Shenyang, the southern monarch of Chu State, is said to be a Zhao person, who is a guest from Zhang Er, but he stepped on two boats and secretly informed Xiang Yu that the Zhao Gao brothers wanted to surrender Zhao and Wei to the east of the river.

He received the project in Maojin again, and finally with this credit, he was placed in Luoyang, which seemed to be very honorable and enjoyed the anointed land, but in fact, this was the closest territory to Heifu - the emotional Chu people did not intend to stick to this ......

Shenyang only two months after the birthday of peace, after Heifu settled the situation in Guanzhong, before Han Xin attacked Hedong, he immediately ordered Dongmen Leopard to advance eastward, and captured Mianchi, Xin'an, Yiyang and other places in one fell swoop, Shenyang retreated in defeat, and finally retreated to Luoyang City, and asked Xiang Liang of Liangdi, Sima Mao of Hanoi, and Zheng Chang of Yingchuan for help.

A group of local businessmen very enthusiastically invited Shen Yang to preside over the wax sacrifice, in order to get more money and food from this group of two-week merchants, Shen Yang happily went to the appointment, and only then did they arrive in front of the temple, the merchants actually pulled out the dagger from their bodies, one by one, stabbed Shen Yang to death in a pool of blood, and cut off his head out of the city to dedicate to the Dongmen leopard, Luoyang went down!

And now, Shen Yang's head, pickled in lime, put it in a wooden box of incense, and placed it in front of Heifu's case.

But Heifu was not interested in this guy who played soy sauce, and his eyes were on the three heroes who surrendered in Luoyang.

The first is his advisor Sui He, an old Confucian who is about the same age as his uncle and grandson Tong sneaked into Luoyang in a Confucian suit, secretly co-opting the local forces in Luoyang, and contributed to the murder.

And the two representatives of Luoyang businessmen were introduced by He and worshiped in the hall.

"The villain is white to give (jǐ), and the people of Gongxian are also." This person is white and fat, and he is a little similar to Zhang Cang.

"The villain Su Li, the people of Luoyang County." This is a dry old man in his sixties.

"Meet Xia Gong!"

People in the world have always felt that Yin people are good, and Zhou people like farming, which is actually an inherent impression, forced by life, where do people still have any traditions and principles.

For example, the people of Chengzhou are trapped in this place within a radius of 100 miles, the land is small and narrow, and the population is large, so everyone has to find a way to eat, and there is no place to farm, so they can only engage in industry and commerce.

Despite the decline of the national strength of the Zhou Dynasty, Luoyang Street is located in Qi, Qin, Chu and Zhao, and those who compete for fame are in the court, and those who compete for profit are in the city, and Sanchuan and Zhou have become the dynasty market of the world and the trade center of the Central Plains. The people of Luoyang then threw away the traditions of their ancestors and devoted themselves to industry and commerce, regarding them as their "own business", and the pursuit of profits has become the new tradition of the city.

The so-called "the country of ten thousand times must have a thousand gold merchants, and the country of a thousand times must have a thousand gold merchants", Luoyang's commerce is becoming more and more prosperous, and many famous rich merchants such as Xiangao, Bai Gui, and Lü Buwei are engaged in activities here.

"The villain is after Bai Gui, who lives in Gong." Shiro introduces himself.

This Bai Gui is a hundred years ago Luoyang businessman, did Wei Hui Wang's Xiangbang, presided over the relocation of the Wei capital, repaired the chasm, he lost in the political arena in his later years, retired to his hometown, but did not accept the old, re-run the old business of business, relying on the connections of Wei Xiangshi, invincible, re-possession of the wealth of a daughter.

Bai Qi is the great-grandson of Bai Gui, they are currently the richest merchant in Sanchuan, mainly engaged in "Xia Gu", that is, grain trade, in recent years also run a mill and a new flour business, when Xiang Yu captured Sanchuan, Bai Shi through a generous gift of grain, so that their family from looting......

But in terms of influence in Zhoudi, even though the Bai family has accumulated for a hundred years, it is still inferior to the Su family.

"The villain's father is Su Li, and the Ji brother of Su Qin and Su Dai is also ......"

Su Qin and Su Dai are the strategists of the princes, and Heifu has heard of it, but the eldest son of the Su family may be covered by the light of his brother, and his reputation is not in the world.

But as long as the story is told, Heifu knows it.

Su Li said: "Xia Gong has heard a saying, 'The Eastern Zhou wants to be rice, and the Western Zhou does not go into the water!'" This is the deeds of Naizu. ”

Heifu bowed: "Yes, I heard it." ”

He only felt strange at the time: "Isn't the East and West Zhou one after the other, how can they coexist?" ”

Later, I figured out that it turned out that this Zhou Tianzi was only equivalent to a small prince during the Warring States period, with a land of hundreds of miles, but the tradition of dividing the feud was deeply rooted in the bones, and it was like this, and it would continue to be sealed!

So the next generation of Zhou Tianzi, the territory is gone. The actual land was controlled by the Duke of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Duke of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and these two relatives were still fighting in the palace all day long.

The Western Zhou Dynasty was in the upper reaches of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the water source of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was controlled by the Western Zhou Dynasty.

In the end, this trouble was solved by Su Li, and he got a thank you gift from the two families, and what is even more brilliant is that Su Li later used "100 shots and 100 hits" as a lobbying rhetoric to persuade Wu Anjun of the Qin State who retired from the army to the city, and let Erzhou live for more than 20 years.

So Su Li was hired as a secretary by both East and West Erzhou, and he also gave away the land, and accumulated wealth by operating the land. When he arrived at Su Li's son, he thought that the risk of being a lobbyist was too high, and he was accidentally divided by five horses like Uncle Su Qin, so he started a business - lending! He often lent money in disaster years, and then annexed land, tried and failed, and became a large landowner in Luoyang.

But despite the wealth of the family, the two are very low-key and wear simple clothes.

Hefu gave people a seat: "Why are you so simple in your clothes?" ”

Bai gave a sleek and said: "Ancestor Bai Gui, although he was a wealthy merchant, lived a frugal life, abandoned his desires, saved clothes, and shared weal and woe with his slaves. ”

Su Li likes to tell the truth: "The Great Qin Law has a clear text, so I don't dare to cross the rules!" ”

Heifu shook his head: "I heard that in the past few months, the Xiang family and Shen Yang have allowed you to wait for silk and silk, and Shen Yang has treated you well, why did you want to kill him?" ”

Bai Yu hurriedly explained: "The Chu people want to split the mountains and rivers, if there are many small countries, traffic jams, and excessive tariffs, it will hurt the merchants, we know that the righteousness is in the Xia Gong, and the Xiang family is the thief of the Chu enemy, so I support the Xia Gong to dominate the world!" ”

Su Li just smiled, and still told the truth: "The reason why I hate Shen Yang is because he borrowed my family's debt, said that he would return it in March, but he didn't pay it back on time, and he wanted to ask for some more money and food, and he wanted to force it by force, so Su had no choice but to do it first......

Such a hardcore excuse? Heifu was amused by the man's straightforwardness.

But for Su, this seems to be the norm.

Su Li said eloquently: "When Zhou Tianzi was in debt, his father chased him to the high platform to hide!" He also pointed to the high platform of debts and said to me: 'It is natural and righteous to repay debts, even the Son of Heaven, this is the faith of man, if he does not believe, how is it different from a beast?' Therefore, the debt of the Su clan cannot be delinquented! ”

Bai Yu hurriedly coughed and said: "Yes, Shen Yang has no faith in his words, and he is an enemy of Xia Gong, in order to prevent Luoyang Baigong Jia from suffering from swords, and the savings of a hundred years will be destroyed in one fell swoop, so we can do that strategy......"

Heifu nodded: "I summoned you and others today, but for the same thing. ”

He laughed and said, "Borrow food!" ”

"The Bai family should do their best!" Bai gave an immediate statement.

Su Li asked Heifu rhetorically: "Dare to ask the regent, how much to borrow." ”

"100,000 stones per family, if there is no millet rice, soya beans are also acceptable."

The two glanced at each other, a little hesitant, but not to the point of wanting to cry without tears, when the Chu army withdrew, although they robbed some for nothing, and Shen Yang "borrowed" some of it, but the two families still had some savings.

But such a large amount is enough to empty the grain stocks of the two families.

"How long to borrow?"

Despite his timid words, businessmen were born to bargain.

Heifu raised his eyebrows: "What, you can't trust the government, and you still want to force this regent into debt?" ”

"The villain would never dare to do this!" Bai Qi was already so frightened that he knelt on the ground, and Su Li also knelt down, but still raised his neck:

"If the country has no faith, it will perish, and how can the regent be the kind of person who will be short-sighted enough to ruin his own credibility for the sake of petty profits? For the sake of the regent's reputation, we still have to ask clearly. ”

"How long does the regent have to borrow and how to pay it back?"

This person is a little bold, and he is worthy of being the descendant of the Three Sus.

Heifu slowed down his tone: "The grain is exchanged for the same salt, and you will take the salt and lead it, and go to Hedong to transport it by yourself and sell it by yourself." ”

This is already a wholesale price, but with the control of the local area now, the income from sending people to run the salt industry again is not as good as selling part of the management rights.

This is the salt introduction system that Heifu engaged in in Jiaodong, and now it has been copied to the Central Plains. A few days ago, he met with the Yi family in Hedong, and the head of the Yi family hoped to pay a huge amount of money to contract a small fish pond - Xie Chi according to tradition.

But Heifu did not agree, and only refused to give him a limited number of operating rights, exchanging grain for salt, so as to save a lot of transportation and administrative expenses. Of course, the government will still supply half of the local salt directly at a flat price, and there is no need to worry about the merchants raising the price too high.

However, the two big businessmen in Luoyang were not as interested in salt as the Yi family, so they coincidentally chose other methods.

Bai said: "100,000 stones, the Bai family is willing to give it free of charge, I just hope to continue to operate grain, meat, sugar and other things in Luoyang!" ”

In addition to sugar, these operations, which were allowed in the Eastern and Western Zhou and Lü Buwei eras, were banned outright after Qin Shi Huang came to power, and were changed to a unified monopoly of the government.

Heifu did not directly agree that at this juncture, the grain trade must not be let go.

And Su Shi also has his own ideas.

"What, does the Su clan want to continue to borrow from the private sector and annex land?"

If he dares to say yes, the scissors in Heifu's hand will be ruthless and cut off this big leek! But that's the next policy, Kanto is not as good as Kansai, the power of the merchant is relatively large, he has a lot of wealth, and he is intertwined with the ranger Hao, and it is not a way to fight all in one go, Heifu hopes to make a good start in Luoyang.

"The regent is laughing, the Great Qin Law strictly prohibits annexation, how dare the Su clan fight the idea of land again!"

Su Li was smart this time, lowered his gray head, and bowed for a long time:

"In addition to borrowing 100,000 grains, the Su family is willing to accept another 30,000 stones, just hoping to make a suggestion!"

"I hope that the regent will be able to relax the law of merchants in the future, and implement the mercantile policy of Jiaodong in the past in Sanchuan County and Kanto, so that businessmen all over the world can also contribute to the restoration of people's livelihood!"

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