Two hundred and sixty-eight chapters of food for large households (three)
The main hall of Bai Feng’s family is decorated with old copper lamps, and the lights sway and the figures flutter slightly.
Although he is very rich, he looks poor and down-and-out. He can be said to be low-key or stingy.
Some officials in later generations used RMB as mattresses and went out, wore the cheapest clothes and ate the simplest food.
Meng Tian looked around at Bai Shi's mansion and thought maliciously, perhaps, Bai Shi was not low-key, but Grandet during the Warring States Period.
Bai Shi was silent and didn't say anything.
Meng Tian pondered quietly, and the hall became silent for a moment.
The older man nervously held the crutch in his hand. He had never encountered such a scene before. In his eyes, two tigers seemed to appear, circling patiently, waiting for the other party to make a mistake.
Meng Bao pressed his right hand on the hilt of the knife, his eyes turned, staring at the screen behind Bai Feng, his body straightened, and he maintained a sitting position.
When kneeling, your butt falls on your heel, which is very inconvenient when you stand up. Choose to sit and react quickly when you encounter sudden situations.
"Would Mr. Bai be willing to maintain his current wealth or long-term wealth?"
After a while, Meng Tian suddenly smiled.
"What does General Meng mean? Could it be that the Qin people will still be forced to seize the robbery?"
Bai Feng narrowed his eyes and his brows frowned into the character "Sichuan".
He was not afraid of the Qin people, but was afraid of the unreasonable Qin people.
When the Qin army entered Wei to fight, the discipline was quite strict and the soldiers were not allowed to burn, kill and loot. Since the Qin State was determined to unify the world, it would not offend the original Wei people.
"Hi, sir, why are you nervous?" Meng Tian put down the three-legged cauldron in his hand. "Sir, since sir, should know that business has no borders."
The merchants in the Warring States Period went wherever they had the opportunity to get wealth. Lu Buwei from Puyang felt that Wei State had no future, so he decisively invested the main funds in Zhao State.
"The Bai clan was not originally from Wei, but from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, right?"
Bai Gui's reputation is so great that Meng Tian still remembers Bai Gui's hometown.
"Yes, my ancestor of the Bai family is a man from Luoyi." Bai Feng nodded, "Don't you miss your Meng family, also originated from Qi State in the East?"
During the Warring States Period, talent flowed frequently and people did not feel guilty about changing their families. Speaking of which, the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period were equivalent to seven major companies, and scholars were equivalent to working managers.
If you don’t leave me here, you will have a place to leave me.
"May I ask, sir, why did the ancestors of the Bai family abandon the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and move their clans to the Wei Kingdom?"
Meng Tian didn't care about the cleverness in Bai Feng's words. Since Shang Yang's reforms, many scholars have entered Qin in the west. Meng Ao left Qi, which was a last resort.
Meng Ao was eager to join the army and made meritorious contributions, but Qi did not value soldiers and did not have the intention to actively explore the outside world.
In the Warring States Period, it was like sailing against the current. If you do not actively expand your territory, you could only passively wait for the enemy army to come to your door.
What future does a country that pursues a policy of appeasement have?
"Didn't General Meng say that? There is no motherland in business, and the ancestors of the Bai family moved to Wei just for business reasons." Bai Qing smiled lightly.
The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was weak and the wealth was scarce. He came to ask the Bai family for money every few days. The Bai family's caravan was walking around the countries. When people heard that the Eastern Zhou Dynasty came, they would come one after another.
Behind the merchants, there is no powerful country, and you have to be disrespectful wherever you go.
After the Bai clan moved to Wei State, he easily became a guest of honor for the princes with his documents from Wei State, and his business grew bigger and bigger.
But the Bai family did not expect that the Wei State would decline one day, and it would fall so badly that the country was about to be destroyed.
"If it's just for business considerations, the Bai clan now has to think about it again."
Meng Tian waved his hand, and the personal soldiers behind him stood in the center of the main hall, trembling his hands, and a map stretched out and presented it in front of Bai Feng.
The map is made very simple, with no specific place names, only the general outlines of the Warring States.
On the map, Zhao, Yan and Yan disappeared and replaced by the black of Qin. Most of the territory of Wei became black, leaving only a little land around Daliang.
Bai Feng leaned forward, his hands were on the edge of the desk table, his eyes were wide open, and his face was full of surprise.
What surprised him was not that Qin State expanded rapidly, but that it landed on the river on the map.
Unlike the map he saw, the river in the map displayed by Meng Tian showed a distinct shape of "Ji", rather than a curved wave.
Bai Qing has been doing business for many years and has been to Zhaodi, Yandi, and Qidi. He quickly thought about it in his mind and then thought, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration. The whole picture of the river was exactly what this map showed.
Has the Qin people's geomantic level reached this level?
When Bai Feng looked at Meng Tian again, his eyes became a little dim.
In ancient society, a country's advanced terrain and geosensory level represents the country's huge military advantages.
Advanced map technology will always be used in military use first.
In the future, looking at the weather forecast level of a country, you can also analyze the military meteorological level of a country.
With just a map, Bai Qing could understand in her heart why Meng Tian seemed so confident.
The world's major events are clear, and perhaps the world will really belong to Qin.
Bai Feng originally hoped that Chu and Qi could stop the Qin army's advancement, but now his confidence has been shaken.
"How did General Meng teach me?"
Bai Feng raised his hands in front of his chest, bowed slightly, and his face became much more kind.
"The power of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty declined, and the Bai family went to Wei. Now that the Wei family is about to die, it is time for the gentleman to make plans for his career in Qin early."
Meng Tian pointed his hand and fell to the direction of Guanzhong.
"Qin State does not attach importance to merchants. After I went to Qin State, I still had the fate of being conquered by my descendants."
Bai Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head helplessly.
The Qin State was not without business, but the freedom of merchants was not as high as that of the six Shandong countries.
The Wushi Temple in the north provided livestock and war horses for Xianyang. The widow from Bashu Qing extracted cinnabar and mercury.
Qin did not lack food and had extremely strict control over food. As a grain merchant, Bai Feng went to Qin and did not use his skills.
"How ridiculous is sir! Why do the descendants of Mr. Husband have to wait for the government to come to the expedition? Isn't it also a way to make a name for themselves to join the army and strive for meritorious service?"
Qin State recruited a son-in-law and merchants to join the army, but there was no discrimination on their merits. After making merits, they could also be awarded the title of military merits.
"After the world returns to unity, all the checkpoints of various countries will be destroyed and the trade routes will be smooth. The Zhao people are not easy to produce, and the Yan land is bitter and cold all year round. The salt in Qi land and the rare birds and beasts in Chu land. The opportunity for Mr. to show his talents is not just food?" 9
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