Chapter 113: A Bunch of Rich People
In the days after the Great Dynasty Meeting, Zhao Kuo was dealing with government affairs every day.
As for the Great Imperial Meeting, it was never a place to discuss or deal with things, there could only be orders, and if you wanted to discuss things at the Imperial Meeting, you just waited to see dozens of old men quarreling in the main hall.
"It's a waste to be rebuilt." Seeing Zhao Guo's current situation, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Taiyuan, Shuofang and other places in China have not yet been attached, the rewards of the soldiers have not been issued, and the people near Shangdang, Zhongshan, and Handan are still suffering from famine.
The six countries outside are eyeing each other, and a big war may break out at any time.
But fortunately, Zhao Kuo only needs to grasp the general direction, and the specific things are handled by someone.
As a traverser and a person with a talent for talking on paper, the actual operation may be wrong, but compared with the long-term vision and the general direction, no one in the whole world can be Zhao Kuo's right.
In just a few days, Zhao Kuo planned a series of plans for the rejuvenation of Zhao State, so that the government affairs that Zhao State had put on hold began to operate in an orderly manner.
After Li Mu arrived in Daijun, that night, he led a large army to attack the Yan army camp and killed more than 5,000 Yan troops.
After the Yan army retreated, Li Mu led the remaining army north to the Great Wall, and Le Cheng led the army to return south.
"Okay, leave it to Xu Li." Zhao Kuo made a plan again and handed it to the eunuch next to him, and the eunuch sent it to the official in charge.
"Big brother, the merchants have already gone outside the palace." At this moment, Zhao Mu walked in excitedly and gave a salute to report.
"It's finally here, please enter the temple." Zhao Kuo's face was overflowing with joy.
"No."
"How many merchants are here?" On the way to the main hall, Zhao Kuo asked.
"About twenty or thirty." Zhao Mu said.
"So little." Zhao Kuo was a little disappointed, could it be that the price he offered was low? It shouldn't be low.
What he didn't know was that the price he offered was too high, so that businessmen who didn't have some capital didn't dare to come at all, and only a few businessmen who were very confident in themselves dared to be invited, including some businessmen from Yan State, Qi State, and Wei State, so that there were more than 20 people.
"The grass people pay homage to the king.
When Zhao Kuo entered the main hall, he saw a group of businessmen standing cramped inside, and after seeing Zhao Kuo, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted.
Although they are all well-known and wealthy merchants in the local area, they are still far from the kings of a country.
There were two of them who were a little different from the others, although they were also very respectful to Zhao Kuo, they did not mean to be inflammatory.
"Everyone, please get up. Come, give a seat. Zhao Kuo stretched out his hand and said.
Seeing Zhao Kuo's kind attitude, everyone was relieved. Sitting in his seat, he looked at Zhao Kuo expectantly, and no one dared to speak first.
"Everyone is a well-known rich businessman from all over my Zhao country, and there are two main things for this king to summon everyone over this time."
"First of all, this king needs food, and he needs a very large amount of food, and he needs as much as he wants. You are all businessmen who communicate with various countries, and there is no way for others to get food, so you must have a way. Therefore, I would like to ask you to help me buy grain, and I will buy all the grain at a price slightly higher than the market price. Before the autumn harvest this year, he sold the most grain to the merchants of Zhao State, and gave him the title of doctor. The second and third places are given to the middle doctor, and the fourth and fifth places are given to the next doctor. Zhao Kuo said.
"Do you have any objections?"
"No objections." Everyone said one after another, they naturally chose to come, and naturally agreed to Zhao Kuo's conditions a long time ago.
Huaxia has been an official since ancient times, even if a rich businessman is rich, he has to bow down when he sees a county order.
Therefore, there is not a rich merchant who does not want an official lord.
Not to mention that Zhao Kuo gave a place for one doctor, two middle doctors, and two doctors, that is, a doctor, and they will all fight to die and live.
"The second thing is that this king intends to unite all the merchants of Zhao State and establish the Zhao State Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce has communicated with each other, and the price of buying and selling is cheaper. In addition, the Zhao Chamber of Commerce is supported by this king, which means that the members of the Chamber of Commerce do not have to worry about being suppressed or treated unfairly within the Zhao Kingdom. If you are interested, you can sign up, but if you don't want to, you don't need to pay attention. Zhao Kuo said.
Everyone present suddenly had their eyes lit up, and everyone discovered the benefits of the Chamber of Commerce, even those who did not plan to join the merchants of Zhao Guo planned to organize and establish the Chamber of Commerce by themselves after they went back.
"Dare to ask the king, what if you want to quit after joining the Zhao Chamber of Commerce?" At this moment, the first man with a goatee on the right stood up, leaned over and asked.
Although Zhao Kuo didn't know what the other party's name was, his strength was evident that he was able to sit in the first place among so many businessmen.
"The specific charter will be agreed upon by you after you join it." Zhao Kuo said.
"Grass farmer Bai Yan is willing to join the Zhao Chamber of Commerce and donate 100,000 stones of grain and grass to the Zhao State." Goatee said immediately.
While others have only discovered the mutually beneficial benefits of the members of the Chamber of Commerce for the time being, he has keenly discovered greater business opportunities. If he was able to join this Zhao State Chamber of Commerce, he even felt that one day his wealth would surpass that of his ancestor Bai Gui and become the richest businessman in the world.
"I, Duanmuying, are also willing to join the Zhao State Chamber of Commerce and donate 100,000 stone grain and grass to the Zhao State." Duanmu Ying saw his old opponent's reaction like this, and immediately realized something, and hurriedly got up and said.
Bai Yan frowned, but since Zhao Kuo was present, he didn't say anything, he didn't want to hate Zhao Kuo.
"You don't seem to be from Zhao Guo, right?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"King Yu, the grass people are from Wei, and Brother Duanmu is from Qi. Could it be that the Zhao Chamber of Commerce only allows Zhao merchants to join? Bai Yan asked.
"Businessmen from all over the world can join." Zhao Kuo stretched out his hand and said.
Seeing that Bai Yan and Duanmu Ying, who were in the lead, had joined the Zhao Chamber of Commerce, everyone also signed up to join, although these people did not have the money of Bai Yan and Duanmuying, they also donated 10,000 to 60,000 stone of grain.
"This is the king's own brother, and he will be responsible for the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce in the future. Everyone can consult with him about anything. Zhao Kuo pointed at Zhao Mu and said.
Everyone didn't say anything, after all, King Zhao established the Zhao Chamber of Commerce, and it was normal to send someone to take charge of it.
Neither Bai Yan nor Duanmu Ying took Zhao Mu to heart, business things are not something that any person can understand, let alone a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child, even if there is King Zhao standing behind him, if he doesn't understand business, he can only be completely hollowed out, and even sell it and count the money to the other party.
It wasn't until a year later that Zhao Mu took full control of the Zhao State Chamber of Commerce, and everyone realized that Zhao Mu didn't just rely on his brother to sit in this position.