After the salute, the three of them sat down.

Zhao Dan naturally sat at the top, and the Warring States Period respected the right, so Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao naturally sat on the right side of the lower head, while Lü Buwei sat on the left side of the lower head.

Zhao Dan looked at Lu Buwei very curiously, and found that this was a thin guy, with a narrow face like a horse, a nose curved like an eagle, a mustache on his lips, a beard under his chin, and a glittering light in his eyes.

Anyone who sees such a person will definitely equate him with the word "shrewd" at the first time, and of course, adjectives such as "cunning" and "obscene" may be added after it.

This is Lü Buwei, one of the most successful merchants in the entire Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and even in the whole of China for 5,000 years.

Most likely, there is not even one.

In the era of the Warring States Period, the development of commerce has been greatly accelerated, which has brought about the emergence of a large number of wealthy businessmen, such as Bai Gui of Wei, Guo Zong and Yidun of Zhao, and even Qin has Wu Shi and widow Qing and others, all of which are "rich with the king", which can be called the existence of a rich country.

These guys, whether they are hoarders, or mining iron, or raising livestock, or selling salt, in short, have their own characteristics and strengths, and their wealth is equally eye-catching.

But all these wealthy businessmen, their achievements combined, may not be as good as a finger of Lü Buwei.

Why? Because of Lu Buwei's investment vision, he directly killed these people to the point that there was no scum left.

Others use money to invest in profitable goods, and then sell these goods into more money, but Lü Buwei is a person who uses money to invest in a future monarch of Qin and invest in his future glory and wealth.

Most importantly, he succeeded.

As a mere businessman, he successfully established the king of the world's first powerful country, looking at China for 5,000 years, Lü Buwei's exploits are really no other semicolon, this is the only one!

The idiom "strange goods can live" comes from Lü Buwei's investment, which is still talked about by people after 2,000 years.

What Lü Buwei invested in was the proton sent to Handan by the Qin State to the Zhao State before, and one of the sons of An Guojun, the current crown prince of the Qin State, Zhao Yiren.

This Zhao Yiren is the historical King of Qin Zhuang Xiang.

This King of Qin Zhuang Xiang is actually not the point, the point is that this King of Qin Zhuang Xiang gave birth to a son to inherit his throne, and then the name of this heir is called - Zhao Zheng.

Zhao Zheng is Qin Shi Huang!

The guy that Lu Buwei invested in is Qin Shihuang's father!

What's more, when Lü Buwei was ready to invest in Zhao Yiren, the father of Qin Shi Huang, Zhao Yiren was just a guy who couldn't be ranked at all.

At this time, the monarch of Qin was Zhao Yiren's grandfather Qin Wangji, and then waited until Qin Wangji died until Zhao Yiren's father An Guojun succeeded to the throne, and then waited until An Guojun died to have hope for Zhao Yiren.

But the problem is that An Guojun has more than 20 sons, and Zhao Yiren is only one of them, and Zhao Yiren's mother Xia Ji is also a concubine with no strength, no matter how you look at it, the possibility of Zhao Yiren inheriting the throne of Qin is infinitely close to zero.

Before meeting Lü Buwei, Zhao Yiren didn't dare to imagine that he would be able to become the monarch of Qin one day in his dreams.

But under the single-handed operation of this Lü Buwei, this infinite possibility close to zero was forcibly realized by Lü Buwei!

Lü Buwei also took advantage of this to soar to prosper, from a wealthy businessman who had no social status to speak of, to a magnificent transformation into the most powerful state among the seven heroes, the Xiangbang of the Qin State.

It was with the assistance of Lü Buwei that the young Qin Shi Huang was able to grow up step by step, and finally became the first emperor of China in 5,000 years to be able to dominate the world.

Even in some wild histories and rumors, Lü Buwei is very likely to be the biological father of Qin Shi Huang...

Of course, Zhao Dan came to Lu Buwei today, but it was not to verify Qin Shihuang's life experience, and it was not those aunts who were short in the family every day, what kind of gossip was there?

Zhao Dan's real purpose is actually very simple, that is, to get in touch with this future Qin State minister and see what kind of person this Lu Buwei is.

So Zhao Dan coughed and said to Lu Buwei: "After the widow heard that you were too public, I don't know if this matter is true?" ”

Taigongwang is one of the many titles of Lu Shang (Jiang Ziya), the founder of the Zhou Dynasty.

The reason why Zhao Dan asked this was because Lu Shang, like Lu Buwei, belonged to the Jiang surname Lu.

I saw that Lu Buwei's face was slightly red, and he said: "Back to the king, Taigongwang is the ancestor of Buwei." ”

The reason why Lü Buwei blushed is actually very simple, after all, his ancestor was the founder of the Zhou Dynasty, he was named the Taishi of the Zhou Dynasty, and he was also the founder of the old overlord Qi State among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, and belonged to the top class among the nobles.

But Zhao Dan wouldn't give up asking because Lu Buwei blushed, only to see Zhao Dan smile and say: "Since you have this family background, why do you hold this business and shame your ancestors?" ”

Lu Buwei took a deep breath and knew that this was Zhao Dan deliberately making things difficult for himself.

Although Lu Buwei didn't know why Zhao Dan made it so difficult for him, Lu Buwei knew very well that he had been forced to the edge of the cliff.

If he can't pass this hurdle, then as long as today's events get out (which is almost certain), his reputation will be completely ruined.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were not too many people who were ruined because of a trivial matter, let alone being questioned by the king.

So Lu Buwei kept his body up, first bowed to Zhao Dan, and then said in a deep voice: "The king said this, Buwei didn't dare to agree. ”

"The farmers and businessmen are also the four people of the country. Scholars govern the country, agriculture attacks chestnuts, workers attack weapons, Jia attacks goods, and the four people perform their duties, then the country can prosper, and if there is a lack of one, the country will prosper. Taigong Wangfeng sealed in Yingqiu, the land is widowed, so Taigong persuaded his female workers, extremely skilled, through fish and salt, then the characters returned, Qi was able to force the princes, this is the way of the merchant is beneficial to the country. Buwei is the twelfth grandson of Taigongwang, who makes a living by adhering to the way of the ancestors, how can he disgrace the ancestors? ”

The meaning of this statement is that the four classes of Shinong, industry and commerce are all part of the country, and if any one of them is missing, it is like one of the three on the mahjong table, and the game (country) will not be able to continue.

When Jiang Ziya was sealed in Yingqiu, it was a sparsely populated saline-alkali land, so Jiang Ziya encouraged Qi women to spin and embroider, and let Qi men fish and dry salt and take it to other countries to operate and sell, so Qi developed and grew into a generation of powerful countries because of the commercial transactions of embroidery and fishing salt, which is where the way of merchants is beneficial to the country.

I, Lu Buwei, as the twelfth grandson of Jiang Ziya, are actually doing business with the principle of governing the country by my ancestor Jiang Ziya, since the things of my ancestors have been carried forward by me, so how can I be regarded as disgrace to my ancestors?

As soon as these words came out, not only Zhao Dan nodded secretly, but praised Lu Buwei in his heart for being worthy of a generation of cattle, and even Zhao Bao, the Pingyang Jun who originally sneered at Lu Buwei on the side, was also surprised, obviously he didn't expect that such a guy who was just a "businessman's cheap business" in his eyes would be able to say such incisive remarks.

Zhao Dan smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Lu is really high-minded. If Mr. Fri Lu said, then the way of business can also govern the country? ”

If the previous little challenge was foreplay, then from this question, Zhao Dan's "investigation" of Lu Buwei began to officially enter the answer part.

Whether this Lü Buwei is such a talented person as later generations said, it should be able to be judged from the following answers.

And this judgment will determine Zhao Dan's attitude towards Lu Buwei, for example-

Kill, or stay?