"It's not that the old man refuses, it's really embarrassing, even if it only costs more than a hundred taels of land for a mile, this is a lot of involvement. What's more, it will take years, or even more than ten years, and this matter will inevitably affect national strength. If this shakes the foundation of the country and causes turmoil in the world, not only you, but also the old man and these two colleagues will become sinners for thousands of years. ”

As an on-the-spot assistant who has been in the DPRK for decades, Liu Jian is over 70 years old, and it sounds good, which is called far-reaching thinking, but it is difficult to say that it is looking ahead and backwards, and lacks a high-spirited and enterprising mentality.

Zhu Zigui of the Manchu Dynasty is full of white-haired people.

Emperor Hongzhi recuperated for more than ten years, reducing the rotation of officials, so that the court was full of old men, and everyone was just maintaining stability.

Xia Yuan was not discouraged at all, "The younger generation knows that this matter makes it difficult for the elders of the pavilion, but although it is difficult to do, it should be done if it is beneficial to the country. ”

And the younger generation also proposed this contracting system in the early dynasty, but it was not finished at the time.

Specifically, the road is handed over to the merchants, and a section of the road is contracted out, so that the merchants can come to the bidding with the plan for building the road and the completed construction period, and the lower price will be won, and the follow-up merchants will find someone to build the road by themselves, and the court will only be responsible for acceptance. If you do this, you will save silver taels. ”

Liu Jian was silent, he understood the benefits of this plan, and even he was still thinking that the reason why he did this was that he might not let this road construction pass through the hands of officials at all levels in the world, so as to avoid the consideration of someone taking advantage of this to make money.

Retracting his thoughts, Liu Jian then shook his head, "It's true that you can save two taels of silver, but it's still not appropriate for the treasury to be empty." ”

"The younger generation also knows that the treasury is empty, not to mention that if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools." Speaking of this, Xia Yuan paused before saying, "Xia Guan is willing to hand over seventy percent of the income of this lapis lazuli kiln factory to the state treasury. ”

Liu Jian almost pulled his beard off, "What did you just say?" ”

Xia Yuan repeated it again, his expression was even more solemn, "Xia Guan is willing to hand over seventy percent of the income of this kiln factory to the state treasury." ”

“.”

Liu Jian didn't answer this time, but exchanged glances with Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, and they could see the stunned in each other's eyes.

After a while, the eyes of the three of them all turned back in unison, looking Xia Yuan up and down, and the emotions in their eyes were indescribable.

Glancing at him by this kind of gaze, Xia Yuan's brows furrowed, and he felt that the eyes of the three old men were very offended.

It's not like looking at a national pillar who serves the country and the people, but like looking at two fools squatting at the entrance of the village.

Riding a horse, this is really insulting.

"What do the three elders mean by looking at the juniors like this?"

Hearing this, the three of them seemed to come back to their senses, Xie Qian coughed lightly, and asked, "Does Xia Zhanshi really plan to hand over seventy percent of the income of this kiln factory to the national treasury?" ”

"Yes."

When he first started tinkering with this cement, Xia Yuan thought about it carefully, he first thought about selling it at a high price, carrying forward the strategy of being stupid and making more money, first earning the first wave of silver for those wrongs, and then using the money earned to build roads.

But later this idea was rejected by him, and the role of cement is not only for the national infrastructure, but also to promote the world and use it for the people's livelihood.

Let ordinary people also afford to use cement, so that ordinary people can also use this cement to build houses.

If the price is set at a high price, this cement will definitely not be promoted.

And if you set a high price to earn a lot of money first, the price will be lowered when it is promoted later.

It is bound to cause a storm.

Those who had previously spent a high price on cement must have jumped to their feet in anger, and they were so sad and indignant that they wanted to turn black on the spot.

Selling it to us is sky-high, but selling it to the people is so cheap, isn't this bullying honest people!

Or engage in a cement grading system, tell them that this cement is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and sell them the super supreme luxury version of cement, and sell it to the people the exclusive version for the poor.

This one doesn't work either.

Cement is used for infrastructure, and it is used to promote people's livelihood.

It is not like white sugar, which is only enjoyed by high-ranking officials and gentry.

What's more, the production of cement can't be concealed at all, such a large-scale mining of limestone, clay, and the hundreds of kilns firing day and night, the movement is too great.

Even if the production process is strictly guarded, when these people buy the cement back, as long as they are careful, they can restore the raw materials of the cement.

When the time comes, it will be nothing more than a test, and what about when the test comes out?

Build your own factory, make your own cement.

Then he also learned that he began to sell at a high price, and also engaged in this graded sale.

At that point, the whole market will be extremely chaotic until the market disappears.

It's entirely possible.

Xia Yuan did not exclude the rest of the businessmen from also building cement kiln factories, and even he wished to build cement kiln factories soon, the more they built, the greater the demand for cement in the whole world.

At the same time, it can create more jobs and drive countless industrial chains, and infrastructure is the most effective way to drive the economy.

But to build and build, this profit must be down, his cement kiln factory is to set a price benchmark in the industry, cement is the product of small profits and quick turnover, not a tool to make a fortune.

Because it involves the country and the people's livelihood.

Just like in later generations, the state can allow a brand-name bag to be sold for tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands; Antiques can be allowed to sell for tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions.

But a bag of salt is two pieces, a pound of rice is also two pieces, and the price of a brick is five cents.

This is the people's livelihood, the people will not buy brand-name bags, the people will not buy antiques, but the people need to fill their stomachs, the people need to have a place to live, even if they can't afford to buy a house in the city, they can go back to the countryside to build a home for themselves.

That's the bottom line.

And this kind of industry for the country's infrastructure and people's livelihood, Xia Yuan is willing to hand it over to the national treasury, and there is a way to make money, and there is no need to use cement.

Leaving 30% is only to maintain the normal operation of the entire cement kiln plant, and even the subsequent expansion of the scale.

"The lower officials handed over seventy percent of the proceeds of this kiln factory to the state treasury, and the three elders thought that this road construction should be thought about again?"

Liu Jian and the three of them began to exchange glances with each other again, and after a while, Liu Jian asked, "Then if the old man and the others still don't agree."

Xia Yuan's expression was faint, "Oh, that's okay, you just said that you were handing over to the treasury as a junior, just farting." ”

“.”

The three old men looked stunned, and Xia Yuan said again: "And this lapis lazuli can not only be used to build roads, but also to build houses, and the houses built are very strong and strong." If it is popularized and people all over the world use this lapis lazuli to build houses, then the market in it is not something that can be stopped by millions of taels, at least a huge market of tens of millions of taels, or even hundreds of millions of taels. ”

Hearing this, the three of them were shocked, "Can you earn hundreds of millions of taels?" ”

"The younger generation is talking about the market, not the profit. The market is."

Speaking of this, Xia Yuan paused, not knowing how to explain to the three old men what the commercial market was, and simply said: "In short, the bigger the market, the higher the income." If one day, this lapis lazuli can be promoted all over the world, even if this kiln factory only occupies a market share, then there will be at least tens of millions of taels of silver every year. ”

After listening to these words, the three ministers did not speak again, but just stared at him, as if they were thinking, as if they were observing, and by observing his facial expression, they determined whether they were deceiving the old man.

If this kid lied to the old man, it would be too bad.

(End of chapter)