Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

But Mr. Pingyuan himself is a shareholder of ginseng, so it is impossible for him to act ruthlessly to directly cause the ginseng industry to be ruined, so the final result is only to make this trend a little bit restrained, and ginseng is still the best gift for rich businessmen to give to officials .

Therefore, rich merchants have become the biggest purchasing power of ginseng.

From this logic, regardless of whether ginseng is in the hands of Zhao Kuo or Han Xuwei, rich businessmen must buy ginseng to give to officials, and the sales of ginseng should not be greatly affected.

But Han Xuwei issued an extremely stupid order prohibiting merchants from buying ginseng!Now, the wealthy businessmen were all dumbfounded and couldn't buy it anymore.

The officials were also dumbfounded that ginseng was no longer needed.

Some people say, can't rich businessmen send money directly?

Of course not, because Lieutenant Zhao Guo's department is watching. Is it true that Zhao Guo has no laws?

Because ginseng's edgeball is related to Mr. Pingyuan's interests before, Mr. Pingyuan turned a blind eye to it.

If the money was sent directly, it happened to coincide with the time when Mr. Pingyuan and Han Xuwei were confronting each other. It would be no wonder Mr. Pingyuan didn't punish these guys to death.

After all, these managers are also businessmen. They may not be capable, but they still have the most basic business logic, so they naturally gave Han Xuwei a clear analysis of the truth here.

After Han Xuwei finished listening, he couldn't help opening his mouth wide, with a shocked expression all over his face.

"This ginseng actually has so many ways?"

As the grand master of Zhao Guo, Han Xuwei not only has a fief but also an estate, and has the filial piety of countless people. Ginseng has never been a problem for him, and he doesn't know the routine at all.

Han Xuwei came back to his senses and couldn't help but said, "Why didn't you tell the old man earlier?"

The four stewards looked at each other, showing smiles uglier than crying: "The subordinate actually reminded the Grand Master at that time, but..." Han Xuwei's face turned green and pale, and he also remembered that he had indeed reminded him. But Han Xuwei was full of confidence at that time, so he didn't listen at all!Fell, this is a big fall!But things didn't end there.

A confidant of Han Xuwei broke in and said in a panic, "Master, the situation is not good.

The eyeliner in our palace has just heard the news that Lord Wu Xin and Lord Yuan have entered the palace again and want to regain control of the ginseng channel! "

Chapter 284 What, So Much Missing?

"what?"

Han Xuwei couldn't sit still when he heard that, he stood up abruptly: "No, I will go to the palace immediately to stop them!"

Han Xuwei didn't care about anything else, and hurried into the palace in a carriage.

As soon as he entered the hall, Han Xuwei heard Zhao Kuo's voice: "Queen Mother, I heard that although Han Xuwei has obtained the control of ginseng, he is not doing well. Now all the ginseng shops in Handan City are empty. , so that the sales volume and profit of the entire ginseng plummeted." Han Xuwei finally couldn't bear it when he heard this, and said with a frosty face: "Wu Xinjun, don't talk nonsense!"

Zhao Kuo looked at Han Xuwei who had just entered the hall, he was a little surprised at first, and then laughed: "This Marquis is talking nonsense?

Grand Master, today is the monthly account payment day for ginseng, do you dare to ask someone to take out the account book and report it to the Queen Mother? "

Han Xuwei's momentum suddenly stagnated, and he said: "This" is the extremely ugly numbers that Han Xuwei received just now, how could he dare to take out the account books?

Just when Han Xuwei was thinking about finding some excuse to talk to himself, Zhao Kuo had already spoken to the Queen Mother again: "Queen Mother, for the sake of Da Zhao, I want to take back the ginseng and expand Da Zhao. We also recognize the treasury's financial resources.

However, I heard that now that ginseng has been brought back to the country, but the money handed over to the treasury is much less than before. Is there someone involved here, and is there a problem of corruption? I think it should be done well. look up. "

Lord Pingyuan also spoke: "Queen Dowager, this veteran also has the same opinion as Lord Wu Xin.

Of course, there is no problem with nationalization, but the income to the treasury will decrease after it is nationalized. If it gets out, won't it be detrimental to the wisdom of the queen mother and the king? "

Han Xuwei was listening to these words, wishing to strangle Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan to death, so that these two people would just shut up.

The Empress Dowager's face gradually sank after hearing these words, she looked at Han Xu and said, "Teacher, tell me, what is the trade volume of ginseng?"

Although the queen mother's main goal of nationalizing ginseng is to suppress Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan, it is naturally impossible to say that the queen mother doesn't care about income at all.

It is impossible for any ruler to ignore the role of money, let alone women who are more sensitive to money.

Han Xu Wei was really being questioned at this moment, and he secretly screamed in his heart that something was wrong.

The time was too short, and Han Xuwei didn't even have time to think of an excuse to deal with the empress dowager's censure.

Zhao Kuo looked at Han Xuwei with a half-smile: "Why, the grand master has been taking over for a whole month, so it's not like he can't even figure out the most basic things like sales?

How about this, there are quite a few professionals on ginseng in Benhou's mansion, should Benhou order them to enter the palace now?

At most half an hour, Benhou can guarantee that the grand master can give them any data they want. "

These words were like a slap on Han Xuwei's face, causing his face to burn and hurt.

The queen mother's face was completely gloomy, and she said coldly: "Master, what is going on?"

Han Xuwei was forced to be helpless, so he could only give a wry smile, and said: "Queen Mother, in fact, I was still doing calculations just now, and entered the palace after half of the calculations, so" Zhao Kuo immediately interrupted Han Xuwei's words: "Mr. Teacher, there are only a few account books, and it will take less than half an hour to finish all the calculations.

And according to the rules of all ginseng shops before, the accounting should have been completed last night.

Forget it, Benhou won't embarrass you anymore, you can ask someone to bring the account book, and Benhou will calculate it for you on the spot. If there is even a slight error in the figures calculated by Benhou within half an hour, Benhou is willing to bear all the responsibilities! "

After all, ginseng is an industry that Zhao Kuo built up from scratch. It is no exaggeration to say that Zhao Kuo's knowledge in this area is better than ten Han Xuweis.

As for the calculation of accounts, it is no exaggeration to say that as long as you have received advanced mathematics education at the university, or even a traverser with high school mathematics education, it is easy to crush all living beings.

Han Xuwei was tongue-tied and said: "This Wu Xinjun, you..." Han Xuwei's performance completely annoyed the Queen Mother, who interrupted Han Xuwei again: "Teacher, whether it is okay or not, you tell the old woman Words!"

Han Xu's heart sank to the bottom.

Although Han Xuwei also knew that Zhao Kuo was looking for trouble by bringing Mr. Pingyuan into the palace this time, but Han Xuwei never expected that Zhao Kuo knew so well about the ginseng industry.

Why does a high-ranking general, Zhao Guojunhou, know the details of these businesses so well?

But at this time, Han Xuwei couldn't care less about thinking about the essence of this problem. The first thing he had to deal with was Zhao Kuo's questioning and the empress dowager's anger.

Han Xuwei bowed his head, and said softly, "To tell you the truth, the old minister also received the account book just now, and the specific figures are..." Han Xuwei said the exact figures that he had just received this morning.

After Han Xuwei's report was over, the hall fell into a brief silence.

After a while, the queen mother asked: "So, how much is this month's income less than last month?"

Han Xuwei wiped off his sweat and said, "Back to the queen mother, this month's sales are [-]% to [-]% lower than last month."

The muscles on the queen mother's cheeks kept twitching, and she obviously couldn't control her emotions: "There are so many grand masters missing, tell me, how do you do things!"

When the queen mother spoke, she was obviously out of breath.

Before ginseng was nationalized, [-]% of the ginseng income could belong to the royal family of Zhao.

After the nationalization of ginseng, the income belonging to the royal family of Zhao is [-]% of the ginseng income, but the problem is that the current "[-]%" is only [-]% of the previous income.

That is to say, not only did the Zhao royal family's income not increase, but it dropped by two-thirds in just one month, and nearly [-]% of their income was lost!It is completely understandable for the Queen Mother to lose [-]-[-]% or even [-]-[-]% of her income. After all, everything is difficult at the beginning, and it is normal for the handover period to be a little turbulent.

But almost [-]% of the queen mother stared at Han Xuwei viciously, and the flames in her eyes seemed to swallow Han Xuwei.

On the other side, Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan also looked at each other, and both saw the surprise in their respective eyes.

As the former promoters of the ginseng business, although Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan’s staff have withdrawn from the ginseng industry, they can still use various clues to calculate the bleak market of ginseng this month. Suddenly entering the palace to attack this scene.

But the problem is that Han Xuwei's management ability is too poor, right?

So bad that even Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan were surprised!

Chapter 285 Let's Make a Bet

Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan's eyes fell on Han Xuwei, wanting to see how Han Xuwei explained.

Han Xuwei was obviously driven into a hurry, pointing directly at Zhao Kuo and said, "Queen Mother, in fact, the reason why the ginseng business has plummeted this time is because Mr. Wu Xin is obstructing it!"

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Grand Master, don't bite people casually.

Benhou's people have already withdrew from the ginseng industry within the first three days and let your people take over, and all the account books, documents, seals, and money have all been left behind. There is absolutely no greed for a copper coin! "

When Zhao Kuo left, he did not take anything. On the one hand, he did not want to leave any excuses for Han Xuwei. On the other hand, Zhao Kuo was very confident. Anyway, in a few months, ginseng would be back under the control of the Marquis. Now, why did Ben Hou want to destroy the ginseng industry?

After listening to Zhao Kuo's words, the queen mother also nodded slightly.

In fact, when ordering people to join the state, the queen mother had secretly ordered people to keep an eye on Zhao Kuo's people to see if they could catch some of Zhao Kuo's subordinates to make a fuss about, but Zhao Kuo's subordinates were really clear He left in vain, leaving nothing behind.

Han Xuwei looked at Zhao Kuo, and said coldly: "Mr. Wu Xin, you did not take away anything from the ginseng industry, but your people exerted influence in Handan and all over the country of Dazhao, making Dazhao Many aristocratic officials dare not buy ginseng, the old man is right, right?"

After Han Xuwei finished speaking, the Queen Mother narrowed her eyes again, and her expression when she looked at Zhao Kuo became gloomy again.

This is slapping the Queen Mother in the face!With a puff, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing again.

"Teacher, do you have evidence for what you say?

Let me tell you, why did ginseng sales plummet in Handan?

It's all because you banned merchants from buying ginseng!Merchants are the biggest buyers of ginseng, and it is because of your stupidity that this has led to today's situation!If you don't believe it, you can let go of the channels for merchants to buy now, and see if the sales can increase rapidly?

Grand Master, Grand Master, you are far behind in terms of ginseng! "

The queen mother looked at Zhao Kuo with a calm face, then at Han Xuwei with a pale face, and couldn't help saying: "Teacher, you speak."

Han Xuwei was silent for a while before he couldn't help gritting his teeth and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, the old minister has indeed made some mistakes in this regard, but Wu Xinjun not only did these things, he also secretly colluded with other countries to make other countries All the previously established ginseng channels with us have been stopped!"

This is a very serious accusation. The queen mother stared at Zhao Kuo and said, "Wu Xinjun, how do you explain this?"

Zhao Kuo spread his hands and said, "I have no way to explain it."

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly stagnated.

Han Xuwei's face began to show joy, and he looked at Zhao Kuo and thought, the little tricks you made are finally giving away your feet, right?

The queen mother's face was a little ugly, and said: "What does it mean that there is no way to explain?"

Zhao Kuo said seriously: "Back to the queen mother, I am not a roundworm in the belly of the kings of those countries, how can I know why they suddenly cut off the ginseng relationship with Da Zhao?"

Han Xuwei shouted: "You must be colluding with other countries. Otherwise, how could Chu and Qi, the stations of Lingqiu, suddenly withdraw their troops?"

The hall was suddenly quiet again.

After a while, Zhao Kuo looked at Han Xuwei with disappointment on his face: "Grand Master, Grand Master, I originally thought you were reckless, but I didn't expect you to be really stupid!"

Han Xuwei was furious, and said, "Wu Xinjun, what are you talking about?

It's clearly you." "Enough! "

The Empress Dowager couldn't bear it anymore, and said: "Grand Master, shut up the old woman! It is impossible for Lord Wu Xin to collude with the monarchs of other countries, so don't mention this matter again."

Although she was very afraid of Zhao Kuo in her heart, the queen mother was not so stupid that she couldn't even judge the most basic right and wrong.

If Zhao Kuo really wanted to collude with the monarchs of other countries, then it would be impossible for Zhao to win the battle of Lingqiu. Now Handan may have been conquered, and Zhao has been destroyed.

Because of ginseng, Zhao Kuo must have connections with high-level officials in other countries, but Zhao Kuo's past achievements and the achievements of Zhao Kuo's father Ma Fujun Zhao She are here. Anyone who says that Zhao Kuo is not loyal to Zhao is a joke.

Han Xuwei finally came to his senses, realized his slip of the tongue, and said nothing embarrassingly.

Zhao Kuo cupped his hands towards the Queen Mother, and said: "Queen Mother, I did not enter the palace today for anything else, but just wanted to tell the Queen Mother that the Grand Master is not the right person to be in charge of ginseng.

Although the ministers and others did obtain some benefits through ginseng, most of these benefits were invested in the maintenance of ginseng channels, and the extra money was also invested in Da Zhao's army by the ministers. selfishness.

Therefore, please ask the queen mother to hand over the ginseng industry to the ministers and others. This is the really suitable result. "

Zhao Kuo also didn't save any face for the queen mother at all, and finally made a decisive request to take back the ginseng.

If you want to take it back, I will give it to you.

But you are doing so badly now, and the money you earn is only one-third of what you used to make, so you should take it back and do it for me, it's good for everyone.

The Empress Dowager's face became more and more ugly, staring at Han Xuwei, she seemed to want to slap Han Xuwei several times, but in the end she held back.

The queen mother took a deep breath and said slowly: "The grand master is indeed a little too hasty, but the old lady thinks that everything should be a gradual process. Although the grand master did not do well in the first month, but after getting started It will definitely get better slowly.

Master, what do you think? "

No matter how much you want to kill Han Xuwei, after all, Han Xuwei is also working for the Queen Mother, and it is naturally impossible for the Queen Mother to abandon Han Xuwei at this time.

Han Xu was amnesty, and hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, the Queen Mother, I will definitely do my best to make Renshen get on the right track as soon as possible."

Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan looked at each other, not surprised by this result.

After all, the ginseng state-owned matter is related to the face of the queen mother and the Zhao royal family. It would be strange if the queen mother gave up so quickly.

But do you really think this is over?

Zhao Kuo stroked his beard and said unhurriedly: "Queen Mother, it's not that I want to make sarcastic remarks, but how long is this step-by-step process, one year or two, or three or five years?

If it really took that long, I'm afraid the ginseng business would have already become a joke at that time, and even the reputation of the queen mother and the king would be affected by it, right? "

Han Xuwei, who had been suppressed by Zhao Kuo for so long, couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted angrily: "In three months, at most three months, I will definitely bring the ginseng business back on track!"

Zhao Kuo raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Since the Grand Master is so convincing, why don't we make a bet?"

Chapter 286 The Promise to Bet on the Ginseng Industry

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