With the increase in the number of households, the East 2nd Square and the South 3rd Square have become crowded. Although it is announced that it will no longer recruit people, the management of the periphery is not strict, and it is impossible to control the refuge of relatives and friends, let alone the relocation of the whole family. There were even greetings from all sides, and people came over one after another. To be honest, Qin Bai can't count how many people he has now, but the number of people who rely on Yongsheng to eat has at least exceeded 5,000.

And popularity, with people, there is naturally popularity. Being attached to such a small group has given rise to a lot of job opportunities. With income, there must be consumption. Food, clothing, housing and transportation are indispensable, and daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar alone have added 20 more guys to the Yongsheng firm, which sells matches at night. This made the shopkeeper Tang Qingdu ambitious, wanting to build a few new wine factories and sauce shops, and produce and sell them within Yongsheng.

However, when it came to Qin Bai, he did not encourage or oppose it. Qin Bai didn't want to control all the industries by Yongsheng, after all, he would be relocated soon, and Jingjiazhuang would give up sooner or later.

On the contrary, Qin Bai is more supportive of those "self-employed". One after another, seven or eight small workshops have been opened, and the products are varied, basically relying on Yongsheng consumption. Moreover, in the East Second Square and the South Third Square, eleven new shops were opened. These workshops and shops have very favorable rents, and those who do not have enough capital can also get low-interest loans. Anyway, the four thousand taels of silver that were "extorted" to no interest in the Hong Leong Money Shop happened to be used here, which was regarded as a certain benefit for those "entrepreneurs".

Regarding these workshops and shops, Qin Bai personally and Yong Sheng did not own any shares, and even strictly ordered those leaders under him not to stretch out their hands. Only 10% of the protection fee is charged. In fact, in addition to the protection fee paid to the Jingjiazhuang Chamber of Commerce, the rest was only enough for the wages of the brothers in the field, and Qin Bai himself could not benefit at all.

However, in such a relaxed environment, a group of hard-working people stand out. These workshops and shops are generally well developed, and the total number of employees has reached hundreds. In fact, it reduced a lot of Qin Bai's burden, and as the number of employees increased, Qin Bai greatly reduced his expenses in this area.

In fact, in addition to winning here, the popularity of Jingjiazhuang has also become rising. The small town, which is already a small city with thousands of households and 10,000 or 20,000 permanent residents, plus thousands of floating people who come to do business every month, is already quite large. But now the number of permanent residents has increased by a few hundred, and the number of floating people who have come to do business has increased by at least 1,000, and it has suddenly become much more prosperous.

In particular, it has given rise to a large number of consumers. To tell the truth, although Jingjiazhuang had iron furnaces and blacksmith workshops before, as well as a lot of gray industries on the rivers and lakes, the wealth was basically concentrated in the hands of those leaders, and the people at the bottom who occupied the vast majority were squeezed hard enough, except for food and clothing, there was no surplus money in their hands to spend.

Until the appearance of match workshops, there were subcontracting of match rods and matchboxes, and there were also benefits of selling matches, so that every household in Jingjiazhuang had some surplus. This makes the whole market gradually lively. And businessmen are the most sensitive group of people. They saw a business opportunity, and there was a convergence effect.

It has to be said that there is no work and no wealth, and the effect of industry in stimulating the local economy is obvious. In particular, match workshops are still labor-intensive industries and can absorb a large number of working people. More importantly, if placed in modern times, matches may be an inconspicuous sunset industry. But in this era, it is properly high-tech and has a very high added value. A large amount of silver poured in, and the economic stimulus for Jingjiazhuang was almost immediate. There are even quite a few ancillary industries.

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However, in this era, there are few people who understand economics. Moreover, Jingjiazhuang is a martial artist, and people who use their brains are not very popular. Even if there are a few smart people with a heart, they just vaguely feel that Jingjiazhuang seems to have more people and better business. As for the reason? Almost no one can say why. Even the vast majority of people are still dark and don't feel the daily changes at all.

But it gets crowded, and this problem always needs to be solved. So in the monthly activity of the Chamber of Commerce, someone proposed to make use of the mule and horse market in Zhuangzi and the human market outside Zhuangzi. The city of mules and horses and the city of people were relocated to a new site in the distance.

The chamber of commerce in Jingjiazhuang is actually somewhat similar to the function of the government. Therefore, this is conducive to the development of Jingjiazhuang's infrastructure, but no one opposes it. Then the discussion began, how to use the two vacant lots? And the vacant land in Zhuangzi will always be a scarce item, and the competition between all parties is quite fierce, and in the end it is nothing more than the division of interests, and finally a compromise. However, as soon as they arrived at the vacant land in the former city outside the village, opinions became divided.

As mentioned above, there are two completely different ecological environments inside and outside Jingjiazhuang. The law of the jungle is completely implemented outside the village, to put it simply, whoever grabs it will be the one who wins.

If the stakes are large enough, perhaps this vacant land can indeed be attractive, after all, it covers an area of nearly two squares. However, several problems arise here: first, whoever takes the land needs to come up with a sum of money as money to buy the land; The second is that additional money is needed to build a house; The last point is the most critical. Since I didn't know the reason for the sudden excitement, I had a lot of concerns. What if the current prosperity is just a gust of wind, just an accident, and when it is built later, it will suddenly return to its previous state? Then don't cry to death? Let's wait for the others to go to the thunder first!

Anyway, there is a need for land outside the village, and there is a remote wasteland. And even if others succeed in the thunder, there is still the law of the jungle. Maybe you can grab it for yourself if you have the chance!

For such an argument, Qin Bai of course played soy sauce on the side. He is self-aware, and the benefits are not his turn anyway, and he is not interested.

However, the direction of the wind changed suddenly, and the topic gradually involved Qin Bai. Someone gave the reason: The place in the city is located on the edge of the East Second Square and the East Third Square, and of course, the most suitable candidates to take over are Qin Bai and the Yan Gang.

However, the Salt Gang is a foothold, and he has never been interested in the territory of Jingjiazhuang, so only Qin Bai is left, and it is best for him to manage it.

Qin Bai felt inexplicable, how could such a actually find his head? He flatly refused on the spot. What a joke! I'm ready to leave, how can I have the heart to take this land?

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