Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Wei Wu planned to let Qingxia take the lead and win the bid for a section of the city wall first.

As for the expenses, you can just pay from home. After all, the city wall is different from the subsequent road construction.

In the future, contractors will have to pay for road construction themselves, and the court will then set a target for them to collect tolls and build post stations.

The court paid money to the contractor to build the city wall.

Although the purpose is to reduce costs, there is real money to be made and the money can be earned back in due time.

The key is that Wei Wu got the news from Crown Prince Zhu Biao in order to encourage those wealthy businessmen to actively participate.

The bidding project for the construction of the city wall included five sections of the city wall, which were subcontracted to five different wealthy businessmen.

Lao Zhu will give out two earl titles to reward the person with the lowest bid, the best quality and the highest efficiency.

It is also a way to let the wealthy businessmen get used to the bidding method, which will make it easier to bid for road construction in the future.

With such obvious benefits in hand, Wei Wu would definitely choose to give them to his own people.

At that time, we just need to do some secret operations to give one of the titles to Qingxia.

In the future, the only female countess of the Ming Dynasty will be Wei Wu's maid, and will come from his mansion. It will be a great honor to tell others about it.

However, this time when building the city wall, the imperial court had strict regulations that only cement could be used as the adhesive for the wall bricks.

So it is necessary to open a cement plant.

Other people's cement workshops need to share their profits with the Institute of Science and Technology on a 50-50 basis, but Qingxia's cement workshop does not need this.

By then, the cement for building the city wall can be supplied at cost price.

As for the 50-50 profit sharing with the Academy of Science and Technology, he is the boss of the Academy of Science and Technology, who dares to say anything against it?

Knowing that the cement workshop is Wei Wu's industry, the Institute of Science and Technology might take the initiative to invest in helping him build the cement workshop.

Just as Wei Wu and Qingxia were talking, there was a knock on the door and Yanhong's voice was heard outside.

"Boss, there are many wealthy businessmen outside, saying that you asked them to come."

"I asked them to come. Bring those people up!"

Afterwards, led by Yanhong, a group of wealthy businessmen who looked rich based on their body shapes came to the private room on the second floor.

There were about twenty of them in total, and the leader was the wealthy businessman named Huang Tianfeng.

When they first entered the door, these people were a little reserved. After all, their status was far different from Wei Wu's.

In any dynasty, the rich can never defeat the powerful.

Even if Wei Wu did not hold any official position, he could kill these people just by relying on his status as earl and son-in-law.

Not to mention the incident of students breaking into the Earl's Mansion that just happened today.

Hundreds of students from the Imperial College were thrown into prison, and even the great scholar Liu Sanwu of the time could not escape.

Anyone with a decent brain knows how high Wei Wu's status is in the emperor's heart.

Everyone present is a wealthy businessman. There is no fool who can achieve this level of business.

However, after a brief moment of restraint, these people's eyes were fixed on Qingxia.

Many people present knew this woman. The snowflake candy that has been popular in Beijing recently was made by her.

What they didn't expect was that the 'Sweet Boss' actually came this time, and arrived early.

The key point is that Boss Tian is sitting next to Wei Wu, and the meaning of this is worth pondering.

Just as the wealthy businessmen were guessing in their hearts, Wei Wu raised his hand and pointed at the seats around him.

"Everyone, please take a seat!"

After hearing Wei Wu's words, everyone started looking for a place to sit down.

After everyone was seated, Wei Wu spoke again:

"Since you're here, I'm sure you've all learned about the conditions for cooperating with the Institute of Science and Technology on cement, but I still want to confirm it."

"The Institute of Science and Technology can share the cement production formula with you, but the Institute of Science and Technology will not pay for the construction of the cement workshop."

"In the future, the profits from cement will be split 50-50 with the Institute of Science and Technology. Is that acceptable to you all?"

Just as Wei Wu said, those who can come to Bihai Chaoshenglou are all aware of the situation.

I knew this was the condition, but they still came.

So after Wei Wu finished speaking, the expressions of everyone present did not change.

Seeing this, Wei Wu continued:

"Very good. Then let me tell you the second requirement. The cement factory must ensure profitability every month."

"And the profits in the first year must show an upward trend every month. Otherwise, the right to use the cement formula will be revoked."

"The purpose of doing this is mainly to ensure that you don't take the formula and open your own workshop to make a profit."

"Those who can accept it can stay, and those who can't accept it can leave now. Don't worry, business is business, I won't make it difficult for you!"

To give them time to think, Wei Wu reached out and picked up the teacup on the table.

He used the cup lid to brush away the tea leaves on the surface, then took a sip.

As expected, after hearing the requirement of monthly profits, five wealthy businessmen immediately stood up.

They first saluted Wei Wu before turning around and leaving the room.

Only then did Wei Wu put down his teacup and look at the remaining people.

"For those who remain, I must also be frank with you: do not try to play tricks on us. The Academy of Science and Technology is not something you can mess with."

"I'm only the vice president of the Academy of Science and Technology. As for the real president, I'm sure you have your own guesses, so I won't tell you."

"If I find out that someone is using the formula to make a profit, then it won't be the yamen runners who will come to my door, but the Jinyiwei."

After Wei Wu finished speaking, the wealthy businessman, who had some ulterior motives, also stood up and left.

In the end, including Qingxia, there were only nine wealthy businessmen left in the room.

Although there were not many people, Wei Wu was not worried at all. After all, not everyone could open only one workshop.

As long as you are willing to spend the money, it’s okay for one person to open seven or eight rooms.

Therefore, after confirming that there would be no personnel changes, Wei Wu simply raised his hand and applauded them.

"To all those who stayed, congratulations, because you will make a lot of money because of your decision."

"At the same time, I will tell you two pieces of news related to cement, one of which is enough to change your life."

Hearing these words, the wealthy businessmen present immediately pricked up their ears, their eyes filled with curiosity.

Seeing the expressions on their faces, Wei Wu didn't keep them in suspense and spoke directly:

"You all know that the imperial court is building the city wall, but I want to tell you that the imperial court will announce something next."

"First, we will construct the city wall. The imperial court will divide it into five sections and hand them over to private merchants for construction."

"And cement will be stipulated by the imperial court as a necessary condition for building the city wall. You should understand what this means!"

Hearing this, the eyes of all the wealthy businessmen present lit up. How could they not understand?

Once the imperial court stipulates that cement is a necessary condition, they will no longer have to worry about selling their cement.

Just as everyone was discussing excitedly, Wei Wu spoke again.

"Don't be too excited, there's news that will change your life!"