Chang'an, Song Street, Yang Mansion.

Dozens of clerks and bookkeepers hired by the Yang Mansion are nervously calculating various costs.

The crackling sound of the abacus can be heard clearly even in the courtyard.

Yang Sun sat in the courtyard, quietly waiting for the results.

Finally, the sound of the abacus stopped.

Yang Xu took a few scribes and walked up to Yang Sun's family, bowed respectfully and said, "Mother, it's already calculated......"

"The total cost is about 24 million dollars......"

Yang Sun listened, his brows under the veil furrowed slightly, and a pair of phoenix eyes carried some anger: "So much......"

Twenty-four million dollars!

It's just too much!

She was a little worried, if this offer was sent to the desk of the lieutenant, would it cause the other party to be angry?

"Returning to my mother, what Zhang Shizhong wants to build is a new city that is three miles wide and more than four miles long...... Although the city walls did not have to be built...... But roads, drains, all cost money......"

"In addition, the demolition of houses in the old town, the renovation of drainage canals, aqueducts, and the widening of roads......"

"It's all about ...... a lot of money"

"What my son calculated, all of them are just costs, not even labor......"

Yang Xu lowered his head and replied in a low voice.

It was only at this moment that Yang Xu knew why the state would grasp all the construction of cities and fortresses.

It's really too expensive for these projects!

Bricks, tiles, timber, food, tools, livestock, and all kinds of engineering equipment, all of which cost money.

At present, this offer is the result of compressing all expenses to the limit.

If you save money, I'm afraid there will be problems!

And there is a problem with the quality of the Han project......

That's going to kill the whole family!

Yang Sun turned a deaf ear, and just said, "That's it...... Then I'll make a price of 14 million to Xinfeng......"

In this matter, Yang Sun never thought of making money.

From the very beginning, she was pushing with the idea of losing money.

Because she knows very well that dealing with the powerful government cannot be regarded as a gain or loss!

Sometimes, a loss is a gain, and a loss is a gain!

"This ......" Yang Xu lowered his head, and finally nodded: "Then the son will send someone to inform Xinfeng ......"

"No!" Yang Sun looked at him and said solemnly: "Xu'er, you go in person!" ”

The Yang Sun clan knew very well that this was a battle of life and death for the family!

Every detail must be perfect, otherwise, if this matter is cut off, the Yang family may not last half a year.

A few months ago, the Zhou family, which was majestic in the entire Chang'an City, and even the Flower Street and Willow Lane, was also turned into its own industry by the Zhou family, but it was still in front of me, and it was only two or three months in the past!

In the past few days, Yang Sun has dreamed of the pleading voices of Zhou's wives and daughters every night, and dreamed of the miserable appearance of the Zhou ladies who she had gotten along very well with that day.

When I opened my eyes, I found that my whole body was trembling, and my whole body was curled up in the corner of the bed.

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"Fourteen million dollars?" Zhang Yue looked at the quotation returned by the Yang family, and felt a little incredible.

When did it become so cheap to build a city?

You must know that in order to repair the Phoenix Que, today's son spent tens of thousands of funds, requisitioned thousands of people, and mobilized the tunnel camp in Chang'an to participate in the construction.

But then he came to his senses.

This Yang family is changing the law to bribe him!

"This official doesn't take advantage of this!" Zhang Yue handed the white paper in his hand back to Yang Xu, and said, "Your family's kindness, this official understands it!" But this project is not to be played with......"

However, Yang's actions reminded him of another thing.

Nowadays, Xinfeng's finances are relatively tight.

The cash flow of the Industrial and Commercial Department seems to be very large, and the withheld payments add up to almost 10,000.

But......

The money is not your own.

Sooner or later, it will have to be returned to the workshop owners.

Using them for industrial upgrading and transformation, the workshop owners may not have gossip yet.

If you use it to build a lot of wood, I'm afraid there will be some problems.

Zhang Yue knows that at any time, reputation is the most valuable thing.

Especially if the government has no reputation, it will not lose money.

It's the human heart!

Just like the Jiaozi currency that began to sprout in the Tang Dynasty, from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, it has always been good.

However, wait until Meng Yuan began to issue treasure banknotes.

All of a sudden, it became worthless.

Zhang Yue will still want to play currency reform in the future.

I don't want any stain on credibility.

But...... As a traverser, Zhang Yue knows that he must make good use of the power of capital!

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue suddenly took back the blank paper of Yang's quotation and smiled at Yang Xu.

Yang Xu, who was laughing, only felt that his scalp was numb and his back was cold.

"Yang Jun ......," Zhang Yue beckoned to him.

Yang Xu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his head respectfully: "The kid respectfully hears the instructions......

"Your offer is significantly lower by ......"

"Bricks, tiles, wood, equipment, and labor, all low!"

"If your family makes this offer, I'm afraid it will be a loss......

Yang Xu listened and knew that he couldn't hide this Zhang Chiyou, so he had to smile and say: "Serve the country and do your best for the service, this is the blessing of the Yang family......"

"That's not going to work!" Zhang Yue smiled and said: "If everyone is like this, wouldn't the world be chaotic?" ”

"I have tasted it: the Tao is born. Those who are law-abiding lead to gains and losses are roped, and those who are clear and straightforward are also. Therefore, those who practice the Tao dare to violate the law and dare to break it, and the law is established and dare to abolish it. Therefore, you can lead yourself to the rope, and then see the world without confusion! ”

"Today, I am a deacon, bearing the trust of His Majesty, the letter of the eldest grandson, I dare not break the law of the first emperor, and be worldly!"

"In this way, the gentleman went back and told your mother, and said that Xinfeng took your family's offer......"

Yang Xu listened, raised his head strangely, some people don't understand this Zhang You has gone around in such a big circle, what are you going to do?

But he didn't dare to make a sound, so he could only listen quietly.

I listened to Zhang Yue and said: "However, it's just the cost of the project...... That is, your family is responsible for building and building ......"

"Other materials and labor, Xinfeng is conceited!"

Zhang Yue rubbed his hands and became excited.

In any era, the size of the middle class determines the strength of the country and the future of the country.

Just like the later generations of Mi Di, his poverty base indicator is actually an annual personal income of less than 11,700 US dollars and a family income of less than 24,250 US dollars!

Such a poverty line, placed in other places, high income may not be necessarily, and the middle class is appropriate.

And what is the middle class of Midi?

The answer is individuals with an annual income of $50,000 to $80,000 or families with an annual income of $100,000.

It is by virtue of such a terrible middle class that Midi has raised twelve aircraft carrier squadrons, dominating the earth, and has the size to ignore any other country and force.

And in the Han Dynasty, there is also a saying of the middle class.

That was an allusion that appeared during the time of Taizong.

Taizong wanted to build a pavilion, but as soon as he calculated the offer, he actually asked for 100 gold, and he immediately stopped repairing it.

Leave that famous sentence through the ages: 100 gold, the property of the ten families of the Chinese people, I serve the palace of the first emperor, often afraid of shame, why is it Taiwan?

Therefore, the total property of the middle-class family in the Han family should not be less than 100,000 yuan.

The annual income should be at least 25,000 yuan.

And how many people in Xinfeng County can meet this standard now?

The answer is that it can barely be reached by a thousand households!

Among them, there are more than 200 landlords, aristocrats, and wealthy merchants.

There is no way, it was like this before the century, there are too few places where people can make money.

Most people receive only income from the output of the land.

If you are lucky and diligent, you can just rely on animal husbandry and hunting to earn more.

That is, after the opening of Xinfeng Workshop Park, Xinfeng's surplus labor force finally had a place to go, and people's income began to increase.

But the increase is not significant.

This is because most of the workers in the workshop are apprentices.

Even the apprentices in the best-paid workshops have no wages during the apprenticeship, and the workshop is just to take care of their accommodations and clothes, and give them a red envelope during the New Year's holidays.

That's it, and it's already very conscientious.

In the beginning, some workshop owners even blackhearted let the apprentices take care of their own food and lodging.

It was only after Zhang Yue asked Sang Jun to intervene strongly that he corrected it.

Therefore, the fact that the people's income is too low has always given Zhang Yue a headache.

Low people's income means low desire to consume, and low consumption means low domestic demand.

If there is no domestic demand, who will the products of the Future Workshop Park sell to?

This kind of day when ordinary people may not be able to afford a new dress a year, Zhang Yue doesn't want to endure it anymore!