Lu Ming

Chapter 530 The Daily Life of Shopkeeper Wu (IX)

Theoretically, the best limestone resources in Zengcheng are located in the Paitan and Gaotan areas in the north of the county seat.However, these two places are more than 50 miles away from the county seat. There are forest parks and hot springs in later generations. In the Ming Dynasty, they really belonged to remote mountainous areas.

Therefore, Lei Jian set the initial stone quarry in the Huangqitan area, which is relatively close to the county seat.Although the limestone resources here are scarce, it is still possible to support the initial operation of a county-level cement plant.

In Chuanzhong's plan, Zengcheng's cement and mining projects will be divided into two major steps.

The first step is stone factory and cement factory.After the location of the stone factory is determined, the cement factory will be built not far away by the river, which can minimize the cost of raw material transportation.You must know that the biggest commercial sales cost of crude goods like cement is transportation.Even with airplanes, trains, and highways all over the place in later generations, usually the sales radius of a cement plant will not exceed 500 kilometers, and there will be no profit any further, and all profits will be given to the Ministry of Communications.

Since the Paitan and Gaotan areas not only have limestone resources, but also iron ore, copper, tungsten, kaolin and other minerals, after the cement plant is put into operation, the second step is to open up the flood and drought roads leading to the Paitan area. Construct high-standard gravel and water transport channels.

On a wooden table made of four stools, Lei Jian spread out an accurate imported computer version of the colored map of Zengcheng, and then showed the above plan to everyone present.

After Lei Jian finished speaking, everyone seemed to nod their heads.Aside from this industrial investment plan, in fact, the first focus of several Ming masters just now was this map - such a detailed color map does not exist in this era, not to mention that it is a map dedicated to A large-scale map of the Zengcheng area.

As soon as they saw the map, the faces of the two masters changed slightly: With such a detailed county map, then naturally there is a map of the whole of Guangdong?

By extension, is there a map of the entire south?What about the north?What about Beijing?This Cao Dacai could draw such a detailed map of Zengcheng within a few days after he came to Guangdong?I'm afraid I sent someone to prepare it early, it's really hard work. Well, plan ahead!
Everyone is thinking about this moment.

However, those who are qualified to be present today can be said to be those who took the initiative to board the Cao boat.These landlords who are keen on business and industry are under pressure at the moment. Although they have not yet reached the point where they are betting on their lives, they are undoubtedly in the invisible opposition between the minority and the many local tenant landlords. So look at After arriving at this map, although some people were in mixed feelings, no one said anything at the scene-seeing a leaf to know the autumn?It's still early spring, still early.

"Lord Lei, there are so many labor matters, this one is really a bit complicated. To tell you the truth, the students are at a loss now. I don't understand the essentials. I hope you will give me some advice."

After listening to Lei Jian's municipal plan, the chubby Master Pan immediately explained the problem for everyone present.

"No problem." Lei Jian nodded: "Let me tell you about the key points of investment."

Just as the early time-travelers could not understand some well-known living habits of the Ming people, in the same way, the Ming people actually did not understand the municipal investment bidding familiar to everyone in the later generations. This has nothing to do with IQ, and it is a matter of knowledge.

When Lei Jian heard what Master Pan said, he immediately understood what he meant: the gentlemen present did not know how to invest in this kind of comprehensive project to make a profit.

"In this set of projects, the simplest one is to invest in cement factories, stone factories and future mines. This is a joint stock business with the General's Mansion. Everyone invests money in the shares and waits for dividends at the end of the year."

"This is the simplest. The more you invest, the more you will benefit. According to the shares, the General's Mansion will not treat everyone badly."

When Lei Jian said this, he stretched out two fingers: "There is another kind of construction. The infrastructure of the cement factory, the cement factory wharf, the stone factory road, as well as the road leading to Paitan and the dredging of the waterway. Divide them into bidding sections and distribute them to everyone. Any master who has a man in his hand and is willing to earn a sum of labor service money from the general will invite a bid later, and after winning the bid, he will be able to receive the starting money."

Master Gu was shocked when he heard this.As a county magistrate, he knows very well how the government's municipal projects work.Usually, whenever he wants to build a road or a bridge, he has to go to the rich households everywhere to "persuade donations". Do something real.

But today he didn't pay attention to anything else, but he heard another brand new road construction method from Lei Jian's mouth: the general's mansion funded it, and local people contracted it.So he hurriedly asked: "In this way, the general's mansion should bear all the money and food from rich households on this road?"

"Yes."

Lei Jian smiled at the gleaming Magistrate Gu, and said firmly, "For the above-mentioned labor services, the general's mansion will pay first and work later, and allocate money according to the progress of the project. If the general's mansion reneges on the debt, you can throw down your picks and go back Home, don’t do white work.”

"Master Lei, what did you say?"

"Where."

"General Cao is such a character, we must be trustworthy."

Hearing Lei Jian's promise, the bright gentry, who had always been used to being milked by the government, suddenly realized the crux of the problem: this labor service was different from the past, and someone paid for it.Coupled with the magnificent side of the general's mansion that I usually saw with my own eyes, everyone who reacted hurriedly expressed their trust in the general.

Magistrate Gu is the happiest of them all.This kind of unprecedented model of "I build the road and you pay for it" is fine, but after the road is repaired, it can't be moved. No matter who pays for it, this is his political achievement!
After figuring out the new investment and municipal engineering model, a group of "enlightened gentry" immediately started a relatively heated discussion-this time there is a lot of work, it seems that there are many opportunities to make money, and everyone needs more information to assist in judgment.

At this time, Lei Jian added: Even if no one is a shareholder, the General's Mansion will fully invest in all the above projects.When the project starts to make money in the future, you can reinvest according to the situation. Of course, the investment at that time is not an angel round, and the income is definitely not as much as it is now.

Everyone here understands this theory. The greater the risk, the greater the benefit. This is true no matter what you do, so everyone said that they must think about it after returning home.

In this way, a Ming Dynasty version of the municipal engineering briefing ended.The enlightened gentry who participated in the meeting enjoyed the treatment of the grandpa and brother-in-law of the later generations, and they were able to know the details of the projects to be launched in Zengcheng County this year in advance, and mastered the best investment information, which will allow them to make a lot of money in the years to come. .

In addition, compared with the brother-in-law, Mingren contractors have a huge advantage right now-they never have to worry about Party A's project money, and they will never delay their debts across the world of wealth.

After the Shitan meeting ended, Bai Juren and shopkeeper Wu hurried back to the White Mansion, closed the study rooms, and began to discuss in secret.

(End of this chapter)