In the evening, all the guests who came to watch the ceremony heard about it, and even the design drawings drawn by Mr. Cui were leaked out.
The reservation process is that everyone will set off in the afternoon, but because the merchant ship brought a lot of good things, many people are interested in it, and everyone is lively, so we stayed for an extra night.
For such a grand event in Beihai County, Master Song was naturally also present. Not only did he come by himself, he also brought his son, grandson, and several nephews.
It's just that the Song family didn't show up in front of the people brought by Governor Guo. But they must be the group of people who are most concerned about the development of Beihai County.
After all, their base camp is in Beihai County.
So after dealing with everyone, Master Song called his son and nephews to talk, "Have you heard the rumors outside?"
"Is it about Longchi building a house?"
Master Song said "Yes", "Everyone has also seen that such a large open space outside is framed with white lime, and the wharf is completed. There will definitely be shops and houses here in the future."
"But the conditions for buying land are too high," said one person, "I heard that if you want to buy a piece of land, you have to build a shop here for free for Beihai County. I heard people say that the shops here are all two-story, and the cost is the least. Eighty taels."
"That's right, we took a look at the size of the land. If the materials were used carefully, it might cost more than a hundred taels, which is a lot of money. If we count the shop we built by ourselves, it would cost nearly two hundred taels. "
They bought a shop on the main street of the county town for about a hundred taels.
Master Song said: "I was hesitant at first, but I heard that many people have made reservations, and some good seats are gone. Even the governor and the princess have made reservations. It can be seen that many people are optimistic about Longchi."
"Can the magistrate Bai really ask the governor and the princess to pay for the building of the store?" One person said, "I think it's probably ours. Even if there are shops in the governor's and the princess's place here, it will be given by the magistrate Bai, right? "
Although Master Song also had this suspicion, he didn't say it out loud. He glanced at his nephew and pondered, "As long as the merchant ships keep coming, Longchi will be more prosperous than our county, and we won't lose money if we build a shop here."
"Then build?"
"Jian!" Master Song said with a final word: "We will go to County Magistrate Bai tomorrow, no, in a while, if we can't afford too many, let's reserve two pieces of land first."
Master Song looked at his nephews and asked, "Do you want to book a shop?"
Several nephews looked at each other, hesitating, the price was too high, and they were not very sure about it.
Master Song didn't force them, but he still persuaded them, "It's better to book it. If you are short of money, you can partner with several companies to book a room. When it is built, you can make money by renting it out."
The nephews smiled and didn't take it seriously.
Now Longchi is still very barren, and it is not close to the county seat. There are only a few small villages nearby. It is impossible for them to spend two hundred taels to buy a shop.
With this money, it is better to buy two shops in the county town.
Master Song sent them away, and then said to his son, "Come on, let's go to County Magistrate Bai and choose a better place."
Master Zhao of the Zhao family is also in Bai Shan's house. Although his family is not as rich as the Song family, they can still afford the money for the two shops.
In Beihai County, people also came to Bai Shan one after another. Compared with the gentry and businessmen in Qingzhou City, these local people are obviously more concerned about this matter and have more confidence in Bai Shan.
Although I was anxious and anxious, I still gritted my teeth and came over to book a room.
The lands on Bai Shan's blueprint are decreasing one by one, while the number of people on the list is increasing.
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, satisfied with it. It was not in vain that he spent so much money to invite people to watch the ceremony.
The next day, Governor Liu and Governor Guo separated at the intersection, one took people back to Laizhou, and the other took people back to Qingzhou City.
Bai Shan and Guo Inspector went together, and when they arrived outside Beihai County, seeing that they were in a hurry to go back, he didn't keep them any longer, but said to the gentry and merchants following behind Guo Inspector: "If anyone wants to build a house in Longchi, this paragraph You can send people to the county government to contact the county at any time."
Bai Shan smiled and said: "The land has already been settled, and then we will have someone send the contract over."
"contract?"
"Yes, after signing, it will be a guarantee for each other, otherwise if the county government accidentally sells your good position to others in the future..."
The person who had made the reservation immediately said, "It's time to sign the contract."
Bai Shan and Yin carefully calculated the time it would take to build these shops, and then set the final completion date according to the situation of each shop and the location of the shops.
After each family received the contract, they were slightly surprised after carefully reading it. This is the rhythm that requires them to start work immediately after the next year, so they have to find people and prepare materials now.
After the contracts were signed, Bai Shan also collected a deposit from them, which would be refunded to them as long as they completed the work on time and with quality; Then sell the land to others, and the deposit will not be refunded.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, the news of Longchi's construction spreads more rapidly. Businessmen and gentry from other counties, even Laizhou, have come to buy them. When the Chinese New Year comes, although not all the land in Longchi will be booked out, but they will undertake the construction for free. Most of the parts already have owners.
So Bai Shan was no longer in a hurry to sell the land, but found Mr. Qian, and got in touch with Cheng Jiulang through Mr. Qian.
"Firewood and bricks and tiles?" Cheng Jiulang was a little surprised that Bai Shan wanted such a large amount.
Bai Shan nodded and said, "That's right, Longchi needs it to build a house."
Cheng Jiulang's heart moved, and he realized that Bai Shan was going to join hands with him to do this business.
Cheng Jiulang only hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed, and then talked with him about their respective investments and benefits...
Bai Shan doesn't care about the business, if Jiulang uses his relationship to sell things to Longchi, he will also pay half of the cost, so the two parties decided to split it 50-50 after a short discussion.
After sending Cheng Jiulang away, Bai Shan gave Bai Erlang the contract he just signed, "You can take care of the accounts with Cheng Jiulang from now on."
Bai Erlang: "...Why me?"
"Because you are the most free," Bai Shan said, "You also have a share of the 50%. You can't let me, the county magistrate, take time out to look at such books, right?"
Bai Erlang hissed, "You're right... good, good..."
He didn't have a suitable vocabulary for a while, Zhou Man, who was eating snacks, tilted his head and said, "Scheming?"
Bai Erlang nodded immediately, "Yes!"
Bai Shan glanced at Zhou Man with a smile, and she honestly lowered her head to eat some snacks before saying to Bai Erlang, "You just say you don't care?"
"Who cares, how can I ignore it?" Bai Erlang put the contract by his hand, sighed and said, "Who let me watch things the least, in fact, I am also very busy, I still have to write a book, and I have to be often asked by you guys." Find it to settle all kinds of accounts... "