As soon as Old Demon King Cheng's voice fell, everyone's eyes fell on Liu Yuan's body.

How much does it cost, how much does it cost, is not the most important thing, the most important thing is whether it can successfully recover the capital, and how much it can earn, that is the key, whose silver is not blown by the wind, especially a few generals, the silver is obtained by killing, going to the battlefield to kill the enemy, that is exchanged for life, every ingot of silver, there is blood and sweat.

Liu Yuan was fully prepared for this question early in the morning, smiled, and quickly read out the data he investigated, and of course read it:

"The little nephew will first calculate the cost of the old official road, from Chang'an to Luozhou, the whole journey is more than 800 miles, and ordinary horses are counted as one hundred and twenty miles per hour, and it takes more than seven hours, this is just an ideal data, in fact, the official road from Chang'an to Luozhou is busy, unless there is an official to open the road, otherwise it is good to walk eighty to one hundred miles in an hour, and it is still the case with horseback riding, the speed of riding a horse is slower, and the situation is worse when it rains."

"Although there are twelve hours a day, in fact, it is suitable to rush that is, the six hours from Mao to Shen, so that one day can not reach the point, walk for a day, people are tired and tired, need to rest in the reverse house, a bucket of good essence needs twenty-five Wen, ordinary also need fifteen Wen, overnight, the cost of horses and carriages are five Wen copper coins, here at least twenty-five Wen, Chang'an to Luozhou official road is busy, the price of the reverse house is also rising, a pot of wine, two side dishes plus Hu cake steamed buns, at least fifty or sixty Wen, In the most ordinary herringbone room for a night, the room fee is sixty Wen, that is, then the province, people can only live for one night, eat one meal, but the horse must eat at least three buckets of material, so it is calculated. The minimum cost is more than 200 yuan. ”

"This is not counting the cost of drinking water and buying bread on the road, such as the cost of repairing the road and the wear and tear of the carriage, these are examples, and they are not counted, and it is estimated that it will cost two or three meals when it is blocked, which will cost more, of course, there is also to save money. We don't mention him when he squats in the field all night and brings his own forage to feed the horses; If you take our highway and take the straight, the preliminary estimate is only more than 600 miles, and it can be reached directly in more than five hours. Our highways, big and straight. Upper and lower separate. Each one is two zhang wide, there are no bumps, and the horsepower can be maximized, even if it is a carriage, it can also have the speed of horseback riding, that is. It's easy to get there in one day, and there's still time for a meal in between. ”

After saying so much in one breath, Liu Yuan was also tired and paused for a moment. After drinking his saliva, he continued: "In this way, the accommodation fee for people and horses alone will save more than 100 yuan, the road is wide, large and flat, not only comfortable to walk, if it is with goods, the goods are not easy to break, I am ready to charge a toll of 100 yuan for each carriage, and a single person riding alone, only 50 yuan, this toll is our main income." ”

"Maybe some uncles will say, this hundred tens of income, when can the millions of taels of silver be recovered, let the younger generation to you to calculate an account, Chang'an to Luozhou this road, that is the most prosperous official road in the Tang Dynasty, although it is Chang'an to Luozhou, in fact, like Zhengzhou, Huazhou, Yunzhou, Qizhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou, Xingzhou and other places travelers, merchants, officials, etc., are through this official road to and from the capital Chang'an, that busy can be imagined, I have sent someone to liquidate the flow of people, although it is a holiday or festival, within three days, The average number of visitors is as high as 60,000. ”

Liu Yuan was so excited that he punched the case, and said excitedly: "Sixty thousand people, even if only half of them take our highway, there are 30,000 people, each person is only counted as 100 Wen, then a day is 3 million Wen, converted into silver There are 3,000 taels a day, 3,000 taels a day, and a month is 30 days, then the income per month is 90,000 taels, and the income of a year is more than 1 million taels, more than 3 million taels, and it will be recovered in less than four years. The emperor must also levy taxes, and usually need someone to maintain, labor, etc., no matter how you calculate it, the cost will be recovered within six years, without pressure, and our road can be collected for about 70 years, as for whether there is a prospect, you uncles will calculate it yourself. ”

"Of course" Liu Yuan added: "The carriage only charges 100 Wen, and the single horse only charges 50 Wen, just now it is counted as 100 Wen, but the reverse house we opened on the highway is also profitable, and when it comes to Xunri holidays, there are more people, if there are more people on the festival, we also have to increase the toll on a single day to divert the flow, and fruit trees can also be planted on both sides of the road, which is also an increase in income, so that it is enough to fill the vacancy." ”

The population and economy in ancient times were still weak, Liu Yuan sighed secretly in his heart.

As the busiest official road in the Tang Dynasty, all the way to extend, are the Tang Dynasty has more mouths, more economically developed states and counties, the Tang Dynasty has no telephone, telegraph and mobile phone, no matter what happens, you have to use people to report, plus the transportation industry is underdeveloped, a carriage of goods is too low, a little more goods, have to dispatch a lot of carriages, Rao is like this, the daily flow of people is only sixty or seventy thousand, in the future generations, this kind of traffic is really not much.

For example, in later generations, there was a Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway from Guangzhou to Shenzhen, a link in the Pearl River Delta, with an average daily traffic of more than 100,000, and on holidays, the peak reached 300,000, while the busiest in the Tang Dynasty was only 60,000 or 70,000, and even the two cities could not be compared.

After Liu Yuan's words were finished, the eyes of everyone present lit up.

This is not an exaggeration, using data to present a beautiful prospect in front of everyone's eyes, with a profit of more than one million taels of silver a year, who has such great courage? The most important thing is that once this road is done, no matter the drought or flood to ensure the harvest, there is no fear of drought and waterlogging, there is no need to look at the face of God, there is no need to sow fertilizer, and there is no fear of competition from others.

Everyone looked at Cui Jing's face and was unfriendly: No wonder this lascivious old guy said at every turn, if you don't do them, Cui's will pick it up, obviously he wants to eat alone, Liu Yuan and Qinghe Cui's are willing to have equal interests, it is obvious that this piece of meat is too fat, so fat that even Cui's has no confidence to protect it, so he can only attract a few families present to join in and protect this chicken that can only lay golden eggs.

Cui Jing said lightly: "This investment is a bit big, and the payback period is a bit slow. ”

Reluctant to your sister, even the honest Niu Jinda couldn't help but glance at Cui Jing, it's all for this part, and you still want to eat alone? Now, if you don't let the people here participate, they're all fighting with you.

Cheng Lao Demon King Ha Luha smiled and said excitedly: "It's done, this project, I want to participate in whatever Lao Cheng says." ”

"Yes, my Qin family is also involved"

"Investing money is to smash the pot and sell iron." Li Jing said with a resolute face.

Yu Chi Jingde and Niu Boda also patted their chests and said that they would definitely participate.

If you encounter such a good project, you can't miss it if you kill it, so don't do it for fools.

Liu Yuan said with a smile: "Several uncles have made a wise decision, I believe that this decision can make the families present benefit immensely for decades, but there is one thing that has not yet been decided, that is, the cement technique, do the uncles want to buy only cement, or buy the cement technique together?" ”

Li Jing said categorically: "One million is one million, but we only use one percent at most, that is, 100,000 for ourselves, to buy skills." ”

"Brother Li, think clearly, isn't one million too high?" As soon as Li Jing's words fell, Niu Jinda said a little embarrassed.

Among so many people, his economy is the worst, and he doesn't know where to borrow the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, once he buys such a skill, then he will have to pay 50,000 taels, which is a lot of silver for him.

If you can save it, you can save it.

Old Demon King Cheng immediately said: "Old Niu, listen to Brother Li, let's buy the technique as well." ”

"For what?"

Cheng Lao Demon King said with a little hatred: "You are stupid, we can build a highway, and we can build a second and third highway when we have silver in the future, this is a real transaction of the struggle for money, if we buy that technology, and sell this cement in the future, we can participate in the dividends, that is, build another highway, and we can't make money if we don't want to." ”

Hearing Cheng Lao Demon King's analysis, Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde, who were still hesitating, lit up and immediately made up their minds.

In the end, everyone unanimously agreed, that is, to use one million taels to buy Liu Yuan's technique, so that the total budget of the project is as high as three and a half million taels of silver, and the five generals of the entire project each account for one percent, which adds up to half, and the remaining fifty percent, Liu Yuan accounts for three percent, and Qinghe Cui's accounts for two percent, and proportionally, three percent is one hundred and fifty thousand taels, because with the income from the sale of one million taels of technology, Liu Yuan only needs to pay 50,000 taels.

With 50,000 taels plus an invention, you can promote the project of millions of taels, and you can also extract the lion's share from it, this business is simply amazing.

Liu Yuanna was very satisfied.

"There are no rules, there is no circle, there are some things, we also need to have an agreement in advance, talk about it first and then not mess up, and set the rules well, so as not to have disputes in the future." Although the agreement was successful, Liu Yuan didn't have much excitement and said with a straight face.

Everyone calmed down, their faces began to become solemn, and the real struggle began: a consensus had just been reached, but how to implement it and how to distribute rights and obligations was the most important thing.

"Okay, let's all listen, Xiaoyuan, you can say it." Old Demon King Cheng said to Liu Yuan with a smile. (To be continued......)