Lv Buwei is a big businessman in Yangzhai. He ran around, buying at low prices and selling at high prices, so he accumulated thousands of dollars of wealth.
In the 40th year of Qin Zhao (267 BC), the prince died of grief in Wei and was transported back to Xiangyang for burial. In the forty-second year of Zhao Haoqi (265 BC), he married his second son, a Guo Jun and a prince. A Guo Jun has more than twenty sons. An Guojun has a very favorite concubine named Mrs. Huayang. Mrs. Huayang has no son. Ann Guo Jun has a middle-ranking son named Zi Chu, and Zi Chu's mother named The Last Month Of Summer, who is not favored. Zi Chu was sent to Zhao as a hostage of Qin. Qin attacked Zhao many times, and Zhao did not treat Chu with courtesy.
Zi Chu, the grandson of the Princess of Qin, was taken hostage in Zhao. He doesn't have rich chariots and horses and daily wealth, and he feels embarrassed and dissatisfied. Lv Buwei went to Handan to do business. After meeting Zi Chu, he liked it very much. He said, "Zi Chu is like a strange commodity that can be hoarded. To sell at a high price "(idiom" strange goods can live "). So he went to visit Zi Chu and said to him, "I can expand your family." Zi Chu smiled and said, "You can form your own family first, and then mine!" Lv Buwei said, "You don't understand, my door will light up only when your door is lit up." Zi Chu knew what Lv Buwei meant, so he sat down and went further with him. Lv Buwei said, "The king of Qin is old, and Guo Jun is a prince. I heard privately that Ann Guo Jun dotes on Mrs. Huayang very much. Mrs. Huayang has no son, and only Mrs. Huayang can choose a prince. Now you have more than twenty brothers, and you are in the middle. You are not loved by the king of Qin, and have been held hostage by the vassal States for a long time. Even if the king of Qin dies and Ann Guo Jun succeeds, you can't expect to compete with your eldest brother and other brothers who are around the king of Qin in the morning and evening. " Zi Chu said, "Yes, but what should we do?" Lv Buwei said, "You are poor and embarrassed, and you live here as a guest. You can't give anything to your parents or make friends. Although I am not rich now, I am willing to spend my daughter to lobby you to go west to the Qin State and serve Mrs. An and Huayang, so that they can make you a prince. " Zi Chu kowtowed and said, "If your plan comes true, I will share the land of Qin with you.
(1) Meaning: "Xinmin" refers to a new citizen wit