I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 586, sugar-coated shells

It took Zhen An and the others two years to build the track, and they spent all the budget for building the track, and the track was only built in Zhangye County, not to mention connecting the Western Regions, even running through Xiliang. Zhen An and the others just now I know, I think about building the track simply.

They were also decisive, stopped the loss immediately, and handed over the ownership of the track to Xu Wei, and Xu Wei took over the ownership of the Xiliang track at a low price for the sake of the military value of the track.It's not that Xu Wei wants to monopolize it all. In fact, he intends to keep a small half of Zhen An's shares because of their lack of credit and hard work.

But after Zhen An and the others calculated, they found that the income from the Xiliang track would not even cover the cost of daily maintenance, and the remaining equity would be to subsidize the money to run the Xiliang track.After all, even if the Xiliang track does not run through Xiliang, it is extremely important to Dagan. Posting tens of millions a year can stabilize Xiliang, which is extremely cost-effective for Dagan.

But they can't afford it. They have a lot of big players in the imperial court. Whether Xiliang's stability or not has nothing to do with them. Naturally, if the business doesn't make money, they will sell it immediately, so Zhen An and the others don't want any money. Gave it to the Dagan court!

Because of this incident, big businessmen like Zhen An became the laughing stock of the entire business community. They spent more than 30 billion, but got nothing.

Wang Guojun also felt helpless about this matter. Everyone thought that this project had a bright future, but they didn't expect that the local market in Xiliang would not be able to support such a large project. The carriage will not end in such a tragic way, that is, through this incident, Wang Guojun discovered that Xu Wei's statement that the population is the primary productive force makes sense.

However, Xu Wei only built it to Jiuquan County and did not continue to build it. The cost is too high. With the current productivity, even if it is built, it will be difficult to maintain. It is already very rare to barely build it to Jiuquan County. Well, according to Niu Gui's calculations, even as far as Jiuquan is concerned, Xiliang's track needs to be subsidized by 1 million yuan every year to keep running!
The lesson of the Xiliang rail incident was too profound. Zhen An and the others never dared to start the idea of ​​infrastructure construction. Lend it to the Kingdom Army to build a track connecting the Western Regions, so there will be no so many things behind, because even if they can't bear it, they will not swallow their bonds, but now the track is theirs, and they have nothing to lose. It was just an investment that failed in business, and Xu Wei owed Xu Wei a favor after taking over them.

This is the case, so Wang Guojun's PPT was not as interesting to the businessman, and everyone treated it in silence, and the scene was extremely quiet for a while.

Wang Guojun found that no businessman was interested in this plan, and he also knew that this matter cannot be forced, so he said: "In this way, I will borrow 100 billion funds from you with the shares of the state-owned enterprise in Jizhou County as collateral to build this project. Canal, everyone always believe that Jizhou is capable of repaying this debt!"

When Wang Guojun said this, the scene finally became lively. Although the government-run enterprises in Jizhou make money, they are not very attractive to these businessmen, because their factories may not lose to the government-run factories in Jizhou.

What is really attractive to them is the Jizhou Glass Factory. This is a giant factory in the top 10 of the Daqian, which can earn billions of dollars every year. I have been coveting it for a long time, but I have not been able to buy shares before, but I have bought a lot of shares in glass factories. Of course, the price of buying shares in glass factories in the stock market is high, but Zhen An and the others don’t feel that they are at a disadvantage, because the glass factory sells shares every year. The dividends are not high, but they are extremely stable, and can be said to be risk-free hardcore crops.

Moreover, according to Daqian's patent law (in order to protect his own interests, Xu Wei came up with the patent law thousands of years in advance. After all, he is the one who invents the most in this world, and the patent law is most beneficial to Xu Wei), such a die-hard expert It can be eaten for nearly 10 years. If the price is not too expensive, Zhen An and the others really want to buy more stocks in the glass factory!It really costs tens of billions of dollars to get it, and these shares are really profitable for them.

So the following scene became lively. Jizhou's business has always been the most developed area in Hebei, and the business community has accumulated the most wealth. Everyone, you subscribe for 1 million yuan, and I subscribe for 2 million yuan. All lighted up.

The bond issue has been completed, and Wang Guojun wanted to leave here, but Zhen An tried his best to persuade Wang Guojun to go to his mansion for dinner before leaving.However, Wang Guojun asked Zhen An and left just like this because of embarrassment.

The presence of the Wang Guojun made the Zhen Mansion flourish.Zhen An arranged all of this early, and when the meeting started, Wang Guojun was surprised to find that there were not only his family members but also many strangers in Zhen An's mansion!
Zhen An said with a smile at this time: "This is the relative of the old man. He came to Hebei to play and just came to live in the old man's mansion for a few days!"

Then a young man bowed his hands to Zhan Guojun and said, "I'm Zhenyan, I've met Wang Cishi!"

"Zhen Yan!" Wang Guojun recalled, and quickly remembered that this was the original son of the Zhen family.
The Zhen family was the largest wealthy family in Zhongshan country back then, and Wang Guojun received relief from the Zhen family when he was a refugee in Zhongshan country.So he asked: "I don't know if Mrs. Zhen has also come to Hebei?"

Zhen Yan asked strangely, "Wang Cishi knows my mother?"

Wang Guojun shook his head and said: "I don't know, but our whole family became refugees in Zhongshan country back then. If it weren't for Mrs. Zhen who helped the village, I'm afraid I wouldn't live to be in power. It can be said that the old lady saved my life. If the old lady is here, I will pay my respects!"

Both Zhen An and Zhen Yan were greatly surprised by Wang Guojun's words, and they introduced Mrs. Zhen to Wang Guojun.

After Wang Guojun saw the old lady, he immediately knelt down to thank him, told him about the kindness of the relief, and said that if he had any troubles in Hebei, he could come to him!
Mrs. Zhen was very happy, and praised Wang Guojun full of praise, saying that he was young and handsome, gentle and polite, but at the age of twenty, he was already the governor of a state.

Wang Guojun said a few words modestly, and was about to stand up and leave, but suddenly saw a face that surprised him.A young and beautiful woman was watching him quietly behind the bead curtain, probably sensing Wang Guojun's gaze, the woman lowered her head shyly and quickly disappeared behind the curtain.

Realizing his gaffe, Wang Guojun blushed and hurriedly retreated, but Zhen An and the others saw all this scene, and they smiled at each other.

However, the atmosphere at the banquet was very lively. From the battlefield to the court, and Dagan's various policies, and his thoughts on the development of Jizhou, everyone talked about it with great interest.

Zhen Yan said that it was difficult for the Zhen family to gain a foothold in the big man and wanted to return to Jizhou. Wang Guojun immediately said that as long as it was not a matter of breaking the law and discipline, for the sake of the old man Zhen, he could come to him.

Zhen Yan expressed her gratitude immediately!

After the banquet, Zhen Yan and Zhen An went to the study.

"Uncle, the governor Wang is not married yet, right?" Zhen Yan asked eagerly.

The reason why the Zhen family came to Dagan was because they saw that the big man was about to fail. If the family wanted to continue in the future, they must reserve a place in the new Dagan dynasty, so the Zhen family returned to their clan land again!But now the quickest way to enter the officialdom is naturally marriage, so Zhen Yan brought her most beautiful sister to Hebei.Let's see if we can find a hero from Hebei to marry, obviously Wang Guojun is a good target!
Zhen An said with a smile: "Of course, if he gets married, how can the old man introduce him? You must know that Daqian has extremely strict management of male and female affairs, and only monogamy is allowed. Anyone who dares to violate this policy will be punished by Daqian." But Wang Guojun is a confidant in power, and he is already the governor of a state when he is only in his twenties, and it is almost inevitable to become a prime minister in the future!"

"Prime Minister of Daqian!" Zhen Yan knew that Wang Guojun had a bright future, but he never thought that he could become the prime minister of Daqian. You must know that the prime minister of Daqian is different from that of a big man. It is true that one person is under ten thousand!
Zhen An said with a smile: "Wang Guojun came to power when he was ten years old, and later became a student of the ruling in Mayi, and the ruling himself taught him to become a talent. It can be said that he is a student of the emperor. He joined the army since he was sixteen years old. He has been following the ruling and conquering the Quartet. He may not have time to take this matter into consideration earlier, but when he is a little older and wants to consider this matter, his status and status are different, and he has to be cautious, so he can only delay it again and again. drag."

Zhen Yan nodded and said: "He occupies a high position at a young age, of course he has great ambitions, it is impossible to decide on his marriage so easily!" Then he worried: "It's just that he has such a high status, can he fall in love with my younger sister?"

Zhen An didn't dare to say "It's already a good start!"

"Uncle, the Zhen family can only rely on you now, and please help me!" Zhen Yan begged.

When Zhen An separated from the Zhen family back then, the Zhen family did not set up obstacles, but gave them help, so now Zhen An has no intention of repaying the family!
He thought for a while and said: "Originally, this matter can only be repaid with hope, but the old lady has kindness to Wang Guojun, and Wang Guojun himself is also a person who values ​​love and righteousness, and the younger sister is also a beautiful person. It's 5% sure, as long as the younger sister and Wang Guojun get married, you can take root in Dagan again, and maybe you can even skyrocket!"

Zhen Yan was also very excited when she heard this. If this is true, the Zhen family can not only be revived, but also grow stronger, and maybe even become a top-ranking family by then.After all, with the newly created imperial court, anything is possible!
On the other side, in the Bingzhou Chamber of Commerce, Liu Shi also gathered with Bingzhou's congressmen and merchants.

But relatively speaking, Liu Shi didn't have as many troubles as other governors, and Bingzhou was the largest state in Daqian, and it was also the time when the population and wealth were the largest.In fact, over the years, Bingzhou has been acting as a big brother, spreading Bingzhou's population, capital and technology to other states and counties in Daqian.

Bingzhou is also the place where the development of Dagan industry is in full swing. Other states and counties also have traditional merchants who make a fortune by reselling goods in various places.

The local merchants in Bingzhou are a bit like the factory owners in Xu Wei's world. Instead of building caravans to sell their goods, they use their limited funds and energy to develop industries and improve production efficiency. , Spend energy on how to increase the output of steel, woolen cloth, cement, and paper.Although it sounds crude, in this era, these industries are already the most sophisticated technology industries.

To a certain extent, they are the scientific elites of this era, because most of these factory owners are also technical craftsmen. Xu Wei focused on training them back then, so they have their current status, and they did not disappoint Xu Wei. , because these factory owners are craftsmen, they are more concerned about technical issues, and the way to make money is mainly to improve the quantity and quality of products.It can be said that Bingzhou is the Silicon Valley of Daqian.

Therefore, the topics discussed here are different from those of businessmen in other places.

Zhang Fugui asked curiously: "This is my lord. It is said that the ruling steam engine has been developed to the third generation. I don't know if it can be mass-produced. Is the price reduced a lot? Can it be installed on the rail carriage? How many kilograms of cargo do you have to move?"

As soon as Zhang Fugui said this, everyone looked at Liu Shi with golden eyes, wanting to get the answer from him.

Xu Wei's steam engine was not researched in secret. After Xuzhou and Qingzhou were conquered, Xu Wei devoted his energy to technological research.

And the fastest driving technology in this world, of course, is the steam engine. The current technological level of Daqian can be said to have reached the limit before the steam age, and even the output and quality of steel have surpassed the steam age. to the early electrical age.

The steam engine can be said to be the Manhattan project of this era, so Xu Wei mobilized 30 of the most elite craftsmen, and then in order to let these craftsmen understand more intuitively what a steam engine is, he asked the craftsmen of the glass factory to build some steam engines with glass needed parts, and then assemble the world's first glass steam engine.

Later, I used this glass steam engine as my own PPT, and explained to these top craftsmen how the steam engine works, how to make it, and how promising the steam engine is.

Used on the textile machine is exactly the steam loom used on the track is exactly the steam train.It can be used as a blower to make iron. It can be said that any industry that needs power can need this steam engine. As long as the steam engine is manufactured, this will be a trillion-dollar market, and everyone present can become a billionaire!
(End of this chapter)