After a while, the waiter brought the hearty food and drinks, and then he said a while and stepped back. At this time, Xiaowen'er had already arrived in her mother's arms, and Cao Ying carefully selected fish meat for her. What the little guy feared most when eating fish was to be pinned by fish bones, so he had to remove all the fish bones.

Ailang was drinking while eating. At this time, the voice of guests talking at the table next to him reached his ears. The fat middle-aged man said smugly: "I went to Jingnan last month and made a profit of 10,000 yuan, which is equivalent to the total profit I earned in the past year!" Several of the same deskmates also looked like businessmen. When they heard his words, they all showed a look of surprise. The thin middle-aged man snorted dissatisfied and said angrily: "Just blow it! You can earn 10,000 yuan a month! How can such a good thing be done? Besides, Jingnan has many barbarians, how much money can they have for you to make money!"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Don't really believe it! I'm still making less money! Miss Bu in Huainan Building earns more than several times more money than mine! You are right, Jingnan is indeed not rich, but because of this, we can exchange a large amount of precious medicinal materials and various precious woods and other materials from there for a price far lower than the Central Plains. If these things are transported to Xiangyang, the profit will be tripled, and if they are shipped to us or to Luoyang in Shouchun, the profit will be more than five times more! This goes back and forth, earning 10,000 yuan a month is nothing!" Everyone nodded, thinking that what he said makes sense.

Cao Ying had already chosen 10,000 fish and meat for Xiaowen'er, and Xiaowen'er ate it happily. Cao Ying glanced at the people next to the table and said to Ailang: "These business people are really smart!" Ailang smiled and said: "It's not how smart they are, but that ordinary people have been harmed by Confucianism and Taoism, so it's difficult to consider things from the perspective of interests."

Cao Ying smiled and said, "The theory of Confucius has become a disaster for the elder brother!" Ai Lang raised his eyebrows and said, "That's really a disaster! In fact, the reason why humans have created a prosperous society is ultimately in the pursuit of interests. The development of the entire human society is based on this interest. This is the driving force for human development. Without this driving force, we may still live in caves and eat raw meat and drink blood! However, Confucianism and Taoism are not

If you want to say something about "a gentleman does not speak of profit", you will regard interests as a disaster and a beast and slander! This kind of approach is simply contrary to the laws of nature! Now Confucianism and Taoism are still stronger, and in the future it will develop to "remove human desires and preserve the laws of nature", that is really a joke! Do you teach everyone to drink the wind and cultivate immortals? Removing human desires! It's simply outrageous! No wonder many people don't regard Confucianism and Taoism as political theory, but call it Confucianism as religious concepts! This is really true!"

Cao Ying burst out laughing, gave Ailang a blank look, and said, "If you want to leave people, you will keep the laws of nature. I have never heard of this little girl!"

Only then did Ailang realize that he had accidentally leaked the secret and smiled.

At this time, the voice of the merchants talking at the table came again. This time, the middle-aged man who was dressed in plain clothes but looked very smart. He said to the fat middle-aged man: "Brother Zhao, since this business is so easy to do! It is better for us to join forces to do this business together, which is much more profitable than fighting alone!" Everyone showed a look of desire. The fat middle-aged man smiled and said, "I have this intention to invite you to drink today! Since Brother Chen proposed it, I will ask everyone, are you going to join me to do this business together?" Everyone expressed their willingness. The fat middle-aged man immediately slapped the wine table and shouted, "Okay! Then this matter is settled!" Then he picked up the wine glass and said, "Everyone, let's drink this glass together, and we will enjoy wealth together from now on!" Everyone picked up the wine glass and fucked him.

The fat middle-aged man put down his wine glass, sighed, and said, "Although this business makes money, it is far worse than another way!" Everyone asked quickly. The fat middle-aged man said, "The most profitable thing these days is actually the maritime merchants. I heard that a piece of silk can be sold at a sky-high price of ten kilograms of gold if it is transported from the sea to the extreme west of the Qin Empire...." Everyone was immediately in agitation. The thin middle-aged man shouted in disbelief: "A piece of silk sells at a sky-high price of ten kilograms of gold. How is this possible?!" The fat middle-aged man said, "A friend of mine works under a sea merchant. They came back some time ago, and this was all he told me, so naturally he couldn't make a mistake. He heard what he said, a nobleman in the capital of the Qin Empire dressed in silk clothes to attend a noble banquet, which actually caused a sensation!"

Everyone was talking, all of whom were ready to move. The wise middle-aged man frowned and said, "We don't need to think about this for the time being. We don't have the strength at all." Everyone felt that what he said made sense and couldn't help but feel depressed. The fat middle-aged man nodded and said, "That's true. In fact, the silk sold to the western Qin Empire mainly comes from the Guanzhong region, and was trafficked through the Silk Road! We don't need to think about this benefit for the time being!"

After hearing the remarks of these merchants, Ailang couldn't help but have an idea. He knew that the so-called Qin Empire was actually the Roman Empire. He felt that since silk and other things were so profitable in the Roman Empire, why didn't he use the advantage of the navy in his hands to sell silk and other things in large quantities? He looked so excited that he felt that this was a good way to gain wealth.

The Roman Empire of this era had just experienced the so-called Five Sages Emperors. The overall strength was at its peak. Because the country had accumulated a large amount of wealth, luxury became popular and everyone spared no expense to decorate themselves. Therefore, silk, as a rare luxury, was so popular in the Roman Empire. However, this situation is probably a common problem for mankind. Long-term peace and prosperity will always inevitably breed luxury, which seems to be no exception anywhere in the world.

After lunch, Ailang took his wife and children back home. Then Ailang summoned Guo Jia and Zhuge Mengxue and said, "Today, I heard something outside. It was about Rome, no, the matter of the Qin Empire. It said that a piece of silk was sold here to the Qin Empire, and it could be sold at a sky-high price of ten kilograms of gold!..."

Guo Jia said: "I have heard of this matter a little. However, we can only trade from sea and land. The main profits were previously in the hands of Prime Minister Cao, but now they should have fallen into Liu Bei."

Ailang said excitedly: "I was wondering, can we use our naval and local advantages to organize fleets to traffic silk and other goods to the west, or buy their specialties to sell them domestically. This should be a huge profit, right?" Guo Jia and Zhuge Mengxue couldn't help looking at each other, and Zhuge Mengxue thought: "We have never thought about this, but this seems to be a way to obtain huge benefits. There are already maritime merchants between the Great Qin Empire and our Great Han Empire, so there is no need to worry about not finding a way to the Great Qin Empire. There is only one thing, now the navy is shouldering the important task of protecting the east coast and pacifying the south in the future. Is it appropriate to let them do this at this time?"

Guo Jia said: "It's better to do this. Don't use the navy. Just take the lead in the official and organize civil forces to carry out this kind of trade activities." Zhuge Mengxue nodded and said: "Mr. Guo Jia is right. Just take the official and take the lead in civil forces to carry out this matter! In this way, not only can the idea of ​​your husband be completed, but it will not cause our army and even the governments in various places to divert the main things that should be concentrated!"

Ailang nodded and said, "Okay! That's it!" After a pause, he said to the two of them: "You immediately draft an announcement of relevant content and take it to me, and then distribute it to all places to gather merchants with this intention! Haha, in this case, we don't have to use our own support at all. We can completely use the resources of merchants, and we just collect taxes from it!"

Soon after, the announcement issued by the Qin Prince's Mansion spread throughout the states and counties under Ailang, and the merchants cheered and signed up enthusiastically. The popularity was far beyond Ailang and his previous imagination. So much so that Ailang had to introduce screening measures to select merchants with good reputation in the local area and some business advantages to join the event. At the same time, the coastal sea ships were also actively drawn, and these were basically from the people. Due to the strong coordination of all aspects, the caravans that were originally planned to start next year should be able to start this fall.

After lunch that day, Ailang was chatting with Zhuge Mengxue in the study about business. Huang Wudie suddenly came to report, "Brother, Zhen Mi's aunt Mrs. Xiao is asking for a meeting outside the door." Ailang felt a little strange and said, "This Mrs. Xiao hasn't been here for a long time, why did he suddenly come today?" Then he said to Huang Wudie, "Take her here." Huang Wudie responded and walked away quickly. After a while, he led Xiao, who was dressed in palace clothes, was still gorgeous and charming, into the study.

When Xiao saw Ai Lang, he immediately bowed: "The civilian woman pays homage to the King of Qin!"

Ailang smiled and said, "No need to be polite, no need to be polite!" Xiao stood up and looked at Ailang, and smiled and said, "The civilian woman would not go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing. Today, I came to visit the King of Qin, because there was something I wanted to ask the King of Qin." Ailang smiled and said, "If you have something to say, just say it. We are a family, don't be polite!" "Thank you, King of Qin. That's it. The civilian woman heard that the King of Qin summoned merchants to prepare for the Great Qin Empire, and the civilian woman was also very interested in this, so she came here to ask the King of Qin to open a convenient door for the private woman!" Ailang felt a little surprised and asked, "Why are you interested in this matter too?"
Chapter completed!