A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 481 Wu Huaiyu never deceives friends
The transformation of Chang'an was vigorous.

The title of Emperor Xin worked really well, and with the help of Doulu Huairang, Yun Dingxing, and Kang Po, the whole project progressed very quickly.

The walls of the six squares of Shengye, Anyi, Liquan, Huaiyuan, Anshan, and Daye are being demolished rapidly.

Wu Huaiyu set up a special project department, allocated special funds, transferred many officials, and recruited many craftsmen and peasants.

The daily payment of wages has attracted countless people in Chang'an.

One by one, the strong men smashed violently with a sledgehammer.

Although the square wall is not taller and thicker than the city wall, many civilians were recruited to build it in the Sui Dynasty, which took a lot of time and even a lot of materials.

Rammed earth walls are no easier to build than brick walls.

To choose good loess, it must be sieved and washed to remove stones and impurities. Some high-quality loess even requires steaming the soil to kill insects and weed seeds.

When tamping, water should be added to the loess, and finally mixed with straw and lime, repeated mixing and hammering until uniform, after standing still, and finally plate building, repeated tamping and hammering, after thousands of times of tamping, Layer by layer, go up the base.

Every section of the square wall was built in this way, but it is much easier to dismantle it now.

The sledgehammer slammed into the gaps, and then the rafters could be knocked down directly.

The earthen walls that have been knocked down will not be wasted. After cleaning and hammering, they can become new materials for ramming house walls.

"The speed of demolition of the wall is still slow. We must speed up the progress so as not to affect the follow-up projects. If you breach the contract and delay the schedule, you will have to pay a fine at that time."

The one responsible for demolishing the wall was the engineering team behind the Yun family. They participated in the bidding for the demolition of the wall and won the bid with the lowest bid. The Yun family is still very capable, so they quickly organized an engineering team and invited many craftsmen. , and then recruited many large and small workers, and the walls of the six workshops were demolished at the same time.

There are more than a thousand people.

The scene was spectacular.

Faced with Wu Huaiyu's questioning, the manager of the Yun family immediately patted his chest and said that he would hire another group of people immediately, and firmly ensure that the project will be completed ahead of schedule and will not delay the progress of the project.

"You have signed a contract, and you must act according to the contract. Also, you have signed a contract with the Duzhisi Yamen to guarantee that you will enter the venue with advances, wages will be settled daily, and you will be guaranteed three meals a day. All these can be done, right?"

"We mean what we say, please rest assured, Prime Minister Wu."

Taking bids at a low price, advancing funds to enter the market, paying daily wages to workers, and even ensuring workers have enough meals for three meals, these are all the Yun family's full support for Wu Huaiyu.

Whether this project can make money or not, the Yun family doesn't care at all, what they want to show is their cooperation sincerity and the ability of the Yun family.

Even if you lose money, it's worth it.

Of course, Wu Huaiyu will not let them lose money. The project funds will be allocated according to the progress of the project, and the acceptance will be staged, and the settlement will be made after passing the project.

Here the Yun family is in charge of demolishing the wall.

The Kang family over there is responsible for the demolition of houses within the line along Fang Street. No matter whether they are nobles or relatives or ordinary people, the houses and yards inside the line will be requisitioned, or converted into shops, or directly demolished and rebuilt.

Ordinary people directly migrate to the south of the city. Duzhisi Yamen has several options for them to choose from. One is the ghost workshops in the south of the city. Duzhisi Yamen directly invites developers to build new residential areas there. You can move there directly and make up a little cash for the difference.

It is also possible to directly take a piece of open land in the south of the city, build a house by yourself, and pay more money.

This project is relatively complicated. It needs to mobilize demolition, compensation standards and calculations, etc., especially for those noble families who live on the street, and most of the nobles have large houses. Many are reluctant.

This requires Kang Po, who is in charge of this matter, and even Dou Luhuai to allow them to negotiate with them. These people are not short of money, mainly because they are unwilling.

Fortunately, they still have the card of Emperor Xinwu Xianggong.

The walls and houses were demolished, and after the site was finally cleared, it had to be rebuilt.

The development and construction of new street-facing shops is divided into multiple bids. Each square faces the street on all sides, and each has one bid. In fact, there are four bids in one square, and the entire six squares have 24 bids.

Multiple bids by one family are not allowed.

The design and planning of the shops in the entire market was designed and planned by the Duzhi Shiyamen.

Basically, it is the model of a shop in front and a house in the back, or a shop in front and a square in the back. The sidewalk is specially reserved in front of the shop, and trees are also planted to repair underground culverts. It is required how far away is a public toilet and a garbage room.

The whole plan is still relatively good.

The 24 developers who won the bid this time are basically Wu Huaiyu’s friends, such as Qin Qiong’s family, Cheng Yaojin’s family, Fan Xing’s family, and Qiu He’s family, as well as Li Jing’s family, Su Lie’s family, Niu Jinda, Li Junxian, Samurai Xun, Samurai Ling, Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Duan Da and other relatives.

They are powerful, have a good relationship with Huaiyu, and even run a lot of industries together, such as Shaozhou Minerals, Shuofang Salt, Saishangyang, and Sugar Pharmaceuticals.

Everyone has always been happy to cooperate, and they have made a lot of money together with Huaiyu. Now that Huaiyu said hello, they basically didn't ask the details, and directly arranged for the supervisor to follow up.

Even if they lose money, they don't care, they just support Wu Huaiyu.

Wu Huaiyu never deceives friends.

Although the development is divided into 24 parts, he is very attentive to the whole project, and he also advances money to enter the site, and he doesn't even plan to pay at all.

Wu Huaiyu's arrangement is to directly pay the developer for the project with some shops after the development and renovation are completed.

The prospect of this thing is still good.

"Master Wu."

The big shopkeepers of 24 development contractors came, and Wu Huaiyu asked everyone about the progress, preparation of various materials, etc., and then talked with them about holding a business promotion meeting.

"Sir, the house hasn't even laid the foundation yet, so it's not good to attract business and sell the shop?" Qin Qiong's family steward asked in surprise.

Wu Huaiyu told them that this project was guaranteed by the yamen, so there is no need to worry about unfinished business. They can sign a contract with everyone. If the shop cannot be delivered on time, liquidated damages will be paid on a daily basis.

In the end, it is unfinished, and we guarantee a full refund and interest compensation.

At present, the main reason for attracting business and selling in advance is to return the funds. We can't let everyone keep piling up money. Moreover, the imperial court also needs money now.

Although the emperor held back, he decided to fight Xieli again next autumn.

But there must be a lot of preparations. In addition, there are many expenses in the capital, not to mention the redemption of a matured bond this year, which also requires money.

Sell ​​it now, and the national treasury can also receive a sum of cash immediately.

"Why don't you wait until you see a ready-made shop before buying it? Why buy it now?" the steward from Li Jing's family asked.

"We are selling now, and we can give certain discounts,"

"Even if you want to buy a shop, but the money is tight, we can also help you connect with Chang'an Bank and the Bank of the Ministry of Households, and help them apply for special low-interest loans for shops. The annual interest is only four cents, and we can even negotiate for three to five years or even , a long-term loan of ten or eight years."

Wu Huaiyu demolished the walls of the squares and changed the streets, in order to promote industry and commerce, and to prosper the market. In the final analysis, it was to make money, not only to make money for the court, but also for the common people, and even for the developers.

So the sooner this project is completed, and the sooner it can be opened, the better.

Now that the planning has been completed and the development has started, the merchants can also make preparations in advance by attracting investment and purchasing shops in advance, so that they can be renovated and opened as soon as they are delivered.

What Wu Huaiyu did was quite advanced in the Tang Dynasty.

But Wu Huaiyu said that we have plans, drawings, and even a sand table right away. At that time, we will invite merchants to take guests to watch, and we can sign a contract and have a guarantee from the court. Don’t worry about it. There will even be discounts for those who are short of money. It can also help you get a loan with a lower interest rate, which is still very attractive.

Of course, the developers can also return the funds they advanced earlier, and the court can also benefit earlier.

Everyone has their own benefits, why not.

Wu Huaiyu's words touched everyone's heart.

Sounds like a good idea indeed.

The East and West markets are basically saturated, and the newly built South City is relatively remote, and it mainly takes care of the people in the south of the city.

Most of the merchants who are engaged in street markets and square markets now have a consensus that the prospect is good and that the East and West markets will not be replaced, but the rise of street markets in the future is unstoppable.

With Mr. Wu taking the lead, there is no need to worry about this matter.

In the incident, the official role is to promote, plan, and regulate. Only with reasonable planning can there be a good future development.

For example, Pingkangfang focuses on entertainment, catering and leisure industries, and the corresponding industries should be gathered together.

Huaiyuan Square in the south of Xishi can focus on gold, silver, jewelry, spices, etc., with gold and silver exchange, jewelry processing, and spice sales as the main industries.

Shuangor Shengyefang, which is adjacent to Dongshi City and surrounded by nobles and relatives, can be planned to focus on luxury goods, such as high-end silk, splendid fur, and porcelain tea.

Street markets and square markets are not just to build some shops casually, just sell them and rent them out casually, each has its own guidance.

For example, in the future, a certain workshop will mainly regulate the wood and furniture industry, a certain workshop will mainly plan the ironware industry, a certain workshop will mainly regulate firewood, a certain workshop will mainly engage in funerals, and so on.

After the Dongxi market, the main focus is wholesale.

Street markets are mainly for retail and processing, and square markets are mainly for daily necessities.

Each has its own emphasis, and each industry operates in different regions.

Outside the gate of Zhucheng, it is planned to build some mansions, inns, warehouses, processing workshops, slaughterhouses, chariot and horse shops, etc.

After several days of preparation and publicity, the investment promotion pre-sale started, and the effect was not bad, attracting many people.

Although the site is still a messy construction site, a section of the market in Huaiyuan Square has been repaired in advance, and shops have been built according to the plan. This is a model room, and the repairs are very good, especially the decoration.

Even Chang'an Bank, a partnership between Wu Huaiyu and Dou Lu Huairang, has started trial operation.

Chang'an Bank is located on the street, across the street from the West Market. The decoration is very elegant, especially the shopkeeper and the guys are very energetic. All uniforms of Chang'an Bank have embroidered logos on the robes.

At the gate, there was a row of beautiful women welcoming guests. They were not Sanqu prostitutes from Pingkangfang, but Changan Bank.

Also invited from Pingkang Square to celebrate the opening of the kabuki and dance girl troupe,

This Chang'an bank, from the storefront decoration to the staff clothing, to the business it operates, is mostly something I have never seen before. You can save money here, and you can get interest, you can also take out loans, and you can mortgage it. The interest is not high. Even If you deposit money in Chang'an, you can also withdraw money in Luoyang, just with a village ticket and a token.

It is even possible to make unregistered village tickets here, which can be redeemed upon presentation of the ticket. The money is deposited into the counter of the bank, and the ticket is issued. The ticket can be used as cash and can be exchanged at the bank at any time.
These things are so novel.

Many people came here just to watch the excitement, but they were stunned when they saw Chang'an Qianzhuang, a model market in the market. They didn't expect such a grand shop to open on the street.

And when I went in and saw the business they were running, I was even more surprised, can the business still do this?
You can also exchange gold and silver here, and you can also customize some gold and silver jewelry, even such as washing three gold and silver coins, celebrating birthday gold and silver coins, etc. You can also take scattered gold and silver and cast them into various styles such as gold collars, gold bars, gold bricks, or gold leaves. , You can also exchange gold and silver for copper coins, or copper coins for gold and silver, and the handling fees are quite reasonable.

Of course, what amazes everyone the most are interest-bearing deposits and foreign exchange, as well as those registered and unregistered banker's notes, especially the unregistered banker's notes that can be exchanged at any time in Luoyang, Chang'an, and There are three types of fixed denominations: one hundred, one thousand, and ten thousand.

Even after a closer look, this banknote can be either a deposit invoice or a loan invoice. There is a handling fee of [-] for deposit invoicing. If you invoice for a loan, you need to pay additional interest.

At present, only the Changan and Luoyang branches can communicate with each other, but it is said that the branch will be opened in more places in the future. As long as there is a branch, the bank notes of Chang'an Bank can be exchanged by ticket.

Many merchants were very excited when they learned about it. It is inconvenient and unsafe for merchants to carry money and silk when doing business over long distances. It would be much more convenient if they could be exchanged in other places.

Planning and design drawings, sand tables, model rooms,

Coupled with pre-sale discounts, and even the ability to provide low-interest loans with contractual guarantees, many businessmen who had just come to see it with the mentality of watching the excitement were also moved.

Wu Huaiyu also specially arranged some entrustments, and took the lead in signing the contract and paying the money.

In fact, it's not exactly a trust.

The first batch of market shops, of course, have a good prospect, and the Wu family and others are naturally optimistic. Now that they are the first to subscribe, they naturally have the right to choose first.

First come first served.

Although there are some mandatory requirements for settled businesses, such as operating according to the planned type of business, Huaiyuan Square is mainly engaged in gold and silver exchange, jewelry processing, spices and other industries, so you can’t open a blacksmith shop here, let alone Can't open a coal sale.

In the same street, there are naturally good and bad shops. The so-called golden corner and silver-edged grass belly, a commercial street, the best location is the corner, and the worst location is the middle.

Street corners gather crowds from all directions, people stand for a long time, have a large display area, and the brand exposure is also high. This is the top traffic, and the location of the store is excellent. Even if the price is high, who doesn’t want a good location? Money can't buy it either.

Just like Chang'an Bank, it is just at the cross corner of Huaiyuanfang, Xishi, Yankang and Guangde, an absolute golden location.

The Wu family took the lead in signing the contract very bluntly, and picked up several gold horns and silver edges. They can't use them up, so they can still rent them out. Is the good location afraid that they won't be able to rent out?
Under the driving atmosphere of these "trusts", merchants who had not thought about paying the money when they came here also had a sense of urgency that it would be too late if they didn't make a move.

If you don’t have any money, you need to pay a deposit first to sign the contract. Even if you don’t have any money, it doesn’t matter. Chang’an Bank and the Bank of the Ministry of Households have set up offices today to help you with loans on the spot. You can borrow a little and pay a deposit first.

The guys over there even planted flags in front of the sand table from time to time, and announced loudly three times for each flag, which meant that another high-quality store was pre-sold, and there was no chance.

The scene is getting more and more heated.

Doulu Huairang and Kang Po who rushed over looked at the scene, and they couldn't believe it, so many people rushed to pay for the shop that hadn't laid the foundation?

(End of this chapter)