Chapter 103 Business War (I)
After a competition, Prince Qin and Wang Zizheng conquered everyone with his excellent performance, and the once unknown boy will inevitably become the hottest person in Xianyang City overnight.
When the news came back, the prince's mansion was suddenly jubilant, and the servants and maids who served the prince on weekdays all applauded, especially the maids who secretly had a relationship with the prince on weekdays.
Zhao Ji couldn't hide the joy in her heart, Lu Buwei never replied, this time the palace test was not sure, the whole person was in a hurry, and the inner servant ran back quickly, "Queen, it's done, it's done." β
"It's finished?"
The chamberlain nodded, "The prince won two games in a row, and the king ordered the prince to be the prince." β
"Zheng'er, well done, quickly prepare the wine and food."
The prince's mansion was busy, Zhao Ji was stunned there, holding the wall with his hand, putting his hand on his chest, years of hard work finally paid off, with the unbearable experience of the year, even if he got the favor of the king as the queen, he still could not get the respect he deserved, now it is different, Zheng'er is the prince, and he will be the king of Qin in the future.
Zhao Ji couldn't help but laugh out loud, happiness always comes suddenly, sometimes I feel that every qiΔ is a dream, the moment I enter the Spring Garden, all hopes are completely shattered, in the land of fireworks, which woman dares to ask for happiness, and even more dare not think that one day she can be high.
"Queen, I have ordered someone to prepare wine and food, but do you have any other instructions?"
Zhao Ji lowered his arm, "Go and ask Commander Chang to come over." β
"Yes!"
The chamberlain left, Zhao Ji's eyes fell into the distance, how to deal with Lu Buwei had already planned, if he was too close, it would be easy to be suspicious, as long as he grasped Lu Buwei's weakness, he could only bow to himself, of course, one thing was the most critical, before he gained enough power, he must rely on this minister of power.
Ying Zheng took Zhao Gao and his party back to the Shizi Mansion, a group of courtiers had already gathered in front of the mansion, large and small gifts were piled up, the news spread so fast, so fast that people could not imagine, not long after the news was announced, Xianyang City almost spread, those courtiers who had already prepared flocked to move, for fear of falling behind others, and it was very important to have a good relationship with the future King of Qin.
"Who are these people?"
Zhao Gao stepped forward, "Childe, these people are amazing, they are either rich or expensive, compared to sending congratulatory gifts to Childe." β
Ying Zheng snorted coldly, "I don't necessarily come on weekdays, but now I see the benefits flocking in, looking at the bad luck, and going through the back door." "Everyone changed careers, and there were people waiting at the back door, much less than at the front door.
"Childe, Childe is back, congratulations to Childe." After the man finished speaking, he hurriedly handed over the gift slip in his hand, the cloth scroll was clearly written, Ying Zheng called easily, cloth, wine, and silver money.
"I can't stand such a generous courtesy, please take it back."
The man smiled, "I was entrusted with the matter of loyalty, and I asked my son to accept it, and I would like to pay it back to you." β
"It's better to accept it than not to accept it, I don't want there to be such a strange thing in the world, little Gaozi, take it."
"Come on, leave it to me."
The cloth roll was taken, and with an order, the attendant behind him quickly moved the gift in, and the man was grateful to leave with his subordinates, Yingzheng entered through the back door, and someone quickly closed it.
"You've all worked hard today, and you've divided these things by yourself."
"Thank you, Childe."
The eyes of the servants lit up, not wanting to have such a good thing, Zhao Gao suddenly rushed out, "Keep the rules, come one by one." β
Lu Buwei returned to the house, the wine and food were ready, the wine was good wine, and the food was not bad, for some reason he always felt that something was missing in his heart, Ying Zheng Lichu, as long as he was in order, he could take over the throne of the king in the future, thinking that the relationship between the two should have been happy, the wine glass couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
"Xiangye, what's wrong?"
Lu Buwei smiled indifferently, "The moon is about to be full." β
The woman next to her hurriedly said: "I'm afraid I miss Niangrong, and so is this girl, a daughter has been running out for so long and hasn't heard back." β
"That's enough."
Lu Buwei's face showed displeasure, the woman had to stop complaining, there was only such a daughter in several wives and concubines, and she couldn't help but be pampered since she was a child, and she was about to celebrate the festival, thinking that her daughter was alone outside, everyone around her took care of her, and the son she got by accident couldn't recognize each other for the rest of her life, and she couldn't help but feel depressed, and drank one cup after another.
Xianyang City Chamber of Commerce, several giants gathered, one of them was thin, "You must already know that Wang Zizheng has become a prince, and he will definitely celebrate according to the rules, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." β
"How?"
The man said with a smile: "Buy a large amount of rice grain, cloth, wine and meat, and choose the opportunity to make a move." β
One shook his head again and again, "It is the duty of a businessman to make money, and we must not forget your and my responsibilities, in this year of great drought in Qin, it is best if you can take the opportunity to collapse the economy of Qin." β
"What is Master Xue's opinion?"
"Ship at a low price, attract a large number of disaster victims from other places to enter Xianyang, and then there will be a shortage of food, you and I can take the opportunity to raise the price in a big way, so that not only can we make a lot of money, but also make a cut on the chest of the Qin people."
"In this way, you can also avenge the revenge of the year."
"It's done."
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The Chamber of Commerce of the Six Nations gathered in Xianyang, Xianyang is rich, and the Chamber of Commerce is profitable, among which the head of the Zhao Chamber of Commerce is the dog six of the year, and the current Liu is the master.
"If you want to succeed, you can only work together, and you must have a backbone if you make mistakes."
"Simply choose an alliance leader to come out and deal with the Qin State together."
"That's a good idea."
"In terms of strength, the Zhao Chamber of Commerce is the strongest, and Master Liu will be the best."
The Han and Wei chambers of commerce showed displeasure, the two countries were finally destroyed by Zhao, and the laymen never dared to forget the lessons of their ancestors, the Qi Chamber of Commerce was relatively better, and the Chu and Yan chambers of commerce were completely led by Zhao Guoma.
"I am afraid that if it is not handled properly, everyone will lose something."
"Master Liu doesn't want to shirk, at this juncture, I hope everyone will put aside their prejudices and unanimously treat Qin."
"The Korean Chamber of Commerce has no objection!"
"The same is true of the Wei Chamber of Commerce."
"And so it is."
Liu Liu stood up and immediately launched an operation early tomorrow morning to attack Qinnan City, which was mostly occupied by the LΓΌ Buwei Chamber of Commerce, and many of them were full of officials and businessmen.
The sky was bright, the South Market was open, the original crowded situation was not at all, the merchants couldn't help but poke their heads out, the streets were empty, and the whole South Market was extremely deserted, "It's strange today." β
"I'm afraid something hasn't happened!"
"No, the prince has just been established, according to the rules, he must celebrate a lot, the wine and meat that he entered overnight yesterday." After the man finished speaking, he couldn't help but run quickly to the gate of the market, but the door was still empty.
A figure appeared, and the man's face showed joy, only to see the man carrying a cloth bag in his hand and quickly locking the door and running straight in the opposite direction.
"Wait, where is this going?"
"Buy rice, buy meat."
"It's all here."
The man hurriedly said: "Of course I know that I have lived for so many years, I just got the news that the price of Beishi has been reduced by forty percent, which is a great thing, not to mention it, I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up for a while." After speaking, he ran away quickly, leaving only the shopkeeper of the rice meat shop with a helpless face.
"It's down to forty percent, those guys in North City are crazy, and the profit is at most thirty percent, so don't you want to sell it at a loss."
The battle between the north and south cities has been a long time, such a large-scale price reduction is the first time, from early morning to sunset, the south city is full of depression, except for some children who keep running around on the wide streets, there are almost no pedestrians, the north city is completely different, overcrowded, merchants have increased manpower, rice and meat pipe enough, the six major chambers of commerce at the same time, the number of hoarding goods on weekdays is far beyond what people can imagine, this time also take the opportunity to ship.
The gong sounded, the market gate slowly closed, the people of Xianyang carried the shoulders in their hands and happily rushed back, regardless of the south city or the north city, the people want to be affordable, the price is reduced by forty percent, looking at the golden grain is particularly attractive, this year's drought, the grain will inevitably be underharvested, according to common sense, the price will inevitably rise rather than the price, but those who have surplus money in their hands have set out for the purpose of taking the opportunity to hoard.
"Is there any tomorrow?"
"If you want to buy it early, we can't talk about this kind of thing."
"That's reasonable, let's have two more fights."
"It's finished."
Compared with the bustle of the North Market, the stall owners of the South Market sighed, some people sat there in a daze, some simply closed the stalls, and at the end of the day, there was no business or even a figure.
Rice and wine are also better, the most distressed is the meat stall owner, the weather is not cold, fresh meat can not be put for a few days, originally still laughing at those people in North City, if this continues, I am afraid that even the last sixty percent will have to be compensated.
"That's not the way to go, we have to respond."
"How do you respond, people have dropped forty percent, how much can we drop?"
"If you lose money, you have to fall, and if you continue like this, the entire South City will be completely ruined."
"There's some truth to that."
"It's better to ask the master about such a big matter first."
"Go and get back."
One person walked out and went straight to Xiangguo's mansion, Lu Buwei was in a good mood after dealing with the matter of Lichu, thinking that there were still a lot of affairs to be dealt with, he couldn't take a break, he opened the bamboo slip and frowned, Qin was in a big drought, and there was no raindrop falling in the scorching summer, and finally the fields were not harvested.
"Drought!"
The Qin Law clearly stipulates that whenever there is a famine, there will be no relief, one is to urge the local government to find a way to remedy, and the other is to make every effort to improve the local environment, build water conservancy and establish reservoirs, so that the law of only treating disasters and not providing disaster relief is slightly unsatisfactory, but also has its advantages.
It is clearly written on the bamboo slips that the scale of the drought has been the most violent in the past few years, causing people in many places to leave their homes, LΓΌ Buwei put down the bamboo slips, so that there will inevitably be a large influx of refugees in Xianyang City, if it is not possible to make reasonable arrangements, the refugees will inevitably have turmoil in order to grab resources.
"Someone."
One person walked in quickly, "Xiangye." β
"Immediately take people out of the city to check the situation around Xianyang, and report back immediately after finding out."
The man didn't dare to delay and agreed to leave quickly, and almost at the same time, the steward of the Prime Minister's Mansion stepped in, "My lord, the people from the Chamber of Commerce ask to see you." β
"Let him in."
The person in charge of the Chamber of Commerce on weekdays walked in quickly and bowed, "Master." β
Lu Buwei put down the bamboo slip in his hand, "Brother Qin, but is there something?" β
The man hurriedly said: "The North Market has reduced prices aggressively, and the South Market failed to sell a single order of goods yesterday!" β
"How much?"
"Forty percent!"
"So many, it's a little weird." LΓΌ Buwei has been in business for many years, and except for some valuable and scarce items or monopoly operations, other rice and meat cloth have made a profit of up to 50%, and now the price of 40% is almost sold at a flat price, and some people are even operating at a loss.
The people of the Chamber of Commerce hurriedly said: "Everyone has gathered in the North City, and the large and small chambers of commerce have no business, so they have come to report." β
"How's the love of everyone?"
"Fortunately, they are all regular customers, most of them are from the Chamber of Commerce, but it is inevitable that something will happen over time."
Lu Buwei nodded, "Go back first to stabilize everyone's feelings, and tell everyone that this battle will not be lost." β
"If there is a master, there will be a backbone in my heart."
The man left, Lu Buwei's eyes fell on the bamboo slips on the table, there has been no drought for ten years, and the most scarce thing in the Qin State is precisely food, and he snorted coldly, "Since the merchants of Beishi want to help me, I am so happy." β