Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

But this was nothing to Zhu Biao.

He has a father who holds a butcher knife. Who would dare to jump out and cause trouble at the risk of being beheaded?

At that time, all he needs to do is have his dad play the good guy and he will stand up and play the bad guy.

Just as Zhu Biao lowered his head to think, he suddenly heard Wei Wu's voice again.

"The money collected from commercial taxes goes to the national treasury. Now let's talk about the money you can earn, Mr. Zhu."

"Ok?"

"Ok?"

Hearing Wei Wu's words, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao both turned their heads and looked over at the same time.

They all thought that the solution Wei Wu mentioned to solve the problem of money was to collect business taxes.

But now it seems that they were all wrong.

Just when the two were confused, Wei Wu spoke again.

"Mr. Zhu, in addition to the steam engine, the Institute of Science and Technology has also developed a building material called cement. Did you know that?"

Hearing Wei Wu's question, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slowly.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang has always been paying attention to the affairs of the Academy of Science and Technology.

He also knew about cement, but he didn't take it seriously.

But now that Wei Wu brought it up, he realized in his heart that he might have underestimated this thing.

At this moment, Wei Wu spoke again.

"Uncle Zhu, I heard that when building the city wall, in addition to lime and soil, they also added something called mortar."

"This kind of soil is made from glutinous rice, egg white, and animal blood. It's used to bond stone bricks together. Once it solidifies, it's incredibly hard, right?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said:

"That's right!"

Wei Wu smiled slightly and continued:

"Cement is actually an adhesive used in construction. Of course, even if used alone, it can be used to build bridges and roads."

"But if you mix sand and gravel with water, it becomes concrete, which is just as effective as concrete and much cheaper."

"Sanliantu requires a lot of glutinous rice and eggs, while cement only needs clay, limestone and gypsum to be made."

After listening to Wei Wu's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang finally realized that cement was really a good thing.

You have to know that ordinary people may not be able to afford things like glutinous rice and eggs.

You can imagine how great the demand is for these things to build city walls.

This thing called cement not only has the same effect, but the raw materials can be dug out from the ground.

It can be described as cheap and practical.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang had not yet figured out how Wei Wu could make money with this thing.

Fortunately, Wei Wu gave the answer next.

"The reason I invited the wealthy businessmen to come this time is to show the effect of cement to those businessmen."

"With their business acumen, they will easily see the business opportunities brought by cement and will definitely try to find out the formula."

"When the time comes, we just need to bring them here under the name of the Institute of Science and Technology. We will provide the technology and they will provide the funds to jointly open a cement plant."

"The Academy of Science and Technology belongs to the emperor. The money earned will naturally go into the imperial treasury without being criticized."

Although Wei Wu's words were reasonable and well-founded, Zhu Yuanzhang was confused.

"Xiao Wu, it's just a cement factory. How much money can we make? It seems that there aren't many places in the public that need it!"

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, Wei Wu smiled and continued:

"Of course the people don't have it, and even if they do, the demand isn't huge. But the imperial court does! As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads."

"All it takes is an imperial decree to build a road from one place to another, and to require that it be built with cement."

"This road can be used to connect two prosperous locations, such as Beijing to Kaifeng, where there is no waterway and the only option is to go by land."

Having said this, Wei Wu's throat became dry, so he picked up the glass of water on the table and drank it all in one gulp.

But just as he was about to continue speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted him.