It's not just these people who are staring at Luo Xiaoqiao, many local families in the north are also staring at her, most people think that a small peasant girl, in the face of so much wealth, must not be able to resist the temptation, who would have thought that she actually didn't take a penny.

Xingcheng suddenly became lively because merchants from all over the world came.

In that inn, some alien faces were also a little nervous: "What do you say, what does King Jing of the Northland mean?" Is it really possible to communicate with our country? Isn't he afraid that when the roads are repaired, our army will be unimpeded? ”

"Don't be stupid, Jin Tianbao, I'm afraid you haven't seen the flesh and blood of the Great Xianbei Mountain."

"I can see that the king of the northern land is planning to kill chickens and monkeys, fight a Tartar to deter the Quartet, and press down the people with ill intentions, and then start the mutual market."

"But there is also a shortage of food in the north, and we are also short of food, so what's the use of him wanting to exchange markets?" Jin Tianbao was still puzzled, he had been here for so long, and he didn't know how to go back and communicate with the king.

"I can't say anything about that, but I've heard that they can make clothes from duck feathers and wool, so we have a lot of them."

……

Don't look at the status of businessmen is very low, but the means are pervasive, and within two days, the causes and consequences of this investment promotion were inquired about, and of course it was also the information that Mu Jingyi deliberately released.

In anticipation, the investment promotion of road construction in the north finally started as scheduled.

After statistics, more than 1,000 people finally came to participate in this investment promotion. Fortunately, there were more mansions in the north, and King Jing chose an empty mansion as a place to hold a meeting.

This investment promotion has almost subverted the imagination of businessmen.

Mu Jingyi erected a huge wooden plank around the venue, on which were a simple map of the Northland and the road to be planned. Almost every large city is connected by roads, and there are also small roads between the more prosperous villages.

At a glance, it is densely packed, and this is about to start construction, and it will have to be repaired for decades.

Each participant was given a pamphlet with a reserve price for the construction of the road.

If it is just an inscription, the choice is to donate the road, and choose a country road at will, as I said before, nine thousand taels of silver per mile, it is allowed to set up no more than ten stone monuments.

But what makes people's eyes red is the road between the large cities, King Jing pointed out, this kind of road is all toll roads, if you walk up, pedestrians do not charge, cars and horses are charged according to the mileage.

In order to take care of the poor, the original dirt road was preserved, and those who were willing to walk continued to walk. The reserve price is still 9,000 taels of silver a mile.

Many businessmen stared at the instructions on the booklet, and they were about to see through their heads, "Shopkeeper Hu, do you understand?" ”

Shopkeeper Hu smiled bitterly: "I understand it, but how much can I take it down, and it still depends on the financial resources of other shopkeepers."

"King Jing's hand is really powerful, nine thousand taels of silver as the base, do you see that line of small characters? For the part exceeding nine thousand taels, if you exchange it for grain first, priority will be given to ......"

When everything is ready, the tender officially begins. The rules are very simple, bidding.

At first, many businessmen were quite calm, and kept telling themselves to be calm and not impulsive.

The first road is the road from Xingcheng to Luguan, which is four zhang wide and hundreds of miles long, connecting all the passes of Luguan. Although it is a popular road, it is also expensive. The businessmen thought that they could take their turn by a kilometer, right?

Who thought about it, Wang Sanhai was the first to jump out: "Two million, my Wang family has covered this road"

"What ......"

The merchants in Jiangnan were stunned, and their eyes were bigger than copper bells, which was directly doubled? ! Two million miles of road, twenty thousand taels of silver for one mile.

"Brother Sanhai, you can't do this, you have to leave a way for your brothers, there are five passes in Luguan, brother, I don't have so much money, I will pay 700,000 taels, and Changlemen will give me how to ...... the Li family here"

In a few words, the family in the north almost carved up the main road from Luguan. The merchants in Jiangnan hated it so much, but they weren't locals and didn't understand the meaning of that road, so they didn't put much effort into it.

But to the back, seeing that all the roads have fallen into the hands of others, and then do not add money, I am afraid that the toll road will be gone, so I can only donate the road to erect a monument.

"Half a million...."

"Seven hundred thousand...."

"A million..."

The scrambling to shout the price, for fear of being left behind by the slow step, especially the families in the north shouted the loudest, and they made a wave of making glass a year ago, and tasted the sweetness, how could they give up the meat sent to the door.

The bidding meeting started at the beginning of the hour and ended at the end of the unitary time, which lasted almost four hours, and everyone was excited by this atmosphere.

But fortunately, King Jing did not intend to dry up and fish, and the final price basically did not exceed 20,000 taels of silver per mile.

The night is long and dreamy, pay the money to get the brand first, and the one who gets the brand is equivalent to getting the right to operate. For a while, the treasury was full, and if the road was not built, I am afraid that it would be able to last for a whole year.

This bidding meeting squeezed out the energy of many businessmen, and I didn't feel it when I was emotional at the venue.

After paying the money, the businessmen went out, and they all shivered, which was really too impulsive.

But the money has already been paid, and there is no room for regret, and there is a road waiting to be built.

Those merchants who exchanged grain for indicators first paid enough silver taels, and when the grain arrived, they exchanged grain for silver, and it was still the market price.

The merchants in Jiangnan were immediately happy. This is a disguised way to help them earn money.

In exchange for grain in this way, there is no monopoly of the Jiang family on the grain and grass business, and by the way, let them cut into the grain and grass industry in the north, and the profits are worth a lot of investment funds, and the shopkeeper Hu and others sent people back to transport the goods on the spot.

"Hey, Lao Wei, you and I claim to be able to do business, but now I understand what is really good at doing business, and now I can exhaust my old bones." A businessman spoke to Wei Jingzhou while beating his back.

"Old Zheng, isn't it, King Jing has solved the food problem in the north like this, and everyone is happy," Wei Jingzhou said.

Zheng Lao returned to the inn and took a sip of tea, and continued: "Old Wei, how long do you say this Ruth will have to be repaired?" I'm thinking about it like this, what's wrong, so many roads, if we build it for more than ten or twenty years, will our old bones still be there? King Jing didn't say when it would be completed? Let's not waste this money. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Jingzhou squinted his eyes, pondered for a while, and said, "It's too late today, let's go to Honglu Temple tomorrow and ask Lord Cai." ”

"Old Wei, which roads did you buy?" Zheng Lao suddenly laughed and asked him. They are both porcelain dealers, and they are also familiar with each other, and they all joke well.

When Wei Jingzhou heard this, he hurriedly poured a cup of tea for Zheng Lao, and said vaguely: "Hey, just between a few small cities, it must not be as good as Zheng Lao." ”

Zheng Lao glanced at him, and both of them showed tacit expressions.

At the end, Wei Jingzhou said: "I plan to build a house in Xingcheng." ”

When Zheng Lao heard this, he also smiled and sighed: "Let's think of one place, hey, the nephew of the family didn't come today, if I knew, I am afraid that I will be scolded to death for this old bone behind my back." ”