In a village thirty miles outside Yangzhou City, Mo Qingcheng was lying on the ground shirtless, his back was beaten red, and there were two or three young men standing next to him who were watching the execution, and Mo Yu was standing behind the Momen giant with his eyes half-closed and his hands down.

"I beat you in order to make you have a longer memory, you know that your impulse put a hundred disciples of Momen in prison, save you for you, your uncle is disgraced, you think you are smart, dare to rob the prince, you have grown a few heads, you almost missed me! Remember, don't underestimate anyone, carry him down to heal his wounds."

After a few people carried Mo Qingcheng down, the giant didn't reply and said: "No wonder this person is young and in a high position, I really underestimate him, this person is taking the lead in this matter, first using the arithmetic and organs that my sect is good at to make my faction frustrate and demonstrate, and then let Qingcheng give us face, and detain others is to be a grip, advance and retreat, in the future, my sect will try not to clash with this person head-on, and the affairs of Jiangnan will be dormant for a period of time and do another thing."

As soon as the Mid-Autumn Festival passed, the double cropping rice ushered in a bumper harvest again, and after sending nearly four million stone grains to the north, Xiao Zheng came to the edge of the West Lake again.

The embankment on the edge of the West Lake has begun to appear, the art of the Yan brothers is really not covered, Xiao Zheng just put forward an idea, these two put these ideas into the picture, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a scene of ten steps, although the weather is getting cooler, but many people in Hangzhou City still come to enjoy the scenery on the newly built embankment.

Less than two miles away from Hangzhou Academy, the second branch of Yingzhou Pavilion in Chang'an ended early under Pei Mingli's control, and when he arrived at the door, he found that the housewives of the wealthy merchants who came over to buy things were shoulder to shoulder, and they also spent a lot of money on these sachets and glassware, Xiao Zheng looked outside, although there was no rank mark on the carriage of these people, but it was also extremely luxuriously decorated.

"That's right, what do you do at home if you don't spend money."

"My lord, this first has the beautiful scenery of the West Lake in front, the academy next to it, and this Yingzhou Pavilion is set off, it will be difficult to think of this place in the future," Yan Lide said to Xiao Zheng with a smile.

"This is also the result of the hard work of your two brothers, and in the future, you will set up a monument here and write down the merits of your two brothers, which is not better than you just drawing on paper."

"That's right, the lower officials are also very grateful for the great tyranny," the Yan brothers said very gratefully.

"My lord, although the construction of the West Lake Water Conservancy is a major event that will benefit the future, but we don't have much money to use now, if it weren't for the excessive taxes paid by the court, we would have to do more things, but now that Chang'an has experienced too many disasters, it is reasonable to transport more money and grain from the south of the Yangtze River to them" Pei Mingli also said with emotion.

"The money will come back immediately," Xiao Zheng said with a smile.

"Your Excellency has a good plan?" When Pei Mingli heard this, his eyes lit up and he asked, this guy is now a five-body devotee to Xiao Zheng's ability to make money.

"Old Yan, how about the villa I asked you to build by the lake?"

"My lord, the model room you mentioned has been completely completed, and the others are also under construction, and all 100 buildings will be completed by the end of October," Yan Lide said with a smile.

"Isn't the money coming," Xiao Zheng said to Pei Mingli with a smile.

At the end of August, the Chuzhou Chamber of Commerce and the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce received Xiao Zheng's invitation, and on September 9, nearly 300 businessmen gathered in the Yingzhou Pavilion, and the hall was staggered.

After being full of wine and food, Xiao Zheng said to these people with a smile: "Everyone, I didn't scrape the land in Jiangnan after I arrived in Jiangnan, did you lose money?" ”

"Haha......" made everyone laugh as soon as he said it.

"Those of you who donated money in the academy, are Ben back now?"

Xie Wenxin of the Jiangnan Printing Bureau said with a smile: "Don't talk about the donated money, you are now asking the villain to build this academy with my own strength, and the villain dares to pat this chest."

"If you build it alone, there will be people behind you who are anxious for you" Xiao Zheng's words caused everyone to laugh again.

After these people quieted down, Xiao Zheng said to these businessmen: "Everyone, before building the academy, I also told you that I have built some houses in a beautiful place by the lake, and it is okay to say that it is a villa, if you are interested and want to buy, you can go to see it first, if you are not interested, you can go to the lake for a walk to eliminate food and go back to your home."

When they arrived at the villa that had been built, they were brought in by a few dressed maids in groups of ten. When the merchants entered, they found that the house could still be built like this, with large tiles inlaid inside. The big iron door of the gilt copper looks like it makes people feel the magnificence, the single courtyard is not counted, and the family has also opened a distance, sitting in the house through the wide glass can also overlook the beautiful scenery in the lake, the swing and the small garden in the courtyard of the lower head make people look at the heart and feel comfortable, the most novel thing is that there is no smelly dung pit when going to the toilet, replaced by a thing called the toilet, the special room for the toilet is cleaner than their own house.

After returning from the model house, Xiao Zheng took the merchant back to Yingzhou Pavilion, and at this time, everyone put a booklet in front of them, in which the style and style of each villa were drawn and numbered.

"Everyone, what you just saw is the model room, that is, the appearance of the house after it is done, these villas will be completed by the end of October, the style of this room is the masterpiece of the Yan brothers of the contemporary country, if you like which villa, you can quote after calling the number above, but say good, the highest price will have to be, you can bid if you are interested in buying for a while."

At this time, a fat man stood up and said, "My lord, is the model house for sale?" ”

"Sell! As long as the price you pay makes others silent, it will be yours immediately, and the government will issue you the title deed," Xiao Zheng replied.

"Adults, villains out a thousand times".

"Just look at the gate and the glass are worth five hundred yuan, and I will be one thousand thousand hundred yuan," a merchant in Chuzhou stood up and said with a smile.

"Two thousand runs," everyone on the side shouted unconvinced.

Soon, the villa in the model room rose to 5,000 yuan, and after the fat man shouted 5,000 yuan, other merchants should have no response.

At this time, Pei Mingli, who was standing in front, smashed the gavel on the castanets and shouted: "Deal, 5,000 model rooms!" ”。

With the front proof, the back is much easier, and the prices of these villas are almost all sold for about 5,000 yuan.

Two of the five villas, with more elaborate workmanship and larger area, were bought by several wealthy merchants for more than 10,000 yuan.

Soon these houses were sold out, and in less than half a day, Xiao Zheng had nearly 700,000 yuan in his account.

"My lord, are we going to build it by the lake behind us" Yan Lide's eyes turned red when he saw that he had made so much money at once.

"Do you think someone will buy as much as you build? Remember, you can't fish in the water."

Turning his head to Wei Qingquan, he said: "You must take a good look at the land by the lake, such a good scenery can't let others give disaster anymore."

"Don't worry, my lord, such a good place, the lower officials will defend it desperately."

Wei Qingquan saw that Xiao Zheng could sell such a small piece of land for so much money, and stared at the West Lake outside with blue light in his eyes.