other thoughts."

Xia Wanniang: "To be honest, the salaries of officials in Daxia are not high, but I think there is another way to increase their salaries. The Ministry of Works should be the most popular one."

Wu Xiao: "The Engineering Department does a lot of work, but the pay is about the same as other departments."

"So we can reform. To be honest, the Ministry of Industry should be the department with the strongest hands-on ability and creativity." Xia Wanniang felt that the current Ministry of Industry was following the routine.

Wu Xiao frowned: "Indeed."

Xia Wanniang said bluntly, "But they didn't create anything substantial. Why is that?"

Wu Xiao also discovered the key to the problem: "Why?"

"Because no matter how much they do, they will only get the same amount of money, and it won't change." After saying this, Xia Wanniang looked at him with a smile.

Wu Xiao understood what she meant: "You mean, there should be rewards and punishments."

Xia Wanniang nodded: "Every department should have it, and the Ministry of Agriculture should do the same. Reward those who do well and punish those who do not. Don't limit yourself to whether you have passed the imperial examination, but look for people who are truly capable."

Wu Xiao frowned as he thought about this sentence.

Xia Wanniang added: "The masters are among the common people, so don't underestimate the creativity of the people."

Wu Xiao suddenly laughed: "You are right, sometimes it is time to relax some of the selection criteria."

She thought for a moment and then said, "So are you opening the trade route to make money or to gather intelligence?"

"Both. It's for making money and for intelligence. The Ministry of Revenue should think about whether Daxia's tax policy is perfect and whether there are any problems." Xia Wanniang stopped there.