If it was before Jiannu rebelled against the Jingshi, they would definitely pounce on Wang Yue like vicious wolves.

Now it is different from the past, Wang Yue has become a hero, holding a strong army, and he is also the son-in-law of the British duke. Therefore, anyone who wants to fight his idea must consider the impact and worry about the emperor's disgust.

Now there are already many people in the Jingshi, who plan to probe Wang Yue's tone. Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, knew that his daughter was good friends with Wang Yue's fiancée, so he took the lead and asked his daughter to ask first.

Xu Ting really didn't like to do this, but she couldn't stand the pressure from her family, so she asked.

Zhang Ziyun thought for a while and said: "According to Sihua, the current building materials company is still in the growth period after it opened, and it is normal that it cannot meet his needs. Whether it will attract people to join the shares, I don't know, I can help you ask Sihua. ””

"What do you want to ask?" As he was talking, Wang Yue came out of the lotus fragrance room and heard a tail, so he asked.

Zhang Ziyun rolled his eyes, meaning you still know it?

"Ding Guogong wants to ask you, can you buy shares in that building materials company?" Zhang Ziyun asked for Xu Tingzhen.

Wang Yue is also mentally prepared for this, he is engaged in construction in the starting point city, and sooner or later he will attract the attention of those big families in Beijing. I just didn't expect them to react so slowly, and I can only sigh at the speed of information dissemination in this era. No mobile phone, no newspaper, no Internet, it's strange to be able to get up quickly.

He also hopes that others can participate, but the construction equipment and production efficiency used in these projects he has done cannot be imitated by people in this era in a short period of time.

In addition to the complex cement, other sand, gravel, etc., which can indeed be done by many people. It seems that these people have the idea of beating his sixty percent shares! They may not have figured out that their sixty percent shares are real, and those equipment alone are sky-high, not to mention cement technology and capital investment. Otherwise, the Ministry of Industry and the emperor would agree to this share plan?

Even if you add a share, if you open another building materials company, he will support it. His pace of construction will not stop, and the building materials needed are massive.

However, it is a bit of a waste to let these big families engage in the development of building materials, because they have things that Wang Yue does not have.

He said to Xu Tingzhen: "The building materials company has the Ministry of Industry and the emperor involved, and it may not be appropriate to mix with other people." ”

Seeing that Xu Tingzhen had such an expression, Wang Yue continued: "But we can cooperate in other businesses!" You have also lived in the starting point city for a while, and there are many items that can be sold in the capital, which is much more profitable than engaging in building materials. ”

Xu Tingzhen's eyes lit up, and she asked excitedly: "Do you mean glass, mirrors, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, and soap?" ”

There are too many good things in the starting point city, but unfortunately many things are not sold, so I can only rub a little thing here in Zhang Ziyun and use it as a baby.

"Well, shampoo and toothpaste, not for sale yet, glass mirrors are already being made."

After the chemical plant is put into operation, many daily necessities will be able to be made quickly, but due to the limitation of packaging materials, shampoo and toothpaste are not considered at this time, and of course soap and laundry detergent will be available.

"So what can be sold?" Xu Ting was really puzzled.

Wang Yue walked to the cast iron radiator and patted it: "This is called a radiator." You should have seen those boilers boiling water in our starting point city, right? Water is boiled in a similar boiler and transported to the radiator through an iron pipe, and the radiator heats up. All our buildings rely on this for heating in winter, which is convenient, simple and clean. ”

Xu Tingzhen's eyes widened and asked, "Is this for heating?" ”

She noticed the radiator, but she didn't know what to do.

Wang Yue nodded and said, "That's right, this thing will be in great demand in the major households in the capital. In addition to this, there is also pressurized water well equipment, which is also sold, which is much more convenient than lifting water from the well. In addition, laundry detergent, soap and sulfur soap, sewing needles, honeycomb coal making equipment, honeycomb coal stoves, iron coal stoves, tin buckets, tin basins, candles, various farm tools, etc., many things can be sold. ”

These are goods that can already be produced, or will soon be able to be produced.

Many of these relatives are families that are more than 100 years old, and they have sales channels that Wang Yue does not have. Therefore, Wang Yue can establish sales channels through them first.

For example, radiators and boilers, once the steel plant is put into operation, the output will be amazing. If you don't establish sales channels first, how can such a large steel production be digested? The same is true for various other iron products.

Are these things good to sell? Although Xu Tingzhen is a layman, she can also see that these teachers in Beijing are really not worried about sales. But she still had questions: "Most of these are iron, will they be expensive?" ”

Wang Yue smiled and said, "These items are only one to two percent more expensive than iron, and they are definitely not expensive." ”

Now the price of iron is about one and a half cents of silver for a pound of iron, and one hundred pounds of iron is one or two cents of silver. That is to say, the annual output of the steel plant is 500,000 tons, not counting steel, only selling scrap iron, and the annual gross profit will be close to 10 million taels of silver. The Ming government's annual fiscal revenue is only 4 million taels, which is really incomparable.

In the future, Wang Yue will continue to lower the price of iron products according to the decline in the price of iron to suppress the price of iron, which is more conducive to the promotion of steel. Because he still wants to build a railway, how many hundred catties does that rail cost? It's not safe to store such valuable things there, so it must be suppressed.

As for saying that the blacksmiths and mining workers of the Ming Dynasty were going to face layoffs, there was nothing he could do. Once many of his planned factories are put into operation, all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty may face the problem of layoffs, such as papermaking, printing, textiles, and so on.

However, there are still many commodities that do not conflict, and the level of science and technology is different, Wang Yue comforted himself so much.

Xu Tingzhen thought about it: "That's really not expensive, after all, there are labor costs." I don't know too much, so I'll go back and talk to my dad. ”

Wang Yue nodded and said, "Okay, there are a lot of things that can be sold in the starting point city, for example, wine can also be sold, so you can let the people in your house come and take a look." ”

Now the last thing he lacks is food, and there are too many of them in the central grain reserves, especially corn. Therefore, it is just used to make wine, which is a pure grain wine made with modern technology, and the taste is very good, so it is warmly welcomed by the majority of drunkards in the starting point city.

Chicken farms that use corn as feed have also been established, and the supply of eggs will be abundant in the future, and it will no longer be a more expensive thing.

Zhang Ziyun sighed on the side and said, "Hexiang can help you, but I can't help anything!" ”

Wang Yue said with a hippie smile: "You are my wife, I don't need your help." I'm in charge of making money, and you're in charge of being beautiful. ”

"No, I'm going to help!" Zhang Ziyun said loudly.

"You're already my adjutant, aren't you just helping me?" Wang Yue said strangely.

Zhang Ziyun said in frustration: "The adjutant is like a herald, anyone can do it." Boring! ”

Wang Yue thought for a while and said, "Then you and Guo Yanchang can learn, his work there is more complicated, and he needs help." ”

Guo Yanchang has now become the main person in charge of Wang Yue's government affairs, but the way he governs will always use the thinking of time and space from time to time. Wang Yue didn't know how many times he had corrected him, but a person's habits could not be changed in a short period of time.

Zhang Ziyun gets along with herself day and night, and she can better understand her deep meaning, maybe it will be better with her assistance.

"Okay, I'll go to him tomorrow!" Zhang Ziyun knew that Guo Yanchang was basically Wang Yue's housekeeper, and as his wife, he should manage the family property.

Hexiang finally got a car, because Wang Yue told her that the car was called BMW, so she immediately chose this model, which was actually a silver BMW X5.

The road to Shijingshan is still under construction, and they still take the official road.

Hexiang is still laughing while driving! I've been learning to drive for a few months, and I finally have a beloved car, not to mention how happy I am.

This little girl smiled so sweetly, Wang Yue continued while thinking: "In the future, you must forget the identity of the maid, in the future, you will have many students and subordinates, and you must show your majesty." ”

He Xiang said as a matter of course: "I was originally a maid." ”

"Not anymore, you must remember that you are now an engineer Miss Zhang Hexiang." Wang Yue said solemnly.

"Oh!" Hexiang nodded, but she always found the title weird.

The car drove through Shijingshan, the terrain was flat, and this side was the land of the industrial zone. Under Wang Yue's guidance, the car drove into the power plant before stopping.

The walls of the surrounding factories have been almost built, with double-layered brick walls eight meters high, the top of the wall is also covered with barbed wire, and the exterior walls will also be equipped with electricity grids in the future.

At present, there are more than 200,000 people working here, some of them are old construction workers in the starting point city, and some of them were recruited later among the exiles, as well as prisoners and near the capital division.

"Wu Runming!" Wang Yue shouted to the crowd over there who were laying cement slabs into the cable trench.

"It's coming, it's coming!" A young man in his twenties ran over and said respectfully, "Lord Wang, what do you command?" ”

These people have all been trained in common sense of electricity, and Wu Runming is their squadron leader.

Wang Yue pointed at Hexiang and said to him: "This is Miss Zhang Hexiang, in my absence in the future, your work will be arranged by her." ”

Wu Runming couldn't help but be a little stunned when he saw Hexiang's young age and delicate appearance. Xindao: This is too small, right? It can't be a joke, right?

Wang Yue saw him in a daze, and shouted, "What are you doing in a daze? Don't give Miss Zhang a gift? ”

Wu Runming woke up like a dream, and immediately saluted Hexiang and said, "I've seen Miss Zhang!" ”

Hexiang chuckled and said, "Brother Wu doesn't have to be polite!" ”

After all, he also came out of the Guogong Mansion and has seen the world, which is not a problem for Hexiang.

Wang Yue nodded and said, "Well, let's start laying cables today!" Hexiang, you will assign the task, and I will check and fill in the gaps on the side. ”

"Okay, Brother Nawu will bring a few people, and we'll start now."

This was all agreed between Wang Yue and Hexiang in advance.

Wu Runming immediately beckoned: "A small team, follow me." ””

The laying of cables is also a lot of work, because it has to be laid to each factory, so the total distance of laying is more than 20 kilometers, and it also involves various booster and transformer equipment, power distribution cabinets, etc. If you count the laying of factory wires in each factory, the total distance of laying will reach hundreds of kilometers, of course, the plant electricity laying basically does not need to dig trenches.

These power construction workers will be added later, and then the cables to the starting point will be laid, and the railway will be used for electricity.

There are detailed drawings of the cable route map and regional specifications of the industrial zone, which are all copied by Wang Yue from the layout of an industrial zone, so this is not difficult for Hexiang, and everything is done in an orderly manner.

Wang Yue praised Hexiang, and he was very pleased to find a competent helper.

Zhang Ziyun, as his fiancée, will be the future housewife, so Guo Yanchang heard that she was coming, so he made some preparations.

"Second Miss, the biggest project in our starting point city is Shijingshan Industrial Zone, where more than 200,000 people work. In addition to the construction of the starting city, several roads, agriculture, coal mines, iron mines, etc., a total of about 300,000 people are registered. Because of our high salary, the number of people is increasing all the time. These are our civilian populations, and the number of the Tiance Army is not among them. ”

Guo Yanchang said that the population of Dunyima is three times the population of his previous county.

Zhang Ziyun was secretly frightened and asked, "How can there be so many people?" ”

Guo Yanchang said: "Before the war with the Tartars, we had more than 20,000 people in the starting city. After the end of the Jingshi Rebellion, we absorbed 150,000 displaced people, Miyun bought land and absorbed more than 20,000 military households, and there were 200,000 prisoners. ”

"After the construction of several roads, we recruited a lot of people from the surrounding area, because our salary is high, so through the introduction of relatives and friends, the number of people has increased relatively quickly."

What is the salary of the workers in the starting point city, of course Zhang Ziyun knows.

She asked curiously: "With so many people, how much salary do you have to spend a month?" "As a housekeeper, this is the first thing that comes to mind.

Guo Yanchang said: "According to Wang Pengyuan's statistics, the monthly salary expenditure is about 700,000 taels, and only Wang Pengyuan knows how much the military salary expenditure is. ”

"Wasn't the expenditure about to be tens of millions of taels that year? Do we have so much cash? "Zhang Ziyun doesn't know what to say, this Nima is bigger than the expenses of the imperial court.

Guo Yanchang said helplessly: "Second Miss, Wang Pengyuan is responsible for finance and logistics. ”

"Call him!" Zhang Ziyun said.

Calling through the walkie-talkie, Wang Pengyuan soon arrived.

Wang Pengyuan is now the busiest person in the starting point city, and the finances, vehicles, and general logistics are all under his control.

After listening to Zhang Ziyun's question, he introduced: "Second Miss, we now pay about 750,000 taels of salary and military salary every month. ”

"The salary of the ordinary soldiers of the Tiance Army is five taels, and after the conscription is over, the total monthly salary expenditure of our starting point city should be more than eight hundred and thirty thousand taels. Because the number of workers has been increasing, and the total number of people has been dynamic, it is not possible to give an exact number at this time. ”

"Through the war, we have earned 2,800,000 taels of silver, 11,000 taels of gold, and more than 13,500 tons of grain, as well as a large number of cattle, sheep, and horses. So far, 1.2 million taels have been spent on the purchase of land, because some people do not want food. ”

Because of the large number of modern materials and equipment, Wang Yue has been sparing no effort to implement modern weights and measures, otherwise there will be chaos.

"For business with the British government and the sale of some other goods, our monthly income is about 300,000 taels. The total monthly salary plus material cost of the material company is about 950,000 taels. ”

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