Chapter 360: Turning Stone into Gold
Akayamaura was originally just a small barren bay.
But now, here has a new look, and there are countless sailing ships moored in the harbor. The white sails are dotted, and the sailors on board wash the deck, bask in the sun, and fish.
There are many more people busy loading and unloading goods.
Now Chishanpu is already a lively commercial town, because there is Li Xiao, a noble from Chang'an, so it has broken the convention that the market must be in the county.
Chishanpu, which was originally a wasteland, now has a wharf, a warehouse, a street, and a restaurant inn, but in such a lively place, there is not even a city wall.
There are no yamen, no officials, and no soldiers and horses.
But there is a big nine-headed Jiaojiao flag fluttering in the wind.
This is Li Xiao's private territory, this Haipu has already been bought by Li Xiao, and even the land along the coast for ten miles is Li Xiao's.
At the beginning, the county magistrate thought that Li Xiao was a little stupid and spent thousands of dollars to buy such a large piece of wasteland.
And now the county magistrate who came from Weifu is really a little dumbfounded. I didn't think it could become so noisy and busy in a short period of time.
"There must be at least a hundred boats, right?" The prefectural order said to the friends around him.
"Not only that, there must be more than a hundred large ships, not counting the smaller ones. Today, there are more than 10,000 people in this Chishanpo every day, and there is an endless stream of traders coming and going, and the food and drink are a large number, and Chishanpu itself does not produce these, and it is all transported from the vicinity and the landing port. ”
More than 10,000 people need to eat and drink, and the construction here is still going on, and the materials required are also very large.
Now Chishanpu is lively, even with Wendeng County is lively, many people rush here to work, the nearby fishermen row boats every day to deliver fishing goods, how many will be collected, no longer have to worry about not being able to sell, even the price has risen a lot, now everyone is just worried about not being able to catch more catches.
The woodcutters, the charcoal burners, and the craftsmen can all come here to make money during this slack time.
Just the more than 8,000 Goguryeo slaves have now attracted countless people to come.
Not to mention, the Chishanpu Shipyard, which is also under construction here, has also attracted the attention of countless people. It is said that this shipyard is still in the process of construction, but it has already recruited thousands of craftsmen from the entire Huainan Lingjiang Road in Henan, and the new shipyard has not yet been put into production, and has already received orders for more than 100 large sea ships.
In this way, even after the more than 8,000 slaves are sold, this place will not be deserted.
A huge shipyard with thousands of craftsmen, then with their families, would form a real city of thousands of people.
Coupled with the newly opened direct routes between Chisan-Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, and Dongying, the future here is limitless and will never be deserted again.
The prefectural order now regrets it a little.
No matter how you look at it now, this Chishanpu is a treasure land, and it is worth a lot.
"Why did you agree to sell it in the first place, and sell it so cheaply."
The staff reminded his owner a little unceremoniously, "This land is originally a desolate place, and it is not worth a dime." There are many places like Wendeng County. It's worth a lot now, and that's because it's in Li Xiao's hands. ”
What is really valuable is not the place of Chishanpu, but the changes brought by Li Xiao.
Li Xiao opened up this new route, Li Xiao got thousands of slaves, Li Xiao made such a big move, attracting merchants from all walks of life to come to participate in this auction conference, the same Li Xiao, build a new town here, build a new shipyard.
Without Li Xiao, then this Chishanpu is still just desolate.
"Why didn't Li Xianzi build the shipyard to our county seat, why didn't he build these shops to the county seat."
If you build it in the county seat, you will be able to collect the city tax, and if you build it in the county seat, there will be many benefits in the future.
"Dong Weng, Li Xianzi is a celebrity in front of the Son of Heaven, I advise Dong Weng not to have other ideas that should not be." The staff reminded his own Dong Weng, Li Xiao is a person who can mess up the water in Chang'an, and a person who can ruin the family of Wang Liucui, you are a small county order, although you are also from the Shi clan, but you are just a Ming Jingke official from the Xiao Shi clan.
The prefectural order, who originally had some ideas, suddenly lost his mood.
I don't want to go into that busy and noisy place anymore, "Go back to the county seat." ”
Akayamaura.
Li Xiao had officially named the place Chishan Port, and he had great ambitions to make this seaport the second largest port in the north and a trading port next to Dengzhou.
In front of a small brand-new building, there is a sign that reads the office of the Andong Provincial Economic and Pacification Mission in Chishanura.
The front hall of the hospital is full of people.
In the center of the hall was a large sand table made by dozens of craftsmen for many days according to Li Xiao's drawings and requirements.
Above is a strange and brand-new Chishan Port, a busy trade city built near the port, the city has three cities, Luocheng, Inner City, and Yacheng.
Yacheng is the place where the office is located, and now this is only Li Xiao's private territory, but Li Xiao knows that when this place is further developed, the imperial court will definitely not indulge it anymore, and maybe a military town will be set up here, or even the county government will be moved here.
At that time, the city of Yacheng will be where the garrison or the county government and the county school are located.
The inner city, on the other hand, will be a residential area. As for Luocheng, it will be warehouses, commercial areas.
The shipyard is built near the port, the dock is in Chishanpuri, and the wharf is connected to the harbor and the warehouse area on the other side, transiting goods and business travel.
The planning is very neat and the layout is very reasonable.
But such a big plan requires a lot of money, and at present, Li Xiao has no money to invest here. And even if there were, he didn't plan to vote alone.
"Invite you to come, is to invite everyone to work together for a win-win situation, this sand table is the future Chishan Port, the second largest port in the north of Datang, second only to Dengzhou Port, in the future it will become the fastest and largest transit port between Datang and Andong Road, and will also become a prosperous trade port in the north."
"I've always liked to make friends, if you have money, everyone earns it together, and everyone shares the benefits."
Li Xiao pointed to the sand table, "Which piece of land and which project you like, you can bid for it, and in the end, the one with the strongest strength and the best conditions will get it." ”
Li Xiao made a sand table and made a plan, and if he wanted to come in and play together, he would pay for it.
"This street is good, I have a bag from the Zheng family in Xingyang." A concubine from the Zheng family in Xingyang, Henan Province waved his hand very heroically. "Make a price."
Li Xiao said very happily, "The Zheng family in Xingyang really deserves to be a family of five surnames, and it is very heroic." This street is definitely a prime location, the Zheng family is interested, and of course I welcome it. However, for the sake of fairness, we have to let other families also bid, and in the end, we will get the one with the highest price. ”
"Another point is that the auctioneer must be built according to the plan of this sand table, and must not change it without permission, let alone do anything else."
The Zheng family smiled, "Of course, what we fancy is the future development potential of this Chishanpu, with the direct route of Andong Road, plus the shipyard, we believe that this place will be very promising in the future." And Li County's planning is also very good, and it is doing quite well. If our Zheng family wins this street, it will definitely be built into a commercial street according to the plan. ”
"That's fine, after it is completed, whether you sell or rent this shop is your own business, and I will not interfere." Li Xiao is very satisfied with this kind of upright partner.
"Is anyone else bidding?"
Zheng's eyes swept over a group of people, everyone was quite face-saving, anyway, the new Chishan Port project is very big, everyone has a goal, and they don't necessarily have to compete with the Zheng family.
In the end, Zheng made a good offer.
Li Xiao was satisfied with the price, but he was not satisfied with the situation. He glanced at the crowd a few times, and then someone came out to compete for an offer, the price was not high, but at least there was competition.
The Zheng family is determined to win this street, and no matter who asks for it, he will immediately increase the price.
So after three rounds, no one fought with him anymore.
Zheng Shizi asked happily, "Who else?" ”
Li Xiao also asked three times, and then clapped his hands, "Congratulations to the Zheng family for winning this Golden Street." ”
The Zheng family spent thousands of dollars to get the right to build a street and have ownership, but this street is still just a wasteland, and everything has to be built by the Zheng family themselves, and it has to be built according to Li Xiao's plan.
Li Xiao is just a drawing and a sand table, and then with a stroke on it, thousands of dollars have already been recorded. As for saying that after this street is built, Chishan Port will be really busy in the future, and whether the street will be more valuable, Li Xiao doesn't care.
Having money to earn together is not just about sharing.
Attracting more partners is actually a kind of resource sharing. The Zheng family has enough financial resources and influence to build this commercial street quickly.
After many powerful partners came in, the desolate Chishanpo became a brand new Chishan Port City, which will no longer just exist on the drawing paper.
And a real Chishan Port will undoubtedly be more valuable than a desolate Chishan Pu, although Li Xiao is now selling the entire Chishan Port, but in fact, in the end, the entire Chishan Port is still in his name Li Xiao.
He is the master of the entire Chishan Port.
With a stroke of the sand table, Li Xiao can enter tens of thousands of accounts. In the future, after the completion of the project and the completion of the entire Chishan Port, the Chishan Port will be more valuable, so Li Xiao, who owns the Chishanpu Harbor and has the entire harbor coast for ten miles, will naturally rise the land in his hand.
More than a few thousand, less than a thousand, this amount of money is really nothing to those famous families, high-ranking officials, and giant businessmen. But after crossing out the whole circle of the sand table, Li Xiao has steadily entered tens of thousands of yuan.
"San Lang, a total of more than 138,000 pieces were sold today." Zhao Zhiman said with some excitement, I really didn't expect that with a stroke of Li Xiao's hand, a piece of wasteland would be recorded in the account of more than 130,000 yuan in a blink of an eye. And these lands were only a small part of what Li Xiao bought at the beginning, and it only cost 3,000 yuan to buy all of them at the beginning.
"Leave the odds, put together the remaining 100,000 yuan, and give it to Your Majesty." Li Xiao said very plainly.
One hundred thousand, this is a huge fortune, but he decided to give it to the emperor without blinking an eye.
"Take another 20,000 yuan and give it to Concubine Wu Chen."
Zhao Zhiman was shocked.
"Do you need to give so much?"
"Money, it's just a bastard, and I'll earn it when I run out. Remember, this money is for His Majesty and Concubine Chen, not for the imperial court. Li Xiao made a special explanation.
More than 138,000 guan, 120,000 yuan, and I can still have more than 18,000 guan left.
If you are willing to give up, you will get if you are willing to give up.
Such a large amount of money, if Li Xiao really swallowed it all into his belly, I am afraid that he will not be able to digest it, and then those people with red eyes will rise up in groups. But if Li Zhi and the Wu clan are allowed to take the lion's share, then the emperor will definitely have to defend him.
Besides, 138,000 guan is not all here, this is only part of the benefits of cashing out, and the greater benefits are still there, Li Xiao will not lose money.