The old rule is that when it comes to business with these small countries, Bai Gui will not come forward. It was the shopkeeper below who came forward to talk to the magnates of small countries. Not in the name of Baekyu, but! The other party knew that the big boss behind it was Bai Gui.

Because! Only Bai Gui has this strength, and he has the ability to get the ore of the Chu State. Even if ordinary people can get ore, there are definitely not so many. And also! Only Bai Gui has that ability, not only to get ore, but also to get customs clearance documents. Even if others can get their hands on the ore, it can only be through smuggling. If the tracking comes, it will be a large number of people who are unlucky. And Bai Gui has customs clearance documents, which are legal channels.

Of course! Baekyu also often engages in "smuggling". But! It's not his own goods. Under normal circumstances, it is someone else who passes through his caravan and declares customs by the way.

For example! That time to smuggle ore from Wei to Zhao is that kind of relationship. Someone else made a customs declaration through his caravan, and then! Mixed in with the caravan.

If the smuggler doesn't handle the relationship between the checkpoints and is stopped by the checkpoints, it won't be his business. Because! That's all I declared. The rest, not my goods, were mixed in with my caravan to pass through the customs.

Generally, this situation is rare, unless the relationship between the upper levels is not good, and they come down to make trouble. The officials of the checkpoint, as long as you give benefits, they all turn a blind eye. Furthermore! They didn't dare to offend the caravan or anyone. Otherwise! I don't know how I died?

After getting the trade with the small countries, selling the ore and buying the goods he wanted, Bai Gui left the southern part of the Wei Kingdom and went north to the border between the Zhao State and the Qi State.

The border between Zhao and Qi is in the northeast, and the southeast is the territory of Weiguo. Before! The state of Zhao and the state of Qi are not bordered. Later, the princes annexed each other, and with the efforts of the Zhao and Qi states, they bordered each other.

But! is indispensable to the credit of the previous Jin Kingdom.

The predecessor of the Zhao State was the Jin State, which was a very large and powerful country before, a country that could confront the Chu State. But later! Wei, Zhao, and Han divided the Jin Kingdom into Jin. The territory of Zhao was in the northernmost part of the former Jin Kingdom, bordering the Yan and Qi states.

The former Jin State annexed the small vassal states in the northeast and approached the distance from the Qi State. With the efforts of the Qi country, the two countries that do not border each other have a border.

The country of Qi also has its own special product, that is, salt.

Salt! Needless to say, its importance is conceivable. As long as you are human, you have to eat salt every day.

Salt comes from seawater, saltwater lakes, wells, salt mines, etc. The salt of Qi comes from seawater. The east of Qi has a unique advantage in raising the sea, so it has become a "salt country".

During the Zhou Dynasty, before the princes fought for hegemony, most of the salt of the Zhou Dynasty came from the Qi State. The Zhou Dynasty was also very strict in the management of salt, and private property and private sales were not allowed. Therefore! The salt industry became a major source of state finance.

But after the princes competed for hegemony, the salt industry became one of the pillar industries of Qi. The export of salt is subject to certification by a specialized agency. In terms of price, unified pricing monopolized the market.

Of course! It can only monopolize the market in a part of the region. For example! Wu Yue and other places, they also have their own coastlines, so they don't need to rely on the Qi State.

And the state of Chu! Eating salt is a bit more difficult. In their north, they could only import salt from Qi and Wu. South, imported from Vietnam. Western! They only have to eat well salt or mineral salt.

Because there are channels, the state of Chu can make domestic adjustments. If the Qi State asked for a sky-high price, they would mobilize salt from Wuyue and other places to stabilize the domestic market. So! In terms of table salt, although it is controlled by people, it is not a big problem.

Other countries, in terms of salt, are not so smooth, and they are subject to Qi and Wu Yue.

But! In the Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Tianzi could still restrain the salt industry of Qi through other ways. If the Qi State cut off the salt road and did not supply salt to the vassal states of the Central Plains, it would be condemned or sanctioned by the Son of Heaven.

At this time, Qi was under pressure and could only continue to supply salt. Otherwise! The Son of Heaven ordered the other princes to form a crusading army and attack the state of Qi. And in this era of princes competing for hegemony, other vassal states are afraid that they will not find a reason to crusade against you. With this reason, you can join forces to fight a war with you and consume your comprehensive national strength.

So! Although Qi State monopolized a certain market for the salt industry, it did not dare to come nonsense. It is a big deal to slow down the speed of salt transportation and increase the price of salt by slowing down the transportation of salt and other reasons.

It is conceivable that the supply of salt in the market is seriously insufficient, and the price will inevitably rise.

So! Qi can only make a fuss about this.

This! Qi decided to exchange salt for horses! The main thing is salt, everything else is secondary.

In addition to the salt industry, Qi also has its own special products. There are many craftsmen in the Qi Kingdom, especially carpentry.

Most of the carpenters in Qi were disciples of Lu Ban, as you can imagine: Lu Ban was the ancestor of carpenters and also invented the saw. So! The carpentry work made by Qi is not only beautiful and beautiful, but also practical and durable. The furniture of Qi is famous all over the world.

In addition to the furniture industry, Qi also has weaving skills. For example! Bamboo making and vine weaving. The products made of bamboo and vines of Qi are also famous all over the world.

Considering that Bai Gui wanted to transport these goods to Zhongshan and the prairie, in terms of selecting goods, Qi Guo followed the advice of his brother-in-law Linyi, and they were all goods that were convenient to transport and preserve. Not afraid of falling, not afraid of sun and rain.

As you can imagine! In the past, the speed of transportation: from Qi to Zhongshan, and then to the prairie, it was not possible to do it in two or three months. So! The commodities transported to the prairie must be carefully selected and reasonably arranged. Not only that, but also consider whether the grassland people like it or not, whether it is practical or not?

"It seems! Qi Guo is sincere! After seeing the goods, Bai Gui couldn't help but sigh.

The impression that Qi gave him was a little better than that of Wei. There is a King Hui of Wei in the State of Wei, and the State of Qi! There is a cheetah team. These two! are the root of troubled times.

The evil done by the Cheetah Team of Qi State is no less than that of King Wei Hui, and even! Worse than. It's just that! It is only an organization, and it cannot fully represent the Qi country. When the pressure of international public opinion is too great, when the pressure of domestic public opinion is too great, the king of Qi will kill a few people from the Cheetah team to calm the people's anger.

In fact! Anyone who knows the inside story knows! It wasn't the Cheetah Team that was killed, it was just a ghost. The cheetah team is still the cheetah team, and it is still the gun of the king of Qi. Or rather! It is the king's assassination tool.

It's just that! With the existence of the Cheetah Team, they can use it as an excuse for the king of Qi to resist the pressure of public opinion from the outside world. Therefore! The reputation of the State of Qi was somewhat better than that of King Wei Hui of the State of Wei.

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