"Making money before the project even starts?" Zhu Han became more and more interested: "Tell me what's going on." "Liu Shenhong told Zhu Han about Yang Fengnian.

To put it bluntly, it's not a big deal. Zhu Han asked the people below to organize them to learn the use of cement before informing those craftsmen that they could start construction.

Big businessmen like Shen Wansan naturally couldn't do these things in person. However, many of those ordinary small businessmen and small bosses are hands-on.

Zhang Fengnian, Liu Jiyang and Shenxiong almost all took the workers in person. After a day or two of short-term training, they learned how to use cement and immediately started working non-stop.

This is the biggest difference between businessmen and officials, for officials unless it is a particularly urgent matter, the efficiency is absolutely not fast.

Businessmen are looking for efficiency, and the faster the efficiency, the faster they can make money. Officials, on the other hand, have meritorious service for doing things well, but they also bear great responsibility for doing things wrong.

Therefore, there are many officials who have a similar attitude towards their own errands, the credit should be the greatest, the responsibility should be the least, and it is better to give the benefits to themselves and the responsibility to others.

Doing things with this attitude is naturally all kinds of nonsense, and it is strange for Liu Shenhong to be able to get up quickly This time, he has also thoroughly seen the action of these businessmen.

Even when they walk, they don't stop for a second as if their feet are on fire. Zhang Fengnian and the others had only been working for two days, and this guy worked with a craftsman he hired to invent a recipe that used coal ash as a way to add to cement.

Zhu Han is truly admired, no matter what era there are smart people.

"Concrete has been researched so quickly, this is a talent!"

"By the way, with the formula they developed, how about the strength?"

"Although we encourage them to innovate to save costs, there must be no problems with quality." Liu Shenhong's expression became very strange: "There is some news about this matter, Jinyiwei's side. It is said that the formula they first developed seemed to be a little stronger than the original cement. ”

"But later, I don't know why, Zhang Fengnian studied for half a month, and finally reduced the intensity to a little bit higher than our acceptance standard." Now, Zhu Han is even more interested in this guy named Zhang Fengnian.

Originally, Zhu Han only regarded him as an ordinary businessman who was lucky enough to take shit luck. However, this businessman named Zhang Fengnian has a much longer vision than he imagined.

Seeing Liu Shenhong's disdainful look, Zhu Han laughed: "I don't think you seem to look down on that Zhang Fengnian?" ”

"Lord Wang, this guy is simply insatiable, although this guy is a smart man who can invent a new secret recipe for cement, but this person's character is not good." Looking at Liu Shenhong's upright appearance, Zhu Han couldn't help laughing.

I have to say that the people of this era are sometimes really simple and cute.

"Lord, am I not right? This guy obviously has better things but doesn't use them, so he has to use shoddy ones, and he really has no treachery. After thinking about it, Liu Shenhong simply said his thoughts in one go.

"Lord Wang, not only Zhang Fengnian, but other businessmen have also come up with ways to save costs, instead of letting these profiteers make money, it is better for the imperial court to increase the price of contracting these projects."

"We can save at least a few tens of millions of taels of silver. If this silver is given to the court, it can do a lot for the people. Zhu Han nodded Liu Shenhong with some disappointment: "You...... Say you're not smart enough, you can do everything very well, the last time you dealt with the craftsmen of the Yanjing Ministry of Industry, this king just gave you some hints, and you can complete the task perfectly. ”

"Why are you so stupid when you're smart?" Liu Shenhong stiffened his neck unconvinced: "Lord Wang, am I wrong?" Those profiteers are almost lawless now, and if we don't care, we will definitely make a big mess in the future. Zhu Han sighed helplessly, after all, he was the one he brought out, and sometimes he had to tell them how to do things after all.

"You have to remember that the officials of our imperial court, when you do something, you can't just think about interests, you also have to take a long-term view."

"You think the businessmen are making more money now, and you immediately want to raise the price of their contracted work."

"Even if this time, you saved the imperial court eighteen million taels of silver, have you ever considered that if the imperial court's decrees are capricious, the next time there is such a thing, what will the merchants think?"

"The so-called standing wood is a letter, if Shang Ying doesn't talk about credibility, then there is a later Qiang Qin?" Liu Shenhong heard it in a cold sweat, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee: "I know it's wrong, and I ask the prince to punish me." ”

"Get up, after all, it's the first time for you to come out to do things, you can't do everything, it's inevitable to make mistakes or something." Zhu Han looked at Liu Shenhong with a smile: "However, this is only this time, and I will not take it as an example." Liu Shenhong gambled and swore: "Don't worry, Lord Wang, I will never commit the same measures, otherwise I will die of thunder and thunder." ”

"It's just ......" After swearing, Liu Shenhong changed his words: "These guys are shoddy, is the court just watching it like this, and don't care about it?" "Good fellow, this is obviously still not convinced.

Zhu Han patiently explained: "Why care? Our court has given the standard, and people have completed the requirements in accordance with the standard, how can it be considered shoddy? ”

"This ...... This ......" Liu Shenhong was a little speechless for a while. Liu Shenhong doesn't seem to have fully figured out the powerful relationship here.

Zhu Han didn't mean to continue, if Liu Shenhong just couldn't figure it out, then his achievement would end here.

"As for whether the court will lose, I don't understand, what do you have to worry about."

"At the last bidding conference, the project we released was simply a drop in the bucket."

"Those businessmen have tasted the sweetness before, and the next time they will work hard to continue to contract these projects."

"The reason why I want to conduct a small-scale bidding is not only to test the water, but also to facilitate them, so that they can increase the price more confidently in the future." …… Liu Shenhong's brain was buzzing.

Before, I was still complacent that I had cheated the Ministry of Industry. But compared with his own prince, his little cleverness is nothing at all.

Although I don't understand what the prince means when he says the volume, he can guess it in combination with Zhu Han's words.

In short, these businessmen were obviously cheated by their own princes. But not only will they not feel that Zhu Han is cheating on them, but they will also be grateful to their prince.

"That's right." Zhu Han suddenly remembered something: "You just said that Zhang Fengnian made money before they finished the project, they sold the formula, right?" How much was it sold for, and to whom? ”

"The buyer hasn't decided yet, but I guess it's either Shen Wansan or Zhou Gushan. With this recipe, the two of them have already called more than 200,000 taels of silver. Zhu Han bowed slightly: "It turned out to be the two of them, and they have a bit of vision." But well...... This recipe can't be bought for them. With that, Zhu Han stood up from his chair: "Send someone to send Zhang Fengnian to come over to see this king." ”

"This ......" Liu Shenhong hesitated for a moment: "Lord Wang, didn't you say that our court serves the people?" Now Shen Wansan and them are bargaining in Jufeng Building, if we intervene sideways, will it not be good? Zhu Han was not angry, and kicked Liu Shenhong's ass: "When did this king say that the imperial court is going to take this cement formula?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, now immediately set up Jufeng Building, do it before Yang Fengnian and them make a deal, and intercept them."

"I praised them for being smart, and these guys started doing stupid things again. How could something so important be sold so cheaply? "Yanjing, Jufeng Building.

If you say, among all the restaurants in Yanjing City, which one has the best food. I'm afraid it's hard to tell the difference.

After all, everyone has their own favorite tastes. But if you say which restaurant in Yanjing City is the most magnificent, it is definitely Jufeng Building.

This restaurant covers an area of nearly one acre of land alone, and the three-storey high-rise building is composed of five buildings in the southeast, northwest, and middle.

Even Zhu Han, when he saw it for the first time, was a little surprised. This scale is not much compared with the five-star hotels of later generations.

Because of this, almost all wealthy businessmen, as long as they eat out, this is almost a must-visit place.

There is a saying in Yanjing circles. Coming to Jufeng Lou to eat may not mean how noble your identity is, but it can definitely prove that you are very rich.

Today's Jufeng Building is different from the excitement of the past. Everyone craned their necks and looked at the three tables of guests at the top of the restaurant.

On the left is the famous Ming Dynasty's current richest man, Shen Wansan. On the right, there is Zhou Gushan, who may surpass Shen Wansan at any time and become the richest man.

Among the two of them, it is the man of the year in Yanjing City in the past half month. Zhang Fengnian, who developed a new formula for cement.

It was he who made all the guests in Jufeng Building unable to even take care of eating. Of course, the reason why things became like this is that Zhang Fengnian is just the cause, and what really shocked people.

Or the fight between two comparable rich men.

"Zhou Gushan! You're determined to go against me, aren't you? You are engaged in sea trade, what do you want cement formula for? Zhou Gushan held the wine glass and squinted at the people: "I said Shen Wansan, our Zhou family is not fake in maritime trade, can't we build a house?" Don't forget, we also contracted the Yanjing project, so this thing is naturally useful. ”

"If you want to, you can bid directly, if you can't afford it, just shut up, mother-in-law and mother are like a girl." As soon as he said this, many people almost didn't laugh.

ridiculed the richest man in the Ming Dynasty for having no money. But if these words didn't come out of Zhou Gushan's mouth, they would definitely be sprayed to death.

"Good! Good! Good! Shen Wansan gritted his back molars: "It's richer than rich, right?" I'll pay 300,000 taels of silver, and if you have the ability, you will increase the price. Hearing this number, Liu Jiyang and Shen Xiong, who were beside Yang Fengnian, couldn't help but tremble.

Even if the money is divided among three people, one of them can get 100,000 taels. You know, it wasn't that long ago.

The three of them are still racking their brains in order to earn a few hundred taels of silver. Hiss! In the Jufeng Building, there was a sound of gasping cold air.

Those who can eat here are at least those with a small amount of money. But I always feel that with Shen Wansan and Zhou Gushan, these people are poor ghosts.

Although they also know that the formula of this cement is very valuable. But the problem is, they have also calculated.

The new recipe doesn't save as much money as you think. Ten catties of cement can save a few pennies.

If it is calculated in this way, if Shen Wansan really wants to buy the cement with 300,000 taels. Need to use up hundreds of thousands of catties to barely be able to recover the cost, right?

The most important thing is that although Zhang Fengnian has a secret recipe in his hand, other craftsmen are not stupid, and others can come up with ways to save costs, even if they are not as good as their formula, it is barely enough.

I really can't understand why Shen Wansan opened such a high price for this formula. Shen Wansan raised his eyebrows at Zhou Gushan: "I've finished bidding, if you have the ability, you will increase the price." Unexpectedly, Zhou Gushan hugged his fist at Shen Wansanyi with a playful face: "It is worthy of being the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, I am willing to bow to the wind, this formula is yours." "!

Shen Wansan suddenly realized that he seemed to have been pitted by Zhou Gu Mountain. As the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, Shen Wansan and the way they think about problems are naturally different from ordinary businessmen.

300,000 taels to buy the formula, although it is a small loss, but it is also within the acceptable range of Shen Wansan.

He also understands, don't look at Zhou Gushan as if I have cheated you. In fact, this guy's heart is also unhappy that he didn't win the formula.

This also does not change the fact that Shen Wansan was pitted. After all, it was originally planned to be 100,000 taels, and even gritted his teeth to take 200,000 taels or 250,000 taels.

As a result, he was so excited by Zhou Gushan, and his mind was hot, and he called 300,000 taels.

"Concession, concession! Today's incident, I am grateful to Shen Wansan, and there will be a report in the future. Shen Wansan smiled on his face and gritted his back molars and thanked.

Many people who eat in Jufeng Building have envy, jealousy and hatred in their hearts. It's nice to be rich. 300,000 taels of silver, buy a cement formula for chicken ribs, and didn't blink your eyes.

They knew that they were not of the same magnitude as Shen Wansan and Zhou Gushan.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds of cement, they may have to use it for a long time. But whether it is Shen Wansan or Zhou Gushan, just if they contract the project of Yanjing, they may have to use seventy-seven-eighty-eight, and the rest is pure profit.

Shen Wansan, who succeeded in the bidding, slowly walked in front of Zhang Fengnian: "It is inconvenient to prepare so much money, don't be impatient, I have already sent someone to get it." After that, he looked at Yang Fengnian with burning eyes: "How is it, are you interested in helping me do things?" ”