Xu Zhaoxue stared at Xiao Furong with a serious look of seeking advice.

"Huh? This question is so profound. Xiao Furong couldn't say those embarrassing things to a boudoir daughter anyway, but it was not okay not to answer at this time, so she could only say to Xu Zhaoxue: "You don't have to worry about this, anyway, after the man holds you, they will do those things themselves, we just need to obey the man we love, no, don't care so much." ”

Xiao Furong finally finished speaking, Xu Zhaoxue nodded, and said quietly: "But, he hugged me last night, why didn't he feel like he had done anything?" Did it happen, I don't know? Xu Zhaoxue touched her head with a puzzled look.

Liu Zhang came out of the room and immediately pinched his forehead: "Ya, this is a big disaster." ”

Not only is he going to marry Xu Zhaoxue, but the affairs of the Xu family are even more difficult to refuse bluntly, but he still has no clue now.

At this time, a soldier came to report: "Lord, the major merchants in Chang'an have come, and the military advisor asks you, when will you see them?" ”

"Now." Liu Zhang glanced back at Xiao Furong's room and walked quickly to the front hall.

Yin Bai, Qu Xi, Jin Fatzi, and all the influential businessmen in the Sichuan military jurisdiction came, and Huang Yueying sat aside and talked to the people of the Huang family in Jingzhou.

The Huang family in Jingzhou has shifted from a traditional family to a commercial family, almost silently, and even the clansmen themselves do not feel the process of change, as if they have suddenly transitioned.

At first, it was Huang Yueying who persuaded the Huang family to hibern, saying that no matter what, it would be good to be dormant, so the Huang family did not rebel with other clans according to their interests.

Even if the only time the Huang family felt that the rebellion of the Shi clan was in control, they were all concentrated in Huangjiawan by Huang Yueying. Then he sent Huzi to lead his troops to block the way out. The people of the Huang family couldn't get out if they wanted to rebel.

Water transport from the very beginning. The goods of merchants in Shuzhong were sold to the Central Plains of Jiangdong, and the Huang family gradually accumulated money by transferring grain and other items from the Central Plains of Jiangdong to Shuzhong.

Later, when they started their own business, the people of the Huang family unconsciously felt the charm of money, which was not much worse than land.

In addition, the other traditional clans have almost all been uprooted, and there is no longer the atmosphere on the land, but many low-level people in the outside world have started to make money in business. Some new business giants have emerged.

The change of atmosphere gradually affected the Huang family, and the Huang family in Jingzhou was slowly and imperceptibly transformed until now it has completely become a business family.

The Huang family is a family that rarely retreats in the Sichuan army, and the Wu family of the other Wu Ban, the Huang family of Huang Quan, the Qu family of Quxi, and the Deng family of Deng Xian joined the rebel party in the original rebellion, and these families are now. They are all families that have risen after being hit hard.

Applying both soft and hard to the family, silently changing the nature of the family. Huang Yueying's wisdom can also be seen from it.

Seeing Liu Zhang's arrival, all the businessmen saluted together, Yin Bai and the others were all smiling, as the merchants who had been following Liu Zhang, now enjoying the biggest dividend of the rise of the Sichuan army, of course happy, but the golden fat man looked depressed, obviously still worried about the poppy matter.

"You don't have to be polite, please take a seat." Liu Zhang sat on the throne and said to all the businessmen: "I have called everyone here today, there is nothing else, but the internal affairs of our Sichuan Army may enter the next stage, and you should be prepared as people who have made outstanding contributions to the prosperity of our Han Dynasty." ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu." As soon as Liu Zhang finished speaking, Yin Bai stood up: "We can have today, we all rely on the Sichuan army, His Royal Highness the King of Shu is right, the development of the Sichuan army is about to enter the next stage, and the world is about to be reunified."

In order for the Han Dynasty to be unified and stable as soon as possible, and the people can live a stable and good life, it is incumbent on us businessmen to fund the Sichuan army, and I, Yin Bai, have prepared the money and grain donated to the soldiers of the Sichuan army, but the amount is not much, about 200,000 stone grain, 30 million yuan of military salary. ”

"That's a lot of money." A small businessman sighed, but he couldn't help it, and he also stood up and showed that the amount of his donation was much less than that of Yin Bai, but it was not less.

The merchants expressed their willingness to donate.

These businessmen naturally have the consideration of donating money to get the support of the Sichuan army, and if they want to mix in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan army, how can they not pull out a dime from the Sichuan army.

But not only that, these merchants also hope that the Sichuan army will dominate the world, they are not selling weapons, Liu Zhang does not allow them to sell grain, they can't make war money, but after unification, they can build more workshops and merchants, and sell more widely.

So donating the last battle of the Sichuan army, these businessmen were still willing.

However, Liu Zhang waved his hand and said: "You have such enthusiasm, this king is very happy, but what this king said is that it has entered a new stage, not that the Sichuan army is about to launch a general attack on the Wei army and the Wu army, but that it will enter a new stage in terms of the economy of the territory, and I ask you a question." ”

Liu Zhang's expression swept over each merchant gently, although his eyes were gentle, but when he heard Liu Zhang want to ask a question, these businessmen's hearts jumped nervously, and they cheered up 120,000 points of spirit, ready to answer.

"What is the most important thing in business? Or rather, what is the premise of doing business? Liu Zhang asked.

"Business acumen and business vision, of course." Yin Bai immediately replied, and then talked eloquently: "I have been a businessman for all these years, and I finally fully realized the importance of mind and vision.

If you don't have a brain, even if the opportunity is given to you, you can't do it, not only can you not make money, but you will also go bankrupt. ”

Liu Zhang nodded, "Well said, what do you think?" Liu Zhang looked at the others.

The crowd immediately began to talk nonsense.

"I think the most important thing is the capital." The fat man suddenly interjected sullenly, now the fat man is worried about the capital, and now he can still stand in this Shu Mansion as a big businessman, maybe in five years, he will stand in prison, of course he thinks that money is the most important.

Liu Zhang smiled slightly, and then Qu Xi said: "I think it should be a stable market and buying crowd, without this, not to mention that business cannot flourish, and business cannot develop at all." ”

"Quxi's thoughts are similar to mine." Liu Zhang said, other businessmen all looked at Quxi, Yin Bai was a little depressed, as if all along, his limelight had been stolen by this Quxi, and the boss was angry in his heart.

Liu Zhang continued: "The most important thing in business is to have a buying group, that is, consumers, and consumers are not equal to population, consumers are precisely speaking, people with purchasing power. ”

"Good tongue twister."

Yin Bai said a word, Huang Yueying also looked at Liu Zhang strangely, and always felt that it was not right, why did Liu Zhang always pop up some new words in his mouth, it seems that in many aspects, the lord does not know much about himself, but in some aspects he understands, he has never heard of it at all.

"Is there any secret book in the royal family that the world can't reach?" Huang Yueying thought that now that she saw the treasures of the palace, there was no obstacle for her at all, and Huang Yueying decided to supplement her knowledge.

Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Let's put it directly, the reason why I say that our internal affairs will enter a new stage is because there will be a large number of buyers here, that is, consumers, who will pay for your goods and help Dahan business prosper." ”

"A large number of buyers?" The eyes of all the businessmen were shining, but they didn't know why Liu Zhang would say that.

Liu Zhang said: "In fact, you should also feel that every time a new business stimulus is opened, such as the Southwest Silk Road, the annexation of the Western Regions, and some stimulus policies, such as the issuance of grain subsidies to farmers, it can bring some commercial prosperity."

But it will soon be saturated, and this is because these policies can bring in new consumer groups, and the farmers have money, and it is impossible to store it all under the mat, and of course they will use it to buy things, so that business will be stimulated.

Therefore, the most important condition for business is nothing else, that is, the people live a prosperous life and have enough surplus money to carry out business activities.

In the past, several policies that were conducive to the people's food and clothing and left surplus money, liberated the land in the hands of the clans, reduced the taxes of the common people, the planting method popularized by Yueying, the implementation of double-cropping rice, the implementation of Zhancheng rice, the financial subsidies for foreign races, and the grain subsidies for farmers, all these behaviors promoted commerce.

Therefore, if you want to be richer, the only thing you can hope for is that the greatest number of people have more money to spend, and if they are struggling to make ends meet, it will not work.

And now. Liu Zhang looked at the crowd: "You should have heard that last winter, red lotus and pumpkin were successfully planted in a wide range of Guanzhong, and now they have been distributed to Jingzhou, Yizhou, Yunnan, Jiaozhou, Liangzhou, Nanyang, Yuzhou, Heluodi, Xiahetao, and Bingzhou.

The yield of these two crops is more than 10 times that of rice, and the yield of red vetch is even more than 20 times. ”

As soon as Liu Zhang finished speaking, all the businessmen's eyes lit up, they also heard that Guanzhong tried to plant new crops, and heard that the yield was very high, but they had never felt like now, and it had such a big impact on their business.

Liu Zhang's cultivation of these two crops was different from that of the Ming Dynasty, which took too long to plant new crops, although after the introduction of new crops, the population expanded extremely quickly.

However, because it is not a sudden change in yield, it does not have such a shocking effect, that is, when these high-yield crops are almost promoted, they are accompanied by population growth, which is a gradual change.

However, Liu Zhang tried to plant crops, but there was no gradual planting like the Ming Dynasty, and the people saw that other families had planted them, so they conservatively accepted it.

Instead, after the successful trial in Guanzhong, most of the seeds will be retained and expanded to eight states, which will inevitably achieve an explosion of production. (To be continued......)