"What's going on down there, the shops on that street? How can you still make money in such a remote area?

And, even if you have to pay rent? ”

Zhu Di looked at Guo An with a suspicious look on his face.

Guo An was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said urgently: "Your Majesty, the shop on the street below will definitely be very profitable."

Moreover, in business, the Chamber of Commerce occupies so much land as Wechen, and it is normal for Wechen to collect some rent! ”

Zhu Di's face turned dark, "Your land is still given to you by us!" ”

"This matter, Wei Chen always remembers it in his heart!"

Guo An nodded with a straight face and continued: "However, Your Majesty only accounts for sixty and a half of the Chamber of Commerce, and there are thirty and a half of the shares, and Weichen can't give them money for nothing!" ”

“……”

Zhu Di said angrily: "You got into the eyes of money!" ”

Guo An looked helpless, "Your Majesty, hundreds of people in Weichen's Mansion are up and down, and they all need money to eat, drink, and Lazar!" ”

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment and continued: "Then tell me, how to make money with so many shops?" ”

Guo An was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Zhu Di a little helplessly, "Your Majesty, do you know how many people are near General Mountain now?" ”

Zhu Di asked casually, "How many people?" ”

Guo An understood and sighed slightly.

"Your Majesty, there were 1,000 households near the original General Mountain, and with the construction of the dozen or so workshops over there, there were more than 500 more craftsmen.

In addition, the construction of the military academy has added hundreds of laborers...... In addition, dozens of merchants come to watch these workshops every day;

Or, there are hundreds of merchants who send people to the workshop to buy goods......"

"Your Majesty, every day in this part of General Mountain, there are at least more than 5,000 people, although there are no officials and magnates, but those businessmen have more money in their hands.

They buy things without mercy! ”

Zhu Di asked thoughtfully: "So, those shops are still very profitable?" ”

Guo An explained again: "Your Majesty, those shops themselves will definitely not lose money, especially those tea shops, inns and restaurants!"

As for the rest of the furniture, glass, and cement...... These are all the shops that those workshops show to foreign merchants.

The main value of these shops is to attract those merchants who come to visit.

The way they make money is not visible, but if it weren't for these shops, the things made by those workshops would certainly not be as good as they are selling now......"

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, as for whether he could understand it, only he knew it.

And the kung fu of the conversation, a few people are about the same, and they have a general overview of the entire military school.

In general, just looking at those foundations, Zhu Di is still somewhat satisfied.

Guo An continued to ask: "Your Majesty, it's already noon, do you want to go to the street restaurant near the workshop to have a meal?" ”

"The restaurant?"

Zhu Di had a faint impression.

Guo An nodded again and again, "Exactly!" ”

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty, please!"

Immediately, Guo An, Zhu Di and others went straight to the restaurant on the street.

When he was about to leave the range of the military academy, Zhu Di faintly smelled the smell of rice.

Looking into the distance, under a large wooden shed, there was a group of laborers and coachmen, each holding a large bowl of food, squatting in the shade and eating heavily.

The craftsmen, laborers, and coachmen, although unkempt, were all smiling.

A smile flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, and he continued to walk out.

……

"What are these nobles eating?"

At the door of the only restaurant in the middle of the street, which looked like a certain grade, the shopkeeper saw Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi and others returning, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

However, he asked with a chuckle on his face.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi walked directly in, ignoring the shopkeeper.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper's expression remained unchanged, and he raised his feet to keep up, "This noble man ......"

"Master Hou?"

Seeing Guo An who appeared behind, the shopkeeper suddenly stopped, his face full of respect, "I don't know what Master Hou came to eat today?" ”

"In the private room on the second floor, you have all the signature meals here, give us all the time!"

"Yes, Master Hou!"

The shopkeeper suddenly understood, and replied again and again.

Guo An nodded slightly, and hurriedly chased after Zhu Di.

The largest private room on the second floor.

Zhu Di sat straight at the window, looking thoughtfully at the pedestrians below, his expression was dazed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing this, Guo An and Zhu Gaochi were also very interested and did not bother.

At this time, from the private room next door, there was a voice of excitement and excitement.

"Brother Wu, my little brother has opened his eyes today!"

"Hahaha, right, as long as this Dinghai Marquis is there, there will definitely be no shortage of opportunities to make money!"

"yes!"

The voice said loudly: "Brother Wu, the younger brother has decided to buy a piece of land here and build a few houses!" ”

"Huh?"

Then Brother Wu couldn't help but be very surprised, "Brother Li Xian, why is this?" ”

"Because, this Dinghai Marquis is really a great sage!"

"Why is that?"

"Brother Wu, can you see that whether it is the shopkeeper, or the laborer, the coachman, or the boatman, ordinary people here...... Their eyes were full of hope!

Everything here gives people a sense of life, and everyone is genuinely laughing! ”

"Brother Zhang, although the junior brother has never seen that Hou Ye, he must not feel wrong, there are great business opportunities here!"

"Brother Xian, I have also considered it for my brother, but unfortunately this is the fief given by His Majesty to the Hou Ye, and the more than 10,000 acres of land opposite are also given by His Majesty to the Hou Ye.

And this Hou Ye will not sell land to anyone at all, don't think about it! ”

"Alas! It's a pity that we are just a businessman, and even those monks can occupy tens of thousands of acres of fertile land at will, leaving countless poor people without land.

And this Hou Ye is also tens of thousands of acres of land......

Only I wait for these businessmen, except to risk losing their family money and making some hard-earned money, there is no other way out, and they even have to pay tribute to those people often!

Fortunately, this marquis did not ask me to wait for these merchants to pay tribute! ”

"This Hou Ye is also a good person!"

"Naturally a good man!"

Brother Wu said with an affirmative face, "Otherwise, I would not have only recognized this Hou Ye when I waited for these merchants!" ”

"I wonder if Brother Wu has seen the face of this Dinghai Marquis?"

"I've seen ...... twice from afar"

As he spoke, the voices of the two businessmen weakened again.

And Zhu Di slowly looked at Guo An.

"I didn't expect that Guo Qing still has such a good name in the minds of these businessmen!"

Guo An also smiled helplessly, "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is also a little confused, Weichen obviously suggested that Your Majesty raise the business tax for these businessmen, and they actually praise Weichen like this!" ”

…… (End of chapter)