"Only good is treasured!" Looking at the four big characters on the city gate, Tang Ning nodded and said to Duo Jiugong beside him: "It seems that this gentleman's country really lives up to the name of a gentleman." ”

Unexpectedly, Duo Jiugong shook his head and said: "Brother Tang, don't be confused by this superficial phenomenon, in fact, the water in this gentleman's country is deep." ”

Lin Zhiyang on the side interjected: "Jiugong, it's useless for you to say this, brother-in-law, you can go to the market here with me, and you will know." ”

Along the way, Tang Ning saw that no matter the farmers and businessmen here, they were all polite and polite, and they really lived up to the name of a gentleman, but when they arrived at the market, he began to notice that something was wrong.

The first thing he saw was a subordinate (equivalent to today's policeman) buying something, and he saw him holding the goods and frowning and saying to the seller: "Your thing is of such good quality, but it is sold so cheaply, how can I feel at ease when I buy it back?" Please raise the price a little so that I can buy it. ”

Hearing this, Tang Ning couldn't help but muttered to Duo Jiugong beside him: "It has always been people who buy things to lower prices, but it's interesting here, but it's going to raise the price." ”

Duo Jiugong replied quietly: "Don't worry, look down." ”

Then I saw the seller reply with a bitter face: "I was already embarrassed when I asked for a high price just now, and now you still say that the price I want is low, isn't this to shame me alive." ”

The two of them "bargained" for a long time, and finally the seller still refused to increase the price, and the subordinate simply paid the full amount of the goods, but only took half of the goods to leave, where the seller was willing to follow, only said that the price was more and the goods were less, and he just stopped it, but at this time he walked by two old men on the side of the road, so that he could say that he had made a decision, and let the subordinate take eighty percent of the goods, which barely calmed down the dispute between the two sides.

Then I looked at two more transactions, and the same was generally true, the seller said that his goods were not fresh and not worth much, but the buyer said that he would have a bad conscience if he bought good things at a low price. In short, it is a vivid picture of "good and indisputable".

Seeing this, Duo Jiugong dragged Tang Ning to a secluded place and asked him, "Brother Tang, how do you feel after seeing those few people doing business just now?" ”

Tang Ning frowned and replied: "The scene is very good, almost exactly like the ideal country mentioned in the book, but I don't know why, why do I always feel that something is wrong." ”

"Of course you think something is wrong, you ask your uncle, is there such a business?" Duo Jiugong prompted.

Lin Zhiyang replied uninvited: "Of course it is impossible to do this business, otherwise, if you lose money and don't make money, who will still do business?" If everyone doesn't do business, then there is no need to make so many things, as long as you have enough for yourself, in that case, we will not return to the previous era of Ru Mao drinking blood. ”

Although Lin Zhiyang said a little vaguely, Tang Ning still understood the reason, because this kind of trading method in Junziguo violates the most basic economic principles, and in theory, this kind of market should not exist.

The break-even line that maintains the cost of goods is the seller's red line, and since only the seller has the information about the cost of the commodity, the transaction price of any market transaction fluctuates around this breakeven price. In the normal trading mode, because the seller's bottom line is not to do loss-making business, the transaction price is always slightly higher than the seller's red line. However, the market in Junzi Country takes the seller's unprofit as the bottom line of the transaction, so the market transaction price must be lower than the seller's red line, and the result is that the producer's gain is less than the payment, and it is completely impossible to maintain the continuous production under the condition of such total decline.

Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of a question, so he asked Lin Zhiyang: "By the way, uncle, since everyone in this gentleman's country would rather suffer their own losses than fulfill other people's gentlemen, then why don't you come here to do business?" Anyway, they won't bargain with you, and they will even raise the price, so you won't make a fortune, right? ”

Lin Zhiyang snorted coldly and said: "Hmph, what you think is very good, if there is really such a good thing, how can I get my wheel, this gentleman's country has long been divided up by the merchants of various countries." ”

Then he explained: "This gentleman's country does not allow foreign merchants to do business in the bazaar, and there is a special yamen in the country who is responsible for trading with foreign merchants. Moreover, this place is so close to our Celestial Empire, and there is no shortage of supplies, so I simply don't bother to do business with them. ”

In the end, he pouted again: "Don't you think those plays just now are fake?" ”

"Fake? What does that mean? Tang Ning asked puzzled.

Lin Zhiyang didn't answer Tang Ning's question, but asked Duo Jiugong: "Jiugong, what do you think of their performance this time compared to what we saw last time?" ”

Duo Jiugong gave a thumbs up and said: "Well, yes, it's much better than last time, his expression is natural and his emotions are in place, especially that subordinate pawn, he should have just entered the industry when we came last time, and his acting was still relatively jerky and unnatural, but this time he is much more proficient." ”

Hearing this, Tang Ning finally reacted, but still exclaimed in disbelief: "What?! Jiugong, do you mean that what we just saw was acting? ”

"Of course it's acting, and the people of this gentleman's country are not fools, how can they do business like that? In fact, the scene just now was made for us to see, so as to show their indisputable bearing of being a gentleman and a gentleman. Otherwise, if all the people of a country were humble gentlemen, then the country would have been out of the country a long time ago. "Duo Jiu Gong revealed the truth.

"Isn't that a hypocrite?" Tang Ning was dumbfounded.

Duo Jiugong replied: "A hypocrite is also a gentleman, at least he maintains a superficial demeanor and etiquette, so this is also a good thing for us outsiders, so there are some things we know in our hearts, there is no need to debunk them, Brother Tang, are you right?" ”

Tang Ning smacked it, then nodded and agreed: "That's right, since he is willing to pretend to be a decent gentleman, then let's cooperate with him, anyway, it will only be good for us and there is no harm, as long as you know what is going on in your heart." ”

But in my heart, I inexplicably remembered Lao Xue's "Actor": "I will try my best to perform with you, like a guest in an emotional program, let others choose ......"

PS: This is my personal conjecture and conjecture about the country of gentlemen, anyway, I firmly believe that a real country of gentlemen cannot exist in that environment.