The brothers of the Flying Dragon Gang knew that Liu Shijun was here to find Qian Yu, so they said hello and left after a few casual words. Of course, before leaving, it is necessary for each person to take two jars of encapsulated wine, and it is also said that they have to change places to drink.

Only Liu Shijun was left at the scene, and Qian Yu did not hide it: "What does Lord Liu think of the repair of this gunpowder workshop?" ”

Liu Shijun nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, so good that it is beyond my imagination, I used to just think I underestimated you, but now I realize that I can't see through you at all!" ”

Qian Yu thought about it for a long time, and then he realized that the other party was praising himself, can you die if you say it bluntly? However, Liu Shijun was satisfied with what he had made, and he was relieved, there should be no problem with the final payment of this project.

He promised to help oversee the gunpowder workshop, but he had always thought it was nothing. When he knew that Jiang Feng was just inviting roosters and completing the construction of the workshop, he would give him a supernumerary trainee, and he was unhappy.

He spent ten times more effort on the gunpowder workshop than a rooster? As a result, Liu Shijun didn't even mention the payment, and Qian Yu felt that he didn't plan to give it.

Qian Yu has a quiet personality and is not good at communicating with people, but if you rely on this, it would be a big mistake to imagine him as the kind of living Lei Feng who is only willing to give and does not ask for anything in return.

Especially after experiencing Weiwei's affairs, he still values many things, such as official positions, such as money, he wants to create a home through his own efforts, and give his wife and children everything he can give to make up for the regrets of his previous life.

So a lot of the time, he works hard. Of course, more often than not, he is interested in the reward he deserves for his hard work. Since you don't give it, I can only ask for it myself.

After thinking about it, Qian Yu directly increased the price of cement tenfold, and if he didn't give an official position and wanted gunpowder, he would exchange it for silver! Because the asking price is indeed a bit high, he has always been worried that Liu Shijun will regret it, he is a common man, and he has no advantage over the top class.

It is better to take this opportunity to settle the matter of the silver, so as not to have many dreams at night. Thinking of this, Qian Yu hurriedly said: "Lord Liu, in order to build a gunpowder workshop, I paid a lot of silver in advance, and now it has become a problem for my employees to eat, and now that the project is completed, how about you settle the final payment?" ”

Qian Yu's choice to ask for silver during this time period is not without purpose, and now that the gunpowder workshop is completed, the next step is gunpowder production. In other words, his role has just begun, even if Liu Shijun wants to repay the debt, he will not choose this time.

Sure enough, after listening to Qian Yu's words, Liu Shijun took out two silver tickets from his arms, both of which were large denominations of 10,000 taels, and Qian Yu drooled. But when he reached out to pick it up, Liu Shijun shrank back again.

"Mr. Qian, the materials for building the cement workshop are from you, Liu will not deny it, nor will he lose a penny from you, but the price of your cement is ......"

There is really no fool in this world, the cost of cement is there, and it is impossible to hide it.

However, Qian Yu is not afraid, because the entire Dahua will burn cement, and there is no other semicolon for this one: "Lord Liu, you only see the high price of cement and the low price of raw materials, but you can't see the hardships we have paid for the research and development of this building material." In the early stage, I spent nearly 100,000 taels of silver on the investment of materials and labor alone. ”

Seeing that Qian Yu didn't blink his eyes when he lied, Liu Shijun shook his head and said, "Qian Gongzi, don't worry, the cement used to build the gunpowder workshop will not be less than any silver for you." It's just that Dahua needs to build a lot of strong walls, and the cement used is absolutely astronomical, at the price you set, we can pay for a small amount of goods, if it is too much, we can't afford it. ”

Qian Yu's face sank: "Lord Liu means that it is the same as the gunpowder formula, let me take out the formula of cement?" That's not a good fit, is it?

Gunpowder is the most important weapon of the country, and it is my bounden duty to hand over the formula to the people of Dahua, but cement, like lime, is just a gadget for building houses and repairing houses, and it has nothing to do with the general righteousness of the nation. Besides, there is still a group of people in Yunxi who are eating with this! It's not good to give me away for nothing. ”

Liu Shijun shook his head with a smile: "What did Mr. Qian say, I need your cement formula to be true, but it will never be used in vain, you bid, no matter how much it is, I can agree on behalf of the court." ”

"100,000 taels ......"

"Ahem, cough, cough ......" Liu Shijun was choked and rolled his eyes, a formula of 100,000 taels of silver, you really dare to think about it!

Qian Yu is actually quite innocent, according to his thoughts, he can sell it for a thousand taels of silver, and he is very content. But he just said that he spent 100,000 taels of silver on research and development alone, if it was lower than this amount, wouldn't he be deceiving himself?

He gritted his teeth: "Lord Liu, 100,000 taels is already the cost price, and it can't be less." ”

Liu Shijun snorted angrily: "Young Master Qian, forgive me for breaking my promise, 100,000 taels of silver is too much, I can't afford it, and the court can't afford it!" ”

Qian Yu still smiled: "Lord Liu, in fact, it's not impossible to have no silver, if you want, it's better to replace it with something else." ”

Liu Shijun was stunned: "Something else?" ”

Qian Yu sighed, this Liu Gongzi made an official and a wish to others, why did he become so stingy when he came to his side?

In fact, Liu Shijun can't be blamed, people wanted to invite him to join the supernumerary staff of the first-class guards with knives from the beginning, but he was vetoed by Qian Yu, Liu Shijun thought that Qian Yuzhi was not here!

"Are you still short of guards with knives? I've been idle and bored lately, and I want to have an official to play, hehe......"

Hearing this, Liu Shijun breathed a sigh of relief, the position of a first-class guard with a knife is difficult for others to climb to the sky, and it is a matter of one sentence for him: "As long as Mr. Qian likes it, there is naturally no problem, we are a first-class guard with a knife, in addition to supernumerary personnel, there are also supernumerary trainees, I don't know which one Mr. Qian prefers?" ”

Isn't this nonsense? Of course, the bigger the official, the better. Qian Yu complained secretly, but said very politely: "Oh, I don't know much about these things inside you." It's better to do this, you see what this cement formula can change, you can change it for me. ”

After speaking, he added: "By the way, if you get my recipe and find that the quality of the burned cement is not good, I can personally guide you." ”

Liu Shijun looked solemn: "If it is a general secret recipe, we will generally give a supernumerary trainee position, but how can cement be comparable to the general formula." In this way, I can give you the title of supernumerary trainee first, and then transfer you to a supernumerary staff after three months, so that others will not gossip, what do you think? ”

If it was before, Qian Yu would definitely have all kinds of dislikes, and in his opinion, three months was the internship period, but when he heard the rooster say the difference between the supernumerary personnel with a knife and the supernumerary trainees, he suddenly became much calmer.

Hmph, my brother will also be an official in the future, and he will still be a six-rank official, but he knows very well that in this era of official position, there is a big difference between having an official position and not having an official position.

The two reached an agreement, and they were immediately much more cordial, especially after Qian Yu got two huge silver tickets, he was more polite to Liu Shijun, after all, he would have to mix under the other party in the future, if he could have a good relationship with Shangguan, it was not impossible to directly advance to a first-class guard with a knife!

Just when the two of them wanted to discuss the details of the gunpowder workshop, a figure appeared from the vertical staircase, it was Li Hu!

Li Hu saw that Liu Shijun was also there, his face changed, and he wanted to leave, but was stopped by Qian Yu: "What are you hiding, it's not an outsider, come here!" I was discussing some details of gunpowder production with Mr. Liu, and although you were only in charge of cement firing, you might be able to give some better advice! ”