"King Xiang, the five generals ask to see!"

This is the voice of the halberd.

When Xiang Yu came out, he saw that it was Zhong Liwu, Ji Bu, Long Ji, Yu Ziqi, and Xiang He.

Long He first said: "King Xiang, the last general thinks that it is not appropriate for us to go north to conquer Zhao, just like the prime minister said, when the Han army and the Zhao army fight again, we will go out to take Zhao." Zhao Xie is very annoying, but Liu Bang is even more hateful, if we fight Zhao Guo first, and Liu Bang is cheapened in vain, we will be even more distressed in the end. ”

Long He grew up with Xiang Yu since he was a child, the two are like-minded and have a good relationship, so he will come forward to advise him first.

Yu Ziqi said: "King Xiang, we can't do anything cheap to Liu Bang. ”

Zhong Li said: "King Xiang, now go to fight Zhao Xie, it's just a quick moment, the consequences are very bad, I hope you will take back your life." ”

Ji Bu and Xiang He also spoke and admonished.

In the face of the persuasion of several people, Xiang Yu did not waver in the slightest, and he said: "Are you not confident in yourself? Liu Bang was beaten by me in Pengcheng, and now he can only be a turtle with a shrunken head. Just Zhao Guo, it can't be difficult for us, we have to have confidence in ourselves. Needless to say, let's leave early tomorrow morning. ”

After finishing speaking, Xiang Yu re-entered the tent.

Xiang Yu didn't listen to the advice, and several people felt helpless.

Fan Zeng witnessed all this from a distance, shaking his head and sighing.

He found Ji Bu again and asked him to find an opportunity to persuade him again after following Xiang Yu to set off. Since he assisted Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng had to be conscientious and did everything possible to prevent Xiang Yu from making mistakes.

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On the streets of Xiangguo, on this day, the atmosphere is completely different.

The merchants, who sold salt and ironware, sighed.

One of the largest ironware shops in the city, the inside is deserted, since the imperial court announced the monopoly of salt and iron, business here has plummeted, and many people believe that after the monopoly by the imperial court, the price may be reduced. People in need, as long as it is not very urgent, plan to buy it after it is operated by the imperial court.

At this time, three officials came over.

The shopkeeper got up and greeted him: "Official, but I want to buy..."

"Listen," the first person interrupted the shopkeeper, "all the iron shops in the capital will be closed within three days, and if they are not closed by the expiration date, all will be confiscated." ”

After the three of them finished speaking, they left, to inform the other iron shops.

During this period, the sources of salt were divided into well salt and sea salt.

The so-called well salt is extracted from underground brine (naturally formed or generated after salt mine water injection) by drilling wells, and well salt is mainly concentrated in Shu County. During the Warring States Period, Li Bing, the Taishou of Shu County of Qin, had already dug salt wells to draw brine and fry salt.

In addition to well salt, it is sea salt, which is made by drying seawater and needs to be produced in areas near the sea.

The Qin State implemented a monopoly on salt and iron, and after the unification of the Six Kingdoms, the salt merchants in the whole world were wiped out.

The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. After the restoration of the countries at the end of the Qin Dynasty, salt merchants re-emerged.

The big salt merchants built salt factories by the sea, processed them and shipped them to various places for sale. In ancient times, peasants rarely moved, while merchants moved frequently.

In the territory of Zhao State, there are many salt merchants who have opened shops, and as for the source of salt, there are salt factories opened on the seaside of Qi State, Yan State, and Zhao State.

During the Warring States Period, the territory of the Zhao State was not bordered by the sea, but the territory of the Zhao State in the Chu and Han dynasties was different, and a small part of the land in the northeast of the territory was close to the sea (located in the south of Tianjin).

Xinglong Salt Shop is a shop opened by one of the big salt merchants, and there are branches with the same name in many places around the world.

On this morning, Uncle Li came here with an official mission.

"Official, welcome!"

The shopkeeper immediately greeted him with a smile.

Uncle Wailang next to him said solemnly: "The newly established Ministry of Commerce of the imperial court has been officially in charge, and this official is a member of the Ministry of Commerce, this is Uncle Gonglang, a waiter of the Ministry of Commerce." ”

The shopkeeper said respectfully: "The grass people have seen the uncle!" ”

A few days ago, the monopoly of salt and iron was officially announced, and the shopkeeper knew very well that it was not a good thing for someone from the Ministry of Commerce to come.

Uncle Leave: "Is your host here?" ”

The shopkeeper of this salt shop is just a part-time worker.

The shopkeeper said respectfully: "Back to my lordship, the owner often walks around and rarely comes here, do you have something to tell your lord?" ”

Uncle Gong said: "The imperial court has announced a few days ago that salt and iron can only be operated by the imperial court, and your shop will not be allowed to open again after three days." Tell your proprietor that if he comes to the Ministry of Commerce within eight days to negotiate, the court will bring him an opportunity to make money, and if he does not come within the time limit, the official will confiscate the salt works. ”

The owner of this salt merchant is named Ling Qi, and he is one of the largest salt merchants in the world.

The shopkeeper replied respectfully: "Yes, yes, I will bring it if you say it." ”

In one day, Uncle Gong walked through most of the shops of all the multinational merchants in the capital, declared that the imperial court would bring business opportunities to everyone, and informed everyone to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Commerce in ten days.

For what Ling Qi said, the businessmen were in a fog.

Gong Zhi's mansion, the plaque has been taken down, and there are soldiers guarding here.

This afternoon, Zhao Xie brought Zhao Qian here.

Being able to help her husband, Zhao Qianfang was happy, she first observed in the mansion, the wall here is relatively high, and there is no commanding height around to look down on the situation in the mansion.

Then he said: "My lord, this is indeed a good place to set up a workshop, as long as the craftsmen can not go out, and all channels for leaking secrets are prohibited, it will take a long time for people outside to figure out how to make paper." ”

Zhao Xie said: "Qian'er, this is our cornucopia, you have to work hard to take care of it." ”

Zhao Qian said happily: "The concubine stays in the palace every day, except for being a female celebrity, she suffocates to death every day!" Besides, I'm glad I can share your worries! ”

She wanted to ask how paper was made, but she held back. The selection of the papermaking workshop personnel has already begun, and it will soon be up and running, and it will not take long to solve the mystery.

Although there was no word "monopoly" in ancient times, anyone who did business knew that as long as an item could be supplied exclusively, it would definitely make a lot of money.

Bamboo slips belong to hard necessities, and paper will definitely replace bamboo slips after it comes out, this kind of item can be supplied exclusively, and when the money rolls in, Zhao Qian is very excited when she thinks about it.