Wang Mingyi spread out a huge map in front of Li Ze.

This is a floor plan of Chang'an, with more than 100 squares, imperial cities, palace cities, and rivers, clearly marked.

"Li Xiang, the current pattern of Chang'an, in my opinion, is simply too wasteful, you see, the place of trading, there are only two cities in the east and west, which is a drop in the bucket for us." Wang Mingyi said.

"What do you want to say?" Li Ze looked at him curiously.

"Li Xiang, our Datang now pays much more attention to business than all dynasties in the past, and among our taxes, commercial taxes are very important for our fiscal revenue." Wang Mingyi glanced at Li Ze and said with some resentment: "Li Xiang, you have reduced the agricultural tax too low, not to mention the same as the previous dynasty, even if we only keep half of the previous one, our financial resources will not be as embarrassed as they are now." Pick your fingers, why can't you be generous! ”

"Wang Mingyi, can you speak human words?" Xia He, who was on the side, glanced at Wang Mingyi with some annoyance.

There were only three of them in the room, so Wang Mingyi couldn't help but be a little presumptuous, and after listening to Xia He's reprimand, he smiled, "I can speak, I can speak!" ”

"What are you going to do?" Li Ze didn't care, but was a little happy, as the current situation became clearer and clearer, there were really fewer and fewer people who dared to be presumptuous in front of him. Wang Mingyi, an old friend, who doesn't like to be an official and only likes to do business, has also become the left servant of the household department, and has basically been appointed as the next household secretary. However, in terms of this person's nature, he is still more interested in doing business.

A person who doesn't want to be an official naturally has less respect for Li Ze.

"Li Xiang, we rely too much on commercial taxes, and I think this national policy will definitely not change." Wang Mingyi said: "If we want to increase our income, we can only further develop business and make this piece of cake bigger and bigger, so that we can collect more taxes." ”

Li Ze nodded.

"Chang'an, the capital of the country, is naturally the political center of the country." Wang Mingyi said: "But at the same time, he must also be one of the economic centers of our Datang." Only in this way can his status be strengthened. ”

"What does it have to do with these markets?" Li Ze was a little inexplicable.

"Childe, now Chang'an can concentrate on trading, there are only two cities, East and West. Although Chang'an has just begun to recover, a large number of businessmen have begun to pour in. Xia He said: "These people are all ghosts and elves, although they are now entering Chang'an, they are doing a loss-making business, but they are here to grab territory and market share." So they don't care if they lose money. What you may not know is that housing prices in the East and West cities have soared several times. And with the increasing influx of merchants from the Northland, housing prices can be described as one price a day. ”

"So?"

Xia He pointed to the markets on the map: "Childe, look, these fang walls are isolated from each other, which is very different from Wuyi. Those houses along the street in Wuyi are really expensive. ”

Li Ze suddenly understood: "Do you want to break the isolation of these square walls in Chang'an City from various square cities, and make these square walls into façade houses?" ”

Wang Mingyi nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Now is the right time." Li Xiang, Chang'an now has a lot of population loss, we did a survey, at least one-third of the houses in each city are empty, and they have become ownerless. We are going to issue an announcement that within a month, if the original owners of these houses do not show up, we will be taken into public ownership. ”

"What's next?"

"Next, we will buy those houses close to the Fang Wall, and the price we will give is naturally high, enough for these people to buy another house of the same kind in the Fang City and have a surplus." Wang Mingyi said with a fluttering eyebrow: "Next, we can tear down the wall of the fang, build a façade house on the same ground, and connect it with the house behind." When the price comes, it will skyrocket. I have made a rough estimate that we will make tens of millions of silver dollars just by renovating these hundred or so markets and selling them to those merchants, haha, and in this way, the problem of the poor treasury will be solved at once. ”

"What's more, a large number of merchants will inevitably lead to a boom in the market, and we will be able to collect more business taxes, which will be unbelievable in the long run!" Xia He said on the side.

"Transforming these 100 or so markets is a long-term task, and it can't be done in a year or two." Li Zedao: "More importantly, Chang'an has lived in Jiefang City for hundreds of years, and it has changed suddenly, but I am afraid that the opposition is very loud, at least, those security officials will definitely oppose it." This adds an immeasurable amount of work to them. ”

Wang Mingyi rolled his eyes: "Li Xiang, over the years, you have done less things that are easy to change?" At first, everyone was not used to it, but then it became common and taken for granted? Time is the best medicine, as long as you taste the sweetness, everyone will recognize it. Just like the sheriffs you said, when the time comes, they will definitely increase their manpower, increase their salaries, and at the same time, naturally, they will have more power in their hands, and as long as they get through the initial difficult stage, they will only be overjoyed. When Wuyi lifted the curfew, weren't there a lot of people who opposed it? Now, how much wealth has been created by the night market in Wuyi? ”

"The prospects are very good, but I am afraid it will be difficult to do." Li Ze smiled: "Where are you going to start?" ”

"Of course, it starts from the place adjacent to the East and West Cities. Those places were originally commodity trading areas. Wang Mingyi said with great interest.

"It's too much to do." Li Zedao: "At the next joint meeting of various ministries, Xia He put forward this plan and let everyone discuss it first. ”

Xia He nodded, "Three days later, there will be a joint meeting of the ministers, and I will talk about this matter at that time." ”

"Li Xiang, this matter must be grasped quickly! These things that we began to investigate, after a long time, it is inevitable that people will smell it, and the people here in Chang'an may not think of it, but those people from the north are as cunning as foxes, if they let them know the news in advance, our work will be difficult to do. ”

Li Ze smiled, Wang Mingyi's worries are naturally not superfluous, if those businessmen know the news, they will inevitably rush to the court to buy those houses with suitable conditions in various markets, and when the time comes, it will be difficult for the imperial court to snatch food from these people's mouths. The price to pay is bound to be greater.

"You don't think about it, as soon as you start doing it, they don't know what you want to do? There are more than 100 Fang cities in Chang'an, with our current financial resources, how much can you take? Li Zedao.

Wang Mingyi's eyes widened, "Li Xiang, that's different, if we start, the first step is of course to acquire first, and when we acquire, we will naturally pick the best and most suitable market at the same time, and get these resources in our hands first, as for development, as you said, it can't be done in a year or two." We can take our time. As for those unimportant markets, I'm afraid there aren't many people who want them, right? And the planning is in our hands. The key is that we must grab those important places in our hands, and we can't let those profiteers rob their heads, their eyes are poisoned! ”

This matter, in Li Ze's view, is still a real estate project in the final analysis, no matter when, when it comes to these industries, it is naturally profitable, Chang'an is the capital, although it is now dilapidated, and the population is also due to years of war, one-third less to go up, but with his own entry into Chang'an, the political situation is gradually stable, and Chang'an's prosperity can be said to be just around the corner. In five years at most, Li Ze estimated that Chang'an City would be able to recover to when he was at its most prosperous, and even surpassed.

"Even if it is approved to do this at that time, it will require a large amount of money in a short period of time, and now, does the household department have it?" Li Ze asked a key question.

"No, there is no household." Wang Mingyi said calmly: "As long as this thing can be done, raising money is naturally not a problem." Wuwei Money Bank can take a position, and it can also take out a loan like Broadcom Bank. In the past, we have often had a lot of positions with them in a short period of time, so we don't attract their attention. Wang Mingyi said.

"Short-term borrowing?"

"Of course, if you borrow it for a long time, you won't be able to draw it!" Wang Mingyi smiled proudly: "After I buy these houses in large quantities, the plan can be made public, and I can pre-sell the store at that time, I believe that many people will go crazy by then, and they will inevitably rush to buy it, and the funds will naturally be returned soon." ”

Li Ze touched his chin and said, "You are the biggest profiteer in the world!" ”

"This idea was come up with by Xia Shangshu." Wang Mingyi said immediately. "I'm an accomplice at best."

Xia He snorted: "I don't have such a smart brain. The idea is what you came up with, and I'm at most here to support you. ”

Li Ze laughed: "You can go and borrow positions, I think, three days later, the joint meeting of various ministries, there is no problem in passing this matter." ”

Wang Mingyi was overjoyed, stood up and bowed: "I'll do it right away!" ”

Looking at his back, Li Ze said: "This guy, when the head of the household is still a little bit weak, but in the field of doing business, no one can really stand out!" What is Sun Lei busy with now? ”

Xia He smiled and said: "According to your meaning, now I have gradually faded out, although Wang Mingyi is a left waiter, but all he thinks about is how to make money, and Sun Lei is in charge of the usual work of the household department, so he is naturally too busy to keep his feet on the ground." That's good, Wang Mingyi will make a transition, and then hand it over to Sun Lei. The two have no conflict of interest and cooperate quite well. Sun Lei still wants to issue banknotes, he said that if he succeeds, it will be much stronger than the business that Wang Mingyi thinks about every day, in Sun Lei's words, it will be a robbery of money at that time. ”

"That will have to wait until we have enough gold and silver in our treasury. Do we have one now? No! So have to wait! Li Ze said: "This matter cannot be failed, once it fails, it is impossible to do this kind of thing in a short period of time, for a country, the failure of credit is the most terrible failure." Therefore, it is better to be slow than to be in a hurry. ”