"Every place in the world is different. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Shanxi is rich in bamboo, 楥, hemp, Xuanwei, jade; Shandong has more fish, salt, lacquer, silk, sound and color; Jiangnan produces nan, catalpa, ginger, cinnamon, gold, tin, lead, dansa, rhinoceros, tortoiseshell, pearl, tooth leather; Longmen, Jieshi north of the horse, cattle, sheep, Zhanqiu, tendon horn. As for copper and iron, it is distributed in the mountains and rivers, with more copper in Chu in the south and more iron in Zhao in the north. ”

Lü Buwei has a wide range of business experiences in various countries, and he has a lot of knowledge when it comes to the products of various places.

All of the above are the preferences of the Chinese people, and the things they use, wear, eat, maintain health, and send to death are often in short supply. Of course, these products will not be circulated around with their own legs, but will rely on merchants to transport them for the nobles and common people of the capital to buy. The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. Let me give an analogy, if the price of horses in Handan is low, the merchants will sell the Zhao horses to Linzi and Daliang, which can be sold expensively; If the price of grain in Handan was high, merchants would transport rice from Huaibei and Sishang, which were cheap, to sell it. Buying cheaply and selling at high is what the Tao is in line with, and it is a matter of course, which is like water flowing to a low place, but Mr. Xu thought that this was a deliberate hoarding move by businessmen to hurt farmers, which was really misunderstood! ”

He paced to Xu You, whose face was flushed, pointed to his ugly clothes and his own gorgeous clothes, and said with a smile: "Besides, the way of wealth and poverty is determined by heaven, and no one can deprive or give it, but the clever people always have more wealth, while the stupid people often have less food and clothing!" ”

This is to laugh at Xu You, the poverty of these farmers, not because of the businessman's deception, but because he is stupid, so angry that Xu You trembles, but Lu Buwei has his own insight.

At that time, the Taigong of Qi was sealed in Yingqiu, where there was mostly saline-alkali land and sparsely populated, so the Taigong encouraged women to devote themselves to textile embroidery, vigorously advocated craftsmanship skills, and asked merchants to return fish and sea salt to other countries. Therefore, the crown of the Qi country brought clothes and shoes all over the world, and the princes between the Haidai gathered their coats and went to the Qi country to worship. ”

Later, the state of Qi declined halfway, Guan Yiwu rebuilt the business of the Taigong, and set up the nine mansions to manage the goods and colonies, so that the Qi country was rich again, and the Duke of Qi Huan was able to dominate, the princes of Jiuhe, and the world. The prosperity of the state of Qi continued until the time of King Min of Qi...... The strength of the Qi country is the result of attaching importance to the merchants, if the sages listened to the words of the peasants early, and all the merchants could not help but say that the imprisonment was weakened, and the current Qi country may still be a land of salt and brine. ”

"As for the so-called peasants who make customs simple, and merchants who corrupt customs? It's even more nonsense! ”

Lu Buwei scoffed at this, turned his eyes to Mingyue and said: "Doesn't the prince hear such a sentence, Cang Liao knows etiquette and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing." The villain believes that etiquette is born from wealth, and abandoned from poverty! And businessmen are the most prosperous industries in the world, so the world is indispensable for farming, indispensable for hundreds of workers, and even more indispensable for businessmen! ”

After a seat, the logic is strict and the order is clear, Xu You, these peasant families, are originally Li Xing faction, and their mouths are very stupid, and they have been said by Lu Buwei to be speechless, and there is no way to refute it, Mingyue saw that he was ashamed, and hurriedly stood up and played a round.

"The people regard food as the sky, and agriculture is the foundation of the country, of course, the rest of the industry and commerce cannot be regarded as the last industry, they are all the pillars of the country. Mr. Xu, I understand what you mean, my son is by no means a short-sighted person, and naturally welcomes farmers to come to Zhao Guotun to reclaim ......"

Saying this, Mingyue also secretly thought, if this is Lu Buwei's true thoughts, it is no wonder that after this person ruled the Qin State in history, he would change the national policy of the Qin State to suppress the peasants and merchants for a hundred years, and relax the restrictions on the merchants, so that Qin Shihuang had more big businessmen supported by the state such as Wu Shilu and Widow Qing, and I don't know if he still has this opportunity on this timeline.

Xu You, as Mingyue's touchstone for Lü Buwei, has completed his mission, and after giving Xu You a step down, Mingyue used him as an excuse to go long distances and let his subordinates take him down to rest, and he wanted to talk to Lü Buwei about "official business".

It is said that it is official business, but in fact, it is just some "color work" to buy paint.

Because of the war between Yan and Zhao Qi this year, the prices of many things in North China have risen, not only the prices of grain, but also lacquer and dyes. The Coloring Workshop received the task of dyeing lacquer for a batch of armor, but the lacquer provided by the treasury was insufficient, so it had to purchase it from foreign merchants. Lü Buwei, who has thousands of acres of lacquer forests in Weiguo, is naturally the first choice, but the two sides have different opinions on the price......

Lin Xiangru of the internal history is only responsible for the appropriation and acceptance results, regardless of whether the price of the intermediate paint increases. Therefore, the bargaining thing has to be done by the Ministry of Industry itself, if the negotiation is proper, it can be successfully completed, and the workers and engineers can also make some oil and water. If it is not appropriate, Gong Yin and Gong Gong are not willing to post their own money, so they have to pass the test by shoddy, or cutting corners to deal with it, lacquer this kind of thing, not an expert can not distinguish the advantages and disadvantages, and so on the appearance of worms, it has been a long time later, and then it will be much more difficult to investigate.

Of course, Mingyue didn't want to be shoddy, so she made an appointment to meet Lu Buwei and wanted to fight for it again, but if he didn't do it, he had to post the money himself.

Unexpectedly, today he just brought up the matter, but Lu Buwei behaved very generously, although he still looked embarrassed, so to put it mildly, he still gave up the high price that he had not let go of before, and let it within the acceptable range of the Ministry of Industry and Yin.

"It's a deal!" Mingyue immediately took the case and wanted to finalize the price with Lu Buwei.

After completing the agreement, Lü Buwei of course sighed twice, as if he had suffered a big loss, but then he turned his worries into joy, and said with flattery: "Mr. Xu looks at Shangjia from the perspective of a farmer, although it is narrow, if the rulers of Zhao State also think so, it will be bad." Fortunately, the king of Zhao, the queen mother, the internal history, and the king of Chang'an are all extremely enlightened, closing the market (chán) without tax, ridiculing but not leviing, so that our foreign merchants can trade back and forth, so Shengde, villains and others have been grateful, how dare they worry about a little bit of triviality with your country? ”

As he spoke, he respectfully presented a gift list that had been prepared for a long time......

"When Chang'anjun moved his mansion from the palace, the villain happened to return to Weiguo, and missed the grand occasion, so he made up a congratulatory gift today, and I hope Chang'anjun will not dislike ......"

Mingyue only glanced at it, and found that the gift as a "meeting gift" was really a bit excessive: fifty gold yi, a pair of white bi, two boxes of jewelry, and five patriotic singers......

Calculated together, it is enough to make up for the difference in the price of this lacquer purchase.

In retrospect, Lü Buwei deliberately behaved today, refuting Xu You, and in turn testing Mingyue's attitude towards Shang Jia. Then, he opened the door to Mingyue in terms of paint price, and now he presents this heavy gift......

This made Mingyue vigilant, Lu Buwei is a person who can't afford to be unprofitable, why did he do this?

So Mingyue quietly put away the gift list and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, the gift is too expensive, how can you receive it in vain?" ”

"What kind of value is that?"

Lu Buwei showed a smile under his mustache, as he expected, these bribes that could dazzle a high-ranking official of Zhao State did not make Chang'an Jun's heart move, this is indeed an unusual son.

He cautiously stepped forward a few steps and said softly: "Buwei really wants to give Chang'an Jun a big gift, but it is much more than this gold and jade!" ”

Mingyue became a little interested: "Oh, I don't know what Mr. wants to give me?" ”

Lu Buwei was a little closer to Mingyue's ear: "There is a business that can make a hundred times more profit, I wonder if Chang Anjun is interested in participating?" ”

"What business? Land? Jewel? Lacquer? Mingyue looked at Lu Buwei's eyes, his eyes were slightly sunken, and his eyes were black and shining, this was the expression of a coyote after discovering the opportunity to hunt.

"Neither."

Lü Buwei pointed to the copper bottle in Mingyue's hand and said: "Wine, spirits, the spirits made by Chang'an Jun when he was in Linzi!" ”