Chapter 1341 I'm going to make a fortune, but it's not us
Chapter 1341 I’m going to make a fortune, I’m going to make a fortune, but it’s not us, it’s your dad (please subscribe and vote)
The people on the side all noticed the exaggerated change in Cheng Changshi's expression.
They all couldn't help but wonder what kind of thing could cause Cheng Chubi to have such strong mood swings.
"Brother Chu Bi, could something big happen at the Quzhou branch?"
Cheng Chubi waved his hand to signal everyone to stop talking. He suppressed his inner excitement and continued reading the letter.
The Luzhou Governor's Office had already received the decree from His Majesty.
It is necessary to build concrete official roads to connect Luzhou and surrounding states, especially after hearing about the turmoil in Tubo and the changes in the Six Imperial Edicts in the south.
Cheng Chubi, the commander-in-chief of Jiannan Road Cement Official Road Construction Corporation, has already made a forward-looking decision.
That is to first concentrate all efforts towards the south and continue to build the cement official road towards the south.
Quzhou is located in the central hinterland of Rongzhou, and there are a large number of coal mines here.
Therefore, after discussing with Li Ke, Fang Jun and others, Cheng Chubi decided to build a large cement plant in Quzhou.
It is beneficial to the southward extension and paving of Rongzhou Cement Official Road.
It is for this reason that the Quzhou Branch of Rongzhou Branch was established in a timely manner, and a group of elite soldiers and generals were deployed from Luzhou and Rongzhou branches.
The steps are naturally exactly the same as those in dealing with the Luzhou pigeons. First, build a cement factory.
Then he spent money to buy coal from the local people in Quzhou, and then of course he had to conduct a detailed market inspection.
Strive to develop large-scale commercial exchanges in Quzhou, which will help form a community of interests with the people of Quzhou.
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Quzhou is very rich in natural resources. Not only does it have huge coal reserves, it is also very suitable for growing pepper and tea.
There are even people here who grow sugar cane to make stone honey. Yes, from this area to the south, many places are suitable for growing sugar cane.
The stone honey sold in Chang'an and central Sichuan comes from the central and southern areas of Jiannan Road.
For these products, Han and Tang dynasties naturally began to gear up, developing tea gardens, pepper plantations, Gastrodia elata cultivation, etc...
I just didn't expect that at this moment, a Lieren investigator who went deep into the Lierencai village to conduct market research would appear.
In Luwang, south of Quzhou, I found out a piece of news. The local people said that there was a strange mountain nearby with very beautiful stones...
In their village, some women like to use this stone as jewelry.
After the Ryu man investigator returned to Quzhou with a pile of stones exchanged for grain.
Naturally, an experienced driver from the Han and Tang Dynasties discovered the problem. Those stones were malachite.
Therefore, Quzhou Sub-branch once again sent a team with prospecting experience to Luwang.
Then he brought back a piece of news that shocked the shopkeeper of the Quzhou branch.
The almost barren mountain not far from Nalu is a copper mine...
Copper mine, haha... This branch manager naturally does not dare to neglect it. Copper mine is a strategic mineral in Datang.
So he quickly wrote a letter and asked the messenger to rush to the Luzhou Governor's Mansion and come to Bi, the chairman of the Han and Tang Dynasty Commercial Bank, to ask him for a decision.
Cheng Chubi took a deep breath and glanced at the messenger, who had a small wooden box beside him and was drinking hot tea nervously.
He nodded towards him, and when he saw that he was about to stand up to speak, Cheng Chubi raised his hand to stop him.
"That Lu Neng, we have something important to do today, so we will go back first. You have to pay close attention to the matter of the new army."
Lu Neng looked at Cheng Chubi who had already stood up with a confused look on his face. Although he didn't know why Cheng Changshi wanted to leave, he still obeyed the order respectfully.
Li Ke and Fang Jun looked at each other, and without saying a word, they quickly followed Cheng Chubi out of the house.
After walking not far, he saw the messenger following behind, so he quietly called Cheng Chubi.
"No, there are too many people to talk about when we go back. Anyway, it's good news." Cheng Chubi refused to reveal the details without hesitation.
"Don't be stunned and leave quickly. This is a major matter concerning the life and death of our Han and Tang Dynasty trading houses."
"Brother Chu Bi, you...Oh, Cheng Chengcheng, hurry back home."
Li Ke's teeth were itching with anger, but there was nothing he could do.
The group of people left the camp, rode their horses and entered the city. They had just entered the Governor's Mansion of Luzhou.
Li Ke couldn't wait to say, "Brother Chu Bi, can you finally talk about it now?"
Seeing him like this, Cheng Chubi chuckled and slapped Li Ke on the shoulder with a very sneaky expression.
"My dear brother, we have made a fortune. We are going to make a fortune, but it's not us, it's your father."
"???" Li Ke looked at Cheng Sanlang who continued to stride forward after saying these words.
He turned his head to look at Fang Jun, who was also confused, and raised his finger to point at Cheng Chubi's back.
"Did you hear that?"
Fang Jun nodded firmly and couldn't help but smack his mouth with a suspicious look on his face.
"I heard it. Brother Chu Bi said it was your father who made the mistake, not us. It's so strange..."
"Yes..." Li Ke spread his hands and continued to look confused. "It's normal for us to get rich, but what does it have to do with my father?"
Hearing the reply coming from behind him, Cheng Chubi almost burst into laughter.
Fortunately, we are all our own people here, otherwise, if someone with a background as an embroiderer secretly reports to His Majesty.
Maybe His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, decked out in epic equipment, would personally rush to Luzhou with a big stick to exterminate his relatives.
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After arriving in the inner courtyard, Cheng Chubi finally opened the box brought by the messenger, revealing a pile of colorful ores, some with a metallic luster.
Li Ke on the side couldn't wait to pick up the letter written by the shopkeeper of the Han and Tang Dynasty Commercial Bank in Quzhou.
When he finished looking at it, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, looking weak.
"Sure enough, he is indeed Brother Chu Bi, his brain is really..."
Fang Jun didn't have time to read the letter, but squatted next to Cheng Chubi, looking at these beautiful stones with curiosity on his face.
"What beautiful stones. By the way, brother Chu Bi, what are these stones used for?"
Cheng Chubi looked at a few pieces of copper ore mixed with beautiful blue with a sigh on his face, feeling genuine.
"These are all copper mines. Alas... I didn't expect that we made a mistake and started working on them now."
Yes, Cheng Chubi is now making trouble in the Luzhou area all day long, after receiving the news that Tubo and the Six Ministries of Nanzhao are going to make trouble.
His subconscious action was to speed up road construction, but he never expected that he would actually lift the lid of the copper mine in Yunnan.
Cheng Chubi probably remembered that the mining of copper mines in Yunnan should have started in the Yuan Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty. Anyway, it probably started during that time.
By the time of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, Yunnan's copper mine output accounted for almost 90% of the Manchu and Qing copper output.