Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 423 The Arrival of Sun Ce and Cao Ang
Building roads is what Zhang Ming insists on doing.

If you want to be rich, build roads.

What's more, in order to rule these places, Zhang Ming also needs to repair the roads.

In the past, if the official documents arrived in half a month, now that the road has been repaired and the horses run fast, they can be delivered in two days, so the management will naturally be different.

Now that the bank is going to expand, there is no way to provide Zhang Ming with funds in the short term.

Banks need to go deep into all counties and counties in Xuzhou, Jizhou and Bingzhou, and they need a lot of capital in a short period of time.

Zhang Ming insisted on starting construction.

In the second month, I received a sum of money from Fusang, but Zhang Ming used it all up.

Zhang Ming insisted on building roads, which led to a tight financial situation.

Tian Feng could only save and save, barely getting by.

Fortunately, everything is progressing steadily.

Another more than a month has passed, and there is less than a month left before the Marquis Sealing Ceremony.

Many people came to Beiping City to participate.

Zhang Ming invited some celebrities, and even many influential people in Jingzhou sent invitations. As for whether they come or not, Zhang Ming doesn't care.

There were few princes left, and Zhang Ming sent out invitations.

"Chen Yang, how are you getting ready?"

As the ceremony approached, Zhang Ming finally approached Chen Yang to understand the situation.

"My lord, you will need to rehearse it yourself in a few days. We plan to rehearse it three times."

Then Chen Yang introduced the process to Zhang Ming.

"The whole process takes five hours, which is too much. If it can't be done in two hours, then simplify the sacrifice to heaven."

In later generations, the military parade only lasted one to two hours, five hours, and many people couldn't support it.

"My lord, offering sacrifices to geniuses is the most important thing. We read a lot of classics and combined the process arranged by the emperor to sacrifice to geniuses."

The entire event of offering sacrifices to heaven takes three hours, which is really cumbersome.

Zhang Ming originally wanted to save most of the things, but in the end he gave in, according to the thinking of the ancients.

"Then divide it into two days, one day for worshiping heaven and one day for military parade."

For the military parade, Zhang Ming only selected ten teams, one with 2000 people, a total of 2 people.

Everything went according to plan.

A few days later, Zhang Ming had his first rehearsal.

His clothes were very solemn.

Put on the python robe that only princes wear.

Zhang Ming doesn't care what happens when everyone sees it, he just wants to wear it like this.

Overstepping must be overstepping. There may be many people criticizing Zhang Ming, but he doesn't care at all.

He even dared to do sacrifices to the heavens that symbolize the emperor, so wearing a boa robe is nothing.

Two days later, both Sun Ce and Cao Ang arrived.

That's right, this time Sun Ce personally came to congratulate Zhang Ming, while Cao Cao sent his eldest son Cao Ang.

Zhang Ming greeted him at the gate of the city, mainly to welcome Sun Ce, because he was also a county lord.

"Marquis Wu."

"Marquis of Liao."

The two sides saluted each other in earnest.

After the etiquette, Zhang Ming didn't have so many rules.

"Bo Fu, you are welcome to come to Youzhou again, but your master is far away in Bingzhou, and you won't be able to come back in a short time."

"It's a pity."

"Young Master Cao Ang, I heard that you are now the heir of Marquis Wei."

"Don't dare, I have seen Marquis Liao."

Cao Ang's status was short, so he had to respectfully salute Zhang Ming.

Zhang Ming led them into the city.

It was the first time for Sun Ce to come to Beiping City, and he was very shocked.

And Cao Ang had been here before, and he would also be shocked, the changes were too fast.

Zhang Ming received them, and entertained them at the Palace of the General Protecting the Country in the evening.

Tian Feng accompanied him.

"You two, I won't talk about identity issues today. I'm a guest from afar. I'll have fun waiting."

Zhang Ming respected the two of them.

A few and a drink, and then began to eat dishes.

Sit and chat.

Several people did not talk about tax cuts.

Halfway through the meal, Sun Ce took the initiative to say: "Marquis Liao, I have something to ask for when I come here this time. I didn't expect Marquis Liao to be generous and start building roads on a large scale."

On the way here, Sun Ce received information from Zhang Ming about raising funds to build roads.

Therefore, Sun Ce is also very difficult to speak.

However, Sun Ce had to say it.

"Marquis Wu, let's put the relationship between our two families here, just talk about it."

Sun Ce sighed and said: "I am incompetent, the people under my rule have no means of living, and the people are in poverty. I wanted to borrow money from the Marquis of Liao to develop farming and let the people live a stable life, but now the Marquis of Liao needs to raise funds everywhere to build roads. "

Zhang Ming nodded, now he really can't afford much money to lend him.

Zhang Ming took a bite of the food, and then said: "There are other ways to speed up the efficiency of farmland cultivation."

Sun Ce's eyes lit up, and he said eagerly, "What can I do?"

"I developed a thing that can greatly improve the efficiency of cultivated land, which is ten times higher than before. The cost is not low, but the most important thing is that the technology is too simple. Once it is exposed, it is easy to be imitated. At this time, I It's still being used in secret."

Zhang Ming put it bluntly, he just wanted money.

Sun Ce didn't know how to answer the conversation.

Zhang Ming wants to sell it, but he doesn't have much money.

Sun Ce came to Zhang Ming to borrow money because he was poor.

However, Zhang Ming's words made them very tempted.

Especially Cao Ang, who is in charge of farming, knows the difficulty of farming.

If it can be increased tenfold, wouldn't his 15 people be used as 150 million people?
This made it difficult for Cao Ang to refuse.

There is such a thing, they have to chip in to buy it anyway.

Now, the manpower shortage is the most, if it can really be this efficient?

Sun Ce and Cao Ang were dubious, but they didn't dare not believe it.

"Marquis of Liao, are there any restrictions?" Cao Ang asked.

"Yes, but the efficiency gains are real and I'm using them at scale right now."

"If I take you to see it, as long as it can improve so much efficiency, then you will have to pay a large patent fee no matter what, otherwise I will continue to hide it, strictly control it, and won't leak it for at least two years."

What Zhang Ming is talking about is Quyuanli, which requires the use of animal power.

The increase of more than ten times depends on the location, but there are generally seven or eight times increases.

Sun Ce and Cao Ang were very embarrassed.

They don't know what patent fees are, but as long as they read them, they will pay.

According to Zhang Ming, it is very easy to imitate.

And Zhang Ming, anyway, as long as this thing is used on a large scale, it can't be hidden, so it's better to sell it at a good price now.

The two hesitated very much.

Instead, Sun Ce asked, "Marquis of Liao, how much do you need?"

"Five million per person."

Tian Feng, who was by the side, was very helpless, and Zhang Ming did everything he could to build the road.

800 million is not a small sum of money, both of them hesitated.

Cao Ang took a sip from his wine glass and remained silent.

"Let's go drink tea together."

They were almost done eating, so Zhang Ming suggested to make tea aside.

When he came to the teahouse, Zhang Ming made tea for everyone to drink.

After drinking a cup of tea, Cao Ang said, "Liaohou, if we buy it, how much can we make in a year?"

The price is expensive, so you can't be tricked by Zhang Ming.

Zhang Ming said: "This Marquis can produce more than [-] a year."

It is not difficult to make one hundred thousand curved plows, but it is even more difficult to have cattle.

Zhang Ming got a lot from the grassland and specially raised a lot.

In addition, Zhang Ming also has some horses instead, but war horses are not good, so he can only use rough horses.

(End of this chapter)