Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

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After a while, Zhao Kuo went out with Wu Fei and came to a house not far away.

Wu Fei stretched out his hand and pointed at the house: "Your Majesty, have you seen it?

That is a very powerful chamber of commerce in Pingkangfang, called Zhou's Chamber of Commerce. "

"Zhou's Chamber of Commerce?"

Zhao Kuo frowned when he heard this familiar surname: "This Zhou's Chamber of Commerce, shouldn't it be opened by Zhou Shaofen and Zhou Qing's family?"

Wu Fei said: "I don't know about this small one, but the Zhou's Chamber of Commerce has indeed always claimed to be from the important minister Zhou's family."

Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "Understood.

What happened to the Zhou Chamber of Commerce? "

Wu Fei said: "Your Majesty and the little one go in and take a look."

Zhao Kuo took a closer look, only to find that the house of Zhou's Chamber of Commerce was obviously newly built, and the paint on the wooden beams and columns of the house still had a faint smell.

Moreover, this house is quite grand, and everyone will think it is a noble house at first glance.

New house Zhou suddenly ran to Pingkangfang to build such a grand new house, what was he doing?

Although Zhao Kuo visited in private, he was also wearing a silk robe, which made him look like a nobleman.

So Zhao Kuo just walked into the door of the house, and immediately a person dressed in management clothes came up courteously, invited Zhao Kuo and others to a small room next to him, and said with a smile: "The villain Zhou Heng, I want you Please be respectful, my lord.

Could it be that the nobleman came here for the purpose of buying a house in Pingkangfang? "

Judging from the manager's way of speaking and attitude, it is obvious that this kind of thing is not the first time.

Zhao Kuo said with great interest: "A place like Pingkangfang can also buy property?"

The so-called real estate, is the purchase of property.

The steward smiled and said, "Your honor is just joking, now Pingkangfang is the hottest real estate area in Handan City."

Zhao Kuo seemed to understand something, and said with a smile, "Then tell me why I want to buy a property here."

The steward felt that there was hope of persuading Zhao Kuo, so he hurriedly said: "I want to teach you that now Pingkangfang is the only place in Handan City other than Dongshi and Xishi that can be obtained commercially. The prices of the shops here are different every day, and it is not an exaggeration to say that every inch of land is expensive.

If the nobleman can buy a set of shops here, start some businesses and hire a few guys to open a shop, then he will make a lot of money. "

Zhao Kuo squinted his eyes, as if he understood what the Zhou Chamber of Commerce was doing.

It's just a real estate agency, which takes over houses from the natives of Pingkangfang, and then sells them to people who intend to invest in shops in Pingkangfang.

But if that's the case, then why would Wu Fei say that the Zhou's Chamber of Commerce is a problem encountered in the development of Pingkangfang?

At this time, Wu Fei suddenly said: "Guard Zhou, do you have many shops in the Zhou Chamber of Commerce?"

Only then did Zhou Guanshi notice Wu Fei, showing a surprised expression: "So it's Wu Fei from the tofu shop, do you want to sell your tofu shop?"

Wu Fei shook his head and said, "Your price is too low, only five thousand dollars, how can we sell it?"

Manager Zhou snorted in dissatisfaction, and seemed to want to get angry, but at this time he glanced at Zhao Kuo again, knowing that Wu Fei and Zhao Kuo must be related, so he didn't get angry.

Zhao Kuo seemed to understand something, and said: "So, your Wu's Chamber of Commerce actually bought shops from people in Pingkangfang at a low price, and then sold them to us at a high price?"

Manager Zhou's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, we signed a contract when we closed the store, and there must be no problem with the witness of the government.

In the future, if those untouchables dare to make trouble, you just need to tell our Zhou family, and we will definitely settle it for you. "

When Zhao Kuo heard it, he understood it completely.

Good guy, it turns out that the Zhou family is doing forced buying and selling.

At this point, Zhao Kuo has been able to guess what this "Zhou's Chamber of Commerce" is doing.

First of all, Zhou's Chamber of Commerce found some local people in Pingkangfang and said that they wanted to buy their houses that had been converted into shops.

Then, Zhou's Chamber of Commerce offered a very low price, so the local people would definitely not agree.

But the problem is that Zhou's Chamber of Commerce is backed by Zhou's support. Compared with Zhou's, these people living in Pingkangfang were originally the lowest-level people in Zhao State. How could they have the strength to fight against Zhou's giant?

Then, the Zhou family acquired a large number of shops in Pingkangfang in a short period of time through this means of strong buying and selling, and then sold them to those merchants or nobles who wanted to invest in Pingkangfang. .

Wouldn't Zhou's make a lot of money by changing hands like this?

So a question arises, you must know that these shops were remodeled by the local people in Pingkangfang with their own dilapidated tents and houses. Now that the shops are lost, these ordinary people have lost their homes?

You must know that after entering the city, the people basically lost their land. Originally, the reform of Pingkangfang could benefit them and make them rich, but because of the Zhou Chamber of Commerce, they didn't even have a place to stay. , was kicked out of Pingkangfang again.

This is really not giving the common people a way to live!Thinking of this, a cold light gradually appeared in Zhao Kuo's eyes.

Chapter 1002 On Tuesday, the son wants to give Zhao Kuo 100 taels of gold as an apology (sixth update)

Zhao Kuo remained calm, and continued to ask Manager Zhou in front of him: "I want to buy a shop, but if you just say that, it really can't make me feel at ease.

How about this, you go find the original owner of the shop, and I'll have a face-to-face chat with him, so that I can feel relieved. "

After Zhou Guanshi heard Zhao Kuo's words, he obviously showed a embarrassed expression.

For Zhou Guanshi, of course he is very clear about what kind of business his own chamber of commerce is doing.

The original owners of those shops were forced to leave Pingkang Fang after they were forced to buy and sell by Zhou’s Chamber of Commerce. Where did you go?

However, after all, Zhou Guanshi is also a talent in business, he immediately reacted, and said to Zhao Kuo: "Please wait a while, my lord, I will send someone right away to give the owner of one of the shops to him." Find it."

After saying this, Zhou Guanshi walked out quickly, leaving only Zhao Kuo and Wu Fei in the room.

Zhao Kuo glanced at Wu Fei, smiled and said, "Is this what you're talking about?"

Wu Fei nodded, and said helplessly, "To be honest, my lord, this is actually only a part of it. Zhou's Chamber of Commerce is indeed the owner of the most shops in Pingkangfang, but there are other shops. The Chamber of Commerce established by the big family is also involved.

In today's Pingkangfang, in fact, every day, a large number of ordinary people are forced by these chambers of commerce, have to sell their houses, and live on the streets, homeless. "

When Zhao Kuo heard this, the expression on his face became more and more serious.

To put it bluntly, this method is actually equivalent to the kind of real estate speculators of later generations. They directly entered Pingkangfang in batches together, and used their power to force the people of Pingkangfang to sell houses at low prices. come out.

Then after acquiring these houses and cashing out at a high price, or using them to do business by yourself, you can make a lot of money.

As for the loss of interests suffered by the common people of Pingkangfang during these processes, these nobles certainly don't care at all.

To put it bluntly, the nobles only care about their own interests, so what does it matter to them whether the common people live or die?

This is a problem encountered by Pingkangfang during its development.

Zhao Kuo knew very well that if this problem was not resolved, the development achievements of Pingkangfang would soon be monopolized by these great nobles, and the common people of Pingkangfang would only be able to lose their homes and continue to live in poverty.

Fortunately, now that Zhao Kuo has discovered this problem, of course he can solve it.

Zhao Kuo said, "Why is this problem so serious, but no one has reported it to me?"

Wu Fei said helplessly, "Your Excellency, I don't know. In fact, the former Li Zheng had argued with these nobles, but those nobles didn't know how to find an excuse to say that Li Zheng broke the law and committed a crime. It has been a month since Lizheng was directly imprisoned in the prison.

Ever since Li Zheng entered the prison, no one dared to oppose these nobles. "

After Zhao Kuo heard this sentence, the expression on his face changed more and more, and anger began to slowly appear.

Lizheng Hu Ping here, Zhao Kuo is also impressed, he can be regarded as a relatively capable official.

Unexpectedly, he was imprisoned in the boss without knowing it. Zhao Kuo didn't even know about it.

It seems that the development of Pingkangfang is indeed very dazzling, but it has also attracted the prying eyes of countless hungry wolves.

These guys took advantage of Zhao Kuo's mission to Chu State some time ago and had no time to take into account Pingkangfang's time, so they frantically attacked Pingkangfang in secret.

If Zhao Kuo discovered this later, I am afraid that the entire Pingkangfang will be completely occupied by these nobles headed by the Zhou family.

By that time, wouldn't all the results of the Pingkangfang reform that Zhao Kuo said had already fallen into the hands of these nobles?

This is absolutely something that Zhao Kuo cannot allow.

At this moment, the door of the room was suddenly kicked open with a bang.

A very proud voice came in.

"My young master wants to see who has the heart and courage to make trouble in our Zhou City chamber of commerce."

After saying this, a man dressed as a young master walked in aggressively with a group of followers, and immediately surrounded both Zhao Kuo and Wu Fei.

Zhao Kuo took a look at the son and found that he was about 20 years old, he looked quite similar to the two brothers Zhou Shaofen and Zhou Shaoliang, and he was probably the son of one of them.

Manager Zhou respectfully said to the young master: "Second young master, this is the guy who came to our chamber of commerce and asked why he wanted to meet the original owner of the shop that was sold in Pingkangfang."

It turned out that the steward Zhou was also a very passionate person. After seeing Zhao Kuo asking east and west, he felt that something was wrong, and thought that Zhao Kuo was probably sent by some enemies to inquire about the information of the Zhou Chamber of Commerce.

It happened that his second young master was also here, so he hurriedly invited the second young master to town the place.

On Tuesday, the son said aggressively to Zhao Kuo: "Don't you guys know what you shouldn't inquire about, so don't inquire about it?

I think you can be regarded as a nobleman big and small, now apologize to us on Thursday, and then leave immediately, this young man can still let you go.

Otherwise, you will suffer a lot today. "

After Mr. Tuesday said this, the attendants around him immediately showed off their muscles, crackling and moving their finger joints, posing as if they were going to fight immediately if they disagreed.

Zhao Kuo glanced at the second son in front of him and said with a smile: "Which one of the Zhou brothers are you born to, Zhou Shaofen or Zhou Shaoliang?"

Don't look at these guys so aggressive, but Zhao Kuo doesn't panic at all in his heart.

You must know that Zhao Kuo came here this time, but he brought Su Li with him.

In other words, there is an elite force guarding Zhao Kuo in secret, but it's not yet time to appear on the stage.

Facing Zhao Kuo's topic, the Second Young Master snorted heavily, and said angrily: "Can you call my uncle and father by their names directly?

Just because of your rudeness, today you have to pay ten taels of gold as compensation.

Otherwise, you can't leave! "

Zhao Kuo understood as soon as he heard it. It turned out that the second son was the second son of Zhou Shaoliang's family.

Thinking about it, Zhou Shaofen, as the elder brother, is more graceful and self-restraining, and the children he educates will not be so domineering and arrogant.

As for Zhou Shaoliang, he himself is not stable enough, so it is not surprising that he cultivated such a child.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said to the second son, "I actually just saw that you, the Zhou Chamber of Commerce, were curious, and then came in to ask something. Isn't it just to ask a few more questions? Why are you so aggressive?"

Zhao Kuo's words were immediately understood by the second son as Zhao Kuo was afraid, so he began to back down.

So the second young master's attitude suddenly became even more arrogant, and he sneered and spoke.

"What you said is meaningless. If you want to buy something like a business, you can just get out if you don't want to buy it. There's nothing to ask.

I say it again, take out the ten taels of gold immediately and get out, or you will be finished. "

Zhao Kuo glanced at Wu Fei, signaled Wu Fei not to speak, continued to smile and said to the second son: "To tell you the truth, I am also an official in the Handan government office. Aren't you afraid if you want to do something to me?"

The Second Young Master laughed loudly, and said to Zhao Kuo coldly, "It turns out that you are a Zhima official in the Handan government office, I thought you had some great background.

Let me tell you, our Zhou family's uncle is now Zhao Guo's Sikou, do you understand?

As long as he gives an order, let alone a small official like you, even if it is a Handan order, he will be arrested, interrogated and beheaded in minutes.

Just because you want to fight our Zhou clan?

What a joke. "

After the second son finished speaking, the followers around him also burst into laughter, looking at Zhao Kuo with idiot eyes.

Zhao Kuo sighed and said, "So it's true that today's matter cannot be resolved peacefully?"

The second son stared at Zhao Kuo and said coldly: "Of course there is a way. As long as you can hand over 100 taels of gold now, then you can leave here safely."

After Zhao Kuo heard it, he was a little surprised and said: "Didn't you just say that ten taels of gold is enough?

How did it increase to 100 taels after this little time? "

The Second Young Master obviously lost his patience, and said angrily: "That's because I am too lazy to continue talking nonsense with you anymore, understand?

Alright, I will give you another ten seconds, if you still talk nonsense like this, then I will do it directly! "

For the second son, Zhao Kuo's very calm attitude always makes the second son feel as if Zhao Kuo is despising him, which makes the second son very upset, very upset.

Zhao Kuo shook his head and said, "Second Young Master, I advise you to not do anything, otherwise you will die in an ugly way."

The second son was startled when he heard the words, and then burst out laughing immediately: "Death?

You said you want me to die?

Just you? "

Zhao Kuo sighed and raised his tone: "Come here!"