Fan Li was overjoyed and hurriedly led the way.

followed Fan Li to his house, there was no maid servant, Fan Li made tea by himself. On drinking fragrant tea, the two first had a simple exchange, but the more they talked, the more surprising it became, although this plan was young, Xiao Fan Li was in his twenties, but he talked extraordinary, knew astronomy and geography, and the current state of affairs of the princes and countries, the analysis was orderly, and he had unique insights in governing the country and his family.

The more Fan Li talked, the more he felt small, and he couldn't help but stand up and give a big salute to Ji Ran: "Young Uncle thought that he was not shallow in knowledge, and he was enough to plan for governing the country, but now I can see Mr., but I know that I am a frog at the bottom of the well." The young man made another request, and I hope that Mr. will agree. ”

"Mr. Fan is polite, but it doesn't hurt to say."

"Young Uncle is willing to worship you as a teacher, follow left and right and listen to one or two."

Ji Ran pondered for a while and said, "My way, I have to be a teacher, although I have a small success, but I have not yet understood, how can I be your teacher?" ”

"Those who are teachers must be stronger than others. Mr. Jin's talent is several times stronger than that of the young uncle, which is enough to be a young uncle. ”

"But Ji Ran is much younger than Mr. Fan, I'm afraid it's not okay?"

"There is no one who learns first-order as a teacher, and I hope Mr. will agree!" Fan Li lifted his clothes, knelt down, and leaned to the ground.

"Well, since you have made up your mind, I promise to get up first!"

"Thank you, teacher!" Fan Li was very happy to get Ji Ran's answer.

Since then, Fan Li has been busy with agriculture during the day, discussing state affairs with the king of Yue and the ministers, and listening to Ji Ran's teachings at night. Although he is nearly 50 years old, he is full of learning energy, and because he has seen and experienced a lot, he has a deeper understanding of some things, and he can always put forward his own unique opinions, so he has won praise from Ji Ran, and said to him: "Although I occupy the name of teacher, you and I teach each other and learn from each other." ”

Since teaching, it is necessary to apply what you have learned, so Fan Li often talks about the problems above the court and Ji Ran, and every time Ji Ran will analyze the head of the Tao, and many thorny problems will be simplified as soon as Ji Ran arrives.

This Fan Li saw the teacher's ability, more and more admired, and asked in private, why can he see the problem so thoroughly? Na Jiran said: "People should not stop the water in view of the flowing water, and it is clear and quiet." "What do you mean? That is to say, people take the water stop as a reference, not the flowing water as a mirror, because the water stop is clear and transparent, and the image in the water stop can get as close to its true face as possible. These words made Fan Li reminisce repeatedly, the more he thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more wonderful he felt.

Speaking of a gathering of monarchs and ministers in Yue Kingdom, King Yue lowered his head and looked at the cocoons grinding out of his hands and sighed worriedly: "When will this Yue Kingdom be revived, if it goes on like this, I am afraid that the heart of the lonely king will no longer be able to raise the ambition of revenge, and the people will not see the hope of Yue Guo." ”

The ministers also lowered their heads and couldn't help but sigh. The people suffered, the ministers suffered, and the kings suffered. However, there is no good way, and the king insults the ministers, so the ministers sigh.

Fan Li saw it in his eyes, and suddenly thought of the teacher's words, so he opened his mouth and said: "The king should not lose his fighting spirit, don't you hear that the mountains are high and the clouds and rain rise, the water makes the water deep and the dragon is alive, and the gentleman is the way and the virtue is flowing." As long as our monarchs and ministers are of the same heart and the people are of the same mind, the country of Yue will soon be revived. The meaning of this is that when the mountains reach a certain height, clouds and rain will rise. When the water reaches a certain depth, there will be dragons. When a gentleman achieves a noble moral cultivation, his benevolence and benevolence will spread everywhere.

As soon as these words came out, Gou Jian immediately looked up at Fan Li, with a look of surprise in his eyes: "Young uncle, did you say this by yourself, or did you get it from others, I have never heard you say it so profound before." ”

"I don't dare to hide it from the king, I got it from others." Fan Li replied, "A few days ago, the minister worked in Wuli Lake, and met a high-ranking person, who was talented and eight buckets, and learned to be rich and five cars. ”

"Oh, can you introduce it to the Lone King, such a talent, the Lone King is looking forward to it."

"The minister doesn't dare to make decisions on behalf of the teacher, so he needs to go back and ask the teacher, hoping that the king will forgive his sins."

"Then go quickly, just say that the lonely king is thirsty for talent, and I hope that he will help the lonely king!"

That Fan Li received the order, hurriedly returned to the residence, saw Ji Ran, Shi Li said: "Teacher, today the monarch and the ministers meet, the disciple mentioned you to the king of Yue, the king of Yue heard about your talent, I want to see you very much, and I also want to ask you to assist him." I wonder what you think? ”

"Alas, I originally wanted to travel in the mountains and rivers, and I didn't want to get involved in the political affairs of various countries, but since the king of Yue asked you to invite, if I don't go, I am afraid that it will be disadvantageous to you, in this case, I will go and meet you."

In this way, Ji Ran followed Fan Li to see King Yue, and when King Yue saw that Ji Ran was so young, he was not so excited in his heart, and secretly said in his heart, so young, even if he is talented, he will not be very useful, and he is inexperienced, but since he has told Fan Li, he has to give Fan Li some face.

Then he opened his mouth and asked Ji Ran to enter the country of Vietnam as an official.

Ji Ran didn't want to agree, but when he saw Fan Li's eager eyes, he nodded and agreed, but said that he was young and inexperienced, and he was only an official and not a counselor. This is also exactly in line with King Yue's intentions.

Back at his residence, Fan Li asked Ji Ran why he didn't show his true skills to get a high-ranking official. Ji Ran then said to Fan Li: "I look at the king of Yue, the long-necked bird beak, such people can only share hardships and hardships, but not prosperity and happiness. Although I promised it, it is also for the fulfillment of you, if you really assist in the revival of King Yue in the future, remember not to covet power, but to learn to retreat bravely from the rapids. ”

"Ahh Fan Li was shocked, knowing that the master would not lie to himself, and he didn't know what to do in his heart.

"But you don't have to be afraid, at this moment the king of Yue needs you to wait, and this is also the time for you to make contributions. Just keep in mind what I just said. ”

Hearing the teacher say this, Fan Lifang was relieved.

Na Jiran said: "I recently traveled to the country of Yue to understand the voice of the people, and I also went to the country of Wu to find out. To give you seven strategies, which can be used to develop the economy of the Yue country, revitalize the business of the Yue country, and accumulate money and grain, you can remember it well and find the right time to make a statement to the king of Yue, but there is one thing that cannot be said to be what I said! ”

Fan Li was overjoyed when he heard this, "Disciple, listen! ”

"This policy, knowing the fight is repaired, and the time is used to know things, and the two forms are the feelings of all goods can be obtained. If you know that you want to fight, you must be prepared, and if you grasp the time and use of the goods, you will understand the goods, and once the law of time and "use" is formed, you can grasp the situation of various goods and see it very clearly; These two strategies, Fu Guang, twenty sick peasants, ninety sick ends. If the disease is terminal, the wealth will not be produced, and the agricultural disease will not be cured. If the upper is not eighty, and the lower is not reduced by thirty, then the end of agriculture will be profitable, and there will be no shortage of customs and markets, and there will be no shortage of ways to govern the country. That is to say, the price of grain sold is 20 yuan per bucket, and the interests of the peasants will be harmed; For every ninety dollars, the merchant suffers a loss. If the merchant suffers a loss, the money cannot be circulated to the society; When the peasants are damaged, the fields will be barren. The price of grain per bucket shall not exceed 80 yuan, and the minimum shall not be less than 30 yuan, so that both the peasants and merchants can benefit. Grain is sold at parity, and other prices are adjusted steadily, and there is no shortage of checkpoint taxes and market supplies, which is the way to govern the country; Three strategies, the principle of accumulation, the completion of things, interest-free coins. That is, to store goods, you should ensure that the goods are in good condition and reliable, and do not use money that needs to pay interest; Four strategies, trade in kind, don't keep the goods that are corrupt and eat, and don't dare to be expensive. This means that when buying and selling goods, do not hide anything that is susceptible to decay and corrosion for a long time, and do not risk hoarding them for a high price; Five strategies, on its surplus and insufficient, you know the noble and low. This time, by studying the situation of surplus or shortage of goods, we will understand the truth of the rise and fall of prices; Six strategies, the high pole is anti-cheap, and the low pole is anti-expensive. When the price of goods is extremely expensive, it will return to cheapness; When the price of goods is extremely cheap, it will return to the highest; Seven strategies, expensive as dung, cheap as jade. Money, money, and money are like flowing water. That is to say, when the goods are extremely expensive, they should be sold in time and treated as dung; When the goods are extremely cheap, they should be purchased in time and treated as jewelry. The circulation of goods and coins should be like flowing water. ”

Ji Ran took a sip of water, and then said: "With these seven strategies, control the commerce and trade of the Yue Kingdom, the money and grain will be accumulated quickly, and you can use it flexibly." ”

Fan Li listened carefully, listened to the teacher's detailed explanation, understood its meaning, and was really like an initiation, and said with great joy: "With Master's seven strategies, Yue Guo is hopeful!" ”

The book implies that these seven strategies were recorded by Fan Li's special book in later generations, named "Ji Ran Seven Strategies", this book can be called a treasure book of ancient business warfare and getting rich, even today, some theories are still useful.

"This country is rich in order to raise troops, but after all, the defeat of the Yue State this time is very bad, and the Wu State is full of vitality, and there are Wu Zixu and other famous ministers to assist, if you want to defeat the Wu State by this, it is impossible, so you need other means. I thought about it again and again, summed up the seven killings, one was to donate money to please its monarchs and ministers, and to the monarchs and ministers of the Wu State needed to please them with money and lower their defenses; Second, it is said that the corn sac of the precious corn is accumulated in vain, and the corn of the Wu State is bought at a high price to reduce the grain accumulation of the Wu State; Three beauties, in order to confuse their minds, select stunning women to send to King Wu to soften his heart; Fourth, the legacy of skillful work and good materials, so that the palace room to exhaust its wealth, select skilled craftsmen to send to the state of Wu, let it build a large number of buildings, consume its treasury; Fifth, the relict ministers used chaos to make friends with the sycophants in them, so that they could bewitch King Wu; Sixth, it is said that Jiang and his ministers committed suicide to weaken their auxiliaries, and indirectly plotted to let King Wu get rid of his own ministers; Seventh, it is said that it is necessary to accumulate wealth and train the troops, so as to bear its shortcomings, and accumulate money and grain for the interior, and what is used to fight wars is money, food, and equipment. Ji Ran looked up at the sky and said with feeling, "This seven killings will definitely cause unprovoked killings, and it can only be said that it is difficult to do both." Once implemented, my Dao Heart will also be affected, and I will have to travel through the mountains and rivers again to restore my Dao Heart. ”

When Fan Li heard this, he was greatly moved: "The teacher tried his best to come up with these seven killings for the sake of the young uncle, but it hurt the teacher's Dao heart, and the young uncle was very uneasy. After saying that, he fell to the ground and burst into tears.

"You get up first, this matter is not entirely for you, I have been chasing a new way, and it happened to be this incident, and it happened to be to use this matter to test whether my way was wrong."

With these seven strategies and seven kills, Fan Li pondered with his heart and thought about how to achieve it. Finally, a few months later, with the help of a meeting between the monarch and the ministers, Fan Li told the seven strategies and the seven killings, and the king of Yue did not have doubts, thinking that Fan Li thought, praised and praised them, and called other courtiers to discuss together, and the result was feasible. With a direction and a method, the monarchs and ministers of the Yue Kingdom were raised in their fighting spirits and worked together.

Seven strategies and seven killings are implemented, and everything else is easy to solve, but the beauty that was bewitched and sent to King Wu is difficult to find, this woman is not qualified for ordinary people, and she has an important mission, where to find such a woman?

There is also the training of soldiers, Wu Guo is always monitored by Yue Guo, how to practice, and finally everyone discussed, the soldiers are not expensive, if you want to train, you will train the elite soldiers, and train the soldiers who are a hundred. But the question is, who can train an elite soldier who can be a hundred?

In the end, Fan Li volunteered, since I mentioned this method at the time, then I will solve the matter of the beauty, and by the way, see if the person who trains the army can find it.

Back at home, that Ji Ran was studying, and after coming forward to see it, Fan Li told Ji Ran that he had said that the seven killings were said to be with the king of Yue, and there were two kinds of killing tactics that were not easy to carry out, one was to select and send beauties, and the other was to strengthen the army. Although the beauty in the palace is also beautiful, it is not enough, so he needs to search all over the country to find the woman with excellent appearance and temperament. This beauty can be found by herself, but the person who can train strong soldiers is not easy to find.

Ji Ran thought for a while and said: "Although I have a body of cultivation, it is not suitable for soldiers to study, so let's go and find beautiful women, and I will also travel to see if I can find some talented people." ”

Fan Li was overjoyed: "It's just that this matter has to bother the teacher." ”

The master and apprentice then bid farewell to King Yue and went their separate ways.

Let's start with a single table.

Then Ji Ran thought that if he wanted to find that capable person, it would be better to be a native of Yue Country, otherwise people from other countries would not be safe, or they would leak the news. With a plan, he walked lightly, all the way to the south, while touring the mountains and rivers, enjoying the scenery of the south, while looking at the world, and understanding the world. As for the capable man, Ji Ran also deduced it, and the hexagram showed that it should be in the south, but it could only be encountered and not forced.