Chapter 332 Roll up

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 332 Roll up

On the fifth day of March in the sixteenth year of Hongzhi, the first bidding conference of the Ming Dynasty began, and the location was in the main hall of the Lulu Si Yamen.

The so-called Lusi Yamen is not even a prototype at present. The main hall has just been built, and the rest of the halls are still under construction. Even the courtyard wall has not been built.

Even the main hall is only a semi-finished product. The hall is large enough to accommodate hundreds of people.

But it has not yet been carefully carved. There is no painted color composition or carved wood hollows. It has only been a preliminary building of a Yamen lobby.

It's really a bad review that such a pioneering meeting was held in such a place, but you can't find another yamen to borrow a place. The Land Department Yamen is independent of the six cabinet departments, so what's the point of borrowing a place from other yamen?

In this world, only names and tools cannot be faked.

Almost all the prominent merchants from Shuntian Prefecture in the capital and even Beizhili came here, and dozens of people were sitting in the lobby.

Although the government office is not even a semi-finished product, looking out through the door, you can see workers transporting bricks and wood from time to time, and you can even hear the constant noise of construction around the main hall.

However, dozens of merchants still sat upright and stretched their bodies tightly.

Xia Yuan, the newly appointed governor, sat in the middle seat, facing the dozens of people present. Behind his seat, there was a map of the capital.

The road is outlined with red lines and divided into sections, with length, width and number indicated.

"Perhaps you also know what we are here to discuss this time. The imperial court is now planning to build roads all over the world, and wants to implement a contracting system to hand over these roads to your merchants. Merchants are originally from a humble background, but now you can also participate in this country

It’s a big matter, so there’s no need to say anything about expressing gratitude for the imperial court’s kindness.”

Xia Yuan turned his attention to the desk in front of him, "I have also taken a look at the plans you handed over. Haha, they are all very shrewd and worthy of the name of merchants."

A series of planning documents all selected the location on the main roads in the capital.

The little abacus is really clicking.

These areas are the main traffic roads in the capital, and the Ministry of Industry sends people to level them and repair them all year round. When building roads in these areas, the ground is basically compacted, so the investment can be relatively small, and the effect of this road can be maintained to be solid.

"What's more, there are only so many roads of this kind in the entire capital. It's enough to give them a try, but there are only about twenty of them. There are so many of you, and it's really not enough. So just come here one by one."

Xia Yuan reached out and picked up the long pole on the desk, pointing to the cross line on the central axis of the capital on the map, "I sent people to measure these two roads. They are eighty-five and a half miles long and about six feet wide.

About thirteen miles of road are paved with bluestone slabs, and many of you want to contract these two roads.

For a period of three months, the imperial court is willing to pay eleven thousand five hundred taels. Now you can do the math among yourselves and see who is willing to take on this matter."

There is a small table in front of each merchant, and the pens, inks, paper, inkstones and abacus brought by each merchant are placed on it.

After hearing this, everyone started to make calculations. Although it was the beginning of the New Deal, they all knew it in their hearts.

In addition to knowing the various prices, many people even bought this lapis lazuli and took it back to lay in and outside their own courtyards.

After a long time, someone stood up and said, "Mr. Governor, do we also need to pave this area with bluestone slabs?"

"No, you only need to pave the approximately seventy-two miles of road."

"If it's only seventy-two miles, then I'm willing to take over this job for the imperial court."

After saying that, the merchant gave up his chair and knelt down directly on the ground.

The road, which is seventy-two miles long and nearly twenty meters wide, took three months to complete and cost eleven thousand five hundred taels.

This price was calculated by Xia Yuan before, and there was definitely a lot of profit. Naturally, the other merchants present also thought of this.

Some people even think that as long as they use more workers, hire fewer workers, and lower the labor price, ten thousand taels or even nine thousand taels will be enough.

That is a profit of two thousand or even three thousand taels of silver.

In this day and age, a rich man is considered to be the richest person in the world.

And the wealth of the family is ten thousand taels of silver.

Three thousand taels of silver is already a lot.

What's more important is that this road construction is done in the name of the imperial court, and with the money given by the imperial court, there is no need to deal with officials at all levels as usual when doing business.

In fact, this is the reason why these businessmen actively participated in this matter.

Business is an untouchable industry, and merchants are untouchables, especially businessmen, who are the key targets of attack.

Merchants do not represent merchants.

Merchant is a general term for merchants and merchants, and merchants are people who run inns, restaurants, and various shops.

The imperial court could have a better attitude towards this group of people, knowing that without this group of people, the common people would have no place to buy anything they want.

What the imperial court hates the most is merchants, and in this era those who can grow their business to a certain scale are all merchants.

Transport goods from the south from south to north and goods from the north from north to south to earn the price difference.

The most important thing is that these people know how to smuggle.

For example, the so-called Eight Imperial Merchants of the Whip Dynasty were representatives of traitor smuggling.

The dozens of merchants here are also merchants. Even though they make a lot of money as merchants, after each business trip, they not only have to hand over the money earned this time to the officials above, but they also have to manage people at all levels along the way.

Officials.

In these days, this is a matter of course.

As for the matter of road construction, as a messenger from the imperial court, there was no need to do such a thing as a matter of course.

This alone makes these people excited, not to mention making so much money.

So someone else gave up his chair, knelt down and said, "Young man is also willing to take on this job."

"The villain is also willing."

"The villain also wishes."

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Seeing many people kneeling down to beg for their lives, Xia Yuan said with a pleased look on his face: "I am very pleased to see that you and others are willing to share the country's worries."

"But you are all rushing to build these two roads, which is really making things difficult for me. I don't know who to give it to."

At this time, one person said: "Sir, if a villain can repair this road, it will only cost eleven thousand taels."

"Oh?" Xia Yuan said in surprise, looked at the person he had arranged for, and immediately nodded and said: "Yes, eleven thousand taels can save 500 taels of silver. Since you said so, then

Now I have a plan, and there is no need to face any further difficulties, so I will leave these two roads to you to repair."

"The villain will not be let down"

Just as he was speaking halfway, someone knelt down and said, "Sir, I've calculated it. If we hire less people, ten thousand five hundred taels will be enough."

"The villain thinks that ten thousand taels is not a bad idea."

"The villain has a lot of idle people under his command, so I think nine thousand five hundred taels will be enough."

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At this time, the so-called bidding conference seemed to be about to begin, and a group of merchants began to bid. This was also Xia Yuan's purpose. He watched, watched, and was happy in his heart.

Roll it up, roll it up for me.
Chapter completed!