The Prodigal Son's Happy Life - Chapter 899

[Chapter 899 Coal]

If we want to develop, road construction is a prerequisite and a necessary condition, and the second is that there must be sufficient energy.

In the era of industrialization, the most needed energy, or in other words, the most easily available energy, is coal!

Whether it is industrial production or smelting, a large amount of coal is required as the most basic raw material.

Therefore, whether the steam engine can be invented within a short time or not, coal will be a necessity.

Fang Xiu thought so and took a carriage to Baolefang.

The road in the south of the city has been almost completed, and it only takes a moment to get from the Mechanical Academy to Baolefang.

As soon as he got off the carriage, Wang Baole came to greet him.

“Welcome young master!”

Wang Baole bowed and saluted with a respectful attitude.

The people around Fang Xiu also call Fang Xiu at several levels.

The lowest one is that the Marquis

is the same as the others, and the most advanced one is the Young Master.

Only the old people in the Xin’an Marquis Mansion would call him that, and the servants who wrote to him would only dare to call Fang Xiu the Marquis.

Unknowingly, the title of young master has become an honor.

It seems that becoming a marquis and a young master has become the dream of everyone in the Xin’an Marquis Mansion.

“Master, if you have something to do, just give me an order. No matter how busy I am, I will definitely rush back. Why do you have to come here in person? Although this road has been repaired, there will inevitably be some potholes. If I bump into you, then I’m afraid I’m going to feel uncomfortable forever.”

After Bai Xiaochun left, Wang Baole took over Bai Xiaochun’s position.

In terms of flattery, no one in the entire Kyoto Prefecture can compare with Wang Baole.

Fang Xiu heard this. Although he didn’t feel any compliment, he just felt it was a little funny.

He waved his hand and asked very directly: “How is the repair of this road?”

Wang Baole followed Fang Xiu for a long time.

I know that when talking about business, the young master is very serious.

Therefore, he immediately changed his attitude, looked serious, and replied respectfully: “Returning to the young master, 99% of the roads in the south of the city have been repaired. There are only some alleys, which are really difficult to construct.

Therefore, they have not been repaired. Other places that can be entered by carriages are in good repair.

I went to see them in person some time ago, and there are no problems.

It is the asphalt paving. Sometimes, some debris may fall on it, leaving some traces.

It doesn’t look very beautiful, but there is nothing else.

Roads in other places, half of the roads in the city have been built, only in the city.

” He paused, with a strange expression, and said: “As you know, there are a lot of nobles over there. Mr. Wu Xun is okay. Those civil servants, especially the guys from the Ministry of Rites, are all counted. We didn’t want our people to build the road.

I explained to them over and over again that building the road would be beneficial without any harm, but they kept saying that the road belonged to them without their consent. No one can move. Eighty percent

of

the road in the east of the city has been built, even the road near Prince Kang’s Mansion

, for the same reason. In addition, construction in the north and west of the city has not started yet because of manpower constraints.

It can only be repaired this way.

If the entire Kyoto Prefecture builds roads, it will take at most one year, which should be enough.”

Although Wang Baole usually seems to be quite unreliable, he only knows how to flatter himself all day long.

But in fact, anyone who can achieve as much power as Wang Baole cannot do so by just flattering others.

They must have their own abilities and abilities.

Then he talked about road construction. Fang Xiu just asked casually and he was able to answer fluently.

It can be seen that he works hard on weekdays.

You know, for Baolefang, road construction is just one of many things.

The bank affairs alone are enough for Wang Baole to keep busy. In addition, there are also subsidies provided to Fangfu stores such as Jingshi Grand Theater and Zhuxuanzhai, as well as the revenue of each store.

There are also many mansions in Fang Mansion. How much money are these mansions worth? When should they be sold and when should they be bought? Baolefang is responsible for these.

In addition, there are many, many more.

Therefore, it is not easy for him to remember many aspects of road construction so clearly.

It is precisely because of this that Fang Xiu reuses him so much.

“Don’t worry about building roads in the city. You don’t have to worry about the east side of the city and Prince Kang’s Mansion. Just build the roads when they need to be built. If people from Prince Kang’s Mansion dare to make trouble, just bring a few people and beat them up.”

Fang Xiu finished listening. , ordered leisurely.

When Wang Baole heard this, his expression became a little strange.

No matter what, it’s Prince Kang’s Mansion!

After all, His Royal Highness Prince Kang is the one most likely to become the crown prince.

Although even the emperor may not take his young master’s current power as seriously as before, the etiquette is still there after all!

Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, he still asked: “Master, what if Prince Kang comes forward?”

Fang Xiu glanced at Wang Baole and said casually: “Beat him the same way.”

Just three words made Wang Baole’s heart suddenly shake. A shudder. Throughout

the

ages, no matter how arrogant the powerful officials were, they never beat up the prince in front of everyone!

Although Wang Baole thought so, but the young master had told him so, he had no choice but to do it.

After all, all he had to do was obey the young master’s orders.

In all these years, the young master has never treated anyone around him badly.

Since the young master gave such an order, he must have considered it.

Otherwise, the power and status of the civil servants in the city would be far inferior to that of King Kang.

The young master didn’t treat them like this.

There must be other reasons behind treating King Kang like this.

With this thought in mind, he responded: “Yes, young master, no matter who stops him, even Prince Kang will beat him up!”

When he said this, he waved his fist.

Fang Xiu nodded and said: “Besides this, there is one more thing, which is also the most important thing. You should take it to heart.”

When Wang Baole heard this, his whole body became more energetic.

He knew that since the young master was here, there must be a reason.

But it is impossible to come to Baolefang for no reason.

The young master is very busy!

“Find a few coal-producing places, buy them, and then recruit some miners. From today on, we will dig coal vigorously. It doesn’t matter how much the output is. As long as there is enough money, we will mine as much as possible.”

At this point, he paused and added Said: “Take half of the remaining silver and put it in the coal mines. Buy land, recruit miners, build factories, and store coal mines. All this money will be used.”

Half of the silver?

At first, Wang Baole didn’t feel much, but when he heard what happened later, he was stunned.

What is the young master going to do!

How can coal be worth half the money to mine?

(End of chapter)