Humans are very strange creatures.
If someone is at a disadvantage or at the bottom, he will often have the desire to fight for his life and be determined to die. But when his status gets higher and higher, he will often feel frightened in his heart.
This gave birth to a word called planning for a rainy day.
Although Zhao Shu is not so serious, he has a sense of crisis in his heart. Therefore, he attaches great importance to the Twelve Merchants and Twelve Merchants.
This kind of attention is far above that of the Hidden Palace.
He only uses the Hidden Palace, not develops it, but Twelve Shang is willing to use time to develop and make it stronger.
Among them, countless amounts of energy, money and food were expended.
Compared with the Twelve Trading Banks, which are unique in soap, Zhao Shu hopes that the Twelve Trading Banks will grow into a behemoth.
For a trading company to rely solely on one commodity, the risk is too great. If you are not careful, everything will disappear.
Only by allowing the Twelve Commercial Banks to be closely integrated with the Qin Dynasty can we ensure that the Twelve Commercial Banks become a symbol and live together with the Qin Dynasty.
Of course, there are some little thoughts of Zhao Shu, which are not enough for outsiders to understand.
In this era, unlike later generations, food is the key, and the twelve trading houses must be involved in this matter, so they can only hoard food.
In the future, if something unexpected happens, he only needs to lead three thousand cavalry to conquer a piece of land and dominate it.
At this moment, Zhao Shu's decision was just in case anything happened in the future.
Although Zhao Shu believed in Qin Wangzheng, he remembered the death of Wu'an Lord Bai Qi.
He once heard that Qin Wangzheng had such a conversation with his son Fusu.
Qin Wangzheng: "Do you know Bai Qi?"
The eldest son, Fusu, said: "You know, I am the most famous general in the Qin Dynasty. He is known as the mass murderer. Later, he was proud of himself and attempted to rebel. He failed and committed suicide in Du You."
Qin Wangzheng: "Yes, this is the record of the historian. However, there are still some that have not been recorded."
"Before committing suicide, Bai Qi once had a conversation with the late King Zhaoxiang. Bai Qi asked me what I was guilty of. I had never thought of rebellion."
"The late king replied, I know you have never thought about rebellion, but you have the ability to rebel. This is your sin."
"As my eldest son, you have been burdened with such sins from the first day you were born."
"Being born in the Emperor's Garden is an inherent sin!"
Although this conversation is about Wu'an Jun Bai Qi and the eldest son Fusu, it is not the same for Zhao Shu.
When he rose to prominence in the land of Zhao, he was still safe, but when he became a member of the Qin royal family, recognized as his ancestor, and when Zhao became the winner, it became his crime.
Therefore, Zhao Shu was a little worried. Just in case, he could only leave a backup plan in advance.
Of course, this is just a back-up plan. As a smart person, naturally there will not be only one back-up plan.
Zhao Shu knows very well that only if you have more backup than anyone else can you have the last laugh.
And Zhao Shu wants to be the one who laughs last.
Watching Yan Mo leave, a flash of light flashed in Zhao Shu's eyes. Compared to the Hidden Palace, the Twelve Shang were too weak.
The only way is to go west and south, and then strengthen yourself in troubled times.
Moreover, there are twelve merchants who have amassed money, which is enough for the twelve merchants to grow into a giant. Now there are signs of all this, the only thing missing is time.
The annual inventory started like this, because of Zhao Shu's words. This year, because the Twelve Trading Banks sent people to participate, the inventory team was extremely large.
When the news spread, the merchants in the entire Qin Dynasty were shocked. They also started an investigation. Everyone knew that Zhao Shu and the others could not afford to offend.
Even Ba Qing and Wushi Luo from Bashu were the same. They were once big business owners and their status was not low in the eyes of Qin Wangzheng.
However, when Zhao Shu came into being, their role was infinitely weakened, because as long as Qin Wangzheng and Zhao Shu were willing, they could create a big business owner at any time.
Even when the news came out, almost all the merchants who had cooperated with Zhao Shu set off towards Xianyang one after another.
They want to visit Zhao Shu to confirm the next cooperation. These people all know that whenever Zhao Shu rectifies Nandou and Beidou, he must make big moves.
Of course, even if there is no big move, they should still visit Zhao Shu, not only because of Zhao Shu's achievements above merchants, but also because of Zhao Shu's current status in Da Qin.
For them, building a good relationship with Zhao Shu has only advantages and no disadvantages.
The rise of Zhao Shu gave them a glimmer of hope, which was the opportunity for merchants to rise and change their social status.
On the land of the Central Plains, although merchants have not yet become a lowly business, the national policy of the Qin Dynasty emphasizes the roots and suppresses the weak. If this continues, their status will be no different than that of criminal son-in-laws.
From the beginning to the end, merchants from the Central Plains were rushing to change their status. At first, after Lu Buwei became the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, they thought they had waited for an opportunity.
However, after Lu Buwei became the prime minister, the status of merchants did not change much. The only one that changed was Lu Buwei.
Later, when Lu Buwei died, they thought that they had no hope. After all, Lu Buwei's relationship with Qin Wangzheng was not good, which would inevitably affect Qin Wangzheng's view of them.
However, the emergence of Zhao Shu gave them hope. This was also the reason why Wushiluo, Ba Qing, and the merchants in Daqin would rather spend their own money and food to strongly support Zhao Shu. s reason.
Because they need a spokesperson.
A person who plays an important role in the Qin Dynasty and who will never forget his original intention.
And Zhao Shu is the best choice.
Because Zhao Shu's rise was due to military exploits, not merchants, under such circumstances, Zhao Shu valued merchants so much. It can be seen that Zhao Shu had no prejudice against merchants.
Moreover, Zhao Shu is still a member of the royal family of Da Qin, which is even more important.
Both Zhao Shu and Qin Wangzheng could see this.
Before, Qin Wangzheng was somewhat concerned about it, but because Zhao Shu was there, he didn't say much, but he always remembered it in his heart.
But later, Zhao Shu suddenly made a lot of money and food, which made Qin Wangzheng's influence on merchants all over the world better.
It wasn't until Zhao Shu proposed the Shanglin New City strategy that Qin Wangzheng recognized the merchants.
Because he is short of money and food.
And these merchants can provide him with the fact that Qin Wangzheng is a pragmatic person, and he can give up all persistence for the sake of Da Qin.
This is also the reason why he can succeed.
However, this degree needs to be controlled.
Therefore, Qin Wangzheng gave Zhao Shu independent power.
In Qin Wangzheng's opinion, Zhao Shu is a smart man and a very measured person.
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