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Lin Xiajian's house also has a variety of house types, ranging from one-bedroom to three-bedroom. Each household can choose according to the population, because the land area of the community is much lower than Charlemagne's ordinary housing with a yard, and the price is naturally much cheaper. 15 gold coins for a one-bedroom, 25 gold coins for a two-bedroom apartment, and 35 gold coins for a three-bedroom apartment, with slight fluctuations depending on factors such as floor.
Lin Xia also made a requirement for the loan term, and must be at least 18 years old to apply for a loan, considering the low life expectancy of Charlemagne in mainland China, only loans are allowed until the age of 45.
Because the homeless people are all poor and white, Lin Xia gives them the benefit of zero down payment, as long as the principal and interest are repaid every month. But if you're not a homeless, sorry, make a 30 percent down payment upfront.
As for these displaced people to repay their loans, there is no problem at all. Lin Xia's salary to the private army is very high, 8 silver coins per month, even if it is the main battle army of the empire, the military salary is less than 5 silver coins, and it may not be able to be paid on time. Even if you buy the largest three-bedroom house and take out a loan for fifteen years, there is no pressure to repay it at all. The homeless people over the age of 30 are all workers in the construction community, and Lin Xia's salary is 5 silver coins per month, and it is not difficult to buy a house.
These homeless people are very happy to move in and finally have their own home. The important thing is to return to the arms of the Xilin family, which makes the displaced people feel a lot more at ease.
It is worth mentioning that when these displaced people moved out of their homes, the townspeople were very reluctant. After Lin Xia asked the reason, he learned that the townspeople felt honored because they could help the Xilin family, and they were willing to let these homeless people live in their homes for a long time. And these homeless people are also very diligent, and they will take the initiative to help the townspeople do what they can.
After Osborne's army withdrew, Lin Xia asked a hundred part-time private troops of the Xilin family to prepare to receive the displaced people at the city gate, but Lin Xia made a requirement that the displaced people who could receive them must be the children of the original Xilin family. For the other displaced people, Lin Xia did not completely let it go, and built a large shelter ten miles away from Xilin Town, where the displaced people could live, and the Xilin family would also prepare some gruel to maintain their survival.
Lin Xia also wanted to receive as many displaced people as possible, but Xilin Town was too small to accommodate too many people after all.
Fortunately, there are not many displaced people from outside, and the most displaced people who can go to Xilin Town are the displaced people from Dussel City, which are the most priority received by Xilin Town. The farther ones are basically from the Valen Province, although the time interval is relatively long, but they can barely be regarded as the children of the original Xilin family.
Because of the increase in the number of displaced people, the Royal Forest Army barracks in Xilin Town have become large construction sites, and houses have begun to be built, and Lin Xia's money has also been spent like flowing water. Fortunately, the salary sent out has also been recovered a lot through the mortgage. In addition, the townspeople of Xilin Town are also interested in new houses, and many people have made a down payment and bought some houses, which makes Lin Xia's funds tight, but they can also maintain them.
The number of 500 people in the private army was quickly gathered, but the number of displaced people was still increasing, Lin Xia thought about it, and directly expanded to 1,000 people, and the remaining 500 people were considered reserves and were not included in the official military register. Many nobles did the same in order to expand their private armies.
After Xavier received Lin Xia's letter, he immediately sent Borg to officially take over the training of the private army. Carlos also left the town of Xilin and went to the city of Dussel, where he began the expansion of Hongxing's power.
The busiest people during this time are Alex and Campbell, and Alex, as the mayor of the town, is very busy because of the large number of homeless people.
Campbell was even more busy, because Lin Xia didn't have anyone on his hands, so most of the management work was arranged to Campbell. But what made Campbell uncomfortable was not work, but that the young master spent money too quickly. He could see yesterday that Lin Xia's safe was only a thin layer of gold coins.
Soon in the spring, Lin Xia's gold coins finally bottomed out, and just as he was wondering if he should write a letter to Xavier and ask Xavier to bring another batch of gold coins, he saw Sophie happily passing by with a newly bought dress.
Lin Xia stopped Sophie and asked, "New clothes?" Because of the scarcity of the Xilin family, even with the maids, they lived a very simple life, and rarely bought new clothes.
"Yes, young master. Because Lin Xia has been staying for a long time, Sophie is no longer so restrained: "I just bought it from the shelter outside the city, and the price is cheap." ”
"Did the homeless people outside the city do it?" Lin Xia asked curiously.
"Yes, there are a lot of things sold outside the city, and the prices are very cheap. Sophie was clearly happy to be able to buy something cheap.
Lin Xia immediately had an idea and walked towards the city gate. As soon as he arrived at the city gate, he ran into Alex, who had a new pair of shoes in his hand, and from the direction he came, it was clear that he had just bought them at the shelter.
Through Alex's introduction, Lin Xia knew what was going on.
The exiles from outside are not the children of the Xilin family, and they cannot enter Xilin Town. But because of the affairs and shelter provided by Lin Xia, although it was still very hard, fortunately, it was safe to live without having to be displaced.
Now that they are at peace, these people also see hope. So some people with crafts began to make some clothes, shoes and hats, and bamboo baskets through craftsmanship and sell them to the townspeople of Xilin Town in exchange for some income.
Lin Xia looked in the direction of the displaced people, there were more than a thousand people, and said to Alex: "It shouldn't be a problem to take these thousand people into Xilin Town." ”
"Young master, it's only been two months, and the population of Xilin Town has doubled, although the community you built can accommodate a relatively large number of people, but Xilin Town is too crowded now. Alex said worriedly.
It's crowded with so many people, it's because you haven't been in Huaxia, and you don't know what a real crowd is. In this era, people represent productivity and wealth. Despite Alex's objections, Lin Xia decided that these people would move into Xilin Town after a while.
Of course, it is not so easy to move into Xilin Town. Lin Xia first called Birmingham and asked him to select skilled people from among the displaced people and allow them to enter Xilin Town first. The family loaned them so that they could buy a house in Xilin Township.
The first craftsmen selected by Lin Xia were tailors, and at the same time, Lin Xia chose a military camp for the Imperial Forest Army, which was named University Park by Lin Xia and used to build a school.
Lin Xia had already thought about the first school, and it was called Lanxiang Technical School, of course, Charlemagne did not have an excavator. There is currently only one specialization offered: tailoring.
The reason why he chose a tailor is because Hong Xing already has a store of Universal Clothing in the imperial capital, and the clothing of Universal Clothing has always been in short supply, and the imperial capital can't find so much manpower to make clothes, but there is manpower here.
For those who have no skills, they can enter the Lanxiang Technical School to learn tailoring skills, and the homeless people and the townspeople of Xilin Town can sign up to learn. Of course, learning is not free, but what should I do if the homeless people have no money, Lin Xia opened another business for this problem, student loans.
Lin Xia took out one of the Royal Forest Army barracks to make an industrial park, the first factory in the industrial park, the Chanel garment factory officially opened in the industrial park, and the tailors of the garment factory are basically from the homeless, of course, some tailors from Xilin Town joined.
After graduating from Lanxiang Technical School, as long as you pass the exam, you can directly enter the Chanel garment factory to work, and depending on ability, ordinary workers can get a salary of 4 to 7 silver coins per month. If such a salary is placed in other cities, it can already make people blush. But what made the displaced people even more excited was that after graduating and passing the probationary period of the Chanel garment factory, they were allowed to move to the town of Xilin.
Once the costumes are ready, they will be transported to the imperial capital and handed over to Universal Apparel for sale.
Because of the opening of the Chanel Garment Factory and the Lanxiang Technical School, there was a wave of learning in Xilin Town, which made Lin Xia feel that it was a good thing, so he built a new school in the University Park, the Whampoa Military Academy.
The Whampoa Military Academy does not teach military affairs at this stage, and even if it teaches military affairs, the private army of the Xilin family will not be able to learn it, for a very simple reason, because these private soldiers are still illiterate and illiterate.
The private army of the Xilin family is all from the homeless, and these homeless people were either ordinary farmers before, or some hawkers, mud legs, where to study.
The great man said that an army without culture is a stupid army. Therefore, Lin Xia demanded that all private soldiers must spend two hours at the Whampoa Military Academy to learn to read and write after their daily training.
After a series of reforms in Xilin Town, Lin Xia himself did not notice that Xilin Town's economy has achieved rapid development, and if there is an agency like the Bureau of Statistics, it will be found that Xilin Town's GDP has increased by at least three times.