Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Suddenly, Xu Li walked over quickly.

Zhao Kuo glanced at Xu Li, smiled and kissed little Zhao Meng's white and tender forehead, returned Zhao Meng to his mother, and followed Xu Li to the study.

Xu Li said in a hurry: "Your Honor, the news just came out from the palace that ginseng will be officially nationalized starting today!"

Zhao Kuo was obviously taken aback after hearing the news, and said with some doubts: "Today?"

Xu Li nodded and said: "That's right.

Just now, the palace sent someone to say that the profit of ginseng will be given for the last time next month, and it will not be given in the future. "

Zhao Kuo asked: "Is the domestic ginseng nationalized, or all other countries' ginseng taken back?"

Xu Li said: "All!"

Xu Li was obviously very angry when he spoke.

Zhao Kuo frowned slowly.

Forget about the ginseng channel within Zhao State, the channels of Qin State, Qi State, Chu State, and Wei State were all opened up by Zhao Kuo, so wouldn’t Zhao Kuo make a wedding dress for someone in vain?

Zhao Kuo was silent for a moment, and said, "Is the money in the warehouse still enough?"

Xu Li hurriedly said: "Enough, there are more than 6000 million cash and tens of thousands of shi of grain, and the iron mine Guo Zong is still supplying."

Although Guo Zong is no longer an official merchant, the largest iron merchant in the Zhao Kingdom is certainly not stupid. He has already quietly left five ore veins undiscovered. Now these ore veins have become the largest ore deposits in Zhao Kuo's side. source.

After receiving Xu Li's answer, Zhao Kuo felt relieved, and asked again, "Has Nightingale discovered any information?"

Xu Li said: "According to Nightingale's report, Grand Master Han Xu asked for an audience in the palace yesterday. I wonder if it is related to this matter?"

Zhao Kuo tapped lightly on the table with his fingers, and his face became serious: "It seems that it should be him, this Han Xuwei really doesn't give up."

Xu Li said very angrily: "Han Xuwei didn't do a few things that are beneficial to Da Zhao, but he is very good at this kind of political disputes that hinder things. It's a shame!"

Zhao Kuo was not so angry, after all, the conflict between Zhao Kuo and Han Xuwei was irreconcilable, and it was only natural for the other party to use all means to mess with him.

It's just that Zhao Kuo chuckled: "I'm afraid this grand master is really stupid, does he really think that he can bring down this Marquis?"

Zhao Kuo is still using the name of Guo Zong to secretly smuggle soldiers and weapons to Qi and Yan. Arms smuggling is recognized as the most profitable profession.

The profit of ginseng is of course amazing, but after all, Zhao Kuo only gets [-]% of it, so even if the ginseng is really gone, Zhao Kuo will certainly lose a lot, but it is definitely not to the point of splitting instantly.

Speaking of it, on the contrary, two people like Mr. Pingyuan and Zhou Shaofen suffered more losses.

Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo suddenly felt moved, and said: "Xu Li, you go to prepare the carriage, Benhou will go to see Mr. Pingyuan."

After a while, Zhao Kuo realized that he didn't need to see Mr. Pingyuan, because Mr. Pingyuan had already come to Zhao Mansion on his own initiative.

As soon as he saw Zhao Kuo, Mr. Pingyuan said angrily, "Mr. Wu Xin, that bastard Han Xuwei is after us this time!"

Chapter 278 Why does Han Xu know about ginseng?

Mr. Pingyuan was very, very angry, which can be seen from his next sentence.

"Wu Xinjun, to tell you the truth, this Marquis really wants to kill Han Xuwei, this old thief!"

It can be seen from the gritted teeth expression of Mr. Pingyuan when he spoke, that he really thinks so.

Zhao Kuo was not surprised, but he couldn't help being a little funny: "Your Majesty, this is not the case, is it?"

Lord Pingyuan said coldly: "Why not?

Benhou won't hide it from you. Last year, more than [-]% of the income of Benhou's mansion came from ginseng. Now that all ginseng is nationalized, don't all of Benhou's subordinates want to drink northwest wind with him? up?

This damn Han Xuwei! "

In the past few years, relying on the profit from the ginseng business, Mr. Pingyuan can be said to be sitting at home with money rolling in from the sky, and he is very happy.

This gentleman is not a miser, so he didn't put the money in the treasury to rot, but used the money to recruit soldiers, raise more followers, and cultivate more power in the local area.

Thanks to Lord Pingyuan's policy of spending a lot of money, the power of Lord Pingyuan's mansion has also grown rapidly in the past two years, and it has also steadily suppressed Lin Xiangru's scholar faction.

As a result, now that Han Xuwei suddenly offered such a plan to the queen mother, he directly cut off most of Pingyuan's financial resources, but Pingyuan's huge expenses still did not decrease at all. Isn't this killing people?

Mr. Pingyuan said angrily: "Mr. Wu Xin, hurry up, you and I will enter the palace right away, we must sue Han Xuwei in front of the queen mother, and let Han Xuwei know how powerful we are!"

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Your Majesty, be safe and don't be impatient, and listen to me before making a decision, okay?"

It happened suddenly, and Zhao Kuo was actually a little undecided at first.

But after the appearance of Mr. Pingyuan, Zhao Kuo suddenly got inspiration from Mr. Pingyuan.

Mr. Pingyuan was still a little impatient, but for Zhao Kuo's sake, he sat down reluctantly, and said eagerly, "If you have any ideas, Mr. Wu Xin, please speak up."

Mr. Pingyuan can be regarded as someone who has experienced strong winds and waves, but he can't calm down at all in this matter.

Without him, the money involved is too much!Zhao Kuo was not in a hurry to speak immediately, but first reviewed his entire strategy from the beginning to the end, and then said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty should know who is running the ginseng business?"

Jun Pingyuan said: "Of course, they are all our people."

There is a Guo Zong to be mentioned here.

At the beginning, the entire ginseng business was run by Guo Zong, and Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan were only responsible for supervising, checking accounts and so on.

Later, with the addition of the palace, there was another person in the palace who supervised, that is, the eunuch Ling Miaoxian's subordinates.

Guo Zong was kicked away by Zhao Wang and Miao Xian, so Guo Zong left with some confidantes. On the surface, he developed on his own, but in fact he became Zhao Kuo's retainers.

Guo Zong took away a lot of people, and all of them were business talents. After leaving, it made the operation of the ginseng business difficult. Therefore, Zhao Kuo, Mr. Pingyuan, and Miao Xian, the subordinates who were originally used to supervise, had seen the whole ginseng business. The operation of the ginseng business was ordered to fill in and became the new person in charge.

Later, Miao Xian was thrown out of power by Zhao Kuo, and Miao Xian's people were naturally unlucky and kicked away, leaving only Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan's people.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is the problem.

You see, the manager in charge of ginseng mining is ours, the manager in charge of ginseng transportation and protection is also ours, and the manager who is in charge of foreign channel transfer and sales is still ours, you should understand me, right? "

Mr. Pingyuan was taken aback for a moment, then he seemed to understand something, and said: "Mr. Wu Xin means that?" Zhao Kuo laughed: "That's right.

In fact, Han Xuwei didn't know anything about the ginseng business. He thought the business was very simple, and he only needed to nationalize it to directly deal us a heavy blow.

But what he doesn't know is that as long as all our people withdraw, the ginseng business will stop immediately! "

What Zhao Kuo said is not bragging.

Imagine in the future, if in a company in the future, no one organizes and is responsible for production on the production line, no one coordinates vehicle logistics during transportation, and no one finds middlemen and retailers when it arrives, its products can still be sold, and its products can still be sold. Can you make money?

Even if you think about it with your toes, you know it's impossible.

In later generations, as long as the bosses have money, they can recruit experienced talents to help. However, in this era of slow transmission of information, it is impossible to make up for these missing links in a short period of time.

Mr. Pingyuan's eyes gradually lit up: "That is to say, in fact, we only need to withdraw our people, and the ginseng business will completely stop, can't we continue?"

Zhao Kuo patted his thigh and said with a smile: "That's right! Do Han Xuwei and the Queen Mother understand business?

Do you understand the channel?

They don't understand at all.

They just want to attack us out of political interests, but what about us?

We don't confront them head-on.

Don't they want ginseng state-owned?

Let's just hand over all of our people and let them know that the ginseng business can't be done without us. Then we are afraid that they will not accept defeat obediently and invite us back with a nod? "

When Zhao Kuo spoke, his expression was very confident.

Zhao Kuo's people know where the ginseng produced is of good quality and what price the ginseng should be sold there, do Han Xuwei's people know?

Zhao Kuo's people know how to transport and pass the customs, and how to manage the many government and local clan forces along the way. Do Han Xuwei's people know?

Zhao Kuo’s people know how to connect with leaders of other countries, how to reconcile accounts with people from other countries, and hand over goods. Do Han Xuwei’s people know?

So many partners recognize Zhao Kuo as the gold-lettered signboard, would they be willing to recognize Han Xu as this old guy?

Han Xuwei's people don't know anything, and they don't even have any friendship with customers, so why should he continue the ginseng business?

After listening to Zhao Kuo's analysis, Mr. Pingyuan's mood suddenly turned cloudy, and he couldn't help laughing out loud: "Okay, very good.

Mr. Wu Xin really deserves to be resourceful and resourceful. Fortunately, Benhou came to you first instead of entering the palace. Tell me quickly, how should we give Han Xuwei a good look next? "

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, showing a sinister expression: "Of course, the first step is to invite Mr. Pingyuan and Benhou to enter the palace together, and go to see the Queen Mother."

Want to cheat Benhou?

Let's take a look at the pit that Ben Hou dug for you!

Chapter 279 Solving Zhao Kuo is just a matter of one sentence

The news of ginseng has actually caused an uproar in Handan City.

"Do you know?

The queen mother wants to completely nationalize ginseng, just like salt. "

"I heard that the original shares of ginseng belonged to Lord Wu Xin and Lord Yuan. Wouldn't the two princes lose a lot now?"

"I heard that the two princes have already entered the palace to see the Queen Mother. I wonder if they can make the Queen Mother take back her order?"

Gossip spread quickly in the political arena, so at this time, many people were already looking forward to it, waiting for the results from the palace.

Zhao Kuo and Yuan Jun met the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother is teaching Little Zhao Wang to write, and she seems to be in a bad mood.

Every parent will always be furious when helping their children to do their homework, no matter ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign.

Zhao Kuo and Yuan Jun saluted at the same time: "I have met the king and the queen mother."

The Empress Dowager glanced at the two of them, and said to King Zhao, "Yan'er, go to the back."

Little Zhao Wang stood up obediently, and went down to the apse under the leadership of the maids.

The Empress Dowager signaled Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan to sit down, and then said, "You two are here, are you doing something?"

Zhao Kuo glanced at Mr. Pingyuan. After all, this is Zhao Guoxiangbang and the elder of the clan. It is obviously more appropriate for Mr. Pingyuan to speak.

Mr. Pingyuan obviously knew this truth, and immediately said: "This is the Queen Mother. The old minister heard that the Queen Mother just issued an order to nationalize the entire ginseng industry. I wonder if this is true?"

The queen mother said lightly: "It is true.

The old woman has asked the grand master to take over the entire ginseng industry. Why, do you two have any objections? "

It seemed that the queen mother didn't want to give Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan any face at all.

There was a moment of silence in the hall.

Zhao Kuo coughed and said softly: "After all, the ministers are also the ministers of the Great Zhao, and handing over the ginseng industry can be considered as a contribution to the country, and the minister has no objections.

But I don't know if I can ask the queen mother to wait for some time for the ministers to do the handover and handover." Just as Zhao Kuo said this, he was directly interrupted by the queen mother: "Mr. Wu Xin, is there something invisible to you?" Can't handle your secret? "

Zhao Kuo was taken aback for a moment, and thought to himself that I have left all the shady things to Guo Zong, how could it be possible for you to find out on the official side.

Zhao Kuo said: "The empress dowager is joking, the minister is dedicated to serving the country, how could there be any shameful things?"

The Empress Dowager said, "Then what do you have to be afraid of?"

Zhao Kuo: "" Mr. Pingyuan sighed, and said, "Does the Queen Mother really want to take back the whole ginseng immediately?"

The Empress Dowager's face became gloomy: "Why, did the two enter the palace to threaten the old woman?"

Zhao Kuo stood up and said: "I understand what the Queen Mother means, I will go back immediately, and let all my hands withdraw from the ginseng."

The Empress Dowager said slowly: "It couldn't be better."

Seeing the figures of Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan leaving, the tense face of the queen mother suddenly relaxed, and she let out a light breath.

Don't look at the empress dowager's confidence on the surface, but in fact she is still very afraid of Mr. Pingyuan and Zhao Kuo.

There was a sound of footsteps, and it turned out that it was the eunuch Zhao's order.

The Empress Dowager's face became serious again, and she said to the eunuch, "Immediately let people watch Lord Pingyuan and Lord Wu Xin, and don't let them make any accidents!"

Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan sat on the carriage leaving the palace, looked at each other, and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

Mr. Pingyuan rubbed his nose and sighed, "Why is the Empress Dowager so hostile to us?"

Zhao Kuo was silent for a moment, then said: "Your Majesty is young after all, but you and I are members of the public clan.

Besides, you are still the son of King Xian Wuling." "Speak carefully! "

Mr. Pingyuan directly interrupted Zhao Kuo's words: "Mr. Wu Xin, I can't go on talking!"