In the silk weaving factory, there are more than 1,000 weavers from all over the country.

At the same time that these weavers were bought, they had already left the Leban.

However, their deeds of sale are still in the hands of Xichang.

After two years of work, they can get back their deeds of sale and become real "ordinary people"!

So, at this time, they are just slaves!

Even slaves, their dress, makeup, and mannerisms are very different from ordinary civilian women!

Because, they were born in Qinglou!

Know how to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, know how to dress up, have taste and style!

It can be a rich and elegant rich daughter, or a talented woman with an outstanding temperament.

The heavy responsibility of "teaching" and "brainwashing" the weavers is precisely in charge of them!

The first plain yarns and silk cloths produced by the weaving mill were dyed in bright colors to make dresses, which became the "work clothes" of the weavers!

Women's clothes, from coarse linen clothes to high-end silk fabrics, look different!

Every six-day holiday, the weaver girls go out or go home in groups, which is a beautiful scenery!

Countless men, women and children rushed to the door of the weaving workshop from dozens of miles away, just to see the style of the weaver girls!

After the simple training of the women of the Qinglou, these women from civilian backgrounds look like the daughters of rich families, or famous ladies!

A high salary of one or two halves of silver per month is equivalent to the income of many families for an entire year!

Being able to earn money for their families and wear silk dresses, the status of these weavers in the family has skyrocketed!

With self-confidence and confidence, those civilian men in coarse linen clothes, they can no longer look down on them!

At the same time, the "silkworm women" scattered in various states and provinces also put on "work clothes" of silk fabrics!

Attracted countless pairs of envious eyes!

All this was expected by Wang Li!

The production efficiency in this era is very low, but the holiday of "six days off and one day off" is necessary - that is, through the words and deeds of the Weaver Girl and the Silkworm Woman, to influence more people around them!

As a result, the harvesting of wheat and the cultivation of corn and cotton made countless men squeeze their heads out and rush to serve their labor!

Jian Changwei's cast iron furnace was even harder, but countless men came from thousands of miles away to earn a salary of one or two silver a month!

All this, just as Wang Li wished, the men, women and children in Shu were all drilled into the eyes of money!

……

spinach, one hundred and fifty dollars per catty;

cucumbers, ten cents each;

eggplant, four cents each;

large winter melon, one hundred dollars each;

celery, three hundred and thirty dollars per catty;

Celery, celery!

Well, it still doesn't work!

The people of Shuzhong do not consume much, and it is not suitable for long-distance transportation!

Wang Li shook his head and picked up another price list of fruits.

fresh dates, fifty dollars per catty;

lychee, seventy dollars per catty;

hazelnuts, twenty-three dollars per catty;

Watermelons, a hundred dollars each!

One hundred bucks!

Alas, it still doesn't work!

Transported from Sichuan to Nanjing, the watermelon has long been rotten!

But...... During the Tang Dynasty, lychees were transported from the south to Chang'an, and even if they were fast, it would take several days!

How exactly is it fresh?

Won't you be damaged halfway through?

Alas!

The people of Sichuan are reluctant to buy vegetables and fruits!

The people of the south have money, but the distance is too far!

If you want to start a vegetable and fruit business, there's nothing more to hope for!

In Sichuan, except for planting some crops, except for raising pigs, except for digging some coal and iron, there seems to be no way to make money!

"Factory man, the iron ingots over there in Jianchangwei can be produced at any time, but they are not so easy to ship!

In the territory of the Chengxuan Political Division, there is a Lushui that can lead to the Xuzhou Mansion on the Yangtze River, but in many places the river is too fast to sail! ”

Lushui?

Wang Li frowned slightly, smiled wryly and shook his head.

Lushui, isn't it the Jinsha River!

The turbulence of the river has long been known!

It's pretty much the same to play rafting!

It is indeed not suitable for shipping!

From Chengdu Mansion to Jianchangwei, the distance of more than 1,200 miles is almost in the mountains!

To widen the official road between the two places, at least 300,000 conscripts must be recruited!

Time-consuming, at least two years!

This investment is too big!

No matter how you count it, it will cost more than six million!

Compared with Wang Li's net worth of more than 100 million, six million is nothing!

But if you take it out for real money, it still hurts!

"Factory father, actually...... You don't have to widen all the official roads!

Lushui...... There is only one line from Wulian Peak to Xuzhou Mansion, and the section is about 200 miles long and the water is turbulent!

If only the official road of 200 miles is widened and two more transshipment wharves are built, the ingot iron can still be transported!

If there is enough gunpowder and a hundred thousand conscriptions, it is estimated that it can be done in half a year! ”

"Oh? In this way, at most six or seven hundred thousand can be done? ”

"That's right! Up to 700,000! ”

Song Zhe patted his chest and assured that Wang Li was still a little worried!

The section that Song Zhe said is the place where the altitude has taken a sharp turn, and it is full of mountains and valleys!

This section is also the most difficult part of widening the road!

Even a few hundred years later, there are still dozens of kilometers of hanging wall roads on that section of the national highway!

The gunpowder of this era was not powerful enough, and it was very explosive to blow up a "convenient" wall-hung road, which could only be detoured from a relatively gentle place!

Even if you focus on broadening this paragraph, no matter how you calculate it, it will still take more than a year!

The cost of money and food will not be less than a million!

But once and for all!

In the long run, there is still a need to widen this road!

It doesn't have to be too wide, just a horse-drawn carriage!

As long as the iron ingots can be transported, with the cheap labor in Sichuan, there will be a lot of money!

So, grit your teeth and fix it!

"By the way, go and ask Governor Zhang again, where can I get sulfur and saltpeter!"

"Factory, do you want to make your own gunpowder?"

"I'll go!

The amount of gunpowder needed to renovate that stretch of mountain road was astronomical!

If you buy it all from outside, you don't lose your bottoms? ”

"Okay, I'll go and ask Governor Zhang!"

As soon as Song Zhe stood up, a brocade-clothed guard hurriedly entered the hall: "Factory Gong, the King of Shu is asking to see you outside!" ”

Oh? King of Shu?

Zhu Zhishu?

What is he doing here?

This guy has a bad stomach full of water!

If he can stay in the house in peace, he will burn high incense!

Wang Li and Song Zhe, you look at me, I look at you, all of them are confused.

……

"Honestly!

This king came here this time in the hope that the factory would raise his noble hand and enjoy the food! ”

Judging from his expression, Zhu Zhishu doesn't look like lying!

At this time in Sichuan, the royal family headed by Zhu Zhishu no longer dared to openly confront Xichang!

The road out of Sichuan is tightly blocked by the Jinyi Guard, they really call the sky should not be, and the earth is not working!

If you say "enjoy eating", it is really an exaggeration!

In Zhu Zhishu's personal name, there are more than 300,000 acres of land!

In the first four years, Wang Li gave a rent of 50 yuan per mu.

For this alone, Zhu Zhishu's annual income is 15,000 taels of silver!

The more than 2,000 servants and guards of the Shu Palace's Mansion will definitely not starve to death!

However, he is the king of Shu after all!

is used to living a life of fine clothes and food, and it is really difficult for him to eat meat only once in ten days and a half months!

Actually, it's not so miserable!

And there shall be stock in his treasury.

The most conservative estimate will not be less than two million!

Before he completely turned his face with Zhu Youzhen, Wang hadn't thought about moving him!

Raise him like a pig, obediently don't make trouble, it's good for everyone!

If you really push him into a hurry, maybe he will make a moth again!

If you really want to "reward him with a bite to eat", the most direct way is to increase the annual land rent!

However, the money has to be taken out of one's own pocket!

It's really a bit reluctant!

The "pig food" for the King of Shu is better, but what about the other royal relatives?

All kinds of county kings, generals, county lords, honor guests, etc., there are more than 10,000 people!

These "pigs", do they also have to improve their treatment?

How much silver do you need?

Wang Li has no good impression of this group of "pigs"!

Even if you give a mouthful of meat to the people, you don't want to give them an extra mouthful of soup!

However, the dignified King of Shu came to the noble world, if he didn't express it, it didn't seem to be reasonable!

What's this......

Hey!

In that year, when the king of Shu Xian was in power, he adhered to the tenet of "loyalty and filial piety for the vassal", eclipse a stone in the moon, cultivate the mind, and educate the Shu people;

However, all the kings of Shu in later generations were arrogant and lascivious, and they were tyrannical, which made the people of Shu complain;

Since the Wanli Emperor, the people of Shuzhong who have abandoned the fields and entered the mountains are as many as three million!

This is all the credit of you, the prince!

Today, the factory is entrusted by the long live Lord, holding the sword of Shangfang into Shu, only seeking to reform the old and remove the new, and promote the new law, in order to benefit the people!

Between the factory and the prince, there is no enmity!

Many frictions and misunderstandings in the past, if they can be resolved, it is also a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, and the factory cannot ask for it!

Lord, I'll give you a bowl first! Please! ”

After saying that, Wang Li raised the wine bowl and looked kind.

In Wang Li's words, he not only expressed his dissatisfaction with Zhu Zhishu, but also expressed his intention to resolve his grudges.

Zhu Zhishu was overjoyed, and hurriedly raised the wine bowl: "Uh...... Please, please, factory please, please ......"

"Well said, well said!"

After a bowl of wine, Wang Li smiled all over his face, and leaned slightly to Zhu Zhishu's ear: "Lord Wang, I happen to have a money-making project in my hand, do you want to try it?" ”

"Earn ...... Make hay? Zhu Zhishu's face was full of confusion, and he glared at Wang Li suspiciously: "Factory father, what do you mean......"

"Lord Wang, you have been in Sichuan for generations, if you can use the silver to open canals and divert water, build bridges and pave roads, benefit the people, and educate all the people, it will be a feat of merit and benefit for thousands of years!

Of course, your money is not blown by the wind!

While building bridges and paving roads, if you can still make money, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? ”

Wang Li's words, Zhu Zhishu became more and more confused!

Building bridges and paving roads is indeed a move for the benefit of all people!

But no one wants to pay for the benefit of all people!

If you want to make money from it, it's definitely a fantasy!

was puzzled, Wang Li spoke again: "The iron ore over there in Jianchangwei, the West Factory is preparing to mine vigorously!"

If you can transport iron ingots to Jiangnan, how much money can you make in a year?

And then, what about three years? What about ten years? ”

Speaking of this, Wang Li deliberately stopped.

When Zhu Zhishu heard the iron ore, he immediately became interested: "This...... Please also ask the factory to clearly indicate ......"

"Lord Wang, I have already calculated, it will take at least seven million taels of silver to widen the official road of 1,200 miles, and it will take at least three years!

However, after three years, the annual gain will not be less than six million!

I've raised two million and am looking for ways to raise more!

If the prince can also come up with a sum of money, we can divide the account proportionally! ”

“……”

Hearing that such a large amount of money was needed, Zhu Zhishu's face sank in an instant!

If it's hundreds of thousands, gritting your teeth, you can barely squeeze it out!

However, there are still five million short!

If the account is divided according to the proportion of the silver invested, the prospect is still quite impressive!

It's just that it will take three years to open the road, and there are too many variables!

Moreover, whether there is really iron ore on Jianchangwei's side is still unknown!

Wang Li, this guy is both insidious and brutal!

If you really want to cooperate with him, you will be eaten by him!

No way!

This matter cannot be rushed!

Send someone to Jianchangwei to find out clearly!

If there is really iron ore, find a way to kill this guy first, and let's dig it ourselves!

It takes three or five years to repair the road, which can be regarded as a huge profit!

Let's go out of a hundred thousand yuan, and it's not difficult to get together seven or eight million!

Hum!

Why work with you?

Am I that stupid?