Chapter 147: Action

Under the sound of classical music, Zhao Yuan smiled and told a few people about his thoughts, like this kind of relief for a larger group of refugees, the best way is to work for relief, but now no one has come forward from the official, so the only way to attract people is to use interests.

Choosing something that is easy to use, labor-intensive, and has a high return is the best choice at the moment.

Zhao Yuan chose to burn cement, as a widely used building material, when the family built a house, Zhao Yuan always said that it would be good if there was cement, and now is the opportunity to make cement as an artifact.

The materials for the production of cement mainly need limestone, clay, and coal, all of which need to be mined by hand.

"Is this thing really as good as you say?" Zhang Xucong asked.

"Of course, after the cement is solidified, it is almost like stone, and it can be used for many purposes such as repairing houses, paving roads, and building cities, so there is no need to worry about the sales of this thing." Zhao Yuan tried his best to recommend it.

"What do you say?" Zhang Xucong thought about it and said to a few people.

"I think it's great to be able to help these refugees." Ran Yanbo said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, I am obligated too." Wang Pinxuan also smiled.

"In that case, let's go to Wan Ershao and talk about it again." Zhang Xucong also smiled, aren't these people drunk?

Lanxiangyuan is obviously not a suitable place to talk about things, Wan Yunjun and the others took out the money tickets, gave the girls a walk, and gently pushed away the girls beside them, and took the lead to walk outside.

"I'm still too young." Zhao Yuan shook his head, these are real foxes, shouted Shao Meng, who was still red-faced, and followed a few people outside.

"Ouch, young masters, it's still early this day, why did you leave, did the girls not accompany you?" Xu Xiangyujiao, who was soliciting customers outside, said to a few people with a smile.

"How could it be that the girls didn't accompany you, Chunhong, did you say yes?" Wang Pinxuan climbed on a girl's shoulder and laughed.

"Mom, don't you believe us?" The girl named Chunhong pinched the money ticket in her arms, and said with a smile, these masters are generous.

"Alright, there's something else, reward." Zhang Xucong said to his entourage, and the entourage stepped forward to settle the wine money with the bustard, and gave some additional rewards.

Under the farewell of the girls of Lanxiangyuan, the group walked out of Lanxiangyuan, and the entourage set up the carriage and walked towards Wan Yunjun's house.

Zhao Yuan followed Wan Yunjun into the carriage, Shao Meng and Qian Hu sat in front, and drove the carriage towards Wan Yunjun's house first.

"Atom, how sure are you of that?" As soon as the carriage moved, Wan Yunjun asked.

"Second brother, you're not drunk?" Zhao Yuan asked.

"This little bit of wine, where can I get drunk, it's just a show." Wan Yunjun said with a smile.

"I see that your face is flushed, second brother, do you think you are drunk?" Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"With these people, why can't you have two more eyes, believe it or not, it's not just me, a few of them are also sober." Wan Yunjun shook his head and said with a smile.

"I can see that." Zhao Yuan nodded with a smile and said.

"Atom, tell me more about this cement." Wan Yunjun nodded and said solemnly.

"Okay." Zhao Yuan nodded, and carefully told Wan Yunjun about the use of cement, production process and other issues.

"Listening to what you say, it's very difficult to get this cement out." Listening to the words that popped out of Zhao Yuan's mouth, Wan Yunjun rubbed his temples and said.

Mining raw materials, crushing, grinding, sifting, batching, and firing kilns, each link is difficult, although there are refugees who do not spend much money on labor, but it takes a lot of trouble to think about mining stones from the mountains and crushing them.

And there will be other aspects involved in it, Wan Yunjun exhaled when he thought about it, it is still simple to make soap.

"So I have to pull them in, and I think it's best to bring the county magistrate too, after all, the county officials are not as good as the current management." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

To get the cement out, it will indeed be more difficult in the early stage, but there are more than 1,000 refugees outside the county, and there must be a lot of talents inside.

"That's okay, with these young people pressing, our county master won't be too ugly." Wan Yunjun said with a smile.

On the carriage, Zhao Yuan discussed the details of this matter with Wan Yunjun, and with the sound of wheels running over the street, he soon came to Wan Yunjun's house.

After getting out of the carriage, several people came to the living room of Wan Yunjun's house, sat down on a chair, and the girl in the family quickly brought tea, a few people drank tea, and Zhao Yuan told a few people the details.

"There are about 13,400 refugees outside the city, and there are 8,900 of them who can work, and now in this case, as long as they can be fed, the rest of the labor expenditure is almost non-existent, and when they need to be paid, they are also proficient, and they can do more and better work."

"I have made the role of cement very clear, there is no moisture at all, six less, three less, four less and the second brother, what do you think." Zhao Yuan picked up the tea, moistened his throat and said.

"How much does it cost to invest upfront?" Zhang Xucong tapped his fingers on the table and asked after thinking for a while.

"If it doesn't matter, I'll do the math for you, and the main expenses in the early stage are the food that the refugees need, a piece of land, and where to find raw materials." Zhao Yuan said.

"These are easy to solve, listen to what you said, these things are easy to find, right?" Wang Pinxuan said with a smile.

"Yes, we have quite a few of them." Zhao Yuan nodded and said.

"Okay, I don't have an opinion, but how much share can we take in this, and what is the price of this thing called cement?" Zhang Xucong asked several people what they were most concerned about.

"Let's put it this way, let's build a house, the main materials used now are masonry and wood, just like the small yard of the second brother, how can the price of building it also need more than 1,000 yuan, and it will take a lot of time, at least about a year. If the use of this cement, you can greatly increase the speed of building the house, and the house built is stronger, cleaner, and the ground can be paved with cement. Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"Zhang Shao, we can discuss the share slowly, but we have to invest a lot of money in the early stage, and we need to ask my family for instructions." Ran Yanbo said after thinking about it.

"You still need to ask for instructions, Brother Zhao, you just say how much money you want, right?" Wang Pinxuan glanced at Ran Yanbo and said.

"It depends on how big you are going to make, my advice is to make a smaller one first, so that the refugees can familiarize themselves with how to do it, and then slowly expand it, and a few people can also see the effect of cement before deciding whether to increase investment." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"Then let's look at these people outside the city first, Brother Zhao, you can estimate it." Zhang Xucong said.

"Okay, second brother, borrow a pen and paper." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

Wan Yunjun nodded and asked the girl to take a pen and paper.

"Second brother, do you still have a quill?" Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"I went to your place last time and saw it, and I tried some of them, but they didn't work at all." Wan Yunjun shook his head and smiled.

"This is a novelty, Brother Zhao uses this to write?" Zhang Xucong also said with interest.

"I don't have much knowledge, I can't use a brush, and a few people laughed." Zhao Yuan said with a smile, holding a quill pen and sticking ink, and began to calculate the investment in building a small cement workshop for several people on the paper.