King Xinqiong Restores His Old Business, Yuan Chongli Hesitates
Zhu Bai looked at the data on the blue screen of the system in front of him, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"Buy!"
After clicking on the purchase button, Zhu Bai immediately saw his balance drop from 1.3 million to 100,000!
As the balance disappeared, Zhu Bai realized that it was right in front of his eyes.
A salt factory appeared before Zhu Bai's eyes at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In less than a few breaths, a modern high-tech salt factory appeared in front of Zhu Bai.
Giant steel pipes extended from the salt factory to the sea.
The pipe didn't stop extending until it was ten meters into the sea.
Zhu Bai walked forward and reached out to touch the real steel equipment. He looked at the surrounding environment and his heart almost jumped out.
After the construction of the salt factory was completed, Zhu Bai could control it in the system.
"Activate!"
Zhu Bai pressed the start button on the blue screen, but after waiting for a few seconds, the behemoth did not respond.
At this moment, Zhu Bai, who was already frowning, saw a warning triangular symbol pop up on the screen.
Below the warning symbol, there were eight large words:
Unable to start due to insufficient power
Seeing this, Zhu Bai patted his forehead and came to a realization. He had actually forgotten about this matter.
Zhu Bai once again opened the system's shopping mall and chose many facilities and equipment related to power generation.
In the end, after combining the local environment and his own economic strength, Zhu Bai took a fancy to an integrated solar power plant.
Because Qiongzhou was close to the equator, the sunlight was unusually abundant all year round.
Therefore, a solar power station was definitely the best choice.
but
When Zhu Bai saw the price, he began to feel lost…
At this moment, Zhu Bai only had one hundred thousand silver notes on him, but this integrated solar energy power station cost five hundred thousand silver.
Seeing this, Zhu Bai was completely numb…
Subtracting 100,000 taels from 500,000 taels, he was still short of 400,000 taels.
How to find this money made Zhu Bai feel troubled.
After thinking hard, Zhu Bai once again made a bold decision.
Back to the old business!
It was nothing more than a lack of money. With his identity as King Qiong, wouldn't it be very easy to borrow 400,000 taels of silver in such a large Qiongzhou?
but the reality is
Our King Qiong Zhu Bai is thinking too much.
Qiongzhou was much poorer than he had imagined.
In order to borrow money, Zhu Bai didn't go to the state government's yamen, but directly mounted his horse.
He asked around and went to the homes of various officials in Qiongzhou.
In the afternoon, Zhu Bai visited almost all the officials in Qiongzhou.
However, he never mentioned the word "borrow money".
It wasn't that Her Highness King Qiong was shy and was embarrassed to speak.
He really couldn't bear it.
This was because the families of these officials were really too poor.
Most of the officials 'residences were bamboo houses.
Under the lead of his master, King Qiong Zhu Bai walked in. He couldn't even see any furniture.
The most common things in the house were bamboo basins of various sizes, which were used to hold water on rainy days.
The way these officials treated King Qiong Zhu Bai was to fill a bowl with the purest rainwater in their homes to quench the thirst of this King Qiong who had come from afar.
It's not their fault
Not only Qiongzhou, but the entire Great Ming was too poor.
In Nanjing, Zhu Bai borrowed money from the most prominent and powerful officials in the world. He borrowed all of them, but they were only two hundred thousand taels.
The other places were even more obvious.
After this afternoon's field trip to Qiongzhou, Zhu Bai became even more resolute in his belief.
It was the right decision to build in Qiongzhou!
Since Qiongzhou is poor, then let me start from the poorest place!
After solidifying his ideals and beliefs, King Qiong Zhu Bai still had a problem that he had to face:
---lack of money!
If one did not have the money to buy a solar power station, then the seawater salt plant that had been successfully built would be a pile of scrap metal.
If the salt factory could not operate successfully, then the transformation of Qiongzhou would be a joke.
After understanding this logic, Zhu Bai mounted his horse again and headed towards the Qiongzhou Prefecture Magistrate's Yamen.
No matter how much money Magistrate Yuan Chongli had, every sum was worth it.
The most important thing now was to make the seawater salt plant operate successfully!
It was already evening.
Looking east from the entrance of the Qiongzhou government office, one could see the afterglow of the setting sun shining on the sea. The waves were sparkling, and it was very beautiful.
but
The people of Qiongzhou who didn't even have enough food or water didn't have the mood to enjoy such a beautiful scenery.
The afterglow of the setting sun hit on Zhu Bai's shoulder, lifting his shadow very high.
The three thousand men Zhu Bai had brought with him was not a small number.
Even though Zhu Bai was not supervising from the side, the Jingzhou Prefecture Magistrate Yuan Chongli did not dare to be negligent.
After settling everyone down, he arranged for dinner to be delivered to everyone.
Only then did Qiongzhou Prefecture Magistrate Yuan Chongli relax on a chair in the hall of the yamen, as if he had been relieved of a heavy burden.
"Palace Master, His Highness is here."
Ma Ningyuan whispered into Yuan Chongli's ear.
Upon hearing the words 'King Qiong', Yuan Chongli immediately opened his eyes and perked up."Hurry up! Please!"
After inviting Zhu Bai into the hall, Ma Ningyuan left.
Zhu Bai looked at the smiling Yuan Chongli with a hesitant expression.
"Lord Yuan, I would like to ask Lord Yuan for a favor."”
Yuan Chongli raised his hand and invited Zhu Bai to drink some tea, saying heartily,"Your highness, please say it. As long as this lowly official can do it, I will definitely do my best for your highness!”
Zhu Bai looked at the bowl of tea on the table and didn't reach out to take it." I want to borrow some money from Lord Yuan?”
"Borrow money?"
Yuan Chongli was taken aback. It was obvious that he was troubled by this topic, but he still asked,"How much does Your Highness want to borrow?"
When Zhu Bai heard this, he thought that there was a chance and said directly,"This king urgently needs 400,000 taels of silver. How much can Lord Yuan lend this king?”
After hearing Zhu Bai's words, Qiongzhou Prefecture's Magistrate Yuan Chongli was almost petrified on the spot.
After a long time, Yuan Chongli finally came back to his senses and said with an embarrassed expression," I don't dare to hide it from you, Your Highness. Qiongzhou does not have much income throughout the year. There are only two hundred taels of silver left in the treasury, barely enough to support our daily expenses..."
Zhu Bai was also stunned when he heard this. He knew that Qiongzhou was a poor place, but he never thought that this place was so poor.
Even the treasury of Qiongzhou Prefecture, which governed Qiongzhou, only had a little over 200 taels of silver.
What kind of concept was 200 taels of silver?
In the capital, any random rich young master would spend at least two to three hundred taels of silver to go to a brothel.
If he met a courtesan, he could even spend a thousand taels of silver that night.
And this state's treasury only had two hundred taels of silver left…
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