Looking forward to the strength of the family armed forces in the future, this is just a small episode, it will take time to really rest the team, count the shipment materials and integrate the four hundred soldiers, and during this time, Zhao Xing will continue to find trouble for himself.

The unrequited love caused by Tofu Shih Tzu to Zhao Xing has made him painfully grab the ground with his head as long as he is idle. He had to find something to keep himself busy thinking about tofu in order to relieve his pain. Love is really boiling.

So, he decided to inspect his two counties that received 30% of the tax to see how much wealth he could gain in a year.

The reason why he wanted to inspect these two income places that he had almost forgotten was because of Wei Yong's idea.

Wei Yong's thoughts made Zhao Xing happy for a while, but after calming down, Zhao Xing felt that he was surrounded by Wei Yong.

The 200,000 soldiers that Zhao Hao said were actually the original rules. There is no war, everyone farms at home, there is a war, everyone brings their own food, weapons and food, and assembles and fights according to various regions, which is both production and fighting, and this is what I wanted to do at the beginning. Therefore, in principle, Zhao Xing felt that he did not need to spend money to raise soldiers.

And Wei's method seems to have reduced the number of people tenfold, but this is a standing army. A vassal state cannot afford to raise such a number of standing soldiers, let alone itself?

At that time, I was ready to seriously criticize this kind of behavior that bypassed the Lord.

As a result, Wei Yong attracted a fat man who was recruited together, called Fei, a native of Qi State, who now lives in Puyang, Weiguo, so he is called Qi Fei or Wei Fei.

Qi is a commercial country, so it has developed the character of Qi people who are greedy for money and spare their lives, but also cultivated the talent of Qi people who are good at calculation.

After Wei Yong introduced Qi Fei to Zhao Xing, he dropped a sentence: "Please Mr. Qi Fei explain to the lord." Then I went to find my partner Zhao Hao to train and get familiar with those armor soldiers.

Qi Fei is very rich, always with a smile on his face that makes people feel like a spring breeze, and when he speaks, he speaks softly, and the first sentence is always: "You are right-" makes people feel that you are really respected and admired by him.

It's fake, it's a philistine.

Regarding Zhao Xing's statement that Wei used to calculate himself when he turned the corner, Qi Fei nodded with a smile: "Lord, what you said is right." Then it was a habit with Zhao Xing, followed by a but: "However, Wei Yong didn't calculate you, and he was right." ”

Zhao Xing laughed, and was laughed at angrily: "Eight-sided exquisite, no one can be offended, be a good person." Then one but followed: "But, obviously, the two of us have different opinions, and there can only be one right or wrong here, and it can't be all right, right?" ”

"Lord, you're right." has been squeezed to this point, and said yes, this is too much.

Zhao Xing wanted to shout at Zhao Hu to beat people, but this was another pain point for Zhao Xing, so forget it.

"The second general wants 200,000 soldiers, not to mention what the second general said is right or wrong, it is a bitter cold county, one household and one ding, do we have 200,000 households to say, can we make up so many people?"

As soon as this point of view came out, Zhao Xing also had to nod. The population of the Warring States is already very large, and one soldier per family, Zhao State can draw 400,000.

But that is the country, not the last county of the four counties of Zhao State, 200,000 households, absolutely not in their own fiefdom, in this way, Zhao Hao's 200,000 army, in fact, can not be realized.

"The Lord is right."

"I'll be right when I say anything." Zhao Xing is helpless.

"Yes, yes, but Zhao Hao has not calculated, the conscription of the 200,000 army, although we do not provide food to feed him, do not send weapons and armor to equip them, but we must also exempt them from taxes that year, not to mention whether their combat effectiveness can be resolved quickly, once it exceeds three months, we have to provide them with food and drink. And destroying a country in three months is absolutely impossible, even Wu Qi, the god of war, can't do it. ”

When the Wei State was the strongest, Leyang had been fighting for three years, so Zhao Xing pinched his chin and nodded: "You're right." ”

"And we don't know when the enemy will attack, and as a result, our 200,000-strong army will have to be on guard at any time, and of course it will delay the agricultural work, which may cause our harvest to fail. This out-of-exit and entry-in, not only does not give us savings, but will shake our foundation, so calculated, it is still cost-effective to feed 20,000 standing troops. Lord, do you say that's the truth? ”

Zhao Xing had to understand this calculation: "You're right. ”

Since what people say is right, you have to do what is right. So, now Zhao Xing is starting to think about his own income. Therefore, he first began to inspect the income of the two counties, which he had not paid attention to at all, and which belonged to him for 30 percent.

Since Qi Fei is good at calculation, Zhao Xing took him with him, the ancient weights and measures really don't understand themselves, and they still need an ancient person who understands to follow.

Along the way, sitting in his luxurious four-wheeled carriage, across the small table, chatting with Qi Fei, who was smiling and harmless to humans and animals.

"Mr. was born in the Qi country, and the national policy set by the Qi country from the beginning of the pipe is to dominate the country with commerce, and he has also achieved this goal. So can the gentleman understand business? ”

"The Lord is right. The national policy is like this, and of course the subordinates also follow the trend, and the family is also in business. And it's a small success. ”

"I don't know if Mr. is from that family of Qi Kingdom?"

"Qi Guo Jiang's family."

"So, you're still from a clan?" The original feudal state of Qi was Lu Shang, that is, Jiang Ziya, so the Lu family in the world went out of Shandong.

"The head of the house is right." Then his expression darkened: "But the Tian clan is in charge, and we are now avoiding trouble and defending the country Puyang, but we are just an ordinary scholar." ”

In this era, the gentleman's politics was also inherited, and the Tian family, who was also a nobleman, did not kill the first monarch and his clansmen, but moved the former monarch to an island, and the first prince was demoted to a scholar clan. That's why Qi Fei said this.

"Then it's time for me to call you Lu Fei."

Qi Fei shook his head: "The old country dare not forget, please call me Qi Fei by the Lord." ”

Zhao Xing nodded, and didn't say anything, not forgetting Qi Fei or Lu Fei's homeland, Zhao Xing did not doubt his loyalty.

Whether or not you can make a scholar loyal is not the heart of a scholar, but the person who uses it.

No longer mentioning the painful history of others, Zhao Xing changed the topic: "Since Mr. understands business, let me ask, how can business be successful?" ”

"Lord, if commerce is to be successful, it is very simple, that is, to transport goods from one place to another, and to sell goods from places with low prices to places with high prices; From the bulk of the goods to the home, come in batches, and then open them to buy them for each family, add a little price to make some hard-earned money, and that's it. ”

Zhao Xing took a sip of the drink and sprayed it directly on the face of this harmless and serious guy.

As a result, this guy wiped his face with his sleeve with a smile, and said with a smile: "The Lord will laugh, see the smile." "There's no embarrassment at all. Of course, it's not embarrassing to be sprayed, and of course it's not embarrassing to spray people.

Qi Fei said it simply, but Zhao Xing thought about it for a while, in fact, isn't business so simple? However, the actor will change, it depends on the individual's different methods.

Without embarrassment, he continued to talk: "I am very much admired by the law of building a country by commerce, as the saying goes, there is no business without communication, if business is not successful, the work will not be prosperous, if the industry is not prosperous, the people will not be rich, and if the people are not rich, the country will not be strong, so I want to develop industry and commerce in Dai County, raise soldiers and enrich the people, and enrich the country and strengthen the army." ”

Qi Fei was really shocked by Zhao Xing's most incisive summary, he understood the truth, but he was able to explain the truth so easily and convincingly, but he was the first person in the world.

So, this time it was not a perfunctory habit, but a sincere worship: "Lord, you are right." Then for the first time, he violated his principles of conduct and conduct: "But Lord, it is too much." ”

Zhao Xing also became serious: "You talk about it." ”

Qi Fei also restrained his harmless smile and said seriously: "Commerce, double-edged sword, taking Qi as an example, although commerce is developed, only salt and iron are produced, and the others can only be from the east to the west, making the domestic price higher than that of other princes." Then, the merchants frantically transported the goods from outside into the Qi country, not only continuing to push up the prices of the Qi country. What's more, the continuous outflow of Qi money, as a result, the supply of coins minted by Qi every year is in short supply, resulting in the emptiness of the treasury, which is also harmful. ”

Zhao Xingzhengrong, I really didn't expect that this Qi Fei would have the vision and insight of later generations of financiers, and in this regard, he can be called a great talent.

"The greatest harm of business is that it weakens the will of the people. It is precisely because of the developed commerce of Qi that it has almost reached the level of no people and no business, which not only causes the bad habit of the people who are unwilling to work, but also causes the people to indulge in extravagance and pleasure, and cockfighting and lackeys are everywhere. And this kind of character and atmosphere, there is no martial spirit, once the war starts, the people to avoid the battle as a ability, even if they buy the strongest and most gorgeous armor among the princes, holding the sharpest weapons in the world, but the two armies against each other, they think about how to save their lives and continue to enjoy, and the touch is about to collapse. And once the city is besieged, the people do not think about how to resist, but at the first time, they think about opening the city to surrender to the enemy, or fleeing with their own family business in advance. The Lord has to check it. ”

Zhao Xing was shocked, Qi Fei could see such a depth, it was no longer something that could be defined by a great talent, this was a genius.

He was so right, there was a lesson from the Sendai Division of Japan. There was also the fall of the Qi State not long after.

In fact, the state of Qi did not die in conquest, but in commerce.

Zhao Xing solemnly bowed his hand: "I am going to implement the Xingjun Mansion system in Dai County, one level lower than the monarch, set up six equal departments, and manage the finances of the household department, please sir." ”

Qi Fei accepted it with emotion.