On January 15, the 34th year of Qin Shi Huang, in the midst of a noise of gongs and drums, a plaque with the inscription "Haidong Trading Company" was hung in front of a building.

Participating in the listing are not only Jiaodong County Shou, Xuanxian County Order, Cangcao, Jinbu Cao, Bingcao and other court officials, but also thirteen Qidi businessmen, led by Langya people in charge of the banquet and Jiaodong people in the knife room.

Heifu County Shou's speech at the listing meeting was nothing more than to emulate the national trade organization "Light and Heavy Nine Mansions" during the Guan Zhong period, accumulate money, and let Qi local merchants participate in the government-led Haidong trade, and finally achieve the goal of "having enough treasury without endowment".

The Haidong trading company will monopolize all trade in southern Liaoning and Haidong, and the government will distribute and supervise it, and finally, the trading company will pay taxes to the government.

Heifu gave an impassioned speech above, and Jiaodong Bing Cao Peng and Cao Shen were below, whispering to Chen Ping next to him:

"Qin officials are all cheap businessmen, but the county monarch is not, this kind of absorption of businessmen to help the government do business, I think it is strange, but these businessmen don't feel strange at all."

Chen Ping said with a smile: "These things, Qi people and businessmen have long been accustomed to it, you forgot that Jun Jun said that he also had an idea after watching "Guanzi". ”

The scholars of the Linzi Jixia School Palace once wrote a book "Guanzi", in which many fictitious deeds of Guan Zhong engaged in "economic warfare".

For example, the textile technology of Lu is developed, and the weaving is thin and fine, which is famous all over the world. Guan Zhong asked Qi Huan Gong to wear clothes made by Lu Min, and the Qi people followed suit, and at the same time asked the Light and Heavy Nine Mansions to encourage merchants to import Lu Min in large quantities. The people of Lu saw that weaving was profitable, and slowly developed into a pillar industry, planting mulberry and raising silkworms in the fields, and a large number of farmers engaged in the production of Lu Min, and agricultural production was abandoned.

Guan Zhong saw that the time was ripe, and asked Duke Qi Huan to give an order, and the people of Qi were forbidden to wear Lu Min. As a result, the economy of Lu was greatly damaged, the export-led economy plummeted, grain prices rose sharply, and Lu was forced to collapse its economy and succumb to Qi without a fight.

Similar economic wars, Guan Zhong directed many times, such as the purchase of deer skins for the Chu State, the purchase of fox skins for the Dai State, raising the price of salt, and making the princes of the Central Plains submit.

Most of the above are fictitious in the name of the false trusteeship, and with the scale of trade in the Spring and Autumn Period, it is impossible to achieve at all, but the idea is good, it is the brain hole generated by the Qi Dishi people's ears and eyes on the lush Linzi city, or some Dajia has done similar things more or less.

After Qin Shi Huang issued an order to blackmail books, "Guanzi" was also banned and confiscated, and Heifu used his power for personal gain and made a whole set of hand-copied slips to read.

After all, although he was from a humble background, he was famous for his "studiousness": with the reputation of being good at learning, he learned a little bit of everything, and if he spoke amazing words in the future, it was not easy for others to be suspicious, and he could also cover up for future generations.

Sure enough, after reading it, Heifu was full of praise for "Guanzi", saying that some of the ideas on it provided him with a reference for governing the county, and even recruited several gentlemen who had studied "Guanzi Zhixue" all their lives to be guests to discuss the possibility of "resuming the Guanzi Government......

At present, Heifu set up Haidong Trading Company, which was carried out under this banner, and it was easy to be accepted by the Qi people.

Anyway, Guan Zhong was considered a Legalist, and he entered the Jingbian Temple again, and was officially sacrificed by the imperial court, and he did this, so that he would not become an excuse to be attacked in the court, but it made Qidi Shangjia have a good impression - Heifu suppressed the rebellion a year ago, and most of them were Zhutian and Qingxia, and Shangjia did not come out to speak, because they were neither, and they also lost Heifu's knife, so they did not cut them, and even spoke out for them, withstanding the pressure of the imperial court......

Returning the favor, the thirteen giants in Qidi, whether they are willing or not, have to join the trading company. The money that should have been handed over to the government for calculation is now going to be used as funds for the trading company to establish bases in southern Liaoning and Haidong.

The first batch of funds, each family contributed 200,000 yuan, a total of 2.6 million yuan!

And this money, what I bought, was only the privilege of going to Haidong and southern Liaoning to carry out the trade of goods!

After the listing ended, the businessmen who were still smiling began to show sad faces, and the Langya merchant Guan Yan sighed: "This is a bet, if it can really make a profit, it's good to say, if not, our money will be wasted!" ”

Everyone bowed their heads, but they could only say: "Now that the money has been invested, I can only find ways to make money from Haidong!" ”

Naturally, the knife is not worried, he originally started by relying on his subordinate concubines, I heard that the Heifu county guard is very interested in the people of Sanhan and Jiuyi, those barbarians are honest, if they can be transported to Jiaodong to do coolies, it is also a good deal.

The businessman who does leather goods is also full of expectations, and said with a smile: "I am worried about the increasing number of people in the mouth, and the mink and fox in the mountains are few, and I heard that Haidong has more fur, and it seems that this year, the Central Plains can add a lot of mink fur!" ”

And those who operate silk and lacquer also have their own plans. The utensils of Qidi, although they are known as "the world of crowns and clothes", but that was in the past. Nowadays, if the silk silk is transported to the Central Plains, it cannot compete with the gorgeous and light Lu Min, and the lacquerware of Qidi is not as good as that of Song and Chu, so the things of Qidi, in addition to fish and salt, can only be produced and sold by themselves to a large extent.

But these things were shipped to Liaodong and Haidong, but they were very popular with the local nobles and could be sold at a high price! The only concern is, how big is the market over there? There are only more than 100,000 people in Liaodong County, and the same is true in North Korea. The businessmen were worried that even if the Haidong trading company could make a profit at the beginning, it would not be three or five years before the business would decline.

However, Heifu gave everyone two more reassuring pills.

"The expedition of Haidong has not stopped, and if the people of Haidong Trading Company transport grain from the mainland to Hong Kong by car for the government, they can get salt introduction, and carry the sea salt to the county and township, and sell ......it at a reasonable price."

As soon as this policy was announced, all the merchants in Qi were shocked, and although the businesses operated by everyone were different, there was one thing in common, that is, they all owned a large number of cars and boats!

In this way, doesn't it mean that as long as they are the big names of the Haidong Trading Company, they are all qualified to take a share of the sea salt trade?

It was also an attempt by Heff to sell salt directly from the government to indirectly. The government monopolized the source of supply, and only managed to dry salt, set prices, and retail sales, and wholesale them to big businessmen who were willing to cooperate with the imperial court. In this way, the cost of transporting grain and salt can be saved, and the government can earn more money.

It is not good for the government to manage too little, and it is not bad to manage too much, and it is also a good way to reduce government functions in an appropriate amount, which can also be regarded as an attempt to reduce the "special economic zone" in Jiaodong......

This was the first, and the second reassuring pill made the thirteen merchants laugh out loud, because it was sweet......

"If you are not a member of Haidong Trading Company, you are not allowed to sell sugar!"

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"Congratulations, Lord!"

After the listing of Haidong Trading Company, when he returned to the mansion, Chen Ping congratulated Heifu for the first time.

"Congratulations to me?"

Chen Pingdao: "Three years ago, when the lord first entered Jiaodong, there were only a few staff, from dozens of horses, when the lord put a few white pieces on the chessboard in the car, representing the people of Jiaodong: Zhutian, small nobles, craftsmen, merchants, intellectuals, small farmers, Lu Zuo, light chivalry, ......"

"That's what happened." Heifu smiled: "I almost forgot, you still remember!" ”

Chen Ping said: "How dare Ping forget? I especially remember that the lord said that politics means that there are more and more friends and fewer and fewer enemies! “

Indeed, three years have passed, and the situation of the original enemy has completely changed. The small nobles left over from the Jiang Qi era were first won over by Heifu, and then the proletarian Lu Zuo.

After the proposal to repair and burn books, the "reactionary intellectuals" were suppressed, and most of the acquaintances took refuge in the government. And by Qin Shi Huang's eastward tour, Zhutian was uprooted, and the light man was also half dead, with the settlement of farmers, the yield per mu of small farmers increased slightly, and life was slightly better.

In the end, only the merchants remained, and now the giants among them were also co-opted by Heifu and stuffed into the Haidong Trading Company, which could be both supervised and used.

After reviewing all of the above, Chen Ping said: "The three-year layout of the lord can finally be completed today!" ”

"Is it complete?"

Heifu smiled, looked at Chen Ping, who was the most thoughtful among his subordinates, and said meaningfully:

"As long as the Eastern Expeditionary Army stays for a long time, Haidong will still not have the final say in Jiaodong, and we have to wait for the battle on the other side to be completely finished, cut off the head of Canghai Jun, completely wipe out the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, and establish the prestige of the Qin army, things can be considered perfect!"

After that, he looked at Chen Ping: "What I mean, do you understand?" ”

Chen Ping's heart tightened, remembering what he did in Liaodong last year, he bowed down and said, "The minister understands!" ”

Heifu nodded at him and said, "So this time to supervise the grain, you should go, see the son, and say hello for me." ”

"No!"

Chen Ping was stunned for a moment, and his heart was even more shocked, but he still only agreed, tensed his body, and waited for Heifu's next sentence.

Maybe it's "give you another chance", or maybe it's "stop making your own decisions", such a warning.

But Heifu didn't say anything, waved his hand, and asked Chen Ping to step back.

After walking out of the county guard's mansion, Chen Ping was already sweating on his back.

Twelve years ago, Chen Pingshang was a weak-crowned young man, invited by Heifu, and first entered the Qin military camp......

Sometimes it's more terrible not to say it than to say it.

To put it bluntly, even if the previous things are over, but if you don't say it, it seems that you can stare at Chen Ping at any time and watch his follow-up performance, Chen Ping only feels that if he dies again, it will be more than just a loss of trust.

After a long time, he sighed secretly:

"Obviously there is the power of the Lord, and he lives in the depths of few words, and he is still more than the wrath of thunder, and even I am afraid. But why, willing to submit to the father and son of Qin Shi Huang? The prince and the general, rather have a kind, the lord, the lord, do you really do the marquis and the general, and you are satisfied? ”

Such a lord, Chen Ping likes and hates him, likes that he is a master, worthy of selling his wisdom and serving his life, and hates him for being limited to the position of a minister, because he can't go further and is not worth it!

"Can't he really see that no matter how well he does in Jiaodong today, if the emperor no longer trusts him, he may die at any time!?"