Wentang

Chapter 379 Trade City
Everyone's eyes turned to Yueshan, what if the new city is built and the old city is completed?You can't throw it away, can you?There are too many interests involved, and it also determines the future investment direction of many people.

Glancing around, looking at everyone's expectant eyes, Yue Shan said with a faint smile, "I'm going to turn the old city into a city of trade."

"City of Trade?" Li Daoyan frowned slightly. He knew that Yueshan would definitely not throw away the old city, but the answer still exceeded his expectations.

"Yes, the old city of Yanci County is close to the mouth of the Yellow River, which is convenient for water transportation. In the past, there were many merchants who came to rest and transfer goods." Yue Shan said:

"In the future, this place will become Datang's largest salt production base, and there will only be more merchants coming and going. These merchants can't come here to load salt with empty boats, right? That would be too wasteful."

"The best way is to fill it with other goods, unload the goods and then fill them with salt. In this way, the goods in transit here will also increase by dozens or even hundreds of times."

"This requires a special place for merchants to provide transactions, and to provide them with accommodation, food, storage of goods, etc."

"Moreover, we need to have a large enough place to store the hundreds of thousands of shi of salt every day. The old city is the best place. So after the migration is completed, I will renovate the city."

It is definitely not that simple to build a city of trade. There must be a supporting management system, tax reduction and exemption policies, etc., but there is no need to tell these people about these.

But even the information he revealed caused many people to fall into contemplation, and many people's eyes flickered with emotional expressions.

Even Li Daoyan's eyes lit up, showing great interest, but he didn't say it on the spot.

With his status, it's not suitable for him to be too interested in business performance. Besides, with his relationship with Yue Shan, it's just a matter of saying that he wants to get involved.

After that, the atmosphere became a little deserted, and many people were absent-minded. Yue Shan knew what they were thinking, and he was not angry.After roughly turning around, everyone went back to their respective homes.

The reason why he told these people the news of building a trading city was to lure them into the water.

Everyone knows the huge profits of the city of trade. If you exclude these local snakes, you can only watch others make money, and they will definitely be unhappy.

Yue Shan may not dare to do anything with them, but when he leaves, these people will definitely stir up trouble and try their best to destroy it.

The best way is to share their share of the pie and let them participate together. At that time, they will become the defenders of the city of trade, which will be conducive to the long-term survival of the city of trade.

But it is not advisable to use all these local snakes. This will create a powerful local interest group and affect the rule of the court.It's time to add sand.

And this sand is Li Daoyan, Yue Shan does not believe that he is not interested in the city of trade.

Sure enough, after everyone left, Li Daoyan came to him, and said that his family is also rich, and if it is difficult to build a trading city, he can help.

Yue Shan was amused and directly welcomed it, and asked him to invite more clans to participate.For example, Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong, these two people, Yue Shan, have always wanted to make friends with them, but unfortunately they have always kept their distance. Now that they have this opportunity, they naturally want to try again.

Yue Shan is Li Lizhi's prospective son-in-law, and he will inevitably have to deal with these clans in the future.Who knows what these people think, in case someone finds him disliked.Although he is not afraid of anyone, it is best to avoid the troubles that can be avoided.

Another issue is the right to speak. Although they are all clans, the right to speak is different.Li Shentong, Li Xiaogong, and Li Daozong have much more power to speak than ordinary clans.

If Yue Shan wanted more voice, he had to win over more and more clans, and the best way was to benefit.

Now using the benefits of the city of trade to establish a good relationship with the elites in the clan in advance, there will be too many benefits in the future.

Another aspect is to use the clan to restrict these local snakes in Dizhou. They dare not blow their hair in front of the clan even if they are floating.

I don't know how much Li Daoyan guessed about Yue Shan's plan. Anyway, this matter is in the interests of the clan, so he readily agreed.He said that he would write a letter back to Beijing immediately, and it would not take long for good news to come.

After that, it is the matter of relocating the people, which is more cumbersome and troublesome.Fortunately, the people are very cooperative.

The old house is replaced by a new house, and many people who originally only had one or two thatched huts can be replaced by a new small courtyard. It's no wonder they don't cooperate.

Most of the people happily moved into their new homes, and the rest who were relatively wealthy or opened shops in the old city dared not say anything even if they complained.

What's more, the yamen also said that the shops in the old city can directly replace the shops in the new city, so as not to let them suffer.

But there are still people who are unwilling, and they are not stupid. The old city is close to the mouth of the Yellow River, so there are more people coming and going to do business.If you go to Xincheng, whose business do you do?
But this matter cannot be left to them, the yamen directly brought people over to supervise the migration.

Doing so will inevitably damage some interests, but Yueshan is not a white lotus, and he knows that this is unavoidable under the general situation.

The relocation proceeded in an orderly manner. The old city became deserted day by day, but the new city gradually became lively.

However, after the excitement of living in a new house subsided, everyone soon discovered an inconvenience, that is, it was farther away from the part-time job.

The distance between the new city and the old city is more than ten miles, which means that those who go to work at the wharf have to travel more than ten miles.

But soon they found that things seemed to have turned around. There were many bullock carts in an open space at the gate of the city, specializing in the business of transporting passengers between the old and new cities.

It only costs one penny for a distance of more than ten miles, and these ox carts are all four-wheeled, and one cart can seat ten or twenty people.The most important thing is that you can ride for free with a 'work permit'.

The work permit was also specially invented by Yueshan, which is to provide proof for riding an ox cart.

Of course, he also made these bullock carts. If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. China has understood this truth since ancient times.Naturally, he would not ignore this problem, and made preparations in advance to solve the traffic problems in the old and new cities.

As for how these cows came from, it is natural that they bought them from the grassland with things such as "Shenwan", soap, perfume, and glass.

These prairie cattle are not suitable for farming, but they are not bad for pulling carts.Yue Shan bought a batch from Changsun Wugou.

It's buying, not wanting, focus on it.

The eldest grandson Wugou is now the richest businesswoman in the Tang Dynasty, she has a very careful plan, and no one can take advantage of her—except Li Shimin.

She exchanged these cattle for Yan Yin, and it is said that she will sell the salt at a high price to the grasslands and people in the Western Regions.Anyway, she is the banker, making money at both ends.

What Yue Shan can say about this, dare to say anything.

The old city gradually emptied out, and renovation was put on the agenda.

The first is the design drawing, which stumps the big guys.Many people know how to design a city for people to live in, and some people know how to design an important military town, but what about a city of trade?It's never been fixed.

Yue Shan has never done this himself, and he doesn't understand it.

What to do?

(End of this chapter)