Shang Jia was stunned, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to step forward when Li Wei was there before, but now he was suddenly replaced by an enthusiastic guy, which made him a little overwhelmed for a while.

But after being stunned for a moment, he immediately came to his senses, and now the most important thing is to buy the land first!

"I'll buy it directly."

"Okay, please sit down and wait."

The man led him to a table, served him tea, and then hurried to prepare the contract.

Shang Jia sat at the table, looking at the warm tea in front of him, the flat ground under his feet, and the windows made of pure and transparent crystal, his heart was full of amazement.

These things were so novel that he felt as if he had arrived in another world.

In the back hall, Li Wei was assigning work to Laifu and Shen Jing.

These two people naturally attached great importance to Li Wei's arrangement, and when they received Li Wei's letter before, they directly brought people to Yangzhou in person.

Laifu mainly led the stewards and associates of the Chamber of Commerce to replace the original officials and be responsible for the sale of land.

Shen Jing's task is also very important, he wants to settle these large-value transactions directly through the bank, and also let these people who buy land familiarize themselves with the bank's process, and promote the deposit, loan and exchange business.

As soon as Li Wei finished instructing Laifu to arrange the affairs of the "well-wishers", Laifu didn't have time to do it, and he heard his men say that there was business coming to him, so he immediately reported to Li Wei.

Li Wei was overjoyed when he heard it: "Good sign, let's go, let's go and have a look." ”

With that, Li Wei brought Fu and Shen Jing out of the back hall.

The businessman was still immersed in curiosity about new things, but he was shocked when he saw Li Wei bringing people out, and hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Meet your lord!"

When Li Wei saw that it was him, he suddenly waved his hand casually and said, "No need to be polite, I'm just a businessman now, just treat me as an ordinary businessman." ”

At this time, he had already taken off his official robe and changed into an ordinary person's regular clothes, but this businessman knew his identity, even if he said so, the businessman didn't dare to really treat him as an ordinary person.

"I don't know your name yet?" Li Wei smiled.

"The villain's name is Jiang Chun." Jiang Chun bowed and said.

"What kind of business?"

"The villain was originally a grain merchant, but later when the imperial court opened, the villain also followed the border to transport grain for some salt and started a salt business."

Jiang Chun replied softly.

Li Wei nodded lightly when he heard it, which was also expected by him.

Yangzhou has two Huai transshipment salt envoys, many salt merchants are to the border to transport grain and other military supplies, and then change the salt to attract salt here, so there are many salt merchants concentrated here.

In fact, this is not original by Zhu Yuanzhang, there was this method in the Song Dynasty, called Zhongna.

The current Zhongna is under the control of Zhu Yuanzhang, and the implementation is quite good, like Yunnan, at this time, it is the merchant Jia Zhongna that ensures that the grain and grass are sufficient.

However, in the later period, the emperor was mediocre, and all kinds of powerful and high-ranking officials wantonly asked for salt introduction, resulting in much more salt introduction than the actual salt production, and the merchants who really transported grain to the border in exchange for the introduction could not get salt at all, and the Zhongnafa was gradually abolished.

Li Wei chatted with him casually, and then introduced Fu and Shen Jing to him, especially Shen Jing.

These salt merchants are all very wealthy, and if they take their money into the bank, they will never be short of money again.

Although Jiang Chun didn't know much about the bank, after listening to Shen Jing's introduction, he was also a little moved, and coupled with Li Wei's face, he agreed to deposit part of his property in the bank.

Later, Laifu also signed the deed of the land transaction with him, and after collecting the money, he asked the man to take it to the government to apply for the land deed.

After sending Jiang Chun away, the guys of the Chamber of Commerce also moved, and soon the pre-sale office changed from deserted to a fiery scene, similar scenes reappeared, well-wishers went around publicizing, the guys were warmly entertained, and even prepared small gifts, even if you don't buy land, you can take advantage of it by coming in and listening to the guys' explanations.

The canals and streets were covered with advertisements for the pre-sale of land in the new city, and because the land seller was changed from an official to a chamber of commerce, many ordinary people had no worries and were attracted to it.

Of course, ordinary people will not easily take out hundreds of yuan to buy these land, even if Shen Jing provides a so-called loan, almost no one is willing to pay money, after all, the city has not been built yet, except for a cement road, the new city is just a wasteland.

But they don't buy it, but many shrewd businessmen have made a move, often buying more than a dozen acres.

For these wealthy businessmen, it is not difficult to come up with a few hundred or thousands of dollars, and they are also aware of the future potential of Dongcheng, and the land they buy now will definitely make no profit in the future.

Li Wei could only sigh lightly at this phenomenon, in fact, he hoped that ordinary people could also be bold enough to take out loans in advance, after all, after the city was built, these ordinary people would only be more unaffordable, but unfortunately he could not convince these conservative and cautious people.

Under the propaganda of various marketing methods, the sale of land soon became really hot, the 5,000 acres of land in the new city quickly climbed from the beginning of a dozen acres per day to more than 100 acres, and in just a few days, nearly half of the transactions have been made, and the treasure banknotes, gold and silver, and various currencies quickly flowed back into the accounts of the Chamber of Commerce like a raging flood, and the funds drawn by Li Wei from the Chamber of Commerce were quickly filled in before they could even be spent.

In the back hall of the pre-sale office, five or six bookkeepers were crackling and calculating the transaction accounts during this time.

Li Weiduan sat beside him, quietly waiting for the results of these accounting rooms, Jiang Shouqing and Jiang Quan were also on the side, staring at these accounting clerks with a fiery eyes.

Although Li Wei no longer let them be in charge of the land sale, they are still very concerned about the situation here and often come to inquire.

After a long time, the sound of the abacus finally stopped, and Laifu put the accounts together, presented them to Li Wei, and then said respectfully:

"Master, in the past ten days, more than 2,300 acres of 5,000 acres of land in the new city have been sold, and a total of more than 350,000 yuan of gold and silver treasure money has been collected, and now there are still more than 2,600 acres of land left in the new city that have not been sold."

"Great!"

After Laifu's words were finished, before Li Wei could speak, Jiang Shouqing and Jiang Quan had already cried out excitedly.

In more than ten days, 350,000 yuan was in hand, and the city had not yet been built, and the money had already been made to make money, Li Wei's operation was really eye-opening for them!

With these 350,000 yuan, the imperial court will no longer have to worry about the cost of building a city in the future, and will directly sell the land according to Li Wei, and the money will be in hand before starting construction!

Of course, Yangzhou businessmen gather, and it is a special circumstance to be able to sell for so much money, and other places will definitely not be able to sell so expensive.

But cities in other places don't need to be built as extravagantly as Li Wei! Save a little money, no matter how bad it is, it's always okay to get back to your roots, right?

Jiang Shouqing and the two were excited, and Laifu and Shen Jing were also a little excited, after all, they had only sold less than half of the land and made more than 100,000 yuan, and if they sold it all, they could earn at least 500,000 yuan! Under these circumstances, the development of the Chamber of Commerce to the scale of tens of millions is just around the corner!

Compared with the excitement of several people, Li Wei's reaction was quite calm, but he was also happy in his heart.

He now has 3,000 guards to support, and the burden is a lot heavier, and of course the more money, the better.

"Don't be in a hurry to sell the rest of the land, starting tomorrow, the sale of fifty acres will be closed, and it will decrease day by day in the future." Li Wei commanded softly.

Laifu was a little puzzled when he heard this: "Master, why is this?" ”

Jiang Shouqing and the others also cast inquiring looks.

Li Wei smiled and briefly explained to them what hunger marketing is, and the more they can't buy it, the more they want to buy it.

Rifle was shocked after hearing this: "Master, this method is really wonderful!" ”

"The more I can't buy it, the more I want to buy it, why didn't I think of it!" Shen Jing muttered in a low voice, chewing Li Wei's words carefully, and his heart was also full of admiration!

Although Jiang Shouqing and Jiang Quan do not understand business, they also understand the truth that scarcity is precious, and Li Wei's so-called hunger marketing is to create a false rarity for goods.

Although they are full of poetry and books, and they are a little shameful about these deceptive tricks, they also have to sigh at the subtlety of this Master Li's grasp of people's hearts, no wonder he can defeat so many powerful people to reach the current position of power in a few years!

Li Wei didn't stop after talking about hunger marketing, but said a sales method that shocked them even more: "When there is not much left in the end, let's take out those better positions and let people bid, and the one with the highest price will definitely be able to sell at a higher price!" ”

Hearing Li Wei's words, several people were stunned for a moment!

"This ...... That's so ...... Great! ”

Laifu wanted to say that it was too dark, but when he thought that this was his own master, he quickly changed the word.

Shen Jing imagined in his mind the fiery scene of everyone competing for bidding, and his heart couldn't be calm for a long time, as a descendant of the Shen family, he had been in business for many years, and he boasted that he was well versed in business, but today when he heard Li Wei's genius thoughts, he suddenly made him ashamed!

He can be sure that if he sells according to Li Wei's method, he will definitely be able to sell the land at a price far beyond the normal value of the land!

Thinking of this, Shen Jing couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart, and asked with some excitement: "My lord, can other things in our Chamber of Commerce also be sold in your way?" ”

Li Wei was slightly stunned, he was negligent about this, in fact, many things in the Chamber of Commerce are unique to them, and of course they can be auctioned.

"Well, your idea is good, in fact, as long as it is a valuable and rare thing, you can use this method, and we can hold a special auction in the future!" Li Wei said.

"Auction?" Shen Jing repeated the word, "When are you going to hold this auction?" ”

Li Wei pondered for a moment and said: "When there is a chance in the future, you and Laifu should also pay attention to it, and if there are rare and valuable goods, keep them, and sell them together at the auction when the time comes." ”

If you really want to hold an auction, you have to prepare the goods in advance, and he is now focused on building the city, and he has no energy to do this anymore.

"Okay."

Shen Jing was slightly disappointed that he couldn't immediately put this idea into action.

After explaining the matter of selling the land to Laifu and Shen Jing, Li Wei returned his energy to building the city.

He is not one of those black-hearted real estate developers in later generations, since the money has been collected, then he has to build the city well.

Since then, Li Wei has personally supervised the construction at the site every day, especially the use of cement, as well as the interval and timing of sprinkling maintenance.

Because he was much more silver-haired, the people who were now serving in the conscription were also full of energy, for fear that the official would not be satisfied and deprive them of the right to serve in the conscription.

In the past, conscription was conscription, but now conscription is welfare, and the money for half a year is much better than farming.

Nowadays, although the Ming Dynasty does not have those advanced engineering equipment in later generations, but the strength of the people is great, tens of thousands of people started work together, the city wall was built rapidly, a circle of towering city walls quickly emerged and extended along the bank of the canal, and the land in the east of Yangzhou City was quickly enclosed, the original outside of the city became the city, and the land became the land in the city from the wild wasteland.

In addition to the city wall, he also built the roads in the city, drainage canals, etc., the roads are all made of cement, the drainage canals are culverts, a dark gray cement road like a whole stone slab, the whole city is divided into squares, Li Wei numbered it, and those who have bought the land can find their own land according to the number.

As the city rises from the ground, the pre-sale gradually becomes the current sale, and the business of selling land is even more popular.

Because Li Wei is engaged in hunger marketing, it is not as easy to buy a piece of land as it was at the beginning, and dozens of acres of land every day must be robbed, and many businessmen who have not made a move or come late have begun to buy it privately at a high price.

Time flies, the weather gradually cools, and in late autumn, the city wall is finally preliminarily completed.

Li Wei, Jiang Shouqing, Jiang Quan and others climbed the tower of the new city, looked at the canal in front of them, slowly exhaled, and sighed lightly:

"It's finally done!"

Jiang Quan on the side also sighed: "Yes, I didn't expect the new city to be completed so quickly, thanks to your cement, and those new tamping machines, the speed of building the city has increased a lot." ”

Li Wei smiled lightly, this time to build the city, he not only used cement, but also let the Ordnance Bureau make a large number of machinery, although it was all manual, but it also saved a lot of manpower and improved the speed of city construction.

However, his speed is nothing, and it will not take a month for later generations to build a building with dozens of floors, and the city wall is just a wall after all, and the difficulty of construction cannot be compared with high-rise buildings.

But when he turned back to look at the city, he couldn't help but say, "Maybe this is just the beginning." ”

Many of the merchants and people who bought land in the city have begun to build houses on their own plots, and craftsmen and ordinary people are everywhere in the construction.

This time, he sold more than 3,000 acres of land in the city, plus the plots along the street that were auctioned later, a total of more than 500,000 yuan, and a net profit of 300,000 yuan after the cost.

As for the remaining 1,000 acres of land, he wanted to keep it for his own use, or sell it at a higher price when the new city prospered in the future.

On the second day after the completion of Yangzhou New Town, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was far away in Beijing, got the news.

"Hey, hey, I didn't expect this kid to do this!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the description on the secret music and couldn't help grinning.

What he said was done, not only was the city built, but Li Wei really made money, a full 300,000 yuan!

The world has experienced a melee at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is now full of ruined cities and broken roads, and he has no less worries about repairing these roads and cities.

Everyone else reached out to him to ask for money when they did everything, but Li Wei not only did it, but also made money by the way, which really surprised him.

Looking at the towering and tall city walls and clean and smooth cement roads described in the secret music, he couldn't help but have the idea of wanting to see this Yangzhou New City for himself. (End of chapter)