Just when everyone was shocked, the group of businessmen also fried the pot.

950,000 gold, which means that the profit has been pressed to the extreme, and there is not much left to earn!

"Brother, you...... You are not profitable at this price, is it? ”

"Yes, although the cost of employing disaster victims is very low at the moment, but the autumn harvest is approaching, and after the autumn harvest, the labor cost will return to normal, and Qinling casualties are frequent, and the settlement fee is also a lot of money, you ...... What's the picture? ”

“…………”

The businessmen, with a bewildered face, were completely dumbfounded, and were surprised for a while.

It is no wonder that they will be surprised, although everyone is desperately rushing to put forward various advantages to solve the famine, and it seems that for the sake of the country and the victims, they are impassionedly competing for these projects. In fact, they can't help it.

There was a bidding meeting in front of it, a 800,000 gold Afang stone contracting project, some people bid for 500,000 gold, and the other bid for 550,000 gold, but they gave a series of promises to solve the disaster. As a result, the project actually won the bid.

In other words, the reason why Daqin was willing to take out these national projects and hand them over to businessmen to do was to let them solve the current famine dilemma.

On the contrary, if you have more advantages to solve the problem of the victims, even if the price is slightly higher, these projects will be easier to win.

Merely...... Even so, you have to keep the profit for yourself.

Isn't it true that every businessman is scrambling for these projects just to get a piece of the pie?

Yingzheng and hundreds of civil and military officials also looked at Ba Shi in surprise, wondering what was going on......

"Haha!"

I saw Ba Shi laugh heartily twice, and arched his hand: "Thank you for your concern, I can't hide it, this time my Ba family won the bid, it is in response to the call of the prime minister, when this year of the Great Qin famine, the merchants of Great Qin must unite as one to solve the country's worries." The prime minister once said that there is no country, where there is a home, there is no peace, where does the business environment come from. The status of a person or a group can only be judged by the value of his contribution to the country and society. ”

"Therefore, when this catastrophe occurs, the treasury is empty, and only our businessmen have a little money and food, if they do not contribute at this time, and do not play a role for Daqin and society, how can we talk about improving the status of businessmen? Isn't it true that the name of a profiteer who seeks profit has been confirmed? Therefore, in this competition, my Ba family is purely for my Daqin, for the victims of the world, to do my meager strength, but also to the world for the name of the businessman, so my Ba family has never thought of making a profit in this. ”

When the merchants heard this, they all fell silent.

Yes, the status of a merchant is extremely low.

Since the Shang Dynasty, there has been a group of merchants who specialize in buying and selling to make money. After the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, the government allowed the remnants of the Shang Dynasty to continue trading and called them merchants, who were closely monitored at the time.

Later, the status of merchants was improved, but during the Shang Dynasty reform, the Qin State severely cracked down on commerce, so as to improve the status of agriculture, and until now it has continued to follow the policy of emphasizing agriculture over commerce.

Therefore, under the suppression of the policy, the status of the merchant group is regarded as a cheap industry by the world, and the businessman is also regarded as a profiteer with a leading profit.

For a long time, businessmen did not dream of money, but wanted to improve their status, such as Lü Buwei, which is the best example.

However, although Lü Buwei later ascended to the top of the stage, his status as a merchant still did not improve in the slightest. In the end, even he himself ended up in disrepute.

And all this is actually because Lü Buwei is only for his own status, not to improve the status of the world's merchants.

In order to truly improve the status of merchants, as Ba Shi said, only when merchants themselves play a huge role in Daqin and society, this is the way to truly improve the status of merchants.

Of course, these substantive truths are also before the bidding, Li Yang told Ba Shi that if he competed at a very low price, he would have a broader future in the future.

"The status of a person or a group is judged only by the value of his contribution to the country and society......

The merchants repeated this in their hearts, and finally everyone was shocked in their hearts, and their eyes suddenly lit up, and then they suddenly realized that the reason why the merchants could not improve their status was actually because of this reason.

At present, because the world regards merchants as not producing, but only selling for profit, they are of no value to the country and to society. And now is indeed an opportunity for businessmen to play a huge role.

For the country, for the disaster victims, what more valuable thing can be reflected?

Thinking of this, a group of businessmen bowed their hands one after another, and said in unison: "Brother Ba is wise and famous, we will be taught!" ”

Ba Shi returned the salute with a smile: "This wise saying comes from the mouth of the prime minister. ”

Everyone praised: "Prime Minister Zhong is really discerning, like watching fire, clearing the source, and hitting the essence of things, so that I have a sense of pulling out the clouds and seeing the sun." We businessmen should indeed give full play to our value to reflect the role of businessmen in the country and society. ”

The low status of the merchant is despised by the world, and only the merchant himself can experience the unspeakable suffering. In fact, this is like the landlords at the beginning of liberation. At present, the businessmen were forced to move to Xianyang, where they were closely monitored by the state and despised by the people, but there was no "fighting landlords". (PS: This is also the reason why the Ba family will use the shares of the restaurant in the third chapter to envelop the protagonist, which has been criticized by many people as a poisonous point, I really don't understand, they have all been reduced to being monitored, and even the family property has to be registered, in order to protect themselves, how can the businessman not want to pull a rising star who may become a powerful minister, just like the status of the landlord at the beginning of liberation, which landlord does not want to have a person in the center of power to protect it?) ）

With such an identity and status that is hostile to the country and the people, it can be said that improving the status of the businessman group is something that every businessman dreams of and wants to achieve, and he is willing to give everything for this.

A businessman sighed: "I can't afford to compete with Brother Ba for this project, so I can only see if the next project can win one or two, or do some modest help for Daqin and the world." ”

"Yes, this Qinling project, we won't fight with Brother Ba." Everyone nodded.

Ba Shi said with a smile: "There are only more than 100 national projects in total, and there are 120,000 wealthy businessmen in Xianyang City, and there is only one person in a thousand people who can win the project." However, the prime minister also said that although there are more than 100 projects, there are actually 120,000 rich businessmen, and everyone has a share. ”

"Oh? What do you mean by this? The merchants were puzzled.

Ba Shi said: "My Ba family won the Qinling project, can it really be completed by one family?" Definitely! Is there a need for food to employ 500,000 disaster victims? Do you need to eat? Do you need stones? Do you need tools, instruments, salt and iron? But all the goods you deal in must be indispensable. In the words of the Prime Minister, we are all the bricks and stones of the Great Qin, everyone can play a role, and all of them are indispensable.! ”

A group of businessmen nodded again and again, excited, and a sense of pride arose.

Who says businessmen don't play a big role?

The country cannot be without business, the people cannot be without business, how important is business?

At the same time, Ying Zheng and the civil and military officials were all stunned!

Everything in front of you completely subverted everyone's perception of businessmen.

The consciousness of the merchant is so high!

The patriotic heart of a businessman is so sincere!

The role of a businessman is so important!

Ying Zheng was silent......

He suddenly discovered that the policy of emphasizing agriculture over commerce in the past may have been wrong.

A businessman with such a sincere heart in Great Qin is not a blessing for Great Qin?

What's more, the reason why that Ba Shi has today's behavior is obviously influenced by Li Yang.

Collusion between officials and business?

Thinking of the participation, slander and attack of the imperial historians, Ying Zheng felt how ridiculous it was.

More importantly, in the face of this famine and chaos, those civil and military officials were not only helpless one by one, but also slandered and attacked a courtier who offered advice to Great Qin, worked hard, and was brave and loyal, how ironic it was.

Even the businessmen who have always been despised are more sensible than those civil and military ministers in the court, and they know how to solve the country's worries.

At this moment, Ying Zheng glanced back at Feng Quji and the group of imperial historians in disgust, and said coldly: "This is the collusion between officials and businessmen that you are talking about?" ”