Chapter 1897: Smiling for half a step, it seems like madness but not madness
The sound of war drums in Dunhuang seemed to be getting louder and louder, but everyone in Chang'an could hardly hear it, nor did they feel any special impact.
At Xun You's call, Fei Qian's subordinates, representing various business giants, rushed to Chang'an and sat together.
Cui Hou is undoubtedly the first merchant to follow Fei Qian, and now he also specializes in high-end luxury goods. As his business grows, he becomes fatter and fatter, even fatter than Pang Tong. He can't ride a horse, and even sit in a vehicle. When you go up, you can seem to hear the groaning sound of vehicles.
"The objects of the Han Dynasty can be divided into four categories: fish, salt, lacquer, and silk in the east; bamboo, bamboo, bamboo, and jade in the west; cattle, sheep, tendons, and horns in the north; nan, ginger, cinnamon, and sand in the south; all are It can travel all over the world! If you get one, you can be rich!" Cui Hou said proudly, "If you can get one in the sea, open and close the beams, relax the mountains and rivers, you can travel all over the world, and the jade from the west mountain can directly lead to the east and northern desert. Isn’t it wonderful that the horse can gallop across the south?”
Pei Jun praised: "Cui Jun is really proficient in this! I admire it, I admire it!"
In the seat below Pei Jun was the little girl Zhen Mi, sitting quietly aside with a look of neither sadness nor joy.
Although silent, it cannot be ignored.
Sitting next to Zhen Mi was Zhuo Liang. Zhuo Liang sat at the bottom seat with him, and when he saw everyone smiling, he almost turned his stomach. But when he turned his back to the rest of the people, he was smiling. Deep in the eyes, there are some other faint emotions...
The leader of Bai Shiqiang only listened to five or six points, but he also laughed along with him, and then his eyes turned to the side involuntarily, and then took them back. After a while, they seemed to be attracted by magnets, and slipped away again. Slide over.
It's not that the Baishi Qiang people are obsessed with lust and greed, but how attractive beauty and wealth are, so Pei Jun and Zhuo Liang tried their best not to look at Zhen Mi...
White, rich and beautiful girl.
Just like Zhuo Wenjun back then.
Zhuo Liang is from Sichuan and is a descendant of Zhuo Wenjun, the famous Zhuo Gongsun. Although many literati like to eulogize Zhuo Wenjun, in fact, in the eyes of Zhuo Gongsun and many businessmen, Zhuo Wenjun is just a cheat. You prodigal women opened a hotel just to cheat their father out of money. They knew that Zhuo Gongsun would not be ashamed of themselves, so they closed the hotel after cheating them out of money.
He was so scornful of Sima Xiangru, a young boy with a low profile, and ended up being almost dumped by Sima Xiangru when Zhuo Wenjun was an old man. If Zhuo Wenjun hadn't been quite talented, he wrote a few sad poems for people to sing, to the effect that He said, "The piano you played when you hooked up with me is still in front of me, but now you have found a new girl. I am very sad. From now on, you should eat more and take care of yourself. From now on, we will not contact you!"
Sima Xiangru still wanted to show off his face, so he said that it was not the case! Then Xiao San, who originally wanted to correct himself in Maoling, was delayed like this.
Of course, some people say that this is a rumor, that Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun have been in love for a long time, but in fact, Sima Xiangru's original name is "Quinzi", so...
Zhuo Wenjun died in Chengdu, while Sima Xiangru died in Maoling. The woman who was beside Sima Xiangru when he died was the Maoling girl.
From a certain perspective, when later generations of literati praised Zhuo Wenjun, it was not because they admired Zhuo Wenjun's talents, but because they expressed that they were also very literary and knowledgeable. Why didn't they have Zhuo Wenjun's money when they were in poverty?
What a beautiful little lady has fallen in love with me?
Of course, there are also some literati who despise Sima Xiangru. For example, Sima Qian and Ban Gu made it clear that Sima Xiangru's appointment as a minister was not all based on talent, but "regarding money as a minister", which was what Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did in order to ease the war against the Huns.
The economic pressure caused by the special promotion of "donating money to become an official" was promoted. However, Sima Xiangru originally had no money, and everyone knew it, so where did the money come from for him to become an official?
I don’t know if it’s because of Zhuo Wenjun’s influence, but the Zhuo family in Sichuan is not as powerful as it was at the time of Zhuo Gongsun, so now Zhuo Liang is like a little pug, smiling with everyone he sees.
The children of the gentry pay attention to seniority, and the same is true for businessmen.
It's just that the nobles relied on poems and scriptures, while the merchants relied on wealth and industry.
Business, to put it simply, is the circulation of goods, from the place of production to the place of consumption. For a businessman, the most wonderful thing is to earn the price difference, and it is best that no one else can earn the price difference, only he himself can do it.
Yes, businessmen will eventually move towards monopoly involuntarily.
Cui Hou now basically benefits from the business policies promoted by Fei Qian. He has always followed Fei Qian's footsteps and successfully established some branches in the southeast, northwest, and has hundreds of shopkeepers under him.
They mainly focus on high-end luxury goods, so the resale value is simply astonishing.
As for general items, Cui Hou has stepped down and sold them to other firms as agents, such as beef and sheep sinews and horns, which Pei Jun is doing.
What Cui Hou said before is not wrong, but after all, they are all businessmen, so they speak half and half. There are many products that are also unique to different places, such as copper, iron, iron, rhinoceros, jade, beads, and teeth.
Leather, leather, fur, etc., each one is a big business, and if done well, it will bring huge profits, like mountains and seas.
Chang'an was once the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, and is now an important political, cultural and economic center of Fei Qian. Therefore, after Cui Hou and others met, they were naturally able to roughly guess what Fei Qian had called them to do, but they could only guess.
To a small part…
Feiqian wanted to develop business, but it was not what they thought.
Not long after, I heard a guard shouting loudly in the hall, "The great Han Hussar General has arrived!"
Cui Hou was originally sitting with his head raised, but when he heard the sound, he flew out almost close to the ground at a speed that was inconsistent with his body shape. He rushed out of the hall first, put a smile on his face, and bowed: "
Welcome my lord..."
Pei Jun and others followed closely behind and also saluted Fei Qian.
Fei Qian nodded and said: "No need to be polite, just come in and sit down." Although he knew that Zhen Mi was coming before and was slightly prepared in his heart, when he saw Zhen Mi for the first time, his eyes couldn't help but look at Zhen Mi.
Mi stayed there for two or three seconds longer.
It's indeed a bit surprising.
Cao Zhi's words are generally very reserved, "Looking at it from a distance, it's as bright as the sun rising as the morning glow. If you look at it closely, it's as bright as a flower blooming out of Lubo. The slenderness is perfect, and it is shortened and fit. If the shoulders are cut into shape, the waist is as promised.
white……"
Bai Juyi is more unrestrained, the so-called "Cherry fan Su mouth, Yangliu small waist"...
Fei Qian felt that what Cao Zhi and Bai Juyi said were right, and a very important point was that Zhen Mi knew how to put on makeup, or was very good at it. Her makeup was not the kind that was heavy and would fall off whenever she moved, but rather slightly.
With or without it, her eyebrows are darker, her lips are redder, and her complexion is as jade-like. Coupled with her well-fitting attire, she is naturally more eye-catching than those dark-skinned and rough-skinned women who work in the fields all day long.
East Asian magic has been passed down for thousands of years.
Zhen Mi is indeed beautiful, and she also knows how to expand this beauty, so she is naturally more attractive. However, for Fei Qian, Zhen Mi has not really been able to shock people with thrilling and tragic results just by her appearance.
The overwhelming force of an army is as powerful as a nuclear weapon.
Otherwise, why would the Three Kingdoms fight to the death?
If you throw out such a "nuclear weapon", wouldn't everything be settled?
Appearance is still added value after all, but strength comes first.
Fei Qian quickly recovered from his initial shock, entered the hall, sat down at the top, and motioned for everyone to take a seat. Everyone thanked him again, and then sat down.
"Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are all scholars. Without farmers, there is no peace. Without workmanship, there is no businessman." Fei Qian looked at everyone sitting down and said slowly, "Chang'an is the leader of the Han Dynasty. You all are the Han Dynasty."
Leader of business!』
Nowadays, Chang'an ranks as the first capital of the Han Dynasty, which is not too much. Because Luoyang has become decadent, and Xu County has not yet developed. Yecheng, which was originally stronger than Chang'an, was weakened in the turmoil.
As for Chengdu Shouchun and other places, they are relatively remote.
In addition to the above cities, there are a few that are not mentioned much in the Three Kingdoms game. Linzi, Handan and Panyu were actually very large in the Han Dynasty and had a large population.
Linzi's population once exceeded 100,000 households, and the rent for a shop in the market cost thousands of gold. It was even said that "the people are rich, and they are richer than Chang'an". It is rich in fish, salt, lacquer, cloth, silk, especially textiles.
Popular across the country.
Handan, the old capital of the Zhao State during the Warring States Period, connected to Yanzhuo in the north and Zhengwei in the south. It was once the largest commercial center city north of the Yellow River. However, after Liu Xiu conquered Handan, he carried out large-scale killings and looting, resulting in the loss of Handan.
The scenery is gone.
Panyu was the seat of Nanhai County in the Pre-Qin Dynasty. It was also the largest commodity distribution center for the Pearl River Delta and the indigenous tribes in the south. It was once the largest source of spices in the Han Dynasty and had frequent foreign trade.
The Han Dynasty's commercial policies had ups and downs.
Since Emperor Hui of the Western Han Dynasty, due to the country's preferential policies for industry and commerce, wealthy merchants actively organized the circulation of goods, making commerce prosperous. At that time, commercial cities flourished, multi-level markets were developed, capital and regional markets flourished, and goods
Various types, strong commercial capital, and active monetary economy.
After Emperor Wu came to the throne, in order to financially support the consolidation and development of authoritarian centralization, he adopted a policy of crackdown on businessmen, causing business to enter a period of intermission, and for a time it fell into decline.
After the Zhao and Xuan Dynasties, as the "suppression of the late" policy was loosened and relaxed, private industry and commerce quickly recovered and developed, and new vitality emerged.
Immediately after Guangwu, there was a rise in arguments advocating that business harmed farmers. Businessmen were considered lowly and proletarian, and were reviled and scorned. During the Hengling period, due to the large-scale buying and selling of officials, the social status of businessmen was once again changed.
It was brought to the forefront, and some people even encouraged the extermination of commerce, saying, "Merchants seek profit, chase east and west, travel north and south, use their wisdom and skill, are cunning and cunning, and have good clothes and food, and they will make twelve profits a year."
Merchants, on the other hand, have no property and no rental tax. The population is on the run, which is a real harm to the country."
Fei Qian continued, "Businesses are indispensable. Without traders, horses would be herded in the north, and thousands of hooves would not go south. Fish and salt in the water would not reach the west. Thousands of jujube trees in Anyi, thousands of chestnut trees in Yanqin, and thousands of acres of oranges in the Han River."
, rivers support thousands of hectares of vines; Chenxia lacquer, Qilu hemp, Weichuan bamboo, Jieshijiao, and so on, are abundant in the local area. If they are not sold, they will be a waste of the beauty of heaven and earth and a waste of the hard work of the people."
Cui Hou and others were delighted when they heard this, praising him repeatedly and throwing out flattering words as if they were free of charge.
It can be said that Fei Qian is one of the few powerful people in the Han Dynasty who attaches great importance to business. Now he is separated from Shandong and Shanxi and is in charge of the Secretariat of Xijing. He has received Fei Qian's affirmation and praise. He is not a thousand words worse than those rotten scholars.
Ten thousand sentences are more useful?
But soon, Fei Qian's words changed, "Of course, business must not be abused! In order to seek profit, they will pass off inferior goods as good ones, buy and sell when they are short of weight, ignore the law, cheat on taxes, hide the population, and oppress
Doing business... All of the above are the disadvantages of business. I wonder, brother Nagahara, do you think so?"
Cui Hou waved his plump hands, and even the flesh on his face trembled: "Lord, don't worry, everyone under Hou's rule will obey the law and there will never be such a thing..."
Fei Qian asked with a smile: "Really, not at all?"
Cui Hou fell to the ground with a thump, causing the wooden floor to groan, "My lord, forgive me! My lord, forgive me! What happened to Ma Zhengsi... was done by a stupid person without permission. I am guilty, I am guilty."
I really don’t know..."
"If you see a cockroach dragging its tail across the hall..." Fei Qian looked at Cui Hou and said, "Let me ask you, how many insects are hidden here?"
"Ah?" Cui Hou was stunned for a moment and couldn't react for a while.
Zhen Mi's crisp voice sounded from the side: "What the general said is ordinary corruption. The orange has small gray spots and is full of rot inside."
Fei Qian couldn't help but turn around and saw Zhen Mi's back straight and her eyes clear and lively. After looking at Fei Qian for a moment, he slowly lowered his head. Under the clouds on his temples, a swan-like figure was revealed.
The delicate skin color of the neck seems to glow on its own under the sunlight outside the hall, which is breathtaking.
Haha, this Zhen Mi knows how to choose the right time. She must have competed with Cui Hou for the Jizhou Shopping Mall?
If you think about it, it's understandable.
Others have some business dealings with Cui Hou, but Zhen Mi is an outsider and has no interest relationship with Cui Hou, so Zhen Mi does not hide this fact, and even turns it into an advantage, just like Zhen Mi herself
Her makeup was mediocre, expanding her beauty from eighty-nine points to twelve points, in order to show Fei Qian that if she wanted to check Cui Hou, she would be herself.
Yes, checks and balances...
Fei Qian looked at the people in the hall. It was obvious that except for the Baishi Qiangtou who half understood and half didn't understand, the rest were all human beings, including Cui Hou who was pretending to be stupid. They were all waiting quietly for Fei Qian.
Qian continued.
After all, if Fei Qian really wants to deal with Cui Hou directly, there is no need to ask these people to come and watch, or even say these words. After all, the point of killing chickens to scare monkeys is to kill chickens, so how about killing monkeys to scare chickens and ducks?
Fei Qian withdrew his gaze and looked at Cui Hou again, "You should investigate this matter yourself first! Don't think that Ma Zheng is the only one involved! If something goes wrong after waiting for someone's verification... Don't blame someone for not remembering the old friendship! Go back and sit down.
!』
Cui Hou rolled back to his seat, raised his sleeves and wiped away the sweat.
Ma Zhengsi's war horses were concealed and stolen. Obviously, Fei He could not do it alone. Cui Hou may or may not know about such a distribution business route, but whether he knows it or not, he is guilty.
A big sin is only a small one.
"The state has national laws, and every family has its own rules..." Fei Qian looked around and said slowly, "Businesses also need business laws! There are five elements in the sky and five materials in the earth. Each performs its duties and has its own place, so that it can follow the way of heaven and earth.
I call you all here to establish a Han Dynasty trading house! The meaning of a trading house is that merchants follow the five elements of heaven and the five materials of the earth. They implement the rules of entering the market, determine the rules of buying and selling, regulate the agreements of coming and going, and sell goods all over the world.
!』
What business is the most profitable?
The experience of later generations tells Fei Qian that it is natural to be a platform! While collecting money from merchants, you can also collect money from customers, and you can also pass on the contradictions of buying and selling to the merchants, or return it to the customers. Anyway, the platform is the most selfless, and you can't ask for self-sacrifice.
Asking for something in return...
Everyone present is naturally shrewd. As soon as they heard what Fei Qian said, their eyes suddenly lit up, searching for each other and exchanging glances. The most depressing one was Lina Gu, a Baishi Qiangtou man. His intuition told him that Fei Qian seemed to have said something.
It's a great thing, but I don't understand it half-heartedly. I feel like I missed a hundred million. I scratched my head anxiously and couldn't sit still. I couldn't help but turned around and asked Zhuo Liang, who seemed to be the most bully, "This... the general said
What does it mean?』
Zhuo Liang looked easy to bully, that's all. When the Baishi Qiang-headed man asked, he was still smiling, but he slightly cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "The general is in front of you, so I can't elaborate. I'll report it to you later..." Then
Then he no longer paid attention to the Baishi Qiangtou man, and just stared at Fei Qian, for fear of missing something.
Commercial organizations such as the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Guilds had only begun to take shape in the Tang Dynasty, and were basically mature in the Song Dynasty. However, at the time of the Han Dynasty, Fei Qian's suggestion of being half a step ahead undoubtedly made everyone present suddenly realize it.
Cheerful…
Of course, what these people focus on is somewhat different from Fei Qian.
Commercial guilds naturally have industry standards, and industry standards mean a certain amount of authority, and the merchant class is undoubtedly the level that most desires authority. When such an opportunity is presented to them, it is like being hungry.
When the dog saw the meat bones, its eyes were glued to the meat bones.
"My lord is wise!" Cui Hou immediately expressed his stance, "The state has national laws, families have family rules, and businesses should also have business laws! Lord, please rest assured, Hou will definitely investigate the lawless people thoroughly and strictly control them to serve as a warning!"
Pei Jun had been silent all this time, but now he stabbed the key point with his stick, raised his hands and said loudly: "My lord Mingjian, since Jun took up the post of businessman in the northeast of Hebei Province, he has been deeply aware of the great responsibility. He works hard every day and does not dare to relax in the slightest. My subordinates
There are more than 370 people in total, and there is absolutely no corruption... Ahem, now that I heard my lord’s words, I felt as if I could see the sun and the moon after turning away the clouds! If the lord doesn’t give up, my lord’s business plan will be ruined! 』
Cui Hou immediately turned his head and glared at Pei Jun angrily.
Zhen Mi left the table and bowed down. She said in a clear and clear voice, "Although I dare not boast about the noble virtues of my family, my ancestors were also personally taught by Master Kong. They are more or less familiar with classics and have a little knowledge of pen and ink. I am willing to share the worries of the general..." Speaking of the last part.
In one sentence, the voice was thin and long, just like a cat stretching out its paw slightly from the white glove and scratching something twice.
Zhuo Liang only knew that the weight was insufficient and did not dare to step forward. However, when the Baishi Qiangtou man on the side saw this, he did not care what it was, but felt that it must be a benefit, so he also raised his voice and said: "General! General! Don't forget Baishi."
Qiang...Bai Shiqiang has always been a loyal general..."
