Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 475
"It will be built in one day, and it will be indestructible!" The little emperor Wanli blushed with excitement, and began to show off his profound knowledge to his two queen mothers: "Even if the ice city in the novel is nothing more than that! My Daming has such God, why worry about the Tartars invading the country?"

Empress Chen smiled and said encouragingly: "The emperor is right, this thing is really amazing, and it will be used to build the mausoleum of Emperor Daxing, so you will never have to worry about it."

Concubine Li Gui added a key question: "My sister is right, but the emperor, don't get carried away, because according to what Gao Wushi said, the price of this item is not too cheap. I heard that after yesterday, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry Several yamen in the Ministry are also discussing that if this...well, cement is used to build side walls, forts, and passes, I am afraid that it can only be used in some key places at most, such as places like Shanhaiguan. If he wanted to use all cement, Wang Guoguang had to resign immediately."

Wang Guoguang was appointed Minister of the Household Department only in July, replacing Zhang Shouzhi.This person is a rare and practical minister. He was the leader in history and compiled the financial classic "Wanli Accounting Records" that later generations must read when studying the economy of the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

Naturally, Zhu Yijun didn't dare to disobey the meaning of the two palaces, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "The queen mother and the concubine mother are very right. My son feels that since Gao Wushi has the intention of repaying his kindness, the matter of the mausoleum worker is allowed." Right? As for the high price of cement... Anyway, he said he would bear the cost of the mausoleum himself."

This time, Concubine Li Gui spoke first, and she criticized as soon as she opened her mouth: "He said that, and you accepted it with peace of mind? It was your emperor's test, not his. , Labor and various expenses are willing to take care of themselves, but you are the emperor, you must know the truth of 'the emperor does not send hungry soldiers'."

Zhu Yijun nodded repeatedly, thought for a while and said, "Then...give me some rewards?"

Concubine Li Gui first nodded her head in agreement, then frowned a little, and said in a deep thought: "The reward should be given, but he is not a Jinshi after all, and officials can't give it indiscriminately..." It was obvious that she was also a little hesitant.

Empress Chen said: "In that case, anyway, he is the emperor's companion, and you two are familiar with each other. Why don't the emperor test his tone in private first, to see if he has any ideas, and then we can discuss it."

Concubine Li Gui thinks about it, and thinks it is feasible, after all, just listen to it first, if his request is easy to handle, that would be the best, but if it is too much, she can refuse it.

On the second day, Zhu Yijun came to report again, saying that he had already talked with Gao Wushi.Gao Yushi plans to start his own factory to make cement, so as not to need it in the future.

At the same time, because not everyone knows how to use cement, it is necessary to train a group of craftsmen, so that an engineering team has to be set up.The personnel of the engineering team are easy to recruit. He has taken in many refugees in Henan and can be selected from them.But the engineering team can't just practice, so he hopes to take on some projects and do it as a practice, laying the foundation for the construction of pass and city defense in the future.

Empress Chen didn't hear anything wrong, and besides, she wouldn't embarrass Gao Yushi in the first place, so she was ready to agree immediately, but Concubine Li Guifei thought about it, and asked: "Is he not planning to use the imperial court? His cement is a little bit Expensive, if those major workers in the imperial court suddenly want to switch to cement, not to mention whether there is enough supply here, even if they can, the cost will inevitably increase accordingly, and Wang Guoguang and Zhu Heng may not agree to it by then."

Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "Mother and concubine were really worried, but my son-in-law asked at the time, and Gao Wushi said no, he just wanted to find the project by himself, and it had nothing to do with the court."

"Oh, look for it yourself?" Concubine Li Gui was surprised: "Since there is no court business, what is he asking for a reward?"

"This son-in-law also asked." Zhu Yijun laughed: "He said that sometimes the local yamen will build something, as long as the son-in-law approves, he can take over these jobs, and he also said that he will take over The quality of the projects is guaranteed, and according to the different project standards and cost, he underwrites the insurance according to the number of years."

"What does underwriting mean?" Concubine Li Gui became more and more curious.

Zhu Yijun explained: "To be honest, we have some yamen now. When we build some projects, we only ask for money from them, but the quality of the construction is not sure. Some can manage for ten years, some can only manage for five years, and even pay for it. Some have just been repaired this year, and there will be accidents next year. This is a waste of money and food from the court! He didn’t intend to do this when he took over the project. He would underwrite the quality according to different costs. If you come to repair it, then he will tell the county according to the amount of money the county pays. After the city wall is built, it will be under his control for as many years as possible. If it breaks before the time limit, he will repair it with his own money.”

Zhu Yijun finished speaking with a smile, then suddenly remembered something, and quickly added: "However, this is only under normal use. If the city walls of the county were destroyed by man, such as when Tartars invaded the city or bandits attacked the city, that Not covered by insurance."

This is of course, Li Guifei can understand it even if she doesn't understand military affairs, otherwise, if Gao Wushi took over the city wall facing the northern captives, and the northern captives invaded from there year after year, he would die at a loss?
Well, in that case, it sounds like a good idea.

Concubine Li Gui nodded: "He is a sincere gentleman. Although doing these things is a bit unscrupulous, it is still a good thing for the court... What do you think, sister?"

Of course, Empress Chen spoke good words for Gao Wushi, she said with a smile: "Sister is right, I remember that before I entered Yu Mansion, in my hometown in Tongzhou, the city wall had to be repaired every now and then, and none of them were fully repaired. At that time, I didn’t know how much money the magistrates at that time corrupted in it. This is the first time I heard that someone like Gao Wushi took over the job and clearly guaranteed the service life. I just hope that he will not take the soap It’s better to lose all the money the factory makes.”

Concubine Li Gui shook her head and said: "I'm afraid my sister is worrying too much about this. My little sister has heard people say that Gao Wushi has never lost money in business. He even spent several 10 taels in recruiting refugees in Weihui Mansion last year. Now I’m afraid it’s all earned back.”

Empress Chen really didn't know about this, and said in surprise, "Really, then how do you earn it back?"

However, Concubine Li Gui also only knew what happened, and didn't know why, so she could only vaguely say: "Anyway, there are some private mines and workshops on the left and right, and my younger sister didn't ask carefully."

Zhu Yijun saw that the two of them seemed to have agreed, so he said happily: "Mother, mother, if you two agree, my son will go and give him a letter."

Concubine Li Gui hurriedly stopped him: "I agree, I agree, so what's the matter with granting words?"

Zhu Yijun said nonchalantly: "He said that if the two of you agreed, he wanted to make it auspicious again, and asked Erchen to give him a name for this workshop, but he thought of the name himself, and Erchen could write four characters for him. .”

"Which four words?"

Zhu Yijun said: "Jinghua Infrastructure."

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