Daqin started with offering immortal medicine

At this time, everyone looked at the richest man in Qin, Ba Shi.

At this time, Ba Shi waited for a while and saw that no one was quoting, so he finally made a move and got up.

Looking back at the dozen or so businessmen behind him, he cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Why don't you all bid?"

More than a dozen businessmen cupped their hands one after another, smiling and flattering.

One of the wealthy merchants laughed and said, "Brother Ba is present in today's bidding, so it is natural that Brother Ba will bid first. If we can still bid, let's talk!"

"That's right, if Brother Ba doesn't quote first, it will be futile for me to bid." Everyone nodded repeatedly.

Ba Shi sighed: "Okay, then Ba is not impolite, I will only quote the price once, as long as you feel that you have the ability to continue bidding, I, Ba, will give up this project."

After saying that, Bashi turned his head to look at Li Si on the stage, and said loudly: "Daqin Bashi Trading Company, the bidding price is 95 gold. In addition, Bashi Trading Company promised that in the current famine, the number of victims of the project will not be less than 50." Wan. On the day of winning the bid, the disaster relief operation will be launched immediately, and the branches of Bashi Commercial Bank in various counties in Daqin will immediately start sending the victims to the imperial mausoleum of Lishan Mountain, and prepay the money and food to relieve the urgent needs of the elderly and weak women in the families of the victims."

Having said this sonorously, Ba Shi turned his head and glanced at the crowd, smiled and stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation: "Everyone, you can start bidding now!"

All the merchants: "..."

Ying Zheng: "..."

Civil and military officials: "..."

In the entire meeting hall, there was silence!

At this moment, everyone opened their mouths wide in shock, and couldn't believe their ears!

Especially Feng Quji and others were completely dumbfounded, this is completely different from what they imagined!

At this moment, they seemed to have eaten flies, and their faces were as ugly as they were.

how could this be?

Isn't there no one who dares to bid with him?

Then why did the Ba family still quote such a low bidding price?

This scene directly distorted Feng Quji's nose, and even twisted his mind.

No one bid, but the Ba family offered 95 gold?

It was [-] gold lower than the normal cost price!

God, are the minds of the businessmen in this world twisted?Otherwise, how did you become so conscientious?

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PS: I recommend a historical novel "Medical Product Consort", if you are interested, you can read it.

Chapter 1 The Enlightenment of the Merchant

Just when everyone was shocked, the group of businessmen also exploded.

95 gold, which means that the profit has been squeezed to the extreme, but there is not much left to earn!

"Brother Ba, you...you are making no profit by bidding?"

"Yes, although the cost of hiring disaster victims is extremely low, the autumn harvest is approaching. After the autumn harvest, the labor cost will return to normal. Moreover, Qin Ling's casualties are frequent, and the resettlement expenses are quite a lot. You... so What is the picture?"

"........."

A group of businessmen were stupefied and completely dumbfounded, and they were surprised for a while.

It's no wonder they are surprised, although everyone is rushing to propose various advantages to solve the famine, it seems that they are fighting for these projects impassionedly for the sake of the country and the victims of the disaster.In fact, there is nothing they can do about it.

There was a bidding meeting ahead. For an 80-gold Afang stone contracting project, someone bid 50 gold, and another bid 55 gold. However, a series of promises were made to solve the disaster victims.As a result, the project actually won the bid for the latter.

In other words, the reason why Daqin was willing to hand over these national projects to businessmen was to let them solve the immediate famine dilemma.

If it is just a simple bidding, there is no guarantee of winning. On the contrary, if you have an advantage in solving the problems of the victims, even if the bidding price is slightly higher, it is easier to win the bid for these projects.

It's just... Even so, you still have to keep profits for yourself.

Every businessman scrambles to grab these projects, isn't it just to get a share of these projects?

Ying Zheng and all civil and military officials also looked at Ba Shi in amazement, wanting to know what was going on...

"Ha ha!"

I saw Ba Shi smiled heartily twice, cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for your concern, to be honest, my Ba family's bidding this time is in response to the call of the Prime Minister of China. Solving worries for the country. The Prime Minister of China once said that there is no country, where there is a home, where there is no peace, and where does the business environment come from. A person, a group, and its status are only judged by the value of his contribution to the country and society. "

"Therefore, during this catastrophe, the national treasury is empty, and only we merchants have a little money and food. If we don't work hard at this time, and don't play a role for the Great Qin and the society, how can we talk about improving the status of the merchants? Isn't it true? Is profit only the name of a profiteer? So this time, my Ba family is purely doing my meager strength for my great Qin and the victims of the world, and it is also to rectify the name of the businessman to the world, so my Ba family has never thought of profit from it."

After hearing this, all the businessmen fell silent.

Yes, the status of a businessman is extremely low.

Since the Shang Dynasty, there has been a group of merchants who specialize in business to make money.After the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, the government allowed the survivors of the Shang Dynasty to continue to do business and called them merchants. At that time, merchants were closely monitored.

Afterwards, the status of merchants was improved for a while, but during the Shang Yang reform period, the Qin State severely cracked down on commerce in order to improve the status of agriculture. Until now, the policy of emphasizing agriculture and ignoring commerce has been followed.

Therefore, the status of the merchant group is suppressed by the policy, and business is regarded as a cheap industry by the world, and merchants are also regarded as profiteers and villains.

For a long time, what businessmen dream of is not money, but to improve their status. For example, Lu Buwei is the best example of it.

However, although Lu Buwei later became a high-ranking figure, the status of the businessman still did not improve at all.In the end, even he himself was ruined.

And all of this is actually because Lu Buwei is only for his own status, not to improve the status of businessmen in the world.

And to really improve the status of merchants, as Ba Shi said, only the merchants themselves can play a huge role in the Great Qin Dynasty and society, which is the way to truly improve the status of merchants.

Of course, before bidding, Li Yang told Ba Shi that these essential principles should be bid at a very low price, so that he will have a brighter future in the future.

"The status of a person or a group depends only on the value he contributes to the country and society..."

The businessmen repeated these words in their hearts, and finally everyone's heart was shocked, and their eyes lit up suddenly. At this time, they suddenly realized that the reason why the businessman could not improve his status was actually because of this reason.

Right now, because the world regards businessmen as not engaged in production, but selling for profit, they are worthless to the country and society.And right now is indeed an opportunity for businessmen to play a huge role.

For the country, to relieve the worries of the disaster victims, is there anything more valuable than this?

Thinking of this, a group of businessmen cupped their hands one after another, and said in unison: "Brother Ba's wise words, we will be taught!"

Ba Shi bowed his hands and smiled back: "These most reasonable and famous words are all from the mouth of the Prime Minister."

Everyone praised: "Prime Minister Zhong really has a unique insight. He can see the fire as clearly as possible. He can see the source and the original, and directly hit the essence of the matter. It makes us feel like we can see the sun. We businessmen should really give full play to our value to embody the true nature of businessmen." role in the country and society."

The low status of the businessman is despised by the world, and only the businessman himself can experience the unspeakable suffering.This is actually like the landlords at the beginning of liberation.The current businessmen are forced to move to Xianyang, where they are closely monitored by the state and despised by the common people. The only difference is that there is no "Fighting the Landlords". (PS: This is also the reason why the Ba family used 3% of the shares in the restaurant to win over the protagonist in Chapter [-]. It was criticized by many people as a poisonous point. I really don’t understand. They are all reduced to surveillance, and even the family property has to be registered. This is the end, in order to protect themselves, why would a businessman not want to drag a rising star who might become a power minister, just like the status of a landlord at the beginning of liberation, which landlord would not want to be protected by someone in the center of power?)