Handan, Guo Cheng.

Zhao Dan sat in an inconspicuous carriage, although he tried his best to hide it, but the stiff muscles of his face and the situation of less air intake and more air out still proved a point...

Smoked Daddy!

The construction of this sewage sewer system is really imperative!

Fortunately, when Zhao Dan stepped out of the carriage and walked into the gate of the imposing mansion in front of him, the smell of this park dry toilet finally left Zhao Dan's nose.

There are many flowers and plants planted on both sides of the trail behind the gate, which fills the air here with a faint fragrance of mixed flowers and plants, and also makes Zhao Dan, whose nose is full of poison, feel like he has risen from hell to heaven all of a sudden.

So Zhao Dan's mood suddenly improved, and he smiled at the man who rushed to hear the news in front of him: "I didn't expect my uncle to be so leisurely and elegant, and this scene of flowers is also quite charming." ”

That's right, the reason why Zhao Dan came to Handan today is actually to fight the autumn wind, as for the object of being eaten and drunk, it is Zhao Dan's other uncle in addition to Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, and Zhao Bao, the king of Pingyang, who is also one of the important ministers of the Zhao State.

Judging from the face alone, this Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao is indeed somewhat similar to Zhao Dan, obviously because of blood relationship. And Zhao Bao does not have an obvious beer belly like his brother Zhao Sheng, he is a relatively thin middle-aged man who looks quite serious.

This is actually somewhat related to Zhao Bao's official position, Zhao Bao's current position is Zhao Guo's secretary, which is equivalent to the position of the great manager of Qi Guohousheng, that is, the criminal department of the later generations, in charge of criminal law, and people who stay in this position for a long time are usually more serious.

Of course, even if Zhao Bao is usually serious, when facing Zhao Dan, the nephew of the monarch, he must have a smile, I saw Zhao Bao smile at Zhao Dan and said: "The king praises it falsely, just a few flowers and plants, how can you get into the eyes of the king?" King inside, please. As he spoke, he led the way.

Zhao Dan followed Zhao Bao forward, and looked at Zhao Bao's mansion curiously.

Although for China before Zhao Dan crossed over, the era of Zhao Guo two thousand years ago was simply a fighter in antiques, but at this time, the land of the Warring States had begun to have its own architectural style, with colorful brick fences, vermilion red walls, high eaves of mansions, and fragrant flowers and plants along the way, which really made people feel relaxed and happy.

It can be said that Zhao Bao's mansion is the most elegant mansion that Zhao Dan has ever seen since he crossed, and even vaguely gives Zhao Dan a feeling that he saw those Suzhou gardens when he traveled to Suzhou in his previous life.

Obviously, although this Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao is known for his iron-faced ruthlessness, he is actually a person with a lot of interest in life.

Of course, Zhao Dan came here today, not just to eat Zhao Bao's meal, but Zhao Dan suddenly smiled and asked, "Uncle, is that person here?" ”

Zhao Bao nodded slightly and said, "Back to the king, the person has arrived." ”

After a pause, Zhao Bao hesitated for a moment and said: "King, this person is just a profit-seeking person, as a royal family, he is willing to humble himself and run the business of business, why does the king attach so much importance to this person?" ”

As the uncle of the monarch and the son of Zhao Guo, Zhao Bao's banquet today was actually prepared at the behest of Zhao Dan. According to what Zhao Dan told Zhao Bao in advance, this banquet was actually an "investigation".

Examining a businessman? Zhao Bao obviously has no understanding of this.

As the so-called Spring and Autumn Period is still courteous and righteous, and the Warring States period is utilitarian. In today's late Warring States period, the utilitarian degree of the entire ruling class can be said to have reached the extreme, as one of the representatives of utilitarianism, the merchant class, of course, also took advantage of this to enter the Warring States period and became one of the four major classes of "Shinong, Industry and Commerce".

Of course, even so, because of their habitual pursuit of profit, merchants were still not popular with the ruling class in this era, and almost without exception, the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period adopted a policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce.

When the famous Shang Ying changed the law, he stipulated that "those who work their own business, cultivate and weave chestnut silk and restore their bodies." Those who are poor and sluggish at the end of things are regarded as reaps. ”

The meaning of this rule is that if you do a good job in farming and can make the fields harvest and increase the yield of cloth, then the government can exempt you from paying a certain amount of taxes, but if you go to business and become a poor ghost because of poor management, then sorry, your wife will take the blame for you and be taken away as a slave girl of the government.

If you don't agree with each other, she will directly change from a proprietress to a female slave, which shows the degree of hostility of Shang Ying and the Qin State after Shang Ying's reform to merchants.

But in a world where slavery has not yet been completely abolished, this is not incomprehensible. After all, as Marx said, businessmen are a class that can do anything for 100 percent profit, and they have no patriotic concept in their hearts, and even hoarding at some point in order to make money, and ruthlessly pit the country.

For example, now, the army of Zhao State on the front line and the Qin State fought a decisive battle, and the grain and grass in the treasury of Zhao State were insufficient, and there were many large grain merchants' owners and semicolons in Handan City, but when Zhao Dan sent people to ask these merchants for food, let alone borrow, they didn't even sell it to you.

Why? Aren't they all waiting for Zhao Guo's grain to run out, and when the grain price in Handan City is high, they will sell the grain in their hands at a price several times or even dozens of times higher than before, so as to make a lot of money.

Therefore, Zhao Dan has already decided, and when the matter of Changping is over, he must take time out to settle accounts with these guys.

It is precisely for this reason that Zhao Bao, one of the high-level officials of Zhao State, was puzzled by his monarch's move to summon a businessman to a separate banquet, and even faintly showed a trace of dissatisfaction, which is very easy to understand.

Regarding Zhao Bao's dissatisfaction, Zhao Dan just smiled and said nothing.

After a while, the two came to the hall of Zhao Bao's mansion, and sure enough, as Zhao Bao said, there was already a merchant waiting here.

The businessman was obviously very polite, and when he saw Zhao Bao walking in front of him, he immediately stood up and put a respectful smile on his face.

But in the next moment, when he saw Zhao Dan who walked behind Zhao Bao, the businessman was completely shocked, and his whole face was confused, obviously he didn't expect Zhao Dan to appear in this place at all.

However, it was obvious that the merchant's city was not bad, and after a brief shock, he immediately got up and left the table, and saluted Zhao Dan extremely respectfully.

"Guardman Lu Buwei, I've seen the king!"