Zhou Tong suddenly looked at Zhao Feng in surprise. She had just become rich recently. If she wanted to build a road, it would cost a lot of money. Wouldn't she have to spend all the money she just earned?
You know, although her place is not particularly far from the capital, it still requires a full two days' journey. Even according to the shortest distance, it is still quite far.
It would be too difficult to build such a long road!
Seeing the hesitant expression on Zhou Tong's face, Zhao Feng knew that Zhou Tong was worried that the cost would be too high, so he said with a smile.
"Your Highness, I know what you are thinking. You are worried that if we buy that cement, we will spend a lot of money, right?"
Zhou Tong nodded slightly, knowing that only the public-private cement factory can produce cement now, and this is also a relatively important source of income for the imperial court.
Although Zhao Feng is a shareholder of this cement factory, if he takes cement from it, he can get it at the cost price, but if he wants to build a road, it still requires too much money, and it may not be possible to build this road. It brings them no substantial benefits, so isn’t this just money spent in vain?
Zhao Feng shook his head and said very seriously.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess has a saying that if you want to be rich, you must first build roads. Now we produce a lot of products, even many. If we can promote them, we will definitely get a lot of benefits."
"The reason why we don't make so much money now is because it's too difficult for us to transport goods out here!"
"Youzhou is blocked by the Taihang Mountains. If we want to transport goods, we must cross the Taihang Mountains."
"But if we can build a very smooth road, our goods can be quickly transported to the capital in large quantities, and then quickly sold to anyone in the entire Zhou Dynasty through the distribution network that has been developed in the capital. place!"
Zhou Tong nodded slightly, and then said with some clarity.
"So what Mr. Zhao means is that if we build this road, it will bring us sustained and long-term benefits, will it be able to make up for the cost of this road?"
Zhao Feng nodded slightly, that was exactly what he meant, but besides this matter, Zhao Feng had other ideas.
"And the most important thing is that when we build this road, we can also bring some revenue to the court. Part of our tax revenue here also has to be given to the court. If our income here is more, the court can also earn more. .”
Zhao Feng said this and pointed directly at the map behind Zhou Tong.
Zhou Tong turned his head curiously and walked over to Zhao Feng, pointing at the map and heading north until he reached a position close to the grassland.
"And your Royal Highness, look here, if we build a road from the capital to here, it will become easier to send troops from the capital to the Huns."
"At the same time, it would be impossible for the Xiongnu to come here because there is Yanmen Pass in the north to resist them."
Hearing this, Zhou Tong suddenly felt very reasonable.
If such a road can really be built, it will not only benefit the country and the people, but also bring a lot of income, which will also be of great benefit to the court!
Zhao Feng smiled slightly and continued.
"So before, cement was only produced through public-private partnerships, but now the production of cement can hardly keep up with the supply, and I am the only one in the world who knows how to produce cement."
"Her Highness the Princess can use this to negotiate conditions with the court. We will build a road here and also open a cement factory. In this way, if we use our own cement to lay the road, the cost will be even lower!"
Zhou Tong suddenly became excited after hearing Zhao Feng's plan.
Indeed, according to Zhao Feng's plan, if they can really open a cement factory here, it will not only bring additional income, but also use the produced cement to build the road.
And the court will most likely facilitate this matter. After all, countries like cement and steel will definitely have a hand in it, because this is a matter related to people's livelihood. Even if there is no big benefit in it, the court will not allow it. Everything is taken over by outsiders.
After Zhou Tong thought about Zhao Feng's plan, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Then he nodded in surprise and looked at Zhao Feng and said seriously.
"Mr. Zhao, you are really amazing. Others take one step and look at the three steps, but you take one step and look at the ten steps!"
"Indeed, if I told my father about this matter, my father would definitely agree!"
Zhao Feng smiled slightly and shook his head.
"No, you can't talk to His Majesty about this. Instead, you have to write a letter to your queen mother and let your queen mother and your father talk to her."
Zhou Tong looked at Zhao Feng with some doubts. She was quite confident in how much Zhou Zhen loved her, and she didn't understand why Zhao Feng wanted to go around in this circle.
Zhao Feng smiled slightly. The reason why he asked Zhou Tong to go around this circle was to obtain greater benefits for Zhou Tong and here. Because of the construction of this cement plant, the cement produced in the early stage will definitely not be supplied to the outside world. , but all of it should be used for road construction.
Under such circumstances, only through the Queen could Zhou Zhen temporarily forget about the huge interests behind the cement and give himself and Zhou Tong more shares.
This cement factory will also become a very profitable enterprise in the future. He is planning for Zhou Tong's future!
"Anyway, just do as I say, and you will definitely thank me then!"
Zhou Tong then nodded. She had always trusted Zhao Feng very much. Even if Zhao Feng didn't explain to her, she would do what Zhao Feng said.
Soon, Zhou Tong wrote a letter and sent it to the capital to his mother. It is worth mentioning that neither the second prince nor the fourth prince was born to the queen, but to the noble concubine and the concubine. .
The queen only gave birth to one daughter, Zhou Tong, but because Zhou Zhen loved the queen very much, and the queen was Zhou Zhen's first wife before he became the prince, Zhou Tong was particularly favored by Zhou Zhen.
Zhao Feng calculated the time. If he planned to deliver the goods in winter, he would have to start building the cement plant now.
Zhou Zhen would definitely agree to it anyway, so they might as well start in advance and wait until they agree to start producing cement.
