"Your Majesty, this is not suitable!"

After reading the content of the official letter in his hand, Zhou Kui felt very resistant and looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said, "The old ministers want to pay the money to raise a group of brave men from Shanxi and Shaanxi who fled, and they must arrange their families.

When they work for the business, they have to pay them wages.

The key is to take over the dilapidated land under the Fucaifang, and you have to pay the land purchase money to Shuntian Prefecture. The old ministers are paying money here and there!"

"That's right."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly.

Zhou Kui: “…”

You are treating your old minister as a fool!

You just say how much money you can pay to buy a marquis, why bother so much?

Zhou Kui's stingy nature was once again possessed.

"This is the opportunity I gave to the father-in-law."

Emperor Chongzhen picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "As long as the father-in-law does things according to my will, I can not only order the father-in-law to have a title, but also make the father-in-law make a fortune."

Emperor's son-in-law, you are too focused.

It’s not like this to coax fools.

Zhou Kui's mouth twitched, and he felt complicated. He looked at Emperor Chongzhen with a smile on his face, but he complained in his heart.

He really couldn't imagine how he could make money by doing so.

Employing a lot of money is a considerable expense.

Resetting a family is a considerable expense.

Purchasing a lot of money is a big expense.

Just want to do this and organize a team of more than a thousand laborers, the money spent will cost at least 80,000 taels.

It would be better to kill him if he asked him to take out so much money at once.

"The father-in-law also knows that the capital is the heart of the Ming Dynasty, and the land here is worthless." Emperor Chongzhen stood up, walked slowly forward, and said as he walked.

"The market in Fucaifang was affected by the explosion of the King Gong Factory of the Tianqi Dynasty and was seriously damaged. Many of the residential buildings have not been repaired yet.

If the business founded by the father-in-law can build such buildings on some abandoned plots that have been abandoned so far, and gradually transform Fucaifang into a market for literati consumption, how much money can it earn?"

As he said that, Emperor Chongzhen lifted up the architectural paper pattern he had ordered before and presented it to Zhou Kui. The stingy Zhou Kui was stunned.

“This is impossible.”

Zhou Kui looked at the architectural paper pattern of Fucaifang, his face changed slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, you don't understand construction matters. Even if you use blue bricks to build a house and bond it with glutinous rice, eggs, etc., it is impossible to build a house.

So high."

The architectural paper patterns in Zhou Kui's eyes, with Fucaifang as the carrier land, are all seven or eight-story brick and stone buildings, which are buildings that have never been before in the Ming Dynasty.

Even if it is really built, the wall will never be so thin, otherwise it would collapse before it even reached the third floor.

"nothing is impossible."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said, "The father-in-law has never seen him before. It is because the father-in-law is ignorant. I have selected a group of craftsmen from Western missionaries.

Under the rule of all European countries, there is something that can replace glutinous rice, eggs and other things to bond, called cement.

This object is mixed with sand, gravel and water, and can dry quickly in the shortest time and is extremely strong.

This product is currently under development. After the father-in-law completes the preliminary preparations of the business, the product can be mass-produced if he wants to come."

Zhou Kui: “…”

cement?

What is this?

Are things used by Western barbarians reliable?

Zhou Kui had many doubts and concerns.

If what the emperor said was true, then gradually taking over the abandoned land in Fucaifang and building such a building would indeed make a lot of money.

Whether it is selling it to the public, or building various industries such as restaurants, brothels, the subsequent investment money will be quite a small amount.

Under the gaze of Emperor Chongzhen, Zhou Kui's little abacus was already crackling.

‘I don’t know the specific process of cement, but I still know the raw materials needed.’ Looking at the silent Zhou Kui, Emperor Chongzhen’s little abacus, he also started to make a comeback.

‘Even if the cement has not been successfully calcined from the Martial Arts Institute, it will definitely be successful if it continues to test and calcinate failed experiences.

If it weren't for the refugee rushing to escape, there were a lot of people coming to Beizhili, I wouldn't have told you a stingy guy with the name of cement."

In order to stabilize Zhou Kui's heart, he asked him to act according to his plan and willingly pay the money. Emperor Chongzhen had compiled all kinds of rhetoric.

At that time, there was no cement in various countries in Europe.

Where they live are short buildings made of stones, like castles that cost a lot of money, which can only be lived in by nobles.

"Your Majesty, is what you said true?"

The stingy Zhou Kui's eyebrows were almost twisted together and he asked tentatively.

"Is the father-in-law doubting what I said?"

Emperor Chongzhen looked up at Zhou Kui and said, "If the father-in-law does not want to be awarded a title, then pretend that I have never said it. I will also..."

"Your Majesty!! That's not what the old minister means!"

When Zhou Kui heard this, his face changed slightly and he hurriedly bowed: "I have never believed in Your Majesty. I am the old man. Your Majesty is wise and powerful. A pass number is called Old Man earning..."

As he said that, Zhou Kui stopped.

A stingy nature will never change.

Just like Zhou Kui, even if Emperor Chongzhen was holding his life, his intention to make more money has never disappeared.

But this was exactly what Emperor Chongzhen wanted.

To build a state-owned economy, we cannot only have the inner court, but also have forces outside the inner court. Although Zhou Kui, a stingy father-in-law, has many problems, if he can be well trained, there are many things he can do.

"A family doesn't speak two families."

Emperor Chongzhen pretended not to know, stepped forward and raised Zhou Kui's arms, and smiled and said, "Since the father-in-law is willing to share my worries, then act according to the official letter I wrote.

First recruit five thousand young and strong men and resettle their families. If the father-in-law does not have so much land, it can be diverted to the imperial village under the name of the inner court, and all the expenses should be required to provide the father-in-law.

After all this is arranged, I will pay the purchased land from Shuntian Prefecture. I will call the inner court to provide the father-in-law with the corresponding construction needs."

Zhou Kui, who was in a complicated mood, looked at the smiling emperor and felt his scalp numb. As soon as he opened his mouth, he would be five thousand young and strong. How much money would it cost him!!!

But at this point, what else can he do besides gritting the bullet and agreeing?

"The old minister received the order!"
Chapter completed!