Borrow the day to change the day

As soon as Xu Guangqi in the scarlet robe appeared on the stage, there was a sensation in the arena.The people present did not expect that a high-ranking official at the Shangshu level would come out to preside over it, so they quickly stood up and saluted.

Xu Guangqi waited for them to finish their salutes with a smile, and then began his opening remarks: "My official said straight to the point, I invite you to come to build the concrete road from the capital to Zhangjiakou."

Having said that, he retreated to the left side of the wooden wall.When the official on one side saw it, he quickly presented the thin stick, while another official standing on the side went to uncover the red cloth.

The merchant saw that there was indeed a map hanging on the wooden raft, because the map was so huge that he could still see clearly that it was a map of the northern Zhili of the capital from such a long distance.There is a long thick line on it, connecting the capital and Zhangjiakou.

Holding a thin stick in his hand, Xu Guangqi first pointed to the location of Zhangjiakou, and then said: "The imperial court is expanding Zhangjiakou, and is preparing to open the trade with Mongolia. Except for strategic materials such as armaments, everything can be traded in Zhangjiakou."

As soon as Xu Guangqi's words fell, there was a gasp in the arena.These people in the audience knew that the imperial court wanted to expand the mutual market, but they didn't expect the scale to be so large.

They immediately remembered the public statement made by the Mongolian envoys a few days ago, that is to say, both Ming and Mongolia intend to expand the mutual market in Zhangjiakou.That is to say, the business opportunities in Zhangjiakou will be unlimited, and it is foreseeable that many people will seek gold.

Just as they expected, Xu Guangqi said on stage: "With the support of the imperial court and Mongolia's response, it can be predicted that the prosperity of Zhangjiakou's border market is just around the corner. Once the transaction scale expands, the bottleneck of the road will appear."

The businessmen present or their owners were all knowledgeable people. Even if Xu Guangqi did not say anything, they could imagine that the traffic on the road to Zhangjiakou would increase suddenly. The road bottleneck mentioned by Xu Shangshu was real.

"Many of you will transport goods to Zhangjiakou, and then sell Mongolian specialties back to the capital! This car is coming and going, it's easy to say on sunny days, but what happens after it rains?" Xu Guangqi asked the people in the audience.

"Concrete road!" A person under the stage blurted out, pointing out the theme of the meeting.

"Yes, the court decided to use cement to rebuild the road from the capital to Zhangjiakou in order to solve the problem of the people of the Ming Dynasty going to Zhangjiakou for trade."

When Xu Guangqi said this, he pointed to the map with a thin stick and drew a road map, and then continued: "I don't need to say more about the benefits of cement road construction. You should have experienced it when you came here."

The audience in the audience nodded together. The cement road construction will not only make it less muddy when it rains, but also the speed of the vehicle will be much faster, it will save labor, and even the dust will be much less. It can be said that there are many benefits.

"Your Majesty knows that many of you here have industries and businesses in Gyeonggi, and they suffered heavy losses when the Jiankui ravaged. Therefore, I took this opportunity to give everyone a compensation so that everyone can make a fortune. Therefore, the cement was allocated Come out and use it to build roads."

As soon as Xu Guangqi's voice fell, there was another "buzzing" sound in the arena.I didn't expect the emperor to be so good, and I thought they had suffered a lot.But they didn't understand how cement road construction could make money for them.

Xu Guangqi waited for a while, and seeing that the audience still could not calm down, he tapped the wooden wall lightly with a thin stick.

After seeing the audience quiet down, he said: "Listen to what I have to say, and you will know how to make money."

Hearing what Xu Guangqi said, the audience immediately became quieter. Those who wanted to fart were holding back their farts, not daring to make a sound so that they could not hear clearly the way to make money.

"The imperial court decided to build the road from the capital to Zhangjiakou with private funds, and then collect tolls from passing vehicles to compensate the people who contributed until three times the cost."

Xu Guangqi saw the trend of whispering again in the audience, and immediately raised his voice and said: "Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't want to contribute. The money for the construction of the cement road will be paid by the state-owned enterprise. The court can afford it, and the fees will remain the same."

Having said that, he looked around the audience, and then said: "I give you a quarter of an hour to ask questions, and you can ask any questions."

The officials on one side had already prepared, moved stools and chairs from one side, invited Xu Guangqi to sit down, and served him with tea.

Although Xu Guangqi is the minister of the Ministry of Industry, but it is about making money, someone still had the courage to ask: "Caomin, I would like to ask your lord, the imperial court has to collect money from passing vehicles for road construction. This is an unprecedented thing. Is it appropriate to do so?"

After hearing this, many people, especially those businessmen who were planning to do business in Zhangjiakou, secretly applauded.

Xu Guangqi had expected that someone would ask this question a long time ago. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "This road built in the past is a cement road? If you all insist on it, that's okay. I invite the emperor, the original road Reserve one for you to go. The state-owned enterprise will fund another new cement road for those businesses who have no objection."

Those who were moved by Xu Guangqi’s previous statement that he could charge three times the cost and profit, heard that the state-owned enterprise would fund another construction, that’s okay, and they all refuted the previous question: “This cement is a monopoly of the imperial court. There is a reason to give it to you for nothing."

"The mighty kindness of the emperor gave us a chance to make up for the loss. If you don't want it, we want it!"

"This is the imperial court's understanding of our businessmen's journey. How can we businessmen be so selfish?"

"..."

The person who asked the question earlier was told by these people that his head was buried in his crotch, and he didn't want to lift it up again after being beaten to death.

I didn't expect that I would become a profiteer who didn't know how to flatter me when I asked this question, and wanted to take advantage of the imperial court. If Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry could see his face clearly, he wouldn't be able to hang out in Daming in the future.

Xu Guangqi watched it on the stage, and couldn't help but secretly admire Zhongxinghou.The mystery in the invitation list meant that these businessmen were not monolithic.

He estimated that it was almost done, so he raised his head and motioned to the master of ceremonies who was standing beside him.

As soon as the master of ceremonies saw it, he raised his voice and said, "Quiet, if you have any questions, bring them up quickly."

There must be a lot of questions, after being reminded by the master of ceremonies, remembering that Xu Shangshu only gave me a quarter of an hour, someone immediately asked: "How do you get the money?"

When Xu Guangqi saw that this question was being asked, he nodded and said, "The road government will estimate the cost of road construction and divide it into several shares. You can just buy the number of shares. If there are insufficient shares in the future, they will add more shares and then ask people to buy them."

"Master Xu, how will I know if the money has been used to build roads?" The other person gritted his teeth and asked what he thought was the most important question because of the limited time for asking questions.

This topic is also the concern of all the family merchants who want to invest in the audience. In any case, it is an undoubted fact that the court officials have a bad reputation in terms of money.

But this question was asked so directly to Xu Guangqi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, it sounded a bit harsh, and many people in the audience secretly sweated for the person who asked the question.