On the bank of the Wei River in May, the green grass is green, and the weeping willows are clinging. Occasionally, the greedy boy took advantage of the absence of his elders to climb the wild peach tree not far from the riverbank, pick the green peach, take a bite, and wrinkle his little face with sourness. Both sour teeth and soiled clothes, and when I returned home, I would inevitably be beaten by fat, but I still enjoyed it, found an opportunity, and was like this again, full of childlike fun.

After the spring flood, the numerous water mills along the river begin to get busy, and the huge waterwheels creak and turn, day and night. The stone mills in the mill are not propelled by livestock and run on their own with the machine. The Qiang female slave next to her only needs to add wheat grains to the grinding eye, and she can naturally grind out fine flour.

At first, Tian Sheng was a little suspicious of His Royal Highness the Prince's order to sell flour at a low price, after all, the price set by His Royal Highness was 80 yuan per stone, which was equivalent to the price of high-grade corn. In Tian Sheng's eyes, pasta is far more real than corn, not only to carry hunger, but also to taste a lot better, it should be higher than corn to be reasonable. Regarding Tian Sheng's objection, Liu Che didn't bother to refute it at all, businessmen are creatures who are crazy about chasing profits, and even if they are given a high revenue ratio, they will never be satisfied.

Grain processing has always been an extremely lucrative industry, and now wheat is only 40 yuan per stone, while flour is sold for 80 yuan per stone, excluding the construction costs of water mills and negligible manpower investment, at least 70 percent of the net profit. Tian Sheng is not satisfied with this, and he can really be regarded as a black-hearted businessman. Don't underestimate these seven or eight percent profits, food is different from other commodities, it is a necessity of life, and the scale of the transaction is immeasurable. In all dynasties, grain merchants who were rich enough to rival the country emerged one after another.

Tian Sheng naturally didn't dare to disobey His Royal Highness the Prince, so he had to do it honestly. As all kinds of pasta dishes were gradually accepted by the people near Chang'an, and even figured out more ways to eat, the flour shop became more and more prosperous. Large grain merchants came to the door one after another, often buying dozens of truckloads at a time and transporting them to their own grain stores in other counties and counties to sell to earn the difference. There were even some shrewd grain merchants waiting outside the courtyard of the water mill to grind as much as they could. A small number of wealthy grain merchant families even found Tian Sheng and sold him the wheat they had at a low price, just hoping that Tian Sheng could give them priority in supplying flour.

It is not that the grain merchants did not think about grinding their own flour, but the water mill is not easy to build, and it will not take long for the wooden waterwheel to collapse. With manpower or animal power, not only the output is limited, but the cost is also very large, and the selling price of Tian Sheng's flour is really low, so it is more cost-effective to buy it from him.

Just when Tian Sheng felt that the supply of flour was in short supply, the crown prince Liu Che proposed a method that he couldn't figure out, and built a water mill for the major grain merchants. Although Tian Sheng coveted the high construction income, he thought it was really an idea to fish for the sake of exhaustion. Selling a mill is a one-shot deal, how can it compare to the long-standing and unique business of selling flour?

Liu Che maintained his usual style, did not explain, just do it! In later generations, the major communication equipment manufacturers, all kinds of equipment are given in vain, and the money is made by the cost of after-sales maintenance and upgrades. In today's Han Dynasty, only the iron-smelting workshop in Shaofu can smelt 100 steel, and can also make simple bearings and rollers, which is a technical advantage; In addition, Liu Che, who is a master of mechanical engineering, has drawn a perfect structural drawing, which can only be understood by the craftsmen who have been carefully guided for two years in the Prince Zhan Shifu, which is a talent advantage.

With the advantage of technology and talents, you can't make a lot of money, which is really a shame for you. It is necessary to know that bearings and rollers need to be replaced frequently, and the booster mechanism of the waterwheel and stone mill also needs to be repaired or even replaced from time to time, which is a unique business with a real prospect.

When the grain merchants learned of such a good thing, they were naturally overjoyed, and they rushed to take the gold and sign a contract with Tian Sheng. As for whether they despise Tian Sheng in their hearts and are short-sighted and cut off their own financial paths, it is unknown. In just a few days, Tian Sheng, who did not refuse, signed nearly 100 contracts. In the next three months, hundreds of water mills will be erected on the banks of several major rivers in Gyeonggi to grind flour and sell it to the major counties of Dahan through the transportation channels of grain merchants throughout the country.

Liu Fei, the chairman of the Royal Industrial Group, the king of Jiangdu, smelled the business opportunities early and began to set up the long-planned "Imperial Logistics". His idea coincided with that of the crown prince Liu Che, and at the same time that the major workshops cooperated with each other to make special freight vehicles designed by Liu Che, several asphalt roads around Chang'an began to be paved.

Emperor Jing was very appreciative of the princes' road construction plan, and after a moment of silence, the proposal to allow the crown prince Liu Che to collect "road maintenance fees" was discussed in the court in the early court of the next day.

Originally, Liu Che thought that there would be a war of words above the court, so as not to be attacked by the courtiers. Who knew that Prime Minister Yuan Ang only asked a few words, and learned that the road maintenance fee would only be levied on the passing caravans, and it would be charged according to the amount of goods, but it would not be charged to ordinary people, so he ignored it, let alone had the slightest objection. And the rest of the ministers also turned a blind eye and looked like they had nothing to do with themselves.

Liu Che, who was puzzled, went down and thought for a long time before he suddenly realized. This road construction was originally led by the Imperial Industrial Group, and the road maintenance fee collected in the future will also be divided in half between the national treasury and the group. The Chang'an magnates already have shares in the group, so naturally they will not smash their own business. Besides, it is the national policy of the Han Dynasty to focus on agriculture and suppress business, and road construction is a good deed for the benefit of the country and the people. Why not.

After Liu Che figured it out, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh with emotion. There is a way to be bustling, and it is all for the sake of profit. The so-called "profit" not only refers to money, but also fame, some people for the sake of family wealth, some people for the sake of leaving a name in history, and some people in later generations say that it is to realize self-worth. In short, throughout the ages, most of the ideas that can make people fame and fortune go unstoppable.

In short, after the court discussion, several asphalt avenues were connected with the original bluestone avenues of Chang'an City and slowly extended outward. Liu Che referred to various transportation routes in the Guanzhong area in later generations, and then designed several major roads based on the existing main roads in Gyeonggi counties. He didn't have time at all, and he didn't need to survey the terrain, so he started building immediately. In Liu Che's view, these roads are not good in terms of specifications and locations, but they are just simple emergency works, and by the way, they have accumulated some experience for future road construction plans.

The Han Empire's real transportation hub project could not be implemented until a large number of slaves were acquired from overseas. Thinking of the history of the construction of the Great Wall and the excavation of the Grand Canal, and the death of millions of Han people, Liu Che's eyelids jumped. Even if he knew that this was a great cause for a thousand years, he didn't want to be infamous through the ages. As for the use of foreign slaves in the future, even if tens of millions of people die, there is no psychological pressure.

Therefore, when the war situation in the north was changing rapidly and the situation was turbulent, all parts of Gyeonggi were unusually busy, a thriving and harmonious scene, and the gradually growing Han Empire exuded infinite vitality.

The people in Gyeonggi do not pay much attention to the war situation in the north thousands of miles away, the Han Dynasty has been established for decades, and the Xiongnu were at war with each other, the people of Guanzhong are fierce, and the sons of good families are mostly enlisted in the army, and they are accustomed to war. Except for the families of the soldiers who went on the expedition, they will care about their relatives and pray for a safe return, and the rest of the people are more concerned about the current situation.

With the establishment of various workshops in Chang'an City and the emergence of a large number of new things, the surrounding people gradually found that Yuzi seemed to have more hope than before. In particular, many craftsmen, after entering the workshops set up by nobles, ate meat that was only available during festivals in the past, and could also tear a few feet of linen cloth for mothers-in-law and dolls to make new clothes.

The elderly often talk to their children and grandchildren about the hardships of lack of food and clothing in the past, and then look at the abundant food and clothing today, which is really a blessing for today's son. It is inevitable to set up an immortal tablet of the "Holy Son of Heaven" at home, and say that it is said to enter the incense and bow down to pray for His Majesty's blessing and longevity.

(It's too late to work.,It's too late to code words.,The number of words in this chapter is a little small.,The next chapter will be back...... Whew)

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