Hou Xianglin walked up to Dr. Quan, glanced at the scattered scene, approached Dr. Quan with a smile and added:

"Also, I have been contracting a project recently, and Pimont has told me many times that he wants to make the walls of Dili City taller and wider, and he wants to use reinforced concrete, including two forts in the east and west - as you know, Timor Island is not very peaceful now, so to speak, there are some undercurrents, and he wants to do some precautions.

In addition, he also wants to turn the main street of the city into a concrete road, like our esplanade, and also have underground drainage works.

Especially after the last time I built some cement pavement in and outside his governor's palace in order to demonstrate the effect of our cement use, it has now become a lively market, and it is very noisy all day long.

But Pimont also didn't have the power to drive out the citizens, so he wanted to renovate the streets, all of them were concrete roads, and the market next to the governor's palace should be diverted out, so that the governor's ears would be cleaner.

I have roughly estimated that the three walls of Dili City plus two coastal forts would require at least 1,500 tons of cement and at least 200 tons of steel bar.

And the total length of the two streets is about two kilometers, this is business, must not cut corners, it is estimated that the cement will be at least more than 500 tons, I quoted Pimont a 2,000 tons of cement and 300 tons of steel bars, plus labor, a total of 120,000 taels of silver project contract price, of which cement is 30 taels of silver a ton, the price of steel bars is high, 100 taels of silver a ton, after all, steel in this era can never be regarded as a bargain - I am according to our own unit of measurement quoted price, weights and measures conversion this kind of thing I don't care, there are samples in the Doge's Palace, and the Portuguese themselves convert it.

I think Pimont should be able to accept this price, not to mention that the quality of the reinforced concrete works is much higher than the building materials of this era, and these projects are also related to the safety of the city, the prosperity of trade, and the purity of the ears of the Governor, and according to the custom, Pimont can convert the project into iron ore and coal, and if the bank loan business that Pa Lao talked to him about can also go well, this project will be in hand.

Pimont was originally our business partner, according to his credit rating, even in the old world bank, there should be no problem with depositing one loan and two loans, Ba Lao gave him another deposit and one loan two, the interest rate is set higher, people can accept it, once this thing is done, my construction company will have its first big business, Ba Lao's banking business has also been launched, my cement factory also has silver to earn, all happy situation, what do you always think? ”

Hou Xianglin said a long story in one breath, and the whole doctor, Wei Hong, Zhou Rui, and Yue Chu were all a little dizzy when they heard it.

After a while, Dr. Quan responded: "So this cement factory should be built quickly!" ”

Don't worry, I've done it at home, I have experience, and now it's nothing more than to call someone to unpack and install, do site leveling, and drill a few wells - the groundwater here is simply not too rich, and there is no need to repair the aqueduct, rest assured, it will start next week, and the commissioning and installation will be completed in a week, and it will be officially put into operation in two weeks!

Brother Wei Hong nodded frequently when he heard this.

Not bad!

Yes, it does sound like a natural thing.

Brother Hou, your business is getting bigger and bigger......

At this time, Dr. Quan nodded and said:

"This means that your Xin'an River dam will not need to provide cement at home in the future?"

"There is no need at all, and the cement plant at home will supply the construction needs of the home."

Hou Xianglin replied in a relaxed tone.

"Well, this is indeed good news, the construction of the home is also in urgent need of cement ......"

Doctor Quan groaned, and then Hou Xianglin added:

"So Dr. Quan, what the family needs to do now is to expand steel production as soon as possible, although the cement supply can be solved, but for our company, the steel bar must be provided by the family.

Last time, Holley telegraphed and said that the steel bars they provided to me through accounting would cost eighty taels of silver a ton, which was the ex-factory price, plus the freight calculated by Captain Gu for me, it was exactly one hundred taels, which was not cheap, so I didn't increase the price of Pimont in terms of materials. Of course, the price of cement and labor is calculated according to the market price. ”

At this time, Zhou Rui asked next to him:

"Brother Hou, let's count our own people like this, and we don't give any discounts?"

Hou Xianglin shook his head and said, that can't be helped, Holley also has to represent the interests of shareholders, it must be like this.

At this time, Dr. Quan said to Zhou Rui, in fact, whether it is Xiaohou's construction company, Kangda's power company, or Huali's steel company, they are all the property of our people, and you and I are shareholders of these companies, so whether Xiaohou counts less for Holley or more for Kangda, isn't it all damaging the interests of shareholders?

In business, each person does his own business and earns the profits he deserves – I agree with the Dutch philosophy: everyone takes care of their own business and takes care of everything.

At this time, Hou Xianglin also said, so the fund council is indeed a very important job for our internal financial accounting, property rights must be clear, this is the premise of doing business, we are now more and more foreign business, and it is getting bigger and bigger, Sun Lao said, in the ideology of many of us, it is still the family and the country are not divided into public and private confusion, and I really can't go on like this.

Zhou Rui nodded frequently after hearing this:

"In this way, this is indeed the ......"

At this moment, everyone suddenly fell silent.

"Oh, by the way, when are you going to take over the two factories at home?"

Hou Xianglin heard Dr. Quan mention this, his expression suddenly withered a little, and he sighed and said, you always look at me like this, I don't have skills! It's better to work hard Teacher Zhao and them, I think, after a while, this place will be straightened out, and I will take my wife back to the Red House after the Spring Festival!

Doctor Quan smiled, so fast? Haha, I know, you want it all in the bowl......

What do you mean by that?

I don't understand......

Doctor Quan looked at Brother Wei Hong's question mark on his face, and explained with a smile:

"You have been busy lately, and there are some things at home that have not been reported to you, but I told Hou Xianglin yesterday."

Doctor Quan said and looked at Hou Xianglin, which obviously meant to let the latter explain.

So Hou Xianglin said to his brothers:

"The family is going to build a villa for everyone."

"Oh? Why? ”

Wei Hong was confused for a moment.

Hou Xianglin then explained:

"Because everyone is now a family person, even if they don't have it, it is estimated that it will be soon, so a while ago, the elders of Sun and Sun proposed that the dormitory in the Red Mansion is too narrow, should we find a piece of land outside the Red Mansion to repair some houses, so that we can bring our respective families to live on the island."

Wei Hong couldn't help but sigh when he heard it: I remember, when Sun Lao left the Governor's Mansion to go on the Nicole, Brother Xiao and I went to see him off, and asked when Sun Lao would bring the Duchess back to the Red Mansion, Sun Lao sighed and said, The Duchess is afraid that the Duchess will not be used to living in the kind of lattice room in the Red Mansion...... It seems that Sun Lao is actually quite hesitant.

Oh, by the way, Sun Lao also said that since living in the Duchess's manor, the last time I went back to the Red Mansion, I immediately felt that the dormitory in the Red Mansion was simply not a place for people to live, too cramped, too cramped, not to mention the manor of the Duchess's family, even if I was used to living in the Governor's Palace, I would feel uncomfortable with the dormitory in the Red Mansion, but I don't know if you feel this way?

Anyway, I didn't say anything at the time, because I haven't been back since I came to Xin'an City, and Brother Xiao next to me agrees with Sun Lao's feelings, but at that time it was just chatting, and there was no follow-up.

Doctor Quan smiled and nodded: Yes, Sun Lao's proposal has been approved by many people, especially the group of science and engineering men at home, they want to find a piece of land to repair a villa for themselves.