Chapter 153: The project is over
Looking at the strange eyes of the three people, He Bai couldn't help but smile dumbly, even if he came to seek peace with Guan Cheng, he still took the initiative to bring it up, and it had nothing to do with the three of them. It's just that they don't know that the world is about to be chaotic, and the court can't manage it so far. Since even the industry of the King of the North Sea has moved, why is he afraid of a mere Le'an Liu.
Then, He Bai listened to the three of them about the seawater salt drying method that he had seen on the Internet in later generations, and said: "Although I know this method, I have not implemented it specifically, and you need to try how to operate it." The harvest in this salt pan is definitely easier and more abundant than boiling sea salt. ”
The three of them were overjoyed, and nodded again and again to affirm He Bai's method, because people who are often on the beach can often see a little salt that has been dried by the sun. For thousands of years, no one thought that it was not that the ancients were stupid, but that they had seen too little of the world, and their thinking was rigid, and they were not able to use their own wisdom to create. As long as they have the same knowledge, the ancients will not be much worse than the later generations.
Eco was overjoyed and said, "This method is absolutely feasible, thank you for being able to tell me such a good method." With this method of drying salt, the small people can guarantee that the annual salt production will definitely not be less than one million stones. ”
The annual output of one million stones is only a conservative estimate, and it may be more in the future. He Bai said: "The cost of this method is very low, but due to the influence of geography and climate, it is impossible to build salt pans in all coastal tidal flats in the North Sea, and it is impossible to dry salt in all seasons. The climate is dry, the sunshine is long, and the evaporation is large, the salt yield is high, and vice versa, the yield is low. In my Beihai country, only February to October is the best season for salt drying. ”
The three of them thanked each other again, and after the old and sophisticated Yu Xuan and Fan Jian glanced at each other, they knew that He Bai could tell the three of them about this method plainly, instead of doing it alone; It can be seen that He Bai is thinking of the contribution of the three families, and intends to pull the three families to make money together, instead of suppressing it, which is really the lord of benevolence and righteousness. The two glared at Eco again, and Eco woke up.
The three of them bowed together and asked, "The prime minister can tell us about this good law, and we are grateful." We are not people who don't know kindness, but we don't know how much we have to give up to the prime minister in order to be able to repay the kindness of the prime minister? ”
He Bai told him about this method, and naturally he asked for something, and when he saw that they took the initiative, he asked with a smile: "What do you think?" ”
After the three of them exchanged words, they bowed and said: "I and the other three think that this method has not been officially successful, and it is not possible to determine the amount of profit at this time." It turned out that the three of us had a net profit of 40 to 50 million yuan a year, and the net profit after removal could be the real harvest of this method. At that time, I will divide 60% of the three families equally, and the prime minister will enjoy 40% exclusively without personally managing it, I don't know if it is possible? ”
This division is good, after all, the sale of salt still needs to be done by the three companies themselves, especially the development of business routes, and the three companies must always make some hard-earned money. He Bai silently calculated again, even if it was only calculated according to one million stones, forty percent, at least more than 100 million dollars. If you have more, it may reach 200 million dollars. If it spreads all over the country in the future, Nima, this is really a huge profit.
He Baiying said: "Good, in the future, this matter will be handed over to you and others by Gongsun Fu, the housekeeper in my house." ”
"Yes, yes." The three of them answered one after another. In order to repay He Bai's kindness, Yu Xuan and Fan Jian once again donated 50 million yuan to support He Bai's Beihai rejuvenation plan.
So far, Ai, Yu, and Fan alone have donated 220 million yuan to raise funds for the rejuvenation plan, which is a good example. He Bai then ordered Gong Cao Sun Shao to issue an edict to spread it to the entire county and praising the righteous deeds of these three families. And in Duxiang County, the inscription was recorded, and the Duxiang County Order was written into the county chronicle.
The people of the three families were also allowed to be exempt from the ban on merchants since the Qin and Han dynasties, and they could wear luxurious clothes and ornaments, ride in expensive carriages, and did not need to take the initiative to salute officials under 500 stones, and they could also guarantee that one person would be under He Bai's command.
As soon as the deeds of Ai, Yu, and Fan came out, the entire Beihai people were taken aback. Ai's family has poured out his family wealth and practiced morality, and Yu and Fan Er's have also poured out half of their family wealth. Such a virtuous and righteous businessman really deserves the respect of the world.
While the other businessmen were envious, they couldn't help but be deeply afraid of He Bai's methods. The Beihai rejuvenation plan, which no one responded to before, can make the three giants willingly pour their wealth to help, this method is really unpredictable.
In order to prevent He Bai from taking action against himself again, thirty or forty businessmen with political status donated their annual income, totaling 130 million yuan, to support He Bai's plan. After hearing the news of the merchants, the local wealthy families with weaker forces could not sit still, so they could only offer money and grain one after another, and finally a total of 60 million yuan and 400,000 stone of grain.
In the end, even many small and medium-sized wealthy businessmen also followed the general trend and jointly donated 40 million yuan and 200,000 stone of grain. Under the trend of the times, even the stronger heroes couldn't hold on, offering more than 30 million dollars and 200,000 stone grain, and in the end, only the Jiaodong Gongsun Lu family was left to insist on it.
With the 480 million money and 800,000 stone grain raised by Beihai in China, all the officials under He Bai were overjoyed. In particular, the people who voted to use the inheritance of the King of Beihai also breathed a sigh of relief, with this large amount of money, the legacy of the King of Beihai can also be moved a little less, and it is also convenient to make a fake number to deal with the past when tracking down the court in the future.
After the people who served in the counties were summoned by Luo Pei and the county commanders of the counties, the Beihai Rejuvenation Plan with as many as 200,000 people was officially launched. He Bai appointed himself as the commander-in-chief of the plan, Zheng Xuan and Zhang Zhao as the deputy commanders-in-chief, and Guan Ning, Cui Yan, Guoyuan and other relevant Cao officials as sub-commanders; Sun Shao, Bing Yuan and others were inspectors, and there were mistakes and omissions in the inspection.
Sun Gan, Peng Xuan, Xi Xian, Zhao Shang, Gongsun Fang, etc., were the envoys of money and grain, and were in charge of the money and grain expenditure of the counties and the wages of the people. Wang Xiu and Shi Yi supervised the Quartet to avoid corruption and waste. There are also five generals Huang Zhong, Wu Anguo, Zong Bao, Zhao Zhi, and Kong Li who led 5,000 troops to divide the town into five directions to maintain order in various places.
The entire rejuvenation project is being carried out in an orderly manner, even if the snowflakes are gradually falling, and the howling cold wind is blowing in the face, it cannot stop the enthusiasm of the people of Beihai to make money. Everywhere you can see the construction site, there are people working in full swing. The joyful trumpet sounded loudly, and there was the special pride of the passionate years of the later generations.
When the people in the neighboring counties heard this, they were all shocked, and they didn't know that the new Beihai minister could drive the people like this. The officials of the Qingzhou Thorn History Department in Beihai saw it, and they were also dumbfounded, not believing that there was no order from the court, and the support of the entire Qingzhou was supported by He Bai, a minister of Beihai, who could start such a large amount of work.
Even the new Donglai King Liu Bian, the Queen Mother He and Donglai Prime Minister Lu Zhi, who passed through Beihai in November, were also shocked and inexplicable by the movements in Beihai. After Lu Zhi talked to Zheng Xuanye once, he couldn't help but sincerely admire: "He Tianming is also a virtuous person who really governs the country, although Guan Zhong and Xiao He are just like that." In the future, those who can revitalize the country and restore the wind of a strong man must also be this person. ”
With the progress of the project, the surface of the Beihai Sea suddenly appeared a piece of white sails, a large number of more than 500 ships, looking at the Beihai by Ai, Yu, Fan San's newly built seaport Duchang Port (Langfang Port), this is the first time to see the sea wonder since the destruction of the Warring States Tianqi, after the end of the battle of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to conquer Liao.
Xuzhou in the south also has countless convoys pouring into Beihai country, and countless grains continue to pour in with vehicles and ships, tens of thousands of stones. The enslaved people ate fragrant rice and chewed on the oily pork, and for a while, the people of Beihai did not think that they were living in the last days, but in the prosperous times.
Xuzhou, who came with the grain convoy, said with a sigh in private: "I don't want Beihai Xiang He Jun to give an order, 200,000 people compete for battle, hundreds of boats compete on the sea, and millions of stones of grain are scattered among the people. This prosperous realm unexpectedly happened in a corner of the North Sea. It seems that the Han family will be weak, and those who calm the world will be He Jun. So he looked forward to He Baigui.
In December, heavy snow fell, He Bai saw that the weather was extremely cold, and the people could not sleep at night, so he thought of the northeast fire kang. The invention of the Northeast fire kang has made the Northeast a paradise that can be inhabited. Although Qingzhou, Shandong Province was cold at this time, it did not reach the point of the northeast. He Bai then informed everyone of the method of making a fire kang, so that the people had a way to survive the cold. Usually there are weak people who freeze to death at night, but this year, no one has frozen to death, and the people can't help but gratefully call the fire kang the national minister.
They can eat enough during the day and sleep warmly at night, and the people of Beihai are grateful to He Bai to the point of no return, and they work harder. Although there is cold frozen soil and silt, it cannot stop the enthusiasm of the people. The frozen soil is roasted by fire, and the silt is drunk and jumped. There is a pride and ambition of "sacrificing more ambitions and daring to teach the sun and the moon to change the sky".
The straight road was repaired at a rapid speed, and the river, canal, and pond were also quickly excavated, dredged, and reinforced. Schools, hospitals, and school grounds have also been quickly set up. The huge project, which was expected to be completed from the beginning of November to the beginning of February of the following year, was completed shortly after the Chinese New Year. Twenty days ahead of schedule, nearly 200 million yuan was saved, and all the projects were completed at the cost of 1.2 billion yuan.
Look at the straight and smooth wide gravel straights, the clean and tidy waterways, the canals that bend in the farmland, the beautiful and slightly artistic Pitang, the quiet and comfortable school, the quiet and meticulous medical center, and the school field for people to exercise at any time. The Beihai scholars, led by Zheng Xuan, couldn't help but shed tears of excitement.
In just three months, the North Sea has undergone tremendous changes. Zheng Xuan and other scholars from poor families did not seek their own development, but only wanted to do something for the country and the people, and now they have all been realized. I can't help but be grateful to He Bai, and sincerely regard He Bai as the lord of the county.
Even the 780,000 officials in Beihai, after more than two months of project construction, also trust He Bai. It is believed that as long as there is no white in Beihai, it will be ruled in the near future.