Chapter 257: Throwing bricks and leading the way
21 counties of Yinling, Henan: Luoyang, Pingxian, Pingyin, Gucheng, Henan, Xincheng, Liangxian, Yanshi, Wushi, Gongxian, Chenggao, Xingyang, Juan County, Yuanwu, Yangwu, Zhongmu, Kaifeng, Yuanling, Xinzheng, Mi County, Jingxian.
Before the princes asked Dong for the population of Henan Yin 1.5 million, Dong Zhuo forcibly moved the capital, forced the local rich families to move, and at the same time plundered the ordinary people, and when Wei Xuan took over Henan Yin, in addition to the loss of most of the war population, now 21 counties are only about 600,000, of which the homeless account for half, so Wei Xuan said that the 400,000 victims in Henan are not exaggerated.
In order to restore the prosperity of Henan Yin in the past, it is far from enough to just run a academy, and the victims of the disaster are better, they can raise them first and then give them farm tools, ploughing cattle or rent seeds or militia groups, and they can basically be self-sufficient in raising them for half a year.
But this is far from enough, in order to attract those who have left their homeland back, and attract more outsiders to settle down, in addition to strong military power, stable politics, but also inseparable from prosperous commerce, so Wei Xuan invited his younger brother Wei He from Anyi to Luoang. Along with Wei He came a construction team and a strong ???????????????? Large caravans as well as a large number of craftsmen.
According to Wei Xuan's requirements, after the right is confirmed, those dilapidated and damaged buildings will be demolished, and in addition to reserving some places for public facilities in the plan, a large number of new buildings are being prepared, including some residences for generals and civil officials, mainly shops along the street, which means that Wei Xuan is ready to engage in real estate development in Luoyang, which is in ruins! It is generally residential, and generally commercial center.
The whole Henan Yin has unique conditions, that is, the land is very cheap, and Wei Xuan feels that as long as he continues to be in Henan, the price of real estate will increase several times after three or five years, which Wei Xuan's people are aware of, so they have invested in shares. The Cai family, the Xin family, and the Wang family even organized their own construction teams to come to Henan Yin to ask for Weixuan's important land.
Of course, this is not the focus of Weihe's current work, his focus is to find agents for Weijia's newly developed new products, and to prepare military capital on the one hand and prosper Henan's business on the other. The location of the bidding was chosen in Luoyang, and when Wei Xuan just won Luoyang, he sent invitations and samples to the wealthy families and merchants in the Kanto prefectures and counties.
Although the reputation of the Hedong Wei family is now in the limelight, Wei He is still a little worried. Because today's Luoyang is too dilapidated, it is not even as good as a small township.
Wei He, who is nineteen years old this year, has also grown into a good guy, and the experience of the past few years has also made him a shrewd businessman. has also become the busiest person in Luoyang.
On the second day of the second month of February in the second year of Chuping, Luoyang, once the east of the city, is now the commercial center of the Wei family. Today, there is a lot of traffic here, among them are representatives and businessmen from Youzhou, Jizhou, Bingzhou, Sili, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou and Jingzhou, etc., and the most important thing that attracts them is that in addition to Wei Xuan's powerful military power to defeat Dong Zhuo, the most important thing is that the Wei family releases new products.
In fact, Wei He never thought that in the past few years, under the technical guidance of Wei Xuan, he took the craftsmen of the Wei family to successfully make new products such as soy sauce, liquor, rice paper, soap, candles, thread-bound books and other novelty products in addition to refined salt, among which soy sauce has been popularized in Hedong and has become a must-have in most people's homes in addition to refined salt. The transparent and colorless liquor with strong aroma and sauce flavor without sour taste is even more popular with rich and noble families. Of course, the disinfectant used in the Wei Xuanjun Army as a treatment for traumatic injuries has not yet been disclosed.
Rice paper is whiter, stronger and more durable than Saeki paper, and thread-bound books made of rice paper have become the object of many wealthy families. It is accompanied by soaps and soaps used by the ladies of these wealthy families.
At Wei Xuan's suggestion, Wei He also opened several experience stores on the first floor of the street in Weijia Commercial. Today is the day the experience begins.
Some of these wealthy people and businessmen from all over the country have come to Luoyang more than once, and when they see the devastated Henan Yin, they can't help but sigh for a long time, but the brand-new Luoyang Academy and Weijia Commercial Center are refreshing.
Gu Yong stood in the experience store of online book-binding, and his mood was more excited than Zheng Xuan at the beginning, Zheng Xuan was thinking from a purely academic point of view, and Gu Yong was the representative of the family gate, he himself was one of the young outstanding sons of the Gu family in Wu County, and he was also the son-in-law of Lujiang Taishou Lu Kang, one of the four families, and the disciple of the great Confucian Zheng Xuan. This???????????????? This time, he received invitation letters from Wei Xuan, Zheng Xuan and Zhang Zhao at the same time. Although he learned some news about thread-bound books in the letters of several people, when he was really there, Gu Yong couldn't help but be excited in his heart.
Because the room in front of him is a counter exhibition, all the books are laid out, it is said that the library of Luoyang Academy has thousands of books, he picked up a copy of the "Analects Annotations" at random, in addition to the novel punctuation, a two-finger thick book actually has fifty or sixty thousand words, converted into bamboo slips may be dozens of volumes. The thread-bound book made of rice paper not only has clear handwriting, but also has a strong contrast between black and white, which makes people look very comfortable, unlike bamboo slips that can make people's eyes hurt when the light is a little dim. Now that this kind of thread-bound book is afraid that it will be robbed crazy, this Wei family is really capable, in order to make it convenient for readers to read books at night, the candle has been directly matched, Gu Yong has already been to the candle experience store, and the candle light with white thumb thickness in the dark is much brighter than the ordinary oil lamp, and the key is that there is no smell of oil smoke, which is really the well-being of readers.
Of course, Gu Yong's excitement is far more than that, but the wealth that these new products bring to the Wei family, as well as the knowledge that was bound to be monopolized by the family before with the promotion of thread-bound books, will inevitably flow into the homes of ordinary people. What Gu Yong couldn't understand was why the Wei Xuan brothers, who were also from a super family in Hedong, did this.
As a child of the family, Gu Yong naturally knew that once a large number of thread-bound books appeared, it would inevitably lead to the reduction of the family's advantages, so the only explanation for Wei Xuan's willingness to see this was that Wei Xuan had realized the harm of the family, and was ready to break this monopoly as a prince or king!
So is Wei Zhongdao ready to divide one side?
Gu Yongzheng hesitated, and a familiar voice came from behind him: "Brother Yuan, why don't you go to Xuanxuan when you come to Luoyang, so that the younger brother can do his best to be a landlord." ”
Gu Yong looked back at a familiar young man, he once followed Zheng Xuan with Wei Xuan from Chang'an to Luoyang to Xuzhou and Yangzhou to study, and he was very familiar. But Gu Yong definitely didn't expect that in just a few years, this peer had grown to this extent.
Gu Yong was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Gu Yong has seen Si Li. ”
Wei Xuan waved his hand with a straight face: "Yuan sigh, what are you doing here?" If this happens again, you should leave Luoyang quickly. ”
Gu Yong: "......"
Wei Xuan stepped forward and pulled Gu Yong's arm and said with a smile: "You haven't forgotten to ride a horse, let's go, take you to meet Master Zheng." ”
Gu Yong was also a little relieved to see Wei Xuan's enthusiasm As Wei Xuan left the experience store and came to the street, someone in the guard had already given up a war horse, Wei Xuan turned over and got on the horse, Gu Yong immediately followed the horse, followed closely behind Wei Xuan, Wei Xuan beckoned to Dian Wei and the others, and Dian Wei took it to scatter on both sides of the street.
Wei Xuan slowed down his horse speed and went hand in hand with Gu Yong, Wei Xuan's small movements Gu Yong saw it in his eyes, and finally said with joy in his heart: "Zhong Dao, I heard that Master Zheng said that you have built a new Luoyang Academy, and you want to spend a lot of money, right?" ”
Wei Xuan smiled a little proudly: "Dong thief has done too much evil, I am afraid that even tens of billions of dollars will not be able to restore the prosperity of Luoyang in the past, Zheng Shiken came to help Xuan." Therefore, Xuan must build the academy well at any cost. Yuan sighed, don't leave if you come this time, stay in the academy to teach, or go to the local area to be a chief. Zheng Shi is old, and he will be far away???????????????? He was invited by the old man, and now he is still with a little grandson, and he is entangled in mundane affairs, and a few more brothers and sisters are also more lively by his side. ”
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Gu Yong was a little hesitant, he just received a letter from the three of them, no matter which one recommended him, he wanted to come and see, as for whether he wanted to stay or not, he really didn't think about it. However, Wei Xuan's words are beautiful, staying in Luoyang is an act of respecting teachers.
If it was during the Taiping period, the master was the manager of Luoyang Academy, and the senior brother was the captain of Sili, and Gu Yong would have no problem staying in Luoyang to teach or become an officer. But if there is chaos today, the Kanto heroes also began to fight, and now staying in Luoyang is equivalent to announcing to the outside world that he has taken refuge in Wei Xuan, which is not a matter for him Gu Yong alone, it is related to the interests of the two big families of the Gu family and the Lu family.
Wei Xuan saw that Gu Yong didn't answer him, so he changed the topic and said, "Is there anyone from the Lu family this time?" Xuan heard that the Lu family had a prodigy named Lu Xun, and there was a chance for the Lu family to bring insights, Zhuge Liang, the younger brother of Zhuge Jin, a member of General Xuan's mansion, Langya and Zhuge Jin, is also active and intelligent, and is studying with Master Zheng on the eleventh day of this year, you can talk to the Lu family, while Master Zheng is still young, you can let him worship under the door. ”
Gu Yong was slightly surprised, he didn't expect Wei Xuan to care so much about the Wu Jun family. He had also heard of Lu Xun's name, but the Lu family was also everyone, and they were not direct in-laws, so he couldn't remember what happened to Lu Xun now.
So he smiled embarrassedly: "The road is too far, the Lu family didn't send someone this time, Yong can write back and tell the Lu family to send someone to come, this Luoyang has Zhongdao, you will definitely return to the prosperity of the past soon, whether it is economics or business, there is a lot to do." As for Lu Xun, it depends on the meaning of the Lu family. ”
Wei Xuan nodded, the Lu family can now get their hands on Lu Kang, although Lu Kang is not the head of the Lu family, but he recommends the children of the clan to study in Luoyang, and the Lu family will not object, and Lu Kang is Gu Yong's father-in-law.
Therefore, in order to abduct Gu Yong and even Lu Xun, Wei Xuan naturally had to put down everything in his hand and accompany him personally.
The two came all the way to Luoyang Academy, Gu Yong first met Zheng Xuan and others, and then visited the academy accompanied by Wei Xuan, and when he stood at the gate of the academy again, Gu Yong sighed, that is, Wei Xuan has such a big hand.