"It's up to the British!" Wang Yue said politely.

Zhou Yide has already said that Wang Yue's new home can be delivered in early October. But it was a rough house, and the decoration took at least a month, and Wang Yue had to guide the whole process, so Wang Zhuo's wedding date was set for October 28 (Gregorian calendar).

Now the construction speed of the starting point city is very fast, especially in the case of the increasing construction army, take Wang Yue's eyes, it is about to catch up with the speed of Shenzhen, and the capping of the city hall building is also at the end of October, but it will be fully completed at least until March next year.

After lunch at the British Mansion, Wang Yue set off to the Ministry of Industry, mainly to discuss the construction of several roads in the capital. One is the starting point of the Guangning Gate Trail from the city to Fangshan, and this highway has been known to the imperial court. In addition, it is the highway from the starting point city to Tongzhou Tonghui River through Yongding Gate, so that you can take a boat from the North Canal, Haihe River to the sea. The other is the starting point of the city through Shijingshan, Changping to Miyun Highway, several highways are about 260 kilometers long.

Building roads is a good thing, of course the imperial court agrees, and what Wang Yue did was to report it. Lest such a big project be started, the imperial court is a little unclear.

The British government greeted the Ministry of Industry in advance, otherwise it would not be easy for Wang Yue to enter the Ministry of Industry.

After listening to Wang Yue's road construction plan, several bigwigs from the Ministry of Engineering looked at each other, and they all had one thought: This Wang Yue has a lot of money and nowhere to spend? How much money does it cost?

Liu Zunxian first asked: "Sihua's move to build the road is meritorious in the future, and the benefit is in the present generation!" Of course, the imperial court welcomed it, but the official didn't understand why he had to build a cement road when there was already an official road. ”

Of course he can't ask directly, you have a lot of money and you have nowhere to go, right?

Wang Yue smiled and said, "Boss, although the official road is good, it is a dirt road. You've also seen my big cars, which can carry at least 20,000 catties each, and the dirt roads can't bear it. Especially on rainy days, it is not passable. ”

"Oh!" Liu Zunxian nodded and understood: "You are going to use the cement road to transport goods, and you have to do it as a last resort!" ”

"Exactly, that's why I'll continue to build roads like this. In the near future, these are these, and the long-term plan is to build highways to Baoding, to Datong, to Tianjin, to Jinan, etc. Wang Yue's words were not shocking, and he died endlessly.

In the future, Datong will use the coal mines and the Longyan iron ore mine in Xuanhua, the port of Tianjin will be used to build a shipyard to go to sea and communicate with the Dagang oil field, and Baoding will be a bridgehead to absorb the displaced people and deal with the wanderers.

Liu Zunxian and the others couldn't believe it. Not to mention individuals, even if the imperial court is allowed to engage in these projects now, it will take a lot of money.

But in any case, building roads is beneficial to the imperial court, whether it is the emperor or a hundred officials, they must raise their hands in favor.

Fu Mingyuan's mind was lively, and he saw other opportunities from it.

He asked Wang Yue, "How many stones and sand do you need to build this road?" Have you ever considered sourcing outsourced? ”

How the cement road in the starting point city was built, they already knew it when they visited.

Wang Yue's eyes lit up, yes! If you let the imperial court also participate, you can save yourself a lot of trouble. Of course, the way you participate must be within your control!

"You need a lot of sand, cement and gravel to build a road, or cinders can do it," he said. If the Ministry of Industry can provide these materials, I can purchase from the Ministry of Industry, and we can negotiate the purchase price specifically, if the price is reasonable, how much do you have, how much I want! ”

Now even Liu Zunxian and Liu Zongzhou have come to the spirit, these things can't be obtained except for cement, isn't sand and stones just a matter of artificiality? I wonder if this is still a way to make money!

Fu Mingyuan said excitedly: "Okay, as long as the salary is enough for those craftsmen to eat, there will be no problem." ”

The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty are basically managed by the Ministry of Industry.

Wang Yue felt that Daming's primitive work efficiency was difficult to meet his quantity and cost requirements.

He thought for a while and said to Fu Mingyuan: "You have been to my starting point city to see it, what does Master Fu think of my vehicles and machinery?" ”

Fu Mingyuan didn't know why he suddenly asked this, but he also said enviously: "Non-human can be compared!" ”

Wang Yue asked again: "If I use gunpowder to blow up the mountain, mechanically crush the stone, and use my kind of car to transport it, how much more efficient can it be than if you use pure labor?" ”

Fu Mingyuan was speechless, this can't be compared.

He frowned and said, "You mean, the price of materials provided by our Ministry of Industry is difficult to satisfy you?" ”

Wang Yue smiled and nodded: "Not only the price, but also the quantity is difficult to keep up with my road construction speed, I have a lot of road construction machinery!" ”

His words made the bigwigs of the Ministry of Industry full of disappointment, they did not have those mechanical vehicles, and they could not afford them. Use the power of the imperial court to requisition? Forget it, this guy isn't a vegetarian either.

"I have a suggestion," Seeing that they were all gone, Wang Yue said again: "Our starting point city can establish a construction materials company with the Ministry of Industry and the emperor." We started with explosives, machinery and capital from the city, and the Ministry of Industry from manpower and land. The proceeds are 60% of the shares of the starting city, 30% of the Ministry of Industry, and 10% of the emperor, how? ”

In fact, it was to set up a joint-stock company, and the Ministry of Labor and the emperor came in, which was to take a fancy to their land resources. Mountains and river banks are required to mine stone and sand, and quarries and sifting sand sites are also huge, and with their participation, a lot of work can be saved.

Before Fu Mingyuan could speak, Liu Zunxian smiled and said, "Okay, it's completely feasible, and the emperor will agree." Just what does this company mean? ”

He understood that the court didn't need to produce a copper plate to do this, and if there were some craftsmen, he would be able to get three percent of the profits for nothing, and the emperor's internal funds could also increase his income, what a good thing. Moreover, the cost of eating and drinking Lazar by the craftsman is sixty percent borne by the starting point city, which is really stupid. As for the earth, it's not a matter, the whole world is not the king's land, which mountain is not the emperor's, not the court's? You can't plough the land there, and you can exchange it for silver, isn't this waste?

Wang Yue said: "The company is an economic management organization, and I plan to call it the Royal Building Materials Company, so it specializes in the production of building materials." In addition to the road construction materials just now, we also purchased bricks from the starting point city, which is in great demand, so the material company also has to produce them. In addition, the production of cement is also produced in a material company. The demand for cement is very large, and every household in the Ming Dynasty can use it to build a house, and there will be no need for green bricks in the living room, and it is good to wipe a cement floor. ”

Bricks require a lot of clay, and the amount of land used is also very large, and Wang Yue handed it over to the imperial court to deal with, saving him too much trouble.

Fu Mingyuan asked excitedly: "You mean that cement is also produced in this company?" ”

This is a good thing, how fast and easy to repair the city wall, I used to think it was Wang Yue's secret that was not transmitted.