Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 580: My brother-in-law has a good brain (Please subscribe!!)
After Shan Anren finished his report, Mao Youde stood up and continued his report.

"My Lord, building a railway requires a large amount of supplies, such as materials, equipment, and daily necessities. Many large trading companies have already sent a message to the Ministry of Revenue, saying that they are willing to become suppliers for the Beijing-Pinggu Railway project!"

"I have compiled a list of these trading companies and their quotes for various materials!"

After saying that, Mao Youde took out a booklet and handed it to Ouyang Lun.

Hearing Mao Youde's words, Zhu Biao, who was standing next to him, was also stunned.

It also had a relatively good understanding of the construction of the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway. Such a large project naturally required a large amount of materials. Just like the construction of the Great Wall, there were hundreds of merchants supplying materials, and many of their names are still engraved on the monuments in Beiping and on the monuments beside the city walls.

Zhu Biao was a little confused. Since the demand for materials was so great, shouldn't all these suppliers be taken over? Why did they have to choose?
And their offer?
Zhu Biao thought of something and immediately asked, "Brother-in-law, are you planning to bid for these suppliers as well? Or is it like the previous auction of newspaper advertising space?"

Facing Zhu Biao's question, Ouyang Lun did not hide anything and explained directly: "Building a railway is the largest and most complicated project in our Ming Dynasty. The budget given by the Emperor and Your Majesty is limited, so it is very important to manage suppliers well. Otherwise, the quality of the raw materials cannot be guaranteed, and even the cost cannot be reduced!"

"Businessmen are profit-driven. It is very risky to simply rely on laws and morals to restrain them. Don't be fooled by the fact that businessmen are as docile as little rabbits. For the sake of profit, they can do anything."

"So we must have strong supply chain integration and supplier management capabilities. Only in this way can we build the railway."

"These catalogs and quotations are the first screening of them. I will ask the Taxation Inspection Department to investigate the catalog list compiled by the Ministry of Revenue one by one, especially those trading companies with extremely low or extremely high quotations!"

"If you fail the first round of investigation, you will be eliminated directly!"

"The remaining suppliers will enter the next stage, and bid and auction for each material in different categories! The supplier with the most favorable price will get the opportunity to supply goods to the Beijing-Pingyuan Railway. Generally, we will find two or three suppliers for the same goods. One main supplier will account for about 60% to 70% of the order, and the remaining 30% to 40% will be given to backup suppliers. Even if there is a problem with the main supplier, they can immediately fill in!"

Hearing this, Zhu Biao almost couldn't help but give Ouyang Lun a thumbs up. This idea was really great!
My brother-in-law has a very good brain.

I have learned that this method can be used in other aspects in the future!

Zhu Biao thought the solution ended here, but Ouyang Lun spoke again.

"The management of suppliers is not enough. At most, it can only avoid some risks, but it is not real management!" Ouyang Lun continued: "Real management is to make suppliers and ourselves become fellow travelers. What is a fellow traveler? Naturally, it is a companion working towards the same direction together!"

"I have to put some pressure on them so that they can't stand still and keep innovating and optimizing their products to make the goods they supply better and better. This will also be of great help to the construction of the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway."

"Of course, we can't just put pressure on suppliers. We also have to reward them. For example, if there are better optimizations, we can reward them with a certain share of orders, or even direct cash rewards!"

"So, when the Beijing-Pinggu Railway is completed, our Ming Dynasty will not only gain the Beijing-Pinggu Railway, but also a large number of excellent trading companies. These trading companies have developed good habits and have better competitiveness in the market. Even if we no longer participate in the future, they will be able to develop well!"

“That’s real success.”

Zhu Biao took seriously every word Ouyang Lun had just said and was deeply shocked.

At this moment, Zhu Biao felt that he and his brother-in-law Ouyang Lun were not on the same level at all. Although Zhu Biao thought that Ouyang Lun was very outstanding and smart before, he did not have a correct understanding of the gap between himself and Ouyang Lun. But now... he finally understood!
It's like one is in the sky, the other is on the ground, and Zhu Biao is the one underground.

It seems that I still have a lot to learn from Ouyang Lun in the future!
Zhu Biao was digesting what Ouyang Lun said, while Ouyang Lun looked at another person, "Guo Zi, did you remember what I just said?"

"I'll remember this, Your Majesty!" Guo Zi nodded heavily.

"Since you've remembered it, go and do it! Mao Youde, you have to fully cooperate with Guo Zi in this regard. The management of suppliers cannot be wrong!" Ouyang Lun said solemnly: "Others, go and do your work as well!"

"Yes!"

Guo Zi, Mao Youde and others saluted to Ouyang Lun and Zhu Biao, then withdrew.

Seeing that there was no one else at the scene, Zhu Biao asked the question that had been pent up in his heart, "Brother-in-law, the reason why you didn't go to the Ministry of Revenue with me last time was probably because you knew that Lan Yu was not bringing people to the Ministry of Revenue to cause trouble, but to pay money, right?"

Ouyang Lun nodded. "Indeed, I have this guess, but I really didn't want to go at that time. If Guo Zi and Mao Youde can't even do this, then I, Ouyang Lun, have been hanging around for nothing for so many years!"

"Ahem, brother-in-law, you are really confident!" Zhu Biao sighed, "But I am still very curious. Lan Yu is such an unruly person, but he can take out 5 million family assets without any complaints. Brother-in-law, don't you think there is something wrong here?"

"What's the problem? It's just that everyone has the same interests this time! To be more precise, Lan Yu and the Huaixi Party believe that helping to repair the Beijing-Ping Railway is more beneficial than causing trouble. It's so beneficial that they are willing to assist even if I am in charge!"

"I understand the truth, but where does such a huge benefit come from? Even if you, my brother-in-law, give some projects of building the Beijing-Ping Railway to the Huaixi Party, it doesn't matter if you let them do so!" Zhu Biao was still very confused.

"Brother Emperor, the Beijing-Ping Railway project alone is naturally not enough to attract the Huaixi Party, but don't forget what our retired emperor wants to use the Beijing-Ping Railway for?" Ouyang Lun said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Biao reacted instantly and exclaimed, "Brother-in-law, do you mean that Li Shanchang, Lan Yu and the others already know that the emperor wants to use the Beijing-Pingyuan Railway to destroy the Northern Yuan Dynasty?!"

Ouyang Lun nodded, "Destroying the Northern Yuan Dynasty is a great achievement, enough to make the Huaixi Party excited."

Zhu Biao nodded. He understood what was going on, but he was still confused and asked, "Brother-in-law, you have been either in the design institute or in the clan residence during this period, and you have not had any contact with Li Shanchang, Lan Yu and others. How did you reach an agreement with them?"

"Achieve conditions? What conditions? Apart from meeting Li Shanchang and others a few times in the morning court, I haven't even said a few words to them." Ouyang Lun shook his head.

"What about Lan Yu and the others?" Zhu Biao asked curiously.

"Although Li Shanchang is old, he is very smart! If he is given some time, he will be able to guess it. Why should I go and tell them in person? If that is the case, then the Huaixi Party is too weak!" Ouyang Lun shook his head. "That's right." Zhu Biao nodded.

Ouyang Lun smiled and said: "So, interests are the driving force!"

Zhu Biao nodded again, expressing his agreement with Ouyang Lun's words, and did not ask any more questions.

Ouyang Lun actually had some things to say to Zhu Biao. The significance of building the Beijing-Pinggu Railway was definitely not just to make it easier for Zhu Yuanzhang to destroy the Northern Yuan Dynasty. It also had a more important meaning. Once the Beijing-Pinggu Railway was completed and the trains began to officially run, it would mark the official start of the Ming Dynasty's industrialization process.

Of course, it is still too early to start the industrialization process and fully realize industrialization, but once it starts, in a hundred years at most, the development of the Ming Dynasty will completely become unique on the earth!
Looking around the world, perhaps there is no longer anything that can threaten the Ming Dynasty.

This is still a long way off. The first priority is to complete the construction of the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway and let the world understand the benefits of technology and industry. All of these things take time.

Next, Zhu Biao asked a few more questions about the railway, and this time he finally left with satisfaction. He learned a lot of good things from Ouyang Lun today, and he could show off when he told his father Zhu Yuanzhang about it later.

Another month has passed!

All design and construction drawings of the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway have been completed and have been verified many times!

The entire route of the Beijing-Pinggu Railway has been successfully surveyed. Although there are many difficulties, it does not affect the construction progress!
Several major construction teams directly under the imperial court’s Ministry of Works were all in place, the bidding for early non-core sections of the road had all ended, and private construction teams had been assembled.

All material suppliers have also been finalized.

On the outskirts of Beijing.

At the starting point of the railway construction, lights and decorations were lit, firecrackers were set off, and the retired emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor Zhu Biao, the chief minister of the cabinet Ouyang Lun, and the cabinet minister Li Shanchang stood in a line and used scissors to cut the red ribbon with the red hydrangea hanging on it.

The construction of Beijing-Pingcheng Railway officially started! !

Reporters from major newspapers and magazines rushed to record the surroundings of the starting point construction site, and countless people were watching this grand spectacle from the periphery.

Soon, the news of the start of construction of the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway spread throughout the Ming Dynasty.

After continuous reporting and popular science education in major newspapers and periodicals, the words railway and train are no longer unfamiliar to the people of the Ming Dynasty.

The people of the Ming Dynasty knew clearly what these railways and trains were used for. They also knew that after the railway was completed, they would be able to reach Peking from the capital in just one day!
If this happened in the past, no one would have believed it, but through continuous publicity in newspapers and magazines, people now not only believe it, but also look forward to the arrival of this day!

The Beijing-Pingcheng Railway has been built, but there are more than just some.

A large number of jobs were created.

There are various cement workers, steel workers, carpenters, equipment operators, etc. Someone is needed to do all the work.

Government offices at all levels and various construction teams were recruiting people. In addition, because various materials were needed, such as shovels, carts, thick work clothes, safety helmets made of rattan, etc., the workshops included in the supplier system also began to recruit production workers and worked at full capacity to produce these materials.

All major newspapers and magazines are filled with job advertisements.

It can be said that as long as you are over 18 years old, you can easily find a job, and the salary of this job is not low.

When people saw the job advertisements in the newspapers, they also took quick action.

Ever since Northern Zhili absorbed migrant workers from surrounding provinces, and later various places built a large number of roads to recruit workers, although the Ming Dynasty did not directly abolish road permits and road passes, the government's control over the flow of people is no longer as strict as in the past. As long as you have a normal household registration, a road permit issued by the place of your household registration, and a reasonable reason for going out, you can go anywhere in the Ming Dynasty!

Local governments are more patient and no longer reject outsiders, and even welcome them because everyone has begun to realize the importance of talent and population. Even if he is an ordinary person, he can join the road construction team, enter the workshop, or even reclaim wasteland. These will create value, and small amounts will add up to a lot, which will help the local economy. Moreover, people will consume, increasing local economic vitality!
The better a town's economy develops, the better life will be, the people will live a prosperous life, and the officials will achieve political achievements.

It can be said to be a win-win situation.

People also realize that they can earn more money by working, so after the busy farming season is over, young and strong laborers, except for the elderly and children at home, will go out to work. Most men will go to road construction teams, which have the highest salary, while women will go to workshops.

The official start of construction of the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway further stimulated these.

Everyone knows that the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway is a 9.9 billion yuan project with huge benefits.

Especially in the towns located along the planned route of the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway, both officials and local people are looking forward to it and hoping to be able to participate in it.

Daming suddenly became extremely active.

Of course, this is the most superficial change. In places that no one has paid attention to, changes are also taking place due to the construction of the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway.

Hong Kong Village!
Today, Hong Kong Village has become larger and more prosperous.

If people from other places in the Ming Dynasty came to Hong Kong Village, they would feel like they had come to another world, because all the houses here were built with cement and steel bars. The lowest building had three floors, and the highest even had twenty floors! !
Like a long stone mountain towering into the clouds!

And taller buildings are still under construction.

The roads in Hong Kong Village are also smooth, built completely according to the standards of highway construction, with white traffic signs painted on them. There are also special people directing traffic at each intersection. The most amazing thing is that there are no horse-drawn carriages or ox-drawn carts on the road, but
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