Qi country, territory.

King Wei Hui entered the territory of Qi with a group of Wei chariots and horses, and his son Wei Hei was in the camp hill of Qi State, and he wanted to save his son, in addition to agreeing to the harsh conditions of Qi State, he also had to go to Yingqiu to worship Qi Xiaobai.

As a father, his son's life is in danger, and he only needs to bow down and his son will be saved, Wei Hui Wang Jue is not impossible.

However, this is nothing bad for ordinary people, ordinary fathers, but King Wei Hui is a king, the king of Wei, and his every move represents Wei.

He went to Yingqiu to worship Qi Xiaobai, not because he went to worship personally, but on behalf of the entire Wei State to worship Qi Xiaobai.

King Wei Hui sat in the carriage, looked at the minister Hui Shi beside him and said: "We have gone through many cities in the Qi State, and it is not for nothing that the Qi State can become the first power in Kyushu!" ”

"The people of Qi are in business, so they are very rich, so their city is very prosperous!" Hui Shi looked at King Wei Hui and said.

"Because of the example of the Song State, the countries have been suppressing business and valuing agriculture, but only the Qi State has not done this, he opened up commerce, they encouraged commerce, and made them rich, but the power of the Qi family has been controlling the entire Qi country!" King Wei Hui looked at Hui Shi and said.

"This is Qi Xiaobai learned the lesson of the Song State, although the Qi State is encouraging commerce and giving the merchants a lot of power, but the Qi State clan is also involved in the merchants, and they are also in business, so the Qi State clan is also a very rich businessman!"

"In addition, Qi Xiaobai has been suppressing the powerful merchants by relying on the military power in his hands, although he has recruited private troops for a list of maritime merchants, but the number of recruits is limited, the quota is exceeded, or there are too many private recruits, which is to be punished as a rebellion!"

"And our countries, because of the example of the Song Kingdom, are worried about becoming the next Song Kingdom, although there are merchants in our country, but the merchants will never be able to develop strong!"

"Our Wei State can become the second richest country in the Kyushu continent completely by relying on salt mines!" Hui Shi looked at King Wei Hui and said.

Wei is the second richest country on the Kyushu continent, of course, this is after the fall of the Song State, Wei has a huge salt mine, and salt is a very valuable thing, mastering the salt mine, is to have this economic lifeline, but also because of the salt mine, Wei can dominate the early stage.

Wei has salt mines, Qi also has salt mines, even larger than Wei salt mines, in addition to the commercial development of Qi State, Qi State and annexed, with commerce as the core of the commercial country Song State, became the first economy in the Kyushu continent.

The princes of the entire Kyushu continent are all combined, and their economy cannot surpass the entire Qi country.

Having money means having soldiers and equipment, so the Qi country can keep millions of armored soldiers all the time, and they are well-equipped.

King Wei Hui looked at Hui Shi and said, "You said that our Wei State opened trade routes, how about it?" ”

King Hui of Wei saw that the development of commerce in Qi brought dividends to Qi, and he also wanted to try to let Wei open up business, cultivate big merchants, and bring huge economic benefits to Wei.

He Wei is at the core of the Kyushu mainland, the soil is fertile, the population is sufficient, and it is in the center of Kyushu, and the transportation is developed on all sides, if you want to develop commerce and bring huge economic benefits to Wei, I am afraid it will be easier to achieve the revival of Wei.

The reason why the State of Qi experienced a war, even if it was defeated, could recover instantly, was because the State of Qi was rich, while the State of Wei was rich, but not as rich as the State of Qi, and could completely rely on the economy to reverse the loss.

Hui Shi looked at King Wei Hui and said, "If we want to develop the economy, we will definitely develop better than the Qi country!" ”

"Our Wei State is in a position where transportation is developed on all sides, very similar to the former Song State, if commerce can bring us a huge economy to Wei State, plus our sufficient population!"

"In ten years, my Wei State will inevitably be able to climb on the battlefield again, compete for hegemony one or two, and even be the emperor, it is not impossible!" Hui Shi looked at King Wei Hui and said.

"It's just ......" Hui Shi said halfway through and looked at King Wei Hui, who looked at Hui Shi: "Just what?" ”

"Our Wei State is to rule the Wei State with a clan, if we develop commerce, we will inevitably cultivate commercial aristocrats, they will grow, they will inevitably want to meddle in power, which will break the tradition of our Wei State!" Hui Shi looked at King Wei Hui and said.

Indeed, if you want to develop commerce, you must support the big merchants, but the power of the merchants becomes stronger, and they will reach out to the court of the Wei state, become the upstart of the court, and threaten the rule of the Wei clan.

"Can't we learn from Qi Guo? Suppressing businessmen by force? King Wei Hui looked at Hui Shi and asked.

"Your Majesty, the State of Qi is not simply suppressed by force, the State of Qi is in control of several commercial lifelines, and can share these lifelines with those business families, businessmen are highly profitable, they will inevitably cooperate with the State of Qi for this benefit, and they will be willingly suppressed by the State of Qi!"

"But the only commercial lifeline that our Wei State can take out, that is, the salt mine, this is the core of my Wei State, if it is handed over, if these merchants betray ......"

"The king should know that businessmen have no integrity, only interests!" Hui Shi looked at King Wei Hui and said.

"Has Qi Guo taken out his own salt mine?" King Wei Hui looked at Hui Shi and asked.

"The Qi State categorically did not hand it over, but the Qi State has a territory in Kyushu, and Qi Xiaobai is there to give these merchants a lot of dividends!"

"Merchants can get huge benefits, so they surrender to the Qi clan, and Qi is overseas, and they can protect them, it can be said that merchants and Qi are cooperative relations, and if merchants want to maintain this cooperation, they can't infiltrate their hands into the court of Qi State!"

"There are also businessmen in the Qi Kingdom, who have developed and entered the court of the Qi Kingdom, but the end is very miserable!" Hui Shi looked at King Wei Hui and said.

"My Wei State doesn't have these things, I can give them to them, once the cooperation breaks down, the merchants who develop and grow will be a threat to our Wei State!"

"The Qi State has the ability to control this threat, but do we Wei have the ability?"

"Qi Xiaobai is very rich, so he is not afraid of businessmen and infiltrates the court with money, but what about these ministers of our Wei State?"

"Can our Wei clan compare to the merchants economically?" Hui Shi looked at King Wei Hui and said.

"I am the lord of a nation, and there are not a few merchants who are rich?" Wei Hui Wang Jue's favor was to look down on him.

Hui Shi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, it is natural to think so, but once the merchants develop and grow, what is the difficulty of being rich and rivaling the country?" ”

"One merchant may not be as rich as the Wei clan, but what about two merchants? How many businessmen have joined forces? Hui Shi looked at King Wei Hui and said.