Time: After the engineering meeting, location: Baifu small study.

Shopkeeper Wu and Bai Juren came back from Huangqitan today, first sighed at the skill and arrogance of the General's Mansion in doing business, and then the two carefully discussed the Bai family's future response.

By analyzing the information obtained at the meeting, the first thing the two determined was that the Bai family was not suitable for the project. The reason is simple, the foundation is insufficient.

The Bai family became a local leader and face family from the generation of Bai Juren, and the main activity area of the Bai family was in the county seat, and there was no foundation, just ordinary people.

Although the Bai family has also prepared some land and recruited some tenants in the countryside in recent years, it is due to the inertia of traditional thinking and the allocation of "asset diversification".

The basic plate of the Bai family's situation is a little powerless when it comes to taking over the project. The first is to have a rich labor force, and the second is to "have resources" at the location of the project bid. In today's primitive engineering developments, the latter point is somehow more important.

Therefore, after analyzing with Wu's shopkeeper and finally considering the whole situation, Bai Juren, who is more familiar with the business aspect, decided to invest resources in enterprises such as cement plants. As for the road connection project...... It's better to leave it to those country sticks, count them lucky, the road passes in front of the door, and the contract comes from heaven, and these rich people should make a fortune.

In this way, after a night of repeated discussions, Mr. Bai made a crucial strategic decision in his study: to invest more than half of the Bai family's working capital in the purchase of shares in the cement plant.

Without selling the property, this half of the capital is almost 25,000 taels of silver, which can be regarded as the old foundation of the Bai family, the first generation of Chinese-style nobles.

It is not impossible to raise cash, but in that case, it will affect the daily operation of Bai Ji groceries and other shops of the Bai family; Although Mr. Bai was very optimistic about the development prospects of the cement factory, he still resisted the desperate idea and kept the old industry running.

10 days later, Bai Juren once again went out in person, and Wu's shopkeeper escorted a large number of subordinates to the "Guangdong Yijian Zengcheng Project Department" next door to the county government to sign a contract and pay the money.

In order to improve the authority, the project department opened next door to the county government is just a general term, which not only has the project bidding office, but also the independent cement plant preparation office, which belongs to the joint office.

After Bai Juren arrived, together with other county lords who were interested in investing in industry and commerce, they signed contracts, pressed their fingerprints, and weighed the silver seals taken from the silver cart, and everyone officially became the shareholders of the upcoming Zengcheng Cement Factory.

All in all, the mood of several masters at this moment is still a little apprehensive.

While it was not uncommon for private traders to do business in partnerships, they faced a completely different situation than they had traditionally been—an unprecedented scale of workshop projects, unprecedented large investments and new products, unprecedented strong founders, and the various considerations and political speculations that were interspersed with the investment process, all of which were at a loss for the well-versed men in the Dameiji industry.

However, these pioneers are on the right track. Compared with those who are forced to change their fate by the tide of society in the future, this discomfort of the pioneers is nothing at all, the door of the new world is opening to everyone, and those who dare to eat crabs will definitely get the most abundant rewards.

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Becoming a shareholder of the cement plant is only the first step, and there are a series of procedures to follow, such as the shareholders' meeting. By the time Master Bai finished all this, he once again took Shopkeeper Wu and his subordinates to stand in the Deserted Seven Beach, and this place had already become a lively construction site.

Regardless of whether it is the Xiaoice River period or not, compared to the frozen soil during the northern New Year, Guangdong can start work all year round. The local migrant workers, who were provided by the shareholders and attracted by the lucrative wages and food, have now split into two groups to work on the construction site.

The river beach facing the tributaries of the Zengjiang River was the first major construction site. Due to the need to build a mining wharf here, dredging boats are already working on the river, and people are building cofferdams in muddy water.

Ore terminals require higher structural strength than passenger terminals. After the cofferdam is completed, several construction machinery emitting black smoke will be stationed here to assist in the construction of the wharf, and then the melon-eating masses in Zengcheng will be able to experience the terrifying power of industrialization. After that, there will be a gas-driven cargo hoisting system at the terminal, which will bring a different feeling to everyone.

On the rocky field not far from the wharf construction site, there are also a large number of migrant workers working. The ground here is being cleared, and the rubble is being framed and collected and carried away by small carts. Eventually, the stones are sorted, the limestone is smelted, and the rest is crushed to be used as materials for road construction.

After the rocky beach is cleared, dormitories and stockyards will be built on the original site. From here to date, workers would go to the northern hills every day to remove the soil and vegetation from the hills, and then break down the limestone substrate hills with explosives to supply the cement factory with raw materials for smelting lime.

There is a third site on another vacant lot to the west. This is the site of the future cement plant, and there are also a large number of people working to clean the ground.

As a key project in 1631, there was a heavy gas roller being assembled on the construction site - this thing was too heavy for the county wharf to bear, and it was carried by a large number of migrant workers in a decomposed state.

Looking at the lively scene that could not be seen at a glance, Bai Juren, who was standing on the dirt slope, couldn't help but nod his head again and again.

Aside from the factories that can bring rolling wealth to the Bai family in the future, even the current construction site, the Bai family has also begun to enjoy the dividends of betting: the baskets, sacks, straw ropes, etc. used on the construction site are all purchased from Baiji, and the quantity is very large, and more will be needed in the future. Baiji Grocery Chain is now organizing caravans to go to various nearby villages to place orders to organize the supply of goods, and by the way, the villagers who are closed to the news come to the construction site to fight the work, and the whole store is very busy.

"Master, look, it's Lord Ding over there!"

At this moment, Shopkeeper Wu jerked the sleeve of Bai Juren's shirt, and then stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the county seat.

"Huh? It's really Lord Ding. ”

Bai Juren naturally saw Ding Liqiu, when he went to Guangzhou to bid before, Ding Liqiu was the host of the bidding meeting: "This is here to visit, come with me!" ”

Before the words fell, Master Bai hurriedly walked down the dirt slope and walked towards the crowd with Ding Liqiu as the core in front of him.

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