If you guide an era, you will control this era, and the big market is the same.

In the Warring States Period, due to the rise of great powers and active trade, the small pattern of "chicken and dogs within ten miles of the Spring and Autumn Period" was gradually broken. However, after all, it is still subject to the restrictions of the times. Most people and even merchants are not very sensitive to commodity prices, and they lack a large market that can intuitively respond and affect commodity prices.

Bai Dong thought that since there was no big market, it would be better to build one.

If it were later generations, Bai Dong would never go to speculate in stocks and futures, because there are too many people who are smarter than him. Not to mention the financial tycoons on Wall Street, there are countless heroes and treacherous heroes in the Chinese stock market. The result of rash entry is that they are swallowed up in one bite, and even the scum will not be left. However, in this era, if he understands the "big market", he is definitely the best in the world, and even the cheap master Guiguzi is not successful.

Of course, it was impossible for later financial markets to appear in the Warring States Period, but there were also real hard currency in this era. The first was salt, and the second was copper and iron. Gold and silver should be placed behind. In fact, before the Age of Discovery began, gold and silver were really not very important. China had to wait until the Qing Dynasty to use silver as its main currency. Even in the Ming Dynasty, trading with silver was still an "illegal" behavior.

Bai Dong values ​​salt. There are too many Xier in this era, not a joke. Lao Qin has many white-haired women and white-haired men. This is due to the lack of salt in the body. Not to mention ordinary civilians, it is difficult for the army to get enough "salt" supply. What is bitter salt produced by seawater? If you don't eat it, you will have no strength. If you eat too much, you will have stomachache. Many strange hair and skin diseases will also be born. In order to solve this problem, people have to use vinegar mixed with bitter salt to eat. This sour and sour taste is very strange and normal people will not like it, let alone to carry a convenient vinegar cloth, absorb salt and vinegar, dry it and carry it on your body, and when you cook in the wild, put the vinegar cloth in a kettle and cook it? In this way, the salt content is, but the sour taste is a normal person who will vomit when they smell it. Can things made with this thing be eaten?

The reason why salt and vinegar and vinegar cloth appear is that they lack fine salt, so to some extent fine salt is actually more important than copper and iron. This is not only related to the combat effectiveness of the army, but also affects the health of a country and even a nation.

The large amount of refined salt produced by Wei State has given the foundation for formation of the salt industry market. The dozens of salt trade strongholds established by Bai Dong and Xu Gong are the prototype "salt trading market". Zhao Liang and Fengming Academy's outstanding students have become the first leaders of the trading market. They are busy every day and are establishing a set of rigorous and complete trading rules based on Bai Dong's guidance. They may not know that the salt trade stronghold in their hands is Bai Dong's ideal "fulcrum". In time, Bai Zi will leverage the entire China through this fulcrum.

"Manager Zhao, several salt merchants in Zhao State have arrived. Should I invite them in now?"

"Please go to the trading hall and open a few jars of good wine from the Bai family that I brought from Lao Qin. When the guests come, we must treat them with care. Tell them that this girl will go after taking a bath."

"promise."

When I heard the sound of water coming from the gauze tent, the faint fragrance blew over my face, and the person who came came couldn't help laughing in his heart. As the legendary, Miss Zhao Ji is a woman who loves beauty very much. She can not eat food every day, but she must wash her bath. I just don't know if this famous beauty in the world has any other relationship with our Bai Zuo Geng besides the relationship between teacher and student? If it weren't for our Bai Zuo Geng bet, would there be a second man in the world who was qualified to meet?

This salt trade stronghold is indeed very similar to a stronghold. Not far from Handan City, but it looks very unique in the manor. The solid edge wall is about one meter high, slightly lower than the standard of the family city of the nobles. There are women's walls on the edge wall, and the lower wall stairs are eight feet wide. There are fifty horses who can guard the stronghold alone. There are also fifty people who are recruited in the name of the Bai Family Trading Club. These dead soldiers are different from the Rangers. The treatment they receive is several times that of the Rangers, but they have to work for their main family all their lives. If there is betrayal, they will be despised by the scholars of the world from then on, and life will be worse than death.

The Baijia Trading Company, a salt trade base like this, has established 37 stores, and 31 stores of Xujia Trading Company. Most of the 68 stores are located in the five countries of Yan, Qi, Wei, Song and Lu. The rest are located in the south, Chu, Yue, and even the Ba and Shu countries to the west. If it were in the Spring and Autumn Period, this would be a typical over-the-stop service. However, this is the first time that China's business exchanges are the first time. The big merchants who have money and can bring benefits to the country are welcomed by all countries, not to mention that the boss behind these salt trade bases is also Bai Zi and Xu Gong, who are famous all over the world? Bai Dong is not worried that Wei State knows that he is one of the bosses behind the scenes. As he said to Zhao Ji, his plans have always been on the table, and even if someone knows it, it is difficult to stop them. Moreover, the real ace has not been played yet. Now, in Wei Ying's view, the establishment of these salt trade bases is only good for the Wei State, and there is no harm.

After bathing, Zhao Ji chose a 100-fold skirt. There were skirts in the pre-Qin period, but the sleeve-like skirts were worn by men and women, and there was no unique taste of women at all. Now Baijia Trading Company has begun a variety of business models. Wenhua Supermarket focuses on high-end and high-end products, and culture is the leader. The business of the trading company has begun to go deep into food, clothing, housing and transportation. This new style of clothing that seems to be a dress in later generations has become popular in the Qin and Shandong countries. If the upper-class noble women do not have five, six, seven or eight sets, they will be shameless to go out to see people. Moreover, the new Baijia Style skirts do not violate etiquette and law. Nobles can wear them. Ordinary civilians can buy them as long as they have money. In Qin, it is called stimulating domestic demand, and for foreign exchange, it is called earning "foreign exchange". The Bai family is now the weather vane of trading companies in various countries. Seeing that clothing is not only protecting the cold, keeping warm and shy, it is also an important means to beautify itself. People's imagination was immediately extremely liberated. I believe that it will not take long to take more clothes that have both functions and appearance. This is a very amazing thing. Bai Zi is quietly changing the world with his own methods.

"Manager Zhao"

The light green folded skirt has red lips like fire, delicate and fair skin, and a narrow waist that makes people worry that it will break at any time. This is the most generous beauty in Zhao State and famous in troubled times.

Zhao Ji always had a moving smile on her face. After entering the trading hall, her eyes were flowing and she took care of everyone. The merchants in the hall seemed to see the beautiful and generous manner that was popular in Zhao State again, and couldn't help but swallow secretly.

But no one dared to look at this beauty more. The manager of the salt trade base was holding white shoulders. The two major trading companies in Xu, and behind this manager Zhao was the young great man of Qin. The managers of several trading companies quickly stood up and laughed with each other, which was more respectful than the wife of Zhao.

"Okay, everyone doesn't have to be restrained. Please continue to drink and eat meat, taste refreshments, and listen to the little girl talk."

"I dare not, how dare I, in front of Manager Zhao, where can we have our seats?"

"What's there to be afraid of?"

Zhao Ji laughed: "There are no such bad rules in our Fengming Academy. Our President Bai once said that the more rules, the more rigid people will be, and nothing can be done. You are the most famous merchants in Zhao State, and some of them are Zhao Ji's old friends. What? Can Zhao Ji become a big tiger who can eat people after walking in Qin State? Am I not that scary?"

"Manager Zhao is right. Our family is an agent of Baijia Xiaoci, isn't it just a family? But there is a difference between this family. Manager Zhao is a student of Baizi and a big shot who is in charge of the six salt trade bases of Zhao's country. If we don't know how to respect, then we are not even as good as savages in the country."

"That's right, Brother Zhao Ju makes sense. As Manager Zhao, it is necessary to accept a gift from me!"

When the two merchants took the lead, everyone saluted respectfully, and Zhao Ji had to bear it even if she didn't want to.

Zhao Ji said no, but in fact she enjoyed it very much. She giggled and sat down in the main seat: "Okay, you don't have to go around any circle. This time, the six trading companies in Handan came to see me. I dared to hoard too much salt in Wei State, but now I realize I regret it, right?"

"Manager Zhao is right, we are all waiting for you to help you!"

After hearing Zhao Ji's words, various trading companies immediately complained. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!