PS: There is an exam today, and there are two chapters at the top of the big chapter, and two more tomorrow

In mid-February, when the rain began to fall, the farming in the Xilu area came to an end, and the farmers had a little time to spare, so they took the opportunity to renovate the portal.

This month, the sacrifice is also made to the god of the household, and the sacrifice is expensive to the spleen, but for those wealthy scholars and people, the spleen of the cow can no longer be used, and the little priest has issued an order prohibiting the slaughter of the cow, and the violator is severely punished.

For these guards, there are complaints, but they dare not express themselves publicly, and the taxis who dare to openly oppose them were directly taken to the ground by the pavilion guards.

The words of the superior were cold and harsh: "Since you have to eat oxen, then work instead of ploughing oxen!" ”

Those who follow are promoted and encouraged, and those who are adversary are brutally suppressed, this is Zhao Wuxian's strategy against the newly occupied Punandi.

The nobles who were dissatisfied with the pavilion system were still muttering at home, but the common people secretly applauded. In addition, all those who had experienced the hardships of last year's war prayed that the Sikou would not raise troops and levy large-scale labor, lest they interfere with the agricultural work after the spring rains. Also, can the price of salt in the market be lower? Can I buy more rations per kiosk?

As everyone knows, their lord Zhao Wuxian was worried about this matter, and he had a night conversation with Zigong in Chengpu, from the lack of salt in Xilu, to several places that might provide them with salt.

Zigong raised his index finger and said: "Needless to say, the Anyi Salt Pond has been used since Tang Yao Yu Shun and even the Yellow Emperor Chi You, and its use is earlier than boiling salt in seawater. Hedong salt pond, jade is fresh and fresh, not hard to cook, and it is natural. There is also an annual output of 10,000 bells, which is enough for the Jin Kingdom and Cheng Zhou to eat. The Zhao family had a good relationship with the Wei family. It is better to ask the Chinese army to send an envoy for help. “

Wuxian nodded and said, "The caravan carrying salt set off from Anyi and headed south to Mengjin to board the ship. You can go east along the big river, enter Pushui and Jishui in the territory of Zhengguo, and transport it directly to Yuncheng, or transfer to Taoqiu. Because of the waterway, it is downstream, and it can be reached in half a month, which is the most convenient and fast way to buy salt. It's just that it has to pass through the territory of the Zheng people, I don't know if the Zheng people will block it, and the salt pond salt is mainly for the people of Xintian State, the Six Secretaries of the Jin State and the Zhou Room. I really don't know if the Wei family, who can't afford to make a profit, is willing to come up with enough for 100,000 people......"

Zigong said: "Commerce is the lifeblood of Zheng Guo, and the office and Qimu are relatively lenient in managing merchants, even in battle, they will not easily detain the caravan of the enemy country." What's more, when the subordinates were in Taoqiu, they also had a relationship with the Zheng Shangxian clan, who specialized in transshipment, and they also participated in the last time they rescued Deng Xizi, and they were grateful to the Zhao family for taking Deng Zi in. There is no need to worry about the matter of Yanchi salt passing through Zheng Guo, but whether it can be said that the Wei family can transport a large amount of salt is a difficult problem. ”

I saw Zhao Wuxian contemplating there. Zigong said again: "Don't worry, and let the ministers finish the pros and cons of the other two places before it's too late." ”

Zhao Wuxian praised him for being kind, but he listened to Zigong continue: "The second is Wu Guo, Xu and Zhong Wu have the rao of sea salt. Thousands of bells are produced every year. Wu was an ally of the Jin State, and Si Kou was related to the Qu family, so he sent Xing Ao to the south. So this is probably the easiest place to obtain, but the quality and quantity of salt should not be overestimated. ”

Wuxian breathed a sigh of relief: "Something is better than nothing." I will send a chariot to the country of Wu. Now that the banditry has been annexed, the road to the east of Onozawa is unobstructed. The caravan could depart from Huaishang, cross Surabaya, and reach Xilu via Kanyi. Presumably, in another two months, Huai salt will be able to be shipped along with copper, tin, feathers, and leather. ”

But Zigong pondered for a while, and asked Zhao Wuxian not to worry.

"It is not difficult to ask for salt from the country of Wu, but as far as I have seen and heard in Taoqiu, the people of the country of Wu suddenly became rich, their temperament is greedy and ugly, they forget their righteousness when they see profit, and they gain an inch by inch. If I knew that Xilu was in urgent need of Huai salt, I would definitely raise the price and make it difficult for me. ”

Wuxian felt that this made sense, and he bowed his head and said, "That's right, I once offered my father the strategy of the three holes of the cunning rabbit, and it is similar to buying salt from outside. In order to avoid the recurrence of Qi Guo's dictatorship, it is indeed better to buy from multiple places separately, so as not to take the opportunity to hoard and raise prices and coerce me. ”

"So the ministers think that it is better to add the coastal Ju country, and take a three-pronged approach, with the salt of the three parties, and the danger of Jixilu!"

"That's it." Wuxian got up and talked with Zigong for a long time, and his legs were a little numb.

But when he saw Zigong bowing again, he said: "There are always buyers and sellers in the purchase and sale of goods, and if the seller has something that the other party urgently needs, he will generally deliberately raise the price to make it difficult." Now Xilu has a request, and when the caravan arrives, how much salt can be bought depends on the other party's face. The subordinates also have a plan, so that Si Kou does not have to send a cart and a horse, does not have to levy labor and transport, only needs to sit in Yuncheng, and he can get countless brine salts, and the merchants in these three places will spontaneously come to Xilu to deliver salt! ”

This made Wuxian pleasantly surprised, there was Zhang Meng to talk about political affairs, and Duanmu Ci to business, which really saved him a lot of brain cells.

"What's the method?"

"Guan Zi said that the states in this world have the so-called wealth and geographical advantages. The horses of the Great Plains of the Zhao family, the gold of the Rushui and Han waters of the Chu State, the salt of the coastal waters of the Qi Kingdom, the Anyi Salt Pond of the Wei Family, the copper and tin of the Zhang Mountain of the Wu Kingdom, and even the grains, leather, catalpa materials, feathers, and lacquer from all over the country...... These are all natural wealth and geographical advantages, and they are necessary things to achieve hegemony. As long as you control the unique property, you can coerce the enemy country, just like the Qi people did today! ”

Zhao Wuxian can understand the meaning of Zigong, in the words of later generations, these so-called natural wealth and geographical advantages are actually strategic resources. The energy stick of later generations has made many oil-poor countries suffer, but they can only accept it helplessly.

No, it's not just strategic resources, as long as it's something that I have and that people in the world need, it can be a weapon. The Han Dynasty China strictly guarded the secrets of silk, and the Ottomans blocked the Silk Road in modern times, all of which are similar examples.

Sure enough, I heard Zigong say: "In fact, not only the Qi State, but Xilu also has wealth and geographical advantages, and it was created by Si Kou himself!" ”

Wuxian has already guessed that paper is in the ascendant, but another specialty has been vigorous.

"You're talking about...... Chinaware? ”

Zigong's eyes were extremely bright: "That's right, it's porcelain!" ”

……

"After three years of sales, Zhao's porcelain has spread all over the world. Whether it's Wei's or Ju's country. The nobles of Wu, and even the offices of Yan, Chu, and Qi. are buying and using porcelain. ”

As Zhao had anticipated three years ago, porcelain did not take the place of lacquer and bronze all at once, but it also squeezed out a new market in their cracks, and by the way, Fan's pottery was suppressed.

No matter how exquisite pottery is, can it be compared to porcelain? Fan's pottery continues to be mass-produced and sold cheaply, while porcelain has become one of the luxury goods.

In Qi, Chu, Zheng, Wei and other places where luxury is popular, porcelain is particularly popular, and the nobles used pottery in the past, and now they are compared and imitated by each other. They switched to porcelain.

This exquisite, beautiful object of various shapes has won the love of many nobles, although the type of preference is different from region and gender.

Today, the Cheng kilns of the Jin Kingdom are dominated by white porcelain, while the Zhen kilns of Xilu are dominated by celadon and black porcelain.

Black porcelain, with its heavy color and simple shape, was the most popular among the old Qin people, although the purchase of porcelain in the Qin State was at the bottom of the princes...... The temperament is like water, and the romantic and unrestrained Chu people love the celadon of the same color as Yun Mengze, and also require that the more similar to the bronzes of the Chu State, the better, and the more exaggerated the modeling and decoration, the better. Supervised by Ji Ying. The elegant white porcelain of ice crystal jade was especially popular with female aristocrats, who had little political power but had some economic power.

So, in the past year. The porcelain hoarded in Taoqiu has always been in short supply, and even people often go directly to Xintian Xia Palace, and even the production area of Zhencheng to buy. But most of them are blocked out of the door, wanting to get a glimpse of the production of porcelain? There are no doors!

"Guan Guan Ju Dove. On the river island. My Fair Lady, Gentleman.

Jagged wattle. Left and right. My Fair Lady, I covet it.

I can't ask for it, but I can't think about it. Leisurely, tossing and turning. ”

It is said that there were people who used this poem "Guan Ju" to express their thirst for wonderful porcelain, and the core technology of making porcelain has always been in the hands of the Zhao family, the only two in the world, and the princes are like the modern European courts, and have an almost obsessive love for porcelain.

It is inherently in line with the new aesthetic of the Chinese people, and after a slight change, such as adding a heavy black and red glaze, it can cater to the old aesthetic.

On this basis, Zigong came up with his own idea:

"The Qi people cut off the sea salt into Taoqiu, Qufu, and Xilu, so Xilu really can't get a grain of salt? Naturally, it is impossible, and the purpose of Qi Ren's move is to increase the cost of Xilu's purchase of salt. In the past, when transporting salt, merchants came directly from Taoqiu or Qi State, and Si Kou did not have to pay too much transportation costs. But now, if you send a caravan to buy, you have to bear the escort and other matters thousands of miles away, which is laborious and costly. Moreover, if you learn about the Xilu background of the caravan, Zheng Guo, who is friendly with Qi State, may not be allowed to go, and the monarch of Ju State, who is supported by Qi people, may not be willing to sell. ”

Speaking of this, Wuxian's thoughts were also opened, and he couldn't help but think of an economic policy of the Ming Dynasty that he had heard about in his previous life.

Because the grain and grass needed for the land of the Jiubian garrison need to be transported from the production area to thousands of miles away, the cost is staggering, the national finances are overwhelmed, and the labor required is numerous, which is really a matter of labor and money. Under such circumstances, there was a way to encourage merchants to exchange grain for salt, and the specific method was that merchants from all over the country could transport grain and grass to the location of the garrison on their own, and each stone of grain handed over would get a "salt guide", which created the prosperity of the Jin merchants.

If you have a flexible brain, you can replace salt with porcelain and grain with salt, and the principle is the same!

He said: "So, why don't you use porcelain as bait to lure merchants who want to buy porcelain to transport salt to Xilu for trading?" For example, if you transport salt in a kettle, you can get a 'porcelain guide' stamped with the seal of the sikou, and you can buy five small porcelains and one large porcelain. ”

Zigong was stunned, this was his long-planned work, but he didn't expect to be said by Zhao Wuxian first, and this "porcelain introduction" method is more intuitive and feasible!

"Yes! At the same time as sending envoys to Wei, Wu, and Ju to contact, he spread the news that whether it was Jin porcelain or Xilu Zhen porcelain, from now on they would no longer accept the purchase of gold, silk and other things, and salt, only edible salt could be exchanged for porcelain. If you are interested, please organize your own caravans to Taoqiu and Xilu to collect goods, regardless of boats and carts, no customs duties will be charged! ”

"Brilliant plan!"

Zhao Wuxian could imagine that when the time came, the nobles of those countries with salt resources would drive the merchants to drive the carts full of green salt to Taoqiu and Xilu in an endless stream!

Like a gathering of clouds, like water flowing downward.

He couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Guan Yiwu said that if a country with natural wealth and geographical advantages is not well managed and used improperly, the world will not regard it as valuable. If it is used well, it can be used to make farmers eat without ploughing and women can not weave clothes by exchanging what they have! I believe this sentence today, Zigong is quite the essence of the law of managing the importance of the matter, and those who plan this matter will be far away from you! Since then, although Xilu is not the country of the Sea King, it can be salt-free as if there is salt! ”

The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit!

From ancient times to the present, and thousands of years later, it is like this!

Wushirt filled with a glass of wine and presented it to Zigong: "Because of Zigong, the whole world is my solution and canal exhibition!" ”

……

"A good ruler can use things that are not his own, or he can enslave subjects who are not under his own jurisdiction, and Si Kou is such a master."

Zigong humbly took the wine cup and praised Wuxian from the bottom of his heart, but he was still unsatisfied.

"As long as Si Kou's porcelain introduction method is implemented, during the period when the Qi people ban the salt road, it should be no problem to make Taoqiu, Xilu, and even Qufu have no shortage of salt."

The reason why Zigong also mentioned Qufu was because his master Kong Qiu was still the great uncle, and when Zigong considered it, he put the entire Lu country together and thought about it.

But when Zhao Wuxian made decisions, he often intentionally or unintentionally set aside Qufu Lucheng.

Since the last meeting and controversy, the rift between Confucius, Sanhuan and his interests has deepened, and Xilu is now like a semi-independent small prince, almost in a state of listening to the tune and not listening to the announcement. But in order not to let Confucius completely stand on his opposite, and so that Zigong and other Confucian disciples will not be embarrassed, Wuxian still has to pay attention to his eating appearance and methods, not too eager, not too violent.

Duanmu Ci and Ran Qiu were talented, Zhao Wuxian did not want to lose their allegiance, and Confucius was still within the scope of what could be won.

Zigong didn't think about it so much, he recalled that when he first arrived in Taoqiu two years ago, he was troubled by the merchants of Qi State. He can promote the beauty of people, but he can't hide the evil of people, and he has done a good job of the loyalty advocated by his master, but forgiveness has little to do with him.

He Duanmu Ci is still essentially a businessman who is still a businessman and a businessman who directly reports his grievances!

He gritted his teeth and said: "The Qi people make things difficult for us with their light and heavy techniques, probably because they are the people of the country and the country of mountains and seas, so they have no fear, I don't know how the anti-sanctions law that Si Kou said before is working?" ”

Qi people are so arrogant, if they don't slap back, Duanmu Ci, who is used to being angry in Taoqiu Mall, can't bear it.

Wuxian said with a smile: "Qi Guo's rash salt strategy this time is a mad and corrupt move, and the person who came up with this strategy thinks he is smart, but he forgets a little. The country of Qi is located in the east of the world, is a country of thoroughfares, and there are four main trade routes. The land route is the noon road, which is located at the junction of Weiguo and Xilu; The waterways are three major rivers, Pushui and Jishui. Among them, Jishui and Pushui must pass through Xilu, and Yuncheng and Dayozawa are its centers. ”

He suddenly remembered a sentence that a red emperor in later generations liked to say, which was a vulgar saying that men understand.

"Pu, Ji, and Wudao are like Qi's kidney capsule." Wu Xian said this, and Zigong nodded and listened carefully, and his expression was suddenly extremely strange.

"If I want to make Qi people scream, I'll pinch these three eggs!"

"Poof!"

The mouthful of wine that Zigong had just swallowed spurted out at once, and after a while, the vulgar laughter of the two elegant gentlemen in front of the two people sounded in this simple hall, which made the black-clothed guards waiting outside look at each other......

I don't know what the kidney capsule is, and the children's shoes self-check the Su Women's Sutra, and it will not be popular in July (to be continued.) )

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