Borrow the day to change the day

As soon as the two of them heard about the opportunity to make a fortune, they immediately concentrated their attention and looked at their sworn brother.

"This cement can be said to be of high quality and low price. Don't deny it," the merchant asked the strong man and the short man.

The two nodded. They had already done a comparison just now, and this conclusion is affirmative.

"Furthermore, did the two brothers realize that this house is afraid of fire?" the merchant asked.

The two thought that a house made of sand and iron rods would be more resistant to fire than a wooden house.So, both shook their heads. [

"Brother, I can say that this cement will be sold all over the world, and all houses in the world will use this cement in the future." The merchant directly stated the value of the cement based on his vision.

Both the strong man and the short man are still just looking at the cement in front of them, and they are still watching the excitement. They are far from having a keen awareness like merchants, thinking about what benefits they can get from it.

Now hearing what the merchant said, the two hurriedly asked: "Brother, how can we make money from it?"

"Sell, sell, water, mud!" The merchant said word by word.

The two looked at each other, and then the short man asked, "Brother, we have no idea how to sell it!"

"Brother Wei thinks that this thing should be sold by the government like salt. Therefore, Brother Wei's idea is to find out the situation first, and then the three of us pool money to buy cement certificates and sell it. Brother Wei is right. , this cement will be in short supply for a long period of time, and the sale will definitely make a lot of money." The merchant's own eyes were already shining.

The strong man and the short man looked at each other without any hesitation, and said to the merchant, "Everything is up to you, brother."

After the discussion between the three of them, when they looked at the big house again, they felt more and more beautiful. It was just because the sun was shining on it, it seemed that the house was shining with golden light.Suddenly, the strong man asked: "Big brother, second brother, what do you say the court built this house for?"

"Residence? Definitely not. Discussion? Impossible, what would it be used for?" The short man answered first and then no, and asked another question when he couldn't find the answer.

"Could it be a new yamen?" The merchant guessed that none of the three had a definite answer, but this was not their concern.

After looking at it for a long time, the three of them found a restaurant to drink and discuss some details of making a fortune.

At this moment, Zhong Jinwei was resting in the concrete court house built at the Meridian Gate. From time to time, people in ordinary clothes came in and out to report to him.

These people were all sent by Zhong Jinwei to do cement propaganda. The merchant who always heard what others said was actually the person sent by Zhong Jinwei.While publicizing, these people collected the public's responses and reported back to Zhong Jinwei.

In the news returned, there are quite a few people who think like that merchant.

Zhong Jinwei was very satisfied with what he heard. After the bank is completed, the publicity effect of cement will be better after a while, and the cement will be listed on the market at that time, but the specific details of cement trading have not yet been thought out.

Zhong Jinwei was sitting here, thinking about this while resting.He is thinking about the business methods of later generations to see what is more suitable for the current needs.

Suddenly, a servant came and sent Zhong Jinwei to see him.

The Forbidden City was just around the corner, and it didn't take long for Zhong Jinwei to appear in front of Emperor Chongzhen.

It was still in the Wenhua Hall, and there were many people in the hall, including Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Sun Chengzong, the cabinet minister who commanded King Qin's army, and Bi Ziyan, the secretary of the household department. [

When Zhong Jinwei saw the situation, he knew something important was going on.

Emperor Chongzhen said, "Bi Qing, please tell Master Zhong how much money you have received for atonement."

When Zhong Jinwei heard it, it turned out that the redemption money had finally been collected.

Bi Ziyan was a little embarrassed, because he also contributed a part of the atonement silver, and his attitude towards people was obviously much more respectful than before: "Marquis Zhongxing, the household department received a total of 230 atonement property equivalent to grain silver. 450 six taels."

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he thought to himself, the emperor has made a fortune.However, this is not too much. The silver taels obtained by later generations Li Zicheng from interrogating civil and military officials in Beijing are in units of tens of millions of taels.

After Bi Ziyan finished his report, Emperor Chongzhen said to Zhong Jinwei: "Out of this silver tael, I decided to allocate 100 million taels to make up for the border army's arrears."

Zhong Jinwei nodded, that's for sure, the salary of the frontier army cannot be delayed.However, what did Emperor Chongzhen mean when he said this to himself, he didn't want to understand.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he looked at Shoufu, Wen Tiren understood, and said to Zhong Jinwei: "Marquis Zhongxing, what the emperor and the cabinet mean is that you will escort this large amount of silver to the border gate and distribute it to the border army."

When Zhong Jinwei heard it, he didn't understand what it meant at first. How could he appoint himself to be escorted? He had no such experience.

"Your Majesty, I have never done this before and have no experience." Zhong Jinwei truthfully explained the situation to Emperor Chongzhen.

"Master Zhong, you go, I don't worry." Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to point out.

"Marquis Zhongxing, it doesn't matter if you don't have experience. You have officials who are familiar with the process. You only need to supervise the distribution." Wen Tiren also added.

Zhong Jinwei looked at Emperor Chongzhen, then at Wen Tiren, and suddenly realized that they didn't trust the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, and they were afraid that they would do something wrong, so they sent him there.It is estimated that we will not be relieved until the new supervision system proves to be effective.

But, can they hand over such a large sum of money to themselves so calmly?Although my character is definitely fine, but others probably don't know it as well as I do.

He looked at Emperor Chongzhen suspiciously again, and said, "Since the emperor trusts me, I'm willing to go."

"Master Zhong, you can dedicate the cement formula, high-temperature firing glass and other unique ways of making money to the imperial court. Who would suspect that Master Zhong is greedy for money!" Emperor Chongzhen saw the doubt in Zhong Jinwei's eyes, so he straight to the point Everyone in Wenhua Hall believed in Zhong Jinwei's reason.

Zhong Jinwei suddenly realized that this was the reason.In any case, Zhong Jinwei was still very happy that Emperor Chongzhen and others could trust him, and he asked Emperor Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, is that the minister who wants to leave immediately?"

"No, wait until the fighting in Gyeonggi subsides before escorting, otherwise it will be too unsafe." Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and said.

"What about the life of the army over there?" Zhong Jinwei asked.

If the payment has been delayed, it is not a solution. The war in the capital has not yet ended.However, Zhong Jinwei is also convinced that he has changed history, and the end of this war must be earlier than in history.

"I am going to send an envoy to the border to send a message. The silver tael has been prepared and will be escorted as soon as the war is over. Let them hold on for a while. If they can't persist, the local government can embezzle part of the silver tael first or the general can send it to the rich gentry. Temporary loan." Emperor Chongzhen told Zhong Jinwei the result of the discussion with the people in the palace.

After hearing this, Zhong Jinwei felt that there was no other way, so he nodded to express his understanding. [

Emperor Chongzhen saw that the matter was almost finished, so he started the next topic. He said to Sun Chengzong: "Master Sun, please tell Master Zhong about the situation first."

"The nights that have been dispatched in the past few days have not received any rewards, and the Mongolian Tatars have already withdrawn from the pass and returned to the grassland." Sun Chengzong's voice has not been restrained, so loud that Zhong Jinwei thought he was always yelling.

As soon as Zhong Jinwei heard Sun Chengzong's words, he immediately said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, Jianlu is probably going to run away."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded. He had already discussed with Sun Chengzong beforehand, and this was also the conclusion.

He asked Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, do you think the Jianlu will all withdraw from the pass or will they do other things?"

The movement of Jianlu is not yet clear, and the conclusion that they are going to leave is also uncertain, so Emperor Chongzhen wanted to ask Zhong Jinwei's opinion. After all, Zhong Jinwei came from later generations, and it has more or less reference value.

Zhong Jinwei thought for a while, as if what he had done so far had not changed history much.Just when he was about to speak, a servant suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, the Zhongxing Hou family has asked Gu Baichuan, the chief of the East Factory, to pass on an urgent military situation."