In fact, Lu Buben also wants to introduce some measures to encourage consumption, but think about the progress in such an era, some progress is progress, if there is too much progress, that is, the "Great Leap Forward", the release of satellites, some things should be done step by step, but also in line with the specific situation, according to the local conditions, according to the time and conditions, otherwise there are too many examples of failure because of this, that is a lesson from the past.

Just like Wang Mang, who was also very controversial in later generations - some people even think that he is a traverser, although this statement is somewhat nonsensical, but it can also be imagined how advanced some of his practices at that time were, and the form was too radical, as long as we think about the violent conflicts that may arise in the contrast between ancient and modern, it is not difficult to imagine Wang Mang's final fate and the results of his so-called New Deal.

Another good example is Shang Ying, although his own final fate was not much better, but his reform measures were well preserved, and achieved good results, which is one of the roots of Qin Neng's strength over the Six Kingdoms, and the reason for this difference is because although Shang Ying's measures touched some vested interests, and there were also some things that seemed radical, at least in this era, many people could understand, and it would also benefit another group of people. This is similar to Li Ru's previous practice of suppressing a group of families in order to establish Dong Zhuo's majesty in Luoyang, but at the same time attracting and promoting a group of families.

Of course, Liang Shuang doesn't know or understand these high-level and general things, but he doesn't understand Lu Bu's purpose and true thoughts, but it doesn't prevent him from being grateful to Lu Bu, after all, the business and life that could only be so ordinary and even likely to go downhill are because of Lu Bu. to be able to thrive.

It is not difficult to understand that at the new collective meeting attended by all members of the Bingzhou Chamber of Commerce, when he heard that Wen Hou intended to order the Bingzhou Chamber of Commerce to enter Hebei to establish contacts with the local businessmen, and needed some people to be the pioneers, Liang Shuang almost did not hesitate to stand up and expressed his willingness to become a member of the Chamber of Commerce's business delegation to Hebei.

Chen Lan, the head of the Jiuyuan Chen family, is now one of the most influential figures in the business community of Bingzhou, and his status in the Bingzhou Chamber of Commerce is also very high.

This time, Chen Xi, who was specially rushed back from Hebei under Lu Bu's order, will not talk about it, and is in the army under Lu Bu. Except for Wang Cheng, Jun Mu and Ji Zhao, a few people who can be said to have been completely cultivated by Lu Bu himself. He is the one who has been promoted the most and has the fastest status, and the qualifications that followed Cao Xing made him reused in this Lu Bu's expedition to Hebei, and this time it was also an opportunity; In addition, Chen Li has been helping Jia Xu with his errands, and now he has been cooperating with the first batch of "graduates" of Bingzhou Academy in Xihe County to handle the civil affairs of a county in the absence of Jia Xu, the current Taishou. Although Xihe County is still the most sparsely populated place in the state. Most of the northern part of the West River is within the scope of the old Hetao land that has been initially formed. With the passage of time, it will gradually prosper, and to be one of the founders before the prosperity, Chen Li's future is also limitless.

Of course, Chen Lan himself knows very well. Today's status and prestige are inseparable from Lu Bu's cultivation of his two sons and the support of his Chen family, although this can be regarded as a retribution for his practice of ordering his two sons worthy of carving to answer the call when Lu Bu returned to the Wuyuan of the state and lacked talents, but for a figure like Lu Bu, how could he repay him with gratitude?

As an old fox Chen Lan who can still fight for a huge family business in the bitter cold land of Bingzhou, he is very insightful about the world, so this time Lu Bu ordered Chen Xi to come back with a letter, and he did not hesitate at all when he received it, so he decided to help Lu Bu do this thing.

Although the Bingzhou Chamber of Commerce has a strong autonomy and independence in the business scope, the members here are either old foxes like Chen Lan who can discern the direction clearly, or they are like Liang Shuang, who are grateful to Lu Bu after joining the Bingzhou Chamber of Commerce for various reasons, not to mention that the world is still a society where monarchy is supreme, and they are all under the rule of Lu Bu.

Therefore, on the second day after Chen Lan received Chen Xi's news, he immediately convened all the members of the Chamber of Commerce who happened to be in Jiuyuan, and directly held a temporary meeting, at which he pointed out Lu Bu's meaning straight to the point, and after knowing about it, everyone did not have much objection.

It's just that even Chen Xi, who came with the order, couldn't understand Lu Bu's meaning thoroughly, let alone them, so the following hesitation and discussion, and the delay in making a specific response decision, most of them stemmed from this.

In order to show that the members of the Chamber of Commerce are treated equally, regardless of their size, they sit on the ground in a large open space, and they are still in a circle, with nothing in between, much like those interracial bonfires.

The only thing that can distinguish the president, vice president, and ordinary members is probably the time to speak, most of the time it is these three people who are speaking and talking, as for people such as supervisory agencies and criminal institutions, they are generally next to them, of course, when they are not needed, they are similar to invisible people, and it is impossible to leak the information of the Chamber of Commerce, and they can't afford the consequences.

As for Chen Xi, he doesn't belong to the people in this chamber of commerce, even Chen Lan can't break this rule, so he can only wait for news in the Jiuyuan Chen Mansion at the moment.

After a long time, after a noisy discussion to no avail, the vice president who was sitting next to Chen Lan turned to him and asked, "What does Old Chen think?" ”

Chen Lan has been closing his eyes just now, although Lu Bu's news was brought by him, but he only opened his mouth at the beginning and remained silent after speaking, this fixed process is also to avoid suspicion, after all, this matter can be regarded as brought by his son in a sense.

At this time, when someone asks about him, he is naturally unavoidable. Chen Lan opened his eyes and nodded at the vice president, before facing the center, he glanced around at everyone and said: "The opinions of all the people, the old man also understands almost everything, everyone is speculating about the meaning behind Wen Hou's move, according to the old man, this is not necessary at all." ”

Everyone was stunned, even the three presidents who were also highly respected also looked at him, their eyes puzzled.

Chen Lan continued: "According to the old man, we don't have to investigate too much here. Just do what Wen Hou tells you to do first. ”

Everyone looked at each other. Some people may not be able to resist it in their hearts, after all, it has slowly become a habit for them to make independent decisions without relying on or obeying the orders of the government or the imperial court, even if they will not dare to resist Lu Bu, this time they will definitely follow Lu Bu's orders as Chen Lan said. But saying it so bluntly still makes some people unacceptable.

However, no one refuted Chen Lan. It was Chen Lan who snorted himself. said coldly: "The old man knows that many of you have now benefited from the Chamber of Commerce. The wings are hard and ambitious, but I don't know who our state chamber of commerce can rely on to get to where it is today? You don't want to say it, old man, that's Wen Hou. If you don't believe or are unwilling, you can go out and see, where is there outside, under the rule of which princes, can be like us? Which of the princes and overlords can treat us businessmen so favorably as Wen Hou, do you really think that the power of the Chamber of Commerce can compete with the imperial court and the government? ”

With Chen Lan's words, everyone was silent, their faces calmed down, and some of them showed a look of shame, Chen Lan's words all talked about their weakness, which can be described as a burst of blood, that is, the three of them, at this time, they didn't know what to look at in order to hide the embarrassment in their eyes.

Chen Lan didn't seem to see it at all, and finally said: "Since Wen Hou's words don't have much meaning, then let's just send a business group over this time, you can bring some of our things here, and find a few merchants with completely different industries, so that the contact can be more comprehensive." As for the rest, we will have to come back or Wen Hou has further instructions, and then let's talk about it. ”

In fact, when he said this, Chen Lan was also a little helpless, even the member of the spy team who followed Chen Xi to directly convey Lu Bu's order couldn't tell why Lu Bu did this, and he was also puzzled.

In fact, according to Lu Bu's meaning, although he hopes that whether it is Bingzhou, Hebei or even Sili, the businessmen in these places will be able to borrow a piece in the end, and reach a consensus on some issues, but he knows very well that this matter needs to be taken slowly, even if it is too radical, even if it can get by for a while, it will leave hidden dangers, and it will not be conducive to some future arrangements.

In this way, at the beginning, it can only be some simple contact, or even without substantive business contacts, just a simple face-to-face or a meal with each other to promote the relationship.

This is very similar to those merchants in later generations who went to a certain place to inspect the market, and often had a constant meal, talking about feelings before talking about business; Of course, the difference is that due to the times, it is impossible to have the kind of situation where officials and businessmen call each other brothers and sisters, hello and I am good at the wine table, and even ask businessmen to ask for them to come to the door, and the difference in social status is too far.

If you really want to communicate deeply, then at least wait until the political situation in Hebei is stable, and even when it is included in the territory of Lu Bu's effective control, it will be safe and secure, and you can also establish a loose structure like the Bingzhou Chamber of Commerce.

However, in this era, except for some businessmen, most of the merchants are still relatively regional, and there are almost no merchants who can really pass through to all states and places in the country.

Take the most common rice industry in this year, from a commercial point of view, if the rice industry really wants to make money, according to the principle of far away, it still has to be far away from the origin of rice or simply unable to produce and supply rice at all, and in fact, at this time, the rice industry is already in front of other industries in this era in terms of breaking through the regionality, but even so, it can only cover a certain range.

For example, the largest Xingji rice store in Bingzhou now only covers the four counties of Wuyuan, Xihe, Shangdang and Taiyuan, although there are reasons for the lack of population in these counties in Yunzhong, it is indeed difficult to expand again with its ability, after all, there will be more and more factors other than business that need to be considered by merchants who break through the land of one county.

Under the rule of Lu Bu, it is still good, and Xingji Mixing can be regarded as "private", but there must be some entangled and unclear relationships with local governments; But for example, in Sili, the two largest rice banks are directly Fu Wan and Dong Cheng, the two current abbots and the largest imperial relatives, operating behind the scenes, so that the development of the economy of one party can not be promoted, but may hinder the development.

If there is no official background, but simply "private", in this case, if you want to go to more places, there will be more and more things that need to be considered, and many times there is regional protectionism in many places, and it is not so simple for outsiders to want to infiltrate.

In short, there are many troublesome places in this matter, and there are many things to consider, so if Lu Bu's idea is to be realized in the end, there is still a long way to go, and the overall environment and concept need to be changed, and he also needs to deliberately guide and protect him.

But these will be a later story.

In the end, under the guidance of Chen Lan, more than a dozen local merchants were selected for the assembly of the Chamber of Commerce, and as the Chamber of Commerce, the business delegation will go to Hebei in the near future, and Liang Shuang is also among them.

Moreover, in order to ensure maximum safety, they will also pass directly through the three counties of Dingxiang, Yunzhong, and Yanmen, and pass through a short section of Youzhou, where Lu Bu has also greeted them, and Gongsun Du will send troops to escort them; Finally, it directly entered Zhongshan County, Jizhou.

Of course, they may not be able to completely relax when they get here, after all, the relationship between Han Fu and Wen Hou is not so friendly, not to mention that Han Fu seems to have fallen into madness when he hears rumors at this time, so after entering Zhongshan Kingdom, their whereabouts may be more careful and low-key.

Fortunately, over there, Wuji Zhen and some other big local merchants have already made some preparations to minimize the risk, and there will be those secret sons of Lu Bu's spy group who have been lurking here for a long time along the way to help, as long as they are careful and there are no big mistakes, it will still be very smooth.

After hastily preparing and explaining the trivial matters of their own homes, they were ready to set off the next day. (To be continued......)