Spring and Autumn I Am King

After Zhao Wuxi and his party followed Uncle Cao to Taoyi, his minions could only stay in Waiguo to camp. Baidu search to force literature network

And he brought Zhang Mengtan, Feng Rin, Cheng Tuan, Xing Ao and others into Taoyi, and met Zigong in Guanyi.

After the group chatted, they walked to watch the world-famous pottery market.

When the largest commercial city in East Asia in this era appeared in front of him, even the well-informed Zhao Wuxi was a little overwhelmed.

The roads in the city are straight and paved with bluestone slabs. There is no longer a division between the front and the back, and the market is no longer separated. The shops are all over every street, and the department stores are full of miscellaneous and bustling. The wealthy merchants dressed in Song embroidered Luzheng led the soap-clothed servants to sway through the market, and the voices of bargaining were loud and lively, far exceeding the Jiangshi and Shangqiubei markets.

Xuanyi's city official "Chu Shi" charged 5% of the trade tax during the tour with the city officials.

Wu Tie found that in some places, there are still "Hai Gongju", that is, the front shop and the back square. Baigong with free status produces handmade products such as pottery and wine while selling them in the front shop. He paced one by one to check the asking price, and saw that most of the goods were well-made.

Zigong, who has been here for two months, introduced to them: "Since ancient times, Jiang, Huai, He, and Ji have been called 'Sidu', Taoyi is located in the center of the river traffic network formed by Sidu, and land routes also extend in all directions. Here the Song and Wu are connected to the south, Yan and Jin are connected to the north, the princes of Qi, Lu, and Sishang are connected to the east, and Zheng and Zhou are connected to the west. The people of the time praised that pottery is in the world, the princes are connected in all directions, and the goods are traded.”

Cheng Tuan and Xing Ao, who had never traveled far, were a little dizzy, and sighed: "See you today. Sure enough."

Zhang Mengtan watched from side to side and said: "The market is the standard of the goods, and the market is the one. You can know how to deal with chaos, and you can know how much. After I came to Tao Market today, I realized that the foundation of the state of Cao lies in this. I also understand the reason why Cao Cao did not perish even though Cao Bo in all dynasties was unworthy."

The market is the standard for the supply and demand of goods. From the market, it can be inferred that a country will rule the chaos, and the state of Cao is a state that relies on Taoyi's advantageous geographical location and relies on commerce to establish a country. In order to attract merchants to trade goods here, tariffs are set very low. The city tax is not too high, even so, he can still earn money for Cao Boyue.

"The city of Taoyi is divided into three times: morning, middle and evening: the morning market, the morning market, and the trade of merchants from all over the world; the Japanese market, the day and the middle market, the purchase of Cao Guo's office and the local officials and clans; the evening market, the sunset. As for the market, the men and women of Waiguo mainly exchange goods for each other. Now it is the market, and you can see the supplies of merchants from all over the world.”

Spring and Autumn Period. The commodity economy has initially developed, and trade has begun to break national borders. Duke Huan of Qi was the first hegemon, when Jin and Chu were fighting for hegemony and negotiating peace. They all regard not blocking trade routes as one of their covenants, and Taoyi brings together the unique products of each country.

Zhao Wuxi looked around and saw fish salt, silk and hemp from Qi; cattle, sheep, horses, and dogs from Beiyan and Xianyu; five grains, silk cloth, satin, and lacquer ware from Song Lu; Hechi salt; copper and tin from Wu State; Qi Zi, leather, bird feathers, ivory, danqing from Chu State, and even gold mined from Rushui and Hanshui.

The medium of transaction also uses gold as the upper coin, followed by copper coins and cloth of different shapes, and grain as the lower coin.

Looking at this lively scene, Zhao Wuxi couldn't help but be moved: "If Zhao Ci can enter this place and open a shop to sell it, it will definitely make a profit dozens of times!"

That also means that he can raise more soldiers.

Because he was detained by Cao Bo for nearly two months. Zigong's face was slightly pale, and he waved his sleeves. He handed over his hands and confessed: "The gentleman asked me to come here two months ago, but I was placed under house arrest in the pavilion by Uncle Cao. So far, nothing has been accomplished, I am ashamed."

Originally Zigong was appointed by Zhao Wuxi as the deputy envoy to the Song Kingdom to return him, and he embarked on the road of diplomacy full of longing, but unexpected changes occurred during the period: Le Qi was assassinated, and his mission failed.

After the First World War in Jijin, Zhao Wuxi was exiled from the country on the charge of manslaughtering Fan's grandson, and his duties were also revoked. Zigong and Feng Rin, as Wuxi's "parties", were naturally deprived of their identities.

Feng Rin was extremely lost, and once wanted to sneak back to China, but Zigong persuaded him to continue to follow Wu Xie.

"Don't you see that after Duke Wen of Jin returned to the country, the people who accompanied him were rewarded. The Zhao's gentleman's ambition is great, and very people can save him. Although he was expelled, he has become famous among the lords, and he can get it no matter where he goes. Stand up, you might as well serve him for a few more years with peace of mind."

Although Zigong said this, he felt a little regretful in his heart, but he had a three-year cooperation oath with Wuxi. Zigong claimed to be a scholar, thinking that "people have no faith, and I don't know what it is." In addition, he was moved by Wu Xie's heartfelt friendship and decided to stay and help him tide over the difficulties.

Confucius, who was far away in the state of Lu, also agreed with this approach. Confucius once summoned Zigong to return to the country because he felt that his departure or stay at that time had no effect on the Zhao family. However, when Zhao Wuxi was at a low point, Confucius supported Zigong to stay.

He said in the letter: "Ci, Duke Zhou once said that the Marquis of Lu Boqin said, so the old is not great, so you will not abandon it. You have an oath with the gentleman of the Zhao family, and he once said that he treats you like a friend, so you must not betray your trust. ."

Therefore, Zigong followed the teachings of Confucius, and was very attentive to Zhao Wuxi's mission to create a world in Taoyi. Whoever came full of ambition, but encountered an iron plate, wasted more than a month in vain.

Zhao Wuxi said: "Zigong was implicated by me, don't blame yourself. Now that Uncle Cao has been very friendly to me, he must set up a wine shop, and then the trafficking of Zhao porcelain from the lower palace will be on the right track."

Zigong shook his head and said, "No, the situation in Taoyi is more complicated than the gentleman imagined."

He pointed to some sporadic shops in the market and said, "I'm afraid it won't work to buy a manor and set up a wheat flour mill like in the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Wuxi and the others had just noticed that those shops were selling powdered food, and the taste was almost the same as that of Xinjiang and Shangqiu. This Taoyi is worthy of being a commercial metropolis, a place where businessmen from all over the world meet, so the speed at which information and skills are spread is staggering.

"Since powdered food can't be done, what about Zhao Ci?"

"Whether it is Zhao Ci or a wine shop, if you want to open a sale, you must get the approval of the city official, Master Chu, and Master Chu must report it to Cao Guosicheng for approval. Whether the gentleman finds out, once Uncle Cao talks about the matter of trade, it is a matter of right and left. He is extremely perfunctory."

Zhao Wuxi frowned and thought: "That's true, since I met him in the suburbs. I wanted to talk to him about this, but Cao Cao didn't give me a chance to speak until the end of the hunt. Zigong said that there are other There is a secret, what is it?"

Zigong pointed to the boats going upstream from the east of Jishui, and the hundreds of carts that entered from the western suburbs of Taoyi, and gave the answer:

"Qi Shang and Zheng Jia are the two major merchant forces in Taoyi. They have spared no effort to prevent me from visiting Shifang and looking for shops. They also offered bribes to Master Chu, Sicheng, and even Uncle Cao, asking for bribes. The merchants who imprisoned the gentleman in the state of Cao are trading here!"

With Zigong's explanation, Zhao Wuxi understood the complicated relationship of interests.

The state of Qi has always emphasized commerce, and a professional merchant class has long appeared. It is listed as one of the four peoples. Guan Yiwu was a merchant when he was young. Under the economic reform of Guan Zhong's "Kingdom of the Sea King", a township was specially set up for merchants to gather.

The state of Qi produced fish and salt, and the salted fish were transported by boats along the Jishui and Dahe rivers to neighboring countries upstream. It is the main means of supplementing meat for many urban people. Salt is even more important. People can't live without it for a day. The sea salt of Qi State is transported to the countries of the Central Plains. Cao, Wei, Song, and Zheng all rely on Qi Yan's breath.

This kind of economic advantage is projected onto politics, so they can easily be wooed and threatened by Qi. Only Jin and Luneng, who produced their own rock salt or had salt ponds, were always on the bar with Qi.

Today, the business of Qi State is mainly controlled by the Gao Tang Chen clan. Chen's merchants sell cheap goods at home to please the Chinese, but they hoard and sell them abroad to make huge profits. They hoard sea salt. When the salt on the market in the Central Plains is less, the price will inevitably increase. Qi Shang relied on this method to become a giant in the Taoyi market. All rich.

For some reason, Zhao Wuxi is now being targeted by Chen. Qi Shang reported that he was famous in Shangqiu. After the news of sending people to conduct trade in Taoyi, the Chen family immediately sent merchants to bribe the monarchs and ministers of the state of Cao. The request to imprison the activities of Zhao Wuxi's party in Taoyi and the imprisonment of Zigong also have something to do with this.

"Chen's?"

Wu Chi's face darkened when he heard this, and there is evidence that one of the masterminds in the assassination of Le Qi was the Chen family!

"Chen Qi and his son are determined to be enemies with me... As for Zheng Shang, is it because of the bad relationship between Jin and Zheng?"

Zigong slowly told the situation of Zheng Shang again.

Zheng Guo was a country that attached great importance to business in the Spring and Autumn Period. As early as two weeks ago, the monarch Zheng Huan directly came forward and signed a covenant with the merchants, "I won't let you know about the treasures of the city."

Zheng Bohe in successive dynasties was in power to protect business development. When countries still adhered to the "commercial and industrial food official" system, they began to implement relatively loose business policies. In fact, the cooperative relationship between Zhao Wuxi and Zigong also followed their example.

Therefore, while maintaining a certain degree of autonomy, Zhengshang actively engaged in transshipment trade, and to a certain extent controlled the transportation and sales between princes.

If it is said that the hoarding of Qishang is to make profit by using the difference of prices at different times, then the long-distance trafficking of Zhengshang is mainly to use the difference of prices in different spaces to make money. Zhengshang "responsible for the burden, serving cattle and horses, and taking four squares", although they are not far away, they are extremely hardworking, but they "recognize how much they are, and they can change what they have for what they have", and their profits are as high as five times as much. .

Zigong pointed to the cars from Zheng Guo who were filing in and said, "There are two of the largest Zheng merchants. One is the Xian family that sells long-distance transport, and the other is the jade family that attacks luxury goods such as pearls and jade."

The Xian clan is the descendant of Xian Gao. Although Xian Gao himself chose to avoid when Zheng Bo rewarded him for his fief, he went to Dongyi, but his clansman stayed.

With the support of Uncle Zheng, the Xian clan grew stronger and stronger, and they had close relations with the rulers of Zheng, Jin, Chu, and Qi. Their commercial activities spread all over the world, and half of the goods in Taoyi were shipped by these Zheng merchants.

On the other hand, the Yu family has close ties with the dignitaries of various countries, monopolizes precious things such as pearls and jade, and thinks that the service of the nobles of various countries is the main thing, so Zhao Ci has some conflicts with him after going abroad. In addition, the sensitive and intelligent Zheng Shang saw from the incidents in Jiangshi and Shangqiu that the merchants under Zhao Wuxi's Zigong had extraordinary methods of planting goods, so he was very vigilant and followed the example of Qi Shang, and together asked Cao Bo to imprison their business activities.

"So it is." Zhao Wuxi couldn't help but smile bitterly. It was not easy for Mu Xiu to hide behind the forest. The ancients were not fools, especially these shrewd businessmen, who would use power and money to stifle new competitors.

However, Zhao Wuxi is not a fish belly to be slaughtered by others. He also has Zi Gong, a future diplomat with unparalleled eloquence, and a future giant in the market!

After more than a year of hard work in Jiangshi and Shangqiu~www.wuxiahere.com~ Zigong's vision and means of farming have been significantly improved.

Zhang Mengtan asked for Wuxi, "Since Zigong already knows who the enemy is, how can we solve this situation?"

As soon as Zigong came to Cao, he was co-opted by Qi Shang and Zheng Shang, and spent a month under house arrest. The clay figurine is also somewhat urinating. He was on fire in his heart, but he was not idle during his detention. Instead, he kept deducing the possibility and pros and cons of trading in Taoyi with an abacus, as well as the means to deal with the enemy.

He Shi Shiran saluted Zhao Wuxi and Zhang Mengtan and said, "Please bring your gentleman to meet Uncle Cao. I naturally have a plan to persuade him to lift his imprisonment and break the containment of Qi and Zheng merchants on us!" continued)

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