It turned out that before Li Jin was evil, his home was also a solid family. Although it is not a rich party, it is also a family with no worries about food and clothing. However, because of ancient times in China, businessmen have generally not been valued and have no status. Even if you have a lot of money in your family, people still think that the merchant is a lowly and look down on the merchant. The status of scholars, farmers, industrialists, merchants, and merchants is still too low.

In ancient China, it was a natural economy, and the vast majority of them were men and women weaving, producing and consuming by themselves. The demand for trading is inherently low, so the role of merchants is not conspicuous. Of course, in ancient China, there were big businessmen on the rich side, but for the production of the whole country, that is, the real economy they thought it was, these people did not play a very big role, unlike now. With the deepening of the specialization and division of labor, the demand of society for some people to specialize in the trade of commodities increases, and the greater the role of these people in production, the higher their natural status; moreover, this society protects the private property of individuals, provides effective incentives, becomes profitable, and also acquires wealth, and the advantages of being officials are not so significant, and the status of merchants is naturally improved. In fact, the ancient Chinese did not seem to be light on business. As early as the Yin Shang period, people were willing and good at doing business and engaged in handicraft manufacturing. Wang Hai Ziye, the ancestor of Chinese merchants, is a person of this era. However, when reflecting on the lessons of the fall of the Shang Dynasty, the founders of the Zhou Dynasty believed that the fall of the Yin Shang Dynasty was due to the people's enthusiasm for industry and commerce and the barren agriculture, which caused the people's impetuousness and the instability of the national foundation, so they turned to implement a policy of heavy agriculture that despised industry and commerce. In the Zhou system, the status of industrialists and merchants became very low, and the "hundred workers" were often placed alongside the concubines who were in the status of slaves, that is, male and female slaves.

In traditional Chinese society, resource allocation is a kind of "predatory", that is, the most effective way to obtain resources is not to produce by yourself, but to plunder. The qualification for this plunder is to obtain a civil official position through the imperial examination.

That is to say, no matter how rich a person is, an official will make you destitute through power in a word. China's values are official-oriented, and this was justified, at least in those times. Why is this so? Because the private property of individuals is not effectively protected. So why not protect? Again, because there's no need for society to provide such incentives. Li Jinzu, who felt that he had no social status, has always educated his descendants with the spirit of hard work. Such a spirit makes the Li family a big merchant in Guanzhong. There were also dozens of people in the family, as well as some servants and maids.

Li Jin's father, Li Xiangqian, is also the head of the contemporary Li family, especially hoping that through the efforts of his generation, the family can become one of the several wealthy businessmen in Guanzhong, so he also did his best to think about the family.

Finally, I heard that three thousand miles away in Changbai Mountain, there is a batch of high-quality ginseng and deer antlers. After thinking about it a few times, Li Xiangqian was ready to eat it all to strengthen his family. So he took many domestic servants and went to Guanwai with all his wealth.

In fact, now the general business does not need to be followed by the head of the house. Some of the more qualified and loyal servants in the family can go. It's just that this time the goods are important, and Li Xiangqian can't rest assured, so he personally came to escort the car this time.

Along the way, it was impossible to have smooth sailing, and the weather was sometimes good and bad, and there was no certainty. The Li family's convoy lasted more than two months, braved dangers and obstacles, moved forward with difficulty, and finally overcame all difficulties and obtained the goods. As long as the goods are sold, the overall strength of the Li family will go up to a new level this time.

It's a pity that there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck. The Li family's convoy overcame the poisonous insects and beasts outside the gate, the poisonous gas in the swamp, and the fatigue and hard work of people, but when they came back, they were looted by robbers.

The robbers just wanted money at first, but because the head of the Li family, Li Xiangqian, resisted extremely much, and led three or four loyal Li family slaves to protect the goods, after all, this time the goods were related to the life of the Li family, and it can be said that most of the Li family's money is here.

The robbers saw that Li Xiangqian had been resisting fiercely and became impatient, so they killed several of them. When the remaining house slaves saw that their masters had been killed, their hearts were broken, and they had no intention of resisting. When the robber saw that no one resisted, he did not kill him. After robbing the goods, he let the rest of the people who were left.

Li Jin's father, Li Xiangqian, never returned home, and learned what happened from the rest of the Li family who came back.

Without Li Xiangqian's Li family, after the loss of the goods, it can be said that the vitality was greatly damaged, and it didn't take long for it to decline rapidly. All the servants in the family were dismissed, and some of my father's former aunts and wives were also dispersed. The Li family now only has Li Jin, her mother and little sister, and only one or two outsiders are left by loyal servants who have been slaves in the Li family for generations.

Li Jin felt that without a father at home, he should bear his father's previous obligations and responsibilities. Everywhere he took his servants to find a way to make a fortune.

One day, at a super bazaar, I saw one of the main opponents of the Li family before it was broken, the Liu family. It is said that peers are enemies, and this is indeed true.

The competition between Li and Liu has been going on for many years, and each family hopes that they can surpass each other and develop. However, there is not much difference in the strength of the two families, so they have always competed with each other. The competition between this family and the family naturally has affected generation after generation, and Li Jin has always looked down on each other with Liu Taishuai, the son of the head of the Liu family.

On this day, Li Jin saw Liu Taishuai in the bazaar again, Liu Taishuai was followed by a large group of slaves, not to mention seven or eight extraordinary men, and there was only a thin and faint old servant behind Li Jin.

When the enemy meets, he is very red-eyed. This Liu Taishuai is very ridiculed by this Li Jin, after all, he was unhappy before, and now he can hit it, who would be unhappy. Therefore, the momentum of Mrs. Liu's master and servant must be displayed to the maximum, not only that, but the people on the side of the road are still adding steel.

"Haha! Young Master Liu Taishuai came here in person, Peng Sheng is shining, Peng Shu is shining!" Many uncles and aunts who set up stalls on the roadside greeted Liu Taishuai warmly. Of course, the servants were very happy, and they had a lot of face, so they pulled Liu Taishuai and walked to the lively place.

Everyone looked behind Liu Taishuai, and heard that this son was cautious by nature, no matter where he went, there were four top masters in spring, summer, autumn, and winter, envious of others, but at this moment he was nowhere to be seen, or was he very well hidden.

Li Jin didn't dare to do much, just frowned and thought for a while, and quietly handed over the list in front of the counter of a Chinese herbal medicine shop. The shopkeeper took the medicine according to the list, and suddenly said in amazement: "There are only four taels of wild ginseng left." This thing is the main material for refining qi-replenishing elixirs, so it is in great demand. ”

Li Jin thought about it, this can also change hands to make a small amount of money, and immediately ordered: "Just four taels, wrap it all." ”