The Weapon Tycoon Who Traveled to Great Qin

"Such a good silk is only sold at such a price?" said a middle-aged man with wrinkled faces distressedly.

"Your price is high," said a young businessman.

"Oh. In previous years, I could still buy some wine and some meat with the silk made by women. Now, there is nothing left." said the middle-aged man. And young businessmen are looking at each other.

"Want to get some money to spend?" The young businessman asked with a smile at this time.

"Of course. Who doesn't want to get some money, it's just that the money is not easy to get." said the middle-aged man.

"I know." said the young businessman.

"That's right, it's a bit dangerous. If you don't get it right, you will lose your head. Do you dare to do it?" the young businessman asked.

"What's the matter?" The middle-aged man asked in a low voice when he saw the young businessman's tentative meaning.

"I said, Old Man Wu, you can't talk about this here." The young businessman saw that the other party had such an interest, so he took the other party to the back of his shop.

"Do you really want to do such a thing?" the young businessman asked tentatively again.

"This." The old man Wu was a little worried and hesitant, but he thought that if it was done, he might make a fortune, so he felt that he should do it.

"Say it well, if I say it, you say it, you will definitely be killed. I do what I say." The young man showed a fierce side. He didn't know when a short knife appeared in his hand. This short knife was extremely sharp. Old man Wu saw that the other party was like this. It must be a big deal, otherwise it would not be done. His heart is beating very hard.

"This, this is something else, I can do it, I can do it. I want to do it." Old man Wu nodded and said. He is this age. Death is also worthy of death.

"I will do it. If I can make a lot of money, I will definitely do it. That is, I don't know how much money the lesser shopkeeper can give?" At this time, the old man Wu asked fearfully.

"This number." The young shopkeeper stretched out a finger.

"One gold?" Old man Wu asked quietly.

"Right." Said the little shopkeeper.

"This. This." Old man Wu was speechless with excitement.

"What? Are you scared?" The young shopkeeper looked at the other side and asked coldly.

"Oh. No, no, no. I'm not afraid. I just haven't seen so much money." Old man Wu quickly explained.

"Oh. That's it." The young shopkeeper nodded.

"Just. I don't know what the young shopkeeper is going to do?" Old man Wu asked in a low voice.

"Yeah." The young shopkeeper thought for a while.

"Smuggling." Said the little shopkeeper.

"Smuggling?" Old man Wu looked at the young shopkeeper in surprise. And the young shopkeeper showed a mysterious smile.

"Smuggling on our own land." Said the young treasurer.

"This." Old man Wu was a little scared.

"In that case, you will be decapitated." Old man Wu said.

"There is no way, the only way to make money." Said the young shopkeeper.

"Okay. I did it." Old man Wu thought for a while. If he doesn't do this, he may starve to death, but thinks that his boy is already sixteen this year. It's time to marry a wife. for the kids. Old man Wu decided to vote. In this case, you will have a profit of one gold.

"Okay. You must never tell this matter. If you say it, I will kill you." The young treasurer threatened.

"Definitely, definitely." Old man Wu nodded. Then the young shopkeeper gave the opponent half gold, and then let the opponent leave. After getting the money, the old man Wu felt a lot more at ease, as for smuggling, smuggling on his own land was a helpless move.

In order to obtain more money, the short-sighted Chu aristocrats set up a large number of checkpoints not only on the Yangtze River, but also on land. Their private army frequently patrols, as long as they do not pass through the checkpoints they set up to smuggle goods, All were confiscated, and some people were killed for the heavier ones. Such cruel punishments once brought the smuggling trade to a halt, but soon the smuggling began again. Because the Qin people's trade in the Western Regions brought huge "thick profits."

"Have you brought all the goods?" At this time, the shopkeeper carefully came to a warehouse in the backyard and asked.

"Bring it. Two hundred catties." said a mellow middle-aged man.

"Well. That's enough. You go and get the money. I'll see the goods." Said the young shopkeeper. The middle-aged man hesitated, but left. After the middle-aged person leaves. The shopkeeper immediately checked the goods, and he saw that the goods were sugar. Sugar is not white sugar, but rough brown sugar, which is the result of preliminary sugar extraction. White sugar is only available in Qin's further processing. With the unfolding of tea sales, sugar has also entered a new stage. Chu is rich in sugar cane, so a large amount of sugar is exported from here, but sugar, tea, silk and other things have to pay high taxes and are repetitive. The final price must be very high. Moreover, there is no profit. But the north needs such things. Adding sugar to tea has become a habit of some social elites. They are happy to buy sugar at a high price. Therefore, the merchants of Chu in the south began to find ways to avoid these unreasonable taxes, and smuggling began.

Smuggling on one's own land, such a thing may only happen on Chu's own land. Merchants in Chu are unwilling to have such a thing happen, but as long as they can avoid a large amount of taxation and those terrible punishments, they are still willing to take a risk.

On the contrary, it is precisely because of the short-sightedness of the Chu aristocrats that gave the merchants such an opportunity to make a fortune, and the price of sugar is rising rapidly. Silk is also, with the development of the Western Regions market, Dawan and Yue nobles began to accept this kind of light clothing. And it looks silky, it seems that only nobles like them can accept it. Since then, silk, tea, sugar, which are only available in the South, are quickly in demand. And this kind of stimulation made the Chu merchants have to take risks. They had to smuggle them to the western regions of the Qin State. These commodities could bring great benefits. Enough for them to take a risk. If they go normally, there will be only one result, all in vain, because the price is too high, no one will accept it. At the same time they have to pay expensive taxes. These taxes have only one vested interest, those damned nobles, the nobles of Chu. Therefore, Chu merchants had to smuggle on their own land. The hatred for the nobles is even more profound. And all this is caused by unreasonable taxation. Qin State eagerly hopes that Chu State can change this situation.