What Bai Gyu and his father-in-law Lema mean is to take the children out for a walk first, so that they can get to know the real world. And then! Come back and hand over the business of Yan Kingdom to them to take care of.

Whether it's to be a shopkeeper or a person who manages a shopkeeper, anyway! You have to do things. You can't be a rich second generation, and you can't get something for nothing.

Let the future generations be rich second generation and nobles? It will only hurt them.

It is wisest to teach people to fish rather than to teach them to fish, and it is better to teach their grandchildren how to survive than to give them money or power.

Money! In times of prosperity, it is money, and in times of trouble, it is waste. The same goes for power! When the society is not chaotic, it can still restrain others and suppress others. Once the troubled times came, they were overthrown by others.

And also! Power can only control others for a while, not forever. So! The best thing to do is to be strong. Only when you are strong will you not be afraid of anyone, anything, any organization or country......

After explaining the affairs of Yan Kingdom, Bai Guicai took Da Niu and Bai Bing to Zhao Kingdom.

The current Zhao State is very chaotic. Zhao Hou was very restless, and under the instigation of several ministers, he also wanted to dominate.

All these years! Because Baigui's commerce developed to Linquan and Zhongshan, trade began with the grassland people. So! Zhao's taxes increased. Zhao Guo! Because of this, he became rich.

No! It is the king of Zhao who is rich, not the people who are rich, but the state where the country is rich and the people are weak.

The wealth of Zhao was mainly related to the taxes paid by Bai Gui, as well as the ties with neighboring countries.

The surrounding vassal states, except for Wei, were basically in the Zhao state.

Why? The same is related to Baekyu.

Any country needs trade and supplies. Supplies, on the other hand, are generally carried out through state means or merchants.

The means of the state is "international trade", and most of the materials need to be collected by merchants from the private sector before being sold.

Since Bai Gui sold horses, Zhao was a must-pass place for horse sellers. So! The surrounding countries all established friendly relations with Zhao. Even the State of Chu is willing to have a good relationship with the State of Zhao. Otherwise! Their horses could not be transported.

Therefore! Zhao not only had a huge tax income, but also the gifts and support of friendly neighbors.

Bai Gui does business and never evades taxes. Of course! If he encounters an insatiable king and has no profits, he will also find a way to evade taxes. In a word! He is a businessman, he does business in a proper manner, and he will take the initiative to pay the taxes that should be paid.

So! The prosperity of Zhao is basically the contribution of Bai Gui.

And the people of Zhao are living in dire straits, and taxes have not been reduced. If the age is better, the hereditary nobles will change their ways to collect more.

For example! They will go through the old accounts and say which year and year and for what reason they did not collect taxes, so! This year, you have a bumper agricultural harvest, so you should pay more. We nobles are considerate of you, and you are also considerate of us. Isn't it?

Anyway, that's what happened: the people's life could not be too good, and the aristocracy had to live in luxury forever.

Because! The ancestors of our nobles are the happiness of future generations in exchange for their lives. So! It is only natural that we enjoy a life of luxury!

Seeing that Zhao Hou had changed, his old friends no longer listened to them, worried that Zhao Guo would become chaotic from now on, and he was anxious, so he sent a letter to Bai Gui and asked him to accompany them to talk.

Baekyu didn't know the inside story, thinking that something big had happened, so he hurried over.

In Zhao State! Bai Gui also knew such a few old ministers.

Among these old ministers, he has the best relationship with the former prince.

It's also time to communicate with the old ministers of Zhao State. Only by being in constant contact can the relationship not be estranged.

All these years! Bai Gui has passed through Zhao State many times, but he has never had contact with these old relationships. The last time I came back and forth was the one that sold horses.

However, over the years, there have been no major matters to trouble these old ministers. The usual tax payment matters are handled by the shopkeeper under his hands.

You have brought a huge amount of tax income to the Zhao State, and the monarchs and ministers of the Zhao State will not trouble you.

If it weren't for Yuan Guogong and others to send him a letter this time, he wouldn't have had this plan. Since someone sent you a letter, you just have a reason to pay a bribe.

After coming to Handan, the capital of Zhao State, as soon as he gave an order, the shopkeepers prepared gifts for him. Gifts to these old ministers are not ordinary gifts, they are all priceless treasures.

Yuan Guogong is very greedy for money, so to speak! He loves antiques and collecting. If you give him a treasure that he does not have, he will receive it absolutely. But! He's not the kind of person who just gets in and doesn't get out. You give him a valuable gift, and he will give you the same amount in return. He will give back to you the treasures he has been tired of.

The former Guogong was greedy for money, but he was greedy for his duty, not too much.

For example! If you ask him for help, and you give him a gift, he will accept it as a reward according to his merit.

At that time, the most valuable treasure was jade, and the best jade plus craftsmanship was the best in the ceremony. Other than that! It's agate and the like.

This time! The gift that Baekyu brought to the former Kookun was: a sword.

A sword forged by one's own swordsmith is a treasure among swords in terms of sharpness, hardness, and craftsmanship.

Yuan Guogong played with the sword for a while, and then put it down. After sitting in his seat, he spoke to Baekyu.

"White officials! Our Zhao country is going to be in chaos! Alas! The king will not be persuaded! He? Alas! ”

"What the hell is going on?"

"What else could it be? White officials! It's all your taxes! ”

"Me?"

"You pay a lot of taxes to Zhao Guo every year, as a result! Zhao Jun saved him. Right now! The treasury is sufficient, and he wants to think about it! ”

"What does Zhao Jun think? With this amount of money, he still wants to dominate the world? Baekyu asked suspiciously.

"Yes!"

"To? What the hell is going on? ”

"And that was a few years ago! Wasn't that year? Under the persecution of the Wei State, didn't our Zhao State launch a war against the Qi State? ”

"Oh!"

"It's the time when Pang Juan personally sent troops! After Wei took the city of Qi, he let Zhao guard it and give it to Zhao. Our Zhao State was naturally unwilling, but there was no way for Wei State, so we had to do it. The matter was later resolved through tripartite consultations.

But! Wei Guo was very uncooperative with our Zhao State, they stood on the side of Wei State, did not let our army pass by, saying that they did not get the order of Wei State, and they could not let our Zhao State army leave.

It didn't turn out to? Our army was stopped? We, the Zhao State, did not dare to offend the Wei State, and we did not dare to offend them to defend the country.

Right now! Zhao Jun was not convinced, the country was rich and strong, he wanted to take revenge on the country, and was ready to send troops to defend the country......"

"Sending troops to defend the country?"

"Wei Guo is a small country, if it weren't for Wei State to support him, our lord would have moved it a long time ago."

(End of chapter)