Chapter 499
Another Force in the World
Chapter 499 Another Force in the World
The gathered businessmen discussed this matter, and the best of the few selected businessmen had complex compositions.
There are a few people who were unknown before the rise of Mojiasi, but within a few years they became well-known businessmen in Taoqiu.
There may be rumors that these are the descendants of some high-ranking Mohist figures. There are too many policies on Sishang and the laws of the Mohist family are too strict, so the descendants of these people became businessmen in Taoqiu incognito.
There are also rumors that some people are actually Mohists at all, but they are not convenient to disclose, but they are contributing to some things that Mohism is inconvenient to do among businessmen.
Whether it is true or false, having noses and eyes is not enough to make these people the support of businessmen, but these people's news, property, and shares are better than others, and they can just become the leaders of businessmen.
Only a few hundred years later, during the Wu-Chu Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, there were speculators who bought the futures of the Han Dynasty and made a hundredfold profit.
At this time, the sense of smell of these businessmen was no worse than that of their successors. The Wei State seemed to be strong, but several consecutive incidents exposed the Wei State to signs of weakness.
Several Wei businessmen from Anyi, the capital of Wei, are talking about the political changes of the Wei state in the past few years, from the death of a group of veteran officials in the Wenhou era, such as Li Kui, Duan Ganmu, Tian Zifang; to Wu Qi leaving and Le Yang being left out in the cold , Ximen Leopard spent his whole life guarding the city of Ye and other topics.
At the end, a businessman from the State of Wei said: "Young Master Zhi of Wei is not very talented. If not, with the lessons learned from the chaos of the princes of King Gong of Chu State, how could Marquis Wen seal Young Master Zhi in Zhongshan? Then in the east of Zhongshan Kingdom? In the danger of Taihang, there are thousands of miles of plains to the west, if Young Master Zhi has the talent, wouldn't he be the king of Zhongshan?"
The businessman from the Kingdom of Wei finished speaking, and said again: "Leyang was enshrined in Lingshou, and he was also neglected. Do you think Wu Qi's contribution is enough? Breaking Zhongshan, seizing Xihe, taking girders, and finally? Let Gongshucuo become the country Prime Minister, why does Uncle Cuo act as Prime Minister?"
"Could this Le Yang still be as loyal as he was when he ate his son's flesh? I don't think so, his grandson is still in Zhongshan. I'm old, and only one grandson is left to become a talent. Is it possible to kill his grandson?" Make your own family no longer have sacrifices?"
"Even if he eats his son's flesh, his grandson will still sacrifice to him. But even if he eats his son's flesh to show his loyalty, can Marquis Wei sacrifice to him?"
"That's why I said... Wei Guo will lose this time. I've thought about it. If it really succeeds, I'm willing to buy shares worth [-] yuan."
The words of the businessman from the state of Wei immediately attracted the support of many businessmen from the state of Wei.
Merchants have no country, and the merchants of Wei State just happen to be born in Wei State. They are not nobles, so they naturally feel that Wei State has nothing to do with them.
Could it be that huge profits come first, and you gave up the chance to make a fortune just because the son's surname is Wei?Besides, I don't have the surname Wei, and I don't deserve the surname Wei. I don't even have a fief, so how can I deserve the surname Wei?
Only a doctor can have a family, and a feudal lord can have a country. This is the law of etiquette.The behavior of the businessman is in line with the etiquette.
After the businessmen from the Wei state finished speaking, the Zhao state businessman, who likes to speculate the most, said: "I don't think it's hard to say what happened to the Zhao state. Mr. Zhang's fief is in Handan, and the Mo family has an iron smelting workshop there. Mr. Zhang has been there for a few years. If you have a good relationship with the Mo family, I don’t think Gong Zizhang is willing to be Weihou’s dog.”
The Wei man nodded and said: "That's the case. The last time Wu Qi sent troops to Liang, Zhao Guo didn't participate. Back then, Gongsun Hui rebelled against Qi and sacrificed the land of Linqiu to the Zhao people. He recognized Zhao Hou as the lord, but now Who does Linqiu belong to? If I were Gong Zizhang, I wouldn't trust Wei Guo either."
The Zhao man said again: "The Mo family guarded the northern border in Gaoliu to prevent the Hu people from going south. Because the Hu people are unrighteous, they don't know what is the righteousness under farming iron tools and gunpowder. Earlier, Que and Jun smuggled iron tools and swords to them. The Hu people were captured by the Mohist. I think the Mohist will support Gongzizhang this time. Just like Que and Jun, they have already been determined to be unrighteous people. In the words of the Mohist, they are called people who harm the world... You guys You all know the evaluation of harming the world in the meaning of the Mohists, right?"
A businessman from Lu State laughed and said, "It is not inferior to the Confucian values of disloyalty, filial piety, and fraternity."
The Zhao man clapped his hands and said: "Ah! How could the Mohists be willing to let someone like Que Yujun go up? What can Young Master Chao do? Que Yujun worked hard for him to rise up, and he couldn't kill Queyu just to tie up with the Mohist family after he got up. Sir? Wouldn’t that chill the hearts of the nobles who supported him?”
"Anyway, from my point of view, as long as the Mohists support the state of Zhao, the state of Wei will be defeated this time. In addition to what you Wei people said about Leyang, I think it is not difficult for Zhongshan to restore the state as long as you have money."
These businessmen discussed for a while, and a Luoyi businessman said with a smile: "How can we restore the country if we don't have money? The year before last, the emperor of Zhou was so poor that he had to borrow money, and he hasn't paid it off yet."
Speaking of this, the businessman couldn't help scolding: "I was also blind at the time, and I was greedy for the interest of the Emperor Zhou. I was in Taoqiu when Yangyu discovered the gold mine here, but I had no cash in my hand. I I even borrowed it with a high interest rate of thirteen per year, I never thought that the shares would be allotted by the time I borrowed it!"
When he scolded Zhou Tianzi, some Luoyi businessmen immediately resonated, and it is precisely because they can't do anything without money.
As long as he owes money, not to mention the princes, even the emperor of Zhou will force him to pile up debts to avoid debts.
Even if the Son of Heaven is like this, those merchants from the Kingdom of Wei who are planning to buy the Kingdom of Wei must be defeated feel that they have done nothing wrong: Speaking of which, the Emperor of Zhou is still alive, so the princes are nothing.
After laughing and cursing for a while, these merchants all went to look at the big merchants who sat in front of them.
A young businessman who suddenly became famous in the past few years said: "We can gather here today, so we don't need to talk about some things."
"If Wei Guo wins, we will all have to lose everything. Then everyone gathered here, obviously thinking that they might lose. Just imagine, who will do a business that knows that it will lose money?"
A group of businessmen laughed, thinking that young people's brains are easy to use. Since they are all gathered here, there is no need to talk about victory or defeat.
The young businessman said again: "In the past few days, we have discussed it and calculated it. How much money is needed to support Zhongshan's restoration of the country. After calculation, it is actually not much."
He stretched out his finger and said a number that would be stunned if a prince of a small country or a noble lord heard it, but a group of businessmen below didn't care, and said one after another: "We have to limit the purchase of this, everyone benefits For the matter, we have to discuss and come up with a charter."
This number may shock the nobles, but in the eyes of these merchants, if there is no restriction on purchases, they are afraid that they will not be able to make it.
The young businessman smiled and said, "What do you buy with this money?"
"Gunpowder, iron swords, spears, stirrups... these things are sold in the iron smelting workshop of the Mo family. This is a big order. We also asked about it. The supply is sufficient and we can definitely buy it."
"It's just... muskets. The Mo family sells very few, and some laws and regulations have to be involved, and it has to be proved that they are bought for self-defense or for business and defense in wild and wild places. You can't buy so many at once. That said, even if you buy someone from Zhongshan, you may not be able to use it. This thing...the Zhongshan side, it’s not just a few thousand people who have participated in the volunteer service.”
The rest of the merchants nodded and said, "Yes. It is useful to buy guns here, but it is better to buy spears and iron swords over there. For gunpowder, there should be scholars in Zhongshan who can use it."
Just as he was talking, the Wei businessman who spoke before appeared and said, "If you want me to say, you can also buy guns. Zhongshan people don't know how to use them, so we won't hire people who can use them? As long as you have money, don't talk about guns. Even guns, can you find a few that can be used? There are also some retired gunners... the price of guns, we can still buy seven or eight guns."
His words can be regarded as a word to wake up the dreamer. There has never been such a pattern before. How could everyone think of it?
But nowadays, people who are armed in Yangyue and other places to colonize wasteland, or go deep into Baiyue and other places to do business, who doesn't have more than a dozen armed guards around them?
Those who cultivated wasteland there even had the habit of working in the fields for five years in exchange for a piece of land, an iron plow and a gun.
Seeing that everyone was contemplating or nodding their heads, the Wei businessman became more confident and threatened, "Besides Sishang, there are quite a few soldiers in Taoqiu. People like this work hard to make money and speculate with money. No, no. They are all veterans who have served for three or four years, and some have been in the caravan for a few years, so when it comes to war, how can ordinary soldiers stop them?"
"Find some who have been Sima Chang, and find a few who can fire artillery. Get a few hundred people, seven or eight artillery pieces, and we help him become a general in Zhongshan. It's not a bad idea. Nowadays, many people who have read military books If you can't beat the righteous teacher, can you still beat the son Zhi?"
After the businessman from the Kingdom of Wei finished speaking, he was greeted with bursts of applause, and someone shouted: "Your method is absolutely brilliant! Good method!"
"Yes, it's doable."
"Besides, if King Zhongshan doesn't abide by the contract after his restoration, our people will pull him down and replace him with another one."
"It's better to be on Sishang. Everything is based on laws and regulations. Elsewhere, you have to worry about the princes breaching the contract. The princes have to be restricted by law..."
While a group of people were muttering, a man stood out behind the big businessmen in front with an account book in his hand.
After someone yelled for silence, the person holding the account bowed his head and made the final calculation. Obviously this is a character who came out of Sishang School, but he did not enter the Mo family, but became a businessman in charge of accounts or the family itself It is a businessman.
After listing a few formulas, the man said: "If you do the calculation, let me tell you about how much we need."
"Buy [-] military uniforms from the textile workshop in Sishang."
"From Song State, you can buy two thousand sets of leather armor."
"Five thousand catties of gunpowder, used to blow up the city wall."
"Five thousand iron swords, ten thousand spears."
"Five thousand for stirrups."
"Messy things like binoculars, tents, etc., that's another thing."
"If you really want to organize fighters, you can count it as half a brigade. There are a thousand muskets and five cannons, and gunpowder and lead are not counted. Add military uniforms, leather boots, armor, and several months' salary. "
"If we go, we can enter the sea along the Jishui River and transport it from the big river to Changcheng. The boats and sailors are easy to say, and the cargo ships are enough."
"As for the food, you can buy it from Weiguo. It is transported from Weiguo to Zhongshan along the river. Weiguo has a bumper harvest this year, and the price of grain is low."
Tell the amount of money needed for each amount, and quickly add them together, and finally said: "This is the amount. From now on, how about we follow the model of those companies in Sishang? Dividends by shares, trade in various industries Monopoly, no selfishness, and the shares of those who seek selfishness belong to the whistleblower and discoverer..."
There are many rules and more than these, but there are already several operating trading companies in Sishang, and there are already experiences to be found.
It was just a rough idea, and the businessmen who got together nodded. This amount of money is not much for everyone. It is a matter of making profits. They are all thinking about how to get enough cash in their hands. .
(End of this chapter)
The gathered businessmen discussed this matter, and the best of the few selected businessmen had complex compositions.
There are a few people who were unknown before the rise of Mojiasi, but within a few years they became well-known businessmen in Taoqiu.
There may be rumors that these are the descendants of some high-ranking Mohist figures. There are too many policies on Sishang and the laws of the Mohist family are too strict, so the descendants of these people became businessmen in Taoqiu incognito.
There are also rumors that some people are actually Mohists at all, but they are not convenient to disclose, but they are contributing to some things that Mohism is inconvenient to do among businessmen.
Whether it is true or false, having noses and eyes is not enough to make these people the support of businessmen, but these people's news, property, and shares are better than others, and they can just become the leaders of businessmen.
Only a few hundred years later, during the Wu-Chu Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, there were speculators who bought the futures of the Han Dynasty and made a hundredfold profit.
At this time, the sense of smell of these businessmen was no worse than that of their successors. The Wei State seemed to be strong, but several consecutive incidents exposed the Wei State to signs of weakness.
Several Wei businessmen from Anyi, the capital of Wei, are talking about the political changes of the Wei state in the past few years, from the death of a group of veteran officials in the Wenhou era, such as Li Kui, Duan Ganmu, Tian Zifang; to Wu Qi leaving and Le Yang being left out in the cold , Ximen Leopard spent his whole life guarding the city of Ye and other topics.
At the end, a businessman from the State of Wei said: "Young Master Zhi of Wei is not very talented. If not, with the lessons learned from the chaos of the princes of King Gong of Chu State, how could Marquis Wen seal Young Master Zhi in Zhongshan? Then in the east of Zhongshan Kingdom? In the danger of Taihang, there are thousands of miles of plains to the west, if Young Master Zhi has the talent, wouldn't he be the king of Zhongshan?"
The businessman from the Kingdom of Wei finished speaking, and said again: "Leyang was enshrined in Lingshou, and he was also neglected. Do you think Wu Qi's contribution is enough? Breaking Zhongshan, seizing Xihe, taking girders, and finally? Let Gongshucuo become the country Prime Minister, why does Uncle Cuo act as Prime Minister?"
"Could this Le Yang still be as loyal as he was when he ate his son's flesh? I don't think so, his grandson is still in Zhongshan. I'm old, and only one grandson is left to become a talent. Is it possible to kill his grandson?" Make your own family no longer have sacrifices?"
"Even if he eats his son's flesh, his grandson will still sacrifice to him. But even if he eats his son's flesh to show his loyalty, can Marquis Wei sacrifice to him?"
"That's why I said... Wei Guo will lose this time. I've thought about it. If it really succeeds, I'm willing to buy shares worth [-] yuan."
The words of the businessman from the state of Wei immediately attracted the support of many businessmen from the state of Wei.
Merchants have no country, and the merchants of Wei State just happen to be born in Wei State. They are not nobles, so they naturally feel that Wei State has nothing to do with them.
Could it be that huge profits come first, and you gave up the chance to make a fortune just because the son's surname is Wei?Besides, I don't have the surname Wei, and I don't deserve the surname Wei. I don't even have a fief, so how can I deserve the surname Wei?
Only a doctor can have a family, and a feudal lord can have a country. This is the law of etiquette.The behavior of the businessman is in line with the etiquette.
After the businessmen from the Wei state finished speaking, the Zhao state businessman, who likes to speculate the most, said: "I don't think it's hard to say what happened to the Zhao state. Mr. Zhang's fief is in Handan, and the Mo family has an iron smelting workshop there. Mr. Zhang has been there for a few years. If you have a good relationship with the Mo family, I don’t think Gong Zizhang is willing to be Weihou’s dog.”
The Wei man nodded and said: "That's the case. The last time Wu Qi sent troops to Liang, Zhao Guo didn't participate. Back then, Gongsun Hui rebelled against Qi and sacrificed the land of Linqiu to the Zhao people. He recognized Zhao Hou as the lord, but now Who does Linqiu belong to? If I were Gong Zizhang, I wouldn't trust Wei Guo either."
The Zhao man said again: "The Mo family guarded the northern border in Gaoliu to prevent the Hu people from going south. Because the Hu people are unrighteous, they don't know what is the righteousness under farming iron tools and gunpowder. Earlier, Que and Jun smuggled iron tools and swords to them. The Hu people were captured by the Mohist. I think the Mohist will support Gongzizhang this time. Just like Que and Jun, they have already been determined to be unrighteous people. In the words of the Mohist, they are called people who harm the world... You guys You all know the evaluation of harming the world in the meaning of the Mohists, right?"
A businessman from Lu State laughed and said, "It is not inferior to the Confucian values of disloyalty, filial piety, and fraternity."
The Zhao man clapped his hands and said: "Ah! How could the Mohists be willing to let someone like Que Yujun go up? What can Young Master Chao do? Que Yujun worked hard for him to rise up, and he couldn't kill Queyu just to tie up with the Mohist family after he got up. Sir? Wouldn’t that chill the hearts of the nobles who supported him?”
"Anyway, from my point of view, as long as the Mohists support the state of Zhao, the state of Wei will be defeated this time. In addition to what you Wei people said about Leyang, I think it is not difficult for Zhongshan to restore the state as long as you have money."
These businessmen discussed for a while, and a Luoyi businessman said with a smile: "How can we restore the country if we don't have money? The year before last, the emperor of Zhou was so poor that he had to borrow money, and he hasn't paid it off yet."
Speaking of this, the businessman couldn't help scolding: "I was also blind at the time, and I was greedy for the interest of the Emperor Zhou. I was in Taoqiu when Yangyu discovered the gold mine here, but I had no cash in my hand. I I even borrowed it with a high interest rate of thirteen per year, I never thought that the shares would be allotted by the time I borrowed it!"
When he scolded Zhou Tianzi, some Luoyi businessmen immediately resonated, and it is precisely because they can't do anything without money.
As long as he owes money, not to mention the princes, even the emperor of Zhou will force him to pile up debts to avoid debts.
Even if the Son of Heaven is like this, those merchants from the Kingdom of Wei who are planning to buy the Kingdom of Wei must be defeated feel that they have done nothing wrong: Speaking of which, the Emperor of Zhou is still alive, so the princes are nothing.
After laughing and cursing for a while, these merchants all went to look at the big merchants who sat in front of them.
A young businessman who suddenly became famous in the past few years said: "We can gather here today, so we don't need to talk about some things."
"If Wei Guo wins, we will all have to lose everything. Then everyone gathered here, obviously thinking that they might lose. Just imagine, who will do a business that knows that it will lose money?"
A group of businessmen laughed, thinking that young people's brains are easy to use. Since they are all gathered here, there is no need to talk about victory or defeat.
The young businessman said again: "In the past few days, we have discussed it and calculated it. How much money is needed to support Zhongshan's restoration of the country. After calculation, it is actually not much."
He stretched out his finger and said a number that would be stunned if a prince of a small country or a noble lord heard it, but a group of businessmen below didn't care, and said one after another: "We have to limit the purchase of this, everyone benefits For the matter, we have to discuss and come up with a charter."
This number may shock the nobles, but in the eyes of these merchants, if there is no restriction on purchases, they are afraid that they will not be able to make it.
The young businessman smiled and said, "What do you buy with this money?"
"Gunpowder, iron swords, spears, stirrups... these things are sold in the iron smelting workshop of the Mo family. This is a big order. We also asked about it. The supply is sufficient and we can definitely buy it."
"It's just... muskets. The Mo family sells very few, and some laws and regulations have to be involved, and it has to be proved that they are bought for self-defense or for business and defense in wild and wild places. You can't buy so many at once. That said, even if you buy someone from Zhongshan, you may not be able to use it. This thing...the Zhongshan side, it’s not just a few thousand people who have participated in the volunteer service.”
The rest of the merchants nodded and said, "Yes. It is useful to buy guns here, but it is better to buy spears and iron swords over there. For gunpowder, there should be scholars in Zhongshan who can use it."
Just as he was talking, the Wei businessman who spoke before appeared and said, "If you want me to say, you can also buy guns. Zhongshan people don't know how to use them, so we won't hire people who can use them? As long as you have money, don't talk about guns. Even guns, can you find a few that can be used? There are also some retired gunners... the price of guns, we can still buy seven or eight guns."
His words can be regarded as a word to wake up the dreamer. There has never been such a pattern before. How could everyone think of it?
But nowadays, people who are armed in Yangyue and other places to colonize wasteland, or go deep into Baiyue and other places to do business, who doesn't have more than a dozen armed guards around them?
Those who cultivated wasteland there even had the habit of working in the fields for five years in exchange for a piece of land, an iron plow and a gun.
Seeing that everyone was contemplating or nodding their heads, the Wei businessman became more confident and threatened, "Besides Sishang, there are quite a few soldiers in Taoqiu. People like this work hard to make money and speculate with money. No, no. They are all veterans who have served for three or four years, and some have been in the caravan for a few years, so when it comes to war, how can ordinary soldiers stop them?"
"Find some who have been Sima Chang, and find a few who can fire artillery. Get a few hundred people, seven or eight artillery pieces, and we help him become a general in Zhongshan. It's not a bad idea. Nowadays, many people who have read military books If you can't beat the righteous teacher, can you still beat the son Zhi?"
After the businessman from the Kingdom of Wei finished speaking, he was greeted with bursts of applause, and someone shouted: "Your method is absolutely brilliant! Good method!"
"Yes, it's doable."
"Besides, if King Zhongshan doesn't abide by the contract after his restoration, our people will pull him down and replace him with another one."
"It's better to be on Sishang. Everything is based on laws and regulations. Elsewhere, you have to worry about the princes breaching the contract. The princes have to be restricted by law..."
While a group of people were muttering, a man stood out behind the big businessmen in front with an account book in his hand.
After someone yelled for silence, the person holding the account bowed his head and made the final calculation. Obviously this is a character who came out of Sishang School, but he did not enter the Mo family, but became a businessman in charge of accounts or the family itself It is a businessman.
After listing a few formulas, the man said: "If you do the calculation, let me tell you about how much we need."
"Buy [-] military uniforms from the textile workshop in Sishang."
"From Song State, you can buy two thousand sets of leather armor."
"Five thousand catties of gunpowder, used to blow up the city wall."
"Five thousand iron swords, ten thousand spears."
"Five thousand for stirrups."
"Messy things like binoculars, tents, etc., that's another thing."
"If you really want to organize fighters, you can count it as half a brigade. There are a thousand muskets and five cannons, and gunpowder and lead are not counted. Add military uniforms, leather boots, armor, and several months' salary. "
"If we go, we can enter the sea along the Jishui River and transport it from the big river to Changcheng. The boats and sailors are easy to say, and the cargo ships are enough."
"As for the food, you can buy it from Weiguo. It is transported from Weiguo to Zhongshan along the river. Weiguo has a bumper harvest this year, and the price of grain is low."
Tell the amount of money needed for each amount, and quickly add them together, and finally said: "This is the amount. From now on, how about we follow the model of those companies in Sishang? Dividends by shares, trade in various industries Monopoly, no selfishness, and the shares of those who seek selfishness belong to the whistleblower and discoverer..."
There are many rules and more than these, but there are already several operating trading companies in Sishang, and there are already experiences to be found.
It was just a rough idea, and the businessmen who got together nodded. This amount of money is not much for everyone. It is a matter of making profits. They are all thinking about how to get enough cash in their hands. .
(End of this chapter)