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The night is getting darker, Xu Lingyun finished packing up her things, looked out of the door a little nervously, from the melancholy in her husband's eyebrows, she vaguely guessed something, and the people in the family are also talking about something these days, it seems that business is not easy to do now, and there are people who are trying their best to calculate the Zhu family, thinking that she can't share her husband's worries, she can't help it for a while, so she fell on the table and cried silently.

"Miss, my uncle is here."

Xiaoyu shouted from afar, leading her uncle into the door, as the Liu family's dowry girl, she has always been a young lady.

Xu Lingyun hurriedly wiped away her tears and stood up, her heart was like burning, she looked directly at this beloved man, her expression was surprisingly calm, and she smiled.

"Yifeng, how are things now? Are they all solved? ”

As soon as the words came out, Xu Lingyun regretted it, if he remembered correctly, Yifeng hated others asking this the most, even if there were thousands of difficulties, he hid it himself, if he asked himself, it would only make him more annoyed.

"Hmm."

Zhu Yifeng looked at her slightly red and swollen eyes, understood that she had just cried, and hurriedly asked.

"Lingyun, what's wrong?"

Seeing the concern in his dark eyes, Xu Lingyun's breathing became short, thinking that he couldn't share his worries for him, tears suddenly welled up again, and he hurriedly said.

"Second master, is there any trouble at home now? Is that so? ”

Seeing that she asked this question again, Zhu Yifeng hesitated for a while, and although he didn't want her to worry, he still nodded frankly.

Seeing this, Xu Lingyun sighed and said:

"Or is it because of the land in the concession...... Yifeng, if that piece of land is really that troublesome, we don't want it, after all, it's just a piece of land, as long as we are still there, the land and the silver are not a thing......"

Xu Lingyun tried to endure it, but finally shed tears, compared to silver and land, she was more concerned about the man in front of her, the last time she lost him, she didn't feel sad, and even faintly felt a little relieved, but now...... But she was scared, afraid of losing the happiness in front of her.

Xu Lingyun's tears made Zhu Yifeng's heart ache faintly, and he hurriedly spoke.

"Lingyun, don't cry, the matter at home is nothing at all, it has nothing to do with the ground......

It doesn't matter, if it weren't for that piece of land, how could there be so many problems, it can be said that as long as that piece of land is in their own hands, there will definitely be people who will do everything possible to move evil thoughts, after all, it is one of the few pieces of land in the Shanghai Concession that is leased by the Chinese in perpetuity.

Even if he solves a Liang Wenzuo by himself now, he can't guarantee that another Li Wenzuo will come out tomorrow, and maybe another Wang Wenzuo will come the day after tomorrow.

Isn't the current self just a toddler holding a golden doll and swaggering through the city? There is absolutely no ability to protect the land at the moment. Isn't this piece of land a trouble to put in your own hands like this?

If not, then ...... Sell it?

This idea just came to mind, Zhu Yifeng immediately interrupted this idea, a few decades later, the prosperity of the concession is obvious to all, even if there is no concession in the future, with the geographical advantage of the Yangtze River "dragon", the city will develop rapidly, the natural geographical advantage, so that Shanghai has a future that is difficult for other cities to achieve.

And that land is located a few decades later, where Shanghai's most prosperous Bund is located. It's a shame to just give up, let alone ...... With his eyes half-closed, Zhu Yifeng thought of the big event a few months later - the Little Knife Society would revolt!

Liu Lichuan, the leader of the Little Knife Society, openly played the banner of "opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty", and led the gang members and the nearby poor people to capture the county seat of Jiading, and then the county seat of Shanghai. "In peaceful years, the city is better than the countryside, and the rich rural people have bought houses and settled in the city in order to change a relatively good environment; Once war breaks out, the cities are not as safe as the countryside, and the people in the cities have to flee to the countryside in order to save their wives and daughters, their money, and their own lives.

Xiaodao would fight with the Qing army, and the flames of war burned to the doorstep, and the Shanghainese naturally wanted to move to the countryside, but at this time even the countryside was not safe - the rebel army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, that is, the guy called "Long Hair" by the people of Jiangnan, was storming the city like a bamboo. I can't stay in the city, I don't dare to go to the countryside, there are government troops outside, and there are knife clubs inside, where do Shanghai citizens go?

There are still places to escape. Liu Lichuan is a "Westernist", he knows very well that there is a big difference between Chinese and Western forces, and there are endless troubles for offending foreigners. In order to make the new regime of the "Great Ming Kingdom" gain the support of the foreigners, Liu Lichuan went to the concession on the day he captured Shanghai, and he promised the consuls of various countries: The knife will only be aimed at the Qing government, not at the foreigners, and the sound of killing outside will be shocking, and the concession will be as safe as Mount Tai, and not a single soldier will be allowed to enter the concession to make trouble. This promise kept the foreigners neutral for the time being, and made the concession the only remaining island of peace in the war. Where is the best choice for Shanghainese to flee?

Concession!

On the first day of the exchange of fire between the Little Knife Society and the government army, 20,000 Chinese poured into the British Concession.

Chinese refugees have to rent from foreign landlords. Houses are in short supply, refugees do not hesitate to spend a lot of money, people are flooding for a while, rents are rising sharply, and foreigners with big houses are all paid. Savvy foreigners took the opportunity to build simple houses and rent them to Chinese at high prices to make high profits. Soon, on both sides of the pidgin in the northwest of the British Concession and the pidgin separating the British and French Concessions, rows of small wooden houses sprung up, and the Shanghai Concession ushered in the first ever real estate bull market.

Subsequently, the Taiping army hit Shanghai three times in succession, causing great panic among the residents, who fled into the concession like a tidal wave. This time, it was not only Shanghainese who took refuge in the concession, but also Suzhou and Nanjing, with a rough estimate of more than 100,000 people. Refugees have returned, the property market has come back to life, the once vacant wooden houses have been rented out by foreign landlords at higher prices, and opium sellers have once again started real estate, and land prices in the concession have been seriously tightened, and land prices have skyrocketed.

Since then, land that has been unnoticed for a long time in the French Concession and the American Concession has suddenly become a hundred times more valuable, and all the land sold has been scrambled to buy.

After the fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the war in Jiangnan subsided, refugees in the concessions returned home, new houses were once again vacant, construction of houses under construction was suspended, many developers went bankrupt, and Chinese compradors engaged in land speculation lost their money. But after that bear market, Shanghai grew rapidly in the decades that followed, becoming the most prosperous commercial center in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

"Otherwise, sell that piece of land......"

While weighing the pros and cons in his heart, another thought emerged in Zhu Yifeng's heart.

"And then buy the worthless land in the French Concession and the American Concession, and develop real estate there?"

Now that all the land along the river in the concession has been sold, it is precisely because of this that Liang Wenzuo and others will be jealous of the land along the river that can be used to build a wharf in their hands......

When this thought flickered in his heart, another voice surged in Zhu Yifeng's heart.

"Are you so easy to compromise?"

Thinking of the bitterness of Liang Wenzuo and the others, Zhu Yifeng's heart suddenly surged with anger, if he just gave up that piece of land, wouldn't it be ...... After softening, did he succeed?

Not only did he succeed, but he also took advantage of it!

No way!

In an instant, the retreat that had just emerged disappeared in Zhu Yifeng's heart, not only did he disappear cleanly, but he was thinking about another investment opportunity.

"Not only can we not sell this land, but we must also find a way to get more land, take down all the worthless land in the concession, and then develop real estate!"

That's right, real estate!

Thinking of the wealthy families who are engaged in real estate in the future, this is not also an opportunity to make a fortune in front of you! How could I miss such an opportunity.

"Yifeng? How are you? ”

Noticing that Zhu Yifeng didn't speak for a long time, Xu Lingyun thought that he was hysterical, and hurriedly shouted nervously in his ear.

"Huh? It's okay, I'm just thinking about something, Lingyun, don't you worry, now all the troubles have been solved, as for that piece of land, don't worry, it won't cause us any trouble! ”

Not only will it not cause any more trouble, but it will also bring huge wealth in the future......