Capital Datang

"Your Highness, do we really want to give up the fat piece of cement?" Wang Zihao asked unwillingly.After eating and drinking, Li Yin was held back by Wang Zihao, who proposed to set up a cement factory, but was rejected by Li Yin.

"Hehe, Zihao, the overall prospect of cement is indeed very broad, but it is not suitable for us. The initial investment in the establishment of the factory is too large. We don't have that much money now, and cement is destined to be a product with small profits but high sales. Recycling is a bit slow, and with so many people opening cement factories, the competition in the future will definitely be fierce, I don’t want to devote all my energy to this, so no matter how good the prospect of cement is, I will not participate.” Li Yin said with a smile .

The sales of fried tea in the first season did bring him some income, but after paying off the debts and the daily expenses of the palace, there is not much left. Xia Tea has just started selling, and the money is not yet get it.Not to mention the winery, a lot of wine has been brewed, and there are even more orders. However, the newly brewed wine can only be sold after blending, and it may take a few days.Therefore, it seems that there is basically no funds that Li Yin can use, let alone invest in cement plants.

Hearing Li Yin's words, Wang Zihao was also discouraged for a while. In fact, not only Li Yin had no money in his hands, but even he had no money in his hands. The money he earned a while ago was invested in the restaurant. Huobao made some money, but it was far from enough to invest in a cement factory.

"Hey, Zihao, don't be too discouraged. We can't do the cement factory, but we can do some other business. I can guarantee that the profit is not worse than selling cement." Li Yin suddenly smiled wickedly, eyes It is full of pride in the success of the conspiracy.Capital Datang 45

Wang Zihao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said excitedly: "Haha, I knew that with His Highness's wisdom and martial arts, there must be another way!"

"Where is it, I just thought of it by accident." Li Yin laughed proudly. In fact, when he decided to use cement to attract investment, he already had a way to make money in his mind.

After laughing, Li Yin asked Wang Zihao again: "Zihao, do you know that there is a kind of black stone in this world, which is usually produced underground. It is very brittle, but it can burn, and the flame is yellow and blue in color."

What Li Yin is talking about is actually coal. The calcination of cement consumes fuel. Now charcoal is used. The price of charcoal is not cheap. Nearly half of the cost of cement is consumed by charcoal.Li Yin has long wanted to use coal instead of charcoal. First, coal has a high combustion value. Second, coal has not been used on a large scale, so the price must be cheap.If Li Yin can find a coal mine and develop it, he is not afraid that those who run cement factories will not buy it.You must know that mining coal is a huge profit. Don’t you see that those Shanxi coal bosses in the later generations all want to spend money every day for fun. In his previous life, Li Yin was only jealous. Now that he can travel to the Tang Dynasty, he certainly will not let go of such a huge profit industry. .

"Your Highness should be talking about charcoal, right?" Wang Zihao was a little uncertain. Hearing Li Yin's description, the first thing he thought of was charcoal.

"That's right, it's coal." Li Yin said happily. He just asked casually just now, and his intention was to let Wang Zihao remember the characteristics of coal, and then ask others more. After all, coal was already used in the Han Dynasty. Yes, there must be many people who know about it, but Wang Zihao is one of them.

"Zihao, since you've heard of it, do you know where charcoal is produced?" Li Min held Wang Zihao eagerly, his eyes almost glowing red.

"Uh~" Wang Zihao was taken aback by Li Yin's appearance, and he was taken aback for a moment before he answered, "His Royal Highness, charcoal is not uncommon. There is a Black Stone Mountain in the northwest of Chang'an, and you said everything on the mountain and below. Some poor people around Chang'an use coal for heating in winter, but it is difficult to ignite and easy to be poisoned by charcoal, so few people use it. Most people still like to use firewood or charcoal, and I have never heard of anyone using it. Selling money with charcoal."

"Hahaha~, it's so wonderful! Black Rock Mountain! This is simply a golden mountain given to us by God!" After listening to Wang Zihao's introduction, Li Yin laughed happily.Originally, he was still worried that the coal seam was buried too deep, which would cause the mining cost to be too high, but according to Wang Zihao's description, it turned out to be an open-pit coal mine, as long as it was loaded on a truck and transported to Chang'an. This is not a gold mountain, what is it?

"Your Highness, can this charcoal really be sold for money?" Wang Zihao still doesn't believe it. He has seen coal before. It is black and inconspicuous, and has no other use except that it is difficult to burn. However, there are many trees around Chang'an. The firewood is endless, who would use those inconvenient charcoal?

"Of course!" Li Yin was still immersed in the excitement, and then told Wang Zihao, "Zihao, I will ask Gao Zhong to come to you tomorrow, and you take him to that Black Rock Mountain, and take the surrounding land to see you." Buy them all. In addition, you can inquire again to see if there are other places around Chang'an that produce coal, and buy them all together. If you don't have enough money, you can embezzle the deposit of the winery's order first. I will send someone to the uncle and brother. Greetings."

"Yes, the villain obeys!" Although Wang Zihao couldn't understand why Li Yin valued Shi Tan so much, since Li Yin had made up his mind, he couldn't object anymore, so he could only agree.

Li Yin asked some more about the situation of the chamber of commerce, and Wang Zihao answered them one by one. Li Yin was very satisfied with all aspects, especially they received millions of orders. Now the chamber of commerce receives many businessmen from all over the world every day. The transaction volume also continued to rise, but Wang Zihao was a little worried that the winery's output would not be able to cope with so many orders.

Li Yin was overjoyed after hearing this, and told Wang Zihao to pick it up boldly. The winery will be shipping out in two days, and then he can pay for the urgent orders first, and take time for other orders. With the names of Li Xiaogong and others under pressure, he is not afraid of others to make trouble.

After Li Yin gave his orders, he left Dengxian Tower.After sending Li Yin away, Wang Zihao ordered the restaurant to close, checked again that there were no hidden dangers, and then got up and went home.It is already midnight, the curfew has started long ago, and the gate of the workshop has been closed, but Wang Zihao has a signboard of the supervisory institute given by Li Yin on him, so he can pass without hindrance.

The Wang family's house is located in Xinghuafang, only one Guangdefang away from the West Market where Dengxianlou is located, and it takes a short carriage ride to get there.After entering Xinghuafang, turn right, and after two blocks is Wangzhai.

When Wang Zihao entered the house and returned to the back house, his wife Wang Yangshi had already fallen asleep. Hearing the maidservant's report, she woke up again enduring sleepiness and made a simple supper for her husband herself.Wang Xijun, who was sleeping with his mother, was also woken up, so he simply got up and helped his mother make supper together.

"It's so late, why did my husband come back again? Didn't the door of the workshop be closed long ago?" Mrs. Wang quickly arranged the dishes and sat next to Wang Zihao and asked. Wang Xijun rubbed her eyes and picked up the table. eat the bread.

Wang Zihao looked at his daughter lovingly, and then said: "Hehe, Your Highness gave me a signboard of the supervisory courtyard, and the guards guarding the square gate let me go. Are Wei'er and Yun'er asleep?" In addition to this daughter, Wang Xijun, there are two sons, but they are not yet adults, one is 11 years old, and the other is only eight years old.Capital Datang 45

"I've already gone to sleep. That King Liang made our Wang family miserable, but now it's good. You have to work for him from morning to night. I don't know if our Wang family owed him in the past life?" Mrs. Wang said with some dissatisfaction. , since taking over the job of frying tea, Wang Zihao has been so busy every day that he neglected his family, even she and her children have been left out in the cold.

"Mother, father is going to restore our Wang family's business. It's normal to be busy, and I think that King Liang is a person who does big things. Since father has decided to follow King Liang, he must work hard. Maybe in the future We can also serve as officials for our younger brothers, and we are no longer afraid of others. We are merchants." Wang Xijun is worthy of being a person who followed his father to manage the family business since he was a child, and he has a long-term vision from his mother who grew up in a boudoir.

"Hehe, what Xijun said is right. King Liang is no longer the King Liang who only knew how to fight chickens and dogs. Now he is extremely shrewd. It is impossible to work under him without showing some ability." Wang Zihao dotingly touched Pointing to his daughter's head, he said.This is the inner hall, there are only three members of their family, so there is a lot less consideration in talking.

"All right, all right, you father and daughter know how to collude to bully people." Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes at her husband and said, "By the way, the Zhou family sent people here again today and brought a lot of things. I think they are quite sincere. Yes, or..."

"No!" Wang Zihao and Wang Xijun shouted almost at the same time.

"Mother, why did you let that Zhou family come in again? Have you forgotten how they treated our Wang family back then? Not only did they cancel the engagement they had made, but they also insulted my father with words, which almost made him feel overwhelmed and leave. At the end of the road, now that our Wang family has just started to turn around, we are so shameless that we want to remarry, do you have the heart to let your daughter marry into this kind of family?" When the Zhou family was mentioned, Wang Xijun, who was still drowsy, went 'teng' Standing up, with big eyes wide open, he said to Mrs. Wang angrily.

"Back when I was engaged to the Zhou family, I, Wang Zihao, was blind. If His Royal Highness King Liang hadn't lost all of my Wang family's property, I wouldn't have been able to see the true face of the Zhou family. Speaking of which, we have to thank the prince, or else it would be true. If we want to marry Xijun to the Zhou family, wouldn't that harm our daughter for the rest of my life?" Wang Zihao was also furious, if Li Yin was here, he would be very surprised, Wang Zihao has always been tolerant and kind to others, and it is rare to see He looks so angry.

"Hmph, you always say that the Zhou family is not good, but in the final analysis, it is not caused by the fact that the king of Liang lost all of our family property?" Madam Wang obviously hasn't turned around this detour, and the matter of losing all of the Wang family's property to Li Yin has been going on for a long time. brooding.

"Ma'am, why are you so confused!" Wang Zihao looked distressed, "The Zhou family's nature is not good, and it has nothing to do with whether we have property or not. If a daughter marries to that kind of family, she will only have to suffer for the rest of her life, and cherish the rest of her life. What is the wealth of our Wang family worth compared to my happiness?"

Back then when Li Yin lost all of the Wang family's property, the Wang family was almost devastated, but what made it worse was that the Zhou family, who had already been engaged to Wang Xijun, regretted their marriage. Outraged by the insult, Wang Zihao couldn't think about it for a while, and jumped into the river on the way home to commit suicide, but luckily he was rescued.Afterwards, Wang Zihao calmed down, but he felt a little fortunate in his heart. Although the family business was defeated, at least he saw the true face of the Zhou family's powerful eyes, so that his daughter would not be married and suffer in the future.It is precisely because of this incident that the open-minded Wang Zihao's resentment towards Li Yin has also decreased a lot.Now Li Yin valued the Wang family, and handed over the sales of fried tea and Wuwangzui to Wang Zihao, but when the Zhou family saw it, they shamelessly wanted to repent. Last time, Wang Zihao sent someone to call him out. How dare you come today?

Mrs. Wang saw that her husband and daughter were really angry, and she remembered that her husband couldn't think about jumping into the river at the time, and she was also a little scared. If Wang Zihao really disappeared at that time, how would the orphans and widows of them survive?Thinking of this, I couldn't help feeling resentful towards the Zhou family, and immediately admitted my mistake: "Okay, I know I was wrong, I will have someone send the gift back to the Zhou family tomorrow, and I will never mention the remarriage again."

"Hee hee, this is my good mother!" Seeing her mother agreeing, Wang Xijun was afraid that she would be unhappy about what happened just now, so she hugged Mrs. Wang's neck and said coquettishly, "Mother, look at how my daughter looks like this!" She is beautiful, and Daddy is valued by the King of Liang. Restoring the family business is just a trivial matter, and there may be greater development in the future, so your daughter is not worried about getting married, so you just sit at home and wait for someone to propose marriage!"

"King Liang, King Liang! You and your father know what King Liang is talking about, but he has caused you to not marry until now." Mrs. Wang complained dissatisfiedly, and suddenly stopped at this point, as if thinking of something , his eyes lit up and he continued, "I heard that King Liang is about the same age as you, and he is not yet married, so let's just marry you to him, even if he pays himself to be your husband!"

"From a woman's point of view, what is King Liang's status? How could he marry a merchant woman? Moreover, King Liang is already engaged, and it was an order from His Majesty himself. The other party is Song Guogong's granddaughter Xiao Wenxin, Miss Xiao. She is a famous woman in Chang'an City. His beauty." Wang Zihao couldn't help scolding his wife when he saw her whimsical thoughts again.

"Cut~, he wants to marry me but he doesn't want to marry me." Wang Xijun was dissatisfied, especially her father thought that she was not as good as Xiao Wenxin. It's just that the Xiao family's concubine's status is not much higher than mine." Wang Xijun's words are also reasonable, in a big family, some concubine's children are actually not much more powerful than domestic servants.

"Eh, no way, that King Liang is still a prince, how could he marry a concubine?" Mrs. Wang didn't go out very often, so she didn't know the reasons and consequences of Li Yin's engagement.

"Mother, this is very interesting. Let me tell you about it. A few months ago..." As soon as Li Yin's embarrassing incident was mentioned, Wang Xijun became very excited and told all the rumors he had heard. Women like these gossips the most, especially Mrs. Wang's age, so she is also very excited to listen to them, and occasionally interjects a few sentences to express her opinions.

Seeing the gossiping mother and daughter, Wang Zihao had nothing to do with them, so he shook his head with a wry smile, picked up the bowls and chopsticks and started to eat his supper.