After sending Zhu Houzhao away, Liu Jin also made silent calculations.
"Zhu Houzhao still has millions of taels of silver in his hands. It seems that he still has to find a way to spend the silver in his hands. This silver is just a hard lump in the cellar. It can only be produced if it is circulated on the market.
value."
"You must bring him with you when you are engaged in textiles. Once the Jenny Spinning Machine comes out, countless ordinary people will lose a source of income. There will definitely be criticism from the court."
"Well, we have to bring Emperor Hongzhi, plus Lao Zhang and the others, so that they can share some of the pressure together."
"At least if you're engaged in textiles, it's hard to spend so much money. How about building roads, learning from future generations, and collecting road tolls?"
Thinking of this, Liu Jin also took out the map of the Ming Dynasty, looked at it carefully, and prepared to find the most valuable route to test the water first.
Infrastructure construction has always been very expensive. Although the return is slow, it can greatly stimulate domestic demand.
"Let's build a north-south cement road first, from Tianjin to Shandong, and then from Shandong to Anhui."
Soon, Liu Jin drew a line on the map along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
"This cement factory is constantly expanding. How can we not find some sales?"
After drawing this line, Liu Jin also smiled. He achieved many things with one stone.
Although cement has been used on a large scale in the Ming Dynasty, because the court had no money, until now, the only cement road in the entire Ming Dynasty was the Beijing-Tianjin line. In other places, it is still a shabby official road.
If building a tolled road can make everyone see the benefits of building roads, I am afraid that by then there will be a trend of building roads throughout the Ming Dynasty. Building this cement road will naturally have many benefits.
"Brother Jin, there's a letter~"
Just when Liu Jin was thinking about next year, Erhu came in happily with a letter in his hand.
"Whose letter?"
Liu Jin asked without raising his head.
"Li Zhen's~"
Erhu put the letter on Liu Jin's table and said softly.
"Looking at you like this, you must have met the girl of your dreams again, right?"
Liu Jin looked at Er Hu. At this time, Er Hu was smiling silly, with his face filled with the hormones of love. Liu Jin knew that the person who came to deliver the letter this time must be Li Zhen's maid Xiao Cui.
Zhao Erhu touched his head, and his face turned red immediately. Not to mention, Xiao Cui came to deliver letters every now and then, and he and Erhu actually became close to each other. This kid was also lucky.
Liu Jin smiled and opened the letter. Li Zhen's handwriting was very graceful and full of aura. Every line of the words was full of thoughts about Liu Jin. He asked Liu Jin to meet him at his old place.
"Have you bought the things I asked you to buy?"
Liu Jin went to Tanggu some time ago to take care of the Changlu Saltworks, and he hadn't seen Xu Waner and Li Zhen for almost half a month.
"Buy it, buy it."
Erhu quickly replied.
"Let's go to the old place~"
"Okay~Okay~"
As soon as Liu Jin finished speaking, Erhu nodded happily. Every time Liu Jin dated Li Zhen, he also dated Xiaocui, so he understood when he heard that he wanted to go to the old place.
…
In a private room on the third floor of Gujin Building, Liu Jin waited patiently while drinking tea.
That's right, Gujin Building is where Liu Jin and Li Zhen go on dates every time. Unlike Xu Waner, when Liu Jin goes out to Dingguo Palace every time he goes on a date with Xu Waner, there is nothing he can do. His brother-in-law Xu Guangzuo strongly supports him and calls him every now and then.
Liu Jin went to have a drink and dinner just to facilitate Liu Jin and Xu Waner's date.
But Li Zhen is different. He and Li Zhen are still in an underground relationship. Li Zhen's family doesn't know anything about Liu Jin and Li Zhen at all, so they always do it secretly.
Liu Jin had a headache for a while about this date, and finally thought of Gujin Building. This is Liu Jin's own property, with guaranteed privacy, and it is in the center of the capital, with convenient transportation and surrounded by all kinds of things.
Li Zhen could just find an excuse to come out of the shop.
"It's really troublesome. I don't even know how to show my cards to them."
Thinking of Xu Waner and Li Zhen, Liu Jin felt a headache again. Now that he was on two boats, he didn't know how to get off the boat. Fortunately, this was an evil old society, and three wives and four concubines were normal, otherwise he would really have to
Carrying a wolf on his back, he is known as a heartless man.
"Liu Lang~"
When she had a headache, Li Zhen walked in gently. As soon as she saw Liu Jin, she immediately threw herself into Liu Jin's arms. Feeling the breath emanating from Liu Jin's body, she suddenly started to shed tears.
Already.
"Little fool, why are you crying?"
Liu Jin gently wiped away her tears, looked at the beauty in his arms, and couldn't help but kiss her gently.
Li Zhen did not evade, but responded enthusiastically. Compared to Xu Waner, she was much bolder and more daring to love and express her inner emotions.
For a long time, Liu Jin held Li Zhen tightly and smelled the faint fragrance of her body.
"Come and see the gift I brought you."
Liu Jin took out the gift he had prepared, which was contained in an exquisite wooden box.
"What did you buy me again?"
Li Zhen rolled her eyes at Liu Jin. Liu Jin never forgot to bring her a gift every time. Every time she went on a date with Liu Jin, she would have a little expectation. Facts have proved that this trick that has been used in later generations is still effective in any era.
She smiled and opened the box. Inside was a green jade hairpin. The workmanship was very fine. What's more important was that the jade was the finest jadeite.
"Like it?"
Liu Jin gently hugged Li Zhen and asked with a smile.
"I like it. As long as it's from you, I like it."
Li Zhen nodded happily and threw herself into Liu Jin's arms.
"I'll plug it in for you~"
Liu Jin picked up the jade hairpin and inserted it gently into Li Zhen. After taking a closer look, Li Zhen was covered with all kinds of things Liu Jin had given her, including necklaces, earrings, bracelets, jade pendants, etc. On her head
He had already given away several hostas, so Liu Jin suddenly began to worry about what he should give next time.
"Why are you dazed?"
Seeing Liu Jin looking at her in a daze, Li Zhen couldn't help but scolded her.
"I wonder why my little fool is so beautiful?"
Liu Jin came back to his senses, smiled and said.
"I just know that he is smooth-tongued and not serious."
Li Zhen rolled her eyes at Liu Jin. Although she said this, her heart felt as sweet as eating honey.
Then he gently leaned on Liu Jin's shoulder, thought for a while and said: "Liu Lang, I know you also like sister Wan'er, but it doesn't matter. As long as you have me in your heart, it's enough. I'm willing to be a little girl."
Hearing Li Zhen's words, Liu Jin suddenly felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He stood there dumbfounded, not knowing how to answer for a moment.
She actually knew about her and Xu Waner's affairs. Does that mean that Xu Waner also knew about her and Li Zhen's affairs? Liu Jin couldn't help but his eyes went dark, and he felt like he was caught in bed.
"Little fool~"
Not knowing what to say, Liu Jin could only hold Li Zhen and gently touch her head.
"Liu Lang~"
Seeing Liu Jin silently admitting it, Li Zhen couldn't help but hugged Liu Jin tightly, shouted softly, and then started crying again.
Although we know that it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, his father, grandfather, and brothers at home all have three wives and four concubines. Even his grandfather, who is very old, even paid a salary not long ago.
My concubine is still young.
But when she thought of sharing her beloved with others, Li Zhen couldn't help crying.
"Why are you crying? You won't be beautiful if you cry~"
Liu Jin said in a gentle voice and gently wiped away her tears, feeling very guilty in his heart.
"Hmm~"
Li Zhen stopped crying and lay gently in Liu Jin's arms, enjoying this beautiful moment that belonged to the two of them.
…
In fact, just as Liu Jin expected, not only Xu Waner also knew that Liu Jin liked Li Zhen, but the two of them had already communicated with each other in private.
When Liu Jin came to Dingguo Palace as a guest and met Xu Waner on the island in the middle of the lake, Xu Waner also talked to Liu Jin about Li Zhen, which made Liu Jin couldn't help but feel embarrassed again.
"It doesn't matter, there will be a showdown sooner or later anyway, so it doesn't matter if it happens now."
He comforted Xu Waner again in a gentle voice, and Liu Jin couldn't help but sigh again that the evil old society seemed not completely without benefits. At least marrying someone you like would not be considered a scumbag.
Moreover, in this era, everyone is used to having three wives and four concubines, and they can accept it.
