Seeing that the situation was gradually getting out of control, Liu Qing quickly interrupted everyone's discussion.
"Since all the bosses have suffered losses from the Xia people, they should naturally understand how far-reaching this Liulicong Workshop is to me, Daliang!"
"With the Glazed Workshop, the people of Daliang no longer need to buy those high-priced colored glazes from the Xia people."
"There's no need to swallow your anger even though you know they're selling at a higher price!"
"From now on, our glass industry in Daliang has finally stood up!"
Just when everyone was a little excited, they heard Liu Qing change the subject: "What a pity!"
"Although Liulicongfang is good, due to financial constraints, there is only one in the western suburbs of Bianjing City in the entire Daliang."
"If the funds are in place, it will not be a problem to continue to open three more buildings in our Daliang!"
After hearing this, everyone who was still in high spirits suddenly shut their mouths.
After all, these people couldn't get excited when they thought about the imminent bleeding!
After an awkward and long silence, someone finally took the lead and said, "For the sake of Daliang's glaze industry, my Li family is willing to sponsor ten thousand taels of silver!"
"My Sun family is willing to sponsor five thousand taels of silver!"
"My Wang family is willing to sponsor two thousand taels of silver!"
"My Zheng family is willing to sponsor eight thousand taels of silver!"
"..."
Liu Qing's mouth twitched when he heard that these wealthy and world-famous bosses were so picky.
As far as he knew, the wealthy businessman Hexi Wang, who ran a chain of inns, had an income of at least tens of millions of taels per month.
For their family, two thousand taels is not enough to cover the entire family’s food expenses for a month!
For such a small number to him, he actually had the nerve to say it?
Isn’t this just for asking for food?
Liu Qing felt a little unhappy, so he looked at Song Huan as if asking for help.
I expected Song Huan to reprimand these rich people, but unexpectedly Song Huan nodded with some satisfaction.
Song Huan still adheres to one principle - the sponsorship fee is already very good, no matter how much it is, it is all personal preference!
It stands to reason that Song Huan had already reported to Emperor Liang about building an industrial park, and Emperor Liang had already nodded in agreement, allowing Song Huan to use the money from the Ministry of Household Affairs as he pleased.
Under such circumstances, no matter how much budget Song Huan needed, he could just withdraw the money directly from the Ministry of Household Affairs!
It's so simple and crude, no hesitation required.
When he thought that he could spend money so unscrupulously, Song Huan almost woke up laughing in his dream!
However, when Song Huan actually went to see the accounts of the transfer department, he couldn't laugh no matter what.
Although he had previously helped Emperor Liang solve the problem of the Household Transfer Department being unable to make ends meet, and after Shangguan Yi's house was confiscated, he added a lot of savings to the Household Department.
But now Daliang not only wants to build an industrial zone, but also allocates money to various places to build tribute courtyards and tea and horse factories...
After this calculation, the money was not enough.
Song Huan didn't want to rack his brains to increase complementary income for Emperor Liang!
But if Song Huan paid all of this money alone, it would be too expensive.
Ever since, Song Huan had an idea and thought of a way to get these imperial merchants to sponsor him.
However, since it is a sponsorship, whether you donate more or less depends entirely on the person’s own wishes.
If you force someone to take out half of their wealth, wouldn't that be no different from a robber?
Therefore, Song Huan was still reluctantly satisfied with the amounts quoted by these businessmen.
As long as it can cover part of the expenditure for the national treasury, it's better than nothing!
Seeing that Song Huan was meaningless, Liu Qing could only shut his mouth sadly.
Before he could continue to speak, he heard a strong voice from the crowd——
"My Chen family is willing to sponsor five million taels!"
Five million taels!
This person is crazy!
Everyone took a collective breath and turned around to see who was so crazy!
It would have been better not to see it. When they saw it, everyone was a little stunned.
Because the person who asked for five million taels of silver was none other than Chen Xin, who had just been expelled from the imperial merchant household registration not long ago!
Seeing everyone looking at him like a fool, Chen Xin coughed unnaturally.
"This is a good thing that can not only benefit the people of Daliang, but also make people proud in front of the Xia people. Naturally, I will fully support it!"
"Okay!" As soon as Chen Xin finished speaking, Shen Mei on the other side applauded appreciatively, "Boss Chen is so courageous, Shen Mei admires you!"
"In this case, Shen Mei is also willing to donate five million taels of silver!"
"Support Prince Rong in building the Liulicong Workshop!"
As soon as these words came out, the remaining businessmen wanted to find a crack in the ground and burrow down on the spot!
Today was a sponsorship discussion meeting for the Imperial Merchants, and it turned out that the two people who donated the most were not among the Imperial Merchants.
Isn’t this a slap in the face?
Seeing two generous businessmen finally appeared, Liu Qing instantly beamed.
"Thank you, Boss Chen!"
"Thank you, Boss Shen!"
"This is what our Daliang Hongding businessmen should look like!"
"Ahem, next, I would like to invite all the bosses to see the second exhibit today."
As he spoke, Liu Qing took out a piece of silver-white metal as if he were doing magic.
Seeing the piece of metal in Liu Qing's hand, everyone was curious and asked questions.
"Is this silver?"
"No! How can this be silver? How can silver be so hard and smooth!"
"This...is this iron?"
"This is obviously not iron! This thing is much stronger than iron at first glance!"
"Then is this Xuan Tie from Xia Kingdom?"
"It's not like that! I've seen the Xuantie from Xia Kingdom before. It looks black and black. It's completely different from this thing..."
No matter what everyone guessed, Liu Qing just kept a secretive smile on his face and slowly shook his head in denial.
Seeing that everyone's guesses were wrong, Liu Qing finally said: "I'll tell you what you said!"
"This kind of thing is called steel, and it is obtained after many smelting processes."
“Steel is several times harder than iron and will never rust after years of use.”
"If this metal can be used to build bridges, tools, knives, etc., it will surely make the items strong, reliable, and durable!"
"The most important thing is, if my soldiers in Daliang can use weapons made of this steel..."
Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up!
I heard that the mountain black iron produced in the Xia Kingdom is very hard. I never expected that this steel is not only harder than black iron, but it will also never rust!
If this thing could replace ordinary iron tools, wouldn't productivity take off immediately?
Thinking of this, everyone present became excited for a moment.
"I, Wang Duoyu, voted for this project!"
"And me! I'm willing to invest money!"
"Yes, yes! From now on we must let the people in Daliang use good steel!"
Looking at the impatient looks of everyone, Liu Qing couldn't help feeling ecstatic in his heart.
It seems that the sponsorship situation of this steelmaking factory is much better than that of Liulicongfang!
