The feelings of the people of Handan towards the Mo family are actually in a very delicate state on the whole.

As the heartfelt activity of the Mohists north of the Yellow River and the earliest large-scale shaft furnace iron-smelting base north of the Yellow River, Handan has had a profound influence for more than ten years.

However, Handan City, as the earliest cities of the Zhao clan, although it missed the line in the era of Jianzi and Xiangzi, with the tension between Zhao and Wei in recent years and the pressure exerted by Ximen Leopard on Zhao in Yedi, as well as most importantly, hundreds of years of habits and consciousness, there are still many people who are a little embarrassed.

It's embarrassing, but it's actually quite understandable.

Gongzizhang is a good person, that person's Gongzizhang is very good to us, we lend him money and still have to pay interest, and we actually have to take advantage of the fire to rob and demand their rights and interests, which makes many people feel very bad in their hearts.

From being ignorant and unwilling to be a slut with different from the noble and the low, to feeling that the system of having different from the noble and the low is unreasonable in itself, this is a long process of awakening.

And Gongzizhang took Handan as his future capital to operate, and the Mo family has not yet turned his face to expose his ambitions, which makes this ignorant and unwilling to be a slut know how to curb it.

Judging from the current moral standards, the embarrassment in the hearts of those who feel that they have to lend money to Gongzizhang will require interest and rights can be regarded as an example that Handan is not entirely a city without virtue.

Although external evaluation, they have no virtue.

But in fact, it is still far from the real immorality.

The truly unvirtuous people will take it for granted that the money lent to Gongzizhang this time will be returned, and by the way, a square foot cloth will get a lot of interest, and they will take the opportunity of this civil strife in Zhao as a feast to pursue their own interests.

It's a pity that most people are of course still some distance away from the mentality of taking it for granted, which makes the ink people who are active in Handan feel quite helpless and defeated, and sigh that there is a long way to go.

But it was the richer merchants who were the first to be virtuous.

After the daytime assembly had dispersed, some of the big merchants of Handan City gathered together to discuss the future and the future.

They have differences with the Mo family about the grassland franchise, and they will inevitably be a little dissatisfied in their hearts.

"I can see it, the Mo family has recognized it, and it is necessary to divide the principal of the franchise very loosely, except for the Mo family, which is rather lending money to some people than letting the people participate."

"Actually, we can take out the money that is poor, but they are not allowed."

The merchant in silk muttered the dissatisfaction in his heart, and he was not afraid that there were people close to the Mo family hidden among them, anyway, this kind of muttering had already been said openly.

muttered to mutter, but because of interests, the connection with the Mo family was really constant.

Without the military support of the Mo family, they were not sure that they could make money.

Without the strength of the Mo family, they were not sure whether the wealth they operated would become the property of the treasury.

Muttering is just an expression of dissatisfaction in my heart, but it is not a harbinger of turning around.

After waiting for everyone to finish muttering, a person next to him shook his head and said: "This is also a helpless thing, I can also see it, is the Mo family short of money?" There is no shortage. ”

"Then this is all a matter of making money and profits, why is the Mo family giving it to everyone? We have to think about this clearly, otherwise something will happen in the future. Only by knowing what the other person wants, can we know what we can do. ”

This is not a difficult question, the Mo family has abundant financial resources, these businessmen do not deny this, not to mention that Sishang is already a big vassal state that can be supported, that is, the industrial and commercial operations in Handan, Gaoliu and other places have squeezed out the big families from Jinyang, such as the Guo family and other close relatives of the nobles, which shows that the Mo family is not short of money.

The man who muttered just now snorted, "Then you don't need to talk about it?" The Mo family is rich, but most of the people in the Mo family are in Sishang. Zhao Guo's affairs, they are not short of money, what they lack is people. ”

"The people are gods. The more people there are, some industries in Zhao Di will make no matter which Zhao Hou dare not move lightly. ”

"It's like fighting a war, you can't rely on soldiers, you have to rely on apprentices, right? We are pawns. ”

This metaphor is from the Mo family, the Mo is the pioneer of the horse, and the pioneer is the first to benefit the world.

It's not very compatible, but it's easy for the person next to you to understand.

The man clapped his hands and said, "That's it, how simple it is, so what else is there to mumble?" ”

"Let's say, without the Mo family's hands, this iron-smelting business belongs to the Guo family, and we can't do anything even if our eyes are hot."

"If the grassland is really profitable, then Zhao Hou will definitely choose some people who are similar to the nobles, and it will not be our turn."

"And how can our industry be our own? Today's Qiu Jiafu, tomorrow's nationality tax, and the day after tomorrow will have to pay for the war, and the day after tomorrow there will be a shortage of soldiers...... Where can it be done? ”

"Unless the Mo family stands behind us, without them, we won't be able to share the benefits on this grassland. Now you think that you will gain less in the future, but don't forget that without them, we will not benefit......"

"Besides...... You and I businessmen also know that farmers are resentful, craftsmen are hated, nobles are defensive, and there are too many profits, and nobles use the power of farmers, workers, and small businessmen to plunder us, but what should we do? ”

"Now that there are more people involved, we have less resentment and more friends. Only profit can make people best friends, and the more people who join, the better? ”

Where did everyone present not know this truth, and muttered before: "This truth can be understood." It's just that the truth is reasonable, but now I look at it, the grassland franchise is profitable, and the annual interest is doubled, I can invest 100,000 yuan, but I can only invest 50,000 yuan, which is inevitably like meat in my mouth but only half of it......"

One of the merchants stood up and said, "Half of it is also eat." ”

"Look at it now, it's definitely profitable. In the future, profit is not a secret, I'm afraid that some people will look at it hotly. ”

"Where can the words of princes and nobles be believed?"

This can be regarded as a sincere sentence, and the monarch will always change his name and find a way to get money from the peasant and industrial classes.

Businessmen, especially those who have become rich by all means, want a force they can rely on to protect what they have earned.

The origins of wealth can be traced back to the land, and the first people who owned large amounts of land must have used many means, including but not limited to violence, that is, the first nobles.

The merchants sitting here actually have aristocratic blood more or less, but their source of wealth is no longer limited to the labor rent on the fiefdom, which makes the identity brought by the bloodline not very important.

Speaking of the future, many people are thinking, if one day Zhao Hou wants to take away their wealth, take away their wealth such as franchises, what should they do?

When it comes to this topic, there are some things that have to be faced, but this question is not easy to say too clearly.

Who can represent their interests? Who can have the power in Zhao State, the power of violence, and be on their side?

Go without saying.

But it's hard to say it directly.

Someone whispered: "The Mo family is definitely not for money, they have other ideas." You see, if it's really for money, the most profitable things on the grassland are muskets, gunpowder, and swords, but these are all strictly forbidden to be sold by the Mo family. ”

"If we don't sell it, there must be someone else who sells it secretly and makes a hundred times the profit! Although they will be executed if they are caught, they can make a hundredfold profit, and there will always be people who will not care for their lives. ”

"When the Mo family came to Zhao State, if they were only for profit, they could not have gone to Gaoliu, but sold swords, iron, gunpowder to the Hu people. They don't sell, they always say that they are good for the world, how do you say that they are good for the world? ”

There are words in the words, and someone has received it: "Naturally, it is the farmers and industry who benefit the world for the benefit of the world, and it is called the benefit of the world." ”

"We don't understand the righteousness of the Mo family, but there is one point, since it is said that it is beneficial to the world, we must also benefit, then it is called benefiting the world, right? We are also the people of the world. ”

It is inevitable that there are some people among the businessmen who have the atmosphere of a market ranger, and when they listen to these covert words, they laugh and say, "Haven't we always been like this? Childe Dynasty and Childe Chapter have nothing to do with us. Why do we support Childe Zhang? Not for profit? ”

"At the beginning of the rebellion of the Gongzi Dynasty, Gongzizhang had no money, did he have any money to care about my? If it weren't for the Mo family talking to him and asking us to borrow money so that we can benefit later, why would I invest the money in him? ”

"Do you know what the price is now for transporting a batch of cattle and horses to Sishang and then exchanging them from Sishang back to Xuanlin? If there is no higher interest than that, even if the Mo family says it openly, it is impossible for us to lend money to Gongzizhang. Besides, if it weren't for the Mo family's guarantee, the princes and nobles wouldn't pay back the money, what could you and I do? ”

He didn't care whether his words would be heard by people who shouldn't be listening, and said loudly: "I still say the same thing, whoever makes us benefit, we will listen to whomever he wants." Whoever can not move our interests is the Zhao Hou we recognize! ”

This is a real "no virtue" words, which are justified and courageous, without the slightest hesitation.

It's just that he did "immoral" things first, and now he just said these words, although many people didn't want to provoke fire, but they didn't refute it.

The man expressed the meaning in his chest, suddenly felt happy, and said: "If Zhao Hou does not admit it in the future, or wants to take back the franchise...... Hmph, that doesn't mean it. In this matter, we really have to rely on the Mo family, we have to make this chamber of commerce unable to splash water, and the water of the noble adults will not be splashed in the slightest. ”

Everyone thought that it should be like this, if Zhao Hou wanted to rob their business one day, it would naturally be to resist.

Originally, I definitely didn't dare, because there was no way to resist and survive.

Now it's different, with the Mo family, once you resist, you may have a way to live, because someone in the Mo family has guns.

In the silence, someone couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that the Mo family is not short of money, if only they were short of money." When the world is profitable, we can only be icing on the cake, and we can't do charcoal in the snow. ”

Another humanitarian: "Whether it's a charcoal in the snow or the icing on the cake, it's someone else's thing." There's no way, who let the Mo family say that we, the industrialists and businessmen, are still weak now. You say, in this world and in the world, is there really a businessman like us who can do things on his own? ”

Many shook their heads, wondering how a businessman could possibly have the strength to do things on his own. If they can't do anything, they can only become supporting roles, and they will never be able to dominate the "righteousness" of the world, because they are really too weak now, and they themselves know that they can only send charcoal and flowers.