Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Then let me tell you, in fact, I just want to do some business in the Seleucid Empire through your family! "

The second prince looked at Zhao Kuo and said after a while, "I don't know what kind of business my brother wants to do?"

As soon as Zhao Kuo clapped his hands, someone immediately delivered a box and placed it in front of the second prince.

The second prince opened it and his eyes lit up: "Ginseng?"

After being developed by Zhao Kuo, ginseng has become a necessity for all Chinese nobles in the past ten years because of the "kidney strengthening X" that came out of nowhere. As a person who often goes to Hualou, the second prince certainly cannot Don't know about ginseng.

Not only that, but the second prince has also consumed ginseng soup many times. Although the second prince always feels distressed for a bowl of ginseng soup that costs thousands of dollars every time he consumes it, but every night after drinking the ginseng soup Girl Luliu would lie in his arms delicately and praise his bravery, which made the second prince feel that the money was well spent.

Zhao Kuo looked at the second prince and said with a smile: "Brother, do you know now?

In fact, part of my brother’s business is the ginseng business. Do you think if we sell this ginseng in the Seleucid Empire, will it have a future? "

The second prince took a deep breath and nodded seriously: "Yes, it's really promising!"

Did the Seleucid Empire have ginseng?

The second prince didn't know.

But what the second prince knew was that even if the Seleucid Empire really had ginseng, the Seleucids didn't know about ginseng, let alone used ginseng.

The second prince said excitedly: "Brother Zhao, whether it is a man from the Han Dynasty or a man from Seleucus, to put it bluntly, every man wants to do it himself, it's very good! If you sell this ginseng, That's definitely a bargain!"

Zhao Kuo laughed loudly and said, "If this is the case, it would be great! But, brother, you must know that although this ginseng is good, if the nobles of Seleucid don't know its benefits, then It doesn't work either.

So my brother needs someone to promote it on Seleucus, you should understand what my brother means, right? "

Looking at the smiling Zhao Kuo, the second prince finally came to his senses, and said with a smile, "Brother Zhao, what do you mean, you hope I can promote my brother's ginseng in Seleucid?"

Zhao Kuo slapped his thigh with a smile: "Yes, that's the reason! Not only ginseng, but also a lot of porcelain and silk in my brother's hands. Anyway, they must be novel to you Seleucids. , will definitely satisfy you.”

The second prince looked at the smiling Zhao Kuo, and felt in his heart that he should have understood the intention of this old brother Zhao.

To put it bluntly, Brother Zhao just wanted to do business with Seleucus, so he set his mind on the second prince.

Although he knew that brother Zhao wanted to use the second prince, but the second prince didn't have any resentment in his heart.

As the most popular candidate for the emperor, although the second prince is very young, he has been playing games with those veterans of the Seleucid political circle for many years, and he knows a principle to do things, that is, you use me and I use you, so that everyone can be happy.

If only one party benefits and the other party has no benefit, then this kind of thing is basically impossible.

Now the second prince wants to ask Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Kuo also hopes to get some benefits through the second prince. This is the best exchange of interests and the most stable relationship.

Thinking of this, the second prince's heart completely settled down, and he smiled at Zhao Kuo: "Brother, if it's all about these things, don't worry, after your people go to Seleucus, just let them come to find you." Me, I will definitely help you get it done!"

, For the second prince, this is really just a very easy thing.

After all, the second prince is one of the most beloved sons of the Seleucid emperor, and he is also a big figure in the Seleucid political arena. With the second prince to endorse, this brother Zhao's ginseng, silk, and porcelain will explode every minute ?

After getting the second prince's guarantee, Zhao Kuo burst out laughing, and said to the second prince seriously: "Then thank you, brother.

How about this, I can't let my brother help you for nothing. In the future, the proceeds from the sale of ginseng, porcelain, silk, etc. will be divided between you and me! "

When the second prince heard this, he was shocked again: "Five to five points?"

At this moment, the second prince was really embarrassed: "No, Brother Zhao, this is absolutely not possible!"

Zhao Kuo was puzzled: "Why not? Could it be that my brother thinks too little?

Then we can talk again. "

The second prince said seriously: "No, it's too much, too much Brother Zhao!"

For the second prince, he is a person with strong self-esteem.

This old brother Zhao, when the second prince was in such a difficult situation, generously offered 1000 million yuan, but what he wanted in return was nothing more than a few words of introduction from the second prince.

1000 million for these few words, the second prince is already guilty enough and embarrassed enough, but now he wants to divide up half of Brother Zhao's goods?

The second prince said with a firm expression: "How about this, Brother Zhao, when the time comes, you will send someone to Seleucus, and if the effect of my recommendation is okay, then you can just give me an idea.

If the effect of my recommendation is not good, then I will not take it.

As for what is [-]% or [-]%, if you still think I am a friend, then don't mention it again in the future! "

Looking at the second prince with an extremely resolute face, Zhao Kuo also had a strange expression.

After a while, Zhao Kuo breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at the second prince: "Okay, brother, you are also a straightforward person. Since you have insisted so much, then brother will not talk nonsense, and everything will be done according to brother's wishes." Bar!"

In the room, the two showed happy smiles at the same time.

Chapter 1150 Brother Zhao Zhen Takes You to See Silk

That night, the second prince finally managed to meet Miss Luliu.

After confirming the second prince's feelings for Miss Luliu, Zhao Kuo waved her hand, and Miss Luliu left Hualou and lived in the second prince's room.

Although Doros had some opinions on this, Doros was a courtier after all. After the second prince made it clear that the green willow girl would never become his wife in the future, Doros had no choice but to let it go.

Men always need a woman to accompany them, especially in such a situation where they have been in a foreign country for a long time, it is more normal to have a woman to accompany them.

Even if Antiochus II knew about this in the future, he would not blame the second prince for it, so what can Doros say?

After finally being able to stay and fly with Miss Luliu, the second prince did not go out for a long time, until another day, Zhao Kuo took the initiative to come to the door.

"Brother, it seems that you are intoxicated by the gentleness, and you don't want to leave this room at all."

Zhao Kuo laughed and said to the second prince.

The second prince's room is also very particular, it is a small courtyard, and there is a separate side door, anyone can enter and exit the courtyard without being seen by other members of the mission.

The second prince looked at Zhao Kuo in front of him, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, you don't know, it's not that I don't want to go out, it's really cold outside, and I don't know what to do when I go out. "

Zhao Kuo laughed loudly: "You don't understand this, do you?

Let's go, my brother will take you to see the good things that will make us a lot of money in the future! "

With that said, Zhao Kuo grabbed the second prince and left.

The second prince wanted to refuse, but considering that Zhao Kuo was indeed a benefactor, he simply followed Zhao Kuo into the carriage.

As soon as he got in the car, Zhao Kuo took out a bottle of wine as if by magic, and said to the second prince with a smile: "Will you drink the wine soaked in thousand-year-old ginseng?"

The second prince's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Quick, have a drink!"

Legend has it that the stronger the age of the ginseng, the stronger the effect of the brewed wine on "that aspect".

The usual [-]-year or [-]-year-old ginseng is already expensive. Now that there is a bottle of [-]-year-old ginseng wine in front of him, how can the second prince control it?

After two glasses of wine, the second prince's body warmed up quickly, and he began to talk more: "Brother Zhao, where are we going?"

Zhao Kuo smiled and said to the second prince, "Go to the silk factory."

The second prince let out an oh, obviously not much interested.

The second prince is actually very interested in silk, which is something exclusive to China. However, this second prince really doesn't have much interest in how to do business.

Zhao Kuo looked at the second prince and couldn't help laughing: "Why, do you think the silk business can't make money?"

The second prince thought for a while and said, "Could it be that the silk business can make a lot of money?"

Zhao Kuo chuckled, and winked at the second prince mysteriously: "You will know soon."

The second prince still didn't take it seriously, thinking that Zhao Kuo might have taken it too seriously.

After a while, the two came to a workshop.

Zhao Kuo introduced: "This is my brother's silk workshop, and it is also one of the largest silk workshops in the imperial capital."

The second prince looked up and found a huge factory in front of him, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath: "Brother Zhao's silk workshop is amazing in scale."

"amazing?"

Zhao Kuo laughed, and said to the second prince, "Next, you can see even more amazing things."

The two walked into the silk workshop.

Although it is already winter, there are still a large number of workers coming and going in the silk workshop, busy moving all kinds of silk products around, sewing, coloring and other processes.

The second prince looked around and suddenly realized something was wrong: "There are so many female workers here?"

As far as the eye can see, almost all women are working, even those who wear management clothes are women.

This is undoubtedly beyond the second prince's expectation. For the second prince, shouldn't women be able to do some housework honestly at home, and then take care of the children?

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Brother, you just don't know something.

Let me put it this way, do you know how many years we fought in China?

A full 800 years!After so many years of fighting, we now have more boys and girls in China.

These days, all the men are scrambling to join the army. Who would come to work in this kind of workshop?

But women are different. Many women can't find a husband they like, and they stay at home and are rejected by their parents. Isn't it good to find a job and be self-reliant?

It's impossible to go to Hualou one by one. "

The second prince listened, and nodded quite convinced: "Brother Zhao is right, I don't see that you are quite familiar with these social issues, so don't your emperor and ministers have any objections? ?

After all, when women come out to work, it should affect the social atmosphere. "

Although the second prince came from the Seleucid Empire in the west, in the Greek Macedonian Ming Dynasty, the status of women was not paid much attention to.

To put it bluntly, in this kind of ancient times, it is impossible for any country or civilization to achieve equality between men and women, because everyone has to fight, and men are the absolute main force in the army.

In this era, mastering force is equivalent to mastering power, so it is a matter of course that the status of men greatly exceeds that of women, both in the East and the West.

Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "Social atmosphere?

Let me tell you this, our Emperor His Majesty once said that anyone who can support himself is a useful person to society.

If a person just wants to find a job to support himself and his family, and does not want to cause any damage to the society, then how can we say that this person's behavior will affect the social atmosphere?

Brother, is there any truth in what you said about our emperor? "

The second prince was stunned for a moment, and after a few seconds he said: "It seems to be true, but I still feel weird."

Zhao Kuo patted the second prince's shoulder very understandingly: "I can understand you too, to put it bluntly, you just think that men must be noble and women must be humble.

But for me, men can work just as well as women. In my workshop, women can produce as much output as men, and I can even pay them lower wages than men. Why do I Can't hire female workers? "

The second prince was completely speechless.

But in any case, after the conversation with Zhao Kuo ended, the second prince's heart did indeed have some sort of wavering in his mind.

Yes, since women can do what men can do, why must women be forced to stay at home instead of letting women come out to work?

While talking, the two entered a room that looked like a warehouse.

As soon as he entered the warehouse, the second prince was taken aback: "There are so many?"

Yes, there is a huge amount of silk cloth neatly placed in this warehouse, the amount can be said to be staggering.

Zhao Kuo laughed, and said to the second prince: "Of course, otherwise, brother, why would I be so anxious to open up foreign markets?"

What Zhao Kuo said is indeed the truth. With the unification of the world, the problems of tariffs, circulation difficulties, and manpower shortages that existed in various countries were either completely solved or greatly alleviated. big outbreak.

But something like silk, it is a status symbol, ordinary people are not allowed to buy it, and businessmen are not allowed to buy it, only scholars and nobles are allowed to buy it.

This has caused a big problem, that is, the output has increased, but the consumption power of the aristocratic class who has the qualifications to buy is not enough.

As a result, silk began to be unsalable.

We must know that before Zhao Kuo seized power, he had secretly developed a large number of industries in Zhao Guo through Guo Zong, the financial steward, and the silk industry was a large part of it.

Later, with the step-by-step expansion of Zhao Kuo's power, more than [-]% of the silk industry in Zhao State was controlled by Zhao Kuo's Wu Xinjun Mansion. House", that is, Zhao Kuo took care of it as the emperor's private industrial organization.

Some people have said that this is already the emperor, and the whole country belongs to Zhao Kuo, so why create a Shaofu?

In fact, the emperors of all dynasties will set up a small private treasury institution with a different name, but the actual function is exactly the same as that of the Shaofu.

The reason is also very simple. Sometimes the interests of the emperor are not consistent with the interests of the country.

For example, if an emperor wants to build a palace outside, he can go out occasionally to relax.

This is not a problem for the emperor, but the ministers may object: "Your Majesty, your palace still needs to use a lot of funds from our Han treasury, and you have to mobilize a lot of young and strong civilians. This is a waste of money. .”

When the emperor heard it, he felt a little uncomfortable. After all, it was really unreasonable to allocate money from the treasury for the emperor's own enjoyment.

Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, the emperors said to the ministers: "I want to create a small treasury. From now on, a large part of the national finances will be handed over to the treasury every year, and a small part will be reserved for this small treasury.

From now on, if I want to build a palace, I can get the money from this small treasury instead of using money from the national treasury, right? "

The emperor's words are all about this, and of course the ministers also want to save face. After all, they are the supreme beings in the world. You can't justify not giving the emperor some privileges.