Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Li Wei was wearing a crimson official uniform, and there were guards around him. He looked like a great official. Now he stopped the merchant with an ugly expression, and the merchant suddenly trembled with fear.

Regardless of the number of guards, after hearing Li Wei's words, they stepped forward and took the merchant over.

"Don't be afraid, I'm just asking a few questions." Li Wei slowed down and said softly.

When the merchant heard this, he was still a little scared, and said solemnly: "Sir, if you ask, I will tell the truth!"

Li Wei didn't waste any time and pointed at the map: "Can you understand these?"

"I understand, a villain can understand!" The merchant nodded repeatedly.

"Then do you have money?" Li Wei asked again.

When the merchant heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. It's okay, it's okay, it's just money, not life.

"Young man... I don't have much wealth. Sir, you can see how much you need. As long as I can get it, I will give it to you with both hands." The merchant had an ugly smile on his face.

Li Wei rolled his eyes at him angrily: "I'm selling land, not robbing it! Since you have money and are interested in these lands, why don't you buy them?"

He just wants to understand the reason so he can prescribe the right medicine. Although he still has many marketing methods that can be used for reference, if he doesn't know the reason why he can't sell, those marketing methods will be too frustrating to use.

The merchant was slightly stunned when he heard Li Wei's question. He hesitated and said, "Sir, you tell me how much I want to buy, and I will listen to you!"

As a businessman, his sense of business is still very sensitive, and he can also figure out the value of these lands, but he is worried and dare not take action easily.

Li Wei was a little angry, but he still said patiently: "Why do you listen to me? I won't force you to buy and sell freely! Just tell me what you think about it, and tell me the truth if you have any ideas."

"Ah this..." The merchant hesitated and didn't dare to say it. In fact, he just felt that selling land was just a gimmick. These high-ranking officials just used another way to make money. Of course, he didn't dare to say such things.

Li Wei also saw that he was worried, so he comforted him: "Don't worry, now I am the seller and you are the buyer. No matter what you say, I will not blame you, even if you think my price is too high." I won’t forgive you even if you scold me!”

When the merchant heard this, he waved his hands quickly: "No, no, the villain never meant this!"

"Then what do you think? Tell me!"

Li Wei urged again. The merchant glanced at him and saw that his attitude was sincere and not hypocritical. He gritted his teeth and said, "I think these lands are still worth buying, but I am a little worried..."

At this point, the merchant paused for a moment, glanced timidly at Li Wei's face, and then said cautiously: "My lord, you are an official, I am just a commoner..."

When Li Wei heard this, his heart moved and he suddenly understood.

Although the businessman in front of him didn't say it clearly, he meant that the people were afraid of officials. He was afraid that he would not be able to get the land after spending money. When the time came, he would not dare to say anything and would only suffer the loss of being dumb.

"I always do business with integrity, and I will never deceive you!"

"Yes, I will buy it now. Sir, I will buy as much as you tell me to buy!" The merchant nodded and bowed, without any intention of refuting.

Li Wei suddenly fell silent. It seemed that the officials in Yangzhou had exploited these merchants a lot before, otherwise they would not be so distrustful of the officials.

"Forget it, go ahead." Li Wei sighed helplessly.

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!"

The merchant seemed to have been granted amnesty. He thanked him twice in surprise and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Li Wei thought of something and stopped him again.

The merchant did not dare to disobey, so he turned around and asked respectfully: "Do you have any other orders, sir?"

Li Wei said solemnly: "I am the prince-in-law of the dynasty and the minister of the Ministry of Industry. From now on, if you, your businessmen, relatives and friends have any grievances, such as being oppressed by officials, etc., you can come to my office to redress your grievances." If you file a complaint, I will definitely provide justice!"

The merchant was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect that the high-ranking official in front of him had such a big background. Not only was he one of the top officials, he was also the emperor's consort and a relative of the emperor!

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!" The merchant quickly bowed down and thanked him. Although he didn't know whether Li Wei's words were true or false, he would benefit a lot from these words, even if Li Wei didn't really care about his affairs. !

Li Wei nodded and waved him away.

Although he doesn't have a good impression of profiteers, legitimate businessmen still have to be protected and cannot be allowed to mess around with corrupt officials.

After sending this merchant away, Li Wei didn't keep an eye on him anymore. He could see that doing business as an official was not very effective. It seemed that he had to transfer people from the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce. On the same day, he sent a revised letter to the capital, asked Laifu to transfer some managers from the Chamber of Commerce, and also asked Shen Jing to develop the bank in Yangzhou.

Finance and real estate are not separated, and other industries are also inseparable from banks. For example, low-interest loans are provided to people to purchase farm tools for reclamation, promoting agricultural development, and other walks of life. Finance has a huge role in promoting it. The key is to control Well, don't let it become an arbitrage tool for some people.

Although Li Wei is not an expert in this field, at least in this era, he is still the only one who understands this stuff. It is still possible to control the financial trend in the short term.

If it works smoothly this time, he can even directly use bank loans to promote the construction of the city.

After making arrangements for the chamber of commerce and the bank, Li Wei summoned some craftsmen.

Since things were not going well, some marketing methods were needed. He had to ask these craftsmen to make a sand table model so that these people could intuitively see what the city would look like after it was built.

In addition, maps can’t just be hung at the pre-sale office. One map must be hung at some distance along the street and along the canal bank. Anyway, this little money is nothing for a big project like New City. There are also flyers, too. Want to go up.

Of course, the most important thing is trust! He was already familiar with this when he was running a bank, and he could start it as soon as the people from the Chamber of Commerce arrived.

In the next few days, while waiting for people from the Chamber of Commerce to come, he asked the craftsmen to speed up the production of sand tables. At the same time, he also ordered people to lay a section of cement road first, which is also one of the highlights of the new city.

In order to build a cement road, Li Wei specially asked Ji Gui to close the Xianchun Gate for two days. On the third day, when the city gate was opened, the people of Yangzhou City suddenly found an extremely smooth and straight avenue appearing at the city gate. Outside, it stretches all the way to the canal!

The people coming out of the city couldn't help but marvel when they saw this. They had never seen such a smooth road. Even the stone road was made of stone blocks, far from being so smooth.

A boy pushed the cart out of the city gate. It made a clanging sound before leaving the city gate. But after leaving the city gate, he suddenly felt a slight resistance. The cart stopped shaking at all, and the clanking sound disappeared!

The young man stopped in surprise and looked at the road under his feet. He saw that there was a stone-like road under his feet. When he slowly raised his head and looked into the distance, he was even more shocked to find that the entire road seemed like a stone slab. It is generally paved with a whole stone slab.

"Why did you stop?"

Behind him, a merchant followed up and asked loudly. It was the merchant who was shocked by Li Wei before. He was actually a salt merchant, and this hawker was his employee.

"Boss, look at this road!" The hawker pointed to the cement road leading straight to the canal.

The merchant was stunned for a moment and noticed something different about this newly built road.

"This road is as if it was built from a single stone slab. It is very smooth and the cart does not wobble at all when walking on it!" the vendor said in surprise.

It was very laborious for him to transport goods to the canal for this merchant, but with this road, he could save a lot of effort!

"Let me try." The merchant took the hawker's cart and walked for a while on the cement road, feeling extremely surprised.

Pedestrians are not very sensitive to whether the road is smooth or not, but cars are very aware of it. He also started a small business before and has also done cart delivery. He understands the value of this road very well!

With this kind of road, it will save a lot of effort to transport the goods and the speed will be much faster!

"This, this is really, really great!"

The merchant put down his cart and stared at the cement road, unable to regain his consciousness for a long time.

"By the way, buy land!"

After a moment, he suddenly screamed and looked up at Li Wei's "pre-sale office". At this time, the original shed had been built into a simple house, and Li Wei specially transported some glass from the capital to make it. window. The entire house is made of a mixture of cement, bricks and wood. The walls are made of bricks, and the floor is also a flat cement floor. It looks much cleaner than the dusty mud floor.

The merchant was surprised at the changes at the pre-sale counter and hurriedly walked over.

In fact, he had already thought about buying land after he left Li Wei. Merchants like them usually transport their goods by water, but the old city of Yangzhou is still some distance from the canal, so they have to carry their goods all the way. be transported to the river before being loaded onto a ship.

As long as the new city of Liwei is built, it will inevitably become a gathering place for merchants. In order to facilitate transportation, they will definitely live, stock, and do business in the east city, which is closer to the canal.

Various reasons determine that the East City is bound to be more prosperous than the West City. If you buy land and build a house here early, whether it is used for living or as a warehouse, it will be a profitable business. What's more, cement roads are now built!

But in the past few days, Li Wei had temporarily closed the pre-sale place because he had to make some preparations. He couldn't find a place to buy it, so he had to give it up first.

But today, after seeing the cement road, he knew that he had to hurry up on this matter, because he might not be able to buy it even if he wanted to buy it in a few days!

"Welcome!" The clerk from the chamber of commerce guarding the gate saw him coming and immediately stepped forward to greet him warmly. "Would you like to take a look first and let me introduce you to the city's plan? Or should you just buy the land directly?"

Li Wei not only replaced the original officials with clerks from the chamber of commerce, but also strictly learned from the sales strategies of later generations and provided warm and thoughtful services. (End of chapter)