Chapter 123 Establishing a bank and a large guest house
Chapter 123: Establishing a bank and a large guest house
Soon, a piece of news that shocked one city and three counties in Liaozhou came out from Sanjia Village.
Fang Yuan, the governor of Liaozhou, wants to set up an institution specifically to lend money to students who want to study.
Borrowing money is interest-free, and those who are on the gold list can repay it in time periods after becoming an official, while those who fail the list can work in a factory and repay it in time periods.
In order to show the importance he attaches to the imperial examination, Governor Fang specially invited Zhang Ji as a representative to publicize it to all students who are interested in studying and becoming officials.
In the eighteen years since Zhang Jihan was born, he has known many students, many of whom were similar to him and had no ambitions, or who suffered from lack of money at home. He personally visited their homes to promote them.
After Zhang Ji personally came forward, the students who were struggling with no money to study suddenly burst into tears with excitement, shouting that the sky has eyes, and they can assassinate Mr. Shi Qingtian.
Some families who wanted to study but had no money, after learning the news, were so excited that they hugged their children and burned incense for their ancestors that day.
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Naturally, Fang Yuan did not pay attention to those for the time being.
After returning to the Governor's Mansion from Sanjia Village, Fang Yuan met Ji Rufeng and Xu Yingzhuo.
Xu Yingzhuo is the boss of Tengfei Trading Company. He mainly deals in ceramics and has two shops in Liaozhou.
"Fang Zhouzun, it's really disturbing that I came to see you just after you came back from vacation."
Ji Rufeng and the other two saluted Fang Yuan, looking slightly embarrassed.
"It's okay, sit down."
Fang Yuan waved his hands.
Invite them to drink tea at the coffee table.
"Fangzhou Zun, the first batch of fabrics in the weaving workshop is officially completed and it's time to sell them."
"I remember you said last time that you set up a security company to help us escort the convoy, and now I'm looking for you to hire more people."
Ji Rufeng said first.
The branches of major commercial banks in Liaozhou gradually blossomed, and the most critical step was to sell the goods.
Liaozhou is a small area and it is impossible to sell so many products, so it needs to be widely distributed and sent to original merchants to really make money.
"If you have a small problem, just go to Hongxu and register it."
"You can find me again before departure, and I will assign some weapons to them."
Fang Yuan said calmly.
"Thank you Fang Zhouzun!"
Ji Rufeng breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully.
There is no limit on manpower and weapons are distributed, which is far better than having your own escort team.
"By the way, you are responsible for their food and accommodation on the way."
Fang Yuan reminded.
"This is how it should be."
Ji Rufeng has no objection.
Traveling around, he still understands this.
The security guard received Fang Yuan's money, so he listened to Fang Yuan's words.
They may not listen to you during the escort, but if you provide them with food and accommodation, it will at least be easier to talk to.
"What happened to Boss Xu?"
Fang Yuan looked at Xu Yingzhuo and asked.
"Fang Zhouzun, this is the brick you want. Does it meet the requirements?"
Xu Yingzhuo took out two red bricks and knocked them against each other, and they made the same sound.
"The red bricks were fired?!"
Fang Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up and he said.
Fang Yuan asked Xu Yingzhuo to help bake the red bricks.
He is engaged in the ceramics business, and red bricks are a type of ceramics.
There were no red bricks in the Tang Dynasty, and blue bricks were not suitable for building houses. Rammed earth walls were generally used. The imperial palace in Chang'an City was also built with rammed earth walls.
However, rammed earth walls are not suitable for building high-rise buildings and cannot satisfy Fang Yuan's idea of building community houses, so red bricks came into being and appeared at this moment.
"It actually came out a few years ago, but you were dealing with the matter of the Wang family and his son in Liaoshan, so I didn't come to you."
Xu Yingzhuo said with a naive smile.
He rubbed his hands subconsciously, then quickly put them down and looked at Fang Yuan awkwardly.
This is a subconscious action that he wants to gain. I don’t know if he can’t control it or if he does it on purpose. Everyone who knows him knows it.
"Don't worry, the money will naturally be yours."
"When you go back, set a unit price for me, and then spend tens of thousands of dollars on my behalf."
Fang Yuan didn't mind and laughed.
Now that red bricks have appeared, we can start promoting red brick houses.
As an important part of the infrastructure, Fang Yuan plans to build a brick-burning factory at some time, and cannot leave the initiative of red bricks to Xu Yingzhuo.
"Thank you Fang Zhouzun!"
"That...Cifuxuan shop, can you give it to me?"
Xu Yingzhuo was overjoyed and excitedly poured tea for Fang Yuan and Xue Bowu.
Tens of thousands of bricks brought a lot of income to his ceramic business, and Ji Rufeng looked envious.
"Is Ci Fuxuan closed down?"
Fang Yuan frowned and said.
Ci Fuxuan belongs to Wang's natal family in Liaoshan. Fang Yuan did not pursue the issue of Wang and his son in Liaoshan, so Ci Fuxuan should still be open in the commercial street in the north of the city.
"Not yet."
Xu Yingzhuo said awkwardly.
He wants to rob Ci Fuxuan's shop.
The location is good. Xu Yingzhuo wants to open another shop in the commercial street in the north of the city.
Nowadays, Xu Yingzhuo has only one ceramics shop in Chengbei Commercial Street, and he regrets not opening more.
"Then let's wait until it goes bankrupt."
Fang Yuan understood what he meant and rejected his idea.
Officialdom has official rules, and the market has market rules. If Ci Fuxuan doesn't close down, it won't deliberately engage in it.
"Okay."
Xu Yingzhuo didn't dare to say anything, so he just smiled to apologize.
"Boss Ji, Boss Xu, this time you come to see me, and I happen to have something to come to you for."
"When you go back, please send a message to the other bosses. Just say what I said and let them spread it as much as possible."
Fang Yuan suddenly thought of something and said.
"Fangzhou, please speak."
Ji Rufeng and Xu Yingzhuo looked at each other and said seriously.
"Since the sale of your Shengyun Trading Company, the first batches of goods from other factories will be completed and sold."
"After you sell goods to outsiders, tell them that Liaozhou is a good place. I will give them policy support, help build roads and factories, etc., and also provide them with preferential store locations, etc."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
Liaozhou's conditions are becoming more and more mature.
Soon the three counties will also open cement roads with Liaozhou City.
In three to five months, Liaozhou will usher in rapid development.
And these naturally require the help of caravans like Ji Rufeng to publicize to the outside world.
"No problem."
Ji Rufeng and Xu Yingzhuo nodded solemnly.
They have also promoted it to Wuling County before, and only Wuling County has that kind of development scale.
Now we are promoting Liaozhou, and I believe the development of Liaozhou will be several times better than that of Wuling County.
After all, Wuling County is not as big as Liaozhou, and its population is not as large as Liaozhou. Overall, it is much worse.
"Then thank you for the hard work."
"I'm tired and just getting ready to get off work."
Fang Yuan nodded with satisfaction.
Just send Ji Rufeng and others away.
After returning to his place to tidy up a little, Fang Yuan left work early.
After returning to Fang Mansion, Fang Yuan saw Hongxu and Qinggao practicing tea art in the hall again.
"Have you two settled the score?"
Fang Yuan sat down, frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice.
"Master, there is Xue Jiaoyan here."
Hongxu quickly walked behind Fang Yuan and beat his back.
Qinggao also sat beside Fang Yuan and pinched Fang Yuan's feet.
Xue Jiaoyan is not in the living room, there is a special study room for settling accounts.
Usually Hongxu and Qinggao work there, but sometimes they appear in the living room to settle accounts.
At this time, Xue Bowu no longer followed Fang Yuan, and went to find his sister Xue Jiaoyan after returning to Fang Mansion.
"You will enjoy it. You gave all the work to Xue Jiaoyan, and you are not afraid that she will transfer all our money?"
Fang Yuan rolled his eyes at the two sisters and said.
"Isn't this possible?"
The two sisters were stunned, looked at each other, and began to lose their composure.
The two sisters have been guarding Fang Yuan's money warehouse and watched Fang Yuan's money warehouse go from empty to full, and they have extraordinary feelings.
If it is true as Fang Yuan said, it would be even more uncomfortable than killing the two of them.
"Then who knows?"
"You know her very well? Trust her very much?"
Fang Yuan knocked Qingyao's head and cursed.
"I, I will go back and stare now."
Qingyao covered the place where Fang Yuan knocked her and said with lingering fear.
Hongxu stopped beating her back. She was also worried and prepared to go back together.
"There's no need to stare. Just look at it occasionally when we go back to work together."
Fang Yuan reminded.
"I know."
Hongxu and Qinggao left at a fast pace.
Fang Yuan looked at the two of them and laughed in his heart: If you want to be lazy, I can't stop you.
Not long after, Lu Xia came back from the White Tiger Club.
Seeing Lu Xia, Fang Yuan suddenly remembered that he wanted to talk to her about something.
"Zun Zun, are you back?!"
Lu Xia chuckled and walked to sit next to Fang Yuan.
"Well, you're going back so early too?"
Fang Yuan nodded.
It's still bright now and it's not time to get off work yet.
Moreover, the business of Baihu Club is the best at night, and it has just begun at this time.
Liaozhou City also followed the curfew laws of the Tang Dynasty, but the curfew was actually scary, and people who wanted to go out were generally ignored.
Or if you are unlucky, you will occasionally be seen by the patrolling state officials, who will scold you a few times or whip you a few times, and that's pretty much it.
Unless there is a special order prohibiting it on that day, the curfew is not serious. Customers sneak into the White Tiger Club and no longer care about it.
"I'm a little tired. I've been traveling back and forth for the past two days."
Luxia yawned and said.
The hardest part about traveling back and forth to Langzhou in the first two days was Green Summer.
Her home is in the village, and she still has to walk a long way back to Wuling County.
The departure time was also rushed, and I almost stayed at home for one night before going out.
"Thank you for your hard work. Let's go back earlier next time, or take a leave when you are free to go back."
Fang Yuan nodded slightly and poured her a cup of tea.
Lu Xia smiled and drank the tea happily.
"Have you gotten used to working at the White Tiger Club?"
Fang Yuan continued to ask.
"Is...is this telling the truth or a lie?"
Lu Xia scratched her head, looked at Fang Yuan mischievously and said.
"Is there still a distinction between truth and lies?"
Fang Yuan shook his head and rolled his eyes at her.
Between him and Lu Xia, Fang Yuan did not deliberately act like a boss, but treated each other more like friends.
"That's for sure."
"The truth is what I want to say, and the lies are what I want to say that makes you feel comfortable."
Lu Xia chuckled.
"Tell the truth and tell the truth all the time."
Fang Yuan glared at her, slightly speechless.
It seems that I am not an unkind person, so do I still need to deliberately please myself in private?
"To be honest, it's hard to get used to it."
"Those girls say nasty things every day, but I, a young girl... can't get used to it."
Lu Xia was a little angry and blushed as she spoke.
Except for Lu Chuchu, the girls at Baihu Club are all in the sex business. They are just more comfortable than Qian Qianqinglou, but the essence has not changed.
Although Lu Xia is called the manager of the White Tiger Club, she is actually the madam. She is just as young as a neighbor girl, and her essence has not changed.
A girl who has never experienced anything is in charge of these girls every day, and occasionally sees some things she doesn't want to see. She can't get used to it, but she also knows that she has a heavy responsibility.
"This is really a thank you for your hard work."
"Slowly hand over your management experience to Lu Chuchu. I have other things to arrange for you."
Fang Yuan nodded.
He never thought of letting Lu Xia be the manager of the White Tiger Club from the beginning.
With Lu Xia's ability to speak well, she should be able to manage more things. Fang Yuan thinks she is a very powerful talent.
"Lu Chuchu doesn't listen to me, and she doesn't learn anything I teach her."
Lu Xia looked at Fang Yuan with a frown.
Most girls can't seduce Lu Xia, but Lu Chuchu is an exception.
Lu Chuchu has special privileges because of Fang Yuan's relationship, and the two of them came to the same place, so it was hard not to give him face.
"Humph, just tell her that if she doesn't want to learn, she will be an oiran at the White Tiger Club for the rest of her life."
Fang Yuan frowned and snorted coldly.
"Hehe, okay."
"What arrangements do you have for me?"
Luxia suddenly smiled proudly.
"I'm going to build a bank and a guest house. You don't need to pay attention to the bank for now, but you know about the guest house."
"My plan is to transform the Wang family's mansion in Liaoshan into a large guest house. In addition to high-end services, there will also be a manor and so on."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
Two major events will happen in Liaozhou next.
The first thing is the imperial examination that is being promoted, which will be held around July.
The second thing is that we just asked Ji Rufeng and the others to help promote the matter. Liaozhou City will soon welcome the first batch of curious foreign merchants.
No matter what the matter is, it is necessary to build a decent inn to welcome visitors from all over in order to improve the image of Liaozhou and make some money.
"Yingbin Hotel, I can do it!"
"I have seen the previous boss's design drawings and I still remember them."
Lu Xia's eyes lit up and she said excitedly.
"The guest house in Wuling County is a bit poor. I will ask Juzi to build a sandbox for you. Then you can renovate the Wang family in Liaoshan according to your ideas. It is best to free up one and build a bank next to it. I will determine the size of the bank when the time comes.
And give it to you."
Fang Yuan shook his head and said.
The guest house in Wuling County is essentially an inn.
Fang Yuan wants to build a five-star hotel in Liaozhou, with a manor swimming pool, etc.
"Okay, I will go to the Wang family's mansion in Liaoshan tomorrow to have a look."
Lu Xia nodded solemnly.
Fang Yuan asked her to give her some precautions.
Soon after, Hongxu Qinggao and the Xue sisters came out after finishing their work.
Fortunately, as soon as it was time to eat, Fang Yuan stopped talking and asked Juzi to eat.
Starting early the next day, Lu Xia and Ju Zi appeared at the Wang family's residence in Liaoshan for on-site inspection.
After the Liaoshan Wang family and his son were captured by Fang Yuan, their mansion was also seized by the state government and then entered Fang Yuan's pocket.
After three days of inspection by Juzi and Luxia, a wall of the Wang family's residence in Liaoshan was knocked down and the location of the bank was determined.
In two days, Juzi created a sand table view of the Wang family's residence in Liaoshan, and handed it over to Fang Yuan and Lu Xia to lay out and transform it into a bank and guest house.
In the shocked eyes of the people of Liaozhou City, the decades-old royal palace in Liaozhou was officially renovated, and two houses that had never appeared before appeared: the red brick house appeared.
During the past few days of work, Fang Yuan found that Juzi was always absent-minded and seemed to have something on his mind. Fang Yuan had never seen this kind of situation before.
"Big brother, what happened?"
Fang Yuan went to Juzi after dinner one night and asked.