Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 962 is about to make a fortune

  Seeing the huge crowd of children rushing up, Fang Jifan turned around and wanted to run.

  Zhu Houzhao grabbed him: "Where are you going?"

  Fang Jifan said: "I'll go home and find an abacus."

  Zhu Houzhao was happy: "There are seventeen in total. They can leave, but they can't. There are four more, haha...don't think about leaving, don't be too long-winded. When you see your niece, you won't give money."

   "..." Fang Jifan was desperate.

   Seeing the children approaching, one boldly pulled his own gold belt: "Is this gold?"

  Timidly hiding in the crowd, looking at Fang Jifan.

  The toddler whimpered and cried: "I want a nurse, I want a nurse."

   Quietly just standing under the eaves, watching from afar.

   Those who are polite, salute Zhu Houzhao: "Father, uncle."

  Zhu Houzhao crossed his hands and laughed loudly: "Come one by one, don't scare your uncle, he is timid!"

  Fang Jifan said with a bitter face, "Hey, hey, don't touch my gold belt, if it breaks, you will have to pay for it. It's gold, and it's very precious."

  Swishlingly took out the bank notes from his sleeve, seemed a little unhappy, but obediently stuffed them into the children's hands: "Call me uncle, if you call uncle, I will give it."

  Finally, rushing out from the crowd of girls, Fang Jifan panted heavily...

Zhu Houzhao asked the nurses to take all the children, still proud: "It's strange, since Zhu Zaimo was born, she has always been a girl, but it doesn't matter, I like it, there is a little beast who will carry on the family line. It's done, no matter how much it is, it's still disgusting, Lao Fang, come, sit, drink tea, how to repair our railway."

"Steel workshops need to be built quickly. This is easy. If the output is low, then build more furnaces and recruit more people. Anyway, there is plenty of silver. There are also sleepers and roadbeds. We must start preparing now. The new city and the old city, However, it is easy to build tens of miles of land, but right now, this steam car has to be kept secret for the time being, otherwise, if people find out, how can they buy land secretly, and say to the outside world, we have money, what if we have money? , I like to lay steel on the road, and it is appropriate for His Highness the Crown Prince to come forward."

   "Why Bengong?" Zhu Houzhao was a little confused.

Fang Jifan said with a grin: "Your Majesty may be a bit blunt when speaking, Your Highness, don't take it to heart, everyone in the world knows that His Highness the Crown Prince lacks a string in his mind, and everyone will not find it strange that His Highness the Crown Prince is so self-willed, and will not go deep into it." Think, just think, His Highness is messing around."

   "Why not you, everyone says you are stupid!" Zhu Houzhao bared his teeth.

  Fang Jifan waved his hand: "No, Your Highness is more suitable."

   "You are the right one!"

  The two argued endlessly, and finally came up with a compromise plan, letting Zhu Houzhao be the fool. And Fang Jifan... is in charge of the lookout.

Hiding in the hall and discussing secretly for a long time, Fang Jifan just left. To put it bluntly, the laying of railroad tracks is not a technical problem. The problem lies in silver, and even the output of steel is not a problem. There are hundreds of kilns, and the per capita ironmaking capacity and productivity are low, so tens of thousands of blacksmiths are recruited. In the final analysis, it is still a question of silver.

  Fang Jifan is not short of silver. In the words of later generations, he has completed the accumulation of primitive capital. After the rapid completion of capital accumulation, he is now equipped with everything and only owes the east wind.

  All those involved in the steam locomotive must sign a confidentiality agreement and must not disclose anything.

  Wang Ao must also keep his mouth shut. In fact...it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t keep his mouth shut. This guy who only took one look at the big monster walking and finally derailed is just hehehe when it comes to steam locomotives...

  Everything... returned to calm again, as if nothing had happened.

  It's just... among the scholars, there is another bad deed of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Fang Jifan.

  Wang Bushi was in the Hanlin Academy, and the words "scum of the world" have gradually been forgotten by people.

  Finally...the Trash on Earth has been at sea for several years, but there is no news so far.

   People are always forgetful.

  The houses that Wang Bushi bought with loans have nearly doubled in value inadvertently. Now, the mansions near the root of Huangcheng have reached 41,000 mu.

  Wang Bushi is very satisfied with the present.

  He is still in the museum of literature and history, and seems to be very careless about his official career.

  Never mind him, now I, Mr. Wang, have a net worth of hundreds of thousands of taels...

only…

  A few leisurely Hanlins sat aside, discussing something in a low voice.

   "House prices in the old city have plummeted again. It's really miserable. It is said that the old mansion of the Gaomen is now full of wild cats...no one cares about it."

   "I heard that His Royal Highness wrote a letter, hoping to withdraw 50% of the soldiers and horses in the old city. After all... there is no way to keep so many people. Not only that, even Taipingcang has to be moved to the new city."

   "Really? No wonder these days..."

  Wang Bushi listened, and wanted to laugh, so he put down his pen and raised his head: "The old man also heard something."

  Everyone looked at Wang Bushi.

Wang Bushi said indifferently: "A few days ago, the real person from Longquan Temple went to the old city and said that the geomantic omen of the old city was not good. It's no wonder that there was a change of civil fortress. After that, the Tatars surrounded the old city. Jingshi, this real person in Longquan Temple is really a living god, he can't tell, he can't be sure, it's really possible."

People, that’s the way it is, it’s okay if you don’t talk about it, but when you talk about it, many people chatter: “No wonder, no wonder, no wonder when I lived in the old city, I always felt a little uncomfortable. Xincheng, the spirit is much better."

   "A few years ago, several of my concubines fell ill one after another. Could it be because of this?"

   "A few years ago, there was a heavy snow disaster, and there was a natural vision. Do you remember?"

  Many people nodded one after another, which makes sense.

  Someone slapped his head: "So, the land in the old city is worthless. I still have an old house, which I haven't sold yet."

  Everyone persuaded: "Sell it quickly, that place is bad luck."

  Some people also said: "In my opinion, as soon as the news comes out, no one cares about the houses and land in the old city."

  Some people are silent, obviously, some people are reluctant to part with the land in the old city, and think that the current price is too low.

It’s also like Wang Bushi. Anyway, the land in the old city was sold clean, and all the properties were moved to the new city. He hoped that the new city would prosper. Wang Bushi cheered up: “It seems that you don’t understand the market economy. Have you read it? This book, to be honest, is too deviant. Although it is full of nonsense, there are some words, but it is still fair. The value of this land will follow people in the future. The more people, the more thriving…"

  When they heard The Wealth of Nations, many people had a bad face.

  Wang Bushi felt that he had made a slip of the tongue, and mentioning this theory of the wealth of the country was indeed a bit taboo in the Imperial Academy, so he stammered and said: "I heard that recently, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has tossed out a monster who can walk on its own."

  All Hanlins burst into laughter.

  Wang Bushi couldn't help but smile, with a smile on his face: "Haha..."

   "I think this monster from Xishan is Captain Fang."

  Everyone laughed again.

  Wang Bushi snorted and couldn't help laughing out loud.

  There are also cautious people, who couldn't help saying: "Be careful, be careful, but don't let the monster listen, he has a bad temper."

  Everyone was tense, it seemed that after some mockery, they got a little comfort in their hearts, so they were all satisfied and went to work separately.

But Wang Bushi sat still, pondering in his mind, in the Wealth of Nations...no... The old city is still valuable in theory, because according to the book in the Wealth of Nations, industries will have a clustering effect, and the new city Of course it will become more and more prosperous, but the old city is not far from the new city, and there will be a transmission effect. In the current trend, the land price in the old city will be flat, but such a sharp drop is really unimaginable. How do you look at it, like Is it artificial? Who... deliberately short here?

  Wang Bushi squinted his eyes, and a light flashed in his eyes.

   Something is wrong, something is wrong.

  Anything abnormal is a demon.

  Could it be...someone wants to take the opportunity to hoard land...

  His eyes lit up suddenly: "Why don't you try a few plots in the old city."

  Of course, this matter must not be publicized. On the one hand, all this is just speculation. On the other hand, once the news is publicized, it may be expensive to buy land in the old city. Now, it is worthless...

  He had an idea in his mind, but he didn't show his face, he bent over his desk and read a book deliberately.

  ………

  Fang Jifan took his people to the old city to survey the terrain early in the morning.

  The area around the capital is actually a good place to build roads and railway tracks. This is a plain, which is completely different from the waterways and hilly terrain in the south.

The power of this steam locomotive is really terrible. To put it bluntly, it is completely in the sky and underground like the trains of later generations. As for building bridges and digging tunnels, not only the cost is huge, but also... the engineering difficulties that need to be overcome, its difficulty, It's no less than making a steam locomotive.

  Therefore...Jiangnan is temporarily unable to lay railroad tracks, and even road construction is probably a long-standing problem.

   This way, I took the students around from the new city to the old city. A group of students quickly started to survey and map the geography. Generally speaking, there seemed to be nothing too difficult.

   After a few days of busy work, Fang Jifan was already out of breath.

  But at this moment, Wang Jinyuan hurried over sweating profusely: "Young master, young master, you are crazy, you are all crazy..."

  Fang Jifan looked at Wang Jinyuan who looked mad, and said in his heart, isn't it right, can brain diseases still be contagious?

  Wang Jinyuan sweated: "In the trading market, the price of pig iron has skyrocketed. It has more than doubled in one day. This group of devoid of conscience, they are making trouble."

   "As long as there is pig iron, it will be sold out immediately. Not only that, but also wood, and... the trading market is crazy. They are looking for sources everywhere. I am afraid that tomorrow, it will continue to rise."

  ………

  The second chapter is delivered, eat a meal, and continue writing.

  (end of this chapter)