The land of Wu Yue in the state of Chu. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"I'm sorry. We can't be satisfied with what the two want. A tea merchant said apologetically.

"This. Why is that? Xiang Bo asked with some annoyance. After they arrived at the land of Wuyue, they thought that they could complete the purchase quickly, but what they didn't expect was that they ran a lot of homes and didn't buy the goods, and those merchants were very ambiguous, but they didn't want to say anything.

"This." The tea merchant looked cautiously outside at this time, and then waved his hand cautiously to signal Xiang Bo to lean over.

"This is not the place to talk, this guest officer is also a businessman, and there are some things that really can't be said here." The tea merchant whispered.

"If you two really want it, come with me." The tea merchant said with a smile. Then he took Xiang Bo and Xiang Liang into his back house.

"Alas, it's true to the truth, and we can't help it." The tea merchant complained.

"Why is that?" Xiang Bo asked first.

"It's all done by the nobles of the Chu State, because the smuggling of tea, silk, and sugar is too powerful. In order to curb the source, they thought of tea papers, that is, tea tickets, sugar tickets. And what silk tickets and so on. The tea merchant shook his head and said.

"The two of you don't have anything like this in their hands, so they naturally don't want to give it to you." The tea merchant shook his head and said.

"This. It's just too much to accept. Xiang Bo said.

"There is no way to do this, people have the right to make money as much as they want, and we businessmen will suffer." The tea merchant said in embarrassment.

"So, how do you do business and make money?" Xiang Bo asked.

"Smuggling." The tea merchant said.

"The only way is to smuggle. If we don't want to sell, we can sell secretly, and there are many smugglers, and everyone does this, but everyone has their own interests, so they don't care about it. The tea merchant said.

"Oh. So you mean that you obviously don't sell to us, but in fact you still want to do this kind of business? Is that right? Xiang Bo asked.

"That's right. Who doesn't make money if they have money. The tea merchant said.

"Actually, it's not easy for us, if we sell it according to the price of the tea ticket, you won't make much money, and I have to sell it at a loss, and all the money I earn has become a benefit in the hands of those nobles, and they think very viciously." The tea merchant said.

"Okay, we'll accept your offer." At this time, Xiang Bo reluctantly agreed, but he knew that if it was smuggling, the price might be much more favorable to him, and he also knew along the way that the nobles had set up a large number of forts, and such forts were checkpoints, tax cards, and the reason why merchant ships stopped was because of these checkpoints. It was because of such a checkpoint that the trade routes of Chu were blocked.

Smuggling has always been the business method chosen by the merchants of Chu State, and they have no choice because the commercial tax in their country is too high. Such high taxes directly lead to smuggling in their own land. It is also a last resort.

Subsequently, Xiang Bo negotiated with the merchant to obtain a batch of tea through smuggling, but the amount of tea was far from enough. They also wanted more commodities, such as sugar, copper ore, and silk tung oil. After some negotiations, the tea merchant agreed to introduce Xiang Bo to other smugglers, after all, the chances of such a big buyer were much less.

In a hotel owned by a Chu national in Xinzheng, South Korea.

"Judging by the intelligence we have gotten. The Koreans did fight the Chu army stationed in Qi again, and it was estimated that it was in the Langya area. An obese businessman from the Chu State introduced.

"Hmm. I think so too. Childe nodded and said.

"Childe, you said, you can contact General Xiang Yan, I don't know, can you persuade General Xiang Yan's army to go north to attack the Chu army, in this way, we can import those sugar, tea, silk and other materials by sea, instead of taking the land route, the risk of land is too great. And it is easy to be seized, and many of our brothers' goods have been seized many times. We can't afford to lose that. The fat businessman said anxiously.

"It's true that if we go by land, we really can't afford to lose, but if General Xiang Yan is allowed to attack the Chu army directly, I don't think it's possible." He shook his head and said.

"After all, General Xiang is also a Chu army, and the Chu army is attacking the Chu army, how can such a thing explain the problem." Said the negative.

"If you give it to me, I'm afraid, I'll be embarrassed too." Said the negative.

"But if you go by sea, you will save a lot of time, money, and energy, which is a great benefit to us businessmen, and if you don't do it, it will be really bad for us." The fat businessman said unwillingly. Many people have already seen the convenience of making sea routes, as long as they dock their ships in the coastal area of Chu State, they can easily obtain a lot of benefits. The premise is that they must go by sea.

"Is the sea route really that good?" At this time, he asked.

"Really, Childe." A businessman on the side hurriedly explained.

"By sea, we were able to avoid the checkpoints, the patrols, they were too much of a threat to us on land. And by sea, the ships of the nobles rarely go by sea, because there are pirates in that place, but we can solve this problem by giving the pirates a sum of money. The businessman explained.

"At the same time, the ship can carry more cargo, and the speed is also fast, although there is a certain risk in navigation, but such a risk is very cost-effective compared with our overall cargo being checked." The merchant introduced.

"Hmm. In that case, it seems that I know less. He said.

"Good. That's it. I'll find a way to convince them. "It's a bit embarrassing, although he is unwilling to let the Chu State Navy go to fight his own people, but there is only one way to do it at present. The merchants demanded lower tariffs, and the nobles had too much to pay taxes. There's no way around it. They can only rely on Childe to persuade them.

The coastal area of the country of Qi. This is the busiest place in Qi at present, a large number of Korean merchant ships will gather here, and there are also all Chu smuggling ships to unload goods here, and then they wait for all kinds of goods from Qin to be loaded from here and transported to Nanyang, where the colonies will have a lot of needs. And some of the cheap goods imported from Wei were able to meet the needs of those places.

"Fuck." Wang Adang, who was dressed in civilian clothes, scolded indignantly.

"Sir, rest your anger. Such a rush will not solve the problem. The chief of staff on the side whispered. The two of them came to look for the South Korean Navy, but on the pier in the Marina District, they only saw South Korean merchant ships, but could not find a single South Korean Navy warship. The South Korean officials in charge of the contact were embarrassed to tell them that not a single South Korean warship had come to the Primorsky recently. This made Wang Atang very annoyed.

"We are marines, we are going to attack from the sea, there are no ships, how can we attack, should we go on merchant ships?" Wang Adang scolded loudly on the way back.

"Sir. Be quiet. Be quiet. His chief of staff tried to persuade him.

"We are being watched by the Qi people like prisoners, you can bear it. Our department is elite, but it is used to do this, can you stand it? Wang Adang asked.

"This is naturally unbearable." The chief of staff said. By order of the superior of the South Korean Marine Corps. The two regiments participating in the military operation this time acted separately, attacking all the way by land and attacking by sea, Wang Adam's fifth regiment was assigned to attack by sea, they secretly entered the Qi country, and arrived at the coastal area under the close supervision of the Qi army. However, when he went to the Marina Pier, he did not find any warships of the South Korean Navy, but all Korean merchant ships. These merchant ships can also carry his soldiers to Jimo, without the escort of warships, and at the same time, there are no warships to provide firepower, which makes them very worried. So he decided to wait patiently for a few days to see if the South Korean Navy arrived. But he was disappointed that not a single ship arrived. This made him lose his patience. So the temper is very annoying.

"Maybe the South Korean Navy really didn't have a way, or it didn't arrive for some other reason. In short, we should be patient and wait, otherwise, we can attack from land, and we can fight all the way anyway. "The chief of staff suggested.

"That's a nice thing to say. How to solve the problem of logistics and supplies. Don't forget. It is very important for us to ensure our supplies by sea. Wang Adam said.

"This, sir. I think let's go as a merchant ship, a merchant ship is also a ship, and it is much better than not doing anything. The chief of staff on the side persuaded.

"Just. Merchant vessel. Never mind. I'll think again. Wang Adang said irritably. In fact, he is still very inclined to such a proposal from the chief of staff. After all, he knew that the main logistical transportation of the army was carried out by merchant ships, and it was also arranged in the plan.

However, the change in the situation was that the newly formed South Korean navy did not come to the battle, and he did not know what caused such a thing to happen. But he knew that such a thing had broken the original plan, and it made him very uncomfortable with the current arrangement.

In order to cope with this situation, he thought of relying solely on merchant ships to complete the task, after all, there are also certain armed forces in merchant ships, and South Korea has a certain number of armed merchant ships, and merchant ships are equipped with weapons of varying degrees, which are mainly used to deal with pirates for self-defense. However, such weapons were not enough for the attack, but he felt that the 1st Marine Regiment should be able to complete the mission in time, and after they captured Jimo City, armed merchant ships could transport them to arrive. The weapons above also provide some fire support. But he felt that there was a big risk in doing so, and the risk came from the fact that he didn't know if Jimo City would be taken.

Sinzheng, South Korea.

"The Qin side has already started their Xinzheng Summit." Han Shu said to Zhang Liang.

"Are you ready for all the security issues?" Han Shu asked.

"Back to the king, everything is ready. It won't happen again. Zhang Liang said to Han Shu.

"Hmm." Han Shu nodded.

"This meeting is probably very tense because there are many contents, but there is only one approximate one." Han Shu said to Zhang Liang.

"It's a matter of Qin people's investment, Qin encouraged a large number of banks to convert into investment banks this time, but the external environment has not been done well, so it is very likely that the main content of this summit is this." Han Shu speculated.

"The minister also thinks so, but this time the participating countries are more extensive." Zhang Liang said.

"Yes, both the Yan Kingdom and the Qi Kingdom are involved. In addition, the State of Wei also received an invitation, and the State of Chu was sent to the State of Chu. In this case, the effect of the resulting meeting will be great. Han Shu said.

"The main purpose of the Qin State is to invest, and the situation of various countries is not easy to say, especially the Yan State, the situation of the Yan State is very bad, and they urgently need the support of the Qin State. Therefore, they hope to develop their own market and let the Qin people enter. Zhang Liang said.

"We're not." Han Shu said.

"The situation in South Korea is also very bad. South Korea's commercial banks are still short of funds, and only by introducing the capital of the Qin State can we expand it effectively. Han Shu said.

"I don't want to. These matters will be further discussed after the summit has been thoroughly investigated. Han Shu suddenly ended such an issue, because Han Shu thought that such a discussion was meaningless, especially if the Qin State did not say what he thought, this was a kind of anxiety for Han Shu, she didn't want such anxiety, she wanted to figure out what the people of Qin Guo thought.

On the train from Yan to Handan, Zhao State.

"What the people of Qin Guo want is to give us the funds in their hands directly, give them the shares in our hands, and operate directly, this idea is very good, in this case, it is very likely that the affairs of our Yan Kingdom will be solved." Prince Dan said optimistically. Regarding the introduction of the Qin State on investment, he believes that this is a signal from the Qin State, they can come to Yan State to invest, as long as there is investment, they may become an important investment place for Qin State, Yan State does not lack conditions for development, what is lacking is only capital.

"Prince." The finance minister on the other side was a little worried, he felt that his crown prince was too optimistic. He felt obligated to keep the crown prince in a fresh state.

"What's the matter?" The prince asked.

"Chen believes that Yan Guo does have the potential for investment, but the current situation of Yan State may not be able to attract Qin people's funds to enter." The Minister of Finance poured cold water on it.

"Why?" Prince Dan was a little unhappy.

"Prince, the various policies of Yan are not as good as Zhao, South Korea, even Qi and Wei, such as taxation, the above countries are controlled within five percent, but our Yan country is within ten to twenty-five percent." said the Minister of Finance.

"Our tax is still relatively high, such a high tax cost, I'm afraid we can't let them come to our Yan country, and our Yan country infrastructure is very poor, there is only one railway, and the north-south traffic is extremely unfavorable. Although commerce and workshops are more developed, they do not have obvious advantages compared with other countries. The Minister of Finance gave the Prince Dan an analysis. Hearing such an analysis, Prince Dan's originally optimistic psychology suddenly became pessimistic.

"This. How this is good. "Prince Dan is like this, he loves fantasy, as long as he thinks it is feasible, he will try it.

Chen believes that Yan Guo still has to do his own thing to avoid the dissatisfaction of the major banks of Qin State, and only in this way can Yan State get investment from Qin State's banks. At present, the Goguryeo people have always been a great threat to our borders, and if we can't solve these problems well, there is basically no hope for investment. The Minister of Finance continued.

"Hmm." Prince Dan nodded. He began to sink his mind. Think carefully about what Yan Guo should do next.

"I wonder if the minister has any good ideas?" Prince Dan then asked.

"Back to the prince, there is." The Minister of Finance replied.

"What's the solution?" Prince Dan asked.

"One word, learn." The Minister of Finance replied.

"Learn? What to learn? Prince Dan asked.

"Learn how countries learn from Qin." The Minister of Finance advised.

"Didn't the prince notice? All the countries that were close to the Qin State were in the process of rapid rise, and the countries that studied later were also slowly recovering. The Minister of Finance said.

"For example, the earliest Korea, and the current Zhao State. They have all received strong support from the Qin State, and as soon as the policies of the Qin State are released, the benefits of the two countries will increase significantly, on the contrary, my Yan State has learned very few things from the Qin State, which leads to the disconnection between my Yan State and the very serious. The Minister of Finance said.

Prince Dan nodded slightly at this time. It means that what the other party said makes sense. He also felt that what the other party said was reasonable, especially in the matter of learning from Qin Guo, Yan Guo did a very bad job. Many things are sometimes forced to do so, such as the infrastructure construction of Yan State, because a large amount of financial funds were transferred into military spending, and as a result, as soon as the Korean war failed, the entire financial funds were invested in vain.

"Yes, our Yan State is indeed inferior to Zhao State and South Korea in learning the affairs of Qin State. Zhao Guo is also actively studying Qin State. It's just that we can get investment if we learn from Qin in Yan? Feeling that he still had a question, Prince Dan asked his finance minister.

"Of course it's not enough, what is this Qin State doing? How can we know. The Minister of Finance said.

"However, if we learn from the Qin State, at least we will have a great affinity with the Qin State. The capital of the people of the Qin State is naturally willing to come to our Yan Kingdom. With capital development. Naturally, a lot of things can be solved. The Minister of Finance said.

"Hmm." Prince Dan nodded.

"You pay attention, summing up the dynamics of the Qin Kingdom, maybe, our Yan Kingdom will also learn." Prince Dan made up his mind at this time, and he decided to give it a try. After trying to learn from the Qin State, see if the investment of the Qin State will come back, if the investment does not come, then the Yan State will be completely hopeless. This was a situation he didn't want to see, for the sake of Qin's capital, Prince Dan could only take such measures.

Xianyang, Qin State.

"You can just attend this meeting. I don't have to. After all, there has to be someone on duty. Meng Yi said to Shang Wen very easily.

"Nope." Shang Wen shook his head and said.

"This time, both of us are going." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi seriously.

"Both of them are going. Why? Meng Yi was a little surprised.

"Because there are a lot of things, I can't be busy alone, think about it, I am alone, and I have to deal with the envoys of Zhao, Korea, Yan, Qi, and Wei. We have to take into account their thoughts and situations. If I don't have a good helper, I think I'm prone to error. So, I decided, both of us went. Shang Wen said.

"Just. This way. Meng Yi saw Shang Wen worriedly.

"Don't worry, we have the Minister of Finance to manage it." Shang Wen said.

"He's very hands-on with money, and he won't ignore it." Shangwen explained.

"The problem is, after we go, if things don't work out well, it's hard for us to go on." Shang Wen said.

"In addition, I decided that after going to South Korea, we must also solve judicial matters, after all, if the judicial problem is not solved, our investment will not be guaranteed by law, and most of the local legal provisions are inclined to the aristocracy, for us, there is no preferential treatment, if we want such preferential treatment, we can only amend the law, or put forward corresponding conditions." Shang Wen said.

"In other words, this time we went to the conference, and it was not just a matter of investment." Meng Yi said.

"Suffice it to say, in order to invest, we need them to change the law, at the very least, to meet the standards of protecting business interests." Shang Wen said.

"Hmm. In this way, I think it is okay, the laws of our Qin State are relatively perfect, but the laws of various countries are not very perfect, and they have a great partiality. Meng Yi said.

"The revision of the provisions of the law is of great significance to Qin's investment." Shang Wen said.

"But I think the investment makes too much sense. They're definitely going to say yes, but there's still a few things we need to do, like the liquidity of stocks. This is a difficult problem to solve. And it's not something that their bank can solve. Shang Wen said.

"Therefore, I think that after the legal problems are solved, the corresponding financial problems must also be solved, and with finance as a guarantee, many problems can be easily solved." Shang Wen said.

I agree. After all, our purpose is to sell our shares, and don't forget that our committee still has a lot of shares in our hands, and if these shares are not disposed of in time, they will become a big bomb, and we will definitely get hurt and put them in our own hands. Meng Yi said worriedly.

"So, drop this bomb as soon as possible, whoever picks it up will be unlucky." Shang Wen said with a smile. Even though he had said that, he knew that the analogy was very appropriate. Finance is sometimes a big bomb. If you don't get a good bomb like this, you will really hurt yourself.