The Three Kingdoms

The great Han respects Confucianism, and it has formed an ethos for hundreds of years. Even though they have obviously begun to be wary of merchants, they still don't trust merchants on instinct.

Of course, the people standing in the government affairs hall are all first-class ministers, and they naturally understand that Chen Qun's words are reasonable.

This may involve face and lizi between the two countries.

There is only a group of merchants in the state of Wu, which turned Jizhou upside down, and eventually sent troops to quell the chaos. If it gets out, the state of Wei will be at a disadvantage.

"good!"

A smile appeared on the corner of Cao Cao's mouth, and his low voice lost the anger it had before, but instead had a fighting spirit.

He stared at Chen Qun, and said loudly: "You are right. Since Sun Zhongmou dares to fight with a group of merchants, why should Gu be afraid? Fighting merchants with merchants, what he can do, Gu can also return!"

"What the king said is true!"

All the ministers nodded after hearing the words.

Sending troops at this time was a big disadvantage. Jizhou was their home field, and Wu Guo dared to enter the battle as a merchant. If they refused to fight, wouldn't it be ridiculous.

Each of them looked a little bit wary.

"Changwen, come!"

Cao Cao waved to Chen Qun and said, "You stand in front of Gu. Talk to Gu in detail!"

"My lord, I have studied their ways of doing things!"

As if encouraged, Chen Qun took a step forward.Standing side by side with Xi Zhicai Xun Yu and others, they cupped their hands and said: "Merchants work, in the process of moistening water, they use money to drive up prices, and guide other merchants or powerful shops of aristocratic families to either raise or suppress. All in all, for the difference. Disrupt our bazaar.

For example, the best rice, at the beginning of the new year, is actually the most expensive at about 450 yuan a stone.But now the most expensive rice has been raised to more than [-] yuan. Naturally, there will be more people who can’t afford to eat. If they don’t have enough to eat, it’s a sign of the government forcing the people to rebel, and our country of Wei will naturally be in chaos! "

"Wu Guo is so insidious!"

A minister murmured.

"My lord, this is just one of them. They will also drive up our other prices. Cloth, salt, vegetables, meat, these are all necessities of life, and there is obviously a chaotic situation in transactions. When the market is chaotic, the people will be chaotic! "Chen Qun immediately added.

"Changwen, do you have a way to deal with it?" Cao Cao's face became serious, and he gritted his teeth.asked.

It has to be said that he still underestimated Sun Quan's methods.In other words, he underestimated the existence of merchants.

He did not discriminate against merchants, but in the environment of this era, he would ignore the role of merchants. In his mind, scholars and scholars are the most important. As for merchants, they can be used if they can be used. Pity.

He did not expect that this time, he would fall into the hands of merchants.

"Your Majesty, in the market, only when there is buying can there be selling, and only when there is selling can there be buying. Buying and selling are all about the same price!"

Chen Qun bowed and said in a deep voice: "To deal with merchants, we can only use merchants' methods. If they raise prices, we will lower prices. If they lower prices, we will raise prices. If they want chaos, we will stabilize. The means are higher!"

"Changwen, if you are responsible for this matter, what do you need?"

Cao Cao looked at the young man in front of him with a hint of interest in his eyes.

In Wu Guo's youth generation, there are many heroes, but in Wei Guo's youth generation, there are not many talents. This Chen Qun is somewhat beyond his expectation.

He wanted to see how capable he was.

"Report to Your Majesty, if the subject is responsible for this matter, the subject needs the support of the treasury!"

Chen Qun said word by word.

"Wen Ruo, how much money is there in the treasury of the State of Wei?"

Cao Cao thought about it, looked at Xun Yu, and asked.

"My lord, it's only the beginning of the year. Last year's war cost the national treasury. This year's tax has not yet been collected." Xun Yu's mouth twitched slightly, and he smiled bitterly. 50 million dollars!"

"enough?"

Cao Cao glanced at Chen Qun trustingly.

"not enough!"

Chen Qun said calmly: "Your Majesty, I have roughly calculated that for this battle, the Northland Chamber of Commerce and the State of Wu will invest at least 150 billion yuan, and we must have at least 100 billion yuan in funds before we can start the war! "

"Sun Zhongmou is really rich and powerful!"

Cao Cao gritted his teeth when he heard this, and said with some jealousy.

It's not that he doesn't know that the state of Wu is rich, but he didn't expect it to be so rich. He casually spent tens of billions of money on Jizhou.

"Your Majesty, the Kingdom of Wu does not need to pay any money!"

Xi Zhicai stood up at this time, looked at Cao Cao, sneered, and said: "There are countless chambers of commerce in the state of Wu. They value merchants, and merchants are after profit. What’s more, Sun Zhongmou is rich and powerful, and Sun Zhongmou can collect the money with just one word, and go north to attack Jizhou!”

"It seems that Gu has always underestimated people!" Cao Cao's eyes were full of brilliance, and he said lightly: "Sun Zhongmou, this fellow, has once again walked ahead of us!"

When the ministers heard the words, they sighed one after another, but did not say anything.

"My lord, we can also gather the power of merchants!"

Chen Qun bowed and said: "There are many merchants in Yuzhou, Yanzhou, even Jizhou and Qingzhou. As long as the king is willing to use them, I believe that they can assist us in this battle!"

Cao Cao was a little silent when he heard the words. Using a businessman is not a big thing to say, but it is not a small thing to do. It will definitely hurt the aristocratic family and the powerful class in the court.

Think about the state of Wu, when Sun Quan promoted merchants, it also went through a bloody storm.

He looked at Chen Qun.Chen Qun's resolute expression somehow infected him.

He looked at Wei Guo's civil and military leader again, the two were expressionless and remained silent.I didn't say I was opposed or in favor, but the attitude was already obvious.

Both Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai were born in Yingchuan, one is a representative of aristocratic families, and the other is a representative of Qingliu scholars. If you don't object, you already agree.

After all, Wu Guo now uses a group of merchants.It's not like they can't see that the whole Jizhou has been turned upside down.So for merchants, they must pay attention.

Cao Cao pondered for a while, and a pair of tiger eyes flowed with decisive light, looking at Chen Qun: "Changwen. Gu now appoints you as the master of the Shaofu prime minister, and in the name of the master of the Shaofu prime minister, set up a subordinate The business mansion is directly under the jurisdiction of the prime minister's mansion!"

"I obey!" Chen Qun looked a little excited.

"Zixiu!" Cao Cao thought about it, looked at his eldest son, and said, "You are very satisfied with the battle on the battlefield, but you are too inexperienced in handling government affairs. You will follow Changwen and help him establish a business mansion." !"

"No!" Cao Ang bowed and nodded.

All the ministers immediately understood Cao Cao's determination, once they reuse merchants.Chen Qun will definitely become the target of public criticism, but he put Cao Ang next to Chen Qun, and there are not many who can attack Chen Qun.

"Wenhe!"

"Chen is here!"