Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"This cement is vital to the Ministry of Industry and the development of our Ming Dynasty. No matter how many tens of thousands of taels it costs, we must get it! I believe in you, God of Wealth!"

Guo Yunhou took a deep breath. There was no way to escape, so he could only accept it.

The Ministry of Revenue is poor now, but for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, it can still come up with tens of thousands of taels.

He also followed Wu Chunfu and said, "Your Majesty, please make an offer."

At this moment, everyone looked at Zhu Youxiao, wanting to know what price he would set for this cement formula.

Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied with the attitude of the two men. He smiled lightly, opened his mouth, and spit out a number.

"Two million taels."

When these words were spoken, everyone in the hall was shocked, and Jueming's mouth opened wide.

Dao Ji still had a sage smile on his face, but his heart was already surging.

Is the emperor so cruel?

Wu Chunfu was stunned, thinking he was hallucinating.

Guo Yunhou jumped up on the spot, screaming in shock, his eyes almost popping out.

"what!!!"

"Two million!"

"Your Majesty, why did you send a cement formula when you could have robbed it?"

"I heard that you just allocated 50,000 taels to Dao Ji and his men!"

"Two million taels!"

"You sold it for two million out of fifty thousand taels! Isn't that too shady?"

Zhu Youxiao smiled lightly.

"Master Guo is confused, right? Who does business and sells at cost price?"

Chapter 384: Give me some sunshine and you will shine

Before this, Jueming didn’t quite understand what the emperor and the two adults were talking about.

But he heard two million taels.

Shocked, he quickly lowered his head and bent his chubby little fingers.

"Fifty taels of silver can buy twenty thousand buns. How many fifty taels are there in ten thousand taels..."

After bending his fingers to the end, he found that his fingers seemed not enough, and finally scratched his head in a messy manner.

His master Dao Ji was standing by, looking as steady as a rock, but in fact, he had one hand behind his back, counting frantically with his fingers.

It costs one hundred taels to rebuild a small Taoist temple, three hundred taels to rebuild a medium-sized one, and eight hundred taels to rebuild a large one.

How many Taoist temples can be rebuilt with these two million taels?

One plus one equals one, two plus two equals four, three plus seven equals twenty...

Finally, the conclusion was reached quickly.

That’s it – a lot!

Your Majesty has actually invested only 100,000 taels in total in cement research so far.

If this were really sold, I would make a profit of 1.9 million taels in no time!

Your Majesty, it is too easy and too violent to make money this way!

When Dao Ji thought of the statues of the Three Pure Ones in Qingxu Temple, which were old, mottled, and in tatters, with many of the clay inside exposed, he felt a little regretful.

If I had known this, I should have agreed to accept the remaining 950,000 yuan of the project payment!

Seeing their funny looks of shock, Youtong couldn't help but raise her finger to cover her mouth and laugh.

After Guo Yunhou yelled for a while, he started to play badly.

"I won't buy it! I won't buy it! It's just a small thing, and you're selling it for two million. This is killing me!"

"Your Majesty, I still have to arrange for the distribution of disaster relief grain to other prefectures in Shanxi. Goodbye!"

After that, he turned around and left.

Wu Chunfu was not willing to let him go, and immediately pulled him back with his hands as hard as iron clamps.

Wu Chunfu was always working and doing experiments, so how could Guo Yunhou, an old civil servant, escape from it?

"Hey, hey, hey, Master Guo! The work isn't finished yet, why are you leaving? Come on, let's continue."

"I'm not saying anything, Master Wu, but is this just a little formula for making mud worth so much?"

"Two million! Two million!"

"If we use this money to buy food, it will be enough to feed the disaster victims in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces for several months!"

"It's not worth it for just this little bit!"

Wu Chunfu, however, was very firm.

"value!!!"

“It’s definitely worth it!”

He patted his chest until it made a loud noise.

"Master Guo, I, Wu Chunfu, can assure you that if cement can be promoted throughout the country, you will definitely have an unexpected new Ming Dynasty!"

"real?"

"More real than pearls!"

After hearing what he said, Guo Yunhou became interested.

However, the 10 million taels of silver I borrowed from His Majesty have already been sent back to the capital, so I really don't have that much money on me right now...

He coughed twice and looked at Wu Chunfu awkwardly: "But, I don't have that much money to buy it for you now..."

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhu Youxiao's face was full of smiles.

I have waited for a long time for you to say this!

He walked up and held Guo Yunhou's hand.

He laughed and said, "Hey... what are you talking about, Mr. Guo? We are all fighting for the Ming Dynasty."

"You don't have money, but I do! I can lend it to you, my dear!"

Wu Chunfu's face had begun to droop when he heard that Guo Yunhou had no money. But when he heard what Zhu Youxiao said, he suddenly became excited again!

"Yes! Your Majesty has money in the treasury! Lord Guo can just lend it to you."

"You've borrowed this more than once or twice, you must be familiar with it!"

Guo Yunhou felt so miserable!

The annual compound interest rate of 3% was enough to make him break out in a cold sweat just thinking about it.

This is the second time I have borrowed money this month.

I feel so powerless, and suddenly I feel that life is not worth it...

Just when he was feeling upset, Zhu Youxiao spoke again.

"Lord Guo, please lend it to me."

Wu Chunfu pushed Guo Yunhou.

"Lend it to me. Your Majesty has asked for it!"

Guo Yunhou glared at him fiercely.

This old guy is so happy, but I am the one who owes money!

I really don't have back pain when I stand and talk.

This old man is very bad...

Ignoring the little movements between the two, Zhu Youxiao smiled again.

"I can make an exception this time. This time the loan can be interest-free."

"Did I hear correctly, Your Majesty?"

“Is it really interest-free?”

Guo Yunhou was very surprised.

If it was really interest-free, he wouldn't be so scared.

"You have no joke!"

After getting a positive answer, Guo Yunhou was overjoyed, even more excited than Wu Chunfu just now.

He couldn't help but say happily while clapping his hands and pacing around.

"Okay, okay! Since it is interest-free, I will boldly lend you another 10 million taels."

"Well, no, it's better to borrow 20 million taels!"

"Why not, just lend it 50 million taels all at once..."

Guo Yunhou became more and more excited as he spoke, and each time he opened his mouth he became more outrageous.

The other friends were all stunned.

At this moment, Zhu Youxiao's face was black.

"Master Guo, stop! Stop!"

"Good fellow, you are going to empty my treasury!"

"What are you thinking about?"

"Did you hear me clearly? You said thirty or fifty million right away..."

"I just said that the interest-free policy is only for the two million taels this time!"

"Really, you will shine with a little sunshine..."

Wu Chunfu couldn't help but cover his face and pulled Guo Yunhou.

"Master Guo, that's enough."

Guo Yunhou finally came to his senses and realized that he had been overthinking...

"Ahem, um, it turns out that the interest-free limit is only two million..."

Zhu Youxiao rolled his eyes at him, too lazy to say anything more, and waved his hand, and Youtong took a IOU.

"Master Guo, do you want to sign or not?"

Guo Yunhou pretended to be calm and took the IOU, feeling that he had indeed lost his composure just now.

I quickly looked at the IOU.

It’s similar to the previous format, except that the compound interest part is gone.

Without saying a word, he signed his name and returned to Wu Chunfu.

"Ahem, well, I bought the cement for you."

After saying this, he quickly lowered his head, embarrassed to look at other people, especially Zhu Youxiao.

The shoes are still rubbing against the ground.

I guess he wants to dig out a Dai Wang Palace from the ground.

Wu Chunfu gave him a thumbs up, then turned and saluted Zhu Youxiao.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the cement formula!"

Zhu Youxiao waved to Dao Ji.

"Take Lord Wu down there and teach him the detailed method of making cement!"

"As ordered, I will take my leave."