Ancient Fortune Records

"What is the Ministry of Industry doing recently? A gust of wind blows over, blowing a lot of dust over there."

The Minister of the Household Department said: "Master Shang Shu doesn't know something. After Shen Li was transferred to the Household Department, he started to make something called 'cement', which is said to be very useful."

Guo Daoyuxin, Minister of the Ministry of Accounting, said that it was probably something related to farming. Their tax revenue in recent years has been quite good, and it is inseparable from Shen Li.

He generously said: "If someone from the Ministry of Industry wants silver taels, then record it in the register and then give the money. As long as it doesn't exceed the budget, give as much as you have." This is a great talent and should not be offended.

"Yes."

The servant of the Ministry of Household originally thought Master Shen would ask for a lot of money, but in the end he only asked for a total of one hundred guan.The servant of the household department felt that he had probably reversed his views on the Ministry of Industry, so that he would not be twitched when he saw the Ministry of Industry, and even generously gave him dozens of coins.

Shen Li burned in the fire room for a long time, his face was reddened, but the temperature was still not enough.The fired cement looks like a good-for-nothing road. In fact, once it is paved with cement roads, it will probably crack when exposed to the sun, and it will not be considered a good road at that time.

To make cement, you have to make a cement kiln. The temperature of this kind of cement kiln can barely reach more than 1000 degrees, and there will be no more.Now Shen Li has not found a coal mine. If he finds an open-pit coal mine, he can use it and set up a high-temperature calcination, so that forging iron will not be so laborious.

But it is impossible for Shen Li to invent black powder to blow up mountains.First of all, the black powder itself is indeed not such a problem, but the militants got it. I am afraid that the militants here in Dazhao would even want to occupy Europe, let alone the neighboring small countries.Human desires are endless and cannot test human nature.

Furthermore, digging coal mines is not a safe thing, and even modern coal mines always have problems, let alone ancient times with no protective measures.Finally, this is a feudal society, and human life is mostly worth less than a piece of fur from an aristocrat. Once those in power know the profits of the coal mines, people will be trafficked, and good people will be forced into bondage.

However, open-pit coal mines are really hard to come by. Without coal, Shen Li can only make a living in cave dwellings.Shen Li thought hard and had no choice but to improve the current kiln for firing porcelain. With the addition of charcoal and bellows, he finally adjusted the temperature to a temperature that can melt an iron sword. More than 500 degrees.

People from the Ministry of Industry saw it, were taken aback, and immediately reported it to the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry.Some craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry can smelt iron, some can burn porcelain, and most of them have good skills in firing kilns and furnaces.But no matter how skilled they are, they can't make cave dwellings of such good quality.

"My lord, how did you do it?"

Shen Li took out the drawings, and he was going to sort out several drawings of cave dwellings for other purposes.Originally, Shen Li didn't know much about this aspect, but when Hyundai was lucky enough to visit the cave dwellings with his friends, he read a few more popular science brochures.There are professional introductions of brick kilns, cement kilns, and cave dwellings for firing porcelain.The structure and usage are explained very clearly.Looking back now, Shen Li can only think of a few of them, after all, he didn't have so much time to read them all.

"This, this burns out an off-white powder, which looks similar to plant ash."

"Is this cement? It doesn't look like anything special."

"My lord, is this the fetish you mentioned? Could it be used for fertilization?" Can there be anything more like plant ash than this?

While everyone was discussing, Shen Li mixed the newly made cement and water, and then mixed a certain amount of sand.

Shen Li stirred vigorously, and the color of the cement changed from lighter gray to dark gray. It looked like paste, and it was relatively viscous.

Shen Li touched a little bit on the tip of his finger, twisted it, and said with satisfaction: "This is cement mortar, which can be used to build walls."

As he said that, he took out the blue bricks that he had prepared a long time ago, coated the upward side of the blue bricks with cement sand with a plaster knife, and built a low blue brick wall with the plum blossom method.

Everyone showed surprise, "I didn't expect this thing to be used as something to glue bricks together. It's really a good thing."

Shen Li smiled, where did this go?After making cement, building houses is only incidental, and the most important thing is road construction.

In five years, if the road from Chang'an to any prefecture can be constructed, Dazhao will undergo earth-shaking changes.

After Shen Li finished building the wall, he didn't care about the people who came to join in the trouble. Others could look at it if they wanted to, and go up and touch it if they wanted to touch it.

By the end of the afternoon, the walls were almost completely dry.Zhang Wei was still thinking about the wall, so he stood guard before he had time to eat.As a doctor of the Ministry of Industry, I have more contact with those craftsmen who can build cities, and soon realized what Shen Li made really meant!Once cement appears, dams, city walls, and road surfaces will all be applied to this material.

Moreover, at present, the cost of cement is not high, which is more cost-effective than all materials currently used.

Zhang Wei looked at the wall curiously, hitting it with his body from time to time, but the wall was still extremely hard.

Because the amount of stones mixed in was wrong, Shen Li tried many times to make a cement floor with very suitable hardness and quality. The total length was no more than [-] meters, and the bottom surface was flat, just like a flat stone surface!

"This thing is laid on the ground, but it can still be so smooth." Zhang Wei saw this beautiful road, and his hands were shaking with excitement.

"Like a whole piece of bluestone."

"Now bicycles and tricycles have to sell better again."

Everyone knows that Shen Li's bicycle tricycle sells very well in various prefectures and rich towns, because the richer the place, the smoother the road, and the more money the people have in their hands.If the concrete floor is spread to the door of every household, then those bicycles and tricycles of Shen Li can be sold more...

In an instant, everyone cast their Fu-hating eyes on Shen Li.

Shen Li said calmly: "Yes, but even if I don't sell better, I'm still richer than everyone here."

This is true, and no one can refute it.Even the children of aristocratic families have private houses.Unless someone in the family is an official in the Yan Division, in terms of family background, Shen Li is no worse than anyone in the Ministry of Industry.

Think about the big factories in Shen Li's hometown, and the big factories in Yanhui County, as well as the copyright laws established by His Majesty, which allowed him to earn a lot of money by selling commercial copyrights, and call them the sons of aristocratic families. jealous...

Not counting Shen Li's property, a single factory alone is enough to earn the money of ordinary people for several lifetimes.

Now there is another cement...

"The copyright of this cement..."

Shen Li smiled and said: "On the surface it is mine, but in private, seven cents go to the state treasury, one cent goes to the R&D funds of the Ministry of Industry, and the remaining two cents belong to me." The money and the share after gaining profits are all divided in this way.Of course, if there is no profit or even a discount, the risk has to be borne in this way.It's just that His Majesty needs to shed more blood and take over the part of the Ministry of Industry.

Seven points go to the state treasury. On the surface, the proceeds go to the state treasury, but in fact they go to the emperor's private treasury.Emperor Xuan listened to the accounts calculated in his ears by the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he almost treated Shen Li as a boy who recruited fortune, no, not a boy who recruited money, but a god who specialized in making money.

But the Minister of the Ministry of Finance said: "Shen Li is so wise and close to a demon, and the cement is one thing after another. It is impossible not to repair the road. Shen Li's profit is also a reminder to your majesty to pay for the road."

Emperor Xuan thought about the remaining money in the state treasury, and felt that the money for road construction was still acceptable.But after all, he is not being taken advantage of, and only plans to build roads within the capital.

As for other places, even if he emptied the treasury, he couldn't finish the repairs.

The Minister of the Household Department worriedly covered his small purse, because he was really afraid that the Ministry of Industry would break into the Household Department and steal money if he disagreed with him.Road construction, is this something that can be solved by a few hundred guns?

Shen Li knew that the basic law must be paid attention to in road construction. Although some places are very poor and need road construction, they cannot be repaired in those places first.First of all, road construction has to be done step by step. Moreover, choosing places to build roads at will regardless of economic benefits is also very harmful. After the cost is invested, the effect obtained is very weak, which is not conducive to cultivating enthusiasm for road construction.

Most people can't get up early without profit, and the majority of people are not aware of the benefits of road construction. It is impossible for cement floors to be popularized.

His Royal Highness King Rong ran over, took out a piggy bank of his own with a pained face, and said to Shen Li: "Teacher heard that you asked for money to build roads, and was kicked out by the Minister of the Household Department. I don't have a lot of money." , all my money is with my concubine, I secretly saved it, and now I give it all to you."

Shen Li touched King Rong's head, and said with a look of relief: "Why do you want to give money to Taifu?"

King Rong said without hesitation: "My father said that everything you do is for Dazhao. I have no other place to help you, so I will take out the money and make it up for you. Is this enough to build roads?"

Shen Li asked again: "Is it really just to raise money for the Taifu, and there is no other reason?"

King Rong blushed, and he said embarrassedly: "Teacher, when I went to your Zhuangzi, my buttocks hurt so much..."

Shen Li was speechless, only to hear the little fat man who needed a beating added: "Even my Highness, I feel the road is not good while sitting in the sedan chair, and the pedestrians walking in worn-out straw sandals think so, so building roads is a good thing. "

Shen Li asked: "Your Highness thinks that the road is flat and easy to walk, right?"

King Rong nodded.

"If a farmer transports a bunch of fruits and vegetables and cannot sell them locally, how can we prevent the fruits and vegetables from being exchanged for money?"

"Of course it will be sold elsewhere." King Rong replied quickly.

"If the road is bumpy, the fruits and vegetables will rot if the horse cart transports them to other places. Moreover, the road is uneven, and it takes a long time to go to one place, and the transportation cost is very high."

King Rong nodded, "So road construction can speed up the transportation. If my concubine wants to eat lychees from the south, if the road is good, she can skip the waterway, which will be faster."

"Your Highness is smart, that's the reason. If Dazhao wants to get rich, the transportation must be developed to make the logistics unimpeded. Many local products must be circulated; external products must also flow in to form a commodity circulation channel."

"The more developed the business, the more money everyone will have."

King Rong said: "But there are a lot of merchants in the capital. When I go out for a stroll in the palace, I have no money in my pocket, but the money in my hand has not increased. The ministers said that merchants who do business are people who strive for wealth with the people."

Shen Li shook his head and said: "Commerce is related to the circulation of commodities. Everyone needs to use money to get what they want, first of all, they need to make money. Moreover, in recent years, one-fifth of Dazhao's treasury revenue has come from commercial taxes. Pay attention to the circulation of commodities , can make the national treasury more and more abundant. The last point is the most important, that is, employment. Not all people are suitable for farming and studying, so many people live by crafts. If there is a craft that can make goods, the goods can be sold When he goes out, he can get money. In the process of producing and selling commodities, a lot of work can be produced, and these tasks need to be done by people, and the people who do these jobs can get paid.”

King Rong added: "I understand. After making money, people can buy things again. The court collects taxes and merchants make money. A circle is formed."

Shen Li nodded in satisfaction. Although His Highness the Twelfth Prince looks silly, in fact, his temperament and IQ are both top-notch.No wonder Emperor Xuan loved His Royal Highness King Rong so much.

Wen Bohe paid great attention to Shen Li's road construction business. In fact, he felt that Shen Li hadn't looked for him for so many days because he was delayed by the cement matter.

Shen Li is also suffering from a headache, the benefits of road construction cannot be seen in the short term.The cost of labor and raw materials for road construction, and the cost of transporting cement to various places are not small sums.The imperial court will not pay the whole bill for this, and Shen Li is not good at paying for road repairs himself.

Wen Bohe said: "No, let those rich people donate more."

Shen Li said: "You are right, but there are still a small number of people who are willing to donate."

Wen Bohe laughed, "There are plenty of rich businessmen who are willing to spend money for a good reputation."

"It would be great if Your Majesty could give a plaque to someone with more money."

Wen Bohe added: "It's better to be tax-free."

Shen Li added: "A stele of meritorious deeds can also be built beside the road, and the names of those who have made meritorious deeds can be engraved on it."

The two looked at each other and smiled, their demeanor showed no sign of plotting other people's money at all.

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