Chen Kan already knew Zhang Guan's purpose from the time he brought the topic to Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanhe.
Zhang Guan's acting skills are very good, but Chen Kan doesn't want to continue acting with him.
Sure enough, when Chen Kan stopped talking, Zhang Guan stopped talking nonsense, and instead looked thoughtful, and asked calmly: "I heard that your two highnesses have recently been studying a new thing called cement. After it is made, Its hardness is comparable to stone, but its price is much lower than stone?"
Zhang Guan showed his cards, and Chen Kan had no need to hide it. He nodded and said, "Yes, there is indeed such a thing."
The moment Chen Kan confirmed it, a look of surprise appeared in Zhang Guan's eyes.
Chen Kan looked at Zhang Guan with a smile and asked: "Master Zhang called me here today, is it just for a small matter like cement?"
Such straightforward words immediately showed a look of embarrassment on Zhang Guan's face.
However, after all, Zhang Guan was a figure who had been in the officialdom for many years. He quickly adjusted himself and said to Chen Kan, "To be honest with you, I am here for the cement. Your Majesty gave me a strict order to let me." The officials must build the city of Beijing in the shortest possible time, and the Army Academy and the Imperial Mausoleum must also be built together. With so many major projects being started at the same time, the masonry and other materials required are not a small amount."
"oh!"
Chen Kan nodded as if he understood, and asked: "So, Master Zhang means to cooperate with me and ask me to provide cheap cement?"
"Yes, if the Marquis can provide me with enough cement, I am confident that these heroes will complete the project within three years. By then, the Marquis who provided these raw materials will be the first hero."
After finishing the painting of a piece of cake, Zhang Guan looked at Chen Kan with a calm face, as if he was sure that Chen Kan would agree.
When Chen Kan heard this, he couldn't help but sneer at the corner of his mouth.
This Zhang Guan is really good at calculating, and he doesn't even mention money.
In the past, this kind of pie painting has always been Chen Kan's patent, but he didn't expect that today he would eat a piece of Zhang Guan and a piece of pie.
Chen Kan had a thoughtful expression on his face. He took a piece of dried meat from the table and chewed it in his mouth. After a moment, Chen Kan frowned and said, "I wonder what kind of price Master Zhang can give?"
"price?"
Zhang Guan was stunned for a moment, and then his face suddenly darkened.
Before Zhang Guan could speak, Chen Kan teased: "If I guess correctly, the money allocated by the national treasury to build the city of Beijing should be at the bottom soon, right?"
"Haha, how come the Marquis is carrying such dirty things as money? Don't let the smell of copper taint your body, drinking and drinking."
Zhang Guan's expression showed no trace of PS at all, and he quickly poured wine for Chen Kan.
Chen Kan smiled and shook his head: "Master Zhang, what you said is wrong. Money is a good thing. I am a common man, and my favorite thing is things that smell like copper."
He also didn't expect that Zhang Guan would come up with the idea of emptying a white wolf on him. I have to say that his courage is commendable.
It's a pity that Chen Kan is not the one who was taken advantage of, and he doesn't have the habit of eating cakes.
Sensing the dissatisfaction in Chen Kan's words, Zhang Guan hurriedly forced a smile and said: "It's me who has ruined the scenery. Tonight, on the night of Yuanzheng, I shouldn't mention such dirty things to disturb the Marquis's elegance. I will punish myself." One cup, punish yourself with one cup, haha!"
Chen Kan looked at Zhang Guan coldly. He found that all officials in the Ming Dynasty had a problem, that is, they were both in charge and in charge.
He also wanted to take away the cement from his hands without paying any price, and he also wanted to establish a noble image in front of himself.
Not much worse than a bitch.
The atmosphere became somewhat tense for a while.
Zhang Guan had an awkward fake smile on his face, while Chen Kan had completely lost interest in drinking.
Cement is indeed not a valuable thing. If Zhang Guanfan was willing to deign to give him an IOU, Chen Kan wouldn't mind giving it to him for free.
But Zhang Guan now wants to take him for granted, and Chen Kan will not tolerate him.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Kan suddenly had an idea in his mind.
He slowly drank the wine in the glass and looked at Zhang Guandao coldly: "Master Zhang, I am not hiding this from you. I made the cement in order to get a share of the construction of Beijing. Therefore, even if Zhang Guandong Sir, if you don't come to ask me today, I will provide you with this cement."
Zhang Guan's expression froze, and then he asked with a smile: "I wonder how the Marquis plans to deal with me?"
If the prostitution didn't work out, Zhang Guan now had to make up his mind based on the price.
It would be nice to keep it down a little, after all, he really doesn't have much money left.
Chen Kan shook his head, smiled and said: "Master Zhang, when you work for the imperial court, talking about money is tacky. No matter how you trade, of course it's free."
"Free?"
A look of suspicion suddenly appeared on Zhang Guan's face. He was talking about money just now, but now he has to give it away for free. There can't be any conspiracy, right?
Chen Kan smiled and said: "Of course it's a free gift. How can it be said that His Majesty is also my father-in-law. He wants to build Beijing. As a son-in-law, can I not support it?"
Looking at Chen Kan who suddenly changed his attitude, Zhang Guan felt an unreal feeling of being separated from time and space.
So, is what this Marquis said true?
After a while, Zhang Guan still didn't want to believe that this was true. After all, Chen Kan's "ugly" face was still fresh in his mind.
Just as he was about to speak, Chen Kan continued: "However, the amount of cement required to build Beijing City is not a small amount, so I hope Lord Zhang can give me some help when necessary."
Sure enough, there is no free lunch in the world, and the conditions are waiting for him here.
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Guan asked, "I wonder what kind of help the Marquis needs from me."
Chen Kan said slowly: "It's not a big deal. I just want to ask Mr. Zhang to leave a few shops for me in the city. I plan to do some small business after the construction of Beijing. In addition, since I want to contribute to the construction of Beijing, There has to be a reason for providing cement, such as it is within my country, Chen Kanzhong. These are all trivial things, what do you think of Mr. Zhang?"
Zhang Guan was stunned and said in disbelief: "That's all?"
Chen Kan nodded affirmatively: "That's all!"
Zhang Guan always felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong.
Because these conditions are not conditions at all compared to Chen Kan's free provision of materials to build a city.
"On this small matter, if there is no problem with Mr. Zhang, we can ask someone to come to my cement factory to pull materials after the snow melts."
Chen Kan's expression now was exactly the same as Zhang Guan's just now. He looked at him with determination, as if he wasn't worried about his disapproval at all.
Of course, in fact, Zhang Guan had no room to refuse.
As the saying goes, a penny can stump a hero, and Hu Bu is not a good man or woman. It would be much more difficult for him to ask for money from Hu Bu than to go whore for nothing.
"Okay, I can take care of this little thing now. I will definitely leave some shops in prime locations for the Marquis."
After a moment, Zhang Guan nodded in agreement.
He was sure there was a trap in Chen Kan's words, but as long as he was stupid enough, he could pretend not to know.
Chen Kan smiled: "In this case, I would like to congratulate Master Zhang in advance for his great achievements."
"The Marquis is joking. Without the Marquis, I can only look at the messy Beijing city and worry about it. How can I take credit for it?"
Zhang Guan also smiled. As long as Chen Kan was willing to let him have sex for free, he wouldn't mind sharing some of the credit.
Anyway, he has contributed so much to the construction of Beijing that he cannot bear it alone.
When the goals of both parties are achieved, naturally there will be a series of exchanges of cups and cups.
We are all foxes, and it is not easy to deal with such a small scene.
Finally, Chen Kan was carried into the carriage by the servants of the Hou Mansion.
Zhang Guan was not much better, he was completely drunk. As for whether he was really drunk or fake, that's a matter of opinion.
When Chen Kan returned to his mansion, it was already the third watch.
Lingding got very drunk on the night of Yuanzheng, and naturally she was lectured by Zhu Yuelan.
But Chen Kan was still in a good mood.
The exchange of interests with Zhang Guan gave Chen Kan the pleasure of crushing others from the commanding heights of his IQ.
Of course Chen Kan would not be so kind as to let Zhang Guanbai prostitute his things.
After the city of Beijing is built, he will understand the truth that what is free is the most expensive.
But by then it was too late for him to regret it.
That's right, Chen Kan's so-called origin is naturally the naming rights of the royal family. Is there any better spokesperson in the world than the royal family?
By then everyone will know that the cement made by Chen Kan is a good thing that the royal family has promised to use.
There are so many cities in the Ming Dynasty that need to be renovated. What is the profit of a Beijing city? Chen Kan's goal is the Ming Dynasty.
At present, only banks and military academies are named with the words "Da Ming Royal".
However, the perfumes and soaps under the Chen Mansion did not have this honor. The royal family did nothing, and half of the profits were divided by the royal family.
Now that cement has a royal status, Chen Kan can recoup the profits from perfume and soap through cement.
This time Chen Kan is ready to monopolize the cement profits.
As for Zhu Di, he had already built a city of Beijing for him, but Chen Kan didn't believe that he still had the nerve to ask for help from him.
Afterwards, Chen Kan didn't know whether Zhu Di would be furious because his royal title was sold at such a low price to Zhang Guan, but Zhang Guan's career would definitely be affected.
But he brought this all on himself.
As long as he was willing to take normal trading channels, Chen Kan would be embarrassed to cheat him like this.
A night of silence.
When Chen Kan opened his eyes again, it was already noon the next day.
Zhu Yuelan left the house early in the morning. It is said that she went to the lantern festival with a group of ladies, and the three little kids were not at home either.
So Chen Kan had a rare day of peace.
After a delicious meal, Chen Kan was about to go for a walk to the Jinshui River to eat, but he found Yuncheng with a rosy face walking towards him.
Then Chen Kan stopped.
It is not difficult to tell from Yuncheng's expression that he will definitely make a fortune today.
As expected, Yuncheng's first words when he approached him were: "Wow, hahahaha, Lord Marquis, we've made a fortune, we've made a fortune!"
Chen Kan corrected Yuncheng seriously: "It's not us, it's me. I make a fortune."
