Unless Li Shimin is stupid, he will be frightened by Cheng Chuliang's words.

And it is obvious that with Cheng Chuliang's IQ, he can't think of such a statement.

Therefore, there is a good chance that King Zhao is instigating it.

Of course, he has no objection to making money, in fact, the imperial court is also making money now.

It's just that the imperial court still has a bottom line, and at present, it is only making money through the money bank, and it has also imposed certain restrictions on it from the system, not saying that like Cheng Chuliang, it is several times and dozens of times the profit at every turn.

In addition, even if the imperial court planned to put cement on the market next, it did not intend to set the price too high.

And the initial plan is to add twenty or thirty dollars per bag after deducting all the costs.

Although on the surface it seems that the profits are still quite a lot, in fact, they are not that high.

The imperial court needs to consider more than just profits, there are only a few cement workshops, even if they are built next, but on average, there may not be one in each state.

As a commodity monopolized by the imperial court, the price of cement must naturally be unified everywhere, otherwise, the price is low in places close to the workshop, and the price is high in places far away, and there will definitely be people who come to buy goods alone and pull them back to make the difference.

Don't underestimate these individuals, if they really do this, they can do it with their families, and they will definitely earn a lot from a trip, and they will definitely earn more than working in the workshop.

Therefore, part of this part of the profit will be filled in the distance as the road fee, and when balanced, the net profit of a bag is actually about ten dollars.

This is the benefit of the imperial court monopoly, which can control prices and prevent them from skyrocketing.

Therefore, compared with Cheng Chuliang, a profiteer, Li Shimin still has a very bottom line and is very face-saving.

If he hadn't seen the prospect of mechanized farming, Li Shimin wouldn't even be too lazy to take care of this goods, and directly pass a message to his father, hehe, do you still want to play with me? Let your dad beckon you to get up first!

Hum!

Li Shimin's heart was tickled like a cat scratched by Cheng Chuliang, so he simply went directly to Zhao Wangfu.

Although Datang will focus on economic development in the future, agriculture must not stagnate.

Mechanized farming not only solves the hardships of farming, but also liberates people's hands and time.

In the past, every family had to work in the fields day and night, otherwise they would only be hungry next year if they missed this time.

If the farming does not need to be so busy now, the people can work at the same time without delaying the cultivation, which does not have much impact on the development of the economy, and ploughing the land is the most tiring work, if someone does this thing, the family can solve this problem without even labor, and only need to be busy for a period of time at harvest time.

The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more he felt that this matter could not be delayed.

"Brother Huang, the younger brother also knows that this matter is very important to Datang, but the younger brother can't do it at a loss." Li Yuanjing spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Iron can be cheaper!" Li Shimin said that it is unlikely to be given for free, but it is okay to be cheaper.

"Brother Huang, this is not just a matter of iron, the steam engine is all steel, let's put it this way, the steel trained in the iron smelting workshop needs to be smelted twice before it can be used reluctantly, and all we use is the steel after three smelting, if the steel is not up to standard, it may explode when it is used in the future, and it will be dead."

In addition to these steels, welding is also a big problem, and the cost of this part is still very large.

Let's put it this way, not counting labor, the iron material is calculated according to 100 yuan a catty, and the material cost of those that the imperial brother saw today has exceeded 1,000 yuan.

Another account, this steam engine is intended to be produced in Chang'an, the initial plan is to buy 1,000 acres of land as a factory, according to the current land price, even if it is a friendly price, 30 acres of land, 1,000 acres of 30,000 yuan, the construction of plants, road hardening, materials and labor combined, 10,000 guan must always have it, right? The cost of purchasing some special machinery and equipment is about 100,000 yuan.

That is to say, if this workshop wants to be built, it needs at least about 150,000 guan, and the initial scale is 1,000 people, even if according to the standard of the weaving workshop, the daily consumption of this thousand people is about 20 guan, but they belong to technical personnel, and the standard must be higher, according to 40 guan per day.

If it is operated for one year, the cost of these personnel will be 14,600 yuan, and this is only the basics.

Equipment, plant or something according to the five-year cycle to calculate, although five years later these things can still be used, but when the time must be updated, that is to say, 150,000 yuan evenly spread to five years, a year is 30,000 yuan, the land is a one-time, although the plant does not need to be demolished, but it also takes a long time to repair, even if some more deductions, there are always 25,000 a year, right?

That is to say, if you don't do anything a year, the cost is about 40,000 yuan, and now the workshops are all novices, even if they are veterans in Haizhou for a few years, fifty people will do ten units a month, how many can novices do? Even if there are 1,000 people, how many can they get in the first year? A hundred? Or two hundred?

According to the calculation of 200 units, the cost of this unit will need to be added to 200 units before it can be taken into account.

Brother Chen is still the same sentence, if you want to make a breakthrough in a certain field, you need continuous investment, if Datang is willing to stagnate, a piece of money will be sold, and when they are proficient, the output of hundreds or thousands of units a year, how good is it to sit still and collect tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands?

Well, these are just the costs on the surface, in order to engage in this thing, counting the test or something, the younger brother has invested almost 700,000 yuan before and after, according to this price, the younger brother will not be able to recover the capital for ten years, even if it is recovered, don't think about seeing a more advanced machine than this in 20 years, it is not suitable for the younger brother to do it, but there is no money to do it.

700,000 guan may or may not be able to do it? Do you know how many detours they have taken? How much money did the 700,000 yuan prove to be worthwhile?

200,000 is less, this is why the younger brother suggested that the imperial brother should invest one percent of the annual military expenditure into the Ministry of Ordnance, these investments may not have results, but once there is a result, it will be a decisive result, which will bring a completely different future to Datang, Datang is currently strong enough, so it is qualified to accumulate in this unhurried way, although it is possible that there will be no results for ten or eight years, but this will not affect the status of Datang, maybe one day in the future, Someone was inspired by these failures and discovered something amazing? ”

Li Yuanjing's words really caused Li Shimin to think deeply, and now he suddenly feels that developing the economy is not as simple as he imagined.

If you want to develop the market, you must let the market speak.

But this thing is of strategic significance to Datang, even if it is a loss of money, it must be done.

Li Shimin thought about it seriously, wanting to come up with a plan acceptable to both parties, and suddenly, Li Shimin thought of the original excavator cooperation method, and felt that this seemed to be a good idea.

"What if it's the same way of working with the excavator? All the materials are out of the imperial court, including your site and labor here, the imperial court will help you solve the wages and food of 5,000 people, and each will give you a fee of 200 yuan, and directly place an order of 10,000 units! ”

Li Yuanjing looked at Li Shimin with some surprise, and once wondered if someone had leaked the secret, Ye Nan's plan for himself was to plan to produce 2,500 units in two years, the first year was completely to train new people, and the second year was the time to really exert force.

5,000 people, isn't that exactly the output of a year?

Although they still have to invest in plant and equipment, the profit of 10,000 units and 200 yuan, this is 2 million yuan, and they can not only return to their capital in the second year, but also make a small profit.

And 10,000 units is obviously unable to meet the needs of the entire Datang, so the next time is to make a lot of money.

"Since the imperial brother has spoken, the younger brother naturally has no opinion!" Li Yuanjing agreed with a smile, the steam engine can not only be used for farm work, but also for a car bucket or something in the future, a proper transport team is coming, besides, the car body doesn't cost money?