Chapter 216: The Meaning of the Thirteen Paths
"It's not just the blacksmith that's out of control."
Zhang Liang took a white piece from the chess jar in front of Lu Buwei and sandwiched it between his index finger and ring finger.
Syllable~
A crisp and loud sound of falling sons.
He pressed his ring finger to Bai Zi, and said under Lu Buwei's suddenly constricted pupils: "There are also the people of Handi."
There are countless blacksmith shops in Korea, and a steady stream of pig iron is injected every day. It is due to the many iron mines controlled by the Korean family, and the day is endless.
The Lu Chamber of Commerce has already eaten up the pig iron retained by the Korean family, and now the daily pig iron in the blacksmith shop is newly mined, and there is no accumulation.
The pig iron hoarded in the hands of the Lu Chamber of Commerce is an unimaginable astronomical amount accumulated in South Korea for 200 years.
Eating so much pig iron is enough for the Qin State, the war madness that consumes the most serious weapons, for twenty years.
After the Han family discussed, it was judged that the Lu Chamber of Commerce should be almost full, and it would not take too long to collect ten times the iron.
The Han family, devoured by greed and desire, threw all the servants and subordinates in the palace into the army of iron mining, which increased the pig iron recovery rate by more than three times in a short period of time.
This is not enough.
I don't know when the Lu Chamber of Commerce will no longer buy the Korean family of pig iron.
In order to enjoy the dividends of ten times the price of iron, they paid a much higher commission than before, and hired people to mine iron ore for them.
Compared to ten times the price of iron, this commission is nothing at all, and this transaction is not difficult to calculate.
The remuneration of iron mining has been greatly increased, which has directly defeated the professional ecosystem of South Korea.
Planting land for a month and selling meat for a month is not as good as others picking iron for two days, and the people naturally choose to mine iron.
Lü Buwei does not stop collecting iron tenfold, and the number of people employed in iron mining will never have an upper limit on the side of the Han family.
Nowadays, all industries in Korea are in ruins, almost all the people in Korea are employed to mine iron, farmers abandon farm tools, hunters drop hunting tools, and everyone picks up hoes to dig iron in iron mines.
Even the Qinglou, which never has a low period, has no customers, and the business is so sluggish that the girls who used to only sing and chant and squat want to go to the iron mine to try.
"There is a big drought in South Korea this year, and the people are relying on the reserves of previous years to support, if there is no accident of Mr. Now he is burdened by his husband and is employed by the family mining.
"The daily physical exertion has increased, the consumption of food has increased dramatically, and the reserve of grain will not allow them to survive this year. When they have finished eating their home's food, they have to buy food.
"Then they will find that the price of food has quietly increased tenfold and they cannot afford it. People should not go without food for a day, and under the choice of life and death, there will be chaos in the land of Korea. ”
Syllable~
Syllable~
Syllable~
"Color!"
Lu Buwei slapped his palm three times, his face was full of incredulity, and he looked at Zhang Liang in surprise.
"The old man now admires the king's vision more and more, and he has only met you once, and he has named you a 'wise man'. Knowing people's wisdom, not losing Ma Bole. ”
Zhang Liang's breathing rate was chaotic for a moment.
Don't you praise me for being clever and intelligent, but you praise Ying Chengcheng for being wise and wise? What do you think?
Lu Buwei put the tea soup in front of him, took a sip, and suppressed the shock in his heart.
"The old man has been taken by you, and it is time for you to leave next."
Swallowing the tea soup, he tapped the corner of the chessboard with his index finger, looked at Zhang Liang, who picked up a sunspot, and chuckled: "One more word, if this son falls in the corner, there is no need to play again." The business roads around the Korean land have been intercepted by the old man, and before you and I in the Korean land have won or lost, not a single grain of food from the outside world will arrive. ”
Zhang Liang was suddenly shocked, and stared at Lü Buwei carefully, as if to judge whether Lü Buwei was bluffing or telling the truth.
Half a day.
"I don't believe it."
He said word by word.
"Then you can drop the child and see if it will be eaten by the old man."
Lu Buwei said with a smile.
This game of chess has been played until now, and the chess game has not exceeded Zhang Liang's expectations.
It was easy to see Zhang Liang's judgment mistake once, and he was very happy.
"Sir is not curious, how did Liang know what Mr. wanted after consultation?"
"Not curious."
Lu Buwei shook his head.
"You have either watched "History of Qi" and "Guanzi", or you have heard others say that Guanzi is made of clothes and Chu is made of deer."
If he can't guess this little thing, then he will be embarrassed to mess around in Chang'an Jun's Mansion.
Zhang Liang said: "The custom of the people of Nanliang in Lu is to weave silk clothes, and the pipe wants Qi Huan Gong to take the lead in wearing silk clothes, and let Qi Huan Gong order the ministers to wear silk clothes uniformly, and also prohibit Qi Guo from weaving silk clothes.
"Duke Qi Huan did it, and the minister of Qi did it. The people of Qi saw that the monarchs and ministers were all wearing silk clothes, and they also wore silk clothes. Qi has no silk clothes, and if you want to get it, you can only buy it from Lunan Liang.
"Guan Zi said to the merchants of the Southern Liang of the Lu State: 'You bring a thousand horses to the Qi State, and I will reward you with three hundred gold. If 10,000 horses are brought in, a reward of 30 gold is given for every 10 horses. ’”
When the Fengjun of Nanliang of Lu State learned of this news, he asked the people of Nanliang to put down farming and go to weaving. A year later, Guan Zi asked Qi Huan Gong to stop wearing silk clothes, and blockaded the country of Lu to prevent grain from entering Lu.
"Up and down, the king doesn't wear silk clothes, and the people don't wear them. The southern Liang of the Lu State hoarded hundreds of thousands of fart silk and could not sell it, and the weaving silk did not farm for a year, and the southern Liang famine.
"The feudal king of Liang in the south of the state of Lu ordered the people to stop weaving and change to farming, but is food a quick thing? The people of Nanliang in the Lu State spent thousands of dollars per kettle to buy grain.
"The price of grain in Qi is ten dollars per kettle, and the people of Nanliang have abandoned Lu and entered Qi in order to survive. The Southern Liang became more and more withered, and the feudal monarchs of the Southern Liang of the Lu State saw this, and the above table returned to the Qi State. ”
Lu Buwei patiently listened to Zhang Liang's narration and said: "There are very few people in the world who can read the words of merchants, and you can know that Guan Zhong is made of clothes, which is good."
Zhang Liang said: "Chu is rich in deer, and Guan Zi spends a lot of money to buy deer from Chu, and asks Chu people to put farm work and hold hunting gear, and go into the mountains to buy deer." A year later, Chu had a lot of money and a shortage of food, Guan Zi no longer bought deer, and asked other countries not to transport grain to Chu. Chu is hungry, and he is subordinate to Qi. ”
The sunspot in his hand held the chessboard without falling, and he stared at the latest placement on the chessboard, representing the famine in Korea and the chaos of the people.
"The reason for the success of the two business wars of the pipe is that it is a strong country in the world. It wants to blockade the country of Lu and the country of Chu, and the world will not dare to disobey orders. I don't believe it, Mr.'s Lu Chamber of Commerce can cut off the grain of my Han land like the Qi country. ”
I Han dwelled in the land of the four wars, and it was not good during the war, but it was very good at this time, and the neighbors of Zhao, Wei, Qin, and Qi had developed transportation.
You Lu Buwei is not the Duke of Qi Huan, and your Lu Chamber of Commerce is not the State of Qi, how can you cut off my Han land's grain.
Duke Huan of Qi, one of the five tyrants of the Spring and Autumn Period, is also the king served by Guan Zhong.
When he was alive, the state of Qi was the most powerful country in the world.
Therefore, the State of Qi should target the State of Lu and the State of Chu, and do not want other countries to transport grain to Lu and Chu, and other countries will not dare to disobey.
Lu Buwei touched his beard and said, "The old man has money, and the old man intercepts all the grain that is transported to Handi." If the grain of the Korean land is one stone and one gold, the old man will be one stone and ten gold. In the world, there is not only power but also power, and money is also available. This truth is not on "Guanzi", but it is in "Lu's Spring and Autumn Business War". You return to Qin with the old man, and the old man will give you a copy to learn business warfare. ”
Zhang Liang's breathing rate was disrupted again, and he calmed down after three breaths, and he was a little shocked.
What an unreasonable style, a good scoundrel style of play, the businessman is really despicable!
"Have you figured out where this one is?" Lu Buwei urged softly.
It's useless for you to see through what the old man wants, you still can't break the game.
"Watching Guanzi's two business wars made conscience know a truth."
Lu Buwei frowned.
He did not feel negative emotions such as frustration and loss from Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang was the same as when he first came in, indifferently and with the attitude of everything under control.
At this time, he didn't like Zhang Liang like this very much.
Syllable~
The sunspot hit the ground, smashed on the newly fallen white piece, and landed in the center of the board.
"All business wars end with food. When foreign help is not there, they ask for help. When Mr. entered Korea to triple the harvest of iron, the Zhang family began to hoard grain, and asked the major families to hoard grain for Mr. Now the grain in the hands of the Korean family is enough to wait for the next year's grain to be reborn. In this game, the kid should have won. ”
It doesn't matter if you can't bring grain from outside, there is food in Korea.
As long as there is enough food, there will be no chaos in the Korean land, and it will still be under the control of the Korean family.
Zhang Liang doesn't know how to fight, but he has grasped the core of business warfare in this era - grain.
Lu Buwei was stunned, and without saying a word for a long time, he stared at Zhang Liang's latest sunspot.
Zhang Liang didn't bother, for him, the end of this game of chess is the real beginning.
He asked Lü Buwei to come not simply to review the confrontation between the two in Korea, but to win over Lü Buwei to oppose Qin.
Lü Buwei launched the Qi Nian Palace Mutiny, and he had already created a rebellion against Qin, so he should naturally be a member of the anti-Qin state.
"Color."
Lü Buwei praised lightly.
"You are stronger than your eldest father Zhang Kaidi, and stronger than your father Zhang Ping. If you were the prime minister of the Qin State ten years ago, this game was already defeated in your hands, and you surrendered. ”
Zhang Liang did not have any praise between his eyebrows, and his pretty face, which was already somewhat relaxed, tightened again.
"What the gentleman means is that this game of chess is not over yet."
"Not bad."
"I don't think Mr. still has a son to fall to."
"Then give it a try."
The two looked at each other and did not give in to each other.
Zhang Liang said in a deep voice: "Mr.'s last move, is it going to fall on the paper held by Liang?"
Lu Buwei frowned deeply, and said: "The old man is old, so he doesn't have time to guess with you and make things clear."
"All the paper of Liang, didn't Mr. give it on purpose? In this world, where are there so many coincidences. ”
Lu Buwei stared at Zhang Liang's eyes tightly, and what he saw from it was firmness, certainty, and certainty.
It's not a lie.
This kid really guessed.
But how did you guess that?
Scientists are the most cautious and never fall for the buck.
Lu Buwei was silent, and the solemn look on his face was like a deep tan, and he couldn't see the bottom.
"Although I don't know what Mr. intended, the green paper that Mr. left that day has already been burned. None of the paper used by the boy today is green. ”
If it's not green paper, it's not completely made of moso bamboo.
Zhang Liang asked the old craftsman to use the principle of making green paper to replace objects and make paper from tree bark and other things.
"Do you really not know, or pretend not to know." Lu Buwei said in a deep voice.
He didn't dare to underestimate the weak-crowned young man in front of him.
Zhang Liang sighed lightly.
"Guessed some, but not sure. Mr. has a master of imitating handwriting, does Mr. want to imitate Zhang Liang's handwriting and write it on green paper, and then pass it to the hands of major families? At critical times, this can really make the difference. ”
In this world, how can there be such a young man who is close to a demon......
"If it weren't for the old man who buried everything in his heart and never talked to others, the old man would inevitably regard the person in the know as your person. Yes, this is indeed what the old man thinks. ”
Zhang Liang smiled.
Tuk Tuk~
Tapped the board twice.
"Sir, what about this chess? Is there still a child? ”
Lu Buwei lowered his head, and Zhang Liang could only see the lower half of his face, and the corners of his mouth were hooked.
Wordless chuckle.
The corners of his mouth grinned a little.
"Huh."
Laugh out loud.
The corners of the mouth are completely grinning.
"Hahahaha
Lü Buwei raised his head and laughed, as if he was on the verge of a happy event, as if it was him Lu Buwei who won the chess today, not Zhang Liang sitting in front of him!
Zhang Liang didn't interrupt Lu Buwei's laughter, and looked at Lu Buwei without any smile as if he was in a mad disorder, laughing wildly.
He didn't understand why Lü Buwei was laughing.
None of this escaped his calculations.
Every step of the confrontation between Korea and the earth was within his expectations.
Why, how can you Lu Buwei still laugh?
After a long time, Lu Buwei stopped laughing.
"Sir, please drop off." Zhang Liangdao.
Lu Buwei didn't say a word, and lifted his hand on the bottom of the chessboard.
Boom~
The black and white children were scattered on the ground first, jumping around and running.
Bang~
The chessboard slammed to the ground with a slightly dull sound.
Zhang Liang had already gotten up to dodge when the chessboard was lifted, and he looked at Lu Buwei who overturned the chessboard.
"Sir, the chessboard can be lifted, and the Korean land can be lifted?"
You can flip the chessboard, but can you flip the Korean land?
You lost this game!
"Your chessboard is too small, and the old man can't leave."
Lu Buwei had a smile on his face and slowly got up.
"The old man and the king are playing against each other, and they are nineteen ways and horizons."
"Nineteen?"
Zhang Liang's face sank, and he glanced at the chessboard with the back facing up and the front facing thirteen.
"Liang has never heard of nineteen chess."
During the Qin Dynasty, Go spanned thirteen ways.
With the passage of time, the number of Go verticals and widths has been accumulating, fifteen, seventeen.
It was not until the Eastern Han Dynasty that the nineteen-way game of Go appeared, and it has continued until modern times.
It is estimated that the highest difficulty of Go should be 29 and before 29, and as the number of vertical and horizontal channels increases, the number of variables increases, and the difficulty increases.
"This is an invention by the king, and you naturally haven't played it." As he spoke, Lu Buwei suddenly smiled even more.
"When you enter the mansion, you can find the king to play, although he has set a record of nineteen vertical and horizontal paths. But except for the princess of Daqin, the princesses can win the game, and they have not won once with the old man and others. ”
Zhang Liang didn't want to play chess, and the thirteen and nineteen paths didn't mean anything to him.
The crux of the matter is that Lü Buwei lifted thirteen chessboards, and he wanted to play nineteen with him, in order to show something.