"Oh, our God of Wealth has a new way to make a fortune? Something to do with this piece of steel? ”

Yu Zijun picked up the steel ingot, which weighed almost eight catties, and asked.

"Your Excellency guessed right! In addition, what do adults think of the quality of this steel? ”

Chen Quan smiled and confirmed Yu Zijun's guess, but Yu Zijun couldn't say his question. Although Yu Zijun has also seen practice, it is still difficult for him to distinguish the quality of steel. In order not to lose face, Yu Zijun could only answer three words vaguely.

"Not bad!"

"My lord, this steel ingot is tougher than Daming's current hundred steel, and the industry in Songjiang can produce 80 million catties of this kind of steel every year."

Bang Dang!

As soon as he heard the figure of 80 million catties, Yu Zijun was shocked and threw away the steel ingot in his hand.

"How much? Annual output of 80 million catties! ”

80 million catties, 16 taels per catty, that is, more than 60,000 tons. This amount is not considered at all now, but in the era of Daming, it is fifty times the annual steel output of Daming.

"That's right! 80 million catties! My lord, how much money do you think you can make if you make these 80 million catties of steel into countless agricultural tools and sell them, so that each farmer in Daming has a few or even a dozen steel tools? ”

Chen Quan said confidently.

"The cost of your steel is extremely low?"

Hearing that Chen Quan was going to sell farm tools to all the farmers in Daming, Yu Zijun guessed that Chen Quan's steelmaking cost must be much lower than the current cost of Daming.

"That's right! The price of every 1,500 catties is about ten taels of silver. If you make a farm tool, the price will be 1/10 of the current price of the farm tool! And the profit will be twice the cost! ”

At this time, one tael of silver was nearly three hundred modern catties of rice, and ten taels of silver was equivalent to seven or eight thousand yuan now if converted into the price of rice. Seven or eight thousand per ton, such a cost is now, Chen Quan's ordinary medium carbon steel can't be sold at all. But in this day and age, it's already outrageously cheap.

After listening to Chen Quan's explanation, Yu Zijun couldn't calculate how much money such an industry could make in a year. Anyway, it's a few hundred million taels for sure. And that's just the benefits of ordinary farmer supplies. In fact, the bulk of the consumption of steel has always been the state and the elite.

What Yu Zijun, who was already a little confused, didn't expect was that more exciting things were still to come!

"Wansheng believes that it is very inappropriate for a private person to control the world-related industry of steel, so Wansheng is willing to give ninety percent of the equity of this industry to the imperial court as a public industry of the imperial court. And the late life left Yicheng, but it was only to split it into countless parts and give it to the people who ran the industry, so as to motivate them to devote themselves to improving the quality and output, reducing costs, and increasing profits for the imperial court. ”

As soon as Chen Quan said this, Yu Zijun suddenly looked at Chen Quan in great surprise.

"Are you willing to give such a great fortune to the imperial court?"

"Hehe, my lord, a person lives in the world, he doesn't bring it in life, he doesn't take it with him when he dies, what do you want so much money for. Even if it is for the younger generations and their relatives and friends to live a good life, the money that the younger generations earn now is enough. For the younger generation, now they are thinking more about what they want to do for the people of the world!"

Chen Quan said very blandly. In fact, Chen Quan is not so noble at all, but his pursuit is no longer wealth, but strength and longevity. The others are all pursuing these two tools, which is why they are so generous to give away a lot of wealth.

"Good, good, good! Virtuous nephew and high righteousness! The old man will report to the emperor, so that the whole world will know about the righteous deeds of the virtuous nephew! ”

With that, the old man grabbed the steel ingot on the table, left the restaurant, and hurried back to the palace.

Looking at the back of the old man leaving, Chen Quan smiled slightly. This guy is right to be ruthless and eager, but giving him some help may allow him to accomplish something that other officials can't.

This time, Chen Quan did not leave the restaurant in a hurry, but waited quietly in place. Sure enough, within half an hour, a eunuch came to deliver the decree and announce Chen Quan's entry into the palace.

Following the eunuch into the palace, Chen Quan looked around curiously along the way, even if the little eunuch who led the way scolded him, he ignored it. In fact, what the eunuch who led the way didn't know was that along the way, nearly sixty fly-sized robots flew out of Chen Quan's body. From now on, the entire palace will be under Chen Quan's surveillance.

Soon Chen Quan saw the emperor, but even in the face of the emperor, Chen Quan still did not kneel and bow, but bent down and made a Taoist bow!

"Bold!"

Seeing that Chen Quan didn't kneel, a eunuch behind the emperor immediately scolded loudly. Yu Zijun next to him also looked at Chen Quan anxiously, while the emperor looked at Chen Quan expressionlessly.

"People outside the party, who don't know the ordinary etiquette, please forgive your majesty!"

Chen Quan glanced at the eunuch coldly, ignoring the killing intent coming from the other party, Shi Shiran said loudly.

"What an outsider! I have long heard that Chen Dongjia entered Wudang and became a Taoist priest! When I saw it today, I really had a bit of a dusty temperament. All right! Since you do not want to obey the rites of the world, I will not embarrass you. For the sake of you, you have provided nearly 10 million taels of assets for the imperial court in the past few years, and this time you have selflessly sent away the steel industry, allowing you to see the emperor in the future without kneeling! ”

Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen saw that Chen Quan was neither humble nor arrogant, nodded slightly, and gave a privilege that everyone expected. This kind of power can be said to be the first part of the entire Ming Dynasty, and others, even monks and Taoists, do not have to kneel under normal circumstances, but they still have to kneel on formal occasions.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love!"

Chen Quan smiled and thanked.

"It's not about love, it's what you deserve. But with this power, the other rewards are gone! ”

Zhu Jian looked at Chen Quan meaningfully, the meaning was obvious, he was originally going to reward Chen Quan or something, but now it is all gone.

"Poor Dao told Master Yu that Poor Dao just wants to do something for the Great Tomorrow, and he doesn't need other rewards. If Your Majesty wants to reward him in the future, it is better to transfer the reward to Wudang. ”

Chen Quan said indifferently. What reward can the emperor have! It's just some officials, which means nothing to Chen Quan.

"Good! Chen Dongjia is really righteous! Since this is the case, I will order Shi Chong Xudao to protect the real people of the country, and reward Wudang with thousands of acres of fertile land. ”

Zhu Jianshen said approvingly. However, to his surprise, Chen Quan actually refuted his reward.

"Your Majesty, the title of Protector of the Country, the Poor Dao Acting Master took it. But thousands of acres of fertile land, please forgive the poor and rude, for the sake of the Daming Society, the field should not be lightly given! ”

"Your Majesty, the small people of the world are already struggling to make a living. So easily reward a large number of fields for meritorious service, the prince and grandson, after a hundred years, there will be no more tens of millions of small people in the world! Dare to ask Your Majesty, by that time, what will happen to the tens of millions of small people who have lost their livelihoods? What will happen? ”