First, is the "unworthy businessman" Lü Buwei really "cheap", after reading his life, you may sigh to yourself!
Lü Buwei was born in the late Warring States period, surnamed Jiang, Lü, and named Buwei, and was the twenty-third grandson of Jiang Ziya (Jiang Shang). If you don't even know Jiang Ziya, then you must remember one thing, the chancellor who helped Zhou destroy the Shang, the founding monarch of the State of Qi, and the first great hero of the Western Zhou. Do you talk about his "lowliness"? That's more prestigious than too many people.
The reason why he was looked down upon was because of the profession he was engaged in business, and Tai Shi Gong described Lü Buwei's early business experience in only one sentence in the historical record: "Lü Buwei is also the person of Yang Zhai Dajia." The merchants sell cheaply and expensively, and the family accumulates thousands of dollars."
And why are people in business so inferior? There is also a historical story, after the zhou dynasty, the descendants of yin merchants had nowhere to settle down, living in hardship, in order to survive, they were forced to live in business, so later generations called the businessmen engaged in trading "merchants", and because they were the targets of the authorities at that time, their status was extremely low.
Another theory is that because merchants ran from place to place, buying cheaply and selling high, disrupting the market, and secondly, they were not engaged in agricultural production, so they were very unstable, which was not conducive to the rule based on agriculture at that time. The extremely low status is self-evident.
Lü Buwei
Second, the mind is at least a thousand years beyond the time. Why is it that he is ahead of his thinking, because with his origin, although he may not be the richest family, he is at least a well-off family. So his education should be very good, at least equivalent to graduating from college in today's society.
Where does this find evidence to speculate? Let's look at the conversation between Lü Buwei and his father: After Lü Buwei saw Qin Yiren (King Xiang of Qinzhuang), he went home and asked his father: How is the power of cultivating the land? Father replied: Ten times. Lü Buwei asked: What about selling jade beads? Father answered: A hundred times. Lü Buwei also asked: How many times can a monarch who establishes a country profit? The father replied: Innumerable times, innumerable. From here, it can be seen that Lü Buwei's father has a very thorough understanding of business and supports Lü Buwei in business, so he must be basically engaged in business, and he is also very good, although not as good as Lü Buwei.
Open-minded, Lü Buwei knows the importance of making money, and even more aware of the importance of traveling between countries and learning knowledge. Doing business greatly improved his vision, from the sea of the State of Qi in the east, to the dog rong of the State of Qin in the west, to the southern frontier of the State of Chu in the south, and to the border of Yanzhao in the north, which enabled him to have a broad vision, to understand the latest war reports, to understand the customs and customs of various places, and the living habits of different people.
Lü Buwei deduced from the war reports and messages in various places that the Qin state would be able to unify the world, so he resolutely chose to support the Qin Yiren, who did not have the advantage on all sides, and his thinking was really open and advanced.
Sengoku Seven Heroes
Third, let's talk about the business that Lü Buwei can't do, salt and iron. From the time of the State of Qi, salt and iron were reclaimed from the state monopoly, salt was related to the daily life of the people, and iron was not only used as agricultural tools, but more was made into weapons for war, so it was a monopoly of countries at that time. In the late Warring States period, the State of Qin used economic warfare in the war against the State of Zhao with its own strong national strength to block the trade of the State Railway of Zhao.
Qin Terracotta Warriors
4. What is the business that Lü Buwei is doing? First of all, we look at the date of lü buwei's birth, Lü Buwei was born in 292 BC, died in 235 BC, and died at the age of 58 (suicide, false age). While Qin Shi Huang was born in 259 BC, it can be inferred that Lü Buwei met the Qin Yiren (King Xiang of Qinzhuang) in 260 BC or 261 BC. At this time, Lü Buwei was about 31-32 years old, and he had become the most famous businessman. Suppose Lü Buwei began to do business at the age of eighteen and became rich at the age of thirty-two, and it took only fourteen years, then we can see one or two of his business.
First, it must be the trade in grain and grain. After meeting Qin Yiren, Lü Buwei realized that he could hoard Juqi, and in the discussion with his father, the first thing he asked was how the benefits of cultivating the land were, and after becoming the minister of the Qin State, he sealed the letter and ate 100,000 households in Luoyang, and he himself became the largest grain producer. After the boycott, the other 6 countries invited him out of the mountains and made their own merchants buy Lü Buwei's grain at a high price, using this means to get close to Lü Buwei. At the end of the Warring States period, the types of grain were basically complete, and the pattern of northern wheat and southern rice was basically formed, the people at the bottom basically ate 2 meals a day, one meal in the morning and one meal in the morning and one meal in the evening, and the upper nobility generally ate three meals a day. Grain was an absolute priority in life (and is still the case), but at that time yields were low per acre, there were frequent famines, and countries generally encouraged merchants to engage in grain trafficking in order to promote the stability of their own grain.
Iron Weapon - Go
Second, it must be the trade in means of transport such as horses, mules, and horse-drawn carriages. Until the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, horses have always played a symbol of national strength, the number of horses, advantages and disadvantages represent the combat effectiveness of a country, Zhao State has been weak in the early stage, until after Zhao Wuling King Hufu rode and shot, Zhao Guo's national strength increased greatly, becoming the only country that can compete with the Qin State, and horses played a crucial role. Although salt and iron could not engage in commercial trade, horses could. Horses in the world at that time were equivalent to airplanes today, already representing the fastest level of transportation and lasting for thousands of years. Mules and horses are engaged in ordinary long-, medium- and short-distance transportation, the corresponding chariots are national ordnance manufacturing, and horse-drawn carriages and other supporting transportation facilities can be freely circulated and traded, with large demand and high profits.
steed
Again the trade in jewelry and ceremonial utensils such as jade and pearls. Lü Buwei shuttled between various countries, got to know more dignitaries and dignitaries, and used the jade bead trade, so where can we see it, first of all, the important dialogue between him and his father: "Lü Buwei asked: What about selling jade beads?" Father answered: A hundred times. "Secondly, jade, pearls and other valuables are the upper ruling class's favorite luxury goods, jade is also one of the ceremonial utensils, every national celebration, sacrifice and other major activities need to use jade, specifically made of jade ceremonial utensils are jade, jade, jade, jade, jade, jade, etc., in addition to the upper gentry are all wearing jade, jade pearl profit is very large. Ability to accumulate wealth in a short period of time.
Warring States Jade
Then, pottery, cloth and other trade. Porcelain is the Eastern Han Dynasty only appeared, so Lü Buwei only possible to sell pottery, pottery in the primitive society has appeared, pottery for water, grain, soup, salt, etc., is an indispensable daily necessities for people's lives, but the kiln sites in various places are far apart, selling pottery can obtain great profits, in addition, cloth is very scarce, is an indispensable important material for people's lives, ancient lower-class people often have simple clothes are not enough to wear, often frozen to death.
Warring States period pottery
Finally, the trade in medicinal herbs. In the Warring States period, medical techniques were not well developed, and medicinal materials were even more scarce. In successive years of war, whenever there is a large number of soldiers killed and injured in a major war, there is a shortage of medicinal materials, and because it is the era of cold weapons, there are countless slashes, scratches, and stab wounds, and some wounded soldiers can only commit suicide to reduce pain because of the lack of food and medicinal materials. Folk also lack of medicinal materials, due to low living standards, insufficient nutrition, resulting in various diseases sudden, as well as large-scale infectious diseases, etc., the lack of medicinal materials is extremely scarce. Therefore, the medicinal materials business must be one of the businesses that Lü Buwei must do.
Small can be said to be breathtaking, reminiscing about the past and remembering history. What else is there to do, welcome to pay attention to the reviews!