Chapter 13: Lü Buwei
Steward Yu had always been very efficient, and the question of compensation was quickly settled, and it was agreed that only one eridium of gold and one shop would be compensated. By the way, he went to the government to prepare the marriage contract for the Qin Mansion, and by the way, he changed the surname "Qin" for Song Qing, and since then Song Qing has officially become the head of the family of the Qin Mansion - Qin Qing.
After Qin Zidu's death, it was the New Year, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone in the Qin Mansion just had a meal together. Qin Qing sent people to find Qin Chaoyang's whereabouts every day, there was only a small amount of blood under the cliff, and there were no bones around, thinking that he was saved, but he didn't have the customs clearance paperwork, so he didn't know where to hide.
Master Yang has not come back since he went home for the New Year, and Qin Qing only learns to read the account books with Steward Yu every day to understand the Qin family's business. When she went to college, she studied business management, although she couldn't read the account books here, but as soon as Steward Yu explained a little, she would immediately understand that Steward Yu only regarded her as young and precocious, and she didn't suspect anything.
Qin Zhan held her chin in her hand, looking at the bamboo ledger in her hand, and suddenly the three words "Lü Buwei" jumped into her eyes, Qin Qing looked at it carefully, it turned out that it was three years ago, Qin Zidui and Lü Buwei had done several mercury business. Qin Qing shouted in his heart: "God help me!" ”
Originally, I was still having a headache how to find Qin Shihuang's big tree to rely on, but now I found an opportunity, Qin Zidui actually had business dealings with Lu Buwei before! He has just taken over the Qin family's business, and it should be reasonable for him to visit Lu Buwei for the purpose of improving customer relations. According to the information in his previous life, Lü Buwei made his fortune by giving his wife Zhao Ji to Qin Shi Huang's father, and Zhao Ji gave birth to Qin Shi Huang nine months after marrying, so that who Qin Shi Huang's father is has always been a historical mystery.
However, Lü Buwei is known as having 3,000 customers and 10,000 servants, but it has been verified, it can be seen that he is the richest man in the Qin State, and may even be the richest man in the Warring States. Qin Mansion is only the richest man in Tong County at most, what should he do to curry favor with Lu Buwei? If the meeting gift can't get into his eyes, it is estimated that he will not see himself, Qin Qing pondered and meditated on the side.
Qin Qing decided to find out Lu Buwei's personality and preferences first, and immediately asked Steward Yu as if unintentionally, "Uncle Yu, I saw Lord Lu Buwei's name in the account book that day, do we also have business dealings with him in the house?" ”
"The young lady also knows about Lu Buwei?" Steward Yu was a little curious, how did Qin Qing, a little girl who had always stayed at home, learn about Lu Buwei.
Qin Qing broke out in a cold sweat in his heart, could it be that Lu Buwei was not so famous now? The answer was even more careful: "I forgot who mentioned it once." ”
Steward Yu only thought that her family was talking a lot, so she replied: "Lord Lu is a famous jewelry merchant in our Qin State, very rich, his father died a few years ago, and he wanted to buy mercury to inject into the tomb, so he had business dealings with the master, and there was not much intersection since then. ”
"I heard that Lü Buwei once gave his concubine to the prince of Qin who was hostage in Zhao State, and described that prince as 'strange goods', but is there such a thing?" Qin Qing hoped to know more about Lu Buwei, and continued to gossip and ask Steward Yu.
When Steward Yu heard Qin Qing's words, he hurriedly closed the door of the study and said to Qin Qing cautiously: "Young lady, be careful when you say these words in the future, then Lu Buwei seems to be just a jewelry merchant, but he is rich and rivals the country, and there are thousands of diners under his door, which should not be underestimated." ”
After hearing this, Qin Qing couldn't help but lower his voice: "Although our Qin Mansion is also rich, but the merchant family does not have much status after all, if we find Chaoyang in the future, how can we let him change his identity?" If you can make friends with powerful people, Chaoyang's identity will be easy to solve in the future. Qing'er felt that this Lu Buwei was a businessman with accurate vision, and since he thought that the prince was 'a strange thing to live in', he would definitely not look away. ”
After hearing this, Steward Yu waved to Qin Qing: "It's still the young lady who thinks thoughtfully, but I don't know what the young lady's specific plans are?" ”
Qin Qing didn't think of a specific way for the time being, so he honestly said to Steward Yu: "Qing'er is just hearsay, and I hope that Uncle Yu will teach you and tell Qing'er some things about Lord Lu Buwei, so that Qing'er can make plans again." ”
Steward Yu sighed in his heart, Qin Qing was so attentive at a young age, no wonder Qin Ziwan favored her at the beginning, so he told him what he knew about Lu Buwei in several businesses.
Qin Qing originally thought that Lü Buwei was relying on Qin Shihuang's father to make his fortune, but he didn't know that he was originally a businessman on the rich side. Lü Buwei is good at buying at a low price and selling at a high price, and he has a very accurate vision, all the business he handles must be a big profit, and in just a few years, he has accumulated a fortune. The unit of measurement of gold in the Warring States period was not about taels, or "eridium", one eridium was equivalent to twenty taels, Qin Qing quickly calculated in his heart, a thousand eridium is 20,000 taels of gold, and this was a few years ago. During the Warring States Period, the metal was controlled by the state, and gold was quite rare in ordinary people, and the Qin Mansion was also the richest man in Tong County, and the gold was only five yi, which was nothing compared to Lü Buwei. It's just that in this era, businessmen had no social status.
Ten years ago, when Lü Buwei was traveling in Zhao State, he became acquainted with the son of Qin Guoan's monarch - Gongzi Yiren. An Guojun has more than 20 sons, and Ying Yiren's biological mother Xia Ji is not favored, and even taking him with him is not welcome, so he was very unlucky to go to Zhao State to be a proton, but Lu Buwei is very optimistic about Gongzi Yiren, so there is an allusion to "strange goods to live in". Lü Buwei scattered his daughter to assist Yingyiren, and lobbied the ministers of the Qin State to support Yingyiren, and even his favorite concubine, Zhao Ji, also gave Yingyiren.
Since the reform of the Qin State from the Shang Dynasty, the country has been strong and the army is strong, and the King of Qin Zhao is ambitious, and there are constant wars with the vassal states. Three years ago, King Qin Zhao ignored the danger of protons and sent the general Wang Qi to besiege Handan, the capital of Zhao State, the situation was very critical, Zhao Guo wanted to kill Ying Yiren to vent his anger, Lü Buwei took out gold to bribe the officials who defended the city, and fled back to Qin with Ying Yiren. In order to let Ying Yiren get the position of the crown prince, Lü Buwei arranged for him to change his name to Zi Chu to curry favor with An Guojun's favorite concubine, Mrs. Huayang, who was originally from Chu, and then recognized Mrs. Huayang as her mother, and finally won the position of prince.
Qin Qing originally thought that later generations would have too high an opinion of Lü Buwei, but when he heard about this person's deeds, he found that Lü Buwei was not an ordinary businessman, he had a very keen sense of business and political skills. There are also those stories that I always thought were the secret history of the court, but today I learned that it was already a thing that was already in the streets and alleys here, and almost everyone knew about it, which shows that the speed of gossip spread by the ancients should not be underestimated. It's a pity that I haven't been careful, otherwise I would have figured out what period of time in history I would have figured out.
Qin Qing was more concerned about the First Emperor, thinking that Qin Shi Huang had been held hostage in Zhao State when he was a child, and couldn't help asking: "What about the children of Zhao Ji and Gongzi Yiren?" Is it still in Zhao State? ”
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