Buying a house and waiting for appreciation? Xi'an prefect Zu Yi couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then he reacted, Zhenwu This is to ask the officials of Xi'an to raise the housing prices in Xi'an, so that the city can sell at a good price, this matter is not difficult, Xi'an will be more prosperous in front of him, buying a house and hoarding real estate is a profitable business, but now Xi'an's big and small officials are trying to fill the deficit, how can there be surplus silver to buy a house?

If you don't have money to buy it, let them buy it, this master is shrewd, as soon as he cries poor, he will inevitably associate it with the deficit, thinking of this, Zu Yi hurriedly bowed down and said: "The emperor is so sympathetic to his subordinates, the slave is really grateful, and he feels honored, and the slave must widely publicize the kindness of the saint, so that the officials of Shaanxi can bathe in the holy ze." ”

Seeing that Zu Yi was thorough, Zhenwu nodded slightly, groaned slightly, and said: "Everything is too much, and it is necessary to stop in moderation, and we must beware of cruel and harmful actions such as forced buying and selling." ”

Hearing this, Zu Yi couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart, Zhenwu is beating them not to go too far, this is completely redundant, Xi'an officials now have no money at all, and they don't have the heart to buy real estate, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "The emperor's teachings, the servants must be remembered in their hearts, and they must strictly control all their subordinates." ”

Early the next morning, the Xi'an General's Mansion, the left and right wings commanding the Yamen Governor Yamen, the Governor Yamen, the Xi'an Mansion Yamen, the Chang'an County Yamen, the Xianning County Yamen and other large and small yamen posted notices on the formation of a new army of the Praetorian Guard in Xi'an, with a number of 30,000 soldiers, for all the banners and people of Shaanxi and the surrounding provinces, to establish a military workshop in Xi'an, to demolish the city, to openly sell the city, to allow the bannermen to settle in the west to run industries, and to purchase cemeteries.

As soon as the notice was posted, it was surrounded by water, and after the officials and scholars read and explained it aloud, the news immediately spread, and the whole city of Xi'an immediately boiled, regardless of officials, gentlemen, people, and merchants. It is still Manchurian and Han Hui people. They were all excited, and the teahouses and restaurants of all sizes were crowded early in the morning.

The entire city of Xi'an is talking about the treatment, salary, and combat effectiveness and importance of the new army, and the Qing Imperial Navy, which is also an expeditionary force, is naturally also on the lips, especially the brilliant achievements of the navy and the speed of promotion, Liu Zhisheng, Lin Wei and other naval generals have been turned over again.

Zhenwu said in Taiyuan, Shanxi, that the Qing Dynasty should not only develop maritime trade, but also vigorously develop inland commerce. Encourage Jin merchants to create ticket numbers, and personally give the name 'Jin and Sheng', Xi'an will become the entire northwest of the commercial and trade center and so on The news has also spread rapidly, and even the imperial court to use troops in the northwest has been said to have a nose and eyes.

The true and false news came one after another, which made people overwhelmed, and they were quite at a loss for a while. But everyone understands that the imperial court wants to develop commerce and trade in the northwest on a large scale, and Xi'an is the center.

The gentry who reacted quickly were already eager to ask matchmakers to go to Mancheng to propose marriage, and a group of businessmen began to speculate about the selling price of Mancheng, and each planned how to expand the scale of the shop and caravan in Xi'an.

Soon, news came out that Zhen Wuye went to the area of Baheyi to check the terrain and select a site for the military workshop on a private visit to the Weifu yesterday. The Eight Banners garrisoned in Xi'an faced off against the Praetorian New Army yesterday. With one against two, the flag soldiers of Xi'an were defeated. Before everyone finished talking, it was rumored that officials of all sizes in Xi'an were busy buying shops and houses in the city.

Listening to this news, a group of businessmen and gentry where still have the heart to brag and gossip, have rushed to the street to inquire about the situation, everyone knows that under the stimulation of these measures, Xi'an will soon be brilliant again, the more prosperous the market, the more prosperous the shop house will naturally rise to the top, such as today's peace, the Qing Dynasty and the military is prosperous, there is no worry about military disasters, the purchase of real estate is a sure profit, and said, when will the officials do a loss-making business?

Xi'an's officials are indeed buying shops and houses, thousands of eight hundred taels of silver is not a problem for a group of officials at all, although to fill the shortfall, but I heard that not buying real estate may lead to Zhenwu rectification of Shaanxi's deficit, all officials are actively taking action, not to mention the current situation, the purchase of real estate is likely to make a small profit, why not?

Not only civil officials, but also the military generals and wealthy banner people in the city have also purchased shops in the city, purchased shops for rent, which is both safe and decent, more cost-effective than buying land, and does not violate the rules that banner people are not allowed to engage in other industries.

After seeing this situation again, the businessmen in Xi'an City naturally joined the ranks of buying shop houses, and the real estate transactions in Xi'an City immediately became hot, and the prices began to rise slightly.

The vast open space in front of the gate of Xi'an South Courtyard is the most prosperous and lively business district in Xi'an, and it is also a leisure and entertainment center, from morning to night, it is like a bazaar, in addition to all kinds of vendors, there are storytellers, puppet shows, fortune tellers, tricksters, missionaries (Islam), lively and extraordinary.

Dressed in civilian clothes, accompanied by the prefect of Xi'an, Zu Yi, Zhenwu looked at the prosperous scene here with great interest, Xi'an is worthy of being the most prosperous business center in the northwest, and the people who come and go can be seen from time to time Tatars in red clothes, Mongolians with blue turbans, Russians with long boots and beards, Tibetans with long boots, lamas in yellow robes, and Muslims with red turbans.

Looking at these various people with obvious characteristics, Zhenwu couldn't help but secretly think, I wonder how they would react when the news of Xi'an's sudden expansion of troops by 30,000 reached Dzungaria and Russia? Will it prompt other early rebellions, or will it back down? How will he react when he is transposed? The possibility of retreat is not great, but the possibility of rebellion in advance is quite large, and it seems that we must prepare early.

Out of the south courtyard gate, Zhenwu rode around the city again, when he noticed that there were still a lot of vacant land in the city, he couldn't help but be quite worried, these vacant land will greatly affect the price of the city's sale, back to the city, he deliberately took a detour, by the way to see the situation in the city, the city is far less prosperous than outside, the streets and alleys are quite deserted, it can be called a vast and sparsely populated area.

Back to the general's mansion, Zhenwu summoned Xi'an General Xi Zhu, Sichuan and Shaanxi Governor Ehai, Shaanxi Governor Qiqi, Xi'an Governor Zu Yi to meet, after a little washing, he used a little Xi'an's special snacks at will, and then spread out the map of Xi'an City to take a closer look, the city is not sold on sale, at least half a year or a year later to be able to sell, and he is impossible to stay in Xi'an for a long time, now what to do is to speculate the land price of Xi'an, for the city to sell momentum.

This is the first city to be sold, and it must be profitable, and in addition to deducting the construction of large camps and military workshops outside the city, it must also give some sweetness to the banner people, so that when the city is sold in other places in the future, it will not encounter strong resistance.

In order to prevent Zhenwu from summoning him, Xizhu, Ehai, and Qiqi were all stranded in Mancheng, and after listening to the edict, they hurried over, and after the four of them entered the house to greet the salute, Zhenwu smiled and said: "Excuse me, give you a seat." ”

After the four of them sat down, he said: "At the beginning of entering the customs, the construction of the city is to avoid intensifying the contradiction between the Manchu and Han Dynasty, to prevent the Eight Banners from becoming Chinese, losing the fundamentals of cavalry and archery, and losing the heart of forging ahead.

In the face of powerful artillery, the city wall is no longer enough to be a barrier, and it must be abandoned.

The establishment of a large battalion outside the city is conducive to preventing the corruption and degeneration of the garrison soldiers and maintaining the combat effectiveness of the garrison soldiers, and on the other hand, it is also conducive to bringing into play the power of firearms, facilitating the training of firearms with live ammunition, and is also conducive to integrating the Manchu and Han dynasties and winning the hearts and minds of the people.

However, the construction of a large camp outside the city requires silver, and the camp of Shunyi in Beijing cost a total of millions of taels, and if the large camps outside the city in various places have to be borne by the imperial court, the imperial court will also be overwhelmed.

Xi'an was the first provincial capital to demolish the city and sell the city, which was of great significance and far-reaching influence, and could not afford to be missed, and the officials of Shanxi Province must expand the new army of the Praetorian Guard, establish military workshops, and sell the city as the primary government affairs. ”

Listening to Zhenwu's explanation, where did Xi Zhu and Ehai dare to say more, they hurriedly bowed down and said: "Slaves and others obey the order." ”

Zhenwu bowed his head slightly and said: "I took a look in the city today, there are many vacant places in the city, which is not conducive to the sale of the city, and all the idle land, planting grass and trees, building a place for the people to relax, or building public toilets, temples, etc., it is strictly forbidden to build private houses, this matter is jointly supervised and implemented by Xi Zhu, Ehai, and Qiqi." ”

"Servants and others obey." The three of them hurriedly responded in unison, and they all secretly applauded in their hearts, this measure was introduced, and the price of shops and houses in Xi'an would rise.

Zhenwu took a sip of tea, and then continued: "Mancheng covers a vast area, before selling, you must plan in detail, sell in pieces, in order to sell at the best price, the military workshop management is quite strict, and there is a slight distance from the city, the workshop will build houses for craftsmen, the scale will be similar to Dongguan City, and the banner people who are willing to go to the military workshop will move from Mancheng to the workshop."

Those who are unwilling to enter the workshop shall be placed in the northeast corner of the city, and no one shall be special, and the city will be vacant as much as possible. (To be continued.) )