Wang Xuan had long ago left all government affairs to Xi Zhicai and others. Anyway, he was only responsible for overall planning. No one had the nerve to bother him with the remaining details. After all, many people can do those things, and it is nothing more than tedious.
It's just a repetition. It's really disrespectful to trouble Wang Xuan with this kind of thing.
As soon as he got up early in the morning, Wang Xuan called for Mi Zhu and said, "Come on, I will show you how wealthy Qi County is!"
Mi Zhu smiled very reservedly. When Party A's father was bragging, he just listened.
Xi Zhicai was also with him. The reason why he took him with him was that Wang Xuan said he was explaining something, but in fact his intention was that after Xi Zhicai figured it out, he could pass the blame again.
"What's going on on this road?" Mi Zhu was really concerned about this road. He had been holding back this question all night. For businessmen, the increase in transportation capacity and speed represents endless benefits.
"Concrete road!" Wang Xuan turned to look at Mi Zhu, "I know what your plan is, but it's impossible to tell you directly. This thing is not enough for Qi County's internal consumption."
"This... is such a pity!" Mi Zhu felt as if she had lost one billion, and her mentality was exploding.
Xi Zhicai understood immediately that Mi Zhu was interested in this cement road, but in Xi Zhicai's view, this was simply a waste. He was very opposed to wasting cement on road construction. Guan Yu crushed the big rocks cut out by rolling them.
The road is enough, why bother laying cement!
With this cement, why not build water conservancy, cities, or houses?
Wang Xuan glanced at Xi Zhicai and said: "Zizhong, tell Zhicai what are the benefits of this road!"
Mi Zhu was stunned for a moment, but he still used himself as an example to explain how much more profit the Mi family could generate in a year if the whole world followed this path.
One billion dollars is no longer a problem!
"How could there be so many?" Xi Zhicai was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse. This was too much?
"Not much, you know, with this way, many unprofitable things can become profitable, the profits of many products can be doubled, and the efficiency can be increased..." Mi Zhu chattered for a long time, listening to the excitement.
Just feeling dizzy.
It is true that Xi Zhi is a wise man, but it does not mean that he is an all-rounder. At least in terms of business issues, he is far behind Mi Zhu, but this does not prevent him from knowing the benefits of money. In addition, Mi Zhu told him that if there is a
Such a road leads to Xuzhou, and he can transport at least double the grain in the same time.
For this reason, Xi Zhicai is willing to build a road immediately. If there is no other, with more food, they can mobilize more Qingzhou manpower at one time. If it can be doubled... Xi Zhicai simply cannot imagine the speed of construction.
!
"More than doubled!" Wang Xuan suddenly interrupted, "I'll take you to see the new four-wheeled carriage."
When they arrived at the wood factory, Wang Xuan pointed to a carriage that was twice the size of an ordinary carriage and said: "This is a four-wheeled carriage. It can carry two to three times the load of an ordinary carriage and is faster, but it uses less horsepower."
There will be more.”
"This!" Mi Zhu jumped forward. Today's carriages are all two-wheeled, and part of the weight has to be placed on the horse to maintain balance. However, in the new carriages, all of their own weight is placed on the carriage, and with the help of bearings,
More effort-saving.
After trying it impatiently, Mi Zhu was so happy that she started dancing without caring about her image, "With this weapon, the transport capacity can be increased four times in the same time!"
The reason why there is an extra quilt is to save manpower. With this thing, Mi Zhu feels that she can challenge the status of the other four wealthy businessmen of the five.
In addition to being wealthy businessmen, the other four families are also big aristocratic families. Their profound background is not comparable to that of the Mi family. Now, Mi Zhu feels that he can give it a try!
Not only is Mi Zhu happy, Xi Zhicai is also happy. With this kind of carriage, cement, coal, and steel can be transported faster. Doesn't it mean that the construction speed can be increased again!
No, there was still a lack of manpower. After all, there was still not enough food. When he turned to look at Mi Zhu, his eyes became even hotter.
"How many of these four-wheeled carriages are there?" Mi Zhu remembered something and looked towards Wang Xuan.
"Key components are not that easy to produce. You can take away at most thirty vehicles before you leave this time." This is thanks to the strength of the craftsmen in this era. You must know that the balls in the bearings need to be manually polished and smooth.
"That's fine, these thirty cars can equal the weight of a hundred of my cars."
"Okay, let's take you to the other side."
The group of people arrived at the steel plant and looked at the blast furnace that was more than 20 meters high. Mi Zhu was even more stunned. He also had iron ore at home, which basically ensured self-sufficiency, but it was also smelting iron, so the difference was huge.
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This was just in time for a furnace of molten iron to come out. Looking at the molten iron pouring out, Mi Zhu's jaw almost dropped in surprise. This was too much. He looked at the other blast furnaces standing nearby to see how much they would produce this year.
Iron!
At this moment, a group of people brought in many large and small iron tools. Wang Xuan introduced them to Mi Zhu one by one. There was a dazzling array of new iron plows, hoes and other iron tools.
"We can't take advantage of your Mi family for no reason. After all, the rise of a force cannot rely on the investment of one family or two. Firstly, this kind of investment is not a long-term solution, and secondly, it does not comply with development rules, so
, these grains still have to be priced for you."
"Of course, I believe that these things we produce in Linzi will have enough sales in Xuzhou and even other places in Han Dynasty!"
"Of course, these are all good things!" Mi Zhu touched the ironware. It's not that their Mi family's shops in various places don't sell ironware, but the quantity has never been large. Now it seems that Linzi can supply a large amount of it.
!
Xi Zhicai opened his mouth, new farm tools can improve work efficiency, how can they be sold to other princes...
Wang Xuan patted him on the shoulder, "It's okay. It's not just a farm tool that can catch up with us. Let's just let the people harvest more food."
"The latter one is a big business, enough to buy your entire Mi family's business. As for how to keep it secret, you have to figure it out yourself."
Hearing this, Mi Zhu's expression brightened and he followed immediately. He did not doubt Wang Xuan's words. Although Wang Xuan made him feel arrogant every time he said something, Wang Xuan could always achieve it. As time went by, Wang Xuan now
Even Mi Zhu would believe Xuan when he said he could reach for the stars and the moon.
When they came to a small pool made of cement, Wang Xuan asked Mi Zhu to demonstrate on the spot how to 'salt the salt'!
What was used was not sea water, but melted salt water. Within half an hour, under Mi Zhu's wide eyes, a layer of white salt appeared on the smooth cement surface in front of him.
"Do you understand?" Wang Xuan patted Mi Zhu on the shoulder, "Find a big island overseas and build a small pond like this. All that's left is to pour seawater into it. The cost of drying salt is almost free.
It doesn’t make any difference, you can have as much salt as you want!”
"I, I, I..." Mi Zhu was so excited that he couldn't speak for a moment. He knew very well how much benefit this represented. His Mi family couldn't eat it, and they didn't dare to eat it because they would starve to death!