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Volume One Songjiang Mansion Chapter 375

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    After listening to Zhang Lei's words, Liu Sanbian smiled. In fact, people at home had already told him before setting off. Five million taels was not a small amount. If it was purely for support, then Zhang Lei himself would basically  I won¡¯t believe it.

    "They all say that Mr. Zhang is very thoughtful, and I finally saw it today. Since Mr. Zhang has already said it, I will mention it directly. Liu Shanfu has accumulated a lot of wealth over the past century. This is true, but now we have to put these  Wealth is used for the people, and I happened to meet Mr. Zhang and you gave such an opportunity. According to the above meaning, if such a military factory is really established, can this military factory be handed over to us?  There are still many strong men in Liu Shan Mansion. If they can be arranged to work in the military factory, it will not only make more money for Liu Shan Mansion, but also allow young people to get training. I don¡¯t know what the family thinks,  Master Zhang, can you understand?" Liu Sanbian said.

    Zhang Lei nodded slightly and said with a smile: "I can completely understand what you said, but there is one very important thing. Maybe you are wrong. This military factory is definitely a loss-making business. All the raw material costs are paid by the military factory.  The output includes the wages of the workers, but the products produced are directly supplied to the army, and no fees are charged. In other words, if you directly take out five million taels, you will not make a penny back.  .Are you still willing to pay this money?¡±

    "This I haven't thought about it, and it seems that the people above have not thought about it either. If this is really the case, then maybe those people above will have opinions, but I can't make the decision. Please also  Mr. Zhang allowed me to go back and ask. In fact, from the bottom of my heart, I am still willing to help Mr. Zhang, but I am just an errand boy. I can¡¯t decide anything, and I hope Mr. Zhang can understand. "  Liu Sanbian hesitated when he heard that it would not make money. This was seriously inconsistent with the tasks assigned to him.

    Sure enough, no one is doing anything that is not beneficial. He made a promise at the beginning, but immediately changed his mind when he heard that it would not make money. It seems that if Liu Shanfu talks about kindness, he can only do things like giving out porridge.  It's a small kindness.  It¡¯s still hard to bear to do such a great thing as serving the country.  Even if they want to build a military factory now, their first goal is to make money. Businessmen are businessmen. No matter what they do, they always hope to be rewarded.

    "Of course, of course, this kind of thing should be discussed, so I will give you three days. I hope to see you again in three days, and wish us a happy cooperation." Zhang Lei stood up  said.

    "Then I'll take my leave first."

    "Well, I will send you out."

    Seeing Liu Sanbian come out of Zhang Lei's study, Jiang Yuyang immediately came to Zhang Lei and asked: "Master Zhang, what did you talk about inside?"

    Zhang Lei smiled.  Liu Shanfu told what he wanted to fund, and then said: "It seems that they are aiming to make a lot of money by following me, but they really thought wrong. I can make money in other places, including this military factory.  Ah. It¡¯s a loss-making business. The imperial court can¡¯t afford the guns and cannons made. You can only use them yourself, and if you use them, you have to help the imperial court conquer the world. How can it be considered a loss?¡±

    "You don't get up early if you don't have any profit. This is indeed true. I just said it. At this time, I came to see Mr. Zhang. It's probably about money. I just don't understand why he sent a warrior instead of a housekeeper.  Come, it sounds like you are here to compete in martial arts." Jiang Yuyang said.

    It wasn't until dark when Zhang Lei went to take a look that the common people had invested a total of more than 300,000 taels of silver in shares. Of course, the common people didn't have much money. There were several big businesses among them, and they came to pay.  I must be trying to make a fortune with this money.

    Seeing these figures, Jiang Yuyang had doubts again and said: "Sir Zhang, this is not right. According to what I just said, building a military factory is an unprofitable business. So take this money and make sure you make a steady profit, Mr. Zhang."  To compensate, doesn¡¯t this mean we have to pay for it ourselves?¡±

    "Let's talk about this later. As I said, the reason for doing this is to ease the relationship between the government and the people. If this goal can be achieved, it will not be considered a loss-making business. Now our fleet is already traveling around the world.  I earn hundreds of millions in money and food from all over the world, and I don¡¯t care if it¡¯s a little more or a little less. Well, actually speaking, if I stay on Taiping Island and live my life now, I will really be like a god.  But I am a humble person, and I have to come to the mainland without being invited to see you, so I have a miserable life." Zhang Lei joked.

    Starting from the second day, although the situation was not as hot as the first day, it was not bad. Because of the participation of aristocratic families, Zhang Lei had to increase the amount to three million taels. Despite this, people came one after another.  .

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Out?I really came to Zhang Lei again, but this time he was not the only one, there was also an old man with a pure white beard who looked like an immortal. He claimed to be the steward of Liu Shan Mansion, Zhang Lei  He received the two of them in his study.

    "Master Zhang, I reported the situation to the superiors after I returned. They all agreed that since they support you, Master Zhang, they also support the entire Ming Dynasty. Therefore, after discussion, they still believe that they should join even if they cannot make a profit." Liu  Sanbian said first.

    Zhang Lei smiled. It seems that five million is not a big sum for Liu Shanfu. He doesn't know how rich this place is. If he could make it his own, wouldn't it be great?  .  For a moment, Zhang Lei had the idea of ??leading his army to sweep away Liu Shan's mansion.

    The steward of Liu Shanfu took out a document with a very beautiful appearance. The three characters "Liu Shanfu" on it were vigorous and powerful. The succession and transformation had reached the pinnacle. It must have been written by a famous master. He said: "This document is  The delivery document for five million taels of silver, Mr. Zhang, according to the results of the above discussion, Liu Shanfu is purely paying this time, and the five million taels are already here. As long as you sign your name, Mr. Zhang, it will be done later.  Someone sent the money over."

    "Well, that's fine. Your money is already the greatest support for me, Zhang. If I ask you to contribute more people, Zhang will feel bad. I'll let Zhang's people do other things for me." Zhang Lei answered.  I went through the paperwork, read it over and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so I signed my name.

    The steward of Liu Shan Mansion said: "Master Zhang has done many good things for the people over the years. More importantly, the entire Ming Dynasty has tended to be stable. Master Zhang deserves the most credit. I would like to convey my greetings to Master Zhang on behalf of the head of Liu Shan Mansion."  And respect, if it were not for the worldly affairs, the master would be more willing to look at the moon and drink three whites with Mr. Zhang."

    "Haha, say hello to your sect master for me. If you don't mind me bothering you, why not come and visit in a few days?" Zhang Lei said with a laugh.

    "Then the three of them became a little more reserved, and the manager of Liu Shanfu left with Liu Sanbian.  Less than half a day later, several carriages arrived in the yard. When Zhang Lei checked, he found that there were five million taels of white silver, divided into five large boxes, which were very heavy.

    With an extra few million taels in hand, Zhang Lei quickly posted a notice saying that he was establishing a third arsenal in Tianjin. The scale was so large that even the previous two arsenals combined could not compare.  Zhang Lei plans to use the latest building materials and technologies to build a more scientific and spacious arsenal. It is precisely because of these requirements that millions of taels of funds are needed.

    In the capital, everything Zhang Lei did was presented in front of Chongzhen in detail. These were all the contributions of Ge Wei, who was beside Zhang Lei. Although he could not influence any of Zhang Lei's decisions, he was able to  Zhang Lei told Chongzhen everything, and his work was completed.

    "This Zhang Lei, what do you think he means? What does he call this? Gambling, right? Exchange silver for gold, how tempting it is, but the result is that he is not cheating people of their hard-earned money! I didn't expect it.  It really disappoints me that he would do such a thing."

    "Your Majesty, let's take a look at the back. Oh, by the way, I have a memorial written by Lord Zhang. It was given to me during the early morning court. I didn't have time to give it to the Emperor before I came back."  Wang Chengen quickly took out Zhang Lei's memorial from his arms.

    Chongzhen turned his head to look at him and said, "Then hurry up and get it."

    Zhang Lei knew clearly what Ge Wei was doing by his side, but there were many things that even if Ge Wei followed Zhang Lei, it would be impossible for him to understand his intentions, so in order to prevent Chongzhen from being betrayed by Ge Wei  If he is confused by his one-sided words, he will also write his thoughts and practices into memorials and send them to Wang Chengen.

    Ge Wei's memorial only wrote about what he saw Zhang Lei doing and his own views on the matter. From the perspective of a scholar, it must be very different from Zhang Lei's own thoughts because of his identity and position.  Talent and learning have determined his way of thinking.

    Zhang Lei is different. Zhang Lei is completely using modern people's thinking to do these things, so many things seem very incredible to ancient people, although Zhang Lei thinks these things are very common.

    Chongzhen looked at the memorial sent by Zhang Lei. Although the superficial things described were similar to those described by Ge Wei, in terms of the analysis of the starting point and purpose of these things, the two people could be said to be completely opposite. This made Chongzhen very sad.  It was helpless, he didn't know which one to believe.

    He showed both memorials to Wang Chengen, and then asked: "What do you think?" (To be continued. If you like this work, (.) voteRecommended votes, monthly votes, your support is my biggest motivation.  Mobile phone users please go to m to read.
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