Regardless of the various expressions in the audience, Xu Guangqi continued: "The second part of the cost, that is, after repaying the investor's principal profit, this part will be subtracted from the vehicle cost. In other words, the vehicle cost will be reduced

Quite a few.”

At this point, I finally finished answering the series of questions raised by the person just now. However, in terms of time, it has exceeded the quarter of an hour Xu Guangqi mentioned before.

Xu Guangqi felt that it was almost done, so he stood up and said to the audience: "The imperial court has considered your situation, so it has called you here to explain the cement road to you in advance and give you priority in funding. Tomorrow morning

Notices will be posted to inform the Gyeonggi region of the situation. If the capital contribution is insufficient, state-owned enterprises will come forward to earn three times the profit."

After saying that, Xu Guangqi stopped caring about them, patted his butt and left.

Xu Guangqi's last words actually warned them that it would be possible for state-owned enterprises to do this, but the scale of state-owned enterprises is not large at present, and they are doing a lot of things. If they can't spend so much money at once, they will inevitably

It will slow down the progress of road construction.

Another reason why state-owned enterprises are unwilling to come forward is that Zhong Jinwei proposed to make full use of private funds and invigorate the market, which can drive the prosperity of all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty. The power of the court alone is still insufficient.

Zhong Jinwei had been observing the people in the audience. After Xu Guangqi walked into the background, they did not leave immediately, but talked to each other, and many people went to ask about the situation with the road yamen officials standing by.

"Marquis Zhongxing, everything goes well!" Xu Guangqi came back and said with a smile when he saw Zhong Jinwei looking downstairs.

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he turned to look at Xu Guangqi and smiled too.

After he sat down, Zhong Jinwei said: "It's okay. Today's incident was suddenly announced, which had a greater impact on them. And because of their different interests, some people were already communicating with the officials. Others saw this situation

people..."

When Zhong Jinwei said this, he pointed to some people downstairs who had gathered together and whispered, but now ran to communicate with the officials, and continued: "These people see that the situation is over, and they also think about making some money.

It is estimated that most of the money for road construction will be available soon. After the notice is posted, other wealthy businessmen who have received the news will also participate."

Xu Guangqi leaned back on his chair, looked up at the ceiling, and sighed: "I have been waiting for the day when universal education will come, but it is a pity that the Ministry of Education that will be established was snatched away by the chief minister."

The Confucian concept of educating people is deeply rooted, and respecting teachers and valuing education has always been a Confucian tradition. It is a pity for a person who has been influenced by Confucianism to not be the teacher of millions of people.

"Master Xu, you are the one who published the mathematics textbooks. Don't all the people of Ming Dynasty also respect you as their teacher?" Zhong Jinwei comforted with a smile.

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he raised his head and looked at Zhong Jinwei, with a smile on his face. No one could compete with him for his authority in mathematics, and he felt satisfied in his heart.

After the two chatted for a while, they were interrupted by the official who came up to report.

This official sent the statistical results. Zhong Jinwei took it and looked at it first. He found that it was pretty much what he expected, so he handed it to Xu Guangqi and said, "Master Xu, take a look. We can go into the palace to report to the emperor."

As the famous merchants left, the contents of the meeting inevitably spread before the court's announcement.

When the imperial notice was posted the next day and was confirmed by authorities, public opinion in the capital was boiling again. The topic shifted from the recent death camp to two things, namely the cement road construction plan and education for all.

Some people were envious of the stable profits of the cement road and wanted to get a share. However, the cost of that share was very high and they could not afford it, so they complained one after another and demanded that the price of each share be lowered.

A few of them were smart enough to pool their money to buy a share. This was a good idea, but there were many problems. Ultimately, it was a question of trust.

Some people think that their children can go to school for free, which saves a lot of money. Even some people who could not afford to go to school will be able to read and write in the future. They are endlessly grateful to the court and the emperor.

folk.

Of course, there are also some businessmen who are still dissatisfied with the charges for passing vehicles in the future and complain. But these people are small after all, and they are besieged by the above two types of people, so they will not become the main force of public opinion.

These public opinions among the people were reported to Zhong Jinwei by the spies. When he heard that many people also wanted to invest in cement roads, but were suffering from various restrictions and even complained about the court's policy, Zhong Jinwei immediately slapped his thigh.

Well done, come up with something new and show it to the ancients.

In the lobby of a restaurant, a person opened the curtain and entered, turning his head and looking around the lobby.

"Second brother, third brother, go quickly, don't eat. Shopkeeper, pay the bill!" The merchant said a little eagerly as soon as he saw the two sworn brothers.

The strong man looked at the few dishes on the table and then looked up at the merchant who was approaching. He felt a little distressed and said: "Brother, is it urgent? I haven't even touched the chopsticks for these several dishes! Not yet.

We’ll talk about it after we’re busy eating.”

His voice was a bit loud, which attracted people in the next few seats to look at them curiously.

The merchant ignored him and called the shopkeeper to come over to settle the bill. Then he whispered a few words to his two adopted brothers.

When the strong man heard this, he immediately shouted: "Hasn't the shopkeeper eaten enough? Come and pay the bill."

Then he felt that the shopkeeper was moving too slowly, so he said again: "Forget it, the shopkeeper will keep the account first, and I will come back to pay. If you are a regular customer, you can pay as much as you say."

"My second brother and I are going home right away to get the money. How about your eldest brother waiting for us at the intersection?" The strong man said to the merchant with a somewhat anxious look on his face.

"No need to say more, let's go quickly." The merchant waved his hand and took the lead to leave.

Since they were regular customers, the shopkeeper didn't stop them. He took stock of the money for the food and recorded it first.

A diner who saw this situation complained: "Are you in such a hurry to pick up gold ingots?"

The shopkeeper heard this and said with a smile: "I know those three people. There might be a chance to make a fortune if they act like this."

The diners in the lobby also joined in with smiles and joked about the three people who had just left.

However, after they found out why the three people left, they regretted it and hated themselves for not following them to see if they could participate.

It didn't take much time for the strong man and the short man to get into the merchant's car.

The merchant immediately ordered the driver: "For the People's Bank, go quickly."

The strong man saw the merchant retracting his body and getting into the car, and said to him: "Brother, all my family's spare money is here. I didn't expect Weimin Bank to have this...what, split the shares of road construction

, so that those of us with a little money can also buy it.”

When the merchant heard that his third brother had forgotten his name, he smiled and said, "What the hell? This is called the road construction fund."
Chapter completed!