my magic industry

Chapter 49 Infrastructure Construction
The other nobles were also very surprised by this scene. Seeing so many employees of the industrial park warmly welcome them as shareholders, they felt a sense of comfort different from the respect and fear that ordinary people have for nobles.

Her Royal Highness walked in front, first she was amazed by the solid and seamless gray-white stones under her feet, then she was slightly surprised, then she smiled and waved to those who welcomed her according to royal etiquette. The scene handling is also easy.

"Welcome, Your Royal Highness Dorothea! And all major shareholders!"

Xia Lin noticed that Her Royal Highness didn't wear the princess crown today, and she looked much more approachable, so she breathed a sigh of relief and went forward to greet everyone with a mage salute.

"Your An, Sir Xia Lin, this is my father's most trusted subject, the Minister of Commerce of the Empire, Count Karen Hozia, this is my father's most trusted subject, the captain of the palace guard, Viscount Hart Colin! "

Princess Dorothea gracefully introduced the two people who were with her, and Xia Lin was naturally in a hurry to say hello to these two undoubted big men of the empire.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Excellency the Earl, Your Excellency the Viscount, I believe that you also want to confirm that your investment has been realized as soon as possible! Please come with me to visit the seven factories in the industrial park that have just been completed and put into operation! After the visit, it will be the ribbon-cutting ceremony It's officially held!"

Xia Lin asked, and said in a timely manner.

"Then ask Sir Charlene to lead the way! But I have a question to ask Sir Charlene, what is this gray-white stone under our feet? Why can't I find any gaps? Could it be that Sir Charlene Did you dig out such a big stone just for the pier and this road?"

Earl Cullen nodded, then turned to ask curiously.

Obviously, these nobles have a lot of curiosity about the new thing of cement. After all, such a flat cement pier and the 50-meter-long cement road that winds into the industrial park look really eye-catching .

"That's not true, Your Excellency Earl, in fact, this pier and road are all made of cement produced by the cement factory mentioned in my industrial park plan.

The building material cement is a powder similar to lime, but it will turn into a hard stone after a period of time after adding water and sand. They are not without a little gap. In order to prevent the weather from being too hot and expanding and cracking, every 20 An expansion joint must be provided for each meter. "

Xia Lin knew that these nobles must have never read the industrial park plan he provided, and did not know the nature and use of the cement product he described in it, so he patiently explained.

"So that's the case. What about the output and cost of this cement?"

Earl Karen nodded knowingly. He was a little surprised that there were such strange things in the world, but he soon thought of the many uses of cement, and asked impatiently.

"At present, the cement plant can produce 20 pounds of cement every day. After the process is upgraded, the output will soon be doubled. As for the cost, it is about 15 copper pes per pound. The labor cost is a bit high. Wait for the process to upgrade. After that, the cost should be able to come down to [-] copper pes a pound."

Xia Lin explained in detail.

"Three hundred pounds?! 20 copper pes!? Can it be reduced to 15 copper pes in the future?!"

Earl Karen was shocked. Isn't this kind of cement cheaper than stones from the quarry?

"Can this cement be used in building castles?"

Viscount Hart on the side was obviously also interested in the performance of cement, and asked from his professional point of view.

"Of course, cement has plasticity, which is much more convenient than building a castle with stone, but the strength of cement is not as strong as natural stone.

In my future plans, cement is an important material to pave roads, build houses, and improve the infrastructure of slums. "

Xia Lin explained, seeing that this group of nobles are so interested in cement, I believe that the market will soon open up after the cement production is surplus, and it is not in vain. He spent a fortune to build the pier and this 50-meter-long road cement road.

"It's too extravagant. If you use cement to pave the road, I'm afraid the cost of a long beanie will cost nearly one Jinlent. If you do this, the shareholders will definitely not agree!"

But hearing that Xia Lin had such a whimsical idea, Earl Karen shook his head and vetoed it.

"Your Excellency, I forgot to tell you that besides being used alone, cement can also be used together with gravel and sand to form concrete.

The cost of one square of concrete is only 17 silver Maars, which is enough to pave a concrete pavement that is two meters long, three meters wide, and 18 centimeters thick.

Oh, right!One meter is about 0.83 long biney, and one centimeter is 0.83 biney! "

As early as when the infrastructure construction plan was drawn up, Xia Lin conducted a cost analysis, and he expressed his analysis results.

"Sir Xia Lin, even so, it is indeed too extravagant to use this cement to pave the road. Even the stone road in Helgana has not been repaired for hundreds of years, because the stone is too expensive!"

Princess Dorothea couldn't help persuading her.Even she couldn't understand Xia Lin's idea of ​​taking a pound of cement worth 20 copper pess to pave the road.

Even according to Xia Lin's statement, the construction cost of a road of [-] long beanies would cost [-] jinlunds. It can be estimated that it would be a huge investment to pave this kind of concrete road for the slums.

"No, it's not extravagant! Your Royal Highness, Your Excellency the Earl, you can estimate how many people and vehicles can pass on the ditched roads in the imperial capital every day, and how many people and vehicles can pass on the flat concrete roads under our feet every day?" How many people and vehicles are there?

It is said that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Only smooth roads can provide low transportation prices. With low transportation prices, the products produced in industrial parks can spread to a wider area and earn more profits.

Spending a lot of money to build roads is indeed a loss in the short term, but in the long run, the economic benefits of building a flat road network around industrial parks with heavy traffic far exceed its cost.

In the new district in the future, only concrete roads can fully exert the power of the industrial park, digest the cheap land and population resources of the slums, and build a brand new new district.

This is an indispensable prerequisite. Therefore, as a member of the shareholder, for the development of the industrial park, I suggest that everyone should implement the infrastructure construction of the slums, otherwise the new district will only be a delusion that exists on paper. That's all! "

Xia Lin didn't expect that even the enlightened princess would oppose his infrastructure construction plan. He frowned and insisted on his own ideas, and then he turned to say:
"However, if all shareholders object, then according to our contract, it is indeed not appropriate for this part of the funds to be paid by the board of directors.

So be it, if the board doesn't approve the plan, then we'll have another new district development plan.

First, use the land in the slums to build a batch of new buildings, and provide employees with low-interest loans to raise funds to obtain funds for the infrastructure construction plan.

In this way, what is taken from the people and what is used by the people, the employees get comfortable and standardized housing, and the industrial park has also been developed. The current salaries of the employees in the industrial park are enough to pay the principal and interest of this part of the loan! "

"This way is good!"

Hearing Xia Lin's plan, Earl Karen thought for a while and was the first to nod in agreement.

In this plan, they only need to pay a start-up capital to turn the cheap land in the slums into valuable houses and sell them to the employees in the industrial park, and at the same time, this part of the invested capital will continue to return and multiply.

In fact, they don't have to pay anything except time, and they can gain a lot.

"If it's like this, I believe everyone will not object, Sir Xia Lin, you are really a wise man!"

Princess Dorothea weighed the pros and cons, and found that the temporary plan proposed by Xia Lin was indeed quite feasible, she couldn't help but looked at Xia Lin with amazed eyes and praised.

Being able to come up with a feasible solution to the problem in such a short period of time gave her a better understanding of Xia Lin's ability.

(End of this chapter)