Intrigue and conspiracy are basically the main theme of the Ming Dynasty officialdom, and the vast majority of officials are thinking about how to kill Guo Dan, which has become a kind of habitual thinking for them, and no one said that they will find a way to work hard to run the state capital and catch up with Weihui Mansion.

This is actually a very negative phenomenon, and it is also a very important reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

And today's Weihui Mansion is like the only rising star in the Ming Dynasty, no one here thinks about intrigue, they are all working hard to live, trying to make their lives better.

People who work hard in officialdom are not welcomed, and here, as long as you work hard, you will have a chance, and if you don't work hard, you will have nothing.

When the sky was still bright, the entire Weihui Mansion was already very lively, and the streets were full of people.

Guo Dan is no exception, he went out of Luwang's Mansion early, and saw a small stall selling steamed buns at the door, surrounded by many people, and the business was very good.

"Outside Zhou, help me get a copy."

Guo Dan walked over and beckoned.

Zhou Feng, who was buying steamed buns in front of the stall, looked back, and said to the lady who sold steamed buns: "Three more." ”

"Okay."

At this time, a young man on the side smiled and said, "Guo Dan, I have met you a few times recently, but I haven't seen you begging for money to buy steamed buns." ”

The rest of the people also looked at Guo Dan.

Guo smiled lightly: "Yes, this is the benefit of my contracting Weihui Mansion." ”

The young man said, "You're shabby." ”

Everyone around laughed.

Zhou Feng took the bun, handed it to Guo Dan, and the two left the stall.

"I said virtuous nephew, you have a good temper, and when they say that, you are not angry at all." Zhou Feng was a little upset for Guo Dan.

"They're just joking, life is so hard, it's very rare to be able to smile." Guo Dan shook his head and asked again: "But I didn't expect that outsiders would also come here to buy steamed buns." ”

Zhou Feng sighed: "Don't underestimate this pickled vegetable bun, do you know how much this Gu Auntie's family can earn every month by selling steamed buns?" ”

"How much?"

"At least twenty taels."

"So much."

"Yes!"

Zhou Feng said: "I have never seen so much money by buying steamed buns." ”

Guo Dan looked at Xia Zhoufeng and said, "I said that outside the staff, you don't want to buy other people's bun stalls, right?" ”

Zhou Fengzhi shook his head and said: "If she sells meat buns, I may think about it, but this pickled vegetable bun is not suitable for Cao Da in my Jinyulou." Hehe. ”

This is not forgetting to damage Cao Da. Guo smiled lightly and shook his head.

But such stalls have actually become very common in Weihui Mansion, because merchants gather here, as long as their skills are excellent, business must be very good, and no one will extort them.

If this is a miracle, then miracles happen every day in Weihui Mansion.

Zhou Feng asked again, "Virtuous nephew, where are you going so early?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Where else can you go, why don't you go to the city wall to have a look." ”

Zhou Feng wondered: "Speaking of this city wall, didn't it say that it was demolished, why did it change to build stairs?" ”

Guo Dan sighed: "I also want to demolish, but I asked Tong Qianhu, his suggestion is not to demolish, I don't dare to mess around, after I go back, discuss it with Your Majesty, and then make plans, for the time being, let's do it first." ”

This is Cao Cao, Cao Cao to.

"Captain Guo."

Suddenly, Tong Li walked over.

"Tong Qianhu is early."

Guo Dan stopped.

"Early."

Tong Li glanced at Zhou Feng on the side again.

Zhou Feng was very interested, "I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." ”

He bowed, and walked away.

Tong Li said: "Xiao Wu has just received a letter from there, and some merchants smuggling grain, vegetables, and fruits have appeared on the border between Kaifeng Mansion and Zhangde Mansion. ”

Guo Dan frowned and asked, "Who is smuggling?" ”

Tong Li said: "Zhou Feng, Chen Nanbei, and Cao Da are all involved. ”

"It's not surprising that they're the ones." Guo Dan asked: "What I want to ask is, aren't all the roads closed over there?" How did this grain come from? ”

Tong Li said: "You must not have imagined that the smugglers and the people who closed the road are actually the same people, and they are all big landlords in the surrounding counties. ”

Guo Dan was surprised: "What are they doing here?" ”

Tong Li said: "It's not all about money. ”

The tenant farmers ran, the merchants ran, and now even the landlords who shouted the fiercest began to be a little unable to sit still.

They are on the side, and they have a lot of fields and vegetable gardens, they can't finish eating, Zhou Feng The price of their purchase of grain is already higher than the local area, how cool it is to be able to exchange it for silver, they are now broken cans, anyway, they can't stop it, it's better to make some money and make up for their losses.

But for the sake of face, they did not lift the road closure, so they began to smuggle grain, vegetables and fruits.

After learning the reason, Guo smiled lightly: "Funny they mean it." ”

Tong Kasa asked, "Then can we stop it?" ”

"No."

Guo Dan shook his head and said: "Now that the population of Weihui Mansion has increased by more than 50,000, even if it is an enemy, as long as he is willing to transport food over, I will not be angry with them, besides, this can also disgust those officials, after they know it, they have to be angry." ”

Tong Li frowned and said, "I don't think there's any need to do too much, after all, you can't look up and see you down." ”

Guo Dan smiled bitterly: "This is really wronged, they are dealing with me, I am just using my spare time to disgust them, I hate the city wall the most now, it is really about to torture me to death." ”

Chatting and chatting, the two came to the city gate, only to see that there were many people building stone steps on the side of the city wall.

Guo Danke really hated this city wall, if the power was in his hands, he would really send someone to dig it secretly and let it collapse naturally, but he didn't dare to do it, but now he was forced to have no choice, and so many businessmen came, and it was blocked.

Guo Dan could only think of a compromise solution, which was to build a few very spacious stairs from the outside.

In the future, only cars will pass through the four gates, and the old Confucian women and children will enter through the small gate on the side.

But this is not enough, because the population is increasing rapidly, especially in Fucheng, with the current health and medical conditions, it is difficult to afford such a large number of people.

Therefore, Guo Dan promulgated the "Urban Housing Regulations", and the notices he promulgated cannot be called bills, because he does not have this power, so it is not mandatory.

The notice only tells everyone that it is allowed to convert the houses in the city into shops or workshops, but the shops cannot be converted into residences, which undoubtedly encourages the people not to live in the city as much as possible, and it is better not to have a single one.

Guo Dan's idea is to turn the city into a super shopping mall, with a floating population rather than a settled population, and all the people will move outside the city to live, disperse a little, and reduce the pressure on the city.

To this end, he also invested in the construction of private houses on the edge of the city, and did not hesitate to come up with the classic "mortgage" policy.

Fortunately, he is the only one traverser, if there are a few more, when he hears this "mortgage", it is estimated that he will chase him with a kitchen knife for nine streets, MD, I have traveled through the Ming Dynasty, and I still can't escape this mortgage.

But not only does his mortgage have no interest, but they are all transactions at cost price, and the money does not earn you, which is really a great conscience.

So not everybody was able to get this loan, only those people who were willing to rent their houses in the city to merchants as storefronts had this mortgage condition, and they rented their houses to merchants for rent enough to repay the loan.

At the same time, Guo Dan is exempt from deed tax in this regard, as long as you are willing to sell or rent out, you don't even have to pay deed tax, the money is yours.

Of course, this red date has to be added to the stick to be more effective, so Guo Dan expanded the scope of the city tax to the whole city, that is, everyone who lives in the city must pay the city tax, but it is much lower than that paid by the merchants.

But the problem is that the people who live outside the city do not have to pay this city tax.

Not only that, but he also funded the construction of a miscellaneous library on the edge of the planned residential base outside the city, but he really tried every means to tempt the people to move out.

Coincidentally, merchants also funded the construction of skills training bases outside the city.

And this training is completely free, anyone can learn, there is no limit, as long as you are willing to learn, you can come.

This has nothing to do with Guo Danzhen, he won't spend money on these, they are all built by businessmen.

It's not that businessmen have become kind, it's impossible.

This is all because of the serious lack of ordinary craftsmen in Weihui Mansion, most men can only farm, there is no craft, it is really not as good as women's dexterity, women are very popular now, men's situation is a little embarrassing, and some earn less than women.

But after all, it is a patriarchal society, and it is impossible for men to be so cowardly.

The merchants settled an account, first recruited workshops, and learned while working, it is better to let them train first, and then recruit jobs.

Because you have to pay wages and taxes because you get a job, you can't create value right away.

That's why the training is free, there is no specific candidate, it is an individual who can go and learn, all to avoid this tax, if it is a specific person, then first you have to sign a contract, once you sign the employment contract, then you have to pay taxes.

If you want to learn it yourself, then of course it is none of the businessman's business.

Of course, the cost of this training is also very low, they don't even want to build houses, they all choose to build grass sheds, some are directly in the open air, and the money for grass huts is not willing to pay, that is, they sent one or two masters to garrison here, put some tools there, and some people come to learn and teach them how to operate.

There is not even a shadow of the miscellaneous library, and the training base has already been operated, in fact, it is only a day's work.

This is deeply supported by the people, of course the people want to make more money, many people are doing hard work, and they go to study in their free time, there are really all kinds of things, all kinds of things.

Now there are many businessmen in Weihui Mansion, Luwangfu has been divided, and it takes too long to build a workshop by itself, and the cost is too high, they urgently need storefronts and workshops, of course, they are very supportive of this "Residential Regulations in the City".

The people are not stupid, they still have to make money by renting out, and the new houses there are cheap, and they can be paid in installments, and they live in the city, which is dilapidated and old, and they have to pay the city tax, so after the promulgation of this regulation, a large number of housing leases were born in the city.

However, this matter has just begun, and Chenchen led people to Luwang's Mansion to post notices.

Zhou Feng and they rushed to hear the news again, there was no way, in Weihui Mansion, if they didn't understand the rules, they might be fined, and this one was angry.

"Chenchen, what are you doing here, don't you feel tired and panic by posting notices every three or five times?"

Cao Da complained.

Before Chen Chen could speak, he suddenly heard someone behind him: "Of course, it's because I miss my wife." ”

Everyone looked back, only to see Guo Dan coming over, and heard him say again: "I'm not as chic as you, I go to the Hot Spring Pavilion at every turn, I have to hurry up and finish things, and then go back to Beijing." ”

"Oops!"

Zhou Feng immediately said: "Virtuous nephew, this matter can't be rushed, don't make a big mess." ”

Guo Dan said angrily: "I don't have any power at all, what kind of mess can I make, you see what I do, build a ladder, build a miscellaneous library, and do the most earth-shattering thing, that is, to build a private house." ”

"And ..... again?"

"It's to name the roads in Weihui Mansion."

"Road naming?"

Zhou Feng looked back, the notice had been posted, and he saw a map on it with some numbers on the side.

"What's the name for this?"

Cao Da looked at it for a long time, but didn't see a name.

Guo Dan sighed: "It's written so clearly, can't you see it?" Road No. 1, Road No. 2, Road No. 3, Road No. 4, isn't that the name? ”

Everyone present turned around and looked at Guo Dan blankly.

Guo Dan said: "Why are you looking at me like this? ”

A lawyer who happened to pass by said: "What is your name, these roads originally had names, how ugly you have changed, I think it is better not to change it." ”

Many people nodded their heads, this change is really unsightly!

Guo Dan said: "You know how to read, you are amazing, we businessmen are uneducated, put up a sign, and no one knows it, so it is easy to recognize and remember, don't you say?" ”

Zhou Feng, they really can't cry or laugh, big brother, although we are uneducated, we still know the words.

The lawyer waved his robe and said, "I'm too lazy to fight with you." He left in a rage.

It's terrible to be uneducated.

"You know!"

Guo Dan snorted.

Don't look at what he does is a big thing, but the role is not small, in the small peasant economy, everyone does not go out, then of course it doesn't matter, but now everyone has to go out, and many things have to be standardized.

Only standardization can allow people to face this fast-paced life calmly, not to think about everything, it is necessary to form a habit, and there is a habit with norms.

This road must be erected signs, but now there are not many literate people, the worst thing is that this ancient name is particularly elegant, some words Guo Dan does not necessarily know, really do not take care of the feelings of illiteracy at all, but before the illiterate generally rarely go out, are the elite wandering outside.

Guo Dan can only rename this road, most of the odd numbers are north-south, most of the even numbers are east-west, and the roads to the dock are two verticals, and a circle represents going to Fucheng.

The city has not let go, but it is also No. 1 Street, No. 2 Street, and shops must be hung with door numbers, and the first façade on the east side of No. 1 Street is Street No. 1, and so on.

But this house number, you have to do it yourself, whether you hang it or paint it on the wall, it's up to the businessman to decide, Guo Dan asked for two points, write it in a conspicuous place, and write it clearly.

Guo Dan does this kind of thing that seems very trivial to others every day, and as for the court and litigation court's proposal to establish some more courts to deal with some special affairs, he didn't hear it.

The population has increased so much, but there are still courts, litigation courts, pickets, plus a tax court that specializes in paying taxes, and there are no more.

He just increased some expenses reasonably according to the growth of the population and the growth of affairs, so that they could recruit a few more people.

He just wants to maintain this lean management model, and is unwilling to use taxes to support too many people, let alone set up too many departments and make too many rules, after all, businessmen still pursue freedom.

What he wants to see is that, just like the house number, he just makes a notice, you can do it yourself, and you take the initiative to calculate and pay the taxes yourself, and everyone is an adult, and they always send people to urge them to pay the taxes, so it is not interesting.

Now it is not time to pay taxes, the current payment is deed tax, this everyone is still more conscious, but this is no way, if you don't pay, the court will not accept it, people can not lack trust between people, but it must be in the issue of not involving money.

But then again, in fact, there are still many problems that need to be solved in Weihui Mansion, such as Qianzhuang, but these things need to be discussed with Wanli back to Beijing.

With all these things planned, he planned to go back to Beijing.