, "Hahaha," Ying Zicheng said with a smile: "The giant is also a person with great wisdom." This prince likes to cooperate with smart people, but this is 500,000 yuan, so I want to invite my Great Qin Monarch, the current monarch of the world, is it cheap. ”

"I don't know how much the Nine Emperors think is appropriate. This giant also said truthfully, since the Great Qin unified the six countries, the merchants have been suppressed, maybe it won't be long before the merchants will perish, as long as the Qin Emperor can relax the suppression of the merchants, the merchants are willing to do their best. After speaking, the merchant giant bowed solemnly to Yingzicheng!

"Giant, do you think it was Emperor Qin's suppression of merchants because of Lu Xiang's matter?" Ying Zicheng asked rhetorically.

"Isn't it?" the merchant giant wondered.

"This is just the prince's foolish opinion, the giant can be laughed at, I don't know how many people the giant can know how many people are needed to support a person who is out of production. Yingzi Cheng said.

"This, five people, ten people, this giant has not paid attention, the Nine Emperors, please speak up. ”

A sentence in "The Art of War", "Where there are 100,000 teachers, go on a journey of thousands of miles, the people's expenses, the public's dedication, and the daily expenses are thousands of gold." There are 700,000 people who are in turmoil inside, neglect the passages, and are not allowed to do things. That is to say, 100,000 troops need 700,000 families to support them, and a family of five is calculated, and the ratio of soldiers to civilians is 1:35. It takes 35 people to raise a soldier who is out of work. ”

"And my Qin State, known as a poor soldier by the six countries in the East, and the implementation of the farming and warfare system throughout the country is only one out of five households, with a ratio of 1:25 to the soldiers. The giant can know that this is only a soldier who is out of production, and the whole society is not engaged in basic labor production, not only soldiers, but also the royal family, officials, and nobles, and how many people do they need to support them? Is it 1:50, 1:100, or 1:1000............ And there are theirs, wives, concubines, children, slaves, and so on."

"And in the whole society, in addition to the above-mentioned non-productive people who can be supported, there are also hundreds of scholars and disciples, handicraftsmen, how many quotas can be left for the merchants? Will the Empire remove its soldiers, it won't. Will the royal officials and nobles give up their privileged lives, no, will there be a decrease in the number of scholars and disciples of the hundred schools, no. Even the craftsmen will only increase, not less, and the nobles will need better houses to live in, and more beautiful clothes to wear, all of which need to be provided by the crafts. ”

"Merchants, as engaged in the circulation of goods, must not only be themselves, but also men, grooms, guards, and so on. A caravan that traveled from south to north ranged from a few dozen to hundreds or thousands, and these also became incidental outcasts. The giant has ever thought about how many people a merchant needs to support, and he also needs food, clothing, housing, and so on. ”

"Soldiers don't need to bring their own rations when they go to war, and there should be very few business trips, they are all purchased anywhere, if it is still according to the normal ratio of full-time soldiers, 1:35. The caravan of 30,000 people will need a million people to support. And now, after 500 years of Spring and Autumn and the Warring States Period, how many millions are there?" Ying Zicheng looked at the merchant giant.

The merchant giant sweated while listening, and now he was sweating profusely. After staying quietly in the autumn breeze for half an hour and calming down, the merchant giant said, "The Nine Emperors' remarks are sensational, although I don't want to admit it, but it does make some sense when I taste it carefully. Although the prince didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that what the prince said might be correct. "It's a pity, my business has struggled for a hundred years, and now I know that it is a dream. ”

Originally, the business tycoon who wanted to do a big job now seems to have lost his spirit and is gloomy. In Huaxia Square, the Confucianism was full of spirit, and the passion of preaching was high, as if he wanted to fight with hundreds of schools of thought in the world, but now he has completely disappeared. Uh-huh muttered to himself, "It turns out that this is the reason why my business is getting weaker and weaker, it turns out that this is the case, it turns out that this is the case, the sages, where should the business go, what hope does the business have!." ”

The merchant giant walked away in despair, "I'll take the test, pretend to be too B, and scare the God of Wealth away" Ying Zicheng opened his mouth fiercely. Hurriedly grabbed the merchant giant who was leaving, "Giant, please stay, Giant, please stay!" "There is a solution to this matter, there is a solution to this matter." ”

"Nine Emperor Princes, don't you deceive me into being old and faint! Don't worry, as long as the prince can invite the Qin Emperor to join, the merchant will also call you for 30 gold, even if the merchant is hopeless, but the merchant also needs the Qin Emperor to keep safe. The merchant tycoon said helplessly, the merchant has no soldiers and no power, as Emperor Qin said, the shore of the land, is not the king's land, and can escape there, the wealth of the merchant who is coveted by the magnates of all parties, if there is no protector, will soon be carved up. If you can get the protection of the most powerful king in the world, 300,000 gold merchants are also willing to pay.

"Giant, I misunderstood. This prince really has a way!"

"This giant, listen to the proverbs of the Nine Emperor Princes. The merchant giant said. "Even if you say a flower, our merchant will only pay 300,000 gold. The merchant's money is not blown by the wind, if it weren't for himself and others, he wouldn't be able to contact Emperor Qin, how could there be anything to do with this Nine Emperor Princes. In today's situation, he doesn't give up, he is indeed a businessman, but it's a pity that he was born in the royal family. "I have been thinking and meditating for a long time, this is a dead cycle, the merchant is prosperous, it is necessary to snatch the population of the disabled from the hands of the palace nobles, think about it is to find death, the merchant is not known for its force, and even the weaker existence of the hundred families, the highest merchant is now in the realm of his own sons, there are still few disciples, snatching people from them is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

"Juzi, although we can't grab the existing out-of-production population, but if we increase the out-of-production population, if the out-of-production people, from 1:35, to 1:25, or even 1:10, what does the giant think, can the business flourish from now on, and become a great scholar comparable to Confucianism in the world. Ying Zicheng asked.

"As the Nine Emperor Princes said, it is indeed possible, but"

"Giant, I don't know how to increase the number of people who are out of work. In fact, it is difficult to say, easy to say, society has already done it, and it will always be done spontaneously, but this prince thinks that this is very slow and slow, so this prince wants to speed up this process. "The giant can know that a young man can cultivate a few acres a year, less than ten acres, and the income of a year, excluding taxes, is enough for rations. And how can we support more people who are out of work? If it changes, a young man can cultivate 20 acres. Thirty acres or more. ”

"Heida, bring it up. ”

"Giant, this is a plow, which can be 10 feet deep. Ploughing cattle pull, then a young man can plough 10 acres a day, no ploughing cattle, two young and strong cooperation can also cultivate 5 acres, as well as a series of farm tools here, plus irrigation and animal fertilizer, the yield per mu can be increased from 3 stone to 5 stones, and the promotion of the whole world, can double the production of feeding. ”

The merchant giant, around the plow, turned around a few times, still couldn't believe it, Yingzicheng said, "I, can you try?"

"Yes, completely, Heida, take the giant to a farmland. Bring the other farming tools with you and let the giant try them out. Ying Zicheng commanded. "Giant, please, this prince still has some personal matters to deal with, so I will accompany the giant. After speaking, take Hu tea and bring a rocking chair to lie down.

As the sun sank, Ying Zicheng opened his eyes, "It's been a few hours, why hasn't the giant come back yet, won't he run halfway." "Let's see if Heida is back?"

Waiting for the sky to be gray, the sunset had already been extinguished for half an hour, and I heard the voice of the black ghost crying wolf, "Young master, you have to call the shots for me, the merchant giant is not a person, let me keep pulling the plow, and I will catch up behind, you look at my shoulders, they are all bruises." ”

"Hahahaha, five acres, five acres, you can cultivate five acres in just a few hours, and I have never felt so easy to do farm work. Nine Emperor Princes, this buying and selling merchant has done it, and the merchant is willing to pay 1 million gold. However, this batch of farm tools must be given priority to the people of the merchants. The merchant giant smiled.