Steel Dynasty - Chapter 296

[Chapter 296 If you want to be rich, build roads first]

The long winter is gradually leaving, and the warmth of spring is beginning to fill every corner of Qingzhou.

The temperature is getting warmer, everything is recovering, and Qingzhou seems to be coming to life.

After going to Qingzhou Camp to distribute military uniforms, Xiao Ming released a message through the government office. This news immediately caused thousands of waves.

“Qingzhou is going to build cement roads. It is said that all the streets will be paved, and the East City and West City are the focus of reconstruction. This New Year, King Qi’s handiwork is not small.” An

exquisite house in Qingzhou City Minfang Inside, the old housekeeper was telling Guo Xinyuan about today’s news in Qingzhou Daily.

“Concrete road? Is it the kind of cement road we saw in Gongfang District?” Guo Xinyuan said.

He was originally a businessman from Chang’an, but since he used all his belongings to build five soap shops in Qingzhou, he bought a house in Qingzhou and applied for Qingzhou household registration.

According to Qingzhou’s regulations, anyone who invests one hundred thousand taels of silver in Qingzhou can apply for Qingzhou household registration and settle in Qingzhou from then on.

At first, he was a little nervous, but since glass and mirrors came out in Qingzhou, he felt that he had an advantage. Because he lived locally, he could queue up at the door of the Chamber of Commerce every morning to get the mirrors and glass sold that day.

Then he could resell these mirrors and glass to earn money. In one winter, he made a lot of money. From then on, he felt at ease with his identity as a Qingzhou native.

“No, this kind of road is very hard. If you fall on it, you won’t break your bones.” The old housekeeper was still frightened. He fell on the road last time when he went to buy goods, and it hurt him to death.

Guo Xinyuan’s eyes were rolling wildly. Although the cement road was hard, it was still smooth after the rain. It was very suitable for carriages and people to drive and transport goods.

If the entire city of Qingzhou is paved with cement roads, the appearance of Qingzhou will definitely be greatly improved, and the city will not be covered with mud when it rains.

Thinking of this, he was somewhat looking forward to it.

However, he was more concerned about how to repair it, so he continued to ask: “What else did it say?”

“It also said that the government would recruit young men to participate in the construction of Qingzhou roads, and would also distribute money.” The old housekeeper recalled.

Guo Xinyuan’s eyes lit up and he said: “This is the way to make money. The entire Qingzhou City is paved with roads. Such a big job requires a lot of money. We are really right to settle in Qingzhou. There are ways to make money everywhere. Let’s go. Let’s go see Pang

Changshi

and ask about this matter.”

Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun were talking about road construction. It was too cold in winter and the road couldn’t be repaired because the cement would be frozen, so the construction in Cangzhou was stopped in the winter. He couldn’t make cement. antifreeze.

Now that the weather is getting warmer, municipal construction is about to begin.

The appearance of a city is very important in attracting wealthy businessmen from other places. Creating a comfortable living environment is the prerequisite for attracting wealthy people to settle down. This has never changed since ancient times.

Therefore, he attaches great importance to the transformation of Qingzhou City, which is an important part of commercial construction.

“Pang Changshi, businessman Guo Xinyuan wants to see you.”

While the two were discussing, a servant came to report.

“Guo Xinyuan?” Pang Yukun showed a playful look, “Your Highness, you said Cao Cao is here. It seems that there are many shrewd businessmen.”

“You know this Guo Xinyuan by the way you look?” Xiao Ming asked.

“We know him. Guo Xinyuan is a Chang’an businessman who applied for Qingzhou household registration last year. This household registration certificate was personally issued to him by the official,” Pang Yukun said.

“Well, yes, this is a good start. I hope more and more businessmen will join the Qingzhou household registration in the future.” Xiao Ming said with a smile.

In fact, his policy is similar to investment immigration, which is a method used by many countries in modern times to attract money and develop the economy.

Xiao Ming nodded and said: “Let him in, maybe he is not talking about the road.”

Not long after, Guo Xinyuan entered the government office, saw Xiao Ming there, and immediately bowed and said: “I have met Your Highness, I’ve met Pang Changshi.”

“Excuse me, Guo Xinyuan, I am talking to Pang Changshi about this road. Is this why you came here?” Xiao Ming got straight to the point.

Guo Xinyuan was startled and said with a smile: “Your Highness, just for this matter, Your Highness really has a clever plan. The common people came here this time to ask Your Highness whether we businessmen can participate in the construction of Qingzhou roads.”

Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun Looking at each other, Xiao Ming said: “Yes, but there are conditions.”

Guo Xinyuan suddenly felt a little scared. King Qi now has an extremely shrewd image in the minds of businessmen. He didn’t know what ideas he would come up with, but he still said: ” Your Highness, please speak!”

“Two things, firstly, the young men you recruit must be local people in Qingzhou, and secondly, the materials needed for the construction project must be purchased from Qingzhou local people. If you agree to these two things, you can also participate in this road. and the construction of underground pipelines.”

“Purchasing materials from Qingzhou will naturally save freight, and recruiting manpower from Qingzhou is no problem, after all, the grassroots have already settled in Qingzhou,” Guo Xinyuan said.

Guo Xinyuan agreed so happily, Xiao Ming said: “No problem, I will release the bidding sections in these days, and you can choose to contract for different bidding sections.”

Guo Xinyuan was overjoyed when he heard this, thanked him again and again, and then slowly left. .

Pang Yukun watched Guo Xinyuan leave and continued: “Your Highness, you should use this opportunity to cultivate more businessmen like Guo Xinyuan. This will also make other businessmen determined to stay in Qingzhou.”

“What you said makes sense, and it should be Some builders have also been cultivated from the private sector.

“This is okay, but the common people don’t have so much money to buy materials and hire people,” Pang Yukun said.

Xiao Ming smiled and said, “This is not a big problem. If we don’t have money, we can lend it to them.”

“Your Highness, you are kidding me. Since ancient times, there has been no such thing as a government lending money to the people.” Pang Yukun waved his hand.

Xiao Ming said, “I am serious. Do you remember where the banknotes used by merchants come from?”

“Cao Family Bank.”

Xiao Ming nodded, “It is said that the Cao Family is the richest merchant in Jiangnan. This Cao family bank is spread all over the country of Chongqing. I am really envious of it. Why don’t we have a government-run bank in Qingzhou? With this bank, we can lend money to the people and provide them with capital for business.”

Pang Yukun fell into thought. After pondering for a while, he said: “Your Highness, I am just a humble official. All these banks are based on gold and silver. They will issue as many silver notes as they have. Our treasury is not rich.”

“This is not planning to build a bank .

If there are more problems, we should deal with them more, and if there are fewer, we should deal with them less. Let’s take this opportunity to build the Qingzhou Bank.” Xiao Ming made up his mind.

(End of chapter)