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Wang Ben died, and the emperor ordered a boycott for ten years, and ordered Xianyang to ban 100-day weddings to express condolences.

Daqin Metropolis Daily also once again published the news of Wang Ben's death and the memorial text on the front page, using four pages of the entire newspaper to introduce Wang Ben's life profile and his great achievements for Daqin in detail.

But this time the dreary sadness of the people did not last as long as Wang Qian's death, with the end of Wang Ben's funeral and the passing of the cold winter, the sad atmosphere of Xianyang soon began to fade in the tranquility, replaced by the warmth and relaxation of spring as scheduled.

After a month-long shutdown of the library construction site in the south of the city, the weather warmed up and the ice and snow melted and restarted in early January.

Recently, the most heated discussion among the people is not the library and the Kyoto University, which are about to start construction in earnest, but the loom and spinning machine.

For ordinary people, even if the emperor dies, it will not be more important than eating and dressing.

For businessmen, Wang Ben, a top prince like him, can't fight with them, so the death of Wang's father and son is just a few sighs and regrets between rich businessmen, who should eat, drink, and make money...... That must not be given up.

After visiting the looms and spinning machines of the Chengnan Woodworking Workshop, many businessmen have long been unable to hold back, and many people have asked for the relationship to go to the back door to visit the Marquis of Qinghe, hoping to get the production authorization of looms and spinning machines, and there are countless businessmen from other counties and counties who braved the cold to Xianyang to check the production process of looms after getting the news.

More than a month has passed, with the newspaper publishing the news of the loom spinning machine, coupled with the word of mouth of the business travelers between Xianyang and various places, the effect of the loom has been infinitely amplified, there is a legend that ten or even twenty horses can be woven a day, and the texture is straight and delicate, the quality of the cloth woven by the ordinary waist machine and loom is much better, so the merchants of the county and county rich in ramie in the southeast are even more excited, and they rushed to Xianyang day and night to inquire about the news.

And these people even include the cement and coal and iron merchants who are now in the limelight, because they all smell unlimited business opportunities from this news.

Because according to the laws of Daqin, in order to encourage the people to grow hemp and weave cloth, the cloth tax is the lowest tax, and the cloth can also be used to offset the grain tax and even forced labor.

With the rapid development of the steel and cement industry, especially in order to stimulate the development of steel and cement, the two-year tax exemption and the three-year half-tax protection period is about to pass, and in another year or two, the tax of cement plants and steel plants will be doubled, although only ten taxes are one, but it is also a large amount of expenditure for these businessmen, especially in these years of rapid development, steel and cement has been in short supply, from mining to production, all enterprises have to raise wages to recruit enough manpower, if double the tax, Then the factories and mines will inevitably make much less money, and steel and cement are extremely labor-intensive and labor-intensive enterprises, all that are needed are strong adult men, and these people are also the highest wage group, and the wages are too low to recruit people.

Under the premise of rising production costs such as taxes and labor costs, some small steel and cement plants have begun to consider transformation or investment in other projects.

The advent of the loom is an excellent investment and transformation opportunity.

"Master Hou, what did the head of the family say in the letter?"

In the Qinghe Courtyard, Fan Caiying, who had already begun to return to Huaxia Qianzhuang to preside over the work, brought back a letter, which was written by Fan Yan of the Fan family.

"Fan Gong is asking about looms and spinning machines, and it seems that he is also planning to invest in a textile factory!" Chen Xu pinched his chin and said after reading the letter.

"And what are you going to do?" Fan Caiying walked behind Chen Xu and helped him gently massage his shoulders and back.

"I think it's better for Fan's not to meddle in this industry, there are many industries that make money in the world, although weaving makes money, but it is far less important than steel and cement, and the cost of the weaving factory is low and the technology content is low, and you can open a huge weaving factory with an investment of millions of money, but for steel and coal, millions of dollars can not even be seen in blisters, Fan's as a business leader, in addition to making money, I have great expectations for Fan, It is hoped that they will be able to integrate the steel and cement industry into a large-scale steel plant and cement plant through continuous expansion of operations, continuously cooperate with experimental factories to improve the smelting process and calcination process, and improve the mining methods and mining equipment of coal and iron ore, so as to promote the steady development of Daqin's most important basic industry, rather than just focusing on making money......"

"Making money is of course the nature of businessmen, but lying on the pile of money is also a shame for businessmen, as a responsible and responsible entrepreneur, Fan's vision should look further, the development of Fan's and the fortune of the country are closely linked, the country is strong and business can prosper, the country is declining and business is bound to be difficult, the businessmen of Daqin should take on the mission of helping China, when I and Fan Gong once talked about Tao Zhugong three times to scatter the family wealth, so not only let Fan Li save his life in the troubled times, Therefore, if Fan wants to inherit Tao Zhugong's business philosophy, he must focus on the court and tie his own destiny to the fate of the country, not just focus on commercial development, because at any time, without the support of the court and the government, business is destined to be just a rootless duckweed, which seems to be prosperous, but in fact cannot withstand the wind and waves......"

The more Fan Caiying listened, the paler her face became, and the hand on Chen Xu's shoulder trembled slightly.

Chen Xu's words must have meant something, and he also showed his dissatisfaction with Fan.

Chen Xu gently leaned his head on Fan Caiying's full and soft chest, touched her slightly trembling hand with his backhand and said, "Fan's actions are too flamboyant now, with the development of these years, more and more money is made, but the utilitarian is getting stronger and stronger, and there are many bad rumors, because Fan's and I have a close relationship, so many local governments have sold a large number of coal and iron mines to Fan's at a low price in order to tie up with Fan's, do you know that the mining resources such as mountains and forests, coal and iron are under the jurisdiction of Shaofu, and Shaofu is in charge of money for the emperor, Fan's is competing with the emperor for profit! ”

Fan Caiying's frightened Six Gods and Masters knelt in front of Chen Xu, kowtowed to the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Master Hou...... Cai Ying has been in charge of Huaxia Qian Zhuang in Xianyang all these years, I really don't know what Fan's doing, I hope that Hou Ye can forgive the mistake of the family owner, Cai Ying must inform the family owner of Hou Ye's words in detail, let him be more restrained, and pay enough taxes for the extra mines! ”

"You don't have to be nervous, get up!" Chen Xu helped Fan Caiying up.

"At that time, the Fan family valued my potential and cooperated with me, and indeed gave me great support and help in many aspects, especially in the construction of the Oriental Road, if it were not for the support of the Fan family and some business leaders in the Central Plains, I would not have won the bet with Li Si, and it was naturally impossible to talk about loosening the law of business. But in the past few years, I have been secretly observing the development of the Fan family, their development is becoming more and more eager for quick success, and their actions are becoming more and more arrogant, not only competing with their peers, but also competing with the court and the emperor for profit. ”

"But everything has a degree, it should be done in moderation, if Fan Gong doesn't even understand this truth, he can't do anything about it when he causes disaster to Fan, after all, this Great Qin world is still the emperor's, I can't cover the sky with one hand in the court, some things are not easy to say, Fan Gong arranged for you and Cai Wei to follow me, and the purpose Ben Hou also knows, but this is not enough for me to give up the interests of the country to help Fan, I can spoil you and Cai Wei for a lifetime, and I can also give your children glory and wealth, But that doesn't mean I'll be accommodating Fan's mistakes and tolerating their arrogance......"

Listening to Chen Xu's tone, Fan Caiying's whole body began to tremble slightly, and she didn't dare to look at Chen Xu when she lowered her head.

"You write a letter for me and tell Duke Fan, Ben Hou shows him a clear path, if he can do it, in the future, the Fan family will not only be rich and rival the country, but also be ranked as the minister of glory and glory......" Chen Xu stood up with a serious face.

"Ah~" Fan Caiying couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaimed, her beautiful face was full of shock, and after a long time, she covered her thumping heart and said cautiously, "Please also ask Master Hou to instruct, Caiying will definitely handle this matter well!" ”。

"Tell Fan Gong to do two things, one is to collect idle funds from other industries to raise huge sums of money to acquire ironworks and mines, transform some small factories with serious waste into large factories, and at the same time invest funds to continuously research and improve new steel smelting processes, so as to promote the development of Daqin's iron and steel industry in the direction of large-scale integration. The second is that after this matter is completed, the imperial court will hand over most of the shares of the Iron and Steel Group to the Shaofu ......"

"Yes, Master Hou, the concubine must bring Master Hou's words to the head of the family as they are!" Fan Caiying nodded hurriedly.

"Do you think I'm going too far?" Chen Xu looked at Fan Caiying's timid and speechless appearance and asked.

"Don't dare!" Fan Caiying's frightened delicate body trembled slightly.