In the middle of January, a layer of ice also formed on the banks of the Huai River, but it did not affect navigation. The reeds on both sides of the banks were densely covered with stubble. Different from last year, after the construction of the dam, the tidal flats were well cleaned up, and the fields inland were also neat.
When you get up, it looks very comfortable.
The caravans coming and going have very good impressions of the east, west, south and west of Huaizhong City. Their expectations for the future development of Huaizhong City are basically positive.
The main "high-end" residential area in the city, with three doors and a courtyard facing the street, was worthless and shabby last year, but now it is worth ten horses.
In fact, these dilapidated houses are not worth the money at all, but what foreign wealthy people buy is not the current value of the house, but the future.
After hearing that the biggest project in Huaizhong City next year is to build roads and build docks, it strengthens the confidence of international wealthy businessmen. The only thing that makes the businessmen more troublesome is that they cannot exchange donations for official titles.
After all, Commissioner Li is still a minister of Wu State. If businessmen want to spend a lot of money to buy an official position, they have to go to Gusu.
Just go to Suzhou now... Unless you are extremely cowardly, any international businessman who does not have the backing of a strong motherland, in short, without the support of official power, is just a fat pig.
The internal struggle within Wu State began to be staged at the beginning of the new year in a way that broke through the lower limit.
A bunch of "common people", a bunch of "edicts of the late kings", and King Wu Wei's tricks made countless wealthy people in Wu want to whip their corpses.
It's a pity that no matter how crazy they are, they can only use the "excuse certificate" left to them by Wu Wei Wang Gouchen in order to sing on the stage of Wu Gusu.
What the old monster has done throughout his life, how can it be compared to that of a miscellaneous fish?
The political environment is unstable, and the market atmosphere is also extremely strange. The silk merchants in the entire Wu Kingdom who can stabilize exports to the outside world, except for the Yanling Yunyan family, still have the foundation to consume, and through the special channel of Jiangyin City, they don't have to pay attention to various blackmails.
The remaining second-class families are already a bit overwhelmed.
For example, the Yunting Zhong family, who has always had a good relationship with Li Jie, is a family that has been visiting graves for generations. Now the living environment of the entire Zhong family is extremely bad.
That is to say, constant communication with Yinxiang can still be relieved, but the rest of Gusu's operations have all come to a standstill.
Most of Zhong's officials in Gusu are unemployed. The new king's official ascension to the country is scheduled for February. It seems that there are only ten days left, but the problem lies in these ten days.
Wealthy families are vying for the last bit of meat before the new king ascends the throne. They are all vying for decent cities, whether it be officials, county captains, or even city magistrates and philistines.
In all the cities where barbarism grew, the power of the old clans did not penetrate much. At this time, all kinds of unscrupulous and unlimited operations were used, and even methods to win over the local Tu clan were used.
Huaiyi, the leader of the Niaoyi tribe who was once hung up and beaten, actually became a guest. It was unimaginable in the past.
This kind of chaos has further prevented wealthy businessmen from choosing a more stable environment to rely on.
Huaizhong City is a breath of fresh air under this chaos, or in other words, a breath of fresh air within the Wu Kingdom.
I was originally dissatisfied with some of the rules Li Jie set, but compared to losing all his money and having his assets shrink slightly, the latter is much more kind and lovely.
"This year will definitely be a good year."
On the business roads leading to and from Huaizhong City, knowledgeable businessmen felt this way after seeing that a large number of ditches had begun to divert water and store water.
Not only the north of the Huai River is like this, but the south of the Huai River is also in full swing. Some businessmen who mainly sell agricultural and sideline products paid for their boat tickets and went to Huainan to have a look. They found that the number of newly built fields in Huainan may be greater than that in Baiyi.
Need more.
After a little calculation, it will not be a problem for Huaizhong City to support the current number of people in two years, and its ability to withstand natural disasters is obviously much stronger than elsewhere.
“Ahead is the Huaizhong ‘Renhe’ breeding farm.”
"I heard that the director of this place is Li Zi's confidant."
"Yinxiang's special brave man Sha's famous melon is famous in Jiangyin for raising 'Lushu'. Now 'Lushu' has been renamed 'Donkey', and I heard that Yanling also raises them in captivity."
"I see."
Some businessmen also find it strange that in addition to horses, there are many rare animals in Huaizhong City that serve as field horses. However, some people have never seen donkeys and only think they are special breeds of horses from Jiangdong.
It is actually quite difficult for ordinary horses to live stably in the geographical and climatic environment of Jianghuai. On the contrary, livestock such as donkeys and mules are more adaptable.
In the past, the main profits of big livestock dealers in the southeast region actually came from cattle, not horses.
Now, naturally, we are eyeing new livestock.
It's just that it's not easy to get a good donkey breed. After many attempts, some businessmen found that the same type of donkey from Yinxiang is better.
It's a bit expensive, but you really get what you pay for.
Nowadays, big livestock dealers, who have mares and donkeys on hand, all pay and line up, waiting to have their animals fucked hard by Li Tiezhu of Jiangyin.
The "breeding fee" alone can now cover the basic expenses of Renhe Breeding Center, and the "breeding fee" is not all for Li Tiezhu's donkey. In addition to Li Tiezhu, some high-quality wild donkeys have also been captured one after another. They are not as good as Li Tiezhu, but they still have to
It is also an excellent variety.
In addition, because of the special technical means of Renren and the breeding center, Li Tiezhu can often breed more than ten or twenty mares and donkeys in just one operation, which can be said to be quite economical and trouble-free.
As long as the female horse or donkey can get pregnant normally, the breeding center and the breeding center can guarantee that it is definitely Li Tiezhu's breed.
With the relocation and expansion of the Renhe Breeding Center, the Director of Special Operations, Shagua, is now mainly focusing on the growth rate, and has a somewhat indifferent attitude towards pure revenue, because as long as the number of donkeys and mules increases, there is absolutely no need to worry about losing profits.
The army's purchases alone are enough to feed the people and breeding centers.
At this moment, riding on the wave of large-scale construction, Young Master A, who was originally responsible for the work shed dormitory area, was temporarily transferred to be responsible for the expansion of the Yingdong Renhe Breeding Center.
Not long ago, after Shagua arrived in Huaizhong City, he signed a buy-back contract with several large livestock dealers in the Jianghuai area.
The main content of the contract is that Renhe Breeding Center will purchase the donkeys and mules produced by each company in the future, as long as they meet the demand standards of Huaizhong City.
These donkeys and mules will not worry about sales, but there are too many big animals in their hands. For many businessmen, the cost of maintaining them is really too high.
In particular, donkeys and mules have not yet withstood the test of the market. In the past, donkeys could also be used as deception and deception in the form of "Lu Shu" rare animals. However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the number of donkeys will definitely explode in the future, and naturally they know that this is not a long-term game.
Routine.
You do have the courage to breed on a large scale, but few local businessmen can afford to smash hundreds of heads into their hands at once.
Ordinary small countries cannot afford to support it. At least a country with a population of several hundred thousand and a fairly good financial system can support such a white glove.
Otherwise, just one protein intake is enough to make people bankrupt.
With the repurchase contract of Renhe Breeding Center, the confidence is obviously much more abundant, and unlike bulk transactions in the market, Renhe Breeding Center obviously purchases in bulk.
The profit margin may not be high, but the total profit per time will not be much less.
In view of this, both Huaizhong City and the big livestock dealers traveling to and from Huaizhong City are keeping a close eye on the expansion of pens and breeding farms.
When it comes to personal profit, it is naturally different from usual.
Livestock dealers or middlemen who have just arrived are led in by local "old-timers". It's not that the "old-timers" don't want to trick people. In fact, only Li Jie has the power to "kill the familiar and bully the raw" in Huaizhong City.
Yes, if other people and outsiders dare to play such tricks, Li Jie, a beast from the Wu Kingdom, will not reason with you at all, nor will he listen to your sophistry.
Either pay the fine or die.
As for the "sheriffs" of Huaizhong City who "strictly enforce the law", they all regard Li Jie's words as truth, and even his farts are delicious.
The uncomfortable part about harsh punishments is not the harsh punishments themselves, but the fact that there are actually people who will implement them.
Facing the crocodile men, who have at least several hundred fighting strength, the brave "sheriffs", and the outsiders don't dare to play tricks. The sophistry and deception that can be used in their hometown is useless here.
That's why, whether they want to admit it or not, the big livestock dealers feel that the experience in Huaizhong City is actually pretty good.
"When the Yingdong breeding farm is successfully expanded, I would like to rent a place and raise twenty donkeys."
"The person responsible for the construction of this place now seems to be Young Master Jia of the State of Yan."
"Young Master A? How is this possible? How can a high-ranking young master of a country engage in such a lowly career?"
If you are new here and don’t believe it, even if you really want to work for Li Jie, you will probably use a pseudonym anyway.
If you hold the title of Young Master of the Yan Kingdom and then do such a thing, aren't you afraid of being laughed at?
Ba, the son of Lian Liuguo, is now known as "Xia Liu" in the Wu Kingdom.
"Master, the one riding over there to inspect the construction site is Mr. A of the State of Yan."
"..."
The new cattle dealer was speechless and looked intently. Sure enough, there was a personable gentleman inspecting the progress of the construction site.
Just as he was about to sigh, he heard a commotion, and a dozen slave workers suddenly appeared on the construction site in the distance, holding various farm tools, and rushed towards Young Master A.
The sudden change happened so quickly that people on the business road had not yet reacted. There were already shouts of death at the construction site not far away.
In just a few breaths, he saw different brave people emerging from different places. Among them, the one holding the Wu Hook was the most violent. After cutting down several people in a row, he suddenly roared: "Unknown rats, I don't know.
Life or death!"
"There are crocodiles!"
"Crocodile Man!"
"withdraw!"
At this time, the new merchants on the trade road woke up from a dream and quickly found a place to hide. Then, more intense shouts of killing and screams continued to be heard in their ears.
The assassination came too fast, and the counter-attack came even faster. The whole process was a buzzing sound in the minds of the businessmen. The calculations in the business field in the past immediately became like drizzle compared with the drastic change of life and death in front of them.
The one who was no better than the merchants was Young Master Jia of Yan State, who was almost beaten to death by a slave worker with a hoe and a rake.
"Master, get down!"
"yes!"
Mr. Gongsun pinned Ji Jia in the carriage, holding a sword. He originally wanted to break out, but he saw that the most ferocious guys around were holding Wu hooks. When he was distracted, he realized that they were all old acquaintances.
After heaving a sigh of relief, Mr. Gongsun said: "Young Master, you are one of our own."
"Crocodile Man?!"
"Exactly."
Mr. Gongsun nodded repeatedly, with a very grateful look on his face, "It seems that the General had already expected what would happen today."
The frightened Young Master A did not expect that he would be assassinated just because he came to stare at the construction site, especially since this wave of assassinations was carried out by seemingly harmless slave workers.
The cry of killing only lasted for a short while, and soon turned into a chase. In the open space, it was naturally impossible to outrun the crocodile man.
Without waiting for Mr. Gongsun's help, this sudden assassination was solved in just a cup of tea.