Chang'an City.

Fang Xuanling was a little busy in Chang'an City, and in his opinion, anything in Chang'an City could not be separated from him.

He had to take care of the construction of the city wall, the digging of the moat, and even the construction of the eastern and western cities could not be separated from him.

And these things made him a little tired, and more seriously, something went wrong.

At first, it was okay, because he raided Zheng Long's house, Fang Xuanling had money in his hands, and many things were done relatively smoothly.

But now that it is the beginning of summer, many people have begun to go to the farms, and the construction of the city is a little difficult to find.

Although the people of the Tang State were obliged to perform hard labor, the crops were obviously more important.

Moreover, all the land and storefronts in the east and west cities belong to the imperial court, but there are many businessmen from Chang'an City, but not many people are willing to buy or lease the shops in the east and west cities, which makes it a little difficult for Fang Xuanling to develop the east and west cities.

The situation is very bad.

And at this time, a little guy hurriedly ran over: "My lord, Jia Yanfu asks to see you." ”

Hearing that Jia Yanfu was coming, Fang Xuanling hurriedly ordered someone to invite him in, Jia Yanfu and Tang Yu had known each other for a long time, and he was Tang Yu's confidant, Fang Xuanling still didn't dare to slack off.

"Boss Jia, why did you suddenly come to Chang'an City?"

Regarding Jia Yanfu's arrival, Fang Xuanling was still surprised.

Jia Yanfu smiled and said, "I came here on the order of the Holy Lord, knowing that Lord Fang might be in trouble, so I specially asked me to come and listen to Lord Fang's dispatch." ”

Jia Yanfu said this politely, in fact, Tang Yu just asked him to help, and he didn't mean to obey Fang Xuanling, but although he had a good relationship with Tang Yu, he did not hold an official position in the court, so in Fang Xuanling's place, he was still very polite.

However, he was polite, Fang Xuanling didn't dare to take it seriously, smiled, and said: "Boss Jia is here at the right time, and now the affairs of Chang'an City are about to overwhelm me." ”

Jia Yanfu said: "Oh, I don't know what trouble Lord Fang has encountered? Fang Xuanling sighed lightly and said: "Two troubles, first, there are a lot of businessmen from Chang'an City, but the Holy Lord asked me to develop the east and west cities, but those merchants are not willing to buy shops in the east and west cities, so, without merchants coming, how can we develop the east and west cities?" In addition, the people are busy with farming immediately, and the construction of the city is probably going to stop, and there is no labor available. ”

Speaking of this, Fang Xuanling suddenly smiled: "The cement on the saint is really easy to use, it is convenient to build a city wall, and it can be stacked very high, and the most important thing is that it is particularly strong. ”

For cement, Fang Xuanling was really surprised, this is simply a weapon for building the city wall, with this thing, even if there is an enemy in Chang'an City in the future, there is no need to be afraid.

He is preparing to build Chang'an City twice as high as an ordinary city, that is to say, the height of an ordinary city is about ten meters high, but he wants to build the city of Chang'an City to more than 20 meters, or even more than 30 meters high.

The walls are so high, and if the enemy wants to attack them, they need to have such a high ladder.

If he can't attack the city, he can only attack the gate, and when the time comes, he will also use the big stone gate to pry it open, and no one will pry it open, so he will rely on the enemy's siege weapon, don't even think about it.

Chang'an City will become the strongest city in the Chinese countries.

However, Fang Xuanling's ambitious fantasy is now encountering difficulties.

Even if you have money, you may not be able to find anyone.

When he said this, Jia Yanfu smiled: "What's so difficult about these two problems, it's easy to solve." ”

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly: "It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, this matter is easy to solve." ”

How can a city be built without people?

Jia Yanfu said: "People, don't worry, soon people from all over the Tang Kingdom will flock to Chang'an City to build a city wall for you." ”

"Really?" Fang Xuanling didn't believe it, the people in other places had to be busy farming.

"Of course it's true, when I came, the saint was already preparing to liberate the slaves, and there was nothing to do after these efforts were liberated, and many of them would be sent to Chang'an City to work.

Jia Yanfu said this, but Fang Xuanling was shocked after hearing it: "Emancipate slaves, this ...... How is this possible, it's not an easy thing to do? ”

Jia Yanfu was a little proud, and said: "It's not easy, but I paid attention to the saint and let him empty the white wolf, and the money earned by these slaves working will be returned to their previous masters in the end......"

Jia Runfu explained the situation, and after Fang Xuanling listened to it, he was full of admiration, he didn't expect that Jia Yanfu, a businessman, sometimes came up with ideas, which could really solve the problem.

If those slaves came to work in Chang'an City, then the workers' affairs would have been solved.

"I won't mention this, but what about the development of the eastern and western cities?"

Jia Yanfu smiled: "Let me ask Lord Fang, if the food and things are to be used as a commercial street, it should be very attractive to businessmen, but why can't it attract businessmen?" ”

"This ......" Fang Xuanling doesn't know much about business and doesn't know much about it.

Jia Yanfu said: "The price of those shops of Lord Fang is expensive? ”

"This ...... Next to the palace, it is naturally more expensive. Jia Yanfu nodded: "Then the problem is found, if you want businessmen to do business in a fixed place, there are two things that must be met, first, there must be enough people here, only if there are more people here, businessmen see that it is profitable here, things can be sold, they will build shops here, and then there is, now the east and west cities have not developed, and your house prices are set so high, how can businessmen want to come, they can still do business outside, why come here to rent your expensive house?" The housing prices here can be high, and it must wait for the east and west cities of Chang'an City to be real

It will only work after prosperity, but it will definitely not work now. ”

Fang Xuanling was short of money, so he wanted to sell those houses at a high price, and he also had a purpose, that is, to prevent some businessmen from buying at a low price now, and then selling at a high price.

After listening to Jia Yanfu's analysis, Fang Xuanling felt that he had also found the key to the problem.

"Then in Boss Jia's opinion, how to solve this situation?" Jia Yanfu said: "In the final analysis, the east and west cities must have businessmen to do business here, so the most important thing is to attract investment, in addition to attracting investment, it is to attract nearby people to come, so that the east and west cities can really develop." ”