Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Chapter 868 True and False Princess 38
Although, according to reason, Linlang was a rebel and these dignitaries should not have come to surrender, the road was too chaotic. They fled all the way from the capital, and there was chaos everywhere. Even though these people were dignitaries and had many servants and guards, many of them still died on the road.

Seeing someone die on the road, especially seeing an acquaintance die on the road, and knowing the other person's family conditions and knowing that they could also die, this shocked the other refugees so much that they dared not run anymore, fearing that they would become one of these people. So when they finally saw a quiet place, they really did not dare to continue running and run to the south to seek refuge with the emperor. They could only stay in this relatively quiet place to save their lives. After all, if they kept running like this, they would surely lose their lives, so they did not care whether the other party was a rebel or not.

Their plan was to rest in Linlang, a relatively uncluttered place, before heading south.

Of course, although these people were high-ranking officials, they were afraid of being recognized by Linlang, so they all disguised themselves as refugees. After all, Linlang's territory was also one of the rebels. Would they dare to show their identities in the rebel army? Impossible, so they all disguised themselves as refugees, and they were not afraid that the rebels would find out that they were not ordinary people. Anyway, some rich men in the capital were also fleeing at this time. Those rich men did not look like ordinary people either. They were forced to do so. Seeing that there were rebels everywhere, burning, killing, looting, and people were not safe, they found that Linlang was relatively uncluttered, so they ran over.

Since a group of rich men who don't look like ordinary people have come to this area, they will definitely not be discovered if they follow them pretending to be rich men.

Of course, the main reason was that Linlang had posted a notice in the city, saying that they would accept refugees, but their belongings would not be touched. In fact, any theft or looting found under their jurisdiction would be driven out of the city. Those wealthy people felt safe, so they went in with the idea of ​​giving it a try.

Anyway, people and things outside cannot be saved for sure. If such a notice is posted here, it may be possible to save them, so people will naturally come in.

And these people basically made the right choice, because after entering Linlang's jurisdiction, they found that their things were indeed not robbed - it's just that some of the high-end inns there were extremely expensive, and they had to pay a lot of money to stay there for one night.

This was naturally Linlang's arrangement. She would not rob everyone's money, but she would fleece the rich. After all, poor people would not stay in such a high-end inn that represented status.

If rich people think such an inn is too expensive, they can just stay in an ordinary inn in the city, which is cheaper.

If you live here for a long time, you can rent a house, which is even cheaper.

But the same goes for renting a house. Simple houses are cheap, which is what Linlang takes care of ordinary people. Once you choose a good house, such as one with a garden or a yard, it will be ridiculously expensive. These houses are renovated by workers hired by Linlang after entering each city, and they are all officially owned by the base.

Of course, ordinary people can also choose houses, but generally, no ordinary people will come to the newly occupied cities, because they are also afraid that the frontline cities are not safe.

Therefore, in the newly occupied cities, since there were no ordinary people, the houses in them were basically renovated by Linlang and taken over as base property.

Of course, the common people or soldiers who were willing to follow and occupy the new city could also choose a house, which was their reward for occupying the new city. However, except for the soldiers, most common people did not dare to go to the new city. Although they were going to occupy an empty city, what if there was danger? They finally escaped to Linlang, and even if they worked, they could quickly buy a house to live in. There was no need to gamble their lives for a house that was not worth much.

Yes, because Linlang occupied the city quickly, and although there were many refugees who fled, they were not too many after being scattered across the cities. As a result, there were naturally enough houses in the city, and there were also bastions built in the villages and towns, which also had houses. In other words, there was a surplus of houses. So even if the common people did not follow Linlang to occupy the city and therefore could not get a complete house for free, they could still buy the houses that Linlang had renovated later. Of course, if there were any houses that Linlang had not renovated, the common people could even take them for free, but they had to pay to renovate them themselves.

Most people prefer to buy a house that has been beautifully renovated because they can move in right away. If it’s an unrenovated house, although you can live there for free, you still have to spend time and money to renovate it, which is not much cheaper than buying. Considering it is not cost-effective, people basically buy a ready-made house, which is not expensive anyway and can be afforded by a family after working for a while.

Of course, these cheap houses are sold to ordinary people. The houses for rich people are all very expensive.

Linlang had long thought that after the chaos in the world, those who came to seek refuge might include both rich people and poor people. Therefore, Linlang also renovated those beautiful mansions and did not let anyone live in them at will. This was to make some money from the rich people and use the money to improve the welfare of ordinary people. This could be considered as robbing the rich to help the poor. Otherwise, how could the people under her rule live so well? It was because of this. After all, most of the materials produced by the factory were circulated within the base. In order to take care of ordinary people, the prices were not high, resulting in little profit, and the base could only barely keep running.

As for the land cultivated by the common people, Linlang has never collected taxes on it. It is only from the merchants that some commercial taxes are collected, which brings in some income.

But her territory has only been developed for a short time and business is not very prosperous, so the income from this aspect is not much at present.

Therefore, the major source of income still comes from the purchase of luxury homes by wealthy people.

Ever since the refugees arrived, there have been wealthy ones among them, but there were fewer wealthy people in the past. Unlike this time when the capital was broken, there are too many wealthy people in the capital. Even if only one-tenth of them come to Linlang's base, Linlang's base can still make a lot of money.

Even if these rich people don't know the future development and dare not spend all their money, even if they spend a little, Linlang can make a lot of money.

The main reason is that these people cannot get used to living in such a bad house, so when they buy a house, they want to buy a better one.

In fact, for these people, these better houses are already very bad compared to the ones they live in the capital. This is also the reason why they would buy them, because they really cannot live in worse ones.

Thanks to the fact that they really couldn't bear to live in houses worse than these big houses, all the houses that Linlang had carefully renovated were sold, which soon enriched the finances of the base, allowing Linlang to recruit more workers and build more factories that she needed. Before, Linlang had many factories that needed to be built, but they had never been started due to lack of money.