Wu Zheng said: "I also understand what you mean, and what you are worried about is nothing more than money." What I want to ask you is, if the money is there, should this city be built? ”

Everyone looked at each other, this is indeed a difficult thing to say, if you have money, should you build a new city?

It was Zhang Huangyan who spoke first, "Then please ask the general to explain the origin of the silver first, and in addition, even if the silver is settled, should it be necessary to expand the armament or improve the people's livelihood first?" ”

Wu Zheng smiled bitterly, "Brother Xuan is still so quick-tempered. Well, I'll start by talking about the origin of this silver, which came from Jiangnan merchants...... No, it should be said that it is the world's businessmen. There is no need for a tael of silver from the General's Mansion. But this money will not be used to expand the army and improve the people's livelihood in any case. Let's put it this way, businessmen are willing to pay money in order to make money, not to donate it to the general's mansion to expand the army and improve people's livelihood. So, you should understand, right? ”

Zhang Huangyan asked, "What does the general mean that the merchants will jointly raise funds to build a new city?" ”

"It's not a hit, but it's not far away."

Zhang Huangyan frowned and said, "But in this way, the governance power of the new city will be sidelined." It's even more infeasible! ”

In Zhang Huangyan's view, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

It is rumored that Shen Wansan contributed money to build Tianfu, even if he is as strong as Zhu Yuanzhang, doesn't he have to be short-handed?

Wu Zhengdao: "What does this have to do with the right to govern? All I sold was the wasteland around the port. ”

At this time, Zhang Guowei asked in surprise: "Only sell wasteland, how to raise the silver taels needed to build the city?" ”

Wu Zheng turned to Mo Zhi and said, "Then please answer Mo Lao." ”

Mo Zhinian stood up and responded, "Yes." ”

He bowed his hand to the crowd and said, "The Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce has decided to buy 10,000 acres of wasteland near the port at a price of one hundred taels per mu. At the same time, the chamber of commerce also asked the old man to plead with the general, hoping to buy another 40,000 acres of wasteland near the port at the same price. ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall was in an uproar.

Eat it, right?

Have money to spend but don't have land to spend?

Brain-broken?

Almost everyone's hearts are filled with these three sentences.

It is no wonder that at this time, Wusongkou has not yet been developed, and the development of the commercial metropolis in later generations is actually after the defeat of the late Qing Dynasty, and the opening of the port became a leased land, which was slowly developed.

Before the Yuan Dynasty, it was named Huating, and it was renamed Songjiang County from the Yuan Dynasty, and the population at this time was not much, mainly concentrated in the Huating area.

And Wusong is just a port at this time, and the surrounding area is even more deserted.

Therefore, Mo Yiqing is right, if this kind of wasteland is usually five taels and one acres, the limit is only ten taels and one acres.

One hundred and twenty-one acres, this is a sky-high price.

Only people with bad brains can do this kind of thing.

But the problem is that the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce has to buy another 40,000 mu after eating 10,000 mu in one bite.

No one here is a fool, and in this instant, the wind direction changes.

Some of them even couldn't sit still anymore, and wanted to go back quickly, take advantage of the limelight to buy some land, or take advantage of the fact that the wind has not yet been fully known by the people, and go to Huating to buy some owner's land.

Nearly ten times the profit!

At this time, Wu Zheng spoke, "No." At present, only 10,000 mu of the Chamber of Commerce will be sold, and if the Chamber of Commerce still wants it, a month later, the General's Mansion will auction 20,000 mu at a reserve price of 221 mu. In addition, after a year, another 20,000 mu will be sold, but the reserve price will be 321 mu. ”

There was silence, and everyone was stunned, except for the sound of breathing, no, not even the sound of breathing, because they held their breath.

Catch up with the price of residential land in Hangzhou, and now in Hangzhou City, one acre of small courtyard is only about 200 taels.

Three years ago, when Wu Zhengguang recovered Hangzhou, there were only 100 taels of a small courtyard per acre, and the quality was different, and 80 or 90 taels could be bought.

In three years, it rose to two hundred taels.

In particular, after Wu Zheng set up the General's Mansion in Hangzhou, he suddenly rushed from 13 or 40 taels to 200 taels.

The reason for this increase is that the people have an unspoken expectation, that is, maybe Jiangnan will have an emperor, and Hangzhou may become the new capital.

Another reason is that the situation in Hangzhou is gradually becoming clearer and the sense of security is rising, which is very important for businessmen, especially foreign businessmen.

With a sense of security in one's life and property, the willingness to purchase real estate will increase dramatically.

It is difficult to expand the city of Hangzhou, there is West Lake in the west, there is the Qiantang River in the east, things are scarce and expensive, demand is greater than supply, and the skyrocketing price of land is reasonable.

And now, with the expectation of moving the General's Mansion to Songjiang, it is naturally not difficult to imagine the skyrocketing land price in Songjiang.

The opposition of officials is not all worried about national affairs and people's livelihood.

The so-called vested interests lie in the officials in the city, who have basically purchased good properties in Hangzhou in the past two years, and the general's mansion has moved to Songjiang, which has directly caused their interests to suffer, which is another reason for their opposition.

Looking at the stunned expressions of the officials, Wu Zheng began to reassure, "Officials above the six mansions and eight grades have the right to purchase residential land in Xincheng at a price of fifty taels and one mu, but it is only one acre. If you want something bigger, you can buy it at the market price. ”

The officials had a smile on their faces.

This is a welfare, that is to say, officials can buy one acre of homestead land at a price far below the market, if it really arrives at the General's Mansion and moves to Songjiang, then fifty taels and one mu is equivalent to less than thirty percent of the price in Hangzhou today, which is acceptable.

At this time, Wu Zhengfeng suddenly changed, "But the total upper limit per person shall not exceed three acres." It's an iron law! Ladies and gentlemen, the new city needs to accept people from all over the world, and it would be good to be able to settle down. This company is also within the limits of this law firm, and it will never exceed three acres, and violators will be demolished or even confiscated, and there is no room for flexibility. ”

At this time, the officials were suddenly divided into two camps, and some of the families who were not very wealthy had a favorable attitude, and they might not really need three acres.

And the officials from wealthy families are a little unhappy, they are in the city of Hangzhou, and their houses are ten acres, eight acres, and three acres, which is really small.

But they didn't dare to object to this, because Wu Zheng said that even he was within the limits of this law firm.

Under the jurisdiction of the General's Mansion, who dares to compete with Wu for wealth?

The eyes of these people looked at Xiong Rulin, Zhang Guowei, Zhang Huangyan and others, hoping that they could come out and say a few fair words.

Xiong Rulin, Zhang Guowei, and Zhang Huangyan looked at each other and smiled.

By this time, Wu Zheng's intentions were already very clear.

This is the white wolf of the empty glove.

The point is that this is not a conspiracy, and it doesn't matter about exploitation.

It's really a wisher to take the bait, although it is a bit overbearing, but it is beyond reproach, this is a conspiracy.

As a general, Wu Zheng has the right to decide the governance of the General's Mansion even if he is basically out of internal affairs.

Officials can suggest and oppose, but Wu Zheng can also veto and insist on doing it.

That makes sense.

So why oppose it?