Chapter 361, High Street Plan
Jiang Xiaolou left the Five Princes' Mansion, feeling a lot more relaxed, when she was in the Five Princes' Mansion, she had a feeling that she was being watched by people everywhere, especially every time she looked at the Five Princes, Jiang Xiaolou's heart was very uneasy, and she felt as if she had been stripped naked.
Annoyed in his heart, Jiang Hongyi threw down his residence in the Five Princes' Mansion and returned to Jiang's house alone, Jiang Xiaolou walked on the street of Lin'an City with the maid Qiuyue beside him, and went to inspect the industry under his name to see how the income in the shop was.
The Golden Bird Building is the industry that Jiang Xiaolou purchased at the beginning, and now it has spread throughout the Southern Dynasties, but all the beautiful, new jewelry, the Golden Bird Building will be listed for the first time, Jiang Xiaolou doesn't like those complicated jewelry, so he doesn't know too much, and today he happened to pass by the Golden Bird Building, and saw the scene of the loud voice, Jiang Xiaolou smiled in his heart.
Sure enough, a woman's money is the best to earn, she spent a lot of money to get this Golden Bird Building, and now she has already recovered it ten times and a hundred times, speaking of which, she has not given jewelry to her sisters and cousins in her family for a long time, and the people in the family should also add some jewelry, how can the people of the Jiang family be plain.
Instructed the maid Qiuyue next to her to take her token to the Golden Bird Building to find the big shopkeeper of the Golden Bird Building, and let the big shopkeeper send some jewelry to her sisters' house.
Jiang Xiaolou walked on the street, and unconsciously walked to the south of Lin'an City, the south direction is where some ordinary people and some beggars live, the order here is very chaotic, Jiang Xiaolou is alone, and his clothes are more gorgeous, as soon as he arrives, he will naturally be targeted, but Jiang Xiaolou is completely unknown.
"Boss, look, that little lady is so beautiful, why don't we go and grab it·······" In the dark, a group of people were talking at this time.
A little Luo Luo with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks looked at Jiang Xiaolou with bright eyes, and then turned his head to speak to a person in his twenties who was relatively well dressed and had a dirty face behind them.
This man in his twenties is the leader of the beggars in this area of Nancheng, and the beggars here are all under his control, and he is ruthless, but anyone who does not obey his discipline will be beaten to death by him, and over time, he will become a bully in this area!
"Yo, it's really good, it's just a pity that it's not someone we can afford to mess with!" The man listened to his subordinates' words, opened his half-squinted eyes, looked at Jiang Xiaolou, and then closed his eyes and muttered to himself.
This person knows Jiang Xiaolou, and his surname is Jiang, and he still has something to do with the Jiang family, when the Jiang family's second room ran away from home, and Jiang Hongchang, who had no news for more than ten years, left Beishan Village, begging all the way to Lin'an City, and then settled down in Lin'an City.
Jiang Hongchang came to Lin'an City when he was two years earlier than the Jiang family's relocation to Lin'an City, and after running away from home, Jiang Hongchang knew that it was still good at home, but it was a pity that he was stubborn and stubborn, and he had been enduring it outside and did not go back, and then he had his own territory in Lin'an City, and there were a few people under him, so he didn't want to go back to the Jiang family more and more.
Jiang Hongchang and his people have always been nested in the Nancheng area, and they also go to the Xicheng area to beg on weekdays, and have never been to the Dongcheng side, although they don't understand why Jiang Xiaolou came to the Nancheng today, but Jiang Hongchang doesn't plan to go up to recognize each other.
He is a beggar leader, and his life is also good, not to mention that the second brother in the family is now the master of the court, if his identity is exposed, it will not be good for the second brother, just treat yourself to death outside!
"Miss, please, be pitiful·······" Jiang Xiaolou continued to walk aimlessly, and at this time, a little beggar in ragged clothes knelt on the side of the road begging.
The sound of the little beggar begging made Jiang Xiaolou sober up, and he looked around, and found that since he had unknowingly arrived in this remote and barren place, the people here were yellow and hungry, and many people were begging along the street.
She wasn't afraid in her heart, but she felt that these people were not easy, and she couldn't imagine that there was such a group of people in Lin'an City, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, they had no food or clothing, and they could only live by begging······
Of course, Jiang Xiaolou saw that those strong people were also begging along the street, but he was very angry in his heart, these people have hands and feet, they don't go to make a living by themselves, they can only beg, such people are not worthy of pity, and these old and weak women and children must have no way out, so they will become beggars, otherwise I am afraid that no one wants to be beggars.
"Little brother, who is your leader here?" Although these beggars are in groups of three or five, they don't know each other and don't have the leading eldest brother, Jiang Xiaolou smiled at this time and said to the little beggar in front of him.
She has silver, but she doesn't want to give her silver to these strong young people, the old and weak women and children will definitely not be able to keep the silver, so she wants to find the leading brother here, and make an agreement with him, she gives the silver, and these young and strong young people have to pay the corresponding labor·······
"I don't know what the county lord of Hanshan is looking for Xiaomin?" Jiang Hongchang saw that the matter had reached this point, and there was no way for him to hide, so he simply walked out.
Jiang Hongchang ran away from home after his leg healed, and when he was begging outside, he broke his leg again, and he didn't get timely medical treatment after that, so he walked with a limp at this time.
Jiang Hongchang walked out of a shady place in tattered clothes, and then walked in the direction of Jiang Xiaolou, Jiang Xiaolou didn't have much impression of him, at this time, he was suddenly reported by this person as his county lord, but he was a little curious, could it be that this person knew himself, or had he seen himself when he was begging before·······
"Since you are the leading brother here, I won't talk nonsense, except for the old and weak women and children here, you are all strong people, and you have the strength to sell coolies and not beg along the streets, or do you think such a day is glorious·······" Jiang Xiaolou scolded these people sharply.
In her cognition, this person with strength, who has become a beggar, and tries to get charity from others, is a person who likes to work hard, and such a person is not worthy of sympathy.
The old and weak women and children have no labor force, and they have become beggars, begging along the streets, there is no way, they are forced by the situation, and these people have no strength, but they are in peace to pray for alms from others, such people do not deserve sympathy.
"Why do you say this about us, you are the county lord is amazing!" Among the beggars, a young man who was five big and three thick and in his early twenties had a very bad temper, and as soon as Jiang Xiaolou's voice fell, this person immediately stood up to refute.
This person is a person with some status under Jiang Hongchang, except for Jiang Hongchang on weekdays, he is the biggest, and he is also the most comfortable person in this group of people who enjoys the charity of others!
"Li Da!" This person was very unconvinced, but Jiang Hongchang at the foot of the slope was thinking about what Jiang Xiaolou said in his heart.
He is the boss of this group of beggars, and it is also uncomfortable to see these strong young people doing their jobs so unprofessionally and becoming street rats that everyone shouts and beats, especially when they see the food that those old and weak women and children are begging for and being snatched away by these people!
He wants to change the current status quo more than anyone else, but they are beggars to work as coolies, and people are also disgusted, no one wants to use them at all, and they can't change the current situation!
"The county lord is high, I don't know, we are disliked as beggars, and we are also disliked as coolies, and no one wants to use us, so we can only beg along the streets, eat and sleep in the open ·······" Jiang Hongchang's heart suddenly swelled with hope, maybe they can also ask for their current life.
Not to say that he is rich and rich, but at least he is self-reliant, self-sufficient, and has a place to settle down to be able to eat and wear·······
"There are fifty taels of silver here, you take it and get them some food, and in a few days someone will come to take you to the outside of the city to open up the wasteland, and live a good life in the future, don't be a beggar anymore!" sighed in his heart, sure enough, the world is hot and cold, and people are divided into three, six, nine and so on.
Although his strength is weak, he should also do his part for them, saving people's lives is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, and these people are not hopeless people.
Jiang Xiaolou took out fifty taels of silver from his bosom and handed it to Jiang Hongchang at the foot of the slope, thinking in his heart how to make their future life easier, it may be more difficult in the early stage, and when the wasteland they reclaimed is planted with grain and harvested, it should be much better, I just hope that they will not live up to their hearts.
"Thank you for the great kindness of the county lord, the county lord Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose ·······" After Jiang Xiaolou gave the silver, he felt very uncomfortable, if the third room of the Jiang family did not have her arrival, would he be like these beggars now without a fixed place, sick and have no money for treatment, and there is no shelter when it rains!
Jiang Xiaolou, who turned to leave, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, the people at this time were still very innocent, he just gave them fifty taels of silver, and gave them hope, they thanked themselves so much, knelt and kowtowed to themselves, and shouted that they were a thousand years old.
"Sister Xiaolou ······" In the crowd, Jiang Hongchang was holding fifty taels of silver, tears of remorse flowed from the corners of his eyes, and muttered in a low voice, but he was overshadowed by the shouts of the beggars.
Jiang Hongchang looked at the silver in his hand and the beggars around him who kept kowtowing, and he was determined to take them to live a good life········
"Big brother, I want to go to the palace, Nancheng has never been a bad place for public security, or a gathering place for those beggars, I want to ask the emperor for that generation, and build a street of shops·······" Back at the Jiang family, Jiang Xiaolou did not go back to her yard directly, but asked the eldest brother and second brother in the family to go to the hall to discuss matters together.
On the way back, Jiang Xiaolou figured out that she wanted to work for the well-being of the people, she would ask the emperor for an order to deal with the security problems in the southern part of Lin'an City, and she would take money from her own pockets to buy a mountain forest for them outside the city and build a house for them, provided that they were willing to move out of the southern city and go outside the city to support themselves.
The area of Nancheng has been occupied by beggars for a long time, and the security is very bad, she gave the beggars to build villages outside the city, so that they can be self-reliant, and she wants to build a street of shops in the south of the city, turning the south city from a messy place into a commercial street!
"Little sister, there are a lot of poor people in the area of Nancheng, and there are also beggars, how easy is this said, you want that area, where are the poor people and beggars going?" Jiang Hongxuan thought about it thoroughly, and expressed the doubts in his heart at this time.
Although he supports his little sister, there are so many beggars in the area of Nancheng, and there are many people, it is impossible to forcibly expel them by force!
"Big brother, this is the key, I want to build a commercial street in that area, they are bound to move out of the city, I have decided to buy a large area of mountains and forests outside the city, build houses, and ask them to reclaim wasteland for them to live in, but this cost is very large, and the little sister doesn't know how to solve it········"
Although there is a solution, but it requires a large amount of silver, although there is a lot of private property in her name, but I am afraid that it will not be able to turn over, so this money is the most worrying problem, if you can get a sum of silver from the treasury, it is the best thing.
It's just that the emperor may not be willing to allocate silver from the treasury, the silver in the treasury is the savings of previous dynasties, once there is an invasion of foreign enemies or something, it is urgent, and it is not possible to take out much silver, even if the emperor is willing, I am afraid it is only a small part.
"Lord of the county, I think this is a very good thing for the beggars of the southern city, and I am willing to use two-thirds of my dowry to build houses for them········" Jiang Xiaolou was worried about the silver, and Jiang Xiaoying fell into deep thought.
Jiang Xiaoying suddenly opened her mouth, expressing her willingness to donate two-thirds of her dowry to the people of Nancheng, her dowry has been brought back from the Bai family, and some of them cannot be recovered, and the Bai family has also used silver to offset them.
She was not the daughter of the Jiang family, she had been cared for by the Jiang family for many years, Jiang Xiaoying was grateful in her heart, and now that the Jiang family needed money, she was happy to donate part of her dowry.
If she hadn't met the Jiang family, I'm afraid that she would either be a beggar now, or she would be worse off than dead in a certain flower building, and she thinks this is a very good thing at the moment, at least after this incident, the prestige of the Jiang family will go to a higher level, and the people of the Southern Dynasty will remember the Jiang family·······
Jiang Xiaoying's words made Jiang Xiaolou's eyes light up, yes, you can let people invest in advance like this, after Nancheng is built into a commercial street, you can appropriately divide some shops according to the donated silver taels to this fundraiser, but you take the silver in advance to use, and you will get more returns later, this is definitely a matter of killing two birds with one stone, and this matter starts with the Jiang family.
As long as there is money in hand, regardless of status, you can raise donations, and the amount of donations will be registered in the register and engraved on the stone tablet for future generations to admire·······