Wang Fugui looked at the account book handed over by the clerk and couldn't help but marveled.

In the past month, the income from cement patent fees alone has exceeded 2,000 yuan.

Although two thousand guan money means nothing to the Chu Palace.

But behind this, people can feel the benefits brought by the Royal Patent Office of the Tang Dynasty.

At the beginning, many businesses were authorized to produce cement, and the price was to collect half of the sales revenue as royalties.

Originally, Wang Fugui didn't expect to receive much money, but his prince felt it was necessary to do it, so he just did it.

"Your Majesty, this patent is really a good thing. No wonder various workshops have been applying for patents from the Royal Patent Office of the Tang Dynasty in the past two years."

Wang Fugui naturally wanted to share such a joyful thing with his prince.

So after confirming that there were no errors in the account books, I immediately went to the annex of Prince Chu's Mansion to report to Li Kuan.

"More than two thousand dollars collected in one month?"

There was no smile on Li Kuan's face.

Cement production technology has actually become somewhat widespread.

There may not be anyone in Chang'an City who dares to build a cement workshop without authorization, but in other state capitals, there are already many cement workshops while the Chu Palace turns a blind eye.

Although this is not a good thing for Li Kuan's promotion of patents.

However, Li Kuan not only did not prepare to punish illegal cement workshops, but felt that the time had come to promote the expansion and construction of cement workshops.

In the 19th century, steel and coal were the two most important symbols of a country's industrial strength.

In Li Kuan's view, in today's Datang, steel production and cement production are the main symbols of Datang's industrial strength.

Needless to say, steel has always been the most important strategic material during the feudal dynasty.

Cement, a seemingly ordinary material, actually has a series of things behind it.

The increase in cement production means that there is market demand for it.

The market demand for cement is huge, indicating that various infrastructure projects are developing.

Even in later generations, the power of the Tiegongji was still huge, let alone the Tang Dynasty.

Build the road, build the road, keep building the road, this road can still be walked for a long time.

Build, build, keep building, this method has a bright future.

"Your Majesty, I have confirmed that it is two thousand pounds a month. Recently, the sales of cement have been going crazy, and the shopkeepers of those workshops are now in pain and happiness. I heard that in front of a cement workshop, several

Buyers are going to great lengths to earn a share of the cement. There are even some guys who are responsible for purchasing cement, who directly bring their fleets and banknotes to block the door of other cement workshops."

The cement workshop of Prince Chu's Mansion has not expanded its scale in recent years, but has been constantly developing new cement formulas. All the cement produced is digested by Nanshan Construction Engineering.

Wang Fugui felt a little pain in his heart when he thought of this.

The white money is just flowing in front of my eyes.

"In this way, you arrange for someone to publish an announcement in the "Datang Daily" tomorrow, saying that we will give up the cement patent in advance, and everyone can use our cement production process for free starting from tomorrow; anyone can go to the Datang Royal Palace

After registering with the Patent Office, you can obtain the technical information on cement production, and you can also purchase relevant production equipment directly from our workshop."

Li Kuan's decision shocked Wang Fugui.

"Your Majesty...this...the patent period of this cement has not yet expired, so we won't charge the patent fee?"

"That's right! We won't collect it! Not only will we not collect it, we will also encourage everyone to build cement workshops. Isn't the tax revenue of the Ministry of Household Affairs always increasing? Although this year 10% is allocated to the Ministry of Education, but compared with last year it is still

It is increasing, and the momentum has not changed this year. There will be more and more money available to the court.

Taking this opportunity, I am going to propose to Your Majesty that we speed up the construction of cement roads and start construction ahead of schedule for the cement roads that were originally planned to be built in a few years. Especially in the Jiangnan area, there have never been any decent cement roads before.

The local economic status does not match.”

Because of the dense water network in the south, the construction of cement roads has become very difficult.

Therefore, the imperial court previously started construction of cement roads north of Chang'an.

"Your Majesty, during this period, the price of cement has increased by 20% compared to last year. If this continues, it will continue to rise."

Wang Fugui was already very clear about his prince's hobby of building roads.

However, the Prince of Chu's Mansion is now planning to vigorously build houses in Workshop City, and Guanshishan Academy is also expanding. If the price of cement rises too outrageously, then a lot of money will be paid for no reason.

No matter how much money you have, it is not such a waste.

"It is impossible to keep rising. As long as you are determined enough, the expansion and construction of cement workshops is actually not that difficult. Once everyone finds that there are many more cement workshops around, expectations for cement prices will go down, and cement will

It’s impossible to keep increasing prices like this. If the prices go up too much, the worst possible outcome is to throw away the output of the cement workshops under the palace to stabilize prices.”

Li Kuan is not worried that the expansion of cement production will cause slow sales.

These days, most workshops are opened by people with backgrounds.

Once the sales of cement workshops are not satisfactory, they will definitely promote the construction of various roads and buildings behind the scenes.

Especially in the lower states and counties, the influence of these people is even greater.

"Your Majesty, if that's the case, then I will first persuade some familiar shopkeepers to expand cement production, or consider setting up some new cement workshops in Jiangnan."

"Go ahead, but there's no need to force people. The opportunity to make money is placed in front of them. It just depends on whether they can grasp it."

Li Kuan did not object to Wang Fugui's approach.

If he wants to cultivate a group of bourgeoisie, it is natural that the closer these people are to the Chu Palace, the better.

…

Chengnan Carriage Shop.

Wei Bao happily took Wei Siren around the shop.

"Lang Jun, since the beginning of spring this year, the sales volume of various types of carriages has increased by more than 50% compared with the same period last year, and the number of four-wheel transport carriages has doubled. Even if our prices increase slightly, the supply is still in short supply."

Wei Bao hasn't experienced such a hot-selling scene for a long time.

Although the prices of our own carriages are cheaper than those of the Mercedes-Benz carriage shop, the quality is also inferior, so the sales have been tepid.

"I heard that the four-wheeled carriages from the Mercedes-Benz Carriage Shop opposite, especially the four-wheeled carriages used for transportation, are now sold out, right?"

Wei Siren's words immediately caused an awkward smile to appear on Wei Bao's face.

It is undeniable that these people will come to the Chengnan Carriage Store, and a large part of the reason is that the Mercedes-Benz Carriage Store is out of stock.

The infrastructure construction trend in Chang'an City has not only promoted construction materials such as cement, gravel, sand, green bricks, and tiles, but also made the sales of freight carriages popular.

Nowadays, no matter which carriage shop the carriages are from, as long as they are freight carriages, they are almost ready to be sold.

Even if the quality is poor, some customers who can't wait will still buy it holding their noses.

Time is money, and in the transportation industry, this statement is absolutely true.

"Lang Jun, the sales of Mercedes-Benz carriages are a little better than ours, but the gap between us is constantly narrowing. Especially in terms of rickshaws, our scale is the largest in Datang."

After Wei Bao was stunned for a while, he finally accepted his husband's words.

"Since cargo carriages are easy to sell, we will set up a separate workshop responsible for making cargo carriages in the future, and let the craftsmen focus on studying how to carry more cargo without being easily damaged!"

Irony being irony, Wei Siren is still very concerned about his own business.

Obviously, when it comes to luxury four-wheel carriages, we can't compete with Mercedes-Benz carriages, so we might as well compete in another direction.
Chapter completed!