Li Zicheng originally planned to open a new school in Xining, but there were no teachers for the time being, and more than ten teachers trained by Xining Girls' School are now all teaching in Xining Primary School, almost full capacity, and in the second half of this year, they will recruit first-grade freshmen, and the teachers' courses are heavier, and it is impossible to come to Lanzhou.

If it is up to himself or Guo Shijun to train another batch of students in Lanzhou, it will be impossible, it will take at least three or four years, and neither of them will have enough time.

However, since there is a primary school in Xining, and there will be a middle school in the future, why not let the Wu family sell pencils to Xining? It's just a little more freight!

Li Zicheng made up his mind, so he called a personal soldier and asked him to go to the Lanzhou Pencil Factory in front of him, and told Wu Jing that the main sales place of pencils is still Xining, and the market can also be opened up to Jiangnan and the Western Regions.

Compared with the residential areas and industrial areas in the north city, the business district and science and education area in the south city are much more deserted, and the science and education district in the southwest corner has only one Lanzhou Science and Technology Higher Education School, standing alone at the junction of Lanzhou Road and Xining Road, and the sound of students reading can be heard far away!

The business district in the southwest corner has not yet become a climate, there are only one or two shops, along the traffic artery, this is still half an afternoon, and the second child is ready to close.

Nowadays, commercial activities are mainly in the old city, and it will be much more convenient for people in the city to shop.

With such a convenient location, such a quiet environment, and such a wide avenue, will it become the so-called "ghost town" in later generations?

Li Zicheng originally positioned this business district as a nearby commodity distribution center, using the central location of Lanzhou City, so that businessmen from all over the world come here to concentrate on procurement, which is equivalent to the "Wuhu Small Commodity Wholesale Market", using commercial circulation to drive the development of the entire Lanzhou City.

The key is that the territory of the Mandate of Heaven is relatively barren everywhere, and the commerce is extremely underdeveloped, and the production of luxury goods in Xining mainly depends on the Jiangnan market.

In order to let the people live a good life and promote the development of Lanzhou's industry and commerce, in the final analysis, it is necessary to cultivate the local market and improve the purchasing power of the local people, which can only be done step by step.

However, the effective intervention of the government and the guidance of policies can accelerate the speed of development and make Lanzhou truly a central city as soon as possible.

Li Zicheng was founded on Xining South Road, and in addition to a few of them, there were several workers from the Lanzhou Bicycle Factory on the entire avenue, riding bicycles, maybe they were testing the quality of bicycles, maybe they were not surprised, but this time, there were not many onlookers.

What to do? Should this market be left to waste?

Li Zicheng took He Mi and others, wandering back and forth on the avenue, he had no idea for a while, the slightest cool breeze rushed straight to his neck, Li Zicheng suddenly realized, population, the key is that there is no population in the business district, the basis of commerce, is human activities, without population, where does business come from?

Everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as some commercial banks settle in, it will drive the development of the business district.

But how to increase the population of the business district and stimulate the vitality of the business district, Li Zicheng had no idea for a while, so he returned to the old city, entered the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and came directly to the Gold and Silver Division.

When Guo Shijun saw Li Zicheng, he hurriedly got up and saluted, "Why did the Metropolitan Governor come to the Gold and Silver Division today?" Is there anything important? ”

"Can't I come here to see you if it's okay?" Li Zicheng smiled and sat down on the wooden chair, and asked He Xiaomi to go out temporarily, Fang said: "Shijun, I just came from the new city, and when I saw the commercial area, it was too withered, and I was a little anxious in my heart......

"What does the Metropolitan Governor mean......" Guo Shijun saw that He Xiaomi went to the door, knowing that the matter was confidential, and he didn't dare to make a decision for a while.

"Tell me how to make the business district prosperous?" Li Zicheng's eyes looked at Guo Shijun, "Only when the business district is prosperous, the people will be rich, and the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion will also get more commercial taxes." ”

"This is a complementary thing, in turn, the people are rich, it can also promote the development and prosperity of commerce," Guo Shijun personally served Li Zicheng tea, "However, the people of Lanzhou are too barren, and the commercial foundation is weak, if it is not for the governor to come to Lanzhou, they will not even have to eat, and if they want to prosper business, I am afraid it will not be a matter of a short time!" ”

"Do you want to let the business district empty and become a 'ghost town'?" Li Zicheng was a little unwilling, "How did the cities in later generations prosper commerce?" ”

Guo Shijun was silent, if he wanted to make business prosperous in a short period of time, he really didn't have any good way, the economic foundation decided everything, compared with Jingshi and Jiangnan, Lanzhou and Xining were too barren, and the people had just solved the problem of food and clothing, so how could they have any purchasing power?

Part of the reason why he gradually increased the issuance of banknotes in Lanzhou was to invigorate the economy, but the issuance of banknotes should not be too large, and the speed of issuance should not be too fast, otherwise, it may get out of control, either prices will soar, or the value of banknotes will depreciate, no matter which result, it will damage the credibility of banknotes.

Therefore, he has been cautious, lest there be a little mess.

But Li Zicheng talked about ghost towns, which gave him a faint hint of inspiration, and when it came to later generations, his thinking suddenly became clear, and no one could compare to Deng Taizong when it came to economic development!

With such a good ancestor, why not just use it?

Guo Shijun thought hard, frowned for a while, shook his head for a while, lit up in his eyes for a while, nodded again, and even muttered to himself for a long time, Fang said: "Governor, my subordinates have thought of a method, I don't know if it is feasible or not......"

"Don't sell it, if you have any good ideas, say it quickly!"

Guo Shijun said: "Sell the commercial street, there will not be too many people buying now, first demarcate a small piece, and then sell this piece completely." ”

"What's the idea?" Li Zicheng said: "In the commercial area of the new city, the current land is given away for nothing, and no one has built houses or opened shops, can it be sold?" ”

He knows that there are not many merchants in Lanzhou City, and their strength is limited, so the land in the new city is given away for free, whether it is a residential area, an industrial area, or a commercial area that is not popular now.

Although the Mandate of Heaven was short of money, in the early stage of the development of industry and commerce, it needed more primitive accumulation, and in order to speed up the development of industry and commerce, he chose to issue paper money to help the rapid rise of industrial and commercial households.

Guo Shijun said with a smile: "'Buy up, don't buy down', first determine a lower price, and then every two or three days, the price will rise a little ......"

Li Zicheng said happily: "Shijun is saying that merchants see that the price of land is rising, regardless of whether they are ready to expand the commercial bank, it is possible to buy a piece and stock it?" But then he shook his head and said, "No one wants to give it away for free, how can merchants spend money to buy it?" The key is how to get merchants to take action......"

"Maybe at the beginning, there were no merchants to buy, and the trick of constantly increasing prices at that time would be seen through by others," Guo Shijun thought with his fingers, "You can let our people buy some first, it doesn't matter if you don't use it, stock it up first, and in the future, the land price will rise, and then sell it, which is also an income, anyway, the money is our own, but it is just moved from the left pocket to the right pocket......

"Let our people drive the market?" Li Zicheng understood Guo Shijun's trick, and in front of others, he took out money to buy land, and then returned it behind his back......

"Dadu Governor Mingjian," Guo Shijun said with a smile: "As for whether to sell the land, or build a house and sell it again, the Dadu Governor will decide for himself." ”

Li Zicheng thought about it for a while, and then denied it, there are too many major events in the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, and these small profits will be handed over to the merchants, and to develop industry and commerce, in the final analysis, a large number of merchants are still needed.

However, the land purchased by one's own people can be built first, and then some of the luxury goods produced in Xining can be transported to fill the façade.

As for the price of the land......

Li Zicheng decided that the land of each shop is three zhang long and one zhang wide, and the price is tentatively set at one yuan, that is, the price of radish, and then gradually rises in the future!

He immediately bid farewell to Guo Shijun, took He Xiaomi, and they came to the Lanzhou Mansion, and handed over this glorious task to Tang Ruowang, the prefect of Lanzhou, and became the shopkeeper himself.

However, he has been paying close attention to the development of things in China and making relevant suggestions to John Tong at any time.

By the end of March, in addition to the dark box operation of their own people, the commercial area actually sold 11 fast land, and the sale of Huayuan was less than 20 yuan, almost negligible.

Li Zicheng is still smiling, it's better than giving it away for free, and no one wanted it for free before!

The most important thing is that the business has finally shown a little vitality, including the few people who operate in the dark, and the business district is close to the most convenient place on Lanzhou Road, and the merchants are rushing to build houses.

Li Zicheng felt that it was not bad for him to leave some shops here, Lanzhou would become a central city, and if Xining's Shunfeng commercial firm wanted to develop, it would not be able to ignore Lanzhou, taking advantage of the cheap land price now, just to set up the shops, as long as there was a transaction, even if there was no profit.

After returning from Xincheng, Li Zicheng went to the study as usual, and all places would send messages to Lanzhou, and as long as he was not there, the soldiers would put the newly received information in a locked drawer alone, waiting for him to check it.

During this period of time, although he paid attention to the business district, he did not dare to pull down the message.

The imperial court is desperate to eliminate the thieves, the tiger cavalry, the wolf cavalry, and the second battalion are all fighting in the area of Helan Mountain, and a lot of information will affect the next development trend of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Li Zicheng opened the drawer, and there were more than ten messages locked inside, some of which were very short, and some of which were sent by flying pigeons, and some of which were sent by heralds on horseback.

He looked at them one by one, most of them just glanced, and then casually sorted them into the messages he had read, but there were two messages that made him think for a while.

One was sent by Zhou Bin and Song Wen, who stayed in Xining: The fifth and seventh battalions have completed their training, and they asked the governor to instruct them on the next move.

The other is a war report jointly sent back by Gao Yigong, Wang Junzhuo, and Li Guo of Helan Mountain: All the land south of Wolf Mountain has been taken, and the herdsmen of the Wata Buang Department, except for those who died in battle, have all been surrendered, and they have agreed to "serve God and become Han nationality", and asked the Metropolitan Governor to send civil officials to take over.