A hot pot feast, everyone who eats is sweating profusely, but they are addicted.

"When I ate hot pot, it was like the taste of home." Zheng Shanqi pursed his lips and couldn't bear to wipe off the remaining traces of oil stains on the side of his mouth.

The pungency of the dogwood and the numbness of the peppercorns, spicy but not dry, bitter but not hard, and then there is a lingering fragrance, since leaving Chang'an, it has been almost more than a month since I have not tasted this familiar taste.

"Since you like it, then let's eat hot pot in the future, don't dare to say anything else, this king will definitely ensure that you eat until you don't want to eat!" Li Yuanji smiled stunned, it seems that the hot pot business is really good.

Some time ago, Yang wrote to himself, saying that he had taken the initiative to keep two shops in Taipingfang, and then opened up and opened a hot pot store.

Because he had mentioned this before, the Yang family only heard it by chance, but he still arranged it according to the deployment he heard, focusing on mid-to-high-end consumption, and the cost of eating one meal here was enough for them to eat more than three meals outside.

But since the opening of the hot pot store, the business has been endless, and the people queuing up are even from morning to night, and some people even let their servants queue up overnight.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the business is good enough to make money every day, and Yang plans to open another branch in the fang, but because the store has been sold, he can only find some remote places if he wants to open a branch, and Yang wrote to ask for his idea.

"Haha, the old man dares to guarantee that even if he eats it for a month, the old man will definitely want to eat it!" Cui Shi laughed, stroked his round belly and said with a smile.

The composition of food in the Tang Dynasty was relatively simple, mainly steaming, boiling, and baking, and stir-fried vegetables have now existed, but they have not been promoted, and edible oil has not yet appeared, so the taste of stir-fried vegetables is not good.

Hot pot, a simple and convenient, and unforgettable new food, swept the entire Chang'an City as soon as it appeared, and even Li Shimin couldn't help but take the emperor Li Yuan to eat it once, which is enough to foresee that the rise of hot pot is unstoppable.

A servant hurriedly ran into the camp tent and whispered a few words directly in Zheng Shanqi's ear, and in an instant, Zheng Shanqi's face changed suddenly, and his eyes looked at Li Yuanji with a trace of dissatisfaction.

The sudden change made many people scratch their heads, but Zheng Shanqi obviously didn't plan to hide this matter.

looked at Li Yuanji directly, and said in an unkind tone: "I don't know what is being carried outside the tent, but cement?" ”

"Cement?" Cui Shi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly looked at Li Yuanji.

"Exactly! Cement is a necessity for building a city, it is fast to build, durable to use, and does not need to be repaired for many years. Li Yuanji nodded calmly and admitted.

"Before leaving, the old man had visited the cement workshop and the account books, as if he had not heard that cement had been transported to the north?" Zheng Shanqi's face was not good, Li Yuanji was a blatant pit man.

The cost of cement has actually dropped, a bag of cement does not cost much, the price of a bag of cement in the past is now enough to buy five bags, such a price, even if ordinary people save a little, can also be used.

However, Li Yuanji's sneaky and private opening of a workshop has greatly damaged the interests of other shareholders.

Although Li Yuanji said that he had the lion's share, he could build a city outside the city, and the cement needed was by no means a small amount, even if the profits fell, they could also make a lot of money in this city.

The family pays attention to interests, Li Shimin has a sign of harming the interests of the family, they immediately came to compliment Li Yuanji, even if they know that they can't get money, and they can't get cattle, sheep and horses, they still have to come, and the land is the same for them, this is all interests, and they are long-term interests.

But if Li Yuanji also intends to damage their interests, then they have to think about this turmoil.

"This king doesn't want to be an enemy!" Li Yuanji said with an inconvenient face.

Don't want to be an enemy!

These four words were like a thunderbolt from the sky, and suddenly covered the hearts of everyone present, the enemy, Li Yuanji, this is already looking at the Tang Dynasty as an enemy.

Zheng Shanqi didn't think about themselves, all the people present were smart people, and it was impossible for a fool to be sent by the family to be cheated here, since Li Yuanji clearly told them what he thought, then the result would naturally not be what they thought.

"Your Highness is ......?" Cui Ju said cautiously, his liver thumped.

"Yes, what kind of character was this king when he was in Chang'an, and how did he treat him? Everyone knows this, but how did he treat this king? Everyone also sees this. There are shares of the imperial court in the cement workshop, not to mention this, and this king also knows it. In the next few years, hundreds of large and small cities and military forts will rise outside the fortress, how much cement is needed in the middle? Needless to say, everyone should be able to think of it, right? "I really didn't plan to hide it from the family, I can't hide it, and I still need the support of the family in the short term, if I don't give them some benefits, my own things may not be easy to do.

continued: "This king originally planned to open a workshop nearby, and when the imperial court built a city in the future, he could transfer it nearby, saving a lot of money, and at the same time bringing a livelihood to the local people. It's just that people are not as good as heaven, and even this king didn't expect that the result would be like this. ”

"Since this king has not hidden it from you, that means that this king is still full of confidence in the cooperation between us." Li Yuanji looked at everyone quietly, noticed that everyone's eyes were blazing with scorching fire, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and continued: "Different from the previous way of cooperation, here, everything is personally responsible for this king, you don't need to interfere, but you have the right to check the account books at any time, the shares are still half percent, but the price...... 20,000 per family! ”

"Twenty thousand? That's too high, isn't it? No one can afford that much money! Lu Ling frowned, but his heart was full of joy.

"Whether there is more or less, you know in your own hearts, and if you can't get the money, you can deduct it from the grain, but the price of the grain will be reduced by another tenth. If so, the king will now show you the books." Li Yuanji's performance was extremely calm, and there was nothing to worry about.

The opportunity is given to you, and even the payment method has been set, whether you participate or not......

Unless you are a fool, your head is in the water, and you have said that you will build more than 100 cities in the future, how much cement is needed? If it were me, let alone 20,000 guan, even 30,000 guan would never blink an eye.

"Okay, the Zheng family will participate in one share, and the money will be deducted from the grain price this time, and the grain price will be reduced by one percent!" Zheng Shanqi nodded decisively in agreement.

20,000 yuan, according to five runs and one stone of grain, minus one percent, that is, four runs and five hundred dollars and one stone, it is only more than 4,000 stones of grain.

"Our Boling Cui family also agrees!"

“……”

The five great families have agreed, there is no reason not to agree, although it is a little expensive, but the plan of the hundred cities, in their eyes, is not just as simple as a cold city, but represents a treasury placed there.

The family agreed happily, Li Yuanji did things more happily than them, it seemed that he had been prepared for a long time, and the family here just agreed, and then someone sent the account books.

After reading the account books, everyone gasped, and the 20,000 yuan was not lost.

Li Yuanji has already stocked more than 300,000 bags of cement in advance, and he knows how long he has used it and how many workshops he has.

The cost here is lower than that in the Guanzhong area, with an average cost of less than 10 yuan per bag, the shipping price is 30 yuan, and the stipulated selling price is 50 yuan, which is more than double that of the Guannai.

The price is indeed low, but the actual profit is not much lower, according to the profit of 20 yuan per bag, 300,000 bags is the profit of 6 million yuan, and the five families occupy 20 percent of 5, which is the dividend of 1.5 million yuan, and this is just the beginning, just a city, the cement required is more than 300,000, if ...... The picture is too beautiful to imagine.

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In the hinterland of the Central Plains, a family is sitting under the eaves and looking at it, facing such a difficult life, and there is already despair in their hearts.

"Brother Gun!" A man entered the house with a sad face, calling out to a familiar friend.

"How? When will it be our turn? The old gun brother hurriedly stood up from the doorway and asked in a hurry.

"This thing is difficult, the water in the river is getting less and less day by day, I heard that it was the Zheng family upstream who cut off the river, and there were several big families in front of them who earned their heads to grab water. The man roughly explained the situation, not far from the river, but there was no water, and everyone was in a hurry.

"What then?" The old gun is still full of hideousness, the family is about to run out of food, if you can't grab water, this year's harvest will be dangerous, and you have to hand over the rent to the rich man Sun, this life will not go on at all.

"I overheard what the rich man Sun said, the king of Qi in the north is looking for someone, there is no shortage of water over there, there is arable land everywhere, but there is no one, but whoever goes, Ding Nan gives 100 acres of land, young children give 30 acres, women 50 acres, more than 60 acres and 40 acres, if the whole family goes, give 50 acres more, and will draw the same amount of pasture for each village for grazing, and Sun Caizhu plans to sell the field over there!" The man said secretly.

"Aren't they Turkic in the north?" The old gun was a little hesitant, the conditions were very tempting, and he could still teach enough, which was most suitable for a hidden household like them, but the situation over there was too unstable.

"The two khans were defeated and surrendered, and the king of Qi personally guarded it, I heard that I can still catch up with farming now, and if it is later, even if the land is divided, it will be difficult to plant this year. And I heard that the earlier you go, the farther south the field will be, and the south is close to Datang, where there are still Li Jing's 20,000 soldiers and horses guarding, and there is no problem with safety. The man chattered endlessly: "I plan to leave in the next few days, and I can only wait for death to stay here, what about you, old gun?" ”