"Master Hou, Lin exchanged 120,000 kilograms of brass from Japanese merchants, and they have all been shipped to Lantian County!"
The next day, early morning.
Lin Wenyuan came to Yong'an Houfu and reported to Li Zexuan.
Li Zexuan was overjoyed and said: "So fast? Okay! 120,000 kilograms, and Mr. Wang at the gall alum mine has also rolled out the production line, our Lantian County should not be short of brass in a short time!" Boss Lin, you have done me a big favor!"
He just received the news the day before yesterday that the production lines at the gall alum mine in Lantian County have been completed. According to Wang Ji's estimate, the brass output of the gall alum mine in the first month should be about 3,000 kilograms. , although it sounds a bit small, but in this era of copper shortage, it is already quite a lot!
What's more, as the subsequent refining process matures, the monthly brass output is bound to increase greatly. By then, it is estimated that the Tang Dynasty court will also pay attention to the hydrometallurgical copper smelting technology, and the gall alumite mine will definitely become very popular in the world. !
"Where is it! It is Lin's honor to serve the Marquis!"
Lin Wenyuan bowed slightly and quickly cupped his hands.
Li Zexuan smiled slightly and said: "Boss Lin, don't be too modest! Now that we have such a huge amount of brass, I can arrange for people to set up wires in Lantian County! By then, the people of Lantian County can also be like Yanhuang Academy. Electric lights are used! Among them, Boss Lin must be remembered!"
"How dare you!"
Lin Wenyuan cupped his hands, suddenly his eyes flashed, and sighed: "Lin just moved his family from Chang'an City to Lantian County a few days ago. I didn't expect that I would be able to enjoy such a magical thing as electric lights right away. In any case, this is all I received the favor from Mr. Hou! Therefore, by helping Mr. Hou exchange brass, in the final analysis, I am also helping Lin himself, and Lin does not dare to take credit!"
Li Zexuan chuckled and asked, "Oh? Boss Lin has settled in Lantian County? Is there anything I can help you with?"
"It's settled! It's settled! The house that Lin bought is in Yong'anfang, just a few steps away from the Marquis' Mansion!"
Lin Wenyuan smiled and cupped his hands.
Although the population of Lantian County has increased dramatically in recent months, it is basically difficult to find a place. House prices and shop prices have increased a lot, especially in Yong'an Fang, where the Hou Mansion is located. Those who can live here are either rich or expensive, ordinary people I can't afford to buy a house here at all, but Lin Wenyuan is also one of the first members of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce. With his wealth, it is not difficult to buy a house in Yong'anfang!
As for why he wanted to place his home in Yong'anfang, I understand!
"Oh? So Boss Lin has become a neighbor with me?"
Li Zexuan raised his eyebrows and smiled.
Lin Wenyuan said quickly: "Don't dare! Lin just wants to be able to better serve the Marquis!"
Li Zexuan did not comment on this, but asked with a smile: "If Boss Lin has any difficulties in doing business in Lantian County in the future, you can come to me. I may be able to help you with matters within the law!"
Officials of this era generally looked down upon businessmen, but Li Zexuan never looked down upon businessmen. The sales of his workshop's products all over the world and the prosperity of Lantian County today are all due to the shadow of businessmen. Sometimes, Li Zexuan was also willing to give some benefits to businessmen. Let them help you develop your fiefdom!
"Thank you, Lord Marquis!"
Lin Wenyuan's heart was suddenly filled with huge surprises. He stood up and cupped his hands towards Li Zexuan and said, "If the Marquis has any errands in the future, Lin will definitely be at your call!"
Li Zexuan thought for a while and asked with a smile: "It's June now, how is your master Lin Hao preparing for the exam?"
Hearing Li Zexuan mention Lin Hao, Lin Wenyuan's old face was filled with relief. He cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Thank you, Lord Marquis. I'm thinking of you. Quanzi has been preparing for the exam hard under the guidance of Mr. Han Xiao for more than half a year, and he has never slacked off." ! I have watched this kid grow up, but I have never seen him care so much about anything. It can be seen from this that he really wants to be admitted to an academic holy place like Yanhuang Academy!"
Li Zexuan smiled and said: "No matter how hard you work, you will gain something. If you work so hard, you will definitely gain something!"
Immediately, he felt that it was a bit inappropriate to say this, as if he was hinting that Lin Wenyuan wanted to secretly "send" his son to Yanhuang Academy, so he quickly added:
"But even if your son accidentally fails the exam, it doesn't matter. Now the Lin family can be considered a native of Lantian County. Lin Hao can go directly to the county school. Many of the county schools are teachers who have taught at Yanhuang Academy. After studying for a year and a half, and then getting admitted to Yanhuang Academy, the success rate will be greatly increased!"
Under normal circumstances, Li Zexuan would not open a backdoor in the academy's admissions. At first, royal children like Li Ke and Li Tai relied on their own abilities to get close to Yanhuang Academy. No matter how many things Lin Wenyuan did for Li Zexuan, Li Zexuan will not open the back door to his son Lin Hao.
Hearing this, Lin Wenyuan's eyes flashed with a trace of imperceptible disappointment, mainly because the first half of Li Zexuan's words gave him hope, otherwise he wouldn't feel slightly disappointed!
"What the Marquis said is true! When Lin decided to move his family to Lantian County, he also had this consideration! After all, in other states and counties, it is basically impossible for the children of businessmen to enter local official schools!"
Lin Wenyuan cupped his hands and smiled.
At this moment, he has figured it out in his mind, because compared to businessmen in other places, he is undoubtedly much happier!
"The prosperity of Lantian County today relies on the prosperity and vigorous development of business, which is inseparable from the efforts of businessmen. I will not exclude businessmen and businessmen's children like officials in other states and counties!"
Li Zexuan said solemnly.
"Master Hou is righteous!"
Lin Wenyuan cupped his hands, and then he seemed to suddenly think of something, and said with some embarrassment: "Speaking of the business in Lantian County, Lin recently planned to build an inn for businessmen to rest, but the construction of this inn. But we have encountered a lot of difficulties, I wonder if the Marquis can provide some convenience?"
"Build an inn? What kind of inn does Boss Lin plan to build?"
According to Lin Wenyuan, this inn must not be an ordinary inn, otherwise he would not come here to ask for help. Li Zexuan couldn't help but asked curiously.
Lin Wenyuan cupped his hands and replied: "Master Hou, Lin is planning to build a six-story inn using the style of Yunshan Villa, made of reinforced concrete and glazed glass. Its interior decoration is all imitating the decoration of Yunshan Villa, including sofas, There are transparent glazed windows and so on! I hope the Marquis will allow it!"
If it were another person in power, they would definitely not agree to this. After all, people in power are tyrannical and they don’t want anyone to imitate their own home and build an inn. But Li Zexuan doesn’t care much about this. On the contrary, Lin Wenyuan can see the potential value of Yunshan Villa. , and discovered it, which surprised him a little. He waved his hand and said:
"Boss Lin spent his own money to build the inn. How can I disagree? If you like the architectural style of Yunshan Villa, I have some similar drawings here. You can use them when the time comes! But having said that , after Boss Lin’s inn is built, it won’t be cheap to stay there for one night, right?”
When he first built the Yunshan Villa, Li Zexuan not only designed a set of drawings, but also had many spare ones. Now that he doesn't have the energy to build a house, it would be nice to use them as a favor to Lin Wenyuan!
Lin Wenyuan looked surprised and held up his hands and said: "Thank you, Lord Marquis, for the map! After this inn is built, Lin hopes that it will become a landmark building in Lantian County. In terms of price, it should be slightly more expensive than other inns!"
Immediately, he looked troubled and hesitated: "But building this inn requires a lot of cement, and it also requires craftsmen who know how to build cement buildings. Lin is bold and asks the Marquis to facilitate it!"
"Cement, craftsman!"
Li Zexuan's heart moved and he said: "The workshop now has a lot of cement inventory, and I can allocate a batch to you. As for the craftsmen, I have an idea here. Can you take a look?"
Lin Wenyuan said respectfully: "Master Hou, please speak!"
Li Zexuan said slowly: "When Yanhuang Academy and Yunshan Villa were built before, most of the craftsmen were locals from Lantian County. What I want is that if the style of buildings in Yunshan Villa can be favored by businessmen, If you like it, I can ask some people in Zhuangzi who know how to build to set up a construction team to specifically contract the construction of this style of building! It will be convenient for you, and it will also allow the people to earn more and live a better life. Better! What do you think?"
"Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! This is a very clever plan by the Marquis!"
Lin Wenyuan's eyes lit up, he put his hands on his hands and smiled: "You don't know something, Lord Marquis. There are definitely not a few businessmen in Lantian County who have Lin's idea. They also want to build a house as bright, beautiful, tall and solid as Yunshan Villa." , but they have no cement and no skilled craftsmen. If the Marquis really plans to let the common people set up a construction team, there will definitely be a lot of businessmen hiring them!"
When Li Zexuan heard this, he immediately made the decision: "Okay! I will first ask Hanjiazhuang and Meicun to set up an engineering team, and then supply a batch of cement to Boss Lin. After the construction of your inn starts, I will encourage you People in other villages set up construction teams and opened several more cement factories to speed up cement production!"
Lin Wenyuan said gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Hou! It's just that... Lin was bold and asked Mr. Hou to help give Lin a name for his inn!"
Li Zexuan looked strange and said, "You want me to name your inn? Are you sure?"
Lin Wenyuan had a bad premonition in his heart, but now that he had said the words, there was no reason to take them back, so he bit the bullet and said:
"Please give me your name~!"
Li Zexuan was helpless. He pretended to think about it, and then said with some evil humor: "Then let's call it Longmen Inn~!"
"Dragon Gate Inn?"
When Lin Wenyuan heard this, he suddenly became filled with doubts, secretly wondering why the Marquis named Longmen Inn? I heard that there is Longmen County on the Jiangzhou side of Hedong Road. Could it be that Mr. Hou has something to do with it? You have to take the time to check it out!
Little did Li Zexuan know that his small prank would lead to a big incident later on!
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Now that the brass is in place, all the dozens of bicycles handed over to Lin Wenyuan have been replaced. Li Zexuan immediately ordered to start setting up wires for Lantian County, and at the workshop, the second-generation bicycles have also begun to enter the stage of full mass production. !
As for electric bicycles, Li Zexuan plans to push it back for a while. After all, it will take some time to set up wires and provide electricity to every household in the county. Selling electric bicycles before then makes no sense at all.
In addition, that afternoon, Li Zexuan found Lao Hu, Liu Qingfeng, and Liu Wanshan and told them about the joint establishment of a construction team in Meicun and Hanjiazhuang!
"Master, we have no problem setting up a construction team to help others build houses like Yunshan Villa. It's just that the wheat in the fields is about to be harvested. During this busy farming season, no one in the village will be willing to work in the city. of!"
Hearing this, Lao Hu scratched his head and said.
Mr. Liu also nodded in agreement and said, "Little Hu is right. We farmers must put our crops first, but we can't let our crops rot in the fields just to make money in the city!"
This cannot be blamed on Hu Hanyun and Liu Erye for not giving Li Zexuan face, but farmers have always valued crops more than anything else. This concept has been deeply ingrained and no one can change it.
Li Zexuan smiled slightly and said: "Uncle Hu, Mr. Liu, there is no conflict between harvesting crops and going to work in the city! I didn't say that everyone in the village should join the construction team. This is not realistic. Only a few people need to know how to do it. As long as the young people who are doing the construction work join the construction team, the rest of the people can still harvest the crops on the farm! To say the least, even if there is not enough manpower, at most the time comes, you can just pay to go to other villages to hire people to help harvest the crops. You will definitely not lose money. , because the treatment team here is definitely very generous!"
Hearing this, several people looked at each other, and finally Liu Erye said: "That's okay! Don't worry, young master, we will go back to recruit people and set up a construction team, and then go to the county to help people build houses!"
"Um!"
Li Zexuan nodded.
Liu Qingfeng hesitated and said: "Master, where can I buy the cement that the engineering team needs?"
Li Zexuan smiled and said: "Liu Lizheng, you don't need to worry about this. I have already arranged it! In addition, I will choose a few suitable locations in the near future and open a few cement workshops. Then there will be no shortage of cement." Got it!"
Liu Qingfeng nodded and said: "That's good!"
Afterwards, several people stood up and left.
Looking at their leaving figures, Li Zexuan couldn't help but smile knowingly.
He has always wanted to increase the income of the people. Previously he promoted bean sprouts and greenhouse vegetables, and this year he promoted cotton. To be honest, farming can only provide food and clothing for the people. If you want to make the people rich, you have to start from Thinking of other ways, the construction team is just a good start.
According to Li Zexuan's idea, in the future he will encourage those farmers with small capital to open some small workshops. When workshop-style production replaces pure handicraft industry, production efficiency will be greatly improved, and it will be difficult for ordinary people to be rich!
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