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Chapter 907: Zhao Xu's sudden wealth

After Zhao Xu agreed to the ministers' request, everyone's mood changed noticeably.

The emotions became more excited and the face became more flushed.

Just like a drunk warrior.

This is normal.

Because, the moment Zhao Xu agreed to their request, everyone present would automatically receive a 'Song Dynasty Meritorious Official Experience Card'.

This means that they can at least save two years of probation.

But this is not the most important thing.

The most crucial point lies in the act of giving the late emperor a title.

This was recorded in their respective official records.

As long as their birth records are not destroyed, this achievement will follow them throughout their lives.

This will give them an advantage in future promotions, appointments, dismissals and authorizations!
You can even leave a record of it in the biography of your descendants.

This is so precious!

For most people, this may be the greatest opportunity in their lives!

After calming down, Jia Zhongmin began to continue reporting on the situation of the Street Office.

Naturally, the sales performance of the second phase of Bian Jing Academy was soon achieved.

"Since the imperial decree was issued to start selling the second phase of the Bianjing Academy, the Bianjing Academy Fundraising Office, which I lead, has sold out a total of 121 standard houses and 11 separate residences in the second phase three days ago..."

"All the contracts have been signed, and the total subscription amount, converted into Jiaozi, is about 300,000 strings of cash..."

Zhao Xu listened, smiled and nodded, praising: "Good, you have made new contributions to the country!"

The housing prices in the second phase of Bian Jing Academy can only be described as skyrocketing compared to the first phase.

The average price per square foot in the first phase was thirty strings of coins, and the most expensive was fifty strings of coins.

But in these two phases, the average price has risen to one hundred coins per square foot!

With housing prices so high, not to mention ordinary people, even the wealthy families in Bianliang City are starting to feel the pain.

Because, at such housing prices, a standard house of a thousand feet would cost one hundred thousand strings of cash!
One hundred thousand strings of cash is enough to buy a large house worth tens of thousands of taels of silver in other places in Bianjing City.

Even though the Bian Jing Academy had its own independent official kindergarten and elementary school, it also had places for students to enter the Kaifeng Prefecture Academy.

It also has the advantage of being able to whitewash one's own mistakes.

But it’s still too expensive!

Zhao Xu also knew this.

Therefore, in order to sell the houses, he has been deliberately focusing on the sales of the second phase of houses.

The foreign officials, generals and great Tibetan leaders who were dragged all the way to Xihe Road were brought to the capital.

It was also delayed until the tribute students from all provinces and counties across the country who were preparing to take part in the imperial examination next year gradually arrived in Beijing.

Only then did he ask Jia Zhongmin to start selling.

In addition, he also adopted a large number of various methods to operate.

For example - hoarding the property.

Before selling, half of the houses are directly changed to 'sold' status to artificially create scarcity.

At the same time, Zhao Xu also deliberately detained the civil and military ministers, foreign officials and generals who came to Beijing from Xihe until now, and never let them go back.

Just let Jia Zhongmin find ways to sell the product to these people.

From Xibawen, Wen Xixin to Zhao Chunzhong, Bao Shun, Li Linnezhanzhi, and even Bang Biaozhu and Qingyi Jieguizhang, they were all brought to watch...

Jia Zhongmin took them not only to visit the Bian Jing Academy and introduce its location advantages, but also to let them visit the facilities of the preparatory school and primary school which had just started recruiting students and introduced the teaching staff.

Arrangements were also made for Wen Jifu, Cao Huan, Huang Liang and other yamen officials or representatives of imperial merchants who had just bought a pawnshop to meet with the big leaders.

Provide credit services to the big leaders thoughtfully - don’t have that much money/no money now?

It doesn't matter!

We loan!
The annual interest rate is 20%, and you can use the cotton plantation as collateral and repay with cotton.

Under this combination of measures, the foreign officials, generals and chiefs who came to Beijing from Xihe signed house purchase deeds one after another.

Most people are happy to have purchased a thousand square feet mansion in the Bian Jing Academy!
Among them, the truly wealthy and extravagant people even signed deeds for individual mansions worth hundreds of thousands of strings of cash!

Of the eleven individual residences, five were sold to the wealthy people from Xihe!
Thus, in this way, the ethnic minority leaders of Xihe Road became a community of interests of the Song Dynasty, not only politically.

The same is true economically.

Zhao Xu was not afraid that they would not be able to pay their mortgage.

It can even be said that they would be better off not being able to pay their mortgage!

Especially people like Zhao Chunzhong and Bao Shun.

Because, in this way, Zhao Xu could give them a loan of favor.

Through economic control, these originally independent or semi-independent tribes were turned into completely dependent on the Song Dynasty economically.

This is called a debt trap.

The most adept method used by modern colonizers.

"One hundred and twenty-one standard thousand-foot houses and eleven separate residences..." Zhao Xu pursed his lips.

"That's tens of millions of guan in revenue!"

"Adding the pawnshop's sales revenue..."

He licked his lips and began to caress them with his hands.

"Tens of millions of guan of wealth will be concentrated in Bianjing!"

"The gold and silver scattered throughout the states and counties of the world have naturally become rich without any effort!"

He stood up, looked at Jia Zhongmin and others, and said, "I read the history books and saw that in the past, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty held an imperial examination to recruit scholars. When he saw the Jinshi candidates entering the palace one after another, he said to his attendants: All the heroes in the world are in my jar!"

"And today, I can say one sentence..."

"The wealth of the world is in my hands!" Jia Zhongmin and others listened and bowed their heads repeatedly: "I hope Your Majesty can exercise your power and blessings!"

Zhao Xu was lost in his own thoughts.

All the wealth in the world flowed into Bianliang.

This means that there is sufficient financial support for what Zhao Xu wants to do.

Keynesianism now has the foundation for its initial implementation.

As long as it is managed well, these funds will be enough to create several large projects.

For example, Song Yongchen no longer has to worry about funding issues for his Hebei dredging project and Xuzhou iron smelting base.

At the same time, so much money was gathered in Bian Jing.

This will inevitably lead to further aggravation of the money shortage in counties and prefectures across the country.

This is a crisis!

But it is also an opportunity!
As the money shortage worsens, the popularity of Jiaozi currency will inevitably accelerate.

At the very least, the recognition and acceptance of Jiaozi currency will increase in areas around Bianliang, such as western Beijing, eastern Beijing, Henan Prefecture, Daming Prefecture, and Huainan Road.

But, there is a prerequisite.

That is, the anti-counterfeiting and recognizability of Jiaozi must be improved.

There must be a way to enable illiterate farmers to master and identify the authenticity of Jiaozi in a short period of time after coming into contact with it.

In addition, against the backdrop of an intensifying money shortage, Zhao Xu could also try to promote a new physical currency other than copper coins.

It just so happens that not long ago, didn’t Zhao Xu ask Shen Kuo to go back and develop cheap white copper coins?

As long as Shen Kuo can succeed, an intermediate currency between copper coins and Jiaozi can be established.

At the same time, Zhao Xu felt very uncomfortable having so much money in his hands and hidden in the treasury without spending it.

It was just right, whether it was used to mortgage the money I bought or to pay for the rent of the school in Bian Jing.

In fact, not all of them have entered Beijing yet.

According to the contract, the purchaser will pay the money to the agreed-upon state or road-level granary before the specified deadline.

Then, it will be transported to Beijing through various means.

This can be considered a convenient policy offered by Zhao Xu (letting them transport the goods themselves would be too expensive and might also affect their enthusiasm for purchasing).

But now, Zhao Xu changed his mind.

The money paid by these parties to the county and road granaries does not have to be fully brought to the capital.

They could be something else entirely.

For example, the Liangzhe Road has the cheapest silk in the world today - the price of silk in western and eastern Zhejiang was as low as less than 400 wen per catty in the eighth year of Yuanfeng (Peng Ruli's memorial).

The price of silk on Jiangnan West Road and Guangnan East Road is also very cost-effective - at least much cheaper than in Bianjing City!
For example, Guangnan West Road and Jinghu South Road have the cheapest ramie in the world.

That is entirely possible. County officials could use the money to purchase raw materials locally, and then transport them to Bianliang via express transport.

This will not only prevent many states and counties from falling into a cash shortage.

It can also provide sufficient raw materials for the industrial and commercial development of Bianjing City.

Now that we have the raw materials and there is no shortage of policy support, and after the rapid development of industry and commerce, what is the next key?

market!

Zhao Xu raised his head and looked towards the north.

The words on the Liao ruler's letter flashed in his mind.

In order to conquer Goryeo and Japan, the Liao people needed a large amount of cheap commercial goods from the Song Dynasty.

The industrial and commercial development of the Song Dynasty also required huge demand from the Liao people.

so……

It was a perfect match!
"Sure enough, the Imperial Great Uncle is my real Imperial Great Uncle!" Zhao Xu smacked his lips, sighing with emotion.

"Logically speaking...I should give the green light to my uncle's purchase!"

But the problem is...

If the Liao ruler gets it too easily, wouldn't it seem that the Song Dynasty is too contemptuous?

It is also not conducive to continuing business in the future.

This is just like the courtesans in the Sang family's house.

Any patron could become the lover of the courtesan.

Then the value of this courtesan will definitely depreciate!
Therefore, the courtesans of Sangjia Wazi hate the nouveau riche who only have money the most.

My favorite are the talented and dissolute people like Liu Sanbian and Yan Jidao who are famous all over the world but penniless.

The courtesans would rather spend their own money to support Liu Sanbian and Yan Jidao than let those fat, illiterate nouveau riche easily step into their boudoirs.

If you don't spend hundreds or thousands of strings of cash on cosmetics, you'll only be worthy of listening to the courtesan making love with Liu Sanbian and Yan Jidao outside the brothel!

So, there should be back and forth!
Be proud of your own worth!
I have to ask my uncle to come and beg me!
Only in this way can we do business well and make the Liao people willingly send their gold and silver to the Song Dynasty.

……

Zhao Xu was immersed in such thoughts throughout the afternoon.

To the extent that he was somewhat absent-minded when Qian Xie, Luo Shi, Ye Zuqia and others later reported to him on the progress of various work in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Fortunately, the attendant who accompanied the trip recorded various reports from the officials of Kaifeng Prefecture.

So, after Zhao Xu returned to the palace, he had someone copy it and send it to him.

At the same time, he also ordered people to make copies and send them to the two palaces and the capital.

Therefore, very soon, everyone in the court and the country knew that the ministers of Kaifeng Prefecture had requested to confer a title of honor on the late emperor.

Naturally, early the next morning, the ministers in the capital jointly submitted a memorial.

The content is the same as the request of the ministers of Kaifeng Prefecture - The Emperor Yingwen of the Great Song Dynasty is so great and sacred!
How come the title of such a great and sacred late emperor only has six characters?
Must add!
Add at least four words!

(End of this chapter)