"His Royal Highness, King Qin, wants to make a lot of money and then keep it all for himself to spend?" the chief asked, looking at Zhu Xiang.
"That's how the fiefdom is. The place here belongs to us, and we make our own money and spend it ourselves." Zhu Xi nodded.
"Xiaqiu Village makes money but gives it to others to spend. Your Highness, it's not good to have too much money. Just enough is enough. The court is short of money. How do you spend the large amount of money you have left?"
The head of the village shook his head slightly, "Why do you, King Qin, keep the money?" We won't help you rebel.
"Then we have to give money to the people in our own fiefdom first. Then the court will be short of money elsewhere... We will just send the money back. My father will be very happy, and my mother will be as well."
Zhu Xi thought about it and found that it was indeed the case. What he enjoyed was the process of making money. It was obviously not good to keep the money to see if his father was short of money.
The chief smiled: "Your Highness will have a lot of money by then. There is no need to give the money directly to Your Majesty. Your Highness will use it to improve people's livelihood and carry out infrastructure construction, which will be the greatest help to the court."
"What should I do if my father has no money? My brother will inherit the throne, so we don't care if he has no money?" Zhu Ping questioned.
"How does Your Highness make money?" the chief asked.
"Of course we are in partnership with Xiaqiu Village... Hmm... So it doesn't matter whether we keep the money or not, right? With Xiaqiu Village here, we will help my father and brother make money."
Zhu Xi figured it out in an instant. He was still considering being rich and powerful! How can it be?
Xiaqiu Village is my brother's Xiaqiu Village. Just because the village is unwilling to leave more money does not mean that the village will not make money.
If he does business in partnership with Xiaqiu Village, he can only get 10% of the profit, while Xiaqiu Village will get 10% and 80% will go to his father.
It's just that we are currently in the process of developing the market, so my father has not raised any dividends.
When he became a feudal lord, all this success was gone, and he could only cooperate with Xiaqiu Village to find new business in the fiefdom.
Then give 10% to Xiaqiu Village and keep 90% for yourself? Why should Xiaqiu Village agree?
With this in mind, Zhu Xiang put down the wine bowl and clasped his fists: "Please ask the chief to teach me."
"Your Highness, don't be anxious. The construction of the fiefdom requires only one hundred thousand guan. Even if tens of millions of guan are thrown in, it will only be a splash.
In the future, His Highness will need to join forces with other His Highnesses to invest in infrastructure to make logistics smoother.
At the same time, there is also investment in medical research, education, and other technology research and development.
When building infrastructure, we must consider the situations we will face in the future and plan for the long term. "
The head of the village returned the gift and reassured Zhu Ping that it was early for things to happen! Now that you have just planted the seeds, it will take a long time for the seeds to germinate.
"When the time comes, Xiaqiu Village will cooperate with me. I know that I am not good at it. I only have fiefdoms. All other skills I learned from Xiaqiu Village."
Zhu Xi felt relieved. The head of the village said that tens of millions of dollars was nothing. How much is the fiscal revenue for the next year?
In this case, make money slowly and spend it while you make it.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, Xi'an Mansion is indeed a good place where you can make a lot of money."
"We have to engage in breeding in the future. We can't control what happens elsewhere. The people in our own land cannot lack meat.
Raise rabbits, pigs and poultry, not less sheep, more large animals, and cultivate the land.
By the way, grow medicinal materials. People cannot get sick without medicinal materials, so what else can we do..."
Zhu Xi was at a loss as he talked. He felt that there was nothing wrong with it. It was all routine operations and modular things.
“Your Highness, there is no stability without farming, no wealth without industry, and no life without business. We need to develop industry. Soap making is industry, and glass burning is also industry.
For example, the new cotton textile machine combination in Luoyang will make the place rich with cotton, and a large number of cotton planting areas will appear in the mountains.
Cotton is drought-tolerant, so dry fields cannot be chosen well for His Highness’s fiefdom, especially the mountains outside the plains.
Xi'an Prefecture is located, surrounded by the Qinling Mountains. The Qinling Mountains have many plant species and many animal species.
Another advantage of the plains is that they are suitable for large-scale machinery operations. If the steam engine is enlarged, it can replace animal power and manpower in plowing the land. It is easy to cultivate thirty or forty acres of land in a day.
The bigger and more regular the plot, the better. The machine can go straight forward, then turn around and come back. "
The director didn't want Zhu Ping to fall into self-doubt, so it would be better to broaden his horizons.
"Then, is it easy to cultivate thirty or forty acres of land a day? We want it. There are many plains here."
Zhu Cang didn't ask if it was possible, but only if it was easy to make. Since the chief could tell, there was absolutely no problem.
The one used on the boat is very useful and the speed is scary.
There are also grinding tofu and mincing meat stuffing. It feels like everything can be hooked up to the steam engine, including grinding noodles.
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After lunch, the team continued on their way, and some people were already setting up camp in front of them.
Waiting for dusk, when everyone arrived, they heard the tinkling sound of forging iron. It was obviously the blacksmiths who had arrived in advance and were working.
They got a new job and needed to find time to build something while on the road.
While others are sleeping at night, they have to go to a farther location to continue building, and then go to bed in the middle of the night.
The next morning, you can lean on the car and sleep. As long as you are sure not to fall, you can sleep soundly.
At noon the next day, the steam engine ship ran back down the river with a boatload of stones, added coal and water, and ran out again.
Another steam engine starts working, humming to crush the material. The key is to add other things so that the glass that comes out is not transparent.
Mainly red and blue, such as copper oxide.
After walking and grinding all the way, the team of fast horses fetching alkali caught up behind them. Each of them had four horses, and one of the horses carried a hundred kilograms of alkali on his back.
The alkali brought back by one horse can burn six hundred kilograms of colored glaze. Zhu Xi did not need to build too many greenhouses this time. He just wanted to give confidence to the people in the fiefdom.
At the same time, making money from rich people, Xi'an Prefecture is not Yingtian Prefecture. No matter how cold the winter is in Yingtian Prefecture, you can still grow something. In Xi'an Prefecture, there is nothing in the winter, unless you look for pine trees.
The key is that the pine nuts of the pine trees in Xi'an Prefecture are very small, unlike the large pine nuts in the Northeast.
As soon as the team comes back, feed the horses water first and brush them with water at the same time. When feeding the water, sprinkle wheat bran in the trough. The horses like this kind of water the most.
When you're almost done drinking, feed him a piece of caramel, and the whole trip will be worth it.
"His Royal Highness King Qin, when the time comes, find someone to learn how to blow glass bubbles, and then you can make glass boards. Our current craft is blowing.
When we return to Xiaqiu Village next year, it is estimated that the villagers have collected almost all the materials, so we won’t need to blow it.
According to the amount of alkali, we can build a greenhouse with ten acres of land this time. The seedlings raised by the team will be given to you first, leaving two people working in Xiaqiu Village and one person from the mansion to take care of it. "
When the village chief saw Jian coming back, he discussed the arrangements with Zhu Xi. It was impossible for Xiaqiu Village to stay and take care of the greenhouse.
Only those who are studying have experience, plus one from the Prince of Qin's Palace, and the rest are hired.
But there are no bees, so hired workers dip their brushes into the flowers to pollinate them.
"Why don't our people play well?" Zhu Feng was in a dilemma. Now he knew how to be reasonable and would not think that people in the mansion must know something.
"If you can't blow it well, blow it again. The glass can be returned to the furnace. If the furnace goes out, the kiln will be destroyed. When we leave, we will take everything left in the kiln with us."
The chief explained the situation.
No more today! Thanks!
(End of chapter)
