Chapter 2: Chamber of Commerce

"Jia Wenhe meets Wenhou ......"

When Jia Xu heard Lu Bu's summons, he immediately put down what he was doing, and only he did this kind of thing, but he never made any mistakes, and Lu Bu just nodded to him later, and he didn't take it to heart.

Jia Xu is still wondering what Lu Bu is looking for himself to do, now it can be said that everything in the state is tentative, once Qiqi is on the right track and running well, it stands to reason that the busiest should be Xihe County at present, in fact, even if Lu Bu is going to be busy now, but the real busiest are the masters of these places.

For example, Jia Xu was urgently recalled to Jiuyuan by Lu Bu this time, and he was still feeling strange, but fortunately, although Chen Li's ability was good, he needed a moment to see if he could be on his own, so Jia Xu also pushed the boat down the river and took this opportunity to rush back, and then let Chen Li and Cao Xing sit in charge of the overall situation for each other.

As soon as he returned to Jiuyuan, Jia Xu rushed to Lu Bu without stopping, but he didn't delay for half a minute.

The people of Jiuyuan Lu Mansion naturally knew Jia Xu's identity, and they would not hinder him in any way, and introduced him into the living room, Lu Bu seemed to know that he was coming back at this time, and he had been waiting here for a long time.

Jia Xu only thought about it for a while and came back to his senses, Lu Bu is the lord of the state, although his spy team is now under Jia Xu's control, but to say that he secretly does not have a force of his own, Jia Xu will not believe it.

Jia Xu had vaguely heard before that in addition to the intelligence agent and spy force under his command, Wen Hou also had a special spy team composed of all women, which was said to be led by the fourth lady Diao Chan. But it won't be groundless.

He was right, although Lu Bu was a little predictable about the general trend of historical development, he was not able to predict it, and he would know that Jia Xu was back and came directly to wait here for the news that was completely obtained from the women's group under Diao Chan.

In terms of the current development situation, the women's group has initially opened up the situation in Bingzhou, Sili, Yuzhou and even most areas of Hebei, and this rapid development speed made Lu Bu a little unexpected.

And there is also an intangible benefit that this has brought a lot of cash flow to Lu Bu from another aspect, although the current development of the state will only get better and better, and Lu Bu, the ruler, will obviously not lack this.

"Wenhe, let's sit down first." Lu Bu didn't need to put up any shelf in front of a confidant like Jia Xu, and sat casually. There is a small case on the couch, and there are some small drinks and dishes on the table. He was eating and drinking casually, and he also invited Jia Xu to sit down at will.

Jia Xu was respectful and respectful, and he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, it wasn't that he wanted to alienate Lu Bu. It's all a matter of character.

Lu Bu looked at Jia Xu like this. After thinking about it, it's better to get straight to the point. Let Jia Xu have a drink with himself first, and then start to say when Jia Xu began to put down his chopsticks: "Wen He may be wondering what Ben Hou's purpose is to let you rush back this time, right?" In fact, Ben Hou wants you to do something, and it is clearly related to the development of the state. ”

"I would like to listen to Wen Hou's order...... even if I am actually confused now. Jia Xu still said so.

Lu Bu waved his hand, "Actually, it's very simple, Ben Hou wants Wen He to gather the big and small businessmen in the state from now on, and Ben Hou wants to combine the merchants in this territory who were originally scattered like sand into a force, called the Chamber of Commerce, which can not only plan for its collective development at a critical time, but also jointly resist foreign invasion." At the same time, these people are integrated and checked and balanced by the government, which can also reduce a lot of unnecessary troubles. ”

For Lu Bu, the reason why he chose to say these things to Jia Xu was naturally due to his considerations, compared to Chen Gong, he would be more rigid, but Jia Xu was more receptive to these "new ideas", and he had followed Lu Bu for so long, and he was mentally prepared for many things, at least he would not instinctively reject it with prejudice when he heard what Lu Bu said.

And many of the "novel terms" in Lu Bu's words, Jia Xu will be able to understand it after listening to it a lot, but even if he wants to figure it out completely, it is not easy, because his concept has been finalized, and what Lu Bu wants to do now is almost subvert the general thing, is it possible?

It seems that in later generations, women should accept the concept of three wives and four concubines, which is obviously out of step with the times and incompatible with most people in the entire surrounding environment.

In Lu Bu's view, the establishment of a chamber of commerce is a must, and this chamber of commerce should also start from the people and be selected by the market.

It's a pity that in this world, even a resourceful person like Jia Xu doesn't pay attention to such things, which may be limited to his vision, or maybe he has his own considerations, but in any case, Lu Bu feels that he has an obligation to guide.

He saw that Jia Xu was thinking about his words, and continued: "Wenhe may not see it now, but throughout ancient times, there were Tao Zhugong in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and there were Lu Buweiqi goods to live in, these businessmen may be mercenary, or opportunistic, but it is undeniable that commercial development has a positive role in promoting the whole society. What was the biggest change that Wen Heke saw after the Qin Dynasty unified the currency? It is the rise and development of commercial towns, because of the frequent trade exchanges, the increase of merchants, and the gradual increase in interpersonal exchanges, which further promotes the rise of a city. In fact, whether it is a city or a town, its foundation lies in the population, the people regard food as the sky, and the agriculture is the foundation of the people, which is not wrong in today's view, but it is inappropriate to overly devalue the role and status of merchants. Just like this time, the circulation of Nayang was destroyed due to the production of inferior coins, which should have been directly related to the merchants, but unexpectedly affected the whole people and the whole society, and it is obvious that this is the evil result of ignoring the power of merchants and the laws of commerce. There are lessons from the past, and we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past in any case. ”

Jia Xu only understood a little at this time, "I know, in fact, Wen Hou did this to prevent the commercial turmoil near Luoyang from spreading to Bingzhou?" In addition to what Lu Bu directly mentioned just now, it is also related to the role of the Chamber of Commerce in uniting to resist external invasion as mentioned earlier, and he drew inferences from one another.

Lu Bu nodded, glanced at Jia Xu approvingly, he was very satisfied that Jia Xu was able to comprehend it so quickly, so that he could spend a lot of words, "Because of the fault of the Son of Heaven and the malice of the ministers, it is undoubtedly extremely unfair to ask all the people in the world to pay." Of course, with our current forces, it is not enough to think about the world, so we can only take care of ourselves first. Now that the state is just on the right track of development, it will be able to achieve complete self-sufficiency in the coming year, and in this case, there is no hope that something will go wrong. ”

Jia Xu was used to and even numb to some unheard of new words that popped out of Lu Bu's mouth from time to time, anyway, he just knew the meaning, and he wouldn't pay so much attention, but he was still a little surprised in his heart at the moment, surprised by the deep meaning of Lu Bu's words.

Jia Xu thinks that he has never been a good person, and he rarely thinks about the people in the world or anything, and sometimes he can't take care of it so much?

But this does not prevent the admiration of this kind of person, just like Lu Bu at this moment, Jia Xu has no doubt about the true ingredients in his words, and he doesn't need to deliberately say such things in front of him. (To be continued......)