Li Wei was dressed in a crimson official uniform, and there were guards around him, this was a great official, and now he stopped this businessman with an unsightly face, and the businessman was suddenly frightened.

The guards didn't care so much, and when they heard Li Wei's words, they stepped forward and brought this businessman over.

"You don't have to be afraid, I'm just asking two words." Li Wei's tone slowed down and said softly.

When Shang Jia heard this, he was still a little scared, and said resignedly: "If you ask, my lord, the villain must tell the truth!" ”

Li Wei didn't talk nonsense, and pointed to the map: "Can you understand these?" ”

"Understood, the villain can understand!" The merchant nodded repeatedly.

"Do you have any money, then?" Li Wei asked again.

Shang Jia breathed a sigh of relief in his heart when he heard this, it's okay, it's okay, it's just asking for money, not life.

"Villain...... The villain has family assets, and the adults see how much they need, as long as the villain can take it out, he will definitely give it with both hands. An ugly smile appeared on Shang Jia's face.

Li Wei gave him an angry look: "I'm selling land, not robbing!" If you have money and are interested in these lands, why don't you buy them? ”

He just wants to figure out the reason and prescribe the right medicine, although he still has a lot of marketing methods for later generations to learn from, but if he doesn't know the reason why he can't sell, those marketing methods are enough to use.

This businessman was slightly stunned when he heard Li Wei's question, hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord, you said that you let the small ones buy as much as you want, and the small ones will listen to you!" ”

As a businessman, his business sense is still very sensitive, and he can also get the value of these lands, but he has concerns and does not dare to make a move.

Li Wei was a little annoyed, but he still said patiently: "Listen to me, I won't force you to buy and sell freely!" Just tell me what you think about it, what you think, and tell me the truth. ”

"Ah, this ......" Shang Jia didn't dare to say it, in fact, he just thought that selling land was just a gimmick, and these big officials just changed their way to collect money, of course he didn't dare to say this kind of thing.

Li Wei also saw that he had concerns, so he opened his mouth to soothe: "Don't worry, now I am a seller and a buyer, no matter what you say, I will not blame you, even if you think my price is too dark and scold me, I will not sin you!" ”

Hearing this, Shang Jia hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, the villain has no such intention!" ”

"So what do you think, tell me!"

Li Wei urged again, Shang Jia glanced at him, and saw that his attitude was sincere and not fake, so he gritted his teeth and said: "The villain thinks that these lands are still worth buying, but the villain is a little worried......

Speaking of this, Shang Jia paused, and then looked at Li Wei's face timidly, and then said cautiously: "Your lord, you are an official, and the villain is just a grass people......

When Li Wei heard this, his heart moved, and he suddenly understood.

Although the businessman in front of him didn't say it explicitly, it meant that the people were afraid of officials, and he was afraid that he would not be able to get the land in the end after spending money, and he would not dare to squeak at that time, so he could only suffer a dumb loss.

"This official has always been honest in business, Tong Su is not deceived, and he will definitely not lie to you!"

"Yes, yes, the villain will buy it, and the villain will buy as much as you say, and the villain will buy as much as you say!" Shang Jia nodded, not meaning to refute at all.

Li Wei was silent for a moment, it seems that the officials in Yangzhou had not been less corrupted by these businessmen before, otherwise they would not have been so distrustful of the officials.

"Forget it, let's go." Li Wei sighed helplessly.

"Lord Xie, Lord Xie!"

Shang Jia was amnesty, thanked him twice in surprise and turned around to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Li Wei remembered something and stopped him again.

The merchant didn't dare to disobey, so he turned around and asked respectfully, "What else does your lord command?" ”

Li Wei said solemnly: "This official is a concubine of the dynasty, and the official residence is still the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, if you and your businessmen, relatives and friends have any grievances, such as being oppressed by officials, etc., you can go to the official mansion to file a complaint, and this official will definitely uphold justice!" ”

Shang Jia was shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect that this big official in front of him was so big, not only one of the top officials, but also a court horse, a relative of the emperor and the country!

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! Shang Jia hurriedly bowed down and thanked him, although he didn't know whether Li Wei's words were true or false, but with this sentence, even if Li Wei didn't really care about his business, he would benefit a lot!

Li Wei nodded and waved him away.

Although he doesn't have a good impression of profiteers, legitimate businessmen still have to be protected and can't let corrupt officials mess around.

After sending this businessman away, Li Wei didn't keep an eye on it, he saw that it was not good to do business as an official, and it seemed that he still had to transfer people from the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce.

On the same day, he repaired a letter and sent it to the capital, asking Laifu to transfer some stewards from the Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time asking Shen Jing to develop the bank in Yangzhou.

Financial real estate is not separated, and other industries are also inseparable from banks, such as low interest rates to the people to buy agricultural tools for reclamation, to promote agricultural development, and other walks of life, finance has a huge role in promoting, the key is to control it, do not let it become a tool for some people to arbitrage.

Although Li Wei is not an expert in this area, at least in the current era, he is still the only person who understands this set of things, and it is still possible to control the financial trend in the short term.

If it can be successfully operated this time, he can even directly use bank loans to promote the construction of the city.

After arranging the affairs of the chamber of commerce and the bank, Li Wei gathered some craftsmen.

Since things are not going well, then some marketing methods have to be used, and he has to ask these craftsmen to make a sand table model, so that these people can intuitively see what the city will look like after it is built.

In addition, the map can't just be hung in the pre-sale office, along the streets, along the canal bank, you have to hang a picture at intervals, anyway, this money is nothing for the big project of Xinchengchi, and there are flyers, too.

And, of course, it's not even better! He was already familiar with this when he was running a bank, and he could start it as soon as the people from the Chamber of Commerce arrived.

In the following days, while waiting for the Chamber of Commerce to come, he asked the craftsmen to step up the production of the sand table, and at the same time ordered someone to pave a section of cement road first, which is also one of the highlights of the new city.

In order to repair the cement road, Li Wei deliberately asked Ji Gui to close the Xianchun Gate for two days, and on the third day, when the city gate was opened, the people of Yangzhou City suddenly found that a smooth and straight avenue appeared outside the city gate, extending to the edge of the canal!

The people who came out of the city could not help but be amazed when they saw this, they had never seen such a smooth road, even if it was a stone road, it was also piece by piece, far from being so smooth.

A young man pushed the cart out of the city gate, and before going out of the city, he clanged, but after leaving the city gate, he suddenly felt a light resistance, the car did not shake at all, and the clanging sound disappeared!

The young man stopped in surprise, looked at the road under his feet, and saw that the road under his feet was like a stone slab, and when he slowly looked up into the distance, he was even more shocked to find that the whole road seemed to be paved with a whole stone slab.

"Why did you stop?"

Behind him, a merchant came up and asked aloud, it was the merchant who was startled by Li Wei before, he was actually a salt merchant, and this vendor was his hired hand.

"Boss, look at this road!" The vendor pointed to the concrete road that led straight to the canal.

Shang Jia was slightly stunned, and also noticed that this newly built road was different.

"The road is like a whole stone slab, it is very smooth, and the cart does not wow at all when walking on it!" The peddler said in surprise.

He went back and forth to transport goods to the merchant to the side of the canal, but with this road, he could save a lot of effort!

"Let me try." The merchant took the vendor's cart and walked on the cement road for a while, and his heart was suddenly shocked.

The pedestrian is not very sensitive to whether the road surface is smooth or not, but the car is very obvious, he also started a small business before, and he has also done cart delivery, he knows the value of this road too well!

With this kind of road, it will save a lot of effort and speed to transport the goods again!

"This, this is really, really, so good!"

The merchant put down the cart and stared at the cement road, unable to return to his senses for a long time.

"That's right, buy land!"

After a while, he suddenly exclaimed, and looked up at Li Wei's "pre-sale office" before, at this time, the original shed had been built into a simple house, and Li Wei also specially transported some glass from Beijing to make windows. The whole house is made of a mixture of cement and brick and wood, the walls are bricks, and the floor is also flat cement, which is much cleaner than the dirt floor full of dust.

Shang Jia was surprised by the change in the pre-sale office and hurriedly walked over.

In fact, he had already thought about buying land after leaving Li Wei before, and these merchants generally transported goods by water, but the old city of Yangzhou was still some distance away from the canal, so they had to transport the goods all the way to the river, and then they could load the ships.

As long as Li Wei's new city is built, it will inevitably become a concentration of merchants, and in order to facilitate transportation, they will definitely live, stock, and do business in this eastern city, which is closer to the canal.

For various reasons, the east city is bound to be more prosperous than the west city, and buying land and building a house here as soon as possible, whether it is used for living or as a warehouse, is a profitable business. What's more, now the cement road has been built!

It's just that in the past few days, Li Wei has to make some preparations, so he has temporarily closed this pre-sale office, and he can't find a place to buy it, so he can only let go of this thought first.

But today, after seeing the cement road, he knew that he had to hurry up, maybe he wouldn't be able to buy it in a few days!

"Welcome!" When the chamber of commerce man guarding the door saw him coming over, he immediately stepped forward to receive him warmly, "Do you want to take a look first, and listen to me introduce you to the planning of the city?" Or do you just buy the land? ”

Li Wei not only replaced the original official with a partner of the Chamber of Commerce, but also strictly learned from the sales strategy of later generations, and provided warm and thoughtful service. (End of chapter)