After looking at Li Tangshan, who was contemplating, he continued: "Master Li, the advantages of Lingnan are also very good, bordering Wuling in the north, the South China Sea in the south, Yungui in the west, and Fujian in the east. Looking up in the Pearl River Delta, it is to lead the watch. The majestic mountains, the plains with the water network crisscrossing the horizon, the harbors with the sea and the sky, as well as the karst caves, the dangerous shoals of the Sichuan gorge, are graceful and colorful. The sunshine is long, the rain is abundant, there is no frost and snow, and the four seasons are evergreen. These are all geographical advantages, so from the Warring States period, the Han people in Lingbei began to gradually come south. Therefore, the cultural spread of the Chu people in the Nanhai County area shows that this side was once the sphere of influence of the Chu people. ”

Li Tangshan agreed with the analysis of the knife, and then added: "Then the people south of Wuling will come out, the wealth and goods will be connected, the voice of the Central Plains will enter the country for a few days, and the customs of the country will change day by day. ”

Daoma nodded and continued to analyze: "So, what period of merchants do the merchants of the South China Sea belong to?" What kind of commercial and economic consciousness did they bring with them after they conquered Lingnan? How did the spread of these commercial and economic consciousness promote the development of Lingnan's commercial economy during the Qin and Han dynasties?"

There were three questions in a row between the knives, and Li Tangshan looked up at the knives, and seemed to be thinking about the problem with the thoughts of the knives: "The object of the Lingnan region should be no different from the Central Plains, right?" ”

Daojian said to Li Tangshan: "Lord Li, haven't you found that there are four kinds of objects in the Xianyang Dynasty that are extremely close to the merchants? ”

Li Tangshan asked, "Which 4 kinds?" ”

"They were either merchants themselves, or had been merchants, or their grandparents and parents were merchants. ”

Li Tangshan motioned to Daojian to continue.

Daojian nodded and continued: "As we all know, since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, my Great Qin has implemented a policy of valuing agriculture over commerce, such as prohibiting merchants from engaging in grain trading, increasing the burden of closing the market, and increasing the burden of labor on merchants. By the time of the First Emperor's reign, the status of our merchants had further declined: not only had merchants, their grandparents be merchants, and their parents were merchants all included in the special household registration called "city registration", but their social status was equivalent to that of prisoners with low status in society, and they were the objects of forced relocation to remote areas by the Xianyang Dynasty, such as our Nanhai County, which received most of them. ”

Li Tangshan nodded and said: "Before our southern expeditionary army pacified Lingnan, the natural conditions in the Lingnan region were not conducive to human production and life, not only was its agricultural economy in the slave social stage of "rice, soup and fish" and "fire cultivation and water rake", but also there was no need for the existence of a commercial economy and traces of commercial activities, let alone the social class of merchants. ”

Daojian: "In the past few years, I have clearly felt that Nanhai County has taken a big step up in terms of businessmen and the entire socio-economic level. ”

Li Tangshan thought to himself: "This knife room, except for the appearance is a little worse, the level is still quite high. Since Qin Shi Huang conquered the merchants and their descendants in Lingnan, especially after the establishment of the Nanyue Kingdom, which arose at the time of the rise and fall of the Qin and Han dynasties, this series of backward situations in the Lingnan region has undergone a sudden process. First of all, after the merchants of the Qin Dynasty were invaded in Lingnan, especially after the establishment of the Nanyue Kingdom in the late Qin and early Han dynasties, there was a sudden change in the social economy of the Lingnan region. In addition to the development of the merchant class, the commercial economy, and the germination of overseas trade, this sudden change also greatly promoted the development of the agricultural economy of South Vietnam and effectively consolidated the rule of South Vietnam. ”

Seeing that Li Tangshan was thinking about his analysis, Daojian sat quietly on the side drinking tea and eating Zhao Man's prepared snacks, his little eyes rolling.

Li Tangshan did not pay attention to the knife room, Li Tangshan recalled his historical knowledge: after the fall of the Nanyue Kingdom, the trade scope of merchants in the Lingnan area expanded. According to the "Hanshu Geographical Chronicle", it is clearly recorded: "The southern barrier of the south of the day is Xu Wen, and the Hepu boat can travel in May, and there is the capital Yuan country; The ship can travel in April, and there is no country in Lu; The ship can travel for more than 20 days, and there is a departure from the country; Walking for more than ten days, there is a country of Fu Gandulu. Fugandu Lu country ship line can be more than two months, there is Huang Zhi country, folk customs are slightly similar to the Pearl Cliff. Its state is vast, with many hukou and many foreign bodies. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, they have all been offered. There is a translator, belonging to the Yellow Gate, and the recruits are all into the sea, the pearl of the city, the wall is displaced, strange stones, foreign objects, gold, miscellaneous and going" From this historical data, it can be seen that the overseas trade activities of Lingnan merchants in the Qin and Han dynasties involved at least the above five countries.

Li Tangshan glanced at the knife, why is there such a big difference between this kid and his younger brother? A talent, but the knife in front of him was so shrunken, Li Tangshan frowned: "Can't you pay attention to your own image?" ”

The knife smirked at Li Tangshan, revealing his black teeth.

Li Tangshan was speechless: "Do you know that there are many island countries south of Nanhai County? Huang Zhiguo: Have you heard of it? ”

Daoma nodded and said, "I heard that the person who came back from running to the sea said it. Hear them say that Huang Zhiguo is in the east of the country that poisoned him? ”

When Li Tangshan heard this, he said in his heart: "The Lingnan people have already sailed to those places in India at this time, and they are beyond their own historical understanding, and the navigation technology of the Baiyue people far exceeds that of the Central Plains, which also fully proves that the scope of business activities and types of commercial trade of Lingnan merchants in the Qin and Han dynasties have developed substantially, and the commercial and economic consciousness of Nanhai County has been spread and expanded. ”

Li Tangshan said with a smile: "There is a good business, what are you interested in participating, but it is more profitable than our previous chestnuts." ”

As soon as Dao Jian heard that there was money to be made, his little eyes lit up, and he suddenly became shrewd: "What's a good thing, the profit of chestnuts is not low." ”

Li Tangshan said slowly: "Luxury! ”

Daoma took a breath and said, "My mother-in-law, it's really a good business!" ”

Li Tangshan nodded and said: "From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to our Qin Dynasty, our ruling class has always lived a luxurious life, such as "The Jade of Kunshan", "The Treasure of Easy-going", "The Pearl of the Bright Moon", "The Sword of Tai'a", "The Horse of Fiber", "The Banner of the Cuifeng", "The Drum of the Lingyong", "Jiangnan Jinxi" and "Xishu Danqing", etc., but these have gradually become less rare, and most of the luxury goods come from the surrounding parts of Xianyang City. ”

After turning his little eyes, he understood what Li Tangshan meant: "What you mean is to bring Lingnan's "rhinos, elephants, zhangmao, pearls, silver, copper, fruit cloth" and other rare products seen in the Central Plains into the consumption field of the ruling class, triggering a trend as popular as chestnuts. ”

Li Tangshan thought to himself that from the records of the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: Book of Wu", the consumption boom of these luxury goods by the ruling class of the Central Plains continued until the Cao Wei period. But at the same time, these precious products and luxury goods that the ruling class of the Central Plains diligently pursued were very easy to obtain in Lingnan, so after the merchants and their descendants of the Qin Dynasty were invaded in Lingnan, these shrewd merchants took advantage of the spiritual yearning and material enjoyment needs of the rulers of the Central Plains to do enough of this kind of trade.