Wolves slammed into the city. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The oldest fortress on the Great Wall, it can be said that there is no one.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin State set up a beacon here to guard against the Di people in the north.

In the early years of the Warring States period, the three families were divided.

The newly-born Zhao State, in order to maintain and strengthen the border, dismantled the wolf from Jinyang and placed it as a separate county, called "Wolf Mengyi".

This is also the origin of the wolf slam.

Since then, the wolf has been the dividing line between civilization and barbarism, and everything has changed to this day.

Standing on the hill on the side of the straight road where the wolf was plugged, Sima Qian's eyes were about to pop out as he looked at the dense business travelers rushing on the straight road in front of him.

"There are at least hundreds of heavy wagons here, right?" Sima Qian sighed with emotion: "The materials carried in these carriages weigh at least 10,000 stones!" ”

Several other young people who accompanied him also nodded and sighed.

There was even a young man dressed as a Confucian student, who said indignantly: "Jia people have brought disaster to the country and the people, and the people have lost their money!" ”

Others are also more or less disgusted and tired of facing Shang Jia in their hearts.

After all, everyone is not a fool, and they are not nerds who stay at home, ignore what is going on outside the window, and only read the books of sages.

In this world, nerds are not popular!

In the past, there was a famous chicken soup article.

is about the ram faction giant Dong Zhongshu when he was young.

It is said that when Dong Zhongshu was a teenager, his father built a garden for him in order to give him a place to play.

Du Du Dong Zhongshu didn't even enter the gate of the garden.

Buried in the study, reading poetry and books.

This is the once famous story - three years without peeking into the garden.

Countless people have taken this story to spur their children: Why can Dong Zi have today's achievements? It's just that people study very hard, they don't play if they have fun, bury themselves in reading, look at you! Every day you know that you are naughty!

I don't know how many young people, when they were young, they were taught and spurred by their parents and elders with this paragraph.

But in the past two years, the rumors have changed.

Even Dong Zhongshu's disciples were reluctant to mention anything about 'not peeping into the garden for three years'.

And the protagonists of the stories of parents spurring their children have also changed from Dong Zhongshu to Zhang Tang, Ji Di, and Yan Yi.

The story of Zhang Tang's eight-year-old trial of rats is known to the world.

And behind all these changes, it is not only because of the talents of the country, but also because of the changes in the hearts of the people in the world.

In the past, the king of Chu had a thin waist, and he starved to death in the palace.

Nowadays, the Son of Heaven likes characters like Guan Zhong and Beiping Wenhou.

The people of the world naturally voted with their feet and made their own choices.

Now, from the princes and ministers to the scholars and bureaucrats, young people have begun to travel.

Depending on the family's financial situation and ability, the scope of travel varies.

And the number of otaku nerds has dropped dramatically.

Especially the generation that grew up in the Yuande period is the gentleman who wants to go out to have a good time, and he also knows the banner of "collecting style" and "studying abroad".

The older generation is a little uncomfortable.

Just like the post-70s who felt that the post-80s pills, the post-80s felt that the post-90s probably had to kneel.

Things are clustered and people are grouped.

Sima Qian's companions who traveled all over the world were certainly not as good as that.

Basically, they are the families of scholars and doctors, the elite children of the clan of eunuchs.

Moreover, basically they have followed their fathers and worked in the yamen, so they know the current social situation and the subtleties of the current situation.

Even the children of historians like Sima Qian are clear in their hearts.

Although now, in order to support the war against the Xiongnu, the imperial court and the local government have vigorously repaired and widened the roads, and even began to build rail carriages for transportation.

However, logistics costs are still high and scary.

The stories of the Battle of Mayi and the Battle of Gaoque tell people that on average, for every 50 stone of grain and grass, 20 stone will be consumed on the road.

This is still under the premise that there are no accidents and natural disasters!

And now, these heavy-duty carriages are carrying such a large amount of materials out of the jam at a time of peace.

It is foreseeable that their cost will definitely be higher than that of the imperial court.

Of the fifty stones of grain and grass, half of them can be transported to the destination, and they should laugh.

And what can be exchanged for these many materials out of the jam?

The left and right are just gold, pearls, and skins that cannot be eaten or worn, and are not beneficial to the country and the people!

No one will forget the lesson of the fall of the Qin Empire.

Everyone knows that the death of Qin was due to the unscrupulous increase in the burden of the people by the imperial court.

Now, the Son of Heaven and the imperial court are lightly taxing the people and rewarding farming, but the merchants are desperately digging into the country's walls.

In order to make a small profit, China's grain and grass will be transported to the grassland!

How can young people not be angry?

Sima Qian was even more puzzled in his heart: "Your Majesty asked me to go out of the fortress and go to Dragon City to find the answer...... Can you really find the answer in Dragon City? ”

"Why don't I ask?"

So, Sima Qian said to the Confucian student: "I once heard that there was a person in the state of Chu who was reading, and I saw that there was a saying in the book: The praying mantis serves the cicada and can be invisible. So he was overjoyed and thought: If anyone could get that leaf, wouldn't he be able to hide himself? So he went under his tree to look for it, and when he stumbled upon it, he reached out and plucked it off. Unexpectedly, the leaf fell to the ground. There were already fallen leaves under the tree, and they were mixed together and could no longer be recognized. This person had no choice but to pick up all the leaves, packed them several times and went home, took the leaves at home to try, and asked his wife: Can you see me? At first, my wife kept saying, "I can see." Later, after tossing and turning all day, his wife became tired and impatient, so she lied to him and said, "I can't see it!" When the man heard this, his heart was secretly overjoyed, and he hurriedly took the chosen leaves in his bosom and ran out into the street. When he arrived in the downtown area, he held up the leaves of the trees, and took other people's things in front of him as if there was no one around. As a result, he was caught red-handed by government officials and escorted to the county office. When the magistrate interrogated him, he honestly recounted the whole story. The county magistrate laughed when he heard this, and let him go without punishment. ”

This story is a fable of the state of Chu that his teacher Sima Jizhu once told him.

At this moment, Sima Qian said it, and the others naturally immediately understood what Sima Qian meant, although they didn't like it in their hearts, but in the end, they were young people, and they didn't have any thoughts, and they all said: "Brother is right, I can't be that Chu person!" ”

I have to say that the term Chu people is a typical backstabbing man in the Han Dynasty, just like the Henan people in later generations.

In general fables and folklore, fools, dumbfounders or negative examples are all Chu people.

I don't know who brought the ethos.

In short, you can find out if you look through the idiom dictionary.

What kind of monkey and crown, ah, the sheep and the sheep, the toes are high-spirited, the wind and horses and cows are not related...... And so on, all of them are Chu people as the protagonists.

Today, the protagonist of Sima Qian's story is also a Chu person.

It can only be said that the Heichu people have been a tradition for hundreds of years.

However, the creators of most of these stories are still Chu people themselves......

For example, Zhuangzi, for example, Sima Qian, his teacher, Sima Host......

So the group walked down the hillside, came to the side of the road, and found a team of merchants who were repairing on the side of the road, Sima Qian took the lead and bowed his hand and said: "The younger generation has learned at the end of the year, traveled the world, passed through here, saw your lord and merchant, was curious, and came to ask for advice......

In the caravan, a man who looked to be in his thirties heard this, walked out, bowed in return, and said, "Don't dare!" But the princes have asked something, and they say everything! ”

Sima Qian then asked, "I don't know where you want to go, what you are transporting?" ”

The man smiled when he heard this: "I want to go to Shunde......

"What is there in Shunde that makes Your Excellency travel thousands of miles to it?" Sima Qian asked again.

The man smiled slightly, took out an object, handed it to Sima Qian, and said, "We are here for this thing!" ”

Sima Qian took it and saw that it was a pinch of white wool!

What can wool do?

Sima Qian didn't know, and everyone was confused.

Only that Confucian scholar, with an unknown luster in his eyes, obviously thought of something!

"This thing, but what Shaofu wants?" The Confucian asked.

When the merchant heard this, he looked at the other party a few more times, and then said with a smile: "Exactly! Shaofu is currently making every effort to purchase this thing, and a stone of wool can get a thousand dollars, and in that Shunde land, a cart of corn can be exchanged for more than ten stones of wool! ”

Sima Qian was surprised when he heard this.

In Guanzhong, the price of grain is maintained between 50 and 60 yuan all year round.

This kind of heavy-duty carriage can carry grain from 30 to 50 stone per cart.

The market value is about 2,000 yuan, and it is shipped to Shunde, and it can be profitable more than ten times when it changes hands!

It's crazy!

The merchant continued, "Of course, we don't have to limit ourselves to wool...... We have received all the leathers, and all the livestock, and all the gold, and the jewels. ”

He was obviously in a very good mood, patient, and said to everyone: "These carriages of mine, from Taiyuan to Shunde, it takes a month to go back and forth, but you can make a profit twenty times!" We only need to make three trips a year, which is enough to add 10 more cars and employ 100 people next year......"

"Moreover, it is very safe to run this business, and the whole process is protected by the loyal soldiers, the Lou Fu army and the cavalry of Guiyi Shan Yu, so that there is no danger of being invaded by bandits, it is the most worthwhile!"

"When I do it for a few more years, I will probably be able to save enough money to go to Chang'an to buy a school district house, send my eldest son to Wuyuan, and be with the heroes, I can also be regarded as having an explanation for my ancestors and ancestors!"

Everyone was dumbfounded.

The benefits of industry and commerce are so terrible!

The school district house in Chang'an, even if it is the cheapest, is now worth four or five million!

And this Jia man actually said that he only needs to do it for a few more years to save enough money!

Terror!

It's horrible!

Until this caravan set off again, Sima Qian's and his party's brains were dizzy.

"My family, the official residence is a thousand stones, for the Chang'an officials, the year, rewards, and allowances add up to only 200,000 ...... a year old" Someone sighed: "And a businessman, looking at his appearance, but the appearance of a middle-aged person, looking at his capital, the family is only hundreds of thousands, but he can buy a school district house in a few years......

There are also sober-minded people who murmur strangely: "Wool? What is the use of Shaofu asking for that thing? ”

"Textile ......" the Confucian replied softly: "My uncle is in charge of the Shaofu Western Weaving Order, and he once told me that Jia Yuanjun transformed the loom and invented the technology that can weave wool into clothing......

"Now, this kind of woollen clothing has become popular among the princes, princes and kings as a reward from the Son of Heaven......"

Seeing that everyone was a little puzzled, the Confucian scholar explained: "It is enough for you to understand wool as something like a silkworm cocoon......

With such an explanation, everyone figured it out in an instant.

Sericulture has always been an important pillar of Han agriculture and one of the pillars of the small-scale peasant economy.

In particular, small and medium-sized landlords and poor families, in the past, a major item of their family economy came from the income of women raising silkworms and weaving silk.

In recent years, with the rise of the workshop industry and water conservancy construction, the income from silkworm breeding and silk weaving has taken a back seat.

But this is still the case in the vast south.

Most families rely on the income from sericulture.

Now, Shaofu has broken through the technical barriers to wool weaving.

There is no doubt that this will trigger a shock.

First of all, the price of silkworms may fall, and secondly, the price of cloth may fall, and eventually, the entire financial industry will be shaken.

At this time, Sima Qian remembered that he had seen some archives in Shiqu Pavilion, which were reported by Shaofu to the Son of Heaven, and they talked about some cotton cloth and cotton textiles.

It's just that he doesn't remember clearly.

But there is no doubt that the Son of Heaven has been secretly and strongly promoting the development of textile technology in Shaofu.

In other words, it is a national policy to reduce the price of cloth and silkworms!

But Sima Qian knew that even if the cotton textile industry developed, the wool textile industry also formed a scale.

However, the price of cloth is unlikely to come down.

Cloth, for a long time, will still maintain high prices.

It was not until the era of industrialization that cheap woven cloth threatened to destroy the handicraft industry.

Of course, the price reduction is certain, but the price reduction is bound to be not high.

Because this is China, China with a large population.

Each person in the country consumes one piece of cloth, which is 50 million horses of China!

And clothes are as necessary as food, and it is impossible to say that I will not wear clothes if I have no money.

That's not okay, you have to wear clothes even if it's patched.

Therefore, the huge capacity of this market is unimaginable to ordinary people.

However, Sima Qian and his friends already know by now that these businessmen don't seem to be just going to Shunde to do business.

They carry a more important mission!

"Your Majesty ordered me to go to Dragon City to have a look and find the answer...... Sima Qian thought to himself: "Maybe Dragon City really has the answer!" ”

So, together with his friends, he packed the package and walked towards the Saimen in the distance.

They were allowed to leave the border after they had undergone strict inspection and cross-examination, and had provided the appropriate supporting documents.

Moreover, in order to protect, or rather monitor their party, Wolf Mengsai also sent a cavalry of fifty men to escort them.