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Chapter 389 Unlimited Potential
This bastard actually had the nerve to ask her what was wrong so casually?
Seeing Su Yao's performance, Zhen Jiang was really angry and amused.

She just arrived at Pinggang in the evening yesterday, and was happily received by Su Yao into his house. It is true that love is better than rekindled love after a long absence.

She was filled with joy, especially when she heard that the first business outside the Great Wall was opened here, and that Lord Su had reserved the best location in the city for her. She was even more delighted.

However, at dawn today, when she and her entourage were preparing to start her career with great fanfare.

This is the scene before our eyes
Zhen Jiang sighed, pointed to the ruins around him, and said unhappily:

"My Lord, look at this Pinggang City, it is in ruins, with broken walls and broken walls. Is this the best place in the city you mentioned?

Where is the store?
Where is the warehouse?
You even want to relocate the most important source of customers, the common people."

Zhen Jiang covered her face, feeling cheated:
"Are you here to tease me?"

"How can our business survive in such a situation?"

Zhen Jiang was completely speechless.

This Lord Su is really a very contradictory weirdo.

Sometimes you will feel that he seems to be omnipotent, and can often think of things that ordinary people cannot think of, and do things that ordinary people cannot do.

Yet sometimes you feel as if he has no common sense at all.

Of course Zhen Jiang didn't think Su Yao was here to make fun of her.

Zhen Jiang could feel Su Yao's sincerity. This prince really wanted to open a business here, and make it prosperous.

But he probably really believes that once he makes some arrangements here, shops and other things will grow out of this ruined place.

Well, this is something that is very typical of Su Junhou...

But, I can’t do it.

"What, you can't do it?" Su Yao blinked.

"Yes." Zhen Jiang lowered his eyes and said.

Su Yao glanced around.

The damage done by the war to the city is indeed obvious.

The Wuhuan people were not good at construction, and there was no planning at all for the buildings in the city.

If the military discipline of the soldiers he led during the siege was acceptable, then the Wuhuan soldiers who had defected were extremely brutal in burning, killing and looting the city residents who had always been high and mighty.

Especially shops, government warehouses, granaries and other places.

That guy was so good at snatching that he even tore down the wall panels.

After all, wooden boards are fuel for heating and must not be wasted.

So, what was left to them was a devastated city.

After roughly understanding the situation, Su Yao thought for a moment, then walked forward, took Zhen Jiang's hand, and comforted her:
"Jiang'er, why is what I see so different from what you see?"

"Ah?" Zhen Jiang was confused. "What do you mean, Lord?"

Su Yao chuckled: "You said it was a place of devastation and ruins, but in my opinion, it is a place that needs to be rebuilt and has unlimited potential."

Zhen Jiang was slightly stunned when she heard this, then she looked up at Su Yao, with a hint of doubt in her eyes. She didn't understand how Su Yao could see the potential in this ruin.

Seeing this, Su Yao gently patted the back of Zhen Jiang's hand and explained:
"Jiang'er, look at this Pinggang City. Although it has experienced war and is in ruins, it has unlimited room for reconstruction and development because of this."

"reconstruction?"

Zhen Jiang asked in surprise:
"How can this be easy? The human, material and financial resources required are enormous."

"We are doing business. How much investment do we need to make back our investment?"

Su Yao smiled and shook his head:

"That's my problem, don't worry about it."

"But..." Zhen Jiang hesitated. How could rebuilding a city be as simple as it sounds? "Look, at least I can handle it from two aspects."

Su Yao showed some rare patience and explained:

“First of all, I didn’t take all these people away. I will leave a small number of young and strong prisoners of war. They and the surrendered Wuhuan people can serve as labor and participate in the construction of the city. This will replace punishment with work, and it will also reduce the possibility of their resistance.

Secondly, as the Patriarch of Youzhou, Liu Shijun is responsible for protecting the territory and the people. If he is asked to spend some money to recover the lost territory and rebuild the city, I think he will not refuse. "

Listening to Su Yao's words, Zhen Jiang's expression became more and more surprised.

She didn't expect that Lord Su actually considered these things.

However, it may be possible to rebuild in this way.

But
"It takes time to build a shop."

"But to do business, you need talented people."

"With only so few soldiers stationed there and slaves, how can we make money?"

"If the company continues to operate at a loss, the local officials will probably find out that our purpose here is not pure."

That’s right, this is what Zhen Jiang is most worried about.

Frankly speaking, except for Jizhou, her progress in opening businesses and intelligence stations was not smooth.

The reason is also very simple.

In an agricultural society, especially during the Han Dynasty when productivity was not well developed, the commodity economy was not prosperous.

The most profitable salt and iron business was monopolized by the imperial court. Apart from the highly regional horse trade, basically every company was engaged in large-scale grain trading.

In this era, regional characteristics are very obvious.

Various powerful families monopolize the local areas.

Without some connections, it’s difficult to expand your business across counties, let alone across states.

It can be said that they were able to enter Youzhou only because Youzhou was short of food after the chaos, and Su Yao was the newly appointed General Du Liao, so everyone had to give him some face.

That's why all the major forces in Youzhou City acquiesced to the official entry of her business.

In this sparsely populated Pinggang City, their every move will attract attention.

"Jiang Er is worrying too much."

Su Yao smiled and said:

"I told you, this place is in ruins and has unlimited potential."

"The potential of Pinggang City is not just that of a small military castle."

"Don't forget, I, your man, now hold great power."

"I want to build Pinggang City into the pearl of western Liaoning and a prosperous commercial center!"

"What?" Zhen Jiang exclaimed, "Commercial center?"

"Yes, the commercial center!" Su Yao nodded. "Pinggang City is located at the crossroads of the Liaoxi Corridor. It is a key node connecting the Central Plains and the outside world."

"As long as we can build a prosperous commercial city here, it will not only promote the economic development of Liaodong and even the entire Youzhou, but also strengthen the trade between the Central Plains and the outside world, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results."

"That's why I arranged an immigration plan. By next year, a large number of people will come here to live."

"At the same time, my development in Liaodong will open up the upstream trade routes and completely turn Pinggang into a busy hub city."

"By then, is Jiang Er afraid that this business will lose money?"

After that, Su Yao smiled and pointed at the collapsed house next to him:
"Just your land, which is now very cheap, guess how many times it will increase in value by then?"

(End of this chapter)