"Oh my God, it's worthy of Shen Wansan, it's really generous."

"But this offer doesn't intend to make money at all, right? At least 400,000 taels will be paid."

"You still don't understand? Shen Wansan, this is basically sending money to the government."

The results didn't wait for them to finish.

I heard another person laugh and say, "The Great Library is where my Great Ming Wenhua gathers. Zhou is also a scholar and wants to contribute."

"In this way, our Zhou family will pay 1.5 million taels, and Brother Shen will give me a face, don't fight with me."

Wow!

As soon as these words came out, everyone present let out a loud noise.

Especially those small businessmen.

They also knew before that those wealthy businessmen and magnates were rich and rivaled the country. It's just that although they have this concept, they don't know how much money they have.

Today, I can really see the wealth of these people.

All the projects in this bidding are all public, and anyone who participates in the bidding can see them.

The reason for this is also to make it easier for them to cost-effective.

Zhu Han painstakingly came up with this tender, in order to revitalize Yanjing with the help of these infrastructure projects. It is necessary to make money for these merchants so that they can hire more people and attract people to work in Yanjing.

And not to pit the money in their hands.

Because of this, everyone knows the size of the Great Library. The area alone is more than 600 acres.

Although most people have never thought of a piece of the pie in this project, they have calculated the approximate cost.

Not counting the books in the big library, the cost of building the library itself alone costs about two million taels of silver.

In other words, Shen Wansan and Zhou Gushan have not started to do their work yet.

has already lost hundreds of thousands of silver into it.

Zhang Fengnian, Liu Jiyang and Shen Xiong were all shocked and their eyes were about to pop out.

When they were racking their brains for a thousand eight hundred taels of silver. The real wealthy businessman didn't blink his eyes, and threw four or five hundred thousand taels of silver to play.

"Zhou Gushan, what you said is so unreasonable, you want to contribute to our Ming Dynasty, don't I want to Shen Wansan? I sank 1,400,000 taels."

"You ......" Zhou Gushan gritted his teeth: "Shen Wansan, are you deliberately going against my Zhou family?" In this case, my Zhou family not only bid 1.4 million taels, but also donated 100,000 books to the big book group."

As soon as his words fell, Shen Wansan immediately followed: "Then I will donate 200,000 books!"

One million and four thousand taels, this is also the limit that the two of them, the richest businessmen outside the court, can come up with.

Although they have money, after all, they have a big family and a big business, and there are many places to spend money.

Moreover, doing business is never a sure thing.

Even for them, many businesses have to go through all kinds of setbacks. lost 600,000 taels at once, and they were also gritting their teeth and holding on.

The businessmen who came to participate in the bidding meeting today really opened their eyes today.

They also understand, don't look at Shen Wansan and Zhou Gushan, who seem to be blushing and fighting for losses.

But the capital they lost today will definitely be more in other places.

But even if they understand that if they lose five or six hundred thousand taels at once, they really can't afford to lose.

After the initial shock.

Many businessmen, on the contrary, frowned and pondered.

No one is a fool, Shen Wansan and Zhou Gushan's relationship with His Royal Highness cannot be hidden from anyone.

Before the start of the tender.

These two guys lost money by playing with their lives. Could it be ...... What is being hinted at?

After all, it was a bidding meeting held by the imperial court, so they couldn't think about it too much.

Zhu Han, who saw this scene in his eyes, was furious.

Just because of them, the originally lively bidding meeting has become more and more deserted.

Obviously, this is what those businessmen thought.

It was he, the British king, who hinted that Shen Wansan did this with Zhou Gushan. The purpose is to tell them that you businessmen can't make money casually in the bidding meeting of the imperial court.

"Call me both bastards."

When Zhu Han's guards went to call someone, these two guys were still holding their necks to lower the price.

"Our Zhou family has published 250,000 books."

"Are you the only ones who are books? I'm out of ...... 260,000 copies."

Then, the two of them were in the stunned gaze of the surrounding merchants.

was brought to Zhu Han.

"You two." Zhu Han waited for them viciously: "Isn't it deliberately here to make trouble?"

The reason he called these two guys over.

First, because of the project of the big library, ordinary businessmen will definitely not be able to do it. It's not because of money, it's that most people don't dare to play such big dice at all.

With Zhu Han's efforts, the status of the businessman now is much higher than before.

But thousands of years of feudal habits are still difficult to change. Businessmen are cautious about making huge investments.

The two of them can be a role model.

It is to tell all the businessmen that they can rest assured and invest boldly, and the court will not treat them as sheep and slaughter them when they are fattened.

As a result, these two bastards dared to dismantle his platform.

"Lord Wang, this is all Zhou Gushan's fault, if he didn't have to fight with me, it wouldn't have become like this."

"Shen Wansan! You don't sow discord in front of the prince......

Seeing that they were about to quarrel, Zhu Han snorted coldly and scolded, "Enough."

The merchants outside are waiting anxiously, even if they want to clean up these two guys, they will have to wait until later.

Zhu Han directly ordered, "You guys go out and bid again now, Shen Wansan!"

"The villain is here!"

"The project of the Great Library is entrusted to you."

Hearing Zhu Han's words, Shen Wansan raised his eyebrows proudly at Zhou Gushan.

See no, the prince values me more.

"According to the budget that was made before, the investment in building a large library is about two million taels, and you can quote two million taels."

The smug look on Shen Wansan's face disappeared instantly, and he said anxiously: "Lord Wang, you must not, how can the villain earn the silver of the imperial court?"

Zhu Han snorted coldly: "If you want to earn it, you will earn it, what this king said, won't it work?"

When it came to this, Shen Wansan could only agree with a tangled face.

"As for you." Zhu Han frowned and said, "Another project will be handed over to your Zhou family to do, just like Shen Wansan, so that you can earn 100,000 taels of silver."

"Now, get out of the bidding for this king, and dare to make any more moths, be careful of your skins."

Shen Wansan and Zhou Gushan returned to the bidding site with an embarrassed face.

See their dejected looks.

All the businessmen on the scene couldn't help but chuckle in their hearts.

Many people lowered their voices and discussed.

"You say...... Could it be that the imperial court is not satisfied with the price they just had?"

"No, I've lost more than 600,000 taels of silver. With so much money, even if it's Shen Wansan and Zhou Gushan, I'm afraid it will hurt my muscles and bones, right?"

"Originally, I thought that the imperial court was really giving us money to earn, but now it seems that it is simply going to knock on the bones and suck the marrow."

"It's over, it's over, I knew this was the result, and I won't come if I say anything."

"I don't know if it's too late to leave."

"Go? Look around you at the soldiers. If you really dare to leave, maybe you will be punished on the spot for the crime of treason."

Zhang Fengnian, who had just been united, had their faces whiter than the other.

Big businessmen may just be hurting their bones.

When it's their turn, maybe it's just that

It's a bankruptcy.

Just when the businessmen were in despair, the official in charge of the bidding said: "There were some problems in the bidding process just now, all the quotations were invalidated, and now the bidding has started again."

[In view of the general environment,

"The first project is the Ming Imperial Library. Traders who want to contract this project please quote."

Hearing this official say this, everyone's hearts were like ashes.

What kind of bullshit bidding will be just a change of name to snatch money from them.

"I will pay 2,100,000 taels of silver for the construction of the Royal Library."

The official had already benefited from Zhu Han, and he couldn't care about others at this time, so he directly announced: "Shen Wansan has won the bid, now move to the room next to him and sign a contract with the government."

The merchants began to feel desolate.

Sure enough.

It's only 2,100,000 taels......

They took it for granted that Shen Wansan was exploited by the government.

Soon, though, they realized that something was wrong.

Wait a minute......

Two million and one hundred thousand taels?

Not 1,100,000 taels?

Shen Wansan not only did not lose money, but also made a small profit of 100,000 taels.

What's the situation?

Also, Shen Wansan, you guy, do you have any serious illness? Obviously made money, why is it still the same as a dead mother?

What surprised them the most was the attitude of the government.

Just now, Shen Wansan and Zhou Gushan have already pressed the price to 1.4 million taels in order to bid.

If this project is handed over to them at this price, the government will make a lot of money.

As a result, the government did not close the deal at that price.

Instead, the original price was restored?

Is this still their impression that the government will only desperately make money from them?

Immediately after Shen Wansan, Zhou Gushan also contracted another large-scale project.

The budget was 1.7 million taels, and the last 1.8 million taels were successful.

It turned out that His Royal Highness called these two guys to lecture them over not to squeeze their silver, but to make them raise the price.

The merchants couldn't figure out why the king did this, but they understood the signal from the government.

That's exactly what I expected.

This time, the government did give them money to earn. As for how much money can be made in these projects, it all depends on their own ability.

Bidding for two large-scale projects was completed, and the government released 10 medium-sized projects.

It has just begun, and the bidding on the spot has already entered the white-hot stage.

In this world, there are not many people who are more active than businessmen. They can calculate late at night for the cost of a penny. You can also run those life-and-death trade routes in order to make profits.

Even the benefits that can't be really determined can make them crazy, not to mention the immediate ones, as long as the cost is calculated, the transaction will make a steady profit.

"I'll give you 70,000 silver coins!"

"This project is going to be decided by our Chamber of Commerce, sixty-nine thousand taels."

Seeing those businessmen enthusiastically quoting, Zhu Han finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

Seeing Shen Wansan and Zhou Gushan standing next to him with their heads bowed, Zhu Han said angrily, "You two bastards, you almost ruined the king's big thing."

He understood what these two guys meant, and they just wanted to use this loss in exchange for a favor for him.

I hope he has some good business in the future and can take them with him.

"Qiongzhou's business, you should have made a lot of money, aren't you satisfied?" Zhu Han said angrily.

As a businessman, there is a good side and a bad side.

It's like being insatiable.

"The villain knows that he is wrong, and he asks the prince to punish him." Shen Wansan and Zhou Gu

Shan said in unison.

The attitude of confession is good.

"Humph!" Zhu Han didn't bother to bother with them.

After all, there are still many places where these two guys will be used in the future.

"This time there is no irreparable harm, and this king will bypass you this time. Remember, it's not an example."

The two nodded their heads one after another, their faces full of flattering smiles.

"But the death penalty can be avoided for living crimes. The next time you have this kind of opportunity, don't think that this king can tell you in advance so that you can be prepared. Whether you can grasp it or not, you can fight for it yourself."

The two glanced at each other, and their eyes collided as if sparks erupted.

At this time, the financial strength of the two of them seems to be different.

Zhou Gushan's nautical business was in full swing. Shen Wansan also took advantage of the expansion of the Ming Dynasty to extend his tentacles to all the territories controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

If anyone can grasp the next opportunity, maybe they will be able to overpower each other and become the real richest man in the Ming Dynasty, not one of the richest men.

At the bidding conference, after a fierce battle, all medium-sized projects have been bidd.

What remains is a tender for 450 houses.

The officials in charge have just announced the start.

Then I heard a man shouting in a loud voice, "One thousand three hundred and fifty taels!"

The originally noisy venue was suddenly quiet again.

This project is obviously for those small businessmen, and it takes more than half a year to build a house.

But the profit that can be earned is only two or three hundred taels per building.

This kind of business, the big chamber of commerce really can't look down on it.

Now ordinary busy people, casually find a chamber of commerce as a partner, and they can earn twenty or thirty taels a year.

And this first round of quotations has forced the profit down by half.

Because the price is so amazing.

All of a sudden, the small businessmen didn't dare to follow the price casually.

The official in charge of the bidding asked around, and when he saw that no one had made an offer, he announced that they had won the bid: "How many buildings are you going to bid for?"

Zhang Fengnian, who was in charge of the quotation, smiled: "Ten!"

Cut!

Many businessmen booed.

Zhang Fengnian's menacing appearance frightened everyone.

I thought that you guys were going to contract 100 buildings, but it turned out to be anticlimactic.

After the contempt.

Many people with bright brains suddenly reacted.

"Oh no, fooled!"

Although ten buildings are not much, they can at least earn 1,500 taels of silver.

For some small businessmen, it is definitely not less, it is nothing more than a little busy.

Many people were inspired by Zhang Fengnian and began to recalculate their quotes.