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When Wang Ben passed away, the emperor ordered the court to be suspended for one tenth of a year, and ordered Xianyang to ban the 100-day wedding to express his condolences.

The Daqin Metropolis Daily also once again published the news and tributes of Wang Ben's death on the front page, and used a whole newspaper four pages to introduce in detail the introduction of Wang Ben's life and his great achievements for the Daqin.

But this time the dull and sad mood among the people did not last as long as Wang Jian's death. With the end of Wang Ben's funeral and the cold winter passed, the sad atmosphere in Xianyang quickly began to fade in tranquility, and the warmth and relaxation that was replaced by spring as scheduled.

After a month of shutdown in the library construction site in the south of the city, the weather warmed and the ice and snow melted again in early January. With the completion of the earth and stone project, ox and horse carriages are now continuously transporting sand, gravel, wood and cement steel bars to the construction site every day. The sound of civil servants and prisoners resounded throughout Xianyang, and the dull Xianyang gradually began to become lively.

The most heated discussion among the people recently is not the library and the Beijing University, which will officially start construction, but the loom and spinning machine.

For ordinary people, even if the emperor dies, it will not be more important than eating and dressing.

For businessmen, top kings like Wang Ben are completely incompatible with them. Therefore, the death of the Wang father and son is just a few sighs and regrets between rich merchants. They eat what should be eaten, drink what should be drunk, and make money... they must not give up.

After visiting the loom and spinning machine of Chengnan Woodworks Workshop, many merchants could not hold back. Many people entrusted their connections to visit Qinghehou, hoping to obtain the production authorization of the loom and spinning machine. After receiving this news, countless merchants from other counties came to Xianyang for a long time in the cold weather to check the production process of the loom.

More than a month have passed, with the news of the newspaper publishing the weaving machine spinning machine, and the word-of-mouth of the business traveling between Xianyang and various places, the effects of the weaving machine have been infinitely amplified. There is a legend that ten or even twenty pieces of cloth can be weaved in a day, and the texture is straight and delicate, and it is much better than the cloth woven by ordinary waist machines and looms. Therefore, the businessmen of county and county woven in the southeast, who are rich in ramie, were even more excited and rushed to Xianyang day and night to find out the news.

Among these people, even the cement and coal and iron merchants who are now in the limelight, because they all smelled unlimited business opportunities from this news.

Because according to the laws of the Qin Dynasty, in order to encourage the private planting of hemp and weaving cloth, cloth tax is the lowest type, and cloth can also offset grain tax and even corvee labor.

With the rapid development of the steel and cement industry, especially the two-year tax exemption and three-year and a half-tax protection period that was originally implemented to stimulate the development of steel and cement is about to pass. In another year or two, the tax revenue of cement plants and steel plants will double. Although there are only one ten tax, it is also a large expenditure for these merchants. Especially in recent years, steel and cement have always been in short supply. From mining to production, all enterprises have to raise their wages to recruit enough personnel. If the tax is doubled, the money earned by factories and mines will inevitably be much less. Moreover, steel and cement are extremely labor-intensive enterprises, and all they need are strong adult men. These people are also the group with the highest wages. If the wages are too low, they will not be able to recruit people.

Under the premise that production costs such as taxes and labor costs continue to increase, some small steel and cement plants have begun to consider transformation or investing in other projects.

The emergence of looms is an excellent investment and transformation opportunity.

"Marty, what did the head of the family say in the letter?"

In Qinghe Villa, Fan Caiying, who had already started returning to the Huaxia Money House to host the work, brought back a letter, which was written by Fan Yong, a Fan family.

"Mr. Fan is asking about the loom and spinning machine. It seems that he is also planning to invest in a textile factory!" Chen Xu said, pinching his chin after reading the letter.

"Then what are your plans?" Fan Caiying walked behind Chen Xu and helped him gently massage his shoulders and backs.

"I think it's better for Fan's family to not interfere in this industry. There are many industries that make money in the world. Although weaving makes money, it is far less important than steel and cement. Moreover, the weaving factory has low cost and low technical content. If you invest a million yuan, you can open a huge weaving factory. However, for steel and coal, if you invest a million yuan, you can't even see the blister. As a business leader, I have great expectations for Fan's family. I hope that through continuous expansion of operations, they can integrate the steel and cement industry into huge steel plants and cement plants, and constantly cooperate with experimental factories to improve smelting and calcining processes, improve coal and iron ore mining methods and mining equipment, so as to promote the steady development of the most important basic industry in Daqin, rather than just focusing on making money..."

"Making money is certainly the nature of a businessman, but lying on the pile of money is also a shame for a businessman. As a responsible, responsible and moral entrepreneur, Fan's vision should be farther away, closely linking the development of Fan's family with the destiny of the country. Only when the country is strong can business prosper. If the country is declining, business will inevitably be difficult. The businessmen of the Qin Dynasty should shoulder the mission of supporting China. At that time, I and Mr. Fan talked about the matter of Tao Zhu's three times to disperse their family wealth. This not only makes it easier Fan Li was able to save his life in troubled times, and was praised by the people of the world and regarded as an example by merchants all over the world. Therefore, if the Fan family wants to inherit Tao Zhugong's business philosophy, they must focus on the court and tie their own destiny with the country's destiny, rather than just focusing on business development, because no matter at any time, without the support of the court and the government, business is destined to be just a rootless duckweed, which seems prosperous, but in fact cannot withstand the wind and waves..."

The more Fan Caiying heard, his face became paler, and his hands pressed on Chen Xu's shoulder were trembling slightly.

Chen Xu's words must be meaningful, and he also expresses his dissatisfaction with Fan's family.

Chen Xu gently leaned his head against Fan Caiying's plump and soft chest, touched her slightly trembling hand with his backhand and said, "Fan is doing too much now. With the development of these years, he has made more and more money, but it is becoming more and more utilitarian, and there are many bad rumors. Because Fan and I have a close relationship, many local governments have sold a large number of coal and iron mines to Fan's family at a low price in order to curry favor with Fan. Do you know that the mountain forest coal and iron and iron and other mining resources are under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu, but the Shaofu is in charge of the emperor's money. Fan is competing for profit with the emperor!"

Fan Caiying was so scared that she knelt in front of Chen Xu, and kowtowed on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Marquis... Caiying has been in charge of the Huaxia Money House in Xianyang for many years. She really doesn't know what Fan did. I hope that the Marquis can forgive the mistakes of the head of the family. Caiying will definitely inform the head of the family in detail, so that he can restrain himself, and pay enough taxes for all the mines occupied by the extra ones!"

"Don't be nervous, get up!" Chen Xu helped Fan Caiying up.

"The Fan family valued my potential and cooperated with me, and in many aspects it did give me great support and help, especially in the construction of the Oriental Road. If it were not for the support of the Fan family and some business leaders in the Central Plains, I would not have won the bet with Li Si, and it was naturally impossible to relax the Shang rules. But in recent years, I have been secretly observing the development of Fan family. Their development has become increasingly eager for quick success and instant benefits, and their behavior has become more and more arrogant and domineering. Not only are they competing for profit with their peers, but also compete with the court and the emperor. Not only are Fan's behavior known to me, but the officials of the court and the Shaofu government know some of it, but no one has said it for my sake."

"Everything is appropriate, and it should be done in moderation. If Mr. Fan doesn't even understand this principle, I will be powerless to cause disaster to the Fan family in the future. After all, this Qin Dynasty is still the emperor. I cannot cover up the sky in the court. Some things are hard to explain. When Mr. Fan arranged for you and Caiwei to follow me, I also knew the purpose, but this is not enough to make me give up the interests of the country to help the Fan family. I can spoil you and Caiwei for the rest of my life, and I can also give your children a glory and wealth, but it does not mean that I will accommodate Fan's mistakes and tolerate their arrogance..."

Hearing Chen Xu's tone heavier and heavier, Fan Caiying's whole body began to tremble slightly, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Chen Xu at all.

"You write a letter for me to tell Mr. Fan that this marquis will give him a clear path. If he can do it, the Fan family will not only be rich or rival a country in the future, but also be ranked among the ministers and ministers and the family and the ancestors..." Chen Xu stood up with a serious expression.

"Ah~" Fan Caiying couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaimed, her beautiful face full of shock. After a long time, she covered her pounding heart and said carefully, "Please give me instructions, Caiying will definitely do this!"

"Tell Mr. Fan to do two things. One is to collect idle funds from other industries to raise huge amounts of money to acquire iron smelting plants and mines, and transform some small factories with severe waste into large factories. At the same time, the funds are invested to continuously research and improve new steel smelting processes to promote the development of the Daqin steel industry towards large-scale integration. The second is that after this matter is completed, I will write to the court to hand over most of the equity of the Steel Group to the Shaofu..."

"Yes, Marquis, I will definitely bring the Marquis' words to the head of the family!" Fan Caiying nodded quickly.

"Do you think I'm doing this too much?" Chen Xu asked as he looked at Fan Caiying's timid and silenced look.
Chapter completed!