Chang Chongniang spoke from the bottom of her heart, but she was actually very moved.
She is just an ordinary housewife who has been diligent and thrifty all her life and does not dare to spend any money she has on her hands.
This time, I finally made some money with my son, and I sensed a business opportunity, so I spent all my money and courage on this shop.
Now that the shop has just been delivered, she sees that the price has doubled several times when she goes out. As long as she makes a move, she will be able to earn back the money that it took her several lifetimes to save.
Do you think it would be very tempting for her, a housewife who only works around the stove?
Chang Chongniang was watched enthusiastically by people from all directions, and she felt entangled in her heart. She gritted her teeth and pulled her son over a little.
She whispered: "Son, the temptation they gave me is quite big, I'm so excited for you!"
However, after a pause, she changed her tone: "However, there is no such thing as pie in the sky. Even if there is, it is not our turn. They have raised the price so high and they can't wait to buy it. What does it mean?"
Chang Chong has been working as a waiter in a teahouse all year round, welcoming guests and sending guests off. He is considered a man of the world in this era.
He is not stupid, but rather smart. When his mother said this, he suddenly sobered up after being overwhelmed by the money.
"Yes, these people are all profitless and can't afford to be early. What does it mean that they are so eager to buy our shops today? It means that the value of our shops is far less than what it is today!"
Chang Chong's mother patted his shoulder happily and said, "Good son, we are used to being poor. I am very happy for my mother. You have not been dazzled by the immediate benefits. This time, although our shop is not large, we can do something by ourselves."
Small business is still good.”
Chang Chong looked at his mother in surprise: "Mom, do you want to do business?"
"Hey, eldest sister, have you discussed it yet?"
Chang Chongniang smiled and shook her head, and answered resolutely: "I won't sell it!"
When the people surrounding him heard this, they let out a "cut" sound and dispersed as if they had come.
Seeing them surrounding the people coming out from behind, Chang Chong and his mother, like shopkeeper Li, heaved a sigh of relief.
It's just that this breath of relief was a little early. In the blink of an eye, the couple was surrounded by several people again.
When Chang Chong saw it, he shouted loudly: "We won't sell! Don't surround us!"
One of the dark-skinned men introduced himself with a smile: "Brother, don't worry, don't be afraid, we don't have money to buy the shop you have."
Chang Chong was stunned when he heard this: "If you don't want to buy a shop, why are you still stopping us?"
Several other people laughed sheepishly after hearing this.
Chang Chong was also puzzled by the reaction of this group of people.
"Brother, my surname is Huang. I used to hang out in the south of the city. Everyone called me Carpenter Huang. From the name, you should know what I do. I am a carpenter." Carpenter Huang grinned and pointed to a few companions next to him.
: "They are my colleagues who work with me, including carpenters and masons. We stopped you just to ask you, does your shop need renovation?"
Chang Chong suddenly realized it and was extremely shocked. Are the people in Fucheng so sensitive to smell now?
"You guys." Chang Chong gave them a thumbs up, "You guys are so good at taking jobs, so be it."
Carpenter Huang and his partners all looked at him nervously, waiting for his decision.
Chang Chong glanced at his mother, thought for a moment, and said, "My name is Chang Chong. Brothers, if you are willing to wait, just wait for me for two days.
Our shop really wants to open its own store. As for what store to open, we haven’t decided yet. You can give me two days to think about it. When I make a decision, I will come to you to see how to do it. Do you think this arrangement is okay? "
When Huang Carpenter saw that Chang Chong did not refuse, he was overjoyed: "We should think carefully about opening a store. Brother Chang is a steady man. We will wait at home for the good news about Brother Chang!"
"Easy to say!" Chang rushed to them and hugged his fists.
The matter was quickly decided, and Chang Chong said goodbye and left with his mother.
Zhu Da glanced at Qian Yaren and the others and asked, "Old Huang, are we still taking jobs today?"
Carpenter Huang pursed his lower lip and glanced at the exit of the sales office, shaking his head: "We have already received a few jobs today. Shopkeeper Li asked us to start work in his shop tomorrow. Everyone should go back and prepare. Tomorrow
Come and gather."
"Is it true that we won't take any more work today?" Zhu Da felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and took the opportunity to take more work, so that they could make more money before the year.
Carpenter Huang said with a smile: "If you don't accept it, the employer will automatically send it to you in the future."
"How do you say this?" Zhu Da didn't react for a moment.
Others also looked at Carpenter Huang in confusion.
Seeing the confused look on his brothers' faces, Carpenter Huang laughed loudly: "I think the people who wanted to hire workers in Fucheng years ago were basically concentrated in the north of the city. You said that we stayed here to work every day. When the owners of other shops met, would they?
Come forward and inquire about our situation. If it's suitable, I believe they would be more willing to hire craftsmen like us who can see life."
After all, in the shop, it's easy to see whether the work they do is good or not.
"Ha ha."
Others also reacted.
"Old Huang, you still have a quick mind, we are not as good as you! When we work in the shop in the north of the city, we are like a living sign. As long as we do our job well, we really don't have to worry about no business coming to your door!"
Huang Carpenter smiled: "Okay, you guys go back and get ready first. I'll go to Shopkeeper Li's snack shop and discuss with him what to do with the shop."
Zhu Da nodded: "Okay, you go and discuss it with him. Let's go back and prepare the tools for tomorrow's work."
He is a bricklayer, and they actually participated in the construction of houses and shops in this area in the north of the city.
Now that the project in this area was completed, several of their acquaintances got together again and came here to take jobs, just to make some money before the New Year.
The second floor of the sales office.
Xia Jing looked at the grand scene in the square downstairs and said to Zeng Yan beside her: "Did the housekeeper see it? Your prince made a lot of money from the shops he reserved with me in advance. Not to mention the location, the current price of the shops has doubled.
Several times. His arrogant attitude when he first booked me, I still want to slap him when I think about it!"
Zeng Yan pursed his lips and stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, not daring to say a word. He, a slave, did not dare to interfere with the affairs of the prince and the princess, who were enemies.
However, aside from other things, the windows in this building are really big. Compared with the buildings he has seen before, the windows here are the widest, which also makes the interior particularly bright.
He believed that the residents who would live in this area in the future would not be used to the houses here if they returned to the previous ones, because the indoors of the previous houses were too dark, which would be even worse on rainy days.
He stamped his feet again.
Tsk!
The floor on the second floor is really solid. Walking on it feels just as solid as on the first floor. It's not like the previous floors made of wooden planks, which had inferior craftsmanship and made a squeaking sound when walking on it.
Xia Jing saw his actions and chuckled: "Are you afraid that the floor is not strong?"
Zeng Yan blushed, "My little ignorance made the princess laugh. Now that I am able to see such a strong house, it is thanks to the princess's improved steel smelting techniques and the cement produced."
Xia Jing smiled and sat back at her desk.
Zeng Yan stepped forward and poured her a cup of jasmine tea. Smelling the fragrance in the air, he sincerely praised: "Except for Lingnan, there is probably no place in the world where people can live and work in peace and contentment. And for the current situation in Lingnan, Princess, you are the most responsible.
Wei, you have brought vitality to Lingnan."
This time Xia Jing laughed out loud, "Hahaha, I'm not afraid that your master will hear your praise of me. If he knows that you attribute these achievements to me, I wonder if he will be furious? I'll remove you."
Stewardship?”
"What I said is true. I believe that the prince also sees the princess's efforts for Lingnan."
Zeng Yan said with a serious face: "I don't dare to comment on political matters. Let's start with the area in the north of the city. The wasteland in the north of the city that originally had smelly water flowed across it. After the princess's transformation, it has become the most organized urban area in the city. At the same time,
It has also solved many people’s livelihood problems.”
First of all, construction was carried out. The brick factories and cement factories outside the city solved the employment problem of many surplus labor due to their vigorous production.
Not to mention the construction site in the north of the city, where all the craftsmen with some labor or skills from Fucheng and surrounding areas came here.
When people have income, they will definitely be willing to spend money, and all walks of life in the city and surrounding towns will also taste the benefits.
When people are willing to consume, the market becomes dynamic.
Xia Jing raised her eyebrows and admitted that the urban construction in the north of the city was the one she was most satisfied with.
"Bah, bah, bah"
There was a knock on the door of the room, and Hongmei opened the door and came in. Behind her were the staff from the sales office.
"Princess, these are the land deeds and keys for the prince's shop." The staff put a stack of land deeds and a bunch of keys on the desk.
Xia Jing nodded and said to him: "After completing the formalities for the Xia family's land deed and keys, send someone to deliver them."
"Yes, Princess, my subordinates will make arrangements right away." The staff member left.
Xia Jing pushed the land deed and keys on the desk in front of Zeng Yan, "Okay, the formalities have been completed. Take it back quickly, so that your prince will not be anxious."
King Qian, who was also at the Xinfu Yamen in the north of the city, couldn't help but sneeze twice.
"My lord, are you okay? Did you catch a cold?" Anu asked with concern.
"I'm fine. Maybe someone is talking about me." King Qian rubbed his nose and asked, "Has Zeng Yan come back?"
Anu: "Not yet, it should be soon."
"Why is it so troublesome to sell several shops? It's pre-sale and launch. After the house is built, there's a capping ceremony. When it's completed, there's a handover ceremony. You have to go through this procedure and that procedure."
As he spoke, King Qian turned back to look at Anu: "Tell me, does Xia have too much time to do things like this?"
Anu lowered his head, it was hard for a servant to accept these words.
Fortunately, King Qian didn't think about his answer and said to himself: "If she has no money to build the north of the city, she can talk to me, or she can ask me to cooperate. Treat me as an outsider and do it quietly."
With a down payment and monthly payments, we sold all the shops and houses in the north of the city to the people."
Speaking of this, King Qian still feels pain in his heart, "People put out a small amount of money and wait for a few months to wait for the rent to be collected. The rent collected is used to pay the monthly payment, and there is still leftover to subsidize the family. You think it is such a good deal."
Don’t the common people fight and rob when buying and selling?”
This is equivalent to giving shops and houses to the people of the city, but they are not given to him. If he wants a few shops, he has to pay for them in full.
Otherwise, the shop will have no share of his!
In Xia Jing's words: "I don't have to worry about selling my shop in the north of the city! Do you want to buy it or not?"
Would you say it's annoying?
"Your Majesty, Zeng Yan is back!"
Amidst King Qian's nagging, Anu longed for Zeng Yan and finally got him back.
The moment she saw Zeng Yan, Anu couldn't help wiping her sweat and asked, "Butler Yan, how did things go?"
Zeng Yan walked up to King Qian, paid him a courtesy, then took out the land deed and key, and said with a smile: "Everything is done. This is the shop that the princess specially left for you, the prince. I checked it out and found it in the north of the city.
This area has a good location and large shops. It will definitely be a popular shop that is difficult to buy even if you have money!"
King Qian took the title deed and counted ten shops.
He raised his eyebrows and said, "What a surprise. I thought that the princess would be stingy and only open five or six shops to send me away."
King Qian carefully checked the land deed. He didn't know the specific location, but the area written on the land deed was quite large.
Zeng Yan: "Your Majesty, these ten shops have already increased in value two or three times!"
"Oh, how do you say this?" King Qian looked at him doubtfully.
Zeng Yan did not hide anything and told everything he saw and heard at the sales office today.
King Qian stared at the land deed in his hand in disbelief: "These ten shops have doubled or tripled in size now?"
Zeng Yan smiled and said: "Just a lot more!"
hiss!
King Qian took a breath: "Did the princess belong to Pixiu in her previous life? Why is she so good at making money? How much money do you think she made in the north of the city this time?"
Zeng Yan made an estimate in his mind and said: "The princess built the northern part of the city and should have earned back the money needed to build the entire city."
King Qian looked at Zeng Yan: "According to what you said, the princess has earned at least one city?"
"." Zeng Yan rolled his eyes, not knowing how to answer this question.
King Qian didn't seem to want to let it go and asked, "What do you think, I will let the princess rebuild the entire city?"
Anu said with a dead fish face, "."
After listening to his words, Zeng Yan said with a sad face: "My lord, if you do this, the first thing I will do to the princess is to cut her into pieces!"
You are so mean-spirited that you cannot use any analogy except Fucheng.
"Pfft, you are such a coward, this king is just joking!" King Qian said angrily.
Zeng Yan patted his chest exaggeratedly and said happily: "Fortunately, Your Majesty, you are just joking. If you really think so, the Princess will really chop the little ones into pieces."
"Does the princess know that you are ruining her reputation outside?" King Qian looked at him faintly.
Zeng Yan choked and shut up.
King Qian handed the land deed to Zeng Yan, "Do you think the shop left by the princess is better than the location of the king?"
After Zeng Yan heard this, he almost knelt down and said, "My lord, don't worry about the shop in the hands of the princess, she will not agree to it."
King Qian's inner thoughts were revealed by his servant, and he snorted in displeasure, "Who said that I am concerned about her shop? I am just curious! I am curious whether she rents it out or keeps it for my own use!"
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