Yue Ji is getting more and more beautiful and fragrant. According to her, this is the newly developed 'daughter incense', which is made by picking incense from hundreds of kinds of stamens and then steaming and drying nine times.

I don't know what's wrong, as soon as she sees Bai Dong, she will twist her thin waist and come up, but she is beautiful and her voice is delicate, which makes Bai Dong, a good contemporary man and husband, a little helpless.

"Are you really in a hurry to see Wei Shen? The prince of Da Wei came with Hui Shi and was very sincere. After all, Wei is still the largest country in Shandong and the hegemonic leader of Huaisi, and if we can cooperate with Wei, it will be of great benefit to our business. ”

Fan Kui didn't pretend to be mysterious today, he wore a clean and refreshing green cloth robe and a cloth crown, and if he took a feather fan, it would be similar to Zhuge Wuhou. chatting with Bai Dong, praising the wine made by the Bai family is good, I heard that most of today's wine is brewed by the bitter wine supervision, which made him even more envious, saying that although he has more than a dozen wives and concubines, none of them can compare with Mrs. Shangxijun, this is the gap.

His mouth is sweeter than honey, this is a profiteer.

Bai Dong looked at Fan Wei with a smile: "Brother Fan, the interests of the Western Regions and the Fan family share a lot of profits, right?" If I change to you, I should keep my promise and obediently wait for Lao Qin to go west in the future and make a lot of money again. How can you be so greedy? Wei Shen is just that, and Hui Shi's old and cunning people are also going to provoke? I've seen this person, but he has a pair of mouse eyes, and his gaze is uncertain when he looks at people, which shows that this person is good at arguing and fluctuating, and I don't want to deal with this kind of person. "Historically, the benefits are really not good. Although Zhuangzi, a friend who forgets his years, has added a lot of luster to him. But he's a columnist. Just like Su Qin and Zhang Yi. is good at arguing with the tongue and is only born at the right time; Don't think about making friends with these people, these people will do diplomatic work in the future generations, and they will do everything to achieve their goals. In Bai Dong's eyes, the famous Keiko is not even as reliable as a money-hungry villain like Du Zhi, don't look down on the villain, the gentleman can be a friend, the villain can also be, what I am most afraid of is this kind of gentleman-like villain mentality.

The mutton on the shelf had been roasted until it was browned, and Bai Dong personally brushed some oil on it. Sprinkled with fine salt and new spices seized from Alibaba, a strong smell of cumin rose up, reminiscent of his previous life. Nowadays, even the Western Regions have not introduced cumin, and after seizing this kind of thing from the Persians, Bai Dong is overjoyed, and he can finally feast on it.

Tear off a piece of mutton and hand it to Yue Ji, and chew it himself, Bai Dong didn't continue to speak, just waiting for Fan Kui to take the initiative to speak. He understands the thoughts of the Fan family too well, since the generation of Tao Zhugong Fan Li, although the business of the Fan family is known all over the world. In fact, it has not completely penetrated the countries of Shandong, especially the Wei State. The state of Wei under Wei Ying's rule was like a military monster. Influenced by Li Kui's 'teaching of the best of the earth', it was far less open to commerce than Chuqi, and the more famous the world's big trading companies, the more they would be bound by the Wei government, but Wei was the central power of Shandong, and the Fan family's business had to be supported by Wei if they wanted to go to a higher level. After the defeat of Wei to Lao Qin, Pang Juan was pitted to Qin by himself, and now Wei Shenhui Shi Gongzi Ang and his party began to gradually control the government.

Although Bai Dong also had some kind of private agreement with Wei Shen, but now the form is different, he is actually not in a hurry to cooperate with Wei State; This is just like the business negotiation in the future, and the business that has the initiative does not need to lower its profile, so that the more anxious the other party, the better. Therefore, Fan Kui came to be a middleman at this time to help the Bai family and Lao Qin, in the final analysis, he was still seeking benefits for his own family.

Seeing that Bai Dong deliberately ignored himself, Fan Qi sighed unconsciously. This Xijun is not very old, but he is more cunning than the old fox! For the benefit of the Fan family, do you want to expose that relationship? If it doesn't work, her mind hasn't been guessed yet, but at this time, she can't mention it, if it doesn't work, the Fan family will lose a lot.

"Xijun actually Wei Shen has a friendly heart for Lao Qin, and this time he also wants to negotiate a deal with Baizi, if"

"Brother Fan doesn't need to say it, what can I do for you?"

Bai Dong swallowed the mutton in a few bites, took the cloth towel and cleaned his hands, and drank the tea slowly, then said with a smile: "As soon as Pang Juan left, the Wei dynasty changed greatly, and the Huaisi princes who had been strong Wei for a long time also gradually became wait-and-see, and Wei Ying was even more tired. Although Wei Shen was defeated, he had long been trusted in the army, and when he cleared the Pang family, he was even more of a sharp iron method, coupled with the assistance of Gongzi Ang, a generous and old man, and Hui Shi, a loyal old fox, to protect it, and now he can faintly intervene in court politics. But he is the son of the world after all, if he doesn't make great contributions to Wei, he still can't replace Wei Ying, and wait until Wei Ying enjoys his old age? It's too difficult, Wei Ying doesn't have any other skills, but he is proficient in the way of health preservation, and his longevity can be expected, Wei Shen doesn't want to be a white-headed son, so he must quickly establish his trust in the court and the people. But how do you build your trust? It is impossible to rely on fighting, no matter how arrogant Wei Shen is, he knows that he is not as good as Pang Juan, and now he looks east at Yan and Zhao Qi, and there is no chance of destroying the country; Looking west at Lao Qin, my Daqin is several times stronger than back then, and I don't have to fight at all. If you can't fight, you have to rely on the people's livelihood to establish trust, but it's a pity that Wei has first-class agriculture and third-rate commerce, and he wants to reform the people's livelihood and make the people rich by ordinary means, unless he joins forces with my Bai family trading company, there is a glimmer of possibility, after all, the current relationship between Qin and Wei is delicate, and friends and enemies are in a thought. He's a good calculus, but why should I count him as a share? Just because your brother Fan is here to be a speaker, just for the interests of your Fan family in the Wei State? It's ridiculous! The Bai family and the Fan family are just cooperative relations, only interests, and we are not relatives."

Yue Ji gently pursed her small mouth and snuggled over, letting half of her bare fragrant shoulders stay in Bai Dong's line of sight: "Bai Zi, how about Yue Ji is also your old friend, don't you look at Yue Ji's face?" ”

"Haha, the old man is the old man, and you are still a fragrant beauty, men will be fascinated when they see it, but unfortunately your face is not enough."

Bai Dong laughed. He is not in a hurry, it is only a matter of time before he cooperates with Wei. Otherwise, there would have been no tacit agreement with Wei Shen that day. But cooperation is cooperation. It must be done if the other party has full conditions. When it comes to business negotiations, can a businessman of this era still be more shrewd than a man who worked as a lawyer in later generations?

"Baizi is really powerful, my brother admires it. Whether the Fan family can enter the Wei State this time and get huge benefits is all up to Baizi, if Baizi has any conditions, but it doesn't matter, Fan Wei will never ask for it! ”

"Good. Brother Fan is so happy, then I'll say it directly. ”

Bai Dong nodded secretly. The descendants of the Fan family are really good, if they change others, they may have to change their ways to bargain with themselves, but the more generous this Fan is the better, the more he is not excessive. Anyway, this major event is related to the Chinese economy, and once it is established, it will affect the millennium, but it is not something that the Bai family trading company can do alone. The Xu family, the Fan family, and even the princes of various countries must jointly exert influence, and now Fan Kui and Wei Ying are sent to the door by themselves. It saves me a lot of effort.

"After the establishment of Fenghui Money Bank, although it is a very important business content, such as depositing and taking commercial loans and remittances, it is not the most critical point, Brother Fan is the descendant of Tao Zhugong and the genius of the merchant, what do you think?"

"Hehe, access to remittance is actually important, it can gather a large amount of cash for the Bai family, forming a terrifying force; However, Bai Zi's intention is lofty, how can he only see money? Fenghui launched the exchange project, which is to help the world's merchants solve the most headache problem, this alone, the Chinese business transaction will be one out of ten, Lao Qin is especially beneficial, because the merchants who come to Lao Qin to exchange huàn from the Qin Yuan money can be more suitable than anywhere, and the fool will not come to the Qin State to do business. There are more merchants who come to Qin, and the government can make up for the loss of money just by collecting commercial taxes? "Fenghui Money Bank's exchange price is simply sold cheaply to merchants from all over the world, Bai Dong is not stupid, will he do this kind of money-losing business? Fan Kui's eyes are poisonous, and he has long seen Bai Dong's thoughts, in the future, all countries will establish Fenghui money banks, and such a suitable ratio will only appear in the Qin State, and the merchants are profit-seeking, so it is strange not to come to the Qin State.

Bai Dong smiled, Fan Wei is very smart, but he likes to go around the bend, and it seems that he still has to pick it out himself: "Brother Fan is so smart, why avoid the important and light?" You should be able to see my intention to launch the new silver, this is the key to the Chinese economy, could it be that the descendants of Tao Zhugong can bear to stay out of the matter and stand by? ”

"Me"

Fan Qi smiled bitterly: "Baizi, promote new silver to replace copper coins, and it is also a ten-for-one push, this is a transaction that wants to lose the capital?" No, it's not a sale at all, it's throwing money! Bai Zi wouldn't want the Fan family to be involved, right? The Fan family is not short of money, but there is no reason to throw money in vain. ”

"You're fascinated by money, and you can't see the scenery in the distance! Since the time of the Three Emperors and Emperor Wudi, there were shell coins and stone coins in China, and in the Shang period, they were replaced by copper coins, the reason is nothing more than that shell stones and other things have no value and cannot become circulating things for a long time, but gold and silver are too expensive. But when it comes to use, how can gold and silver extravagance compare to copper and iron? All the copper and iron in the world have been used to make coins, which is the biggest waste of resources! If silver is used as a coin, it can not only save the trouble of heavy and difficult to carry copper and iron coins, but also make effective use of these copper and iron resources, which is the real chaos, and it is most suitable to use this extravagant thing for circulation. However, if we want to change the situation of copper and iron currency as the 'standard', we need to work together, and what is the point of losing some money temporarily? Once the 'silver standard' is successfully implemented, it will bring immeasurable benefits to China! ”

The development of money is actually very interesting, from the worthless stone coin to the copper and iron coin, and from the copper standard to the silver standard, and then to the modern era back to the basics of paper money, but the emergence of paper money also made inflation easy to occur, Zimbabwe is an example. 'Paper money has always been equated with the conscience of the government', this is true.

Now Huaxia is still in the era of valuing the value of the currency itself, so copper and iron coins will be popular all over the world, but as Bai Dong said, this is a huge waste of resources; Compared with the gold and silver that only the aristocratic princes can enjoy, it is copper and iron that are really closely related to the lives of the people. And how much of a role will it play in enhancing China's strength? The Huaxia in the history books may not care about this, but Bai Dong will care very much, as early as when he began to travel through the Western Regions, his eyes have been set on the world.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in later generations used a large number of troops against the Xiongnu, and the consumption of copper and iron resources was too great, so he once minted three kinds of silver coins, hoping to replace copper coins and iron coins, but because the silver resources in China were limited, they could not be implemented; But Bai Dong will not worry about the problem of silver resources, he knows where to find enough silver, now as long as the Chinese people know, silver can also be used as currency, and try to promote it from now on, and when a large amount of silver is found in the future, Huaxia can leap into the era of the 'silver standard' in one fell swoop.

"Bai Zi is right, if you can save a lot of copper and iron resources, it is naturally wonderful to replace it with silver. But now, where do we go to find a lot of silver? Huaxia silver mines are only a dozen, and the price is expensive, now promote the new silver at the ratio of ten for one, we will all lose money! ”

Fan Kui: This is really anxious. (To be continued......)

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