The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 154 Merchant Pursuit of Profit
"Preaching faith and cultivating harmony is called human benefit. Competing and killing each other is called human suffering. Therefore, the reason why a sage treats people's seven emotions is to cultivate ten righteousness. Practicing faith and cultivating harmony, advocating resignation, to fight, how to rule it by giving up rituals. Diet Men and women, human great desires exist. Death and poverty, human great evils exist. Therefore, those who desire evil have great hearts. People hide their hearts, and they cannot be measured. Both good and evil are in their hearts, and they cannot be seen. .If you want one to be poor, why give up rituals.”

Under the shade of the trees in the courtyard, a seven or eight-year-old girl holds bamboo slips in her hands, and there is a sound of reading aloud. In front of the stone table, there are another twelve or thirteen-year-old girl who is also holding bamboo slips, but her delicate and lovely face cannot be lifted. A trace of spirit.

"Fifth Sister, don't read, my sister is about to die of suffocation." Zhen Rong lay down in front of the stone table without the slightest sense of being a lady, her two beautiful and slender legs dangling and kicking at will.

Zhen Mi, who was holding "Book of Rites" at the side, came to Zhen Rong's side, her tone indifferent.

"Mother told me to let my sister cultivate her body and mind, so she can't indulge in fun anymore."

Zhen Rong pursed his lips, sat up and held Zhen Mi's pink face with both hands, rubbing it messily.

"I am my older sister, and you are my younger sister. When your mother is here, you should obey her. When your mother is away, you must obey my elder sister."

Zhen Mi's face was constantly deformed by rubbing, and she wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Fourth sister, let me go, if people see you, you will laugh at the Zhen family."

Not only did Zhen Rong not restrain himself, he even intensified, kneading even more vigorously.

"Whoever dares to laugh, whoever dares to laugh, the eldest brother-in-law is the biggest, and with the support of my brother-in-law, I am not afraid of anyone."

Snapped

Zhen Rong was slapped on the back of the head, the sound was quite loud, but the actual force was useless.

Both sides of Zhen Mi's cheeks were squeezed by Zhen Rong's palms, her mouth protruded, and little Dingxiang could be faintly seen between the two rows of white teeth, staring at the person behind Zhen Rong with wide eyes in disbelief.

This funny look obviously made the visitor couldn't help but tears welled up from the corners of Zhen Mi's eyes.

Why do you always look so ashamed in front of him?
Apparently Zhen Rong hadn't been taught much by the elders. After being hit on the back of the head, he was dumbfounded. He turned his head with a dull expression, raised his face to look at the person standing behind him, and stammered, "Sister, Brother-in-law? Why are you here? Miss me? You, why are you beating me?"

Guo Jia pinched Zhen Rong's face and pulled it, leaned down and asked with a smile, "Is this how you treat your sister?"

With the wind leaking from his mouth, Zhen Rong's hands finally left Zhen Mi's cheeks, covering Guo Jia's hands and telling him to relax.

"Brother-in-law, it hurts, it hurts."

Guo Jia let go, Zhen Rong rubbed half of his face, and stared at Guo Jia daringly, Zhen Mi also covered her face, bowed to Guo Jia and said, "I've seen my brother-in-law."

Walking over and putting one hand on Zhen Mi's head, Guo Jia asked, "Does she always bully you?"

Zhen Mi blushed, glanced at Zhen Rong who kept giving menacing winks, and shook her head slightly.

"Hey, Rong'er, you are really the little overlord of the Zhen family. How have you bullied my sister? When you were young, why didn't I see that you had the potential to be a wicked woman?"

After sitting down, Guo Jia pulled Zhen Mi in front of her and asked her to open her mouth to see if there were any traces of teeth rubbing against the mouth. Zhen Mi closed her eyes and blushed like fire.

"Brother-in-law, you are biased. My face is swollen, swollen, look, look."

Zhen Rong also came over and pointed at the half of his face that Guo Jia pinched.

With a little bit of effort, Guo Jia knew that Zhen Rong's face was intact as before, and when he looked carefully, it was also rosy and white, as smooth as usual.

"Mi'er, if she still bullies you in the future, your mother doesn't care, you can come to my house to find me, and I will teach her a lesson."

After Guo Jia finished speaking, Zhen Mi nodded, glanced at Zhen Rong who was so aggrieved that she wanted to cry, and hurriedly said, "Fourth sister treated me very well, she didn't bully me, no."

I didn't expect that Zhen Rong's prestige in Zhen's house was not small. Guo Jia scratched the bridge of Zhen Mi's nose and said, "Go and help me see what your elder brother is doing. When I entered the mansion, I asked my servants to report, but He hasn't come here yet, go and see."

Zhen Mi received the errand, politely saluted Guo Jia, and then left steadily.

Zhen Rong, who was weeping silently with a flat mouth, waited for Zhen Mi to leave, and threw himself in front of Guo Jia, crying loudly, sobbing, "Brother-in-law doesn't love Rong'er anymore."

Who didn't know that she was putting on a show to win sympathy, so he stretched out his hand and slapped her on the forehead, Guo Jia said with a straight face, "Don't cry, your trick worked well a few years ago, but now it doesn't work."

In the past, as long as she cried, Guo Jia would completely surrender, but now, it doesn't work.

Zhen Rong was still crying, crying really sad, probably because he was sad because he had no way to subdue Guo Jia.

After a long while, Guo Jia ignored her and let her cry as much as she wanted. Seeing that Guo Jia was really indifferent, Zhen Rong put away her tears in an instant, pinched Guo Jia's cuff pitifully, and dangled it gently.

This crying did not get sympathy, so she switched to a soft offensive.

Sighing helplessly, Guo Jia saw her aggrieved and delicate expression, and said, "Rong'er, you are not young anymore, you can't go on messing around all day long, but your sister often told me that the Zhen family was made a mess by you." Flying dog jumping, restless day by day, a few days ago you used a pen to mark many black spots on Jin'er's face, which scared your sister to think that Jin'er had a strange disease and almost passed out."

Zhen Rong was dejected, as if she was listening to the teacher, and when she brought up the matter of tricking Guo Jin, she was also very guilty. Can Zhen Rong be fooled around like this?

"Okay, as long as you know your mistakes and correct them, you can learn from your fifth sister when you have time. You are knowledgeable, reasonable, demure and steady. Oh, why are you crying again?"

Zhen Rong cried from the bottom of his heart this time, heartbroken.

"Brother-in-law, I hate Rong'er, and I won't like Rong'er anymore, woo woo..."

Tears fell down like pearls with broken strings. Zhen Rong lowered his head, making Guo Jia feel distressed when he saw it.

Raising his hand to wipe away her tears, Guo Jia comforted: "Don't think about it, how could brother-in-law not like you? No matter what you do wrong, brother-in-law will always like you."

Zhen Rong burst into tears, looked up at Guo Jia suspiciously, and asked, "Really?"

Guo Jia nodded seriously.

Zhen Rong was still skeptical and said, "Brother-in-law hasn't hugged Rong'er for a long time."

That's not because you've grown up!

Now Zhen Rong's chest is also slightly swollen. Although Yuan has not yet reached the point of turbulence, it has already begun to show its embryonic form.

Holding her in his arms with open arms, Guo Jia gently stroked her back.

Feeling Guo Jia's tenderness again after a long absence, Zhen Rong's sobbing gradually stopped, and a touching smile rose from the corner of his mouth.

Zhen Yu, who was outside the court, had already arrived, but when he saw the scene of Guo Jia and Zhen Rong, he could only avoid it first, and secretly called luck in his heart: Fortunately, the second sister and the third sister went to Taoyuan Village to play, otherwise this scene would have been difficult. tidy.

After staying tenderly in Guo Jia's arms for a long time, Zhen Rongcai returned to the room under Guo Jia's urging, and Zhen Yu also entered the courtyard after a while.

"My lord, oh, Fengxiao, I don't know why you are here today?"

Zhen Yu is not one of Guo Jia's subordinates, and calling him an envoy is just a matter of formality, but Guo Jia hopes that Zhen Yu will still call him a friend.

Guo Jia stretched out his hand and invited Zhen Yao to take a seat. The two sat at the stone table under the tree. Guo Jia cut to the chase and said, "I'm here this time to discuss something with my brother. I want to establish a chamber of commerce in Yizhou to allow merchants to We join the chamber of commerce, form an alliance, do business together, and earn money together. In terms of policy, I can reduce business taxes, but the chamber of commerce should be a help when Yizhou is in need."

Zhen Yu's eyes lit up. Guo Jia's proposal was very novel. In the past, these merchants were hostile to each other and suppressed competition. When the world was peaceful, there might be a situation where supply exceeded demand. At that time, the battle between merchants was extremely cruel. Now the world is in chaos. , all over the country are in chaos, and business is not easy to do. Some merchants who have traveled all over the country have given up the idea of ​​doing business in other places.

Guo Jia is not an expert in business, and few officials in Yizhou Prefecture dare to fight in front of Zhen Yu, so Guo Jia came to discuss this matter with Zhen Yu. Now the Zhen family only does some small business in Chengdu, and also helps Guo Jia sold the finished products of Shu brocade woven by the people of Taoyuan Village to Jingzhou. No matter how far away the area was, he did not dare to explore. , Merchants regard it as a restricted area, dare to take the goods to Guanzhong to sell?It is tantamount to committing suicide.

As time went by, the people of Yizhou became more and more prosperous, consumer demand also increased, and the foundation for business prosperity was established. The time was ripe for Guo Jia to use business to expand himself.

In recent years, there have been reports of Chinese people coming to Yizhou to buy grain. Officials from all over Yizhou have posted notices to inform the people that bartering is acceptable, but buying with money is not acceptable.

Why?Because after Dong Zhuo moved his capital to Chang'an, he minted a large number of low-quality five baht coins, which caused prices in Guanzhong to skyrocket. Guanzhong merchants came to Yizhou to buy food and supplies with low-quality five baht coins. Obviously, the interests of the people in Yizhou were violated. The next thing is not to recognize the five baht coins issued by Dong Zhuo. Even if it is more troublesome to barter, it is better than suffering a loss.

The benefits of salt and iron are sufficient to support the needs of the military and the country.

Some of the most basic commodities of rule are controlled by the government, which Guo Jia will never open up.

The Chamber of Commerce was established because the purchasing power of the government was insufficient. If the common people wanted to exchange surplus grain for other commodities needed for life, they had to exchange it with merchants. Moreover, under the macro-control of Yizhou government, the Chamber of Commerce can effectively limit prices and prohibit merchants from hoarding goods.

This is a measure to create a win-win situation. Guo Jia provides businessmen with a stable environment and convenient and preferential policies. Businessmen do business according to their duties, and don't think about making a fortune for the country.

Now business is hard to do. Guo Jia, as a warlord, opens up avenues for businessmen to make money. If there are still people who are ignorant of current affairs, they can only say that he is unqualified as a businessman. A businessman seeks profit. Escort, under the profit, why do merchants in Yizhou refuse?

(End of this chapter)