Bai Gyu stood up, walked to the door, stretched out his head to look out of the door, and nodded to one of the attendants outside the door. And then! I bolted the door and walked back.

He sat opposite Zhuangzi again, lowered his voice and said, "I am also a Taoist disciple!" I'm telling you! But? I have my understanding! I am also a disciple who cherishes life and is reborn, and I cherish life very much! It's not that I'm afraid of death! I have mercy on the world, but I can't do anything!

I want to change everything by becoming an official and make a good life for the people of our country! Pity! I can't! The king will not listen to my ideas and suggestions!

So! I've given up being an official! I don't want me to live alone and as a family! The world is not peaceful, no one has a good life, I want everyone in the world to live a good life, but I can't do anything! I? Alas! ”

Speaking of this, Baekyu's eyes moistened.

Listening to Bai Gui's predecessor talk so frankly about his past and opinions, Zhuangzi sat up straight and listened carefully.

"I have traveled among the princes and nations, engaged in trade, and lived a life of risking blood on the edge of a sword. Others say that businessmen are profit-seeking. The impression of businessmen in the eyes of the world is not good, ruthless, unrighteous and mercenary. But that's just the behavior of some businessmen, it doesn't mean all, at least I'm not Bai Gui! ”

Speaking of which, Bai Gui habitually picked up the tea bowl.

There was no tea in the bowl, and there was no hot water. It was now after dawn, and the two had not had tea since midnight. He glanced at the bowl and put it down again. Hey! Speech! elder brother

continued: "I have a set of business skills, and some people say that it is difficult for me to make a fortune, but I am not! I earn the money of the princes, and I give all the money I earn to the poor, except for the expenses that I keep for expenses. I can't save the country, I can only do my best and do everything I can......"

Zhuangzi stood up and respectfully bowed to Bai Gui.

In the eyes of the world, businessmen are generally synonymous with treachery, and they have no good impression. But Bai Gui is different! He was known to the world as the man of wealth. He not only helped the poor to survive, but also sponsored poor students to study and subsidized talented people in distress. In the Great Zhou world, it has long been famous.

But! Zhuangzi, who had just debuted, didn't know this.

After talking about the things in the mall, Bai Gui sighed for a while before returning to the topic. Looking at Zhuangzi, he said with some pity: "You must be suspicious? Why should I marry you a little girl? ”

Zhuangzi blinked his eyes and looked at Bai Gui in bewilderment, waiting for the next step.

Bai Gui habitually picked up the tea bowl again, but this time he found that there was no tea in the tea bowl, so he put it down again.

"I used to have children! Sadly, they were all murdered to death! You know! Everyone in the world knows that I have money, so! Some wicked people have their eyes on me. And also! And the kings of all nations are concerned about my riches. Alas! There is no way! Then I learned to survive! I let all my surviving sons and daughters go incognito! I give them inexhaustible wealth, let them live in seclusion among the poor, and there is no way! ”

Zhuangzi nodded and said, "Old Bai senior! Stop it! I get it! ”

Bai Gui's face swept away with sadness, and said, "You agreed?" Promised to marry my little girl? ”

"Me? I? I? ”

"What don't I ask of you? All I ask is that you promise me that you will take care of her for the rest of your life! I don't ask you to give her any name! If you can visit her often and give her a litter of babies, I will be satisfied! ”

"But?" Zhuangzi asked incredulously, "Is she willing?" Again? Can I be so irresponsible as a man? I? I don't have the ability to marry me, since I promised to marry, I will be responsible! ”

"It's enough to have your words!" After Bai Gui finished speaking, he let out a long breath.

I thought: I've found the right person! That's what I want from you! What men are you not men? My daughter and my nephew still need your son-in-law to raise them? I will leave them with a wealth that they will not spend for generations!

I want your character!

That's it! There was a sharp knock at the door.

Baekyu stepped forward unhappily and opened the door to the room. When he was about to rebuke his entourage, he saw that his entourage looked panicked.

The attendant didn't speak, but pulled Bai Gui out. whispered: "White rich man, go quickly!" ”

"What's the matter? What's up? Baekyu also panicked.

At this time, two more attendants came up, and without saying anything, they took him and left.

"When the people of the King of Wei learned that you had returned to Wei, they sent someone over to 'invite' you to have tea." An attendant whispered.

"King Wei?" Bai Gyu said a word and didn't say any more. He wanted to go back to Zhuangzi and settle the matter of the little girl. But! It's too late.

He was originally an official in the Wei State, but later saw that the King of Wei did not listen to the advice, so he gave up the official and went into business in desperation. Outcome! With his personality and intelligence, he quickly made the business bigger. Outcome! The king of Wei and some jealous people set their sights on him and his wealth.

On the surface, he did not have a conflict with the King of Wei, nor did he have a conflict with the officials under the King of Wei. But actually! Everyone knows it. That's it! If you have money, you should help the country!

So! Every time he entered the Wei State, it was in secret. Outcome! This time, it was seen by King Wei's spies.

In order to avoid the King of Wei, he had to leave here temporarily and hide from the King of Wei.

Bai Gui, a historical celebrity, was known as the "Shang Sheng" by later generations, and he was ostensibly engaged in ordinary business, opening chain stores in the capitals of various vassal states, and like other stores, dealing in the necessities of the market, equivalent to a modern supermarket.

But! There are shops from all walks of life, and there are different specialty shops in each capital. If you open a tavern to make money, you will open a tavern, if you open an inn to make money, you will open an inn, and if you sell luxury goods to make money, you will sell luxury goods. Whatever this city lacked in this princely country, he summoned from elsewhere.

In terms of price, he never monopolized the market, but set prices according to market prices. Because he has business in various princely countries, so! He has a special understanding of the market conditions of the various vassal states in the Great Zhou Dynasty. So! He never loses money in business.

These are just the businesses he does on the surface, and he earns conscience money, and he doesn't make too much money. What really made him earn money was that the money for military supplies was the money for grain and grass that the vassal states urgently needed to save the country.

Once the war comes, the warring country has to raise a large amount of land, grain, grass and military supplies. There are also copper, iron, war horses, chariots, etc., all of which are very scarce military supplies and war preparation materials. These substances cannot be bought on the market, only through them, the merchants, from the people, from illegal sources.

They pile up these substances in various places, and once they have negotiated a price with the buyer, they gather them together. Or! It is also conveyed through the method of breaking it into parts. The buyer's congress will respond at the border.

It is precisely because these materials are urgently needed that so! They had business dealings with princes and kings of various countries. Not directly, but indirectly through the king's officials.

So! In terms of customs clearance, they can get the most authoritative customs clearance documents from various kings. Although there is a risk in customs clearance, there is a guarantee from the officials below the king, and there is generally no danger. Again! No matter which princes and kings dare not offend them, there are times when they are needed.

Because! They were able to get much-needed supplies from Baekyu's hands. So! What king would dare to offend such a capable man?