Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Xinjun, it is still too late for you to persuade Han Xuwei, otherwise it will be really too late in a while! "

Lin Xiangru took a deep breath and said, "Now that Zhao Kuo and Pingyuan are powerful, although Han Xuwei is not on the same journey as us, the ginseng state-owned operation he presided over this time must not fail. I will go to his house to find him." he!"

Lin Xiangru bid farewell to Lian Po in a hurry, and came to Han Xuwei's Grand Master's Mansion in a carriage.

After arriving at the place, Lin Xiangru was told that Han Xuwei had gone to the market in Handan City to inspect those ginseng shops.

So Lin Xiangru turned around and ordered people to come to the ginseng shop.

The name of this store is "Ginseng Shop", and it is one of the largest retail ginseng stores in Handan City. As long as you have money, you can buy ginseng here.

On weekdays, this shop is full of people, and many people come here because they can't afford it, wanting to see what the legendary magic medicine like ginseng looks like.

But today, a group of unfriendly soldiers guarded the shop outside, causing the whole shop to be deserted.

As soon as he entered the ginseng shop, Lin Xiangru heard Han Xuwei's voice.

"You bastard, how can you let those lowly merchants buy our ginseng?

Of course, only the nobles can enjoy ginseng. Pass down the order to the old man. From today on, people without the title of doctor or above are not allowed to buy ginseng! "

Han Xuwei was furious at a person who looked like a store manager.

The steward looked puzzled, and said softly: "Teacher, the truth is trivial, but one ginseng costs [-] yuan. If it is only sold to Doctor Qing and not to merchants, the sales volume may not be able to support it."

In this era, apart from Qin State’s severe suppression of merchants due to Shang Yang’s reform, the other six eastern countries are actually very developed in commerce. Handan in Zhao State is now the largest commercial city in the world, gathering a large number of wealthy businessmen who spend money like water. .

Sima Qianji once described in Shiji that the six eastern countries during this time period were "the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit", which shows how strong the commercial atmosphere in the east is.

But regardless of the richness of the merchants, the class of "scholars, peasants, businessmen" is here. Like farmers and workers, it's okay to say that scholars, as the noble class, look down on businessmen the most. Han Xuwei, the grand master, happens to be the top of the noble class , he also dislikes businessmen.

Han Xuwei's face darkened, and he said: "It doesn't matter if the sales volume is reduced, then raise the price a little bit, and sell it for 15 to 15 yuan! The nobleman Qing can afford [-] yuan of ginseng, isn't it? Are you afraid that you can't afford [-] ginseng?

In any case, it will be worthwhile to sell ginseng to merchants in the future! "In the face of Han Xuwei's anger, it is impossible for a mere manager to resist, so he has no choice but to obey and agree.

When Han Xuwei turned his head and saw Lin Xiangru, he couldn't help showing a surprised expression on his face: "Xinjun, why are you here?"

Lin Xiangru didn't care about getting up, and pulled Han Xu to say: "Master, I think there is something wrong here, let's find a place to explain it in detail!"

Chapter 282 Zhao Kuo's Counterattack

"something wrong?"

After hearing Lin Xiangru's words, Han Xuwei was taken aback, and hurried into the carriage with Lin Xiangru.

But after a while, when Han Xuwei in the carriage finished listening to Lin Xiangru's words, he immediately showed a disapproving expression: "I thought it was something important, it turned out to be this.

Wen Xinjun is worrying too much, right? "

Lin Xiangru said seriously: "Teacher, Mr. Wu Xin has always been a blockbuster when he doesn't make a sound. Now he is silent in the face of such aggressive conditions like you. I really feel that there is a big problem inside."

Han Xuwei laughed and said, "Mr. Wen Xin, you, you just haven't figured out the nature of these businessmen! For these businessmen, as long as they can make money, why are they unwilling to do it?

Businessmen in any country are the same. "

Lin Xiangru said: "Maybe it's okay to talk about domestic ones, but what about foreign ones?"

Han Xuwei's face was serious, and he said coldly: "In the whole of China, only our Dazhao has ginseng output, and those guys from abroad must cooperate with us as long as they want to get ginseng, no matter the channel is It wasn't developed by Wu Xinjun, they have no choice!"

Seeing Han Xuwei's firm and eloquent words, although Lin Xiangru was worried, he also knew that he really couldn't convince the other party, so he had no choice but to leave.

As time passed day by day, people sent by Han Xuwei also arrived in various countries.

Mr. Pingyuan came to find Zhao Kuo again, worried.

"Mr. Wu Xin, the rumors in Handan City are becoming more and more unfavorable to us recently.

Some people say that we want to sabotage the ginseng business on purpose so that Da Zhao can be weakened. "

Zhao Kuo, who was drinking, couldn't help laughing: "It's interesting, did Han Xuwei notice it?"

Mr. Pingyuan pondered for a while, and said: "The old man has been checked by someone. It seems to come from Lin Xiangru's side."

Zhao Kuo waved his hand: "That's okay.

Han Xu hated us very much for this person, even if Lin Xiangru persuaded him, he would not stop.

What's more, our operations have already started in full swing, and it's too late for Han Xuwei to know at this time! "

As Lin Xiangru said, Zhao Kuo is indeed not the kind of person who would silently swallow a loss.

Because, that's not fair!Zhao Kuo brought ginseng to Zhao Guo, and Zhao Kuo also opened up the sales channels of ginseng in various countries, but Zhao Kuo has only taken one-tenth of the ginseng income all the time.

Now, the queen mother is not even willing to give Zhao Kuo one tenth of this.

If Zhao Kuo tolerated this, how can he continue to hang around in Zhao Guo's political arena in the future?

Qin Zhao border.

The two convoys were joining together, with [-] carriages on both sides, and [-] heavily armed soldiers from the two countries were guarding each convoy.

At the intersection of the two convoys, a steward from the state of Qin came out, looked at the steward from the state of Zhao, and asked in surprise, "Who are you?"

On the opposite side, Steward Zhao Guo cupped his hands, and said with a smirk: "I have seen Steward Ren, a new steward who has just taken office, and his name is Ji Yu. From now on, we will work together, please take care of us."

Of course, this Ji Guanshi is Han Xuwei's person.

Manager Ren of the Qin State snorted and said, "Then what about your handover documents?"

Ji Guanshi was obviously taken aback, and said, "What handover document?"

Steward Ren's complexion changed, and he became gloomy immediately: "Since you are the new steward, you should have the handover document from the previous steward, and you must have the seal and seal from Zhao Guo as proof! You don't even understand this , how did the superior hand over?"

Manager Ji was dumbfounded, and after a while he said: "Well, it's my first handover, Manager Ren, please forgive me.

I will make up the handover documents and seals next time, this time we will complete the transaction first, how about it? "

Steward Ren threw his head upside down and laughed, and said coldly, "What a joke! A ginseng can be sold for 16 yuan in Daqin, and the amount of money for each delivery is tens of millions. You didn't hand it over Documents, people without a seal want me to hand over so much money to you without proof?

Let me ask you, if something really happened, would you be responsible? "

Sweat rolled down Ji Guanshi's forehead. He was actually an unsatisfactory businessman from Handan. He did many businesses but failed repeatedly without making any money. After hearing the news of Han Xuwei's recruitment, he paid a huge amount. The price bought Han Xuwei's connections in the house and was recommended to Han Xuwei, who became the steward in charge of Qin.

At first, Ji Guanshi thought that this was a fat job, but he didn't expect to encounter such a big trouble as soon as he came up.

Guanshi Ji's heart moved, and suddenly he flipped his sleeves, and a small wallet immediately appeared in his hand, and he stuffed it towards the opposite Guanshi Ren, and said with a smile: "Guan Ren, please be accommodating, everyone will be partners in cooperation in the future .”

With a snap, Manager Ren knocked out the small wallet that Manager Ji sent, and said coldly, "Who is your partner?

We, Daqin, and your country of Zhao are mortal enemies, and the reason why we trade ginseng with you is nothing more than an order from above.

Since you can't get the paperwork and seal, let's talk about it next month! "

After finishing speaking, Steward Ren turned his head directly, returned to the convoy and shouted: "Everyone is there, return!"

Looking at Guanshi Ren and his party who left, Guanshi Ji was dumbfounded, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

How lucrative the ginseng business is, not to mention the people of Zhao, the whole world knows, so in order to win this time, Guanshi of Qin, Ji Guanshi can be said to give everything he has, not only sold all his property, but also borrowed a large sum of money , Even his wives and concubines took out to sleep with Han Xuwei's confidants, so he won the post of steward.

But now he never expected that such a result would happen!Handover documents?

You must know that the previous manager of Ginseng in Zhao State belonged to Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan, so how could he issue a handover document to Manager Ji, who is Han Xuwei.

As for the seal, it is naturally the seal of Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo, which is even more impossible.

What should I do?

If they can't produce these things, the people of Qin will not make a deal, and all the efforts of Guanshi Ji to go bankrupt will be in vain!Ji Guanshi only felt that his head was buzzing non-stop, and his face became extremely pale.

After a while, Ji Guanshi turned around angrily: "Let's go back to Handan!"

He understood very well that the matter here could not be resolved by himself, and Han Xu must be asked to find a solution.

At the same time, on top of the Qin State motorcade that had gradually gone away, the Qin State's manager Ren turned his head to look at Ji Guanshi, with a meaningful smile flashing on the corner of his mouth.

Of course there are so-called handover documents and seals, and they are also necessary procedures for Zhao Kuo every time he makes an appointment with other countries to open ginseng channels.

But only a very small number of people know that in addition to handing over the documents and seals, there is another token to continue the business.

"Nightingale" Token!

Chapter 283

The same thing keeps happening in the territories of various countries.

Hou Sheng, the general agent of Qi State, is Zhao Kuo's maternal uncle, and at the same time, he has a secret arms deal with Zhao Kuo. Naturally, Qi State wants to support Zhao Kuo.

Chun Shenjun, the general agent of Chu State, and Zhao Kuo are also "friends in need", so Chu State also supports Zhao Kuo.

Although Mr. Xinling, the general agent of the State of Wei, had a bad relationship with Zhao Kuo, Mr. Xinling's sister was Mr. Pingyuan's official wife, and Mr. Pingyuan happened to be Zhao Kuo's strongest supporter in this matter.

Therefore, in just a few days, bad news reached Han Xuwei's ears one after another.

"Grand Master, the people of Qin State demand documents, but refuse to deal!"

"Grand Master, the Qi people refuse to trade!"

"Grand Master, Chu State also refused!"

"Grand Master, the same is true for Wei Guo!"

Hearing these news, Han Xuwei's hands began to tremble continuously.

Judging from last year's report, although it is necessary to share half of the profits to the general agents of the other four countries, because ginseng is sold at a higher price in other countries, the combined sales of the four external countries are also four times the sales of the entire ginseng industry. become.

This is definitely not a number that can be ignored.

In fact, there is another deep-seated reason why the countries so tacitly cut off the cooperation with Han Xuwei.

The leaders of all countries know that the previous ginseng business was handled by Wuxin Jun Zhao Kuo and Yuan Jun Zhao Sheng, so now the Queen Mother Zhao suddenly announced that ginseng was nationalized, which shows that Zhao Kuo, Ping Yuan Jun and the Queen Mother are involved in this matter There was a fight.

Think about it, the Queen Mother Han Ji, the de facto supreme ruler of Zhao Guo, actually had an internal struggle with Zhao Guo Xiangbang and Zhao Guo No.1 general?

Then countries must add fuel to the flames, must add fuel to the fire.

To reject Han Xuwei is to reject the queen mother, which is tantamount to helping Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan, and it is tantamount to making Zhao's internal struggle more violent. The monarchs of all countries except Zhao are too willing to see this scene .

However, the bad news for Han Xuwei did not end there.

Today happened to be the monthly account repayment day, so several stewards in charge of the store in Handan City also came hand in hand.

These stewards looked sad, and tremblingly handed over the account book to Han Xuwei.

After reading it, Han Xuwei was outraged: "You bastard, why did the turnover drop so much all of a sudden?"

Of the four shops in Handan City, the one with the best business conditions in the past month has also lost [-]% of its turnover compared to the previous month, and the worst one has even lost [-]% of its turnover.

Han Xuwei looked at the four stewards in front of him with sharp eyes, and said coldly: "It seems that you are impatient, and dare to tease the old man?"

The four stewards were so frightened by Han Xuwei that they knelt down on the ground with a thud: "The grand master misunderstood, it's not that we don't work hard, it's really that there are no customers."

The four stewards also had hardships that they couldn't tell.

Ginseng is a luxury item, and it is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to afford it. There are only two types of people who can afford it, namely noble officials and wealthy businessmen.

Among them, noble officials are not the main purchasers, but wealthy businessmen are.

why?

Let me talk about the noble officials of Zhao State first.

Although most of the aristocratic officials in the Zhao Kingdom lived well off, their salaries were far from enough to buy three or five ginseng a month, and one ginseng every three or four months was enough luxury.

Moreover, this era is not like the Spring and Autumn Period when the officials had fiefs and could collect taxes in their fiefs.

In this era, only those at the rank of Lord Wuxin Zhao Kuo, Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng, and Wenxin Lord Lin Xiangru could have fiefs and obtain part of the tax revenue from the fiefs.

But the Marquis is the highest rank of Zhao Guo's title, how can it be so easy?

Therefore, those who can afford to consume ginseng on the basis of their own economic strength are those aristocratic families who have their own industries in Handan City and are doing very prosperously.

Then there are the rich.

Over the past few years, the State of Zhao has become the most powerful country in the world, and Handan has naturally become the largest city in the world. We all know that power in the history of China has always been accompanied by money, so a large number of wealthy businessmen brought huge amounts of money. When I came to Handan, I wanted to find an opportunity to cling to power.

Ginseng is such a good opportunity.

First of all, buying ginseng as a gift is very grand.

Secondly, because ginseng is known to have "magical uses" in certain places, the consumption of ginseng is very fast, which also allows these rich businessmen to give gifts to officials many times, making the relationship between the two parties closer.

In the past few years, bribery through ginseng has become the most common method in Zhao Guozhong, and it even reached the point where it was impossible to get things done without giving ginseng.

Later Zhao Guoxiang Bang Pingyuan Jun also discovered this sign, and ordered Lieutenant Zhao Guo's department to arrest a group of Zhao Guo officials, ask them to be accused, dismissed, even imprisoned, and beheaded.