Chapter 57: A Great Gift
Wang Yue asked with interest: "Master Fu, what do you understand?" ”
Fu Mingyuan sighed and said: "It's useless to understand, our Ministry of Industry can't afford to use these things from you!" ”
"There are very few places where you use manpower, and you don't need to burn bricks with brick machines. Forklifts are used to move bricks and prefabricated slabs, trucks are used for transportation, and trolleys are used. Small cars can be directly used to go upstairs with a winch and sent everywhere, and large items can be sent with a crane. Even this scaffolding is very trouble-free, and the iron buckle is done. We have to use bamboo rope and tie it round and round, but it is not as strong as yours. ”
"Your manpower is just used to push a cart, to lower bricks, to lay bricks, to plaster the walls. Of course it's easy, of course it's fast! ”
Liu Zunxian also became clear after listening, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "No wonder it's so fast, I see." ”
Other officials were also embarrassed.
Fu Mingyuan said dejectedly: "I heard that the car of the second lady of the British Mansion is worth five thousand taels of gold, and it costs one thousand taels of silver for one refueling. Those weird cars you're using here must be worth a lot of money. What's more, you don't use iron anywhere here, and how much is it worth? The imperial court didn't have that much money to do that. ”
Liu Zunxian asked curiously: "Sihua, where did you get so many strange cars and so much wealth?" ”
Wang Yue pretended to be helpless and said: "Boss, this is a secret, I have nothing to say." ”
Liu Zunxian smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid of someone peeping?" ”
Wang Yue smiled and said: "Boss, if the imperial court wants to forcibly seize my property, it will definitely be known to the whole world, and the people will be panicked. In addition, the nearly 20,000 people in my starting city will also lose the foundation of their lives, and they will definitely be in chaos to resist the injustice of the imperial court. When the time comes, there will be a big war between the official army and our people, and this place will be in ruins, and all the court can get is a pile of scrap iron, plus an unjust reputation. ”
Wang Yue knew that sooner or later it would arouse the thoughts of some people in the court, so he put his words here today in front of the second-rank officials of the court. Even if they did not see the strength of the regimental training troops, they also saw that there were a large number of organized young men engaged in construction.
Let them know that if Wang Yue is provoked and these young men are fooled, it will definitely not lose the strength of any peasant army, don't you see that iron is used everywhere here? Is there still a shortage of materials for weapons? As for the empty shelf in Jingying, it is really difficult to cure this force.
"You!" Liu Zunxian's beard trembled when he was angry, but he didn't expect this Wang Yue's tone to suddenly become so intense.
Other officials, especially the principal just now, said sharply: "Wang Sihua, do you want to rebel?" ”
Wang Yue raised his hands and said, "Don't misunderstand, adults! As the saying goes, wealth is not exposed. Anyone who owns the possessions you see is likely to be tempted. I am just a little talent, neither a royal family nor a national relative. So what to do? The fish is dead and the net is broken! ”
Fu Mingyuan is quite enlightened, he said: "I can also understand Sihua's mood, don't mention those words just now." ”
Wang Yue immediately smiled and arched his hand: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" I'm just talking about it casually. Master Fu can understand my hardships, and if there are people in the court and China in the future, I hope you will help me or two. Or if someone is trying to do wrong, give him a wake-up call. People will only rebel if they can't survive, I have money to earn and money to spend, and I can still eat and be full, and do that desperate thing with my head? ”
These officials are right when they think about it, there is really no rich man in history who has done anything, and these people love to live their own small lives.
So put that aside from that topic and continue with the visit.
Only Liu Zongzhou felt that things were not so simple, and he couldn't figure out where it was not simple.
Now they went up to the walls.
Seeing the barbed wire fence outside the battlement, Fu Mingyuan exclaimed: "With this net, who can climb up?" ”
Liu Zunxian pointed to the power grid outside the wall and asked, "What's the use of that?" ”
"Ah, that's the power grid, and it's one of the defenses."
"The power grid? Even those two iron wires can prevent people? Liu Zunxian felt that thing was unreliable.
Wang Yue was noncommittal, and said in his heart: If you don't believe it, try it? That's 380 volts. It's a pity that you can't get 10,000 volts, otherwise it's even cooler.
Liu Zongzhou said with a smile: "The clothes of your regimental trainers are really weird, from head to toe with bells and whistles, are they carrying fire guns?" ”
Wang Yue nodded and said, "Yes, my lord." ”
When he saw that the mouth of the fire was very small, and that it was not estimated to be very powerful, he did not bother to ask any more.
The Type 85 heavy machine guns on the city walls were removed, and the mortars were not removed.
These people walked around the city wall for a while, and they didn't see anything too novel, so they felt that the eight-mile-long barbed wire fence was very luxurious, and they were deeply impressed by Wang Yue's lack of iron.
"Sihua, it's time for us to go back, thank you very much for your hospitality." Liu Zunxian said politely.
Wang Yue smiled and said: "Boss, there are two waiters, I have some gifts, I will ask someone to send them to your mansion tomorrow, it is not convenient to have many people today." ”
When the three of them heard this, their eyes lit up.
Liu Zunxian said with a smile: "Sihua's gift must be different!" ”
"In addition, I can't really let you go back empty-handed, I have a big gift for you, and also for the imperial court." Wang Yue pretended to be mysterious.
"Oh? What kind of gift is it? ”
"What do you think of the cement road we built at the starting point?" Wang Yue asked.
Liu Zunxian understood, and said excitedly: "You want to help the imperial court build roads?" What kind of concrete road to build? ”
In ancient times, road construction was called a good thing that was good in the present and beneficial in the future, not to mention the kind of hard and smooth cement road.
Wang Yue said seriously: "After all the adults came to visit the starting point city, they were full of praise for the cement pavement here, and agreed that it was extremely necessary to build such a cement road in the capital. So under the inspiration of the bitter words of the adults, Wang Sihua had the heart to serve the imperial court, and was willing to build a cement road from Guangning Gate to Fangshan for the imperial court at his own expense. ”
This highway will pass through the starting point city, and communicate the coal resources of Fangshan, and then extend to the south to reach Baoding, which can reach Guangzhou, which is an important passage from south to north.
"Good! Sihua is right to do this, I will definitely ask for credit for you from the emperor. Liu Zunxian was excited.
This is more than 100 miles away, and it is all cement, and the people's livelihood and military value are obvious. If this happens, he will be credited.
In fact, the highway is more beneficial to Wang Yue's industrial construction and military use, and he is the biggest beneficiary. Several roads that have been planned can finally be built justifiably.
The Ministry of Industry delegation is gone, and with this gift, it can be regarded as a full return.