After King Wu of Zhou conquered, he relocated the remnants of the Shang people to other places and sent people to strictly monitor them, these people lost their noble status and did not have enough land to cultivate, so they had to sell goods everywhere to make a living!

Over time, this formed a fixed occupation and became one of the four peoples, because most of the people engaged in trafficking activities were remnants of the Shang Dynasty, so they were called merchants!

While the businessmen traveled the world and pursued profits with the times, earning a lot of wealth, they also actively participated in political activities, and many heroic figures emerged, including Tao Zhugong, who had three daughters and three scattered family wealth; There are Zigong, who funded Confucius and traveled around the world; There are even more strange goods to live in, and Lü Buwei, who dares to sell the emperor......

However, in general, in a country dominated by agriculture, although the merchants had a lot of wealth, their social status was relatively low, and they were ranked at the bottom of the four people, worse than the farmers who worked in the soil and the craftsmen who sweated like rain.

Once the country has a financial crisis, the first thing the ruler thinks of is to squeeze the money of the merchants, and the eloquent Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has also issued white deer coins (take the white deer in the forest garden, its skin square foot, worth 400,000 yuan, forcibly sold to the merchants, and the state will no longer recycle).

After Cao Cao returned to Xuchang, in order to solve the financial problems, he also used various excuses (his own birthday, his wife's concubine's birthday, and his children's birthday, anyway, there are many people in the prime minister's mansion), banqueted big businessmen from all over the country, and forced them to donate gold and grain, more than ten times before and after.

Under such oppression, the merchants couldn't stand it anymore, and they didn't dare to offend the traitorous male, so they could only find ways to dodge, under various excuses, some people pretended to be sick, some people pretended to be dead (dead people in the family), and there were ruthless businessmen who injured their bodies......

"Qingzhou cloth merchant - Tian's, congratulations to the big Sima step by step, offering a pair of white jade rings and a red gold horse...... Gift money of 30,000 yuan! ”

"Xuzhou salt merchant - Chen, congratulations to Da Sima on his prosperous official fortune, offering ten big pearls and a pair of opals...... Gift money of 50,000 yuan! ”

"The Liang family of Jixian County - the head of the family, send a congratulatory gift of 50,000 taels of gold............"

At dusk, the merchants came to Taicang one after another, a total of four or five hundred people, all of whom gave rich gifts, among which some merchants were carried in (in order to avoid the wine banquet of the Prime Minister's Mansion, they broke their legs, a typical sacrifice of their lives!). ）

is also a gin banquet, and the Cao family can't be avoided, and the eight sedan chairs can't be lifted; But the Xiao family is eager to climb in if he breaks his leg, and the contrast between the two is so big, there is naturally a reason:

First, Xiao Yi recruits talents, his strength continues to expand, almost equal to the Cao family, and his potential is even stronger, and the businessmen's eyes are the sharpest, and they dare not offend the future master!

Moreover, the merchants have also learned the methods of the ghost-faced Xiao Lang, you can't escape, you can't hide, you can't hide, it's better to be generous, stretch out your neck and get a knife, and you can suffer a little less torture.

Second, among the important ministers of the imperial court, Xiao Yi has always been close to businessmen, befriended many businessmen, and made them make a fortune, Jixian-Liang family is the best example.

The businessmen have a lot of money, but their social status is very low, that is, ordinary officials and officials can call them back and forth, but the dignified Sima of the dynasty is willing to bend down and make friends, and naturally won countless favors.

In addition, such a businessman's arms and waists are bulging, obviously bringing a lot of 'hard goods', and the banquet set up by Da Sima is by no means as simple as drinking, but an opportunity to make a fortune.

As for the things in their arms, when they will take them out, and how much they will take out, it depends on Da Sima's means and whether they can come up with the things they like!

"You are in the midst of your busy schedule, take the time to come to the banquet, this great Sima is very grateful, please drink this cup together!"

"Thanks to the love of Da Sima, it is the honor of the little people - to drink!"

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At nightfall, the banquet officially began, Xiao Yi sat in the middle, raised a glass and drank, this was originally the Taicang officials, the banquet prepared for themselves, and now it is used to feast businessmen, which can be regarded as borrowing flowers to offer Buddha.

Sitting on the left-hand side is Liang Xiaoyu, one of the three major chaebols, who was busy in Runan County for a while, straightened out the affairs of the mine, and ran to Xuchang City, and also got a large amount of coal, taking the opportunity to make a lot of money!

He and Xiao Yi are friends of life and death, so naturally they have to donate generously, not to mention sending a large amount of gifts, but also raising money and food everywhere, ready to fully support good friends, and do not hesitate to go bankrupt.

Sitting on the right-hand side is a 'beautiful man', wearing a purple and gold crown and a hundred flower robes, his appearance is comparable to Zidu, and his temperament is not inferior to Song Yu...... But it was Xiao Yi's third wife, Zhen Mi, who disguised herself as a man.

The Zhen family is the first chaebol in the world, and it is the overlord among businessmen, the original head of the family, Zhen An, has retired, and now the family's affairs, big and small, are all in charge of the fifth son-Zhen Mi, so naturally he has to support his husband.

The space in the lobby is limited, and only forty-eight top businessmen are qualified to drink inside, and the rest of the four or five hundred businessmen can only sit in the corridor and outside the lobby......

In the early spring season, the night wind is quite cold, fortunately, the officials in Taicang have prepared a lot of charcoal braziers, as well as sumptuous wine and food, to entertain the businessmen who came, the country is in a hurry to use money and grain, but dare not slow down the God of Wealth!

"Hundreds of thousands of troops marched south, countless ordnance, money and food were consumed, and the imperial treasury was difficult to support.

Sima has already ordered: The university recruits new students in the early spring, and deliberately sets aside 100 places, and the merchants recommend their children to thank you for your efforts! ”

Merchants are the most important and profitable, and if they want to pay for them, they must come up with what they like, so Xiao Yi got straight to the point and played the first hole card: 100 school places!

Since its establishment, Zhengming University has cultivated a large number of outstanding students, some of whom have embarked on official careers, some have entered the army, and some have become rookies in the literary world...... The students are extremely united, echoing each other from afar, helping each other, and gradually forming a huge force!

The success of school education has made people all over the world rush to send their children for further study, but the number of enrollment places is limited every year, and most of them are divided among generals, officials, and scholars, leaving relatively few for the children of poor families and even fewer for the children of merchants!

There was once a local wealthy businessman who was willing to invest 2,000 gold to buy an admission place for his stupid son, but he was rejected by the doctor of the university, and clearly told the world: 'Those who have material will not receive a penny, and those who have no material will not be recorded!' ’

"Da Sima is so loving, the villains are grateful, and the previous loan is written off, even if the merchant does his best for the country!"

"There is a dog in the villain's family, who is unwilling to inherit the family business, but likes to dance with guns and sticks, and I hope that Lord Sima will complete it and let him enter the military family for further study!"

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There are a full hundred places in the academy, and the businessmen suddenly stirred, this is an opportunity that is difficult to buy, and there are more wolves and less meat, I am afraid that there will be fierce competition to decide who will spend it!

However, they also know that the threshold for Zhengming Academy is extremely high, and there are strict entrance tests, and if they really send a stupid son over, they will definitely be kicked out, and then they will be disgraced.

Fortunately, the status of businessmen is not high, but they have a lot of money, wives and concubines, and more children, so it is not difficult to choose one or two smart ones!

In addition, shopping malls are like battlefields, there are gains and losses, Xiao Yi took out a hundred admission places, and the businessmen also had to express it, only to see them from their arms, sleeves, and boots...... took out a lot of IOUs, threw them directly into the charcoal brazier, and they all turned to ashes in an instant!

In order to support the war before, the imperial court borrowed a lot of money and grain, many of which were usury, and the main group of creditors was the businessmen who went to the banquet tonight.

For the merchants, the money and grain were forcibly borrowed by the imperial court, and the possibility of returning it was very small.

"You are righteous and squandering money, helping the court to tide over this difficulty, a piece of loyalty can show the sun and the moon, this great Sima is grateful--snap! Syllable! Syllable! ”

It is good to forgive debts, but if you want to solve the financial crisis, you still need the businessmen who are sitting here to continue to give generously, Xiao Yat patted his palm a few times and took out a second gift......

From behind the screen in the lobby, ten soldiers walked out, not wearing any blades, but carrying leather bags, all pale and gloomy, obviously often shuttling underground--digging army!

The soldiers did not speak, but kept taking out things from their back bags, all of which were gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, coal, realgar, and cinnabar...... All kinds of ores, and the quality is quite high!

In many businesses, mining is definitely less risky and more profitable, and the businessmen immediately gathered around to check the quality of the ore that was put out, and some of them had already guessed the intention of Da Sima.

In order to feed the soldiers in the army, but also to relieve the victims, Xiao Yi single-handedly formed the digging army, dug up the tomb of King Liang Xiao, and took his gold, silver and jewelry for use, which was the only way to get through the difficulties!

In the years that followed, the excavators traveled all over the world, excavated countless ancient tombs, and contributed a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry every year, accounting for 40% of the national treasury income at most, and made great contributions to the rise of Cao Ying Group!

Although the diggers have rules, only take the money in the tomb, and do not destroy the bones of the owner, but the matter of stealing the grave and digging the grave, after all, is detrimental to Yin morality, and the number of ancient tombs is limited, digging one is one less, sooner or later there will be no digging to dig up, you can't dig out the 'ancestral dragon' too, right?

Therefore, after returning from the southern expedition, Xiao Yi began to adjust the direction, and while expanding the digging army, he no longer excavated ancient tombs everywhere, but looked for a new source of wealth - mines!

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