With the advent of the Wei New Year, pigs and sheep were slaughtered in various places, and the consumption of salt rose rapidly, and the price of salt soared. Both Qi Shang and Yue Shang began to send salt to this side for their benefit. Taoyi acted as a transit station for Qi salt to be transported to Daliang, and made a lot of money.

Sea salt contains more impurities, and the taste is quite different from that of pool salt, and the Daliang people are still more inclined to use salt solution; As a result, the price of salt is higher. Daliang merchants bought grain from farmers at high prices, went to Anyi to exchange salt, and then transported it to Daliang to sell at high prices, causing the price of grain in Daliang City to also rise, almost to the price when there was no shortage of green and yellow in the past. What is unexpected is that Shaofu also participated in the trade of grain for salt, and transported a large amount of rice in his sibling's hands to Anyi to exchange for salt, in order to make huge profits! As a result, when the annual salary is paid, it is no longer all rice, and some of it is discounted at the market price and replaced with salt, and everyone even thinks it is worth it!

Xin Lingjun and Wei Qi were worried about this, thinking that there might be a huge food shortage in the coming spring, but Su Jia seemed to be unimpressed, believing that as long as the trade routes were unimpeded, food would naturally come in a steady stream. Everyone went to report to the king of Wei, and the king of Wei did not come up with any accurate ideas, and only asked the monarch and ministers to agree on the strategy.

After the New Year, the evil consequences of rising grain prices began to appear, except for the resale of salt, other industries were very depressed, prices were high, and the ministers finally felt bad, and reported to Xinlingjun, Wei Qi and other high-ranking officials. At first, they were just petty officials, and everyone didn't think there was anything; But later, even Shaofu felt that something was wrong, the price of goods from other places was unbearably high, and the local goods were over, and Xin Lingjun and Wei Qi began to get nervous. At this time, the spring ploughing is almost over, and it is about to enter early summer.

Both Xin Lingjun and Wei Qi knew that the key to this problem was Anyi's monopoly on salt, but they could not find a solution to the problem, so they could only bring in Dr. Sujia to discuss. Doctor Sujia had no choice but to go to Prince Qin again.

Prince Qin received Dr. Sujia in the post. After sitting down, Dr. Sujia said: "Looking at the sun in October, the ministers are cheap, don't have to meet with the prince, and the period will last for several months." ”

Prince Qin said: "The minister was invited by the doctor, and he intended to be in front of the Xinling Juntang, how could he be a doctor, so that Mr. Zhang and Yue Er were there, and the doctor did not arrive!" ”

Dr. Sujia was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly diverted the topic and said: "At the meeting of the sun, the matter of exchanging grain for salt discussed by the king and the prince cannot be delayed. May the prince be more willing! ”

Prince Qin said casually: "The minister invited his father, and the king replied, Anyi has little food, and the hungry people are sleeping on the road, so they have no choice but to listen!" But when it comes to harvesting this fall, there is no limit. ”

Dr. Sujia said: "Anyi may have less hunger, but after a few months, it may be relieved." However, if you want to get it in the autumn, it may be solved now. ”

Prince Qin said: "The minister has been away for a long time, but he has not obtained the truth, and what he said to the doctor is really from the king." If the doctor has any request, he may also go to Xianyang. ”

Doctor Su Jia said: "The minister has long heard of Qin Guinong and is a cheap businessman. It was the old minister who did not dare to hear about the king in a cheap matter. If the prince is not in Liang for a long time, the ministers dare not hear about the prince. Now take advantage of it, but dare to be white. ”

Prince Qin smiled indifferently and said: "The ministers entered Yuliang, which was originally a matter of Taoyi and Xianyang, and it is difficult for others to know. Or smell the Tao Yi more salt in the beam, what? ”

Dr. Sujia said, "Yes." ”

Prince Qin said: "Qi salt into the Liang, the Liang production will enter the pottery, the Tao lives in the world, the Liang is widely distributed, isn't it?" ”

Dr. Sujia said: "If the salt in the world is the most cheap and sufficient, the people are used to it." Nowadays, it is not only difficult for the people to get used to it, but also for business. ”

Prince Qin asked with interest, "Why is it difficult for a businessman?" ”

Doctor Sujia said: "The husband and the merchant must get the benefits of the first place, the second place, the second place, and the first place." Now if you get the goods in place A, but you don't get the goods in place B, you will lose your profits. To regain the goods of land C, and to get the goods of land B, is to get the goods of land B, and to get the goods of land A. ”

Prince Qin said: "When the minister hears that the goods are in the world, he will rely on gold." If you get the gold, why worry about the uneven goods? ”

Dr. Su Jia gestured with his hand and said: "There are merchants, so Liang Liang has property, lost gold and got goods; He will want to be in peace, but he will lose his goods and get gold; It is the salt of the Anyi, and it is returned to the beam. Although I have the things of the beams now, I can't get salt in Anyi, so it is not profitable. Or in Chen, or in Tao, it is to get its money, and then buy grain and enter Anyi. There are many ways, and the benefits are shallow, and the price is high! ”

Prince Qin patiently listened to Dr. Su Jia explain the reason why the merchants of Daliang could not make profits as before, but he was a little incomprehensible and asked: "In the past, when you entered Anyi, you will also have a lot of things, whether it is a lot or not, and its benefits are difficult to know. Now there is only one grain, two for one, to the end of the will be obtained, the rice will be obtained, why is it so difficult? ”

Dr. Sujia was also a little embarrassed and said: "In the past, non-businessmen didn't know what Anyi needed, so they got its benefits. Today, everyone knows the Jia of Anyi, and the merchants have no benefit from transporting grain. ”

Prince Qin smiled when he heard this: "The doctor was also harmed by it!" ”

Dr. Su Jia said: "The minister is ordered by the king, Jia is in the world, and the surplus is used to make up for the shortage, and the profit is more." However, the Shaofu must also be Jia Liang, Liang is less and the price is high, and the king will be abolished. ”

Prince Qin said: "Shaofu has the rice of the fields, the craftsmen of the masters, the mountains and rivers, and the heaven and earth, so why will the king be abolished?" ”

Dr. Sujia shook his head and said, "The king wants to be a real soldier, and the joke is in charge." All the craftsmen who are smelted and cast, all the things they do are the things of the battle array, and the people who enter are numerous, and there is no profit. ”

Prince Qin said: "Qin's arsenal is quite good. The cost of craftsmen is paid by the Shaofu......"

Doctor Sujia said: "Anyi is easy to salt with grain, and the young mansions are all hidden, and easy to salt is also." ”

Prince Qin said: "But after the advantages, the disadvantages are so!" ”

Doctor Sujia didn't say much, and said: "Today, there is little food in the house, but it is only gold, and the price of grain is high, and the income is small, so it is to abolish the king." ”

Prince Qin said: "What did the doctor order to Yu Yi today? ”

Dr. Sujia said: "But if you can go to the disadvantages of the salt official, you don't have to worry about it." ”

Prince Qin said: "Salt is sold at a low price, so why is it a disadvantage, and it must be abolished?" ”

Dr. Sujia said: "Salt is exchanged for grain, and all the grain is returned to Anyi!" ”

Prince Qin said: "I haven't seen any of its drawbacks. ”

Doctor Su Jia said: "Qin is a cheap businessman, the public buys and sells, and the grain must not come out of the realm, so there is no harm." The countries of the Kanto region do not waste business, and merchants come and go, taking the rest and making up for their shortcomings, and benefiting the world. And Anyi's waste salt merchant Jia Erguan made all the grain in the world go to Anyi, and the price of the surplus land was twice as time. There is plenty of room for profit, and a country that is insufficient will be wiped out. ”

Prince Qin said: "The minister only hopes that the people who govern the country in the world will hear the doctor's opinion!" In the past, Qin was a noble farmer and a cheap businessman, and the world thought it was inconvenient. Now I hear the doctor's words, and there are many of them! ”

Doctor Sujia said: "The minister once did not know the way of governance, but he also knew the way of business. He dares to govern the country with reckless words. ”

Prince Qin said: "Those who can know business should also govern the country." Businessmen, who are still four times, will prosper if they go along with it, and perish if they go against it, and they are not afraid! He then asked Dr. Sujia, "How can a businessman know more than enough goods?" ”

Doctor Sujia said: "The husband and businessman, the strategy of Yu Yiyin and Lu Shang, Sun Wu uses soldiers, and Shang Ying's practice of law is also." Therefore, his wisdom is insufficient and changeable, courage is not enough to decide, benevolence cannot be given, and strength cannot be kept, so it is not so-called. ”

Prince Qin said: "If you are a businessman in the world, how much can you praise?" ”

Dr. Sujia said: "If you are a businessman, the first thing to recommend is the pipe." The affection of mortals can not be avoided when they see the benefit, and they cannot avoid the harm. From it, the pipe can govern the country with benefits. Who? Businessmen Tongjia, double the road and travel, night to day, thousands of miles but not far away, the benefit is also in front. When the fisherman enters the sea, the sea is ten thousand miles deep, and the waves are against the current for hundreds of miles, and those who do not come out at night are also good in the water. If it is beneficial, the people will be safe from the United States, not pushing, not leading, not annoying, and the people will be rich. Like the eggs of a bird, it is invisible and silent, but only its completion. The second is to calculate, repair and know. Drought is a boat, water is a car, and the reason for things is also. Twenty sick farmers, ninety sick ends, no more than eighty, no less than thirty, then the end of agriculture is profitable, flat and full of things, there is no shortage of closed markets, and the way to govern the country is also. The principle of accumulation, the completion of things, interest-free coins. On its surplus and insufficiency, you know the high and low. If you are expensive, you will be cheap, and if you are low, you will be expensive. It is as expensive as dung, and as cheap as a pearl. Money, money, and money are like flowing water. This is the so-called Seven Strategies. With its fifth, the more Wu has been destroyed. Tao Zhugong, boating in the rivers and lakes, with a strategic strategy, three rich families. secondly, there is Yi Dunyan, who started with herding, got rich with salt, and followed with pearls and jade; The person where it is located is the Yi family, and the side of Zheng'anyi is also. There are Bai Guiyan, Yi Wei people, and Heze Yingyan. It is said that people abandon me and take, and people take me; Able to eat thinly, endure cravings, save clothes, share the joys and sorrows with the servants and servants, and tend to be like the hair of the beast and the bird. These few people are all giants of business, heroes of the world, and not independent businessmen. The tube is solid, no matter what. If Tao Zhu is an official, he will be a minister, and if he is rich, he will be given 10,000 gold. Ji Ran started to be weaker and stronger than Wu. Bai Gui has been in charge of Wei Zheng for several years, and his performance class! The rest, there are Duanmu clan, Lu clan, Guo clan and all of them, all of whom are giant businessmen in the world. ”

Prince Qin said angrily: "I didn't expect that the heroes of the world could be like this. The husband and the merchant suppress the businessman, and there are many losses! ”

Doctor Su Jia said: "Although Qin suppresses business, and Tao is in the world, businessmen gather, and now the marquis is in Yan, and he will not waste business." ”

Prince Qin said: "I have to get Yi Yin and Sun Wu in the business!" ”

Doctor Sujia said: "The prince will get it when he visits!" The two had a great conversation. However, on the matter of exchanging grain for salt, each does not give in! Dr. Sujia was helpless.

After the prince waited for Su Jia to leave, he wrote Su Jia's concept of governing the country with commerce on a piece of slip; He also asked the scribe who took notes behind the screen to take out the words he had written, and excerpted them one by one from the great merchants mentioned by Su Jia, as well as their business philosophy, and felt that he had a new idea. He quietly pondered that once he took office, he would make a major overhaul that would put business back in the foreground.

He thought carefully about Hedong's practice of guarding Zhang Lu again. In a short period of time, Zhang Lu undoubtedly benefited and accumulated a large amount of grain for Anyi. But if you look at the world, the grain has not increased, but it has been transferred from these people to those people, but "those people" happen to be Qin people, so they feel that they have benefited.