"Now that you know the consequences, how do you plan to deal with them?" Rong Yi's face became more and more solemn.

"I've thought about it again and again," Yi Gong paused, gritted his teeth, and said, "It's better ------ forcibly close the East Market, or you can avoid disaster."

"Nonsense!" Rong Yi Huo Ran got up: "Business war and business decision. At present, Luoyi needs the East Market, and if it is forcibly closed, and the hungry people flee to other places to avoid famine, it will hurt the foundation of the Great Zhou even more. Besides," he added, "you don't even know who your opponent is? And how can you counter it?"

Yi Gong was shocked when he heard this: "Master is saying that the merchants of the East Market are behind this move------- someone is behind it?"

"Ten days ago, Eshizikun secretly infiltrated Luoyi, and has been stationed in the Eshi trading company, and merchants in and out of Lidong City every day, but you don't even know it?" Rong Yi said with disgust.

"This ------- is a disciple's negligence, please punish the master." A cold sweat broke out on Yi Gong's forehead. He is a businessman, and there are too many places where he should be smoothed out when he suddenly becomes an official and a city official, and he really doesn't take into account the old business of Nanlin Society.

"Well, then I'll tell you about it as a teacher." Rong Yi slowly sat behind the case, and said unhurriedly: "E Kun is here to control the entire Luoyi Commercial Market. Due to the adulteration of cake gold, the salt road between Hubei and Qi has been cut off, and if you want to import salt in the future, you will have to transfer it from other countries. Luoyi is a place where thousands of goods are distributed, and it is also the gateway for logistics into Hubei, controlling the Luoyi commercial market, Hubei not only has no worries about salt shortage, but also the rest of the required materials will also flow continuously. It can even control the market power of Cheng Zhou and limit the supply of materials to the Eighth Division of Cheng Zhou."

Yi Gong heard the cold sweat on his forehead, and he was puzzled: "Then the country of Hubei has such great ambitions? But there are many merchants in Nadong City, and all the countries in the Central Plains have them, how can they be willing to listen to his orders?"

"Who would not be happy if the merchants gathered them for profit, as long as they could be profitable in the market?" Rong Yi took a sip of the freshly poured tea on the case, and said indifferently: "You just wait, the price is cheap for a few days, and the price should be raised in the East Market tomorrow." Come closer, and tomorrow you will have to set it up like this in the West Market--------

In the past few days, the weather has been clear, and the people of Luochuan took advantage of the good weather to carry torches to open the soil and loosen the soil overnight. In the early morning of the next day, the oxen caravans of the various villages and communities gathered together all kinds of local products rushed to the east market of Luoyi to exchange for agricultural tools, salt, and the most important wheat and corn seeds.

Who would have expected that overnight, Luoyi East City had a sudden wave, the price of grain soared overnight, and the price of seeds was even more amazing! According to today's market, one hundred and ten cooked cowhides collected in one mile can be exchanged for one stone of seeds, and fifty yuan can buy an iron plough head. Z.br>

The old Zhou people were furious! The clamor of scolding female businessmen drowned out the entire East Market. I don't know who shouted and beat one by one, and the angry crowd erupted like a tide, swept into the store's shed like a hurricane and smashed it. The proprietor and the archdeacon of the trading company did not show up, only the little deacon led the servants to desperately close the door to receive the goods, and for a while, Shili East Market was in unprecedented chaos.

At this moment, a low and sharp bull horn sounded throughout the city, and a team of iron horsemen guarding the city rushed straight to the city order platform with a chariot. Immediately, someone shouted, "The officials of the city have patrolled the city! Let's quickly raise the female businessman!"

The sound spread, and the angry old Zhou people rumbled over, shouting, "The female cadre raises the price! Expel them out of Loyi!" The city order station is surrounded by water.

The horn rose again, and a lean and swarthy clerk in his early thirties ascended neatly onto the high platform. There was an earth-shattering sound in the sea of people: "The official market does the law! Confiscation of female cadre! If you don't cut it, you have to expel it from Luoyi!"

Three silent trombones sounded in succession, and the crowd gradually calmed down. The loud and vigorous voice of the official city reverberate: "The old Zhou people listened: it is the regulation of the official city system to chase people out of the goods. The merchants of Dongshi are not Zhou people, and they cannot be discussed in terms of "Zhou Li". I can't rob people in violation of the law, let alone smash the store and hurt people, but if there is a violation, it will be severely punished according to etiquette!"

There was a dead silence in the sea of people, and the obvious anger turned into a clear and audible heavy gasp, and suddenly someone shouted, "Female businessman and pit people! Heaven does not allow it!"

Immediately someone shouted, "What a bureaucracy! How can you protect the female businessmen in the East City?"

Seeing the commotion in the crowd, the lean official Shicheng hurriedly interrupted and shouted: "Business and business! Benguan City has to report: Luoyi West City has a heavy treasury, and it is now open! Seed farming implements six livestock

There is everything, and the Chinese people only need to go to the West Market to buy goods, and don't miss the big thing!"

The crowd was silent for a moment, and suddenly the mountain shouted like a tsunami: "Hurray!" Rumbling out of the East Market, they all flocked to the adjacent Luoyi West Market.

Although this western market is extensive, it is the most suitable for farmer trading, and it has gradually become a different agricultural market from the merchants in the city and Dongchang Street. There is only a forest of more than 200 acres between the east and west cities. This forest was originally the trading place of the six animals in the West Market, and the merchants of the East City could not bear the smell here, and repeatedly negotiated with the official market over this matter.

After the king of Xianyi killed the Marquis of Qi Ai, he felt guilty in his heart, so he issued an edict agreeing to move the six livestock trading land inward, and planted a large area of green trees in the same place to separate the eastern and western cities. The official city department has never forbidden the merchants of the other vassal states to enter the West Market, but the merchants of the East City despise the vulgar village smell of the West Market and never enter the West Market to set up sheds. As a result, this western market became a concentration of agricultural merchants in Chengzhou and Lin Hurongdi merchants in the south, and the barter trading method was popular here, and it was a great pleasure, and it was a living ancient trading map.

Since the rain of Lao Lin, the merchants of Hudi have been blocked from going south, the local Zhou people have fallen into the mud, the goods shed in the West Market has converged, and the market has been greatly depressed, so that the Lao Zhou farmers have been forced into the East Market, which they rarely set foot in on weekdays. Now that I heard that the West Market was opened, I was really overjoyed, and I left those female businessmen and poured into the West Market like a tide.

Today's West Market is extraordinary. As soon as the crowd approached the city gate, some officials and city officials walked along the crowd and shouted, "Grain is available every day! Fish into the city! Don't squeeze!"

It has become a custom for the Zhou people to abide by the "Zhou Li", seeing that the officials of the government are so respectful and proclaiming, and they heard that the grain and goods are available every day, and the crowd of people is not panicked, and gradually rectify, slow down the pace and polite to the old and young, and slowly and orderly enter the tall stone workshop in the West City.

Another official at Shifangkou took turns shouting: "Those who enter the market buy goods in turn, and then go straight out of the city through the West Third Gate!" Make room for latecomers, don't stay in the market!"

When people enter the city, all kinds of goods and sheds continue to whirl, and the farm goods are piled up, and the coarse sea salt of the iron ploughshare is so cheap that it is the same as the general price when the merchants in the east market sell it cheaply. There are two more heart-beating, the open-air six livestock market Hudi cattle, sheep and pack horses can not see the end at a glance, and the big red grain cabinet marked with various colors of seeds is full of gold dazzling people's eyes. But any farmer, at a glance, can see that such plump and dry grains are definitely the best seeds.

Outside each of the sheds in the market stood two officials. One of the officials handed out a white bamboo plaque with a fire paint mark to each of the people who kept entering the shed, while another official repeatedly shouted: "There is an order from the official market, and each person can enter the market for three days with the white bamboo brand as evidence!" There is plenty of food, so there is no need to panic."

Entering the shed, it is even more unusual, seeds and coarse salt, two goods that everyone must buy, are made coarse sack. 100 catties of seeds, 5 catties of coarse salt; Farm tools such as ploughshares, shovels, and shovels are all tied to a thick hemp rope that is easy to carry. The entrants themselves bring goods in exchange, and the merchants will not counter-offer, but only according to the price of the Zhouren; Traders with money will receive money regardless of the type of money, and if there is an ancestral ancient money, it will be converted into a fixed price by the owner.

And so on, all the gates have guidance and regulations, and the trading is as fast and smooth as the flow. When twilight fell, the crowd of people in the West Market had dissipated, and only the officials and deacons of the merchants were left in the empty sheds, who were paralyzed and panting on the ground.

"Woo-" A bull's horn sounded, and the city order in the center of the West City came a loud and loud order familiar to the lean official and the city: "The daytime duty withdraws!" Those who come on duty at night enter the market, clear the shed and load the goods—"

With the order, the daytime officials and deacons staggered out of the various sheds with their tired legs, and gathered at the base of the city wall to several smoking tents. Another group of energetic officials and deacons rushed out of the tents, carrying wind lanterns and striding into the various sheds, cleaning up the mess of the day, cleaning up the broken and repaired, and tinkling busy.

As soon as the crescent moon hung on the treetops, the ox carts continued to flow into the city, and the torches and wind lamps accompanied the rumbling of the carts, like the military camp before the war------

In the brightly lit tent, two officials on a large case in the middle were burying their heads in the counting pillar to clear the account, Rong Yi entered the account to see this scene, and asked casually: "How is the account today?" Lost a profit?"

Yi Gong suddenly stopped laughing

Yi, he stepped forward and said, "Master: I lost 100,000 yuan today. In vain, it is suggested that when the treasury of Luoyi Guanshi is transferred to support it, otherwise it will be difficult to pay for the purchase."

Rong Yi calmly sat down in another case and smiled leisurely: "If you lose 100,000 yuan on the first day of the market, can't you bear it?"

Yi Gong hurriedly said: "Paying for the purchase is the last word, and it has nothing to do with whether you can bear it, right?"

Rong Yi said: "The treasury of the official city is a national treasure, and it cannot be used unless the mountains and rivers are exhausted. From tonight, we will not pay for bulk purchases. Small purchases are paid for by the general ledger of Nanlin Society."

"This ------" Yi Gong said with a red face for a moment, "Forgive the apprentice for being blunt: neither of the two methods can be done. It is not necessary to pay for large quantities, and it is even more difficult for small parcels to be private. It's unheard of to do business like this, and the private property of Nanlin Society can't support it!"

Rong Yi said lightly: "Business is like a war, you are a general, and you only act according to the commander's orders, regardless of whether it is or not. As for the private property of the Nanlin Society, there is no need to feel distressed, and the daughter can come back after being scattered."

Yi Gong had no choice but to respond, and just arched his hand and said, "Dare to ask my teacher to show me: What is the price of tomorrow?"