The abacus, this artifact can be said to be an ancient electronic computer, simple and fast, until more than 2,000 years later, it still retains great vitality. Ji Qiao is knowledgeable, and when he saw this thing, he couldn't put it down, and felt that from now on, the calculation plan could be completely replaced, and he immediately came to dedicate it to Wuxi, which was also a happy event.

In his spare time the next day, Wu Xian began to teach Ji Qiao some simple bead algorithms, Ji Qiao is sensitive to numbers, has a strong absorption capacity, and the speed of dialing is getting faster and faster. After he is proficient, he will make a few more so that the students in the mathematics class can also learn to use them.

Although Ji Qiao's mathematics school has only about a dozen Chinese students, it is thriving with the intentional support of Zhao Wuxian. Although the name of the professor is still the traditional Fangtian, corn, decay, Shaoguang, Shanggong, average loss, surplus and shortage, equations, and Pythagorean nine kinds of mathematical arithmetic. However, it has been given a different essence by Ji Qiao in combination with "Zhou Ji Numbers", "Art of Hundred Crafts", "Art of Heaven and Earth", etc.

On weekdays, five or six boys hid in the shade of the big mulberry tree and memorized the algorithms, and some wrote vertical equations on the sand. On the other hand, six or seven of the champions were more practical, carrying a tape measure to measure the height of the lintel and the wall, and asking the craftsmen for some problems such as wheel axles and firing distance, and then combining them with the theories taught by the master.

Zhao Wuxian faintly felt that a unique school of mathematics seemed to be slowly forming. And what would ancient China look like if it had already specialized in mathematics and technology, and could be comparable to ancient Greek mathematics?

The prospect was too beautiful for him to imagine.

At this moment, Zigong, who was selling wheat flour in Xinjiang, suddenly came back and interrupted Zhao Wuxian's brain supplement.

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Zigong has been working hard in Xinjiang for more than a month, almost to the extent that he has one meal and three spit feeds, and one bath and three hair. He sold more than 2,000 stone of wheat flour and harvested 60,000 stone of corn for Wuxian. He himself also made a profit of 6,000 stones, which was already his income in Jin, Wei, and Lu for a whole year in previous years.

Corn received a soft hand, as a merchant. Zigong was naturally very happy, but today. But something happened that forced him to hurry back.

As soon as he entered the township temple, Zigong's face was solemn, and when he saw Wuxian and Ji Qiao, he made a heavy salute, saying that he had something important to inform them.

He said solemnly: "Gentleman, in the new corn market, there is wheat flour sold by other merchants! ”

"Oh?" Zhao Wuxian immediately stopped fiddling with the abacus. Although he was surprised in his heart, he was not alarmed.

Long before starting this transaction, Wuxian had been sure to Zigong that within half a year, the technology of stone grinding and wheat flour would definitely spread out, but what he didn't expect was that it would be so fast!

Moreover, after Zigong sent people to investigate the opponent, he had already found out the background of those businessmen, and his and Ji Qiao's faces suddenly became solemn.

Fan's! It's Fan's again!

Fan's specializes in lacquer and pottery. The lacquer garden with endless songs, the white pottery and black pottery produced in Fan, and the place are all famous. But they are in Awai. The previous strategy has been to hoard corn and rice, so why is it suddenly involved in this industry?

Zhao Wuxian guessed that it was probably because he was jealous that his wheat flour was making a lot of money in Su City, and Fan noticed that the corn in his scholars' warehouses began to flow to Chengxiang, and a smart person managed to steal the technology of stone grinding and wheat flour, and hit him backhanded.

A person's face appeared in his heart, Fan Jia, Zhao Wuxian subconsciously felt. This person who staggered with him outside the city last time (gu) is the first culprit in this matter!

What a hateful roadblocker!

Subsequently. He and Ji Qiao listened to Zigong talk about the detailed experience.

It turned out that Zigong had maintained the original price for more than a month. That is, one bucket of wheat flour for three stones of corn, but who would have thought that Fan's businessmen suddenly intervened in the Su market. They brought a huge amount of wheat flour, far more than Zigong, and the price was one bucket for two and a half stones!

This pair of Zigong's business was undoubtedly a huge blow, and the market suddenly began to tilt towards Fan's merchants. At present, it is the scholars who belong to the Fan clan and the Zhongxing clan who are beginning to buy this cheaper wheat flour. After Zigong realized that something was wrong, he asked people to keep the original price unchanged for the time being, and at the same time immediately came back to report to Wuxian.

Zhao Wuxian shook his head helplessly, he had already strengthened his control over Chengxiang, but he was still secretly stabbed.

However, according to Zigong, the source of the leak has been found, and the problem is not in Chengxiang, but in a cook in the lower palace. He had seen the most primitive hand-pushed mill, and under the heavy purchase of Fan's secret work, he secretly drew a picture and presented it, and now he has been captured and executed by the lower palace, and his family has been sentenced to endure the punishment.

Although the loopholes have been plugged, the technology has inevitably spread, and we must find ways to deal with it.

Is the malicious price reduction of the opponent to compete for the market? Zhao Wuxian's brows furrowed slightly, remembering some cases in his previous life, and then he stretched out again.

He was about to tell the two about his plan, but he heard Zigong and Ji Qiao say at the same time: "Gentleman, give / Qiao a plan, but this situation can be broken!" ”

"Gentleman, there is a plan for the overseas Chinese, but this situation can be broken!"

After Zigong and Ji Qiao said this sentence in unison, they looked at each other in surprise, and then humbly asked the other party to speak first.

Zhao Wuxian also pressed back the words that had reached his lips, and directly named Zigong: "The second and third sons don't have to be humble, in business, Zigong should be more familiar with the situation, or Zigong first." ”

Zigong immediately talked eloquently, and it could be seen that on the way back to Chengxiang, he had already thought of a way to deal with it! And the words that followed, which made Wu Xian admire his business talents again.

He said: "Nowadays, the merchants and scholars in Su City will naturally be inclined to cheap prices, just like the river flowing downstream, which is the normal feeling of people. ”

Zhao Wuxian agreed: "Then from Zigong's point of view, how should we break this crisis?" ”

"A gentleman should know that wheat flour was originally used as a luxury goods and for the family of the princes, and it was naturally feasible for us to arbitrarily and arbitrarily (que) this business at that time; But now the situation is volatile, the method of making wheat flour has been leaked, and the method of selling more expensive and less selling can no longer be maintained. ”

"Ci thinks that it's time to change the strategy, since the law of the upper valley does not work, you can only want to grow money and take down the valley! In Xinjiang, there are many taxis and people who want to buy wheat flour but can't, Fan's Jia is lucky, and only lowers the price to one bucket of wheat flour for two and a half stones, if we wait for a bucket to reduce the price to one bucket for two stones, or even one and a half stones! The situation can be reversed, as long as the wheat flour turnover is fast and the quantity is large, it will naturally be able to make small profits but quick turnover. ”

However, Ji Qiao frowned when he heard this, and he said: "Zigong means to follow Fan's price reduction and change to the path of small profits and quick turnover. I can use the power of a township, but I can supply more than 1,000 stones per month. But according to what you said, Fan's Jia is supported by a craftsman's workshop, and can supply at least 5,000 stone of wheat flour every month. ”

However, Zigong laughed and said: "Mr. Ji is blind, who said that our wheat flour is only produced in Chengxiang?" (To be continued)

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