Take the mall to Datang

"Although it's not expensive, not everyone can easily afford such a price." Lu Zi'ang said afterwards.

"If President Lu wants to purchase a scooter, we can still negotiate the price, it depends on the quantity purchased." Yuan Shan said.

"Ten carts." Lu Ziang said casually.

"Twenty-five hundred guan for one car, and an extra [-] guan of coal will be given to each car." Yuan Shan said.

The steam scooter has not been sold since it was researched. Now that Lu Ziang wants to buy it, Yuan Shan will naturally not miss the good opportunity to make money. However, the power of this scooter is not bad, but the speed is too slow, so he does not intend to open a pit. , as long as it can be sold back some of the cost.

Lu Ziang still hesitated, after all, twenty-five thousand coins is not a small sum.

"How about this, the price is [-] guan, but you have to be responsible for the transportation." Yuan Shan said.

"Yuan Pushe is so sincere, Lu will thank you on behalf of the Luoyang Chamber of Commerce." Lu Ziang said.

Both Chang'an and Luoyang had money banks, and Lu Zi'ang directly used money tickets to pay. All the carts of the Yuanjia Project were assembled and all the carts in stock were brought out.

A day later, ten steam-powered carts were driven over. The speed was a little slower, and then five carts were directly used on the construction site. The load was also considerable, and the construction speed increased again.

Because of the joining of the Luoyang engineering team, the scale of the project was expanded, and the two engineering teams started work at the same time.

The large-scale construction started in the suburbs of Lantian County, and there was a lot of noise. People in the whole Lantian County would go outside to watch the scene when they were free. Looking at the planning map makes people feel excited.

Looking at a large number of houses to be built in a suburb, there will also be small shopping malls, medical centers, markets, private schools, etc., which looks like a small county town.

Yan Lide of the Ministry of Industry is very happy recently. The amount of cement sold has really exceeded his imagination, and he is paying more attention to the situation of the building materials chamber of commerce.

All the silver obtained has become the treasury expenditure. Although it is a bit uncomfortable, the income generated by the Ministry of Industry has solved a lot of money troubles for the imperial court, but the imperial court's cement production still needs to be improved.

Li Shimin also felt the experience of reporting a large amount of silver. At the same time, he also attached great importance to cement reserves. Now that there is a railway, it is not enough to transport a large amount of cement to the border for the construction of the city wall. In addition, the biggest use is to use cement. On the road.

Zheng Manfu went to the Ministry of Industry to see Yan Lide again today.

"Currently there is a huge demand for cement sales, and I hope Yan Shangshu can provide more cement." Zheng said with satisfaction.

The consignment of the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce can help the court earn a lot of money. Even if Zheng Satisfied didn't tell Yan Lide that he would not cut off the supply of cement, it's just that the demand for cement production is limited by the Ministry of Industry, and Yan Lide is actually quite anxious.

"I haven't heard of any large-scale construction recently. Could it be that this batch of cement was used in Lantian County?" Yan Lide asked curiously.

Zheng Manfu immediately said bluntly: "Yes, the housing construction project in Lantian County has a great demand for cement, and there are also cement supplies from several wharfs. I also hope that Yan Shangshu will ship more goods. Every batch of goods is guaranteed to be paid for." There will be no delay in clearing the two payments.”

Yan Lide is still very satisfied with the delivery payment of the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce. The Building Materials Chamber of Commerce sells as much cement as the Ministry of Industry produces. Now that the Lanzhou section of the railway has been completed, the demand for cement is not too large.

Yan Lide decided to take out a batch of stocks to supply the building materials chamber of commerce, but in fact he sold Yuanshan's favor.

"The current cement production can only be like this. After the new cement kiln is put into use in a few days, the production will be sufficient to meet the requirements." Yan Lide said.

Chapter 679 Lingnan Encounter

Zheng Satisfied was relieved to get the shipment guarantee from Yan Lide. At the same time, the production of cement kilns in Cangzhou has never stopped. Although the price is not as cheap as that of the Ministry of Industry, the demand for cement shipped to Suzhou, Fuzhou, Lingnan and other places in the early stage is It's very big, even if you earn less, you must complete the tasks given by Yuan Shan.

Although Satisfaction was slow to load, it had arrived in Suzhou at this time. After Suzhou began unloading, it arranged for the building materials chamber of commerce to start looking for land to build a cement kiln. After getting the cement, the governor of Suzhou also began to build the wharf according to the requirements of the imperial court. A super-large port made of cement.

The people from the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce not only wanted to build a cement kiln, but also contacted Su Zhennan in Suzhou. After a month and a half, the Satisfaction will return to Suzhou from Lingnan and will directly transport the timber to the Cangzhou Shipyard by ship.

There is one and a half months of preparation time for Satisfaction to come and go.

Of the 500 people carried by the Satisfaction, 50 people have gone down in Suzhou. The plan of the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce is to arrange 300 people to be responsible for related matters at the ports of the prefectures that pass through. The remaining [-] people will all carry out construction in Lingnan, giving priority to the development of Lingnan. Cement kiln factory and wharf construction.

Satisfaction became lighter as it sailed south, and its speed began to increase a lot. Even so, it still took more than half a month to arrive at Lingnan. When I arrived at Lingnan, everyone was a little confused when I saw the port.

Because what they saw was that a very suggested port had been built, but such a port treasure ship could not dock at all, because the ship was too large, so the officials in charge of handling it at the port also went crazy.

It took a lot of effort to transport the goods one by one on the treasure ship only by small boats. In order to save time, the local officials also recruited all the fishing boats on the port. Watching the scene of a large number of fishing boats coming to pick up the goods, they came from the inland Feng An was stunned, and kept shouting in his heart that there was hope for Lingnan.

However, the crew members on the Satisfaction were quite helpless. If there was a port call, the speed of unloading the goods with the help of the ship's tower crane could be faster than that of manual handling.

In particular, most of the goods above are cement, and the most feared thing is getting wet, so we must be extra careful when transporting them to fishing boats.

Before Feng An knew the real situation, he was already feeling emotional. After a day of tossing, when more than 300 people went ashore, it was considered that they had really fully arrived in Lingnan.

After the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce left [-] workers behind, the rest of the crew returned after two days of corrections. They also took away a lot of goods from Lingnan, the most of which was Lingnan grass.

Feng An was also helpless when he returned to the temporary construction site of the wharf. He found that his layout was too small. He did not expect that the boat from Cangzhou was so huge, and the wharf that had been built with great effort before was completely useless.

After hearing what the people from the Ministry of Economic Development who came with the ship said, Feng An was not calm at all. He invested 50 yuan in the construction plan of Lingnan Seaport in the early stage. money.

Fortunately, the Ministry of Economic Development brought the first batch of funds of [-] guan with the ship, so Feng Antian went back to his governor's mansion before dawn the next day, and then posted a notice to let thousands of people go out to spread the news of the port recruitment Going out, each person gets three renminbi a day, and women two renminbi. As long as they come to work, they are all in charge of food. In a place like Lingnan, this kind of treatment is already very generous.

How many benefits can the chiefs get in exchange for competing for land? After Feng An spread the news, many tribal chiefs were tempted. As the news spread, the chiefs also received a handwritten letter from Feng An. It was written clearly that everyone must participate in labor People of all tribes must abide by the work system. If someone does not abide by the work system, he will be disqualified from working and will be held accountable by the Tang court.

The handwriting also indicated that the person in charge of the project this time was Yuan Pushe from the Ministry of Economic Development, who was personally responsible for the affairs of the current prime minister. Although Yuan Shan's Pushe rights have a lot of water, but in places where the news is blocked, they We all know that the prime minister has the right to serve as the emperor's chief official and govern everything.

Some chiefs can have disputes with various tribes on the land of the Liao people, but in the face of immediate interests, as long as the tribes are mobilized, the chiefs can be responsible for collecting money.

There are many villages hidden in the mountains. The lives of these tribes are very difficult. They usually rely on hunting and wild fruits and vegetables to survive. The village has a population of more than 300 people, which is considered a large tribe in this mountainous area. People from this village also participated in the recent land scramble, but they were defeated and dozens of men died.

The terrain occupied by the village was very difficult to find, which made it impossible for Feng An's army to massacre them.

There was a sound of horns outside the village, and then the people in the village gathered quickly, most of them were holding wooden spears, and all bamboo bows and arrows rushed out.

The horn was not blown by the people of the village. After the people assembled, they found out that it was Feng An's soldiers with a team of officers and soldiers. The village leader was puzzled.

Many people in the village don't have big names, and they all use simple names. Feng An's people first expressed their friendship and then handed Feng An's handwritten letter to the village leader, and brought some money. This method is the most opportune Negotiate with the leader and explain that as long as the people in the village go to work, they can exchange the money.

In a simple and rough way, thousands of people spread the news in the mountains, and within two days, people in the tribal villages in the south of the Five Ridges had a change.

Feng An and his own tribe and officers and soldiers are also strictly waiting. This is not to start a fight, but to prevent the bureaucrats in the mountains from gathering together and causing trouble. They don't think about things like the overall situation, but it is different when it comes to interests. up.

People from the Ministry of Economic Development and the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce are still sorting out the materials shipped from the ship. There is a lot of cement, not to mention bricks, except for the sand. There is food.

The current situation is that these things have to be placed very close to the shore, and temporary construction sites have been built on the spot.

After seeing the vast land and rich resources, they also saw that the land is vast and sparsely populated. Most of the inland areas are forests. The two groups of people are a little confused now. They all know the predicament of Lingnan, but they discovered this after seeing it for themselves. The place is not as good as a small fishing village in Cangzhou.

In addition, Feng An dispatched thousands of people to protect them, and he seemed to want to go to war at any time, which really confused the people from the Ministry of Economic Development and the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce.

When they saw a large group of people coming out of the mountains, they even wanted to leave here by boat...

Chapter 680 Outer Regions

Compared with the situation on the Satisfaction, everyone on the Cangzhou was much more relaxed.

Xue Li mainly does physical strengthening training on the Cangzhou every day, and even swims in the water for a while every day, the sea, and the beach. He even wears the sunglasses brought from Yuan Shan. His daily life is quite comfortable.

Xue Li had just landed naked, and his fleshy tendons were envious of others. Gao Biaoren stood by the sea and watched with envy.

Zhou Ru waved to Xue Li immediately when he saw Xue Li coming ashore.