The abacus, this artifact can be said to be an ancient electronic computer. It is simple and fast, and it still retains a huge vitality until more than two thousand years later. Ji Qiao is knowledgeable, and when he saw this thing, he couldn't put it down. He felt that from now on, the calculation could be completely replaced. He immediately came to dedicate it to Wu Xie, which was also a happy event.

On the second day, in his spare time, Wu Xie began to teach Ji Qiao some simple abacus rules. Ji Qiao is sensitive to numbers and has a strong absorption capacity, and the speed of allocation is getting faster and faster. After he is proficient, he will make a few more so that the students in the mathematics classroom can also learn to use them.

Although there are only a dozen Chinese students in Ji Qiao's Mathematical School, but with the intentional support of Zhao Wuxi, it is prosperous. Although the title of the professor is still the traditional Fangtian, corn, decay, Shaoguang, business merit, equal loss, surplus and deficiency, equation, Pythagorean nine mathematical arithmetic. But it has been given a different inner quality by Jiqiao combined with "Zhou Bi figures", "Hundred craftsmanship" and "Jingtianweiji".

On weekdays, five or six boys hid in the shade of the big mulberry tree and recited the algorithm, and some wrote vertical equations in the sand. The six or seven champions tend to be practical, taking a tape measure to measure the lintel and wall height, asking the craftsmen for some questions such as axles and shooting distance, and then combining them with the theories taught by the master.

Zhao Wuxi faintly felt that a unique school of mathematics seemed to be slowly forming. But what would ancient China, which had been specialized in mathematics and science and technology earlier and could rival ancient Greek mathematics, look like?

The prospect was too beautiful, too beautiful to imagine.

But at this moment, Zigong, who was selling wheat flour in Xinjiang, suddenly came back, interrupting Zhao Wuxi's brainstorming.

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Zigong has been working hard in Xinjiang for more than a month, almost to the point of spitting out three meals after one meal, and three arrests after one meal. In total, he sold more than 2,000 stone wheat flour and harvested 60,000 stone corn for Wu Xian. He himself also made a profit of 6,000 shi, which was already the profit he had made in Jin, Wei, and Lu for a whole year in previous years. network

The corn received softly, as a merchant. Zigong is naturally very happy, but today. But something happened that made him have to rush back.

As soon as he entered the village temple, Zigong's face was solemn, and when he saw Wuji and Jiqiao, he bowed heavily and said that he had something important to tell them.

He said solemnly, "Gentleman, there are wheat flour sold by other merchants in the Xinjiangsu market!"

"Oh?" Zhao Wuxi immediately stopped playing with the abacus. Although he was surprised, he was not panicked.

Long before starting this business, Wu Xie was sure of Zigong that within half a year, the technology of stone grinding and wheat flour would definitely spread, but what he didn’t expect was that it would happen so quickly!

Moreover, after Zigong sent people to investigate the opponents, the background of those merchants had been ascertained, and the expressions of his and Ji Qiao suddenly became solemn.

Fan! It's Fan again!

Fan specializes in lacquer and pottery. Chaoge's continuous lacquer garden, white pottery and black pottery produced in Fan, Sui and other places are all famous. But they are in Su City. The share is not large. In the past, the strategy has always been to hoard corn, wheat and rice. Why is it suddenly involved in this industry now?

Zhao Wuxi guessed that he was jealous that his wheat flour was making a lot of money in the millet market. Mr. Fan noticed that the corn in the warehouses of his literati began to flow to Chengxiang, and some smart people managed to steal the stone mill and wheat flour. Technology, backhand strike.

A person's face appeared in his mind, Fan Jia and Zhao Wuxi felt subconsciously. The person who passed by (gu) with him outside Su City last time was the one who was responsible for this!

What a hateful blocker!

Subsequently. He and Ji Qiao listened to Zigong talking about the details.

It turned out that Zigong had maintained the original price for more than a month. That is, a bucket of wheat flour is exchanged for three stones of corn, but who would have thought that Fan's merchants suddenly intervened in the corn market. They brought a huge amount of wheat flour, far more than Zigong, and the price was two and a half stone for a bucket!

This was undoubtedly a huge blow to Zigong's business, and the market immediately began to tilt towards Fan's merchants. At present, the scholar-officials belonging to the Fan family and the BOC family have begun to switch to buying this cheaper wheat flour. After Zigong found out that something was wrong, he asked people to keep the original price temporarily unchanged, and at the same time, he immediately returned to report to Wuqi.

Zhao Wuxi shook his head helplessly. He had already strengthened his control over Chengxiang, but he was still stabbed by someone.

However, according to Zigong, the source of the leak has been found. He had seen the most primitive hand-milled mill, which was bought secretly by the Fan family, and he secretly drew a picture and presented it.

Although the loopholes are blocked, the technology has inevitably spread, and we must find ways to deal with them.

Is the opponent's malicious price cut to compete for the market? Zhao Wuxi frowned slightly, remembering some cases in his previous life, and then relaxed again.

He was about to tell the two of his plans when he heard Zigong and Ji Qiao hand in hand at the same time and said, "Gentleman, I have a plan for Qiao to break this situation!"

"Gentleman, give / overseas Chinese a plan to break this situation!"

After Zi Gong and Ji Qiao said these words in unison, they looked at each other in surprise, and then humbly asked the other party to speak first.

Zhao Wuxi also pressed back the words that were already on his lips, and directly called Zigong's name: "The second and third sons don't have to be humble. In Shangyanshang, Zigong should be more familiar with the situation, and Zigong should talk about it first."

Zigong immediately chatted, and it could be seen that he had already figured out how to deal with it on the way back to his hometown! And the following remarks made Wu Xie praise his business talents again.

He said: "Now that the other is cheap and I am expensive, the merchants and scholars in Su City will naturally tend to have low prices. This is just like the flow of a river. It is human nature."

Zhao Wuxi nodded and agreed, "From Zigong's point of view, how should we overcome this crisis?"

"A gentleman should know that wheat flour was originally used as a luxury product for the family of nobles and officials. At that time, we arbitrarily monopolized (que) this industry, which was naturally feasible; but now the situation is changing, and the method of making wheat flour has already been leaked. The method of selling up the valley can no longer be maintained.”

"Ci thinks that it is time to change the strategy. Since the method of going up to the grain is unreasonable, you can only want to make money and take down the grain! In the new river, there are many taxis and people who want to buy wheat flour but can't. Fan's Jia Xin is lucky. , only reduce the price to one bucket of wheat flour for two and a half, if we reduce the price to one bucket for two stones~lightnovelpub.net~ or even one and a half! The situation can be reversed, as long as the turnover of wheat flour is fast and bigger Quantity, naturally can be small profits but quick turnover.”

However, Ji Qiao frowned when he heard the words. He said: "Zigong means to follow Fan's price reduction and change to the path of small profits but quick turnover. I can only supply Xinjiang every month with the power of my hometown. More than 1,000 shi. But according to what you said, Fan's Jia is supported by a craftsman's workshop, and can supply at least 5,000 shi of wheat flour every month. If we blindly follow cheap sales, the final loss will still be the gentleman!"

However, Zigong laughed and said: "Mr. Ji is blind, who said that our wheat flour is only produced in Chengxiang?" (To be continued)

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