"Now that you know the consequences, how do you plan to deal with them?" Rongyi's face became more and more solemn.

"My disciple has been thinking about it for a long time." Yi Gong paused and gritted his teeth and said, "It would be better to forcefully close the Dongshi. Maybe we can avoid disaster."

"That's nonsense!" Rongyi suddenly stood up: "Business war and negotiation. Luoyi currently needs the East Market. If it is forcibly closed and the hungry people without relief flee to other places to escape famine, it will hurt the foundation of the Zhou Dynasty. What's more," he became more serious.

Tone: "You don't even know who your opponent is? How can you counterattack?"

Yi Gong was shocked when he heard this: "Master, are you saying that someone is behind this move of the Dongshi merchants?"

"Ten days ago, E Shizi Kun secretly sneaked into Luoyi and stayed at E's Trading Company. Every day, merchants from Lidong City came in and out, and you didn't even know about it?" Rongyi asked in anger.

"This ------- is an oversight by the disciple. Please punish me, Master." Cold sweat broke out on Yi Gong's forehead. He was a businessman, and he suddenly became an official. There were too many things that he should have smoothed over. Indeed, there were none.

Taking into account Nanlin Society’s roots.

"Forget it, I'll tell you about it, Master." Rong Yi slowly sat behind the case and said in a leisurely manner: "E Kun is here to control the entire Luoyi trading market. Because the cake gold is mixed with gold

As a matter of fact, the salt road between Hubei and Qi has been cut off. If you want to import salt from now on, you will have to transship it from other countries. Luoyi is a distribution center for all goods, and it is also the gateway for goods to flow into Hubei. It controls the Luoyi commercial market.

, Not only will the country of Hubei no longer have to worry about running out of salt, but other needed materials will also continue to flow. It can even control the city power of Chengzhou and limit the supply of materials to the Eighth Division of Chengzhou."

Yi Gong felt cold sweat dripping from his forehead when he heard this, and asked in confusion: "How could the country of E have such great ambitions? But there are so many merchants in the East City, from all the countries in the Central Plains, how can they be willing to listen to his orders from E Kun?"

"Businessmen gather together for profit. Who wouldn't be happy as long as they can make a profit in the market?" Rong Yi took a sip of the newly poured tea on the table and said calmly: "Just wait, the price will be low for a few days, and tomorrow the East Market will

It’s time to raise the price. Come closer, you will have to arrange it like this in the West Market tomorrow----"

The weather has been fine in the past few days, and the people of Luochuan took advantage of the good weather to go to the fields overnight with torches to dig and loosen the soil. In the early morning of the next day, oxcart teams from each village community gathered together various local products and rushed to Luoyi East City to collect the goods.

Exchange for farm tools, salt and the most important wheatgrass seeds.

Unexpectedly, overnight, Luoyi East City was in turmoil. The price of grain soared overnight, and the price of seeds was even more shocking! Yesterday, it was one piece of grain for one skin, one stone for one penny, and according to today's market, people gathered together in one mile.

One hundred pieces of cooked cowhide can be exchanged for one stone of seeds, and fifty yuan can buy an iron hammer head.z.br

The old Zhou people were furious! The clamor of scolding the female businessmen drowned the entire Dongshi. When someone shouted for beating, the angry crowd erupted like a tide, and swept into the store shed like a hurricane and smashed it up. The proprietor of the trading company and the boss

But none of the deacons showed up. Only the young deacon led the servants to close the door and collect the goods. Suddenly, Shilidong Market was in unprecedented chaos.

At this moment, a low and sharp horn blast resounded through the city, and a group of city protection cavalry surrounded a chariot and rushed straight to the city magistrate's platform. Immediately, someone shouted: "The officials and city officials are patrolling the city! Let's hurry up

Quickly prosecute female businessmen!"

As the sound spread, the angry old Zhou people roared over, shouting: "Female merchants raise prices! Drive them out of Luoyi!" and surrounded the city tower.

The horn sounded again, and a lean and dark-skinned official in his early thirties quickly climbed onto the high platform. The crowd roared with an earth-shattering roar: "The official law is enforced! The female businessmen will be confiscated! If not, they will be expelled from Luoyi!"

The crowd gradually calmed down after three military trombones sounded in succession. The loud and vigorous voice of the official market chief echoed: "Old Zhou people listened: chasing people without goods is a stipulation of the official market system. The merchants of Dongshi are not Zhou

Human beings cannot be judged by the "Rites of Zhou". We, the people of Zhou, cannot violate the law and loot, let alone smash up shops and hurt people, but those who violate the rules will be severely punished according to etiquette!"

There was a dead silence in the crowd, and the obvious anger turned into clearly audible heavy breathing. Suddenly someone shouted: "Female businessmen are cheating the people! God cannot tolerate it!"

Immediately, someone shouted: "What an official market system! How can you protect the female businessmen of Dongshi?"

Seeing the commotion in the crowd, the lean official Shicheng quickly interrupted and shouted: "Business business! Our official market has reported: Luoyi West City has received a lot of money from the treasury, and it is now open! Seeds, agricultural tools, six livestock

Everything you need is available. Chinese people only need to go to the Western Market to buy goods, so don’t miss the important event of rushing for seeds!”

The crowd was silent for a moment, then suddenly shouted like a tsunami: "Long live!" They surged out of the East Market and rushed to the adjacent Luoyi West Market.

Although this western market is extensive, it is most suitable for farmers' transactions, and it has gradually turned into a farmer's market that is different from the merchants in the city and the east long street. There is only a forest of more than 200 acres between the east and west markets. This forest

It was originally a livestock trading place in the West Market. The merchants in the East Market couldn't bear the stench here and repeatedly negotiated with the government over the matter.

After King Xianyi killed Qi Aihou, he felt guilty, so he issued an edict to move the livestock trading place inland, and planted a large area of ​​green forest on the spot to separate the east and west cities. The city government had never banned other places.

Merchants from the vassal states were prohibited from entering the Western Market. However, merchants from the Eastern Market despised the West Market for its vulgar village smell and never set up tents in the West Market. As a result, the West Market became a gathering place for Zhou agricultural merchants and Lin, Hu, Rong, and Di merchants who went south.

, the barter trading method is very popular here, and it is a great pleasure, and it is a vivid picture of ancient trading.

Since Lao Linyu, merchants from the Hu region have been blocked from going south, the local Zhou people have been stuck in the mud, the warehouses in the West Market have converged, and the market has been severely depressed, which has forced the Lao Zhou farmers into the East Market, which they rarely set foot in. Now I hear

I was really overjoyed when I heard that the Western Market was open. I left the female businessmen behind and flooded into the Western Market.

Today's West Market is very unusual. As soon as the crowd approached the market gate, officials and city officials rushed along the crowd's path and shouted: "Grain is available every day! People are pouring into the market! Don't be crowded!"

It has become a custom for Zhou people to abide by the "Li" of Zhou. Seeing the officials in the government being so respectful and proclaiming rites, and even hearing that food and supplies are available every day, the crowds of people rushing in no longer panic, and they gradually become more orderly, slowing down and showing courtesy to the young and old.

, slowly and orderly filed into the tall stone square of the West Market.

At the entrance of Shifang, officials were taking turns shouting: "Those who enter the market buy goods one by one, and then go straight out of the city through the West Third Gate! Make room for those who come after you, and don't stay in the market!"

When people enter the city, various goods sheds are swirling around, and all the farm supplies are piled up. Coarse sea salt is as cheap as the price when merchants sell it in the East Market. There are two more heart-stopping things, the wild animals in the open-air livestock market.

There are cattle, sheep, and horses as far as the eye can see. The grain cabinets marked with red seeds of various colors are full and dazzling with gold. Any farmer can tell at a glance that these plump and dry grains are definitely the best.

seed.

There are two official and market officials standing outside each goods shed in the market. One official distributes a white bamboo sign stamped with fire paint to everyone who keeps entering the shed, while the other official repeatedly shouts: "Official

There is an order from the market, and with the Baizhu brand mark as evidence, everyone can enter the market for three days! There is enough food and supplies, so there is no need to panic."

Entering the goods shed, the inside is even more unusual. The two commodities that everyone must buy are seeds and coarse salt. They are packed in burlap bags. Seeds come in a bag of 100 kilograms, coarse salt a bag of 5 kilograms; plowshares, shovels, etc.

Agricultural tools are always tied with a thick hemp rope that is easy to carry. People who enter the market bring their own items in exchange for goods, and merchants do not bargain, only the price quoted by the Zhou people; those who trade with money, no matter what

All types of money will be accepted regardless of country. If there is an ancient coin passed down from ancestors in the family, the money will be converted into a round coin based on the owner's fixed price.

And so on, all the checkpoints were cleared and regulated, and the business was as smooth as a smooth flow. When dusk fell, the crowds in the West Market had dissipated, and only the officials and market officials who were slumped on the ground and gasping for air were left in the empty warehouse.

Business executives.

"Woo--" a horn horn sounded, and the lean official Shicheng's familiar loud order came from the city command platform in the center of the West Market: "Those who are on duty during the day withdraw! Those who are on duty at night come into the market, clear the sheds and load goods-"

—"

Following the order, the day officials and deacons dragged their tired legs and staggered out of the various warehouses, and gathered at a few tents under the city wall that were smoking. There were also groups of energetic officials.

The deacons rushed out of the tents, holding lanterns and striding into various warehouses, cleaning up the mess during the day, repairing the damage, and they were busy.

As soon as a crescent moon hung over the treetops, teams of oxcarts began to stream into the city, with torches and lamps accompanied by the rumble of the vehicles, just like a military camp before the war------

In the brightly lit big tent, on a large table in the middle, two officials were busy working on the counting posts to clear the accounts. Rongyi entered the account and saw this scene, and asked casually: "How is the income today? Is it a loss or a gain?"

"

Yi Gong suddenly stopped smiling

He stood up and raised his hands and said: "Master, I lost about one hundred thousand yuan today. My disciple suggested that we should transfer funds from the official market treasury of Luoyi to support it, otherwise it will be difficult to pay for the purchase of goods."

Rong Yi calmly sat down in another case and smiled leisurely: "You can't bear the loss of 100,000 on the first day of the market?"

Yi Gong quickly said: "Paying for the goods is the last word, and it has nothing to do with whether you can afford it, right?"

Rongyi said: "The official treasury is the national treasure and cannot be used unless the situation is depleted. Starting tonight, no payment will be made for large purchases. Small purchases will be paid from the Nanlin Society's general ledger."

"This------" Yi Gong murmured for a moment and said with a blush: "Excuse me, disciple: you can't do either of the two. You can't do it without paying for a large amount, and you can't do it for a small amount. It's unheard of to do business like this. Nanlin Society

Even my private property can’t support it!”

Rong Yi said calmly: "Business is like war. You are a general. You only act according to the commander's orders, regardless of whether they are good or bad. As for the private property of Nanlin Society, there is no need to feel bad about it. You can get it back after all your money is gone."
Chapter completed!