Chapter 126: The Matter of Jinshan

Zhang Guoji's desire to quickly increase production capacity to meet market demand is something that cannot be achieved in a short period of time. Zhang Guoji came to ask Zhu Youxiao to help him come up with ideas, and he remembered that Zhu Youxiao once said that he had a way to solve the problem of production capacity.

"In the next few years, your production capacity will not be able to meet the needs of the market, and in the next few decades, I will be willing to build several gallop roads from Beijing to various places, including even one from Beijing to Guangzhou." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Jingshi to Guangzhou? That's thousands of miles away. Hearing the construction plan of this gallop road, Zhang Guoji also gasped.

"Yes, the entire road will be cement, which could take decades." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty has a good solution to the problem of cement production capacity?" Zhang Guoji asked.

"Yes, Merchants." Zhu Youxiao replied simply.

"Merchants?! What is Attracting Investment? Zhang Guoji asked suspiciously.

"In the future, we will only produce the cement needed by the government and the imperial court, and the cement used by the people will be handed over to others to produce, and they only need to pay a certain amount of money to us every year." Zhu Youxiao said.

"It's better to let the minister build workshops in various places." Zhang Guoji immediately realized that the money seemed to be making a lot less.

"Can you produce it? I am about to build a gallop road from Jingshi to Shanhaiguan. Next, the gallop road from Jingshi to Xi'an will be repaired. Zhu Youxiao said.

"This ......," Zhang Guoji didn't know how to answer.

"Money can't be earned by one person, only when everyone earns together can there be money to earn. In fact, cement is not the most profitable, overseas trade is the most profitable, do you know that after raw silk was transported from the empire to the West, the price increased several times? Zhu Youxiao said.

Zhang Guoji shook his head blankly, he really didn't know this.

"That's three or four times as much. That's why Westerners have always wanted the empire to switch? Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"What's the difference between this and robbing." Zhang Guoji said in surprise.

"It's true that it's no different from robbing, so the money in the middle can't just be earned by Westerners, we also have to earn it, which is why I am vigorously preparing for the establishment of a sailor." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty is going to form a caravan? If His Majesty formed a caravan, the minister would definitely be counted as a member. Zhang Guoji said.

"Here's a piece of music for you to take and see." Zhu Youxiao handed a piece of music on the table to Zhang Guoji and said.

Zhang Guoji didn't know why the caravan hadn't finished yet, and Zhu Youxiao suddenly asked him to watch the concert first. He took the piece from Zhu Youxiao's hand suspiciously and looked at it seriously.

Zhang Guoji only watched most of the whole concert, and his people trembled like a sieve, obviously trembling with anger, "Your Majesty, in broad daylight, you actually dare to gather people to rob, this is simply lawless, regard us as nothing, I think that this group of pirates must not be let go this time, and we must rescue Zhang Hui and Quan Yuan at any cost, so as to show the national prestige of my Ming Dynasty." Zhang Guoji said excitedly.

Seeing Zhang Guoji's excited expression, Zhu Youxiao knew that Zhang Guoji had invested a lot of money in Zhang Hui and Quan Yuan. Zhang Guoji saw that Zhu Youxiao was looking at him without saying a word, he realized that he seemed to be too excited, and he hurriedly said, "The minister is out of shape." ”

"It's okay, I want to know how much money you invested in Zhang Hui and Quan Yuan?" Zhu Youxiao asked curiously.

"I didn't invest much, just a thousand taels." Zhang Guoji instinctively lied.

"A thousand taels? A thousand taels can make Tai Comber excited like this? Zhu Youxiao obviously didn't believe Zhang Guoji's words.

"Ten thousand taels." Zhang Guoji immediately responded.

"Ten thousand taels? Tai Comber, you're a bully. Zhu Youxiao said solemnly.

"A total of 150,000 taels before and after." Zhang Guoji replied honestly, he was afraid that Zhu Youxiao would not believe it, and emphasized, "Really, it's really 150,000 taels, this is all my coffin!" These dog-inned pirates ......" Zhang Guoji said with tears in his eyes.

"Don't cry, I believe you, you're all in the grade, what kind of body is crying." Zhu Youxiao didn't bother to comfort Zhang Guoji, he knew Zhang Guoji too well.

"The minister is out of shape." Zhang Guoji wiped away the tears on his face and said.

"The Fujian Sailor has just been formed, and with the current strength, it is impossible to exterminate the pirates, but the Fujian Sailor has the ability to escort you to find Jinshan." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Escort us to find the gold mountain?!" Zhang Guoji still doesn't know about the map.

According to Jinyiwei's news, Zhang Hui and Quan Yuan left a map of their trip to Jinshan when they were taken captive. This group of people thought that I didn't know, and encouraged the ministers to let the sailors go to sea to suppress the bandits under the pretext of letting the sailors go to sea to suppress the bandits, one purpose was for Zhang Hui and Quan Yuan, and the other purpose was to go to Jinshan, which was a long way to Jinshan, and had to be escorted by a sailor. Zhu Youxiao said coldly.

"Your Majesty, this is a good thing! Your Majesty, you think, as long as this sailor goes to Jinshan, this Jinshan will be Your Majesty's. When Zhang Guoji heard the news, he immediately became excited.

"I am ready to hand over this matter to you to be responsible for the sailor's departure to the sea." Zhu Youxiao said.

"But according to Your Majesty's orders, the minister will never live up to Your Majesty's trust." As soon as Zhang Guoji heard Zhu Youxiao's words, he was even happier.

"The Fujian Navy Division has just been formed, and it is impossible for me to send them all, but I can send half of the Fujian Navy Division to escort everyone to Jinshan, and I don't covet this Jinshan, but I have one condition." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty has any conditions, although I believe that anyone will agree." As soon as Zhang Guoji heard that Zhu Youxiao didn't want Jinshan, he thought to himself that he could agree to this no matter what the conditions.

"To put it bluntly, I just allow you to hire Fujian sailors. Since it is a hire, you must bear all the expenses of the sailor during the employment period, including the pension of the marshal, and you must also pay for the ship of the sailor who escorts you to sea, and if the ship can only come back safely and without damage, I can return half of the silver to you, and if it is damaged, you will be responsible for repairing it, and if it sinks, then the money will not be returned. Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty's request is reasonable, and I believe that anyone will agree to it." Zhang Guoji assured.

"The matter of cement investment ......," Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"Everything is according to what Your Majesty said." Zhang Guoji immediately responded.

"Are you still annoyed by the 150,000 pieces of silver?" Zhu Youxiao then asked.

"Your Majesty...... If Your Majesty is fine, the minister will retire first, and the minister's flesh will be painful, so he must go back to rest first. When he mentioned the 150,000 taels of silver, Zhang Guoji felt a pain in his flesh, and he was in a good mood, and in an instant, Zhu Youxiao's words hit the trough.

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