Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Zhao Kuo may even be killed by the Queen Mother of Zhao Guo because of this. Although we are helping Zhao Kuo, we are actually laying the groundwork for Zhao Kuo's death in the future.

Anyway, Dayan has now confirmed that Liaodong County does produce ginseng, so what is there to regret about these five hundred ginseng? "

Guo Wei pondered for a moment, and finally made up his mind: "Okay.

Since this is the case, the old man will enter the palace now, go to discuss with the king and the others, and make sure this matter is settled, so that Zhao Kuo can win this one! "

As he said that, Guo Wei couldn't help laughing out loud: "Presumably he, Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo, would never have thought that today's victory would be the cause of his future death!"

Chapter 292 Where did the ginseng come from?

Handan City.

Sitting in the back hall of the ginseng shop, Han Xuwei was in a good mood.

These days, the sales of ginseng can be said to be growing steadily, and everything is under control.

According to the current trend, defeating Zhao Kuo is just around the corner.

Han Xuwei, who was lying on the recliner, moved his body slightly, and the recliner began to swing unsteadily.

Sitting on Zhao Kuo's recliner, selling Zhao Kuo's goods, is there anything more comfortable than this in the world?

A confidant stood beside Han Xuwei, hesitant to speak.

Han Xuwei said lightly: "Speak up if you have something to say!"

The confidant said: "My lord, according to the previous calculations, if this momentum continues, I am afraid that this month will be a little bit closer to [-]%."

Han Xuwei's movements stopped instantly: "How much is the difference?"

The confidant said: "It's about half a percent."

For the sake of oh, Han Xu said lightly: "Then go find those businessmen and officials who are familiar with the old man, let them buy it, and make up half of the money!"

Confidant: "" You know, this is half of the sales of the entire Zhao country!is an astronomical number in the millions.

The officials and businessmen on Han Xuwei's side had already been plundered last month, and many of them were even forced to sell their properties and even mansions in Handan City to meet Han Xuwei's demands.

Now do it again, is there really so much wool to squeeze?

But his confidants didn't dare to say it, because those who dared to say that had already been scolded by Han Xuwei to the point of leaving.

A morning passed.

At noon, the confidant who went to the front of the shop and came back had a strange expression on his face, and said, "My lord, there seems to be something wrong with today's situation."

Han Xuwei snorted and said, "What's wrong?"

The confidant said: "Master, it is already noon, but today only five guests came, and only two of them bought two ginseng."

For the sake of oh, Han Xu said unhurriedly: "What's the matter, isn't morning and noon the off-season?"

In order to overthrow Zhao Kuo, Han Xuwei is also concerned. These days, he has been studying ginseng very hard, even the ginseng industry buzzwords such as off-season and peak season come from Zhao Kuo.

The confidant said: "However, the passenger flow in the past was not so small.

Usually there are at least [-] or [-] people at this time, even if they are individual tourists, they can sell at least seven or eight ginseng.

Moreover, there is not a single wholesaler today. "

This is the case with retainers, the lord has to learn what he likes, so this confidant is now also the lingua franca of the ginseng industry.

Han Xuwei let out a sigh, and opened his eyes in surprise: "It's a little strange, I'll take a look this afternoon."

By the afternoon, Han Xuwei also began to notice something was wrong.

The traffic in the afternoon is even less than that in the morning! "How is this going?"

Han Xuwei's face became very gloomy, and he said, "Go, send someone to ask about the other shops in Handan City!"

After half an hour, the other three stores sent feedback one after another.

The business performance of all stores plummeted on this day, and the number of customers and sales entering the store did not even reach a quarter of the previous day!Han Xuwei became anxious all of a sudden.

You must know that there are still seven days, and the three-month period is coming.

According to the previous rule, the period at the end of the month is the best time to sell ginseng, why has it become like this now?

"Check it out for the old man, and send someone to check it out immediately!"

Han Xuwei was furious and yelled at the group of subordinates in front of him.

Han Xuwei couldn't find anything for the whole night.

It is impossible to go door-to-door to those homes that have bought ginseng and ask: "Why didn't you come to our store to buy ginseng today?"

The confidantes looked at each other, and finally someone had an idea and said to Han Xuwei: "My lord, maybe this is just a coincidence, just a coincidence.

Tomorrow's turnover should be able to return to normal. "

Han Xuwei, who hadn't slept all night, saw that the sky was about to dawn, nodded very tiredly, and said, "Okay, I'll go to sleep for a while, I'll talk about it when I wake up."

Han Xuwei woke up after only two hours of sleep.

After breakfast, Han Xuwei drove to the ginseng shop yesterday without stopping, and sat down again.

Another day passed.

This time, the dangling recliner could no longer put Han Xuwei in a good mood.

For a whole day, no more than twenty customers entered the store, and only four ginsengs were sold.

Han Xuwei was furious: "There must be something wrong, let me check it out, if you can't find out, you will all die for me!"

There are only five days left, but the current sales are only [-]%.

It was supposed to be the end of the peak season, but sales fell to the bottom for two consecutive days.

Han Xuwei wanted to eat people!If it continues like this, the victory in sight will become a certain defeat!So, Han Xuwei not only mobilized all his subordinates, but also went directly to Lin Xiangru.

"Wen Xinjun, this time you must help me find out what happened!"

Although Han Xuwei is a grand master with a very noble status, the specific affairs he is in charge of on weekdays are only astronomy, historians, and the education of the little Zhao Wang. Basically, he has no manpower in terms of administration.

After listening to Han Xuwei's complaint, Lin Xiangru's face also changed, and he said after a while, "Could it be that Lord Wu Xin and Lord Yuan made a move?"

Han Xuwei gritted his teeth and said, "It must be that bastard Zhao Kuo who did it behind the scenes. Mr. Wen Xin, this old man does business in a clean manner, not as shameless as Zhao Kuo's. You must help me!"

Lin Xiangru was also a little speechless after hearing this. Zhao Kuo was only competing with you with commercial means. You, Han Xuwei, have ruined many officials and businessmen of Zhao State in the past two months. Now the whole Handan secretly calls you "Vampire Master" , you actually have the face to call Zhao Kuo shameless?

But Lin Xiangru knew very well that it was really impossible for him to just sit back and watch Han Xu fail, so Lin Xiangru agreed: "Don't worry, Taishi, the old man will go to see Wu Xiangjun Lianpo and Zhou Qing later, and let them also accept the matter." Help to check."

Don't think that Han Xuwei can be an equal ally with Lin Xiangru, but Han Xuwei's strength lies in his influence on the Queen Mother. Naturally, it is impossible to compare with Lin Xiangru, a veteran of the three dynasties and leader of the scholar faction, in terms of management in Zhao State.

Lin Xiangru mobilized the entire force of the scholars sent in Handan, which is not comparable to Han Xuwei.

The next night, the anxious Han Xuwei came to Lin Xiangru's house again, and finally got the truth from Lin Xiangru that his business had plummeted in the past few days.

"There is a group of unknown visitors who have been secretly selling ginseng in Handan for the past two days. Their quantity is very large, and they have already sold hundreds of ginseng.

And their ginseng is as low as [-] yuan a piece, much cheaper than your Taishi! "

After Han Xuwei heard it, there was a bang in his mind like a thunderbolt, and he couldn't help crying.

"Impossible, how can anyone have a large amount of ginseng to sell?"

Chapter 293 Han Xuwei Who Completely Lost His Mind

Even though Zhao Guo has a lot of ginseng, the ginseng circulating in the market is limited.

As a time traveler, Zhao Kuo is well versed in the truth that "monopoly can make a lot of money", so when he first established the ginseng industry, he used his relationship to transfer Zhou Shaofen to be the sheriff of Shangdang County, and then joined with Lord Pingyuan, and later joined forces After defeating King Zhao, he completely monopolized the industry.

In order to protect this monopoly position, King Zhao promulgated a law in Shangdang County, that is, only picking teams with a "picking certificate" are eligible to enter the mountain to pick ginseng, and any individual or team without a picking certificate is found. They were sent directly to the prison for interrogation, depending on the amount of private picking, they were sent to the northern border of Zhao State to repair the Great Wall, or they were directly beheaded and abandoned the city or even ransacked their families.

In order to protect the ginseng industry, King Zhao even instructed Shangdang County to organize a powerful army to arrest all kinds of private picking activities, as well as various bandits entrenched in Shangdang County.

With such overlapping laws and institutional guarantees, the ginseng production in the entire Shangdang County is basically firmly controlled by the government.

However, the entire Shangdang County includes the southern part of the Taihang Mountains. Naturally, it is impossible to completely control such a large area, so occasionally some ginseng will appear from unofficial channels.

But usually there are only three or five, and at most ten or eight. If there are more, it will definitely arouse the wrath of the government. Check it out. Grab money.

As a result, hundreds of ginsengs appeared in Handan City?

The shock in Han Xuwei's heart can be imagined. He slammed his fist on the table and gritted his teeth: "It must have been done by that bastard Zhao Kuo. The power of hundreds of ginsengs! This old man will go to the palace to find the queen mother, this time I must make him look good!"

It seemed angry, but at this moment Han Xuwei was actually more or less secretly happy.

Sure enough, Zhao Kuo couldn't hold back, and wanted to do these little tricks.

As long as Han Xuwei exposes Zhao Kuo's tricks, there is no need to wait for the bet to be completed. The queen mother can use the reason of "Wu Xinjun cheated privately" to judge Han Xuwei as the winner on the spot.

Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo, you are in a hurry, is it useful?

Just when Han Xuwei stood up happily and walked outside, Lin Xiangru suddenly stopped Han Xuwei.

"Teacher, in my opinion, you should not enter the palace."

Han Xuwei was obviously puzzled: "Why?"

Lin Xiangru was silent for a moment, and said: "This old man has a ginseng, which was also bought from them. Please take a look at it."

Han Xuwei looked at the ginseng Lin Xiangru took out with doubts on his face, and said, "Isn't this just an ordinary ginseng? What can I see?"

Lin Xiangru shook his head and said, "Take it in your hands and look at it."

Han Xuwei turned around and took the ginseng from Lin Xiangru's hand, observed it carefully for a few seconds, and suddenly his body shook: "This, no, no, no, how is it possible?"

Lin Xiangru sighed faintly, and said, "The Grand Master must have seen it."

Han Xuwei raised his head and said decisively: "This is not ginseng, it's a fake! Although it looks like it, it doesn't have the character and appearance of ginseng in many places."

Lin Xiangru still shook his head and said, "No, this is ginseng.

The old man has already had people try it, and its medicinal effect is the same as that of ginseng, so how could it not be ginseng? "

Han Xuwei was angry: "Xinjun, what joke are you kidding, don't you know the appearance of ginseng?"

Lin Xiangru said calmly: "Of course the grand master knows the appearance of ginseng, but that is only the appearance of Shangdang ginseng."

Han Xuwei couldn't help laughing: "Shangdang County is the only place in the world that can produce ginseng. Are there other places that can?" Han Xuwei suddenly stopped because he thought of a possibility that he had never thought of before.

Han Xuwei's voice suddenly became trembling: "Could it be that in this world?" Lin Xiangru let out a deep sigh: "Yes, there is really another ginseng production area in this world.

According to the person who sells these ginsengs, these ginsengs are all produced in Liaodong County, Yan State! "

With a snap, the ginseng in Han Xuwei's hand fell to the ground, and his jaw seemed to fall as well: "How is this possible?"

Lin Xiangru didn't continue to speak, just flipped his wrist, took out two ginseng from his sleeve again, and sighed: "These are all sent by people from my side. If my guess is correct, it's not just Handan, I'm afraid Even other places in Dazhao." Lin Xiangru didn't continue, but Han Xuwei fully understood what he meant.

This wave was obviously aimed at Han Xuwei. Since the attack was made in Handan, how could it not be shot in other places in Zhao State?

Han Xuwei gritted his teeth, and said with hatred: "It must be Zhao Kuo, only Zhao Kuo would choose to take action at this time, and only Zhao Kuo has the ability to take action in all places in Da Zhao at the same time!"

Lin Xiangru sighed, "Grand Master, do you have evidence?"

Han Xuwei said: "As long as those who sell ginseng are caught, there will be evidence!"

Lin Xiangru nodded and said, "That's true, but Grand Master, don't forget, it's only four days before the third month of ginseng is due!"

Han Xuwei froze immediately.

Four days, is there still time to track it down?

Han Xuwei didn't speak any more, and walked out of Lin Xiangru's mansion with a livid face.

At this moment, the Grand Master Zhao's heart was filled with despair and anger.

"No, the old man must not admit defeat!"

Han Xu mobilized all the forces he could, hoping to search for clues of the mysterious force that could quietly sell hundreds of ginseng in Handan, Zhao State.

However, two days passed, but no clues were found at all.

Those people seemed to be shadows lurking in the dark night, they appeared quietly, sold a lot of ginseng, and then left quietly.

But it's not that Han Xuwei failed to investigate something. After all, it is impossible for such a valuable thing as ginseng to be traded out in such an unclear manner. It must be known and trusted by both parties.

Judging from the investigation of his subordinates, Han Xuwei discovered that this incident was vaguely related to Guo Wei, Prime Minister of Yan State, and some spies of Yan State were also involved.

But that didn't work.

As long as the clues don't point to Zhao Kuo, it's useless at all!Finally, there is only one day left until the third month's due date.