Chapter 1854: Emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business
Guan Yu and Xiahou Dun were both speechless. Fortunately, you are Chen Xi. If anyone else acts like this, they will be beaten. "Let's take you there. My eldest brother happened to be talking about something with Mr. Cao."
"Uh, really, let me go over then." Chen Xi hesitated for a moment and decided to go over. Anyway, Cao Cao couldn't rely on Liu Bei for his life, so he could also inform the two of them about some of the things involved.
When Chen Xi arrived at Liu Bei's residence, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Mi Zhu, Wei Zi, and Wei Jian were all in the courtyard. Taking a glance at the group of people, Chen Xi knew what they were discussing.
"Ha, Zichuan, you came at the right time. I sent people to look for you before." When Liu Bei saw Chen Xi stepping in, he immediately stood up and said. This was considered as giving Chen Xi enough face in front of Cao Cao. After all, Cao Cao is now
I also discovered that Chen Xi really didn’t call Liu Bei Lord.
"Are you talking about business or lending?" Chen Xi asked curiously.
A smile appeared on Liu Bei's face when he heard the words. It seemed that if the emperor hadn't died, he would have laughed immediately after hearing the words. "Zichuan, you really have good eyesight. You can see what we are planning to do at a glance. So what do you think of us now?"
What are you going to do?"
"It should be about discussing business matters. There are only such trivial matters. Sun Boxu is not interested at all, and Zhou Gongjin is too busy to move his feet. After learning about this matter, even if Xuande Gong went to inform him specifically, I am afraid he just refused to come.
Right." Chen Xi curled his lips and said.
Now to discuss these important matters, either Liu Caosun will come alone with a civil servant, or Sun Ce will not be interested and will not come. The content of the discussion will be sent to Sun Ce and Zhou Yu before the results are announced.
However, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu can still clearly distinguish their priorities, so they really won't miss important things. For example, Zhou Yu doesn't bother to care about business matters like this. Farming, mulberry, social population, and war are among the things that Zhou Yu doesn't care about.
The side is the big deal.
Of course, this is the view of almost everyone in this era. Business is such a big deal. This is why Cao Cao and Liu Bei agreed on this matter while chatting and no one stopped them. Business, in this era, is just like this.
It's the same thing.
Including the family leaders of the five wealthy businessmen, the Mi family, and the Wei family, in their view, business is just a tool in their hands, not their foundation. Of course, the Zhen family and the Wu family enjoy it,
It seemed to them that he had gone crazy.
As for what Liu Bei said about notifying Chen Xi, the main reason is that whether it is the five-year plan or the position of Chief Agriculture Officer, they are actually in charge of this area, so there is such a thing as notification.
"Zichuan really has good eyesight." Cao Cao said with a thumbs up.
"What do Zizhong and Boxi think?" Chen Xi didn't even ask about the content of the commercial law. He directly asked Mi Zhu and Wei Zhu what they thought. It was obvious that Mi Zhu and the others were a little embarrassed. These three guys were Cao Liu's money.
Bag, backed by two people, they have gained quite a bit of power.
"Tell the truth, it's nothing, just tell me how you feel now." Chen Xi looked at Mi Zhu and said.
"To be honest, I don't think there is any problem. The lord and Cao Gong plan to suppress business, because the business in Fenggao is too prosperous now, allowing many people who are not engaged in production to live better than many hardworking people. The lord and Cao Gong are afraid of the impact.
The foundation of the country." Mi Zhu leaned forward and said, he actually had a very positive view on suppressing business.
"Oh, you all think so too?" Chen Xi looked at Wei Zi and Wei Jian and asked. They both nodded. It can be seen that they both have the same view. Sure enough, even those who were engaged in business in ancient times
They all look down on business. It’s really a matter of prestige that these five wealthy businessmen can become big!
"It is true to say that those big businessmen do not engage in farming, and it is true to say that they disrupt social order. Generally speaking, small businessmen, that is, those in the handicraft industry, are actually doing things. The big businessman said
It's not bad to buy low and sell high to earn the difference." Chen Xi thought for a while and said.
"So, Zichuan, what do you think?" Liu Bei had worked with Chen Xi for too long after all, so he knew the elegant meaning of Wen Xian and asked naturally.
"I think we should develop commerce." Chen Xi shook his head and said, "What we have to do is to stabilize prices, guide the normal development of commerce, and kill it across the board. To be honest, I don't agree at all, and commerce is still very necessary."
"It's just that businessmen don't do farming. If too many people do this, who will do the farming under the rule?" Cao Cao glanced at Liu Bei with dissatisfaction. He had made an agreement with him before.
, but now he decisively follows Chen Xi’s ideas.
"Not to mention merchants' demand for capabilities, but before commerce develops to a certain level, what merchants buy and sell is actually surplus materials, and they rely on transferring the excess materials in one area to another area." Chen Xi said calmly.
"Let's put it this way, due to different conditions in different regions, the prices of various commodities are actually very different. Take Shu brocade as an example, the price in Sichuan and Shu is completely different from the price in Chang'an." Seeing that Cao Cao had something to say, Chen Xi immediately took the
Block the other person with words.
"Isn't that because the merchants increased the price?" Cao Cao said dissatisfied.
"Actually, not really. It's more because Chang'an doesn't produce any fish. Just like the salted fish from the East China Sea, the price will gradually increase as the distance from the sea increases. To put it more closely, Yang Xingzu, I guess Cao Gong and Xuan
Everyone knows, Duke De, that his place was quite far from the sea back then, so someone bribed him with salted fish." Chen Xi said with a smile.
Although Cao Cao was dissatisfied with Chen Xi, he nodded. He knew about this. After all, Yang Xu Xuan Yu was also a famous story. Even if the value of something that could be used for bribery was not too high, it would not be too low.
"Besides, war horses are expensive in the north. In fact, everyone knows that, and that's all. But when you go to the south, you will know the situation when Gong Jin discussed the racecourse with me before." Chen Xi spread his hands and said, "So businessmen
is needed."
"How much is that?" Cao Cao was silent for a moment, and he seemed to agree with Chen Xi's words.
"Reality will naturally regulate itself. Don't worry, Mr. Cao. If there are too many businessmen and they can't make money and can't afford to eat, they will naturally go to farming. After all, in the current situation, no matter how bad farming is, there is no problem in making ends meet.
, and if the businessman messes up, someone might die." Chen Xi spread his hands and said nonchalantly.
"But when it comes to this, in fact, if businessmen can control it well, they can actually balance prices." Chen Xi thought for a while and said, "What's more, in my opinion, as far as the current business is concerned, there is still a long way to go before I can impose restrictions.