In the south, when it was only bleak and cold, and occasionally snow seeds fell, north of the Qinling Mountains, it was snowing heavily. Although it is not enough to talk about the extinction of thousands of mountains and birds, and the extinction of thousands of people, the number of people still active outside has been greatly reduced.

However, unlike the countryside in Maodong, Chang'an City is still very lively.

Snow is falling every day, but it's being cleaned up every day.

The government has issued a special order that the snow in front of each house must be cleared. to ensure that the roads are clear and the premises are safe.

The renovation project of Chang'an City under the auspices of Wang Mingyi was vigorously carried out at this time.

For others, the middle of winter is a leisure season, but for his renovation project, it is a good time to rush to work. Because at this time, a large number of rural young people poured into the cities in search of a job, which caused the price of labor to fall sharply. After returning to the city, the bosses are not willing to support these masters for nothing, and take spare money.

Although the big ones can't be fished, they all have their masters, but it is okay to contract some sporadic projects from the big bosses. No matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat, and they can at least maintain a break-even.

Xu Xiang's head was buzzing, because Wang Mingyi and Guo Fengxiao had a big fight in front of him, if he hadn't pulled it, the two of them would have taken off their clothes and rolled up their sleeves to get ready to fight.

The urban transformation of Chang'an under the auspices of Wang Mingyi has passed the initial dividend period after more than half a year. At the beginning, when he did this, not many people reacted, which allowed Wang Mingyi to buy these houses on the street at a very low price, and then sell them at a high price, from which he could make a lot of money.

However, in the first phase of Chang'an, Wang Mingyi raised for a long time and made great efforts, but he only included the eighteen best squares into the scope of transformation.

And when things start, naturally they can't hide it anymore. By the time the second phase of construction began, the price of such a house had skyrocketed. This brought the era of Wang Mingyi's profiteering to an end.

In order to maintain a certain profit, in the next work, Wang Mingyi can only reduce costs. As you can imagine, the further you go, the higher the price of these houses will be, because the first houses that have been renovated have now begun to create a lot of value, and seeing this, how can those who own such houses not understand how to make a profit from them?

In this era, Wang Mingyi has already experienced the difficulty of demolition.

It's not that his subordinates haven't resorted to some unseemly means, but Wu Jinzhen, the newly appointed Supervisory Commission, is not a vegetarian, and this high-ranking official from a poor family is most unsightly to see the government oppressing ordinary people.

With a person like Wu Jin, there is no reason to talk about, and there is no human favor to speak of.

Where you went, and before you could speak, a thick book of the law was placed in front of you, and the same thin regulations were placed beside it, and if you said more, he would immediately choke back into his stomach.

Several demolition cadres under Wang Mingyi's command have now lost their official positions, and they are aggrieved to do some scrapy work under Wang Mingyi.

And these people are quite good, and some of them have been put in their pockets in the process, and they are still squatting in prison, and it is very likely that they will be reclaimed by Wu Jin in the northeast.

Guo Fengxiao's Ministry of Industry has many engineering teams, and to talk about it, the technical strength of these teams is nothing to say, and they usually undertake large-scale projects, roads, and water conservancy are all in charge of the Ministry of Industry. It's the middle of winter from time to time, and the outside work has stopped? Guo Fengxiao naturally didn't want to let these people stay idle and have nothing to do. So I wanted to get a piece of these renovations in the city, which could be regarded as getting some benefits for the Ministry of Industry.

However, in these bidding processes, these engineering teams of the Ministry of Industry were all defeated without exception. And the ones who won were all those engineering teams from the private sector.

People are cheap.

This made Guo Fengxiao very embarrassed.

In Wang Mingyi's view, since the price of the engineering team of your Ministry of Industry cannot be lowered, there is naturally nothing to say. Guo Fengxiao, however, believes that these non-governmental engineering teams will inevitably cut corners and deduct workers' income, which will not only cause hidden dangers in the project but also cause potential dissatisfaction among some people.

As the chairman of the Economic Development Committee, Xu Xiang finally persuaded the two cadres under his command to quit the army and make a truce, and after they left angrily, Xu Xiang, who had a painful head, sat behind the desk and had not finished drinking a glass of water, when another big man came, and this person, he had to go out to greet him in person.

Because this person is Xia He, the imperial concubine of the Tang Dynasty.

What concubine does not interfere in politics, and the concubine should not show up in the current Tang Dynasty, it does not exist at all. There is no one who does not open his eyes to this matter. Because the queen Liu Ruyan or the imperial concubine Xia He, both of them grew up with Li Ze, one of them is in the army, and the other is in the financial and taxation system, both of them have huge power, who dares to raise this issue, is undoubtedly against these two systems, and offended these two systems, what will happen can be imagined.

What's more, both of them still hold positions in the imperial court. Queen Liu Ruyan is responsible for some things to say, nothing more than some good deeds such as helping widows and lonely, pensions, disaster relief, fundraising, etc., in general, it is to help the court to win people's hearts. Xia Ho, on the other hand, holds the position of chairman of the Financial Development Committee. This Financial Development Committee is a second-level unit of the Economic Development Committee, but it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the focus of the next economic development of the entire imperial court.

Xu Xiang is a strong supporter of this work.

Because this work is done well, it is possible to make a large amount of profit with ease and dexterity, and these profits are no less than the overseas trade, which the imperial court now relies so heavily on.

This is the problem of the credit currency that Xia He has been raising for several years.

In fact, now the major money banks, including Wuwei, Broadcom and other large money banks, have begun to use their own bills of exchange to solve the problem of large amounts of money.

Wuwei is owned by the imperial court, naturally needless to say, behind Boda stands Boxing Trading Company and Tongda Trading Company, and the strength is also extremely strong, these two major money banks have opened semicolons all over the Tang Dynasty, and it has become very popular to use large bills of exchange to solve the large amount of money mobilization among their users.

The two major money banks now even recognize each other's bills of exchange.

It is precisely because of these foundations that Xia He believes that the time is almost ripe.

Xu Xiang looked at the patterns of several banknotes that Xia He took out over and over again, and he was always a little apprehensive in his heart.

"Wu Wei, Tongda all appear in the problem of fake bills of exchange, their bills of exchange are extremely complicated, there are people who can imitate counterfeiting, our banknotes, so a little bit, can they prevent counterfeiting?" Xu Xiang looked at Xia He and said: "Imperial Concubine, once we decide to issue it, it will not be Wuwei, and these small-scale bills of exchange can be compared, once there is fraud, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

"Specialized paper, specialized ink, and, of course, some other anti-weathering techniques." Xia He said: "But it is impossible to completely eliminate it. can only punish the law severely, catch one, and punish one severely. Chairman Xu, a new policy is being implemented, and the problem must exist, but we can't waste food because of choking, what should be done is still to be done, and when the problem arises, we will solve the problem, and in the process of solving it, we will improve it little by little, and that's it. ”

Xu Xiang nodded. "The imperial concubine is right, but the stakes are high, and it is not too prudent."

"Of course, so these banknotes, I want to try them out in the army first." Xia He said: "The army has a high degree of obedience, and it also has its own circulation channels internally, and in addition, the imperial court's own supply and marketing cooperatives must also be collected and promoted little by little." As long as our servicemen get used to using these banknotes, it will be easy to do. There are so many people who have to retire every year, and after returning to their hometowns, they can slowly push it away. ”

"It's a good idea!" Xu Xiang said: "The scale of such a distribution does not need to be too large, if there is really any problem, it is too late to adjust." ”

"In addition, the salaries of officials will also be paid in Singapore dollars." Xia Ho Road. At the same time, all money banks, whether they were in the court or in the private sector, must unconditionally exchange gold and silver coins of the same price for the common people to ensure the credibility of the paper money. Credit is paramount, and as long as it persists for several years, it will soon be possible for this portable banknote to replace the heavy gold, silver and copper coins as the mainstream of the market, and at that time, the circulation of gold, silver and copper coins will be banned. ”

"If everything goes well, then the imperial court will usher in an era of relaxation above the finances!" Xu Xiang said with a smile: "Money, money, money is used everywhere, and hands are being reached everywhere, sometimes it is really anxious." Fortunately, in the past two years, His Majesty has not been prepared to fight a big war, and there is only one Tibetan issue that needs to be solved, otherwise, I would really be sad to death. ”

"There's no way, our majesty wants everything, and wants to do everything well, so naturally it will make it difficult for the people below." Xia He smiled: "But if there is no problem, what do you want us people to do?" ”

"The imperial concubine is right! Aren't we the ones who solve the problem for Your Majesty? Xu Xin said: "The issue of the issuance of credit currency will be raised as the first topic at the Supreme Committee, and once everyone has no objections, it can be issued immediately." ”