With the production of some luxury goods such as glass, the habit of placing pearls and jade into coins has gradually changed.

With the development of the commodity economy, countries began to cast bronze artillery and other activities, resulting in an increasing lack of metal currency. The circulation of paper money on Si is still acceptable, but it is also in the areas of Song, Si, Yue and the eastern part of Chu.

Gold is still the settlement currency for bulk goods, and silver, which was originally used to make vessels, has gradually become a currency that replaces pearls and jade.

Someone discovered gold mines in the south of Chu and Yue, and became rich overnight, and gold became the coveted goods that many people dream of.

Perhaps elsewhere, the blood of the nobles is still a symbol of identity.

However, in Si Shang and other places, having money is equivalent to owning most things. Except for some industries controlled by the Mo family, it can be bought almost all, and it will not deprive merchants of their property at will. This has led to a large number of merchants in the world starting to transfer their property to Si Shang.

The transaction of bulk goods and the shortage of currency have also driven the development of the emerging thing "Jinchang". Many merchants trade directly through the bills of gold in order to settle the settlement, and their credit has always been very good, so merchants are extremely relieved.

Sishang is in a period of rapid development, and many joint-stock industries have been profitable in recent years.

For example, the trade franchise in the Yangyue region south of Yuganshui, which was bought out for 800,000 yuan a year, can return profits far exceeding the interest on lending every year.

For example, the land auctioned in the Jiangkou area of ​​Nanhai can be used to cheat, semi-force or temptation to obtain a large number of local population for labor. Relying on firearm suppression and advanced tools, all costs can be recovered in almost four or five years and profits can be made every year.

The large number of people retired from the Yishi Division allowed many merchants to organize small-scale troops, with more than hundreds of people. In some places in the south where they were still slashing and burning, they could obtain trade in deer skin, grain, wine, tung oil and other trade there, and make a lot of profits.

Under this situation, every time there is any movement, it will bring a craze among the merchants gathered in Si Shang and Taoqiu.

For example, the gold mine discovered in Yangyu last year already had a small bronze civilization. People there did not know the "righteousness", but there was a gold mine, so a gold mine trading company was established to specialize in gold mines there, and the Mohist family occupied more than half of the shares.

Within seven or eight days, Taoqiu merchants subscribed to the remaining share and organized a group of 200 retired soldiers who liked to be full-time mercenaries. They built cities there and organized mining, and they made profits within one year.

The capital of merchants began to flow. Under the guidance of the theory of "The Rich Country", capital employment can appreciate in value. Businessmen from all over the world gathered in Taoqiu, Si Shang, fantasizing about getting rich overnight.

Getting rich overnight requires opportunities.

And the merchants gathered today have keenly smelled another opportunity to get rich.

Since the previous few days, a rumor has appeared in Taoqiu.

In Zhao, there was a turmoil in the country. After Prince Zhang ascended the throne, many nobles disagreed and believed that Prince Chao should succeed the throne. Wei State stated that Prince Chao should succeed the throne, and believed that although Prince Zhang was the son of Liehou, he was not the legitimate son of Zhao Wuhou, and Prince Zhang's succession violated the etiquette system.

He also said that there were bad customs of the Song State of Shang Dynasty and the brothers ended with brothers, and so there were nine generations of chaos, so there might be chaos in Zhao State.

After these rumors, there were rumors that the people of Zhongshan wanted to restore the country and urgently needed financial support to purchase iron and weapons.

To this end, Zhongshan Kingdom was willing to take out policies such as salt specialization, land purchase, and sale of land occupied by Wei nobles in order to provide sufficient financial support.

This is huge profit.

Almost as soon as the rumors came out, Taoqiu's merchants started to sensation and asked whether this matter was true or false.

Some people say this is absolutely correct, saying that Leshu's son said in person instead of Zhongshan Jun. Who is Leshu? However, the person who led the Zhongshan Army to kill the son of Wei Prime Minister Zhai Huang, although he was later killed by Zhongshan Jun, his son's status in Zhongshan Country is obviously not low.

Some people think that they need to wait and see again. Investment is risky and they need to be cautious when entering the industry. If Zhongshan Kingdom fails to restore its country, all of their money will be wasted.

But some people think that wealth and honor are in danger, just like betting on jade. If Bian He had bought the jade when it was still a stubborn stone, now the Heshi Bi is in his own hands, and the profit is more than ten thousand times. When Zhongshan Kingdom has been restored, what profit can there be?

Some people are staring at the merchants who have worked with the Mo family many times before, thinking that as long as they invest, they will join themselves. Although they have never done this before, they are indeed "singular goods". Once they succeed, they will make more than a hundred times more profits.

What if the Zhongshan State Affairs is like the gold mine in Yangyu last year, wouldn’t it be regretful? As long as these investment notes are not lost, they can be passed on to their descendants.

Aristocrats have fiefs, and if a merchant has shareholding notes, it can be regarded as a "sufeng" home.

Today, the city Jiatong of the Mohist family "successfully" came to Taoqiu. The city Jiatong of the city is well known to everyone, and he is a senior figure of the Mohist family. People want to know what the Mohist attitude is about this.

However, Shi Jiatong's speech on this sounded ambiguous.

It is only said that the Mohist school takes the Mohist morality and ambition as the highest rules and regulations, which is in line with the people's benefits and the total wealth of the world increases, and if it does not meet, it will be opposed.

It also talks about the state affairs of Zhongshan. If it is just a restoration of the country, the Mohist school does not support nor oppose it. However, if some policies that can benefit the people can be implemented, if Wei can implement them, they will support Wei's behavior, because this is in line with righteousness; if Zhongshan can restore the country, they will support Zhongshan's restoration of the country, because this is in line with righteousness.

As for whether the Mohist school supports it or not... but it is vague.

However, many people heard the meaning of the Mohist school, because one of the previous rumors was that merchants were not very concerned about it. There was a rumor that after Zhongshan Jun lost his country, he learned from his mistakes, summarized the reason for losing his country, and decided to change his past mistakes.

This rumor was not interested in businessmen before today. They are not in Zhongshan. It has nothing to do with us if you learn from your mistakes. We just need to make a profit.

But as Jia Tong, the city said something like this today, the rumor that was least concerned by businessmen a few days ago immediately became priceless.

The city Jiatong said nothing, but said everything. It was obvious that the Mohist family acquiesced to the restoration of the country in Zhongshan.
Chapter completed!