Zhenwu glanced at everyone, groaned slightly, and then said in a deep voice: "The Xi'an Qiding stationed in Xi'an is far away from Beijing, and it is not easy to go back and forth to Beijing. ”

Listening to this edict, Xi Zhu couldn't help but be very happy, which is tantamount to lifting the shackles of the local flag people and encouraging the garrison flag men to take root in Xi'an, which is really good news for the Xi'an flag people.

Guyuan Admiral Pan Yulong is also very happy, in this way, the local green battalion soldiers will no longer have any resistance to joining the new Praetorian Guard army, but will do everything possible to squeeze into the new Praetorian Guard army, after all, the new Praetorian Guard soldiers are highly paid, the treatment is good, and there are many opportunities for promotion.

With this edict, the local gentry and the common people will no longer have any resistance to raising the flag, and the shackles of the local flag people will not only be conducive to the recruitment of the new army of the Janissaries, but also conducive to promoting the integration of the Manchu and Han and the marriage between the Manchus and the Hans.

Ehai hurriedly bowed down and said: "The emperor is benevolent and wise, loving and generous, and gracious in all directions, which is really the blessing of the Qing Dynasty and the blessing of hundreds of millions of people of the Qing Dynasty." ”

Not to be outdone, several others followed suit with great compliments.

Zhenwu waved his hand slightly, stopped everyone's compliments, and said: "The recruitment of the new army should not be delayed, you can start recruiting immediately, train first, and pay the necessary expenses from the domain treasury for the time being." ”

Xi Zhu, Pan Yulong, Yue Zhongqi, Qi Qi and others hurriedly bowed down and said, "The minions obey the order." ”

The news of the formation of 30,000 new guards in Xi'an, recruiting from all banners and people, building an army workshop in Xi'an, demolishing the city, publicly selling the city, allowing the bannermen to purchase industries in the local area, and purchasing cemeteries soon spread in Xi'an City, and the entire Xi'an City was a sensation, from the officials and gentry to the common people. The banner people, Han people, and Hui people were all very excited. Crazy spread this news one by one.

Although everyone is spreading it wildly, but everyone is suspicious in their hearts, these news is really crazy, if it weren't for knowing that Emperor Zhenwu was in Xi'an City, no one would dare to believe these news, and the gentry and people in the city almost flocked to the streets and flocked to the teahouse and restaurant hall, and asked about the source of the news. Eagerly discussing the authenticity of the news.

For the banner people in Xi'an, the demolition of the city and the sale of the city made them worry and feel uneasy, but the establishment of the military workshop and the formation of the new army of the Praetorian Guard made them excited and looked forward to it, which meant that the children of the Eight Banners had a great opportunity to put on armor and get paid. And it is still a high salary, in addition to wearing armor, they can also enter the workshop to work, and the salary is not low, and their embarrassing life will soon undergo earth-shaking changes.

What made them even more pleased was that Emperor Zhenwu allowed the banner people to purchase properties and cemeteries in the local area, and this edict completely lifted the shackles on the local banner people. Not only did it exempt them from the hardships of supporting the coffin to meet the Beijing Division. It also saved a lot of money and allowed to set up an industry in the west. That means they can buy land and buy houses, they can either settle down in Xi'an, or return to Beijing, and everyone feels that the future is bright.

A group of gentry and businessmen, the common people are about the demolition of the city and the sale of the city is incredible, the banner people actually took the initiative to demolish the city, moved outside the city, although do not understand, but everyone applauds, no city, no eight banners soldiers in the city, naturally is a comfortable thing.

The formation of a 30,000-scale Praetorian New Army, no one has an opinion, anyway, it is not stationed in the city, the more soldiers outside the city, the safer Xi'an will be, besides, these 30,000 Praetorian New Army has an immeasurable role in promoting the prosperity of Xi'an, this is something that everyone knows in their hearts, it can be said that without these 30,000 Praetorian New Army, there will be no changes in Xi'an.

A group of businessmen are thinking in their hearts about how to expand their own business, whether the sales of the city should be mixed with one foot, this is a rare opportunity in a century, after this village will not have this shop, and some people are thinking about the business of the new camp and military workshop outside the city, the camp of 30,000 people, that is not a small scale, it is not a new city.

A group of gentry are interested in allowing the flag people to buy properties in the local area and purchase cemeteries, if the news is true, marriage with the flag woman can be considered, marrying the flag woman can be carried into the flag nationality, this kind of good thing is afraid that it is not common, the flag person's identity, but there are many benefits, and the judiciary has a great advantage.

Xi'an, Nanmen Street, Linxiang Hall of Shanxi Jin merchants.

Jin merchants are not only well-informed and have a keen sense of smell, after listening to the news from the city, a group of Jin merchants have rushed to the largest Shanxi grain and oil hall in Xi'an City to listen to the detailed news, the hall of the tea house is full, a buzzing discussion.

"The news from Taiyuan, Zhen Wuye in Taiyuan to encourage our Jin merchants to prepare for the construction of the 'Jin and Sheng' ticket number mentioned the military food transportation in the northwest, and now Xi'an has formed a new army of 30,000 Janissake, there is undoubtedly a big war in the northwest, everyone, we must hurry up and urge the 'Jin and Sheng' to open branches all over the northwest."

"Lao Wang, you want to find 'Jin Hesheng' to borrow silver to buy land in the city."

"That is, not only do I want to buy it, but I want everyone to buy it." Lao Wang glanced at everyone, and said eloquently: "The imperial court wants to vigorously develop inland commerce, everyone should know that inland commerce is the northwest trade to put it bluntly, and now it is certain that Zhenwu Ye is taking Xi'an as the center of northwest commerce and trade, everyone think about it, what is the military workshop?" It was made by Zhen Wuye, in addition to Shanghai and Tianjin, Xi'an is the third city of the army building workshop.

Even if you haven't seen the scale of military workshops in Shanghai and Tianjin, you should have heard of it, I have been to Honggang in Shanghai, which is larger than a county in Shanxi. ”

"Don't go too far, hurry up and get to the point."

"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." Lao Wang glanced at the man before he continued: "Master Zhen Wu said in Taiyuan that in addition to Russia, the objects of inland trade in the northwest will also include the Bukhara Khanate, the Mughal Empire, the Kazakh Khanate, and even as far away as Persia and the Ottoman Empire.

Once the news of the imperial court's vigorous development of inland commerce spread, what would be the situation when the news of the Xi'an army building workshop, the formation of a new army of 30,000 Janissake, and the news of selling the city all over the city spread?

It is not only our Jin merchants who are rich, even if the Hui merchants will not come to get a piece of the pie, but there are also Henan Yu merchants, Shandong Lu merchants, and Huguang big grain merchants, they may all come to Xi'an to intervene, not to mention the local Shaanxi merchants in Xi'an.

If the Jin merchants want to dominate the northwest trade, they must join hands to occupy the market in Xi'an, which is the center of the northwest inland trade and the fundamental place, and the Jin merchants must join hands to take the city. ”

Jin merchants teamed up to buy Mancheng? Everyone was stunned when they listened, and one person joked: "Xi'an is full of cities from Changle Gate in the east, the bell tower in the west, the distance from east to west is four miles and one minute, the bell tower in the south, the north to Anyuan Gate, the distance from north to south is three miles and two minutes, there are seven streets in the city, ninety-four alleys, occupying forty percent of the entire Xi'an City. ”

"Eight million, I'm afraid it's not enough."

"That's not necessarily, there are still 20,000 or 30,000 banners in the city, and the territory that can be sold should not be large."

"It's easy to say, the purpose of selling the city is to build a camp of 30,000 new guards outside the city, what kind of scale is that, it is by no means something that the two jujubes can take down, besides, in terms of making money, who can compare to Zhen Wuye? I heard that the city is sold publicly, and there are eight million children, so dream about you. ”

"Not to mention, if you can take over the city, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money, whether it succeeds or not, the news is confirmed, and you should ventilate Taiyuan's 'Jin and Sheng'."

"Does this news need to be confirmed? It must be true, no one dares to be so whimsical, except for Zhen Wuye, who has this eyesight. ”

"The news is indeed true, this is beyond doubt, it is impossible for the 30,000 new Praetorian Guards to be crowded in the city, if everyone is willing to join in, they can quickly contact 'Jin Hesheng', tens of millions, for our Jin merchants, it is not a big deal."

Xi'an General's Mansion, Zhenwu is also carefully examining the map of Xi'an, Xi'an is located in the Guanzhong Plain, known as the 'Eight Hundred Miles of Qinchuan', rich in products, many entrances, leading to Gansu, Sichuan, Henan, Hubei, Shanxi roads are intertwined here. As the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, Xi'an City is huge, not only the northwest trade town, but also a military town, with the expansion and consolidation of the northwest, will become a well-deserved business center, the city covers a wide area, he does not want to sell cheaply, and as the first to demolish, sell the city, he must do a good job, other places in the city can follow this model.

As for how much silver can be sold in the city, Zhenwu has no bottom in his heart, the housing prices in the city are not high in these years, the land is not very valuable, and it is far from an inch of land, at least in the Qing Dynasty, it is impossible to make a fortune by selling land.

After looking at it for a long time, Zhen Wu put down the map, glanced at Zu Yi, the prefect of Xi'an, who was sitting in danger, and asked slowly: "What is the total population of Xi'an?" What are the house prices? ”

Listening to these things, Zu Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Back to the emperor, Xi'an is a city and two counties living in one city, Chang'an County in the west, Xianyang County in the east, with a total population of around 530,000, the specific housing prices, the slaves are not too clear, a three-room building on Beiyuanmen Street, and a house with two houses in the back, the transaction price is four hundred and fifty taels. ”

Beiyuanmen Street, Zhenwu knew that next to the governor's yamen, a very prosperous commercial street, three shops, two courtyards, less than five hundred taels, cheap enough, this is a busy city, groaned slightly, he said: "Don't you want to earn money all day long?" Now is a great opportunity to buy a house and wait for the value to appreciate. (To be continued.) )