The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Your Highness, were those houses built by someone you hired?" Yan Lide confirmed with Li Fu.

He thought those houses were much more exquisite than ordinary houses, and the number and size of the houses were not comparable to ordinary houses.

"Yes." Li Fu replied: "The houses over there were all given by me to the guards and servants in the house."

"Guards and servants?" Yan Lide was stunned.

If a wealthy family had guards and servants, they only needed to pay them a monthly salary. The servants had signed a contract to sell themselves, and their lives belonged to the master. Why did the master give them houses? What was King Jingyang trying to do?

"They are all the old people left by my father. After they came from Jinyang, my old house was not big enough. I didn't want them to come from Jinyang with their families. As the host, I have to give them a place to settle down. So I planned to plan this area and build houses for them so that their wives and children can settle down in Jingyang County." Li Fu explained: "The first phase of the project was completed last year, and they all moved in at the end of the year."

"So there are some houses in this area that have people living in them, and there are a few empty houses. We will divide them up later. When there is nothing important to do this year or next year, the second phase of the project in this area will also start." Li Fu smiled "You are an expert. Please give us a look. What do you think of the houses built in this area? Is there anything to be improved?"

"There is no big difference between ordinary houses except for some basic requirements." Yan Lide smiled and said, "I have seen those houses when I came here, but I didn't go in. I don't know what the layout is like inside, but it faces north and south, and the doors and windows are transparent, which is enough."

"Master Yan, please live in the manor for a while. Since this plan has been shown to Master Yan, I think there will be times when Master Yan and your colleagues can be used in the manor. Originally, the matter of this house could not be figured out in a day or two."

Yan Lide cupped his hands.

"Then I will obey your order."

Yan Lide agreed.

"This area is where the people of Zhuangzi live. It is a village. The whole village covers a large area. Most of the houses where the people live are still made of mud bricks and straw roofs. In the future, the whole village will be demolished." Li Fu said, "Tear down and rebuild new houses."

"Last winter, it snowed, and the roofs of several families in the village collapsed. These houses can only barely keep out the wind and rain. When it snows heavily in winter, people are worried." Li Fu said, "So, in the future, everything will be changed, and the layout of the village must be studied carefully."

"If this is really the case, If it is a big job, it will be a big job. "Yan Lide sighed: "However, the people in the village built new houses. Could it be that Your Highness also took the lead in paying for it?"

The people's lives are really not rich enough to demolish their houses and build new ones, but the King of Jingyang said that in the future, all the houses in the village will be demolished and new houses will be built for the people to live in. This...

"I will definitely not pay for their houses." Li Fu smiled and said, "But in the past two years, I have been able to make them earn enough money to build houses."

Then, Li Fu pointed to another place on the map.

"When you came here, Yan Shaojiang saw this place, the workshop here."

Yan Lide nodded.

"In the future, this area will be the workshop area, the whole area, but now there are only three workshops, and new workshops will be built in the future." Li Fu said: "There are workshops in the village, and the workshops need manpower. The people in the village are close to the workshops. They can earn a lot of money by working in the workshops throughout the year. The workshops can provide a lot of money-making jobs for the village."

"These are just the farmers in this area. When the emperor was still in power last year, he gave me fiefdoms and farmland. This whole area has been included in the scope of the village. So in the future, including this village and this village here, will be taken care of."

Yan Lide looked at the map and listened to Li Fu's plan.

He was thinking, King Jingyang is going to play a big game in the village. How much manpower and material resources will be invested in the early stage to build the entire village?

But once it is successfully built, the prosperity of the village in the future will be absolutely unimaginable.

How much money can the people earn from farming all year round? But if there are enough workshops here, and people can work in the workshops to earn money in their spare time, then they can earn much more and save a lot of money in a year.

In the future, when the children of the family get married, the house will not beIf there is enough room to live in, they will definitely build a new house.

Under the leadership of King Jingyang, the people will have extra money to build new houses.

Your Highness is absolutely right about this. To build a new house, King Jingyang only needs to let someone take the lead in planning, and the farmers will naturally be willing to pay for the rest.

Because by that time, everyone knows that King Jingyang will not harm them. Following King Jingyang as the master, they can eat and drink enough, buy new clothes and build new houses.

"Your Highness, if you want to change the manor according to your plan, the manpower and material resources invested are not just a little bit." Yan Lide said.

"Yes, there must be a lot of investment in the early stage. After all the trouble last year, my family's assets were emptied." Li Fu smiled.

"Then why are you still like this..."

In Yan Lide's impression, the manor under the control of a wealthy family is nothing more than raising tenants, then farming, and providing good for the master. To put it bluntly, it is like a shop in Chang'an City, which is also an industry.

And King Jingyang is really developing his own manor.

However, King Jingyang's manor is also his fiefdom, which is somewhat different from other manors. But no matter how different it is, investing so much money and spending so much effort in a manor...

No one has ever done this before...

"The money is spent, and it can still be earned." Li Fu smiled: "The money spent last year, won't I see the return of money this year? Otherwise, where would I have the money to build a new house."

"As for the other things on the manor, building a workshop on the manor, after the workshop is put into operation in the future, it will also be an industry under the command of King Jingyang's mansion, and it will also make money. I can make money from the output of the workshop, and the people on the manor make money because they work in the workshop. Both sides are good, why not do it?"