Chapter 227 Kede is really a filial good boy (two in one)
"This thing is not as expensive as rice paste. It is made using a secret method.
The raw material used is a specific kind of rock, which can be continuously produced as long as there are enough manpower and material resources...
On the way to the road, I made some careful calculations and comparisons and concluded that the cost of cement is only one-third of that of rice slurry at most..."
Liu Cheng looked at Dong Zhuo, smiled and said.
This time is different from later generations. Foods such as rice and noodles in this era are very valuable!
Unlike later generations, if you carefully calculate it, the money a normal family spends on buying rice, noodles, and vegetables is not a big part. Most of the money is spent on buying other things, favors, gifts, and other things.
…
Therefore, the cost of cement is much cheaper than using rice pulp!
Dong Zhuo, who had an expected estimate for this extremely useful new material, immediately widened his eyes when he heard this!
Over the years, Dong Zhuo can be said to have seen many storms.
But even so, I was still shocked at this time!
The cost of such a good material is not only not as high as that of rice milk, but also lower than that of rice milk!
The low one is not even a little bit low, it is directly two of the three ditches!
Judging from what Kede, a good son-in-law, said, he estimated that the price was relatively high. In fact, it might be even lower than what he said.
Dong Zhuo was speechless for a moment!
After a while, he finally said: "I am having trouble building these things in the palace. With the cement brought by Kede, what do I have to worry about?!
Kede, you are really a lucky star and a filial child!!"
When Liu Cheng heard this, his heart couldn't help but twitch, but he said with a smile: "It is the duty of the grandson-in-law to share the worries of my grandfather..."
As he spoke, Liu Cheng said in a sudden change: "Actually, this cement is not only an excellent building material, but also an excellent way to make money.
With so many people migrating from Luoyang, they all need to build houses to live in, especially those with wealth and power.
They are still willing to use rice slurry when building houses. There is no reason why they would not use cement with better performance and lower price... If we sell the cement produced..."
Hearing Liu Cheng say this, Dong Zhuo's eyes suddenly lit up.
When he moved the capital, he did kill a lot of fat pigs and made a lot of money.
But I can’t stand the fact that there are so many fat pigs in Luoyang!
Moreover, among the intricate connections, there are many fat pigs with connections and connections.
Under the circumstances at that time, even Dong Zhuo was not easy to take action.
Dong Zhuo felt distressed and regretful when he thought about this.
Now, after hearing the words of his virtuous grandson-in-law, Dong Zhuo once again found a way to cut some fat meat from these fat pigs!
"Okay! It's really good!"
When Dong Zhuo heard this, he couldn't help but praise loudly.
"The civil and military ministers in this court, as well as many wealthy households, will definitely express their sincere gratitude to you, Kede, after hearing this news!"
"...Grandpa, what do you think of the profit from this cement? I provide technology and workers here..."
After all the preparations were made, Liu Cheng smiled and talked about sharing the profits.
He deliberately kept his profits low. After all, Dong Zhuo was his immediate boss at this time, the de facto leader of the Han Empire, and his nominal grandfather. Due to both emotions and reasons, Liu Cheng was stunned when he spoke.
Take the initiative to occupy the small head.
Of course, this is just what he said.
Since he was the first to make concessions, and in his speech, he also deliberately mentioned things like cement manufacturing technology, Dong Zhuo couldn't really make a 40-60 split with him.
Sure enough, after hearing Liu Cheng's words, Dong Zhuo immediately shook his head.
"No, it can't be divided into four or six, let's go with 28 points!"
Just one sentence made Liu Cheng stunned in his heart.
Dong Zhuo, how can he be so dark-hearted and thick-skinned?!
Without giving in at all, you just want to give yourself 28 points?
Isn't this too shameless?
"You and I are two, Kede, your family is small and now you have a good business. As a grandfather, naturally I can't win too much profit for Kede..."
When Liu Cheng heard this, he immediately stopped cursing Dong Zhuo in his heart and declined with a smile and embarrassment on his face: "How could this be possible..."
Dong Zhuo waved his hand and said: "No need to say more, Kede, you were the one who made this thing. Moreover, my wife will marry you in the future. How can you do it without some decent property in your family to support it?"
You can’t let Xijun live a hard life with you, right?”
After some reasoning, Liu Cheng could only accept the matter with great embarrassment.
Twenty-eight points is much better than the fifty-five points I thought before!
"This cement is really good! It's worth noting that you came all the way, Kede. You really solved a big problem for me, and I can also give you some money along the way!"
Dong Zhuo was extremely satisfied. After settling the matter, he praised Liu Cheng constantly.
“This thing is auspicious!
Many people are very dissatisfied with me and keep talking secretly!
Now, just after moving the capital, there is an auspicious sign like cement. After you, Kede, bake a large amount of cement, I will use this cement to shut up these people!
Having just moved the capital to receive such auspiciousness shows that my move is very in line with Heaven's will!"
Dong Zhuo said with high spirits.
Dong Zhuo's words immediately lit up Liu Cheng's heart.
He had never thought about this before, and there was such an operation!
Putting it this way, doesn't it mean that when I get to that position in the future, I can also release things with greater quantity and greater effect, and package them as auspiciousness, thereby blocking the mouths of the people in the world and making them more convinced?
Own?
With this thought, Liu Chenggong felt that this matter was very practical, and he immediately remembered it firmly.
"Ked, you have brought such a good thing. Grandpa, I am very happy in my heart. Let's go, you and I will have a meal and two drinks together..."
Dong Zhuo said to Liu Cheng happily.
Liu Cheng couldn't help but smile when he heard this, he was so happy?
Are you going to invite yourself to have dinner and drinks together?
If you release everything you have prepared, wouldn't you be happy and let Dong Bai and I consummate our marriage immediately?
Liu Cheng stopped the excited Dong Zhuo and said with a smile: "My son-in-law came here this time. This is not the only thing he presented to his grandfather. There are other things he has not told his grandfather about... I won't eat this wine later."
Late."
When Dong Zhuo heard Liu Cheng's words, he immediately stopped and looked at Liu Cheng with joy and expectation in his heart.
I was so happy with just one piece of cement, and now there are other things!
It would be great to have Kede come here to say it specifically, and to say it after the cement!
Immediately he looked at Liu Chengdao: "It seems that my situation has become too small. Please speak up, Kede..."
As he said this, his heart was full of expectations.
"Has my grandfather been worried about these people who have migrated here recently?"
As soon as Liu Cheng opened his mouth, he immediately touched the most worrying thing in Dong Zhuo's heart, causing Dong Zhuo to lean forward even more, as if he was all ears.
He should be treated more seriously than Li Ru, his son-in-law.
“I have rescued many stragglers along the way and am fully aware of the difficulty of resettling these people…
…I only rescued a little more than 10,000 people, but I encountered such a huge difficulty. There are so many people here, and it is even more difficult to resettle them...
Therefore, after seeing that this method was effective, I dared to come here without stopping...
Passing by Tongguan, Fengxian stopped me. If it hadn't been for the dragon and tiger cards given by my grandfather, I would have been delayed for a few days if I wanted to send these to my grandfather..."
Liu Cheng immediately opened his mouth and told about organizing the people, setting up villages, and letting the people work in the fields.
In the process of talking, he also briefly mentioned the reasons for the farming method, his wholehearted consideration for Dong Zhuo, and the obstruction he encountered on the road due to Lu Bu...
"Good! It's really good!
Kede, your method of farming is really wonderful!
In this way, these people can be quickly resettled!
In the future, not only will it not take a long time to rescue them, but you will also be able to collect benefits from them quickly.
Moreover, this method of farming has a vague meaning of military formation. It will be particularly convenient and trouble-free to manage these civilian villages in the future...
Kede, you really provided a good method!"
After Dong Zhuo listened to Liu Cheng's explanation of the Mintun method and asked about some of the details in detail, Dong Zhuo couldn't help but smile all over his face, felt particularly comfortable, and praised Liu Cheng fiercely.
The more I look at him, the more I find my grandson-in-law pleasing to my eyes.
The more I read, the more I felt that it was a very wise move for me to sacrifice my dignity and personally go out to snatch Kede as my grandson-in-law!
Such a grandson-in-law is really lovable!
"Come here, hurry up and call Wen You here, and tell him to come to discuss the resettlement of the people..."
After heaping praises on Liu Cheng, Dong Zhuo ordered someone to call Li Ru over.
First, he wanted to discuss with Li Ru, his son-in-law who often gave him advice, about the Mintun issue that Kede mentioned.
Secondly, the three generations sit together, have a good drink, communicate, and stabilize their relationship...
When the people sent by Dong Zhuo came to Li Ru, Li Ru was studying an equation there.
When he heard that it was his father-in-law who asked him to go there, Li Ru naturally did not dare to neglect him.
However, after questioning the person who came to deliver the order and learning that his father-in-law sent someone to call him over to discuss how to settle the people who had migrated, Li Ru's face suddenly fell, and he felt very sad.
It's irritability.
I don’t understand this matter at all!
When I was thinking about this matter before, I felt like my head was going to explode, and I didn't think of an effective way. Now I let myself think about it again, wouldn't this cost my life?
Li Ru feels a headache whenever he thinks of this.
However, his father-in-law specially sent someone to greet him, so he had to go...
"Why……"
On the way there, Li Ru couldn't help but sigh, feeling filled with melancholy...
Hearing that Dong Zhuo asked Li Ru to come over, Liu Cheng felt awkward. After seeing Li Ru coming over, he became even more awkward.
"My niece-in-law, the uncle I met..."
After seeing Li Ru coming over, Liu Cheng stood up and saluted Li Ru, calling him this name, and felt that shame was about to overflow from his body...
Li Ru, who used to be the younger brother, now calls him uncle. Li Ru himself felt a little awkward, but Dong Zhuo looked at him with a smile on his face and nodded frequently.
Very satisfied.
"Wenyou, Kede came here this time and came up with a way to settle these people. I called you over and wanted you to come and take a look..."
After the ceremony, the three of them sat down. Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru and jumped directly into the topic.
Hearing that his father-in-law said that the method he was about to tell was coming from Liu Cheng's hand, Li Ru instinctively felt that it was unreliable before he heard it.
After all, what this niece-in-law is best at is fighting, not settling the people.
As a civilian in the army, I was unfamiliar with the resettlement of the people and felt helpless. How could Kede, a pure military general, come up with good ideas?
Basically, without listening, Li Ru was able to determine that the method Liu Cheng gave must be of a kind that would not have much effect even if used, and would even make things more messy.
Li Ru didn't want to hear it, but his father-in-law said it himself, so he had to endure the irritability and indifference in his heart and reluctantly listened.
However, this reluctance did not last long. Li Ru became serious. The more he listened, the straighter he sat!
So after Dong Zhuo finished speaking and asked Liu Cheng to explain the method of Mintun to Li Ruzai in detail, Li Ru was so excited that he pulled out several strands of his beard without even noticing.
arrive.
"What do Wenyou think of Kede's method?"
Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru with a smile on his face and asked.
"Good! It's really good!!
In this way, these people can settle down very quickly, and they can also produce some food.
With this food, there will be no need to invest too much in these people in the future..."
Li Ru praised him repeatedly, his voice rising unconsciously.
"Ked, you can really surprise people! You said that you are so good at fighting, but you actually have a lot of experience in relocating the people...
I really don’t know how long your heart is, but you actually know so many things!”
Li Ru looked at Liu Cheng and said with admiration and emotion.
Dong Zhuo, who had eaten a chopstick of mutton, also smiled and said: "There are some things that you don't know, Wen You. In addition to the method of farming, Kede also brought auspiciousness such as cement!"
Li Ru was stunned when he heard this and quickly asked about the cement.
After knowing what cement was, Li Ru was filled with emotion again.
Everyone's mood has improved.
"How about you, Wenyou, take charge of the farming affairs?"
At this time, Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru and suddenly said...
