Chapter 3: Reclaiming the Old Rivers and Mountains
In fact! Bootleg goods were not among the caravan caravanserais. With Baekyu's shrewdness, he was not stupid enough to blatantly transport it openly. Even though you are in charge of transportation, even though you have a backer behind you, you can't be a substitute for the dead.
Stupid comparisons are often like this: they think they are very good, they have backers, and they get carried away. Outcome! If you are traced from above, you will become someone else's substitute for the dead.
This batch of goods from Bai Gui is also an ordinary commodity. Trafficking the goods and specialties produced by Wei to Zhao, and then trafficking the goods and specialties produced by Zhao to Wei. Other than that! Not only bartering, but also monetary transactions.
During the Warring States period, the major vassal states had their own coins. Currency trading, which is equivalent to speculating in foreign exchange in modern society, can make huge profits most of the time. If someone wants to exchange money from another country, they will come to you, and you can profit from it.
Bai Gui adopted the method of breaking up the whole into parts, and had already sent the smuggled goods to the checkpoint, waiting for the people above to arrange the border inspection personnel, and then mixed in the caravan to get through the customs in a muddle.
If there is a problem at the border crossing, then! It's not his caravan's business. If there is a problem at the border pass, Zhao Guo will also send someone to rob it, and the inside should be combined with the outside, and this trick has been tried and tested repeatedly.
As a transport officer, as long as there are no problems on the road, it will be none of his business when he arrives at the border gate. How many goods or how many goods I declare in customs, the extra has nothing to do with me.
"White officials! Are you okay? A migrant worker looked at the blood on Bai Gui's body and asked with concern.
Baekyu's body was stained red with blood. But! The blood has dried up. Everyone thought he was dead, so! Haven't paid attention to his wounds. Under the reminder of this migrant worker, everyone cared about it one by one.
"It's fine!" Bai Gui smiled: "That guy pierced my inner armor and scratched me!" ”
"We all thought you were dead!" The guard unicorn said as he stepped forward to untie Baekyu's clothes.
Take off your coat and there is a protective armor inside. Inside the talisman armor, there is also a close-fitting gold silk soft armor. The man in black pierced the armor on the outside with a sword, cutting through the gold silk soft armor inside, only scratching the flesh and skin.
It was because of the piercing of the armor that the man in black thought he had succeeded. Otherwise, he would definitely cut off Baekyu's head. It is precisely for this reason that when the caravan people chased after them, the men in black resisted for a while and then saw that they could not win, so they fled.
Baekyu fell off his horse, fell down the hill and fainted, but did not die. Because of the blood shed, everyone thought he was dead. Outcome! A false alarm.
Everyone still brought the wound medicine and treated the wound before they were relieved. It's okay! It's a flesh wound.
Bai Gui was quite satisfied with his body when he saw it. Although he is older than his age, he is not much older. The current Bai Gui is only in his thirties. Because of the long-term business in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the sun and rain have darkened the skin on his face. The muscles on the body are still very strong, and the skin is very white.
In the past, Bai Gui was a literati, an official in the court of the Wei State, pampered, did not suffer much, and his body was well maintained.
Big is big! It's better than dead!
The frustration in that world made Bai Gui especially cherish this life. Furthermore! His brothers believe in themselves so much, if they don't work hard, they will be sorry for them.
The caravan rested for a while and was back on its way.
I could have arrived at the checkpoint before dark, but this delay took place in the middle of the night. The checkpoint to Zhao has long been closed. It's like the urban public toilet back then: the public toilet gets off work and comes back tomorrow. I hold back all the and urine, and people are so domineering.
Fortunately, someone at the top of the Wei State made arrangements, and when they saw the caravan coming, although they were surprised, they still made an exception and opened and closed to let them go. It is better to release at night, so as to avoid the crowd and distractions.
The mixed private goods have already been smuggled to the checkpoint, waiting to follow the caravan through together.
"What about the white officials?" The officer guarding the gate asked.
"The white official is dead! Woo woo woo ...... "The unicorn came down and bowed to the officials guarding the gate, and then cried.
"Dead?"
"We met robbers on the road in the afternoon, and we didn't protect the white officials. Woowoo woo ......"
"Then do you still go to Zhao Kingdom? Simply! Divide the goods and go home to retire! ”
"Woooooooooooo The white officials are kind to us! Where can we do that? Woowoo woo ......"
"Hmmm! The white officials did not look at the wrong person. Right! To be a man, you must have a bottom line! Be grateful! Don't be ungrateful! Let's go! Let's go! The officer guarding the gate waved his arm in satisfaction and let him go.
The unicorn hurriedly took out an object from his bosom and handed it to the customs officer, which was considered a bribe. The officials guarding the customs did not refuse and accepted.
"Pass!" The unicorn shouted towards the caravan.
The staff guarding the customs took the customs declaration documents, copied a copy for the record, and did not count the goods again, and released them directly.
Zhao Guo, who was guarding outside the pass, was relieved to see the caravan coming. If the customs declaration is not successful, they will forcibly break through the customs as robbers and snatch the goods they want.
The next night, the people who answered from the Zhao side got the news that Bai Gui's caravan had been robbed and killed in the middle of the road. They don't know exactly what the situation is. But! They had already guessed that it was the high-level of the Wei State who had an internal ghost, and someone had sold Bai Gui.
After consulting with the brothers, Baekyu agreed with everyone's opinion: take this opportunity to play dead. Only by pretending to be dead can he escape Wei Jun's pursuit.
With Bai Gui's understanding of Wei Jun, he knew that this person would not give up until he reached his goal. In order to achieve the goal, this gentleman will do whatever it takes. Since I decided to kill you, I will definitely try to kill you.
In order to dominate the world, Wei Jun adopted the method of fighting to nourish the war, attacking, persecuting, and forcibly occupying other vassal states, and if others could not defeat him, he had to pay compensation subsidies. Or! Monetzing.
After the land was ceded, taxes were imposed on the land, so that the people here could not survive, and only agreed to migrate to other places, so as to achieve the goal of effectively controlling the area.
As a result, the people of the region were either forced to migrate or complained about the inability of their kings to protect their people. Thereby! Dismantle the country. In this era when population is productivity, a country has no population, and it is still a mess.
All rebels! No mercy will be given!
And then! He moved his own people here to settle in, exercise de facto control, and resume production.
Under his tough policy, coupled with the ability of the general Pang Juan to fight well, the result did make the Wei State stronger.
Bai Gui, as the state minister of Wei, for the sake of Wei and the common people in the world to avoid the suffering of war, advised Wei Jun to give up this practice of fighting for hegemony and change to the method of attacking with defense and allied with other countries. But! Wei Jun didn't listen at all. After many times of persuasion, he became an opponent and a figure that Wei Jun hated. Therefore! Baekyu had to abandon politics and business.
After all these years of operation, Bai Gui already has his own business district, he can live a life without public, and he can continue to do business as a behind-the-scenes person. Furthermore! For the safety of his family, he had to take expedient measures to spread the news of his death so that Wei Jun would spare his family.
Otherwise! If the king wants to kill you, there will be a reason. He was a native of Wei, and his family lived in Anyi. If someone wants to kill your family, there is no excuse for the crime they want to add, and they will find a reason.