Gu Jiu reminded Deng Cunli, "We must hurry up and start the academy. Other things can be delayed, but the academy must not be delayed. We must use the best materials to build the academy."
If you want to sell a house for tens of thousands of taels, what else can you rely on besides the location
Of course, it depends on the style and demand.
what is demand.
Since ancient times, when people have money, they want to pursue spiritual prosperity, which is commonly known as compulsion.
Only a high-quality academy can have a high-quality real estate project.
Do you want your children and grandchildren to study in a high-end academy
Buy a house now!
That's right, what Gu Jiu wants to do is to build a school district house.
The work-study school, that is, the technical school of later generations, she plans to build after the second phase, and by the way, improve the quality of the second and third phase real estate projects.
As for the high-quality academy, it was built on that mountain.
She wants to build a first-class academy in the Zhou Dynasty, attracting high-quality teachers and students from all over the world to settle in.
On the hillside, at the foot of the mountain, and behind the mountain, there are the planned fourth and fifth phases of real estate projects. Maybe in the future there will be six, seven...
Anyway, she bought enough land to build many, many houses.
She also reminded Deng Cunli, "If you ask you to find out about those old doctors who have retired to open medical clinics here, you must hurry up."
In addition to education, there is also supporting medical care.
No one is more qualified than an imperial doctor who has become an official in an imperial hospital.
The pharmacy under Gu Jiu's name can sell prescriptions and medicinal materials, but it can't sell status.
Asking the old doctor to see a doctor for yourself, what a face-to-face thing.
Those rich people and aristocratic families like to hire people with status to do things for them.
At worst, the imperial physician prescribed medicine and went to the pharmacy under her name to get the medicine.
At worst, she asked the pharmacy to open a chain branch in Xinmin County.
In addition to education and medical care, the rest is transportation.
With transportation, there will be more traffic, more business opportunities, and those high-end consumer places will actively settle in Xinmin County.
Gu Jiu called Deng Cunli, "Go and meet the elders."
The two left the signing room and walked towards the public house on the other side of the market.
Both of them were on foot, escorted by guards.
Gu Jiu saw that there were hawkers starting to set up stalls on the big pagoda tree dam, and she said to Deng Cunli, "Find a way to attract more hawkers and merchants to sell here, no matter what kind of goods."
Deng Cunli said: "For now, the people in the capital are more willing to spend money. Tourists prefer to go to the capital to do business. But with the first batch of people in the second phase, the business opportunities here are getting more and more prosperous."
Gu Jiu nodded, "Take your time. When the number of people living here exceeds 100,000 or 200,000, we don't have to worry about it, the market will prosper by itself. At that time, we will have to build two more commercial markets."
As he talked and walked, he finally came to the public room.
The household order of the Shaofu and the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs were staring at each other, and Gu Yu, the county magistrate of Xinmin County, was caught in the middle, suffering unspeakably.
Seeing Gu Jiu coming, it was like seeing a savior, "Sister Xiao Jiu, you're here."
Gu Jiu smiled and nodded, "Here I am. Two adults, why do you have time to come to this cheap place today? Treat your heart as a shoe."
"Madam Zhao is really good at joking, this ground is very clean, three points cleaner than some squares and cities in the capital, how can it be a cheap place, and how can it be dirty shoes." Hubu Shangshu laughed.
The Shaofu family order rolled his eyes, very disgusted. I thought that this old man must be making something bad again.
However, what the Minister of the Household Department said was correct. People in Xinmin County dare not say that the sanitation situation is definitely at the forefront of the whole capital.
Gu Jiu loves to be clean, even her subordinates can't see the dirty ground.
Initially there were only 50 members of the health team, but now it has expanded to about 300 members.
These people do nothing else, they are responsible for cleaning with brooms and dustpans from morning to night, ensuring that the area they are responsible for is clean from morning to night.
There are people coming and going in the market every day, and it is the sanitation team that can ensure that the ground is always clean, and the garbage will be cleaned and taken care of within a quarter of an hour.
Gu Jiu said with a smile: "The two adults do not go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. It is strange that they appear here together.
Old Ancestor, we just met in Shaofu Yamen an hour ago, why did you come here again? If you have something to do, just ask someone to call me. Why bother to mobilize people, come here in person. "
The Shaofu family order snorted twice, "Well, I have something to say to my face."
The subordinate of Shaofu Jialing really couldn't bear to see him, his face was contorted out of patience.
Gu Jiu asked with a smile: "I don't know what the ancestors have to say to the younger generation?"
The household order of the Shaofu glanced at the Minister of the Household Department, "Let this old man speak first, the old man is not in a hurry."
Hubu Shangshu: You are the old picker, and your whole family is the old picker.
Hubu Shangshu was very worried, thinking that he was a majestic Hedong Zhao family, a family that had been passed down for two or three hundred years, nothing else but grandeur.
Unexpectedly, the Shaofu's family ordered this old man to be nicknamed "Lao Ji".
Don't think that he doesn't know, everyone in the Shaofu privately followed him to call him old picky.
snort!
Don't bother with this old thing for now, the business matters.
"Madam Zhao, the tax source you mentioned last time..."
He watched eagerly.
Shaofu family order: I rely on it! What new tax source has the Ministry of Households created? It's too much, and the benefits are not shared. Fortunately, he is here today. Otherwise, the Ministry of Household Affairs would take all the advantages, and the Shaofu wouldn't even have to drink soup.
The Shaofu's family order looked at Gu Jiu again, and it was written all over his face: Xiao Jiu, you are not kind! Such a good thing, why don't you think about the Shaofu, just think about the household department. Is the old man treating you badly? I lent you several million taels, and this is the first loan in the whole world. Wouldn't your conscience hurt if you put aside the Shaofu to find tax sources for the Ministry of Households
Hubu Shangshu stared: "Old thief, I want to kill Hu again." You have been asked to take the salt and iron tax, but this time you will not be able to succeed.
Two old guys, together they are almost one hundred and forty years old, you stare at me, I stare at you, full of childishness.
Gu Jiu took a sip of tea, lowered his head and smiled, "Before talking about tax sources, I would like to ask the two elders to look at something."
"what?"
Gu Jiu said: "It's a beautiful spring outside, if the two adults don't dislike it, why not follow me outside for a walk."
"Walking around, it's good to go out to bask in the sun. This old bone hasn't moved for a long time."
Gu Jiu took the lead, led the two adults and Gu Yu, walked out of the public house, and walked towards the back alley of the market.
On the back alley is a carriage and horse shop, and all the carts and horses of the shops are stored in the back alley.
Therefore, the smell of the back alley is heavier.
"Xiao Jiu, didn't you mean basking in the sun, why did you bring us here?"
Gu Jiu asked with a smile: "My lords, don't you notice any difference here?"
"What's the difference?"
Gu Jiu smiled and remained silent.
Gu Yu blinked, and reminded the two adults if they could condescend to look at the carriage.
What
Why watch the car and horse.
Gu Yu coughed lightly, "In the past, all the carriages and horses used to be made of yellow mud as the foundation, and a little bit of straw would be enough. The weather is fine, but when it rains, the ground is almost impossible to walk on. It's yellow mud again. , and livestock dung, as filthy as it could be.
Both adults know that in the early hours of this morning, it rained heavily in the capital, and the ground was covered with water. But you look at the carriages and horses, is there any filth? "
what!
It was only after this reminder that they noticed that the ground where the carriages and horses were traveling was not loess.
"What is this? It's hard to step on."
Gu Jiu smiled mysteriously, "The two adults follow me."
Walk out of the car and horse dealership, and come to the back of the second phase, here is a street. All the horses and chariots transporting building materials pass through this street.
She pointed to the road, "My lords, please take a look."
what!
"Why is this road so flat and strong? So many horses and horses are driving with heavy loads, and the road is not crushed?"
"Look at the ground, it is said to be yellow mud, but the color is wrong. And the old man has never seen such a smooth road, how did this happen?"
Gu Jiu still smiled mysteriously, "The carriage is here, you two might as well get on the carriage and feel how smooth the road is."
The curiosity of the two adults was thoroughly aroused, and they got into the carriage one after another.
This street is five miles long, and the carriage ran back and forth.
When the carriage stopped, he was the first to hear the shout of the Shaofu's family order, "Oh, it's terrible. Sitting on the carriage, it's not stable. It's more stable than walking on the bluestone slab. Not to mention the yellow mud official road, it's not at all. It is not qualified to compare with this road."
The two adults got out of the carriage with excited faces.
Both of them are human beings. After seeing each other and experiencing it for a while, they knew that this road is really good.
If it can be promoted, the communication efficiency between the two places will be greatly improved and business exchanges will be promoted.
"Madam Zhao, what was built on this road? What is the price?"
If the cost is too high, it can only be a pity.
Gu Jiu laughed, "The material used to pave the road is very simple, it is composite soil, also called soil cement. Some time ago, some craftsmen improved the formula of soil cement, making the soil cement harder, but the cost did not increase.
You see, so many horses and horses carrying hundreds of catties were repeatedly crushed on this road every day. It lasted for a month and a half, and there were several heavy rains during the period. However, the road surface was still hard and smooth, and there was no damage. "
Upon hearing this, the two adults hurried to the road to check the road.
Gu Jiu was afraid of a car accident.
Because of the second phase of the project, this road has a huge traffic flow.
"Come back, two adults."
A few guards rushed to the middle of the road to stop the vehicles going south and north, so as not to hit the two adults.
The two adults checked all the way, and finally laughed together.
The two old men, who together were over a hundred years old, smiled like a fat man weighing two hundred pounds, and ran all the way back to Jiu's side.
"Xiao Jiu, what is the price of the soil cement you mentioned?"
Gu Jiu said with a smile, "Ten pennies a load."
A load weighs one hundred and twenty catties.
The eyes of the two adults lit up, "It's really so cheap?"
"Of course."
"Ha ha… "
The two adults laughed happily.
Hubu Shangshu danced and danced, "If you use this soil cement to pave a road to the east of the river, how much time can you save if you go back and forth?"
The Shaofu's family order refused, "Why should the road to the east of the river be paved, it should be paved to the south."
"What's wrong with us in the east of the river, why can't we lay earth and cement roads?"
Two elderly people, who are 140 years old together, started arguing in the street over which direction to lay the concrete road.
Looking at this scene, Gu Jiu couldn't help but smile.
"You two adults, the sun is shining, let's go back to the public room to drink tea first. If you have any ideas, let's discuss it slowly."
The two adults glared at each other, neither convinced the other.
Hubu Shangshu remembered the purpose of coming here today, and finally regained some sense.
He quietly asked Gu Yu, "Can this dirt road save half the time?"
Gu Yu said: "Not only. From the capital to Hedong, it takes about 20 days for a one-way trip. If the earth and cement road is paved, it only takes seven or eight days."
"That's great!" Hubu Shangshu was overjoyed.
Their Zhao family is a big family in the east of the river, and members of the family travel between the capital and the east of the river almost every month or two. Most of that time is wasted on the road.
If the twenty-day journey can be shortened to seven or eight days, it will be convenient to go back and forth.
Moreover, the soil and cement are not expensive, only ten cents a load. The key is that the cement road is hard and smooth enough for the carriage to run back and forth on it, fast and stable.
You can't find a cheaper and better road in the world.
Shangshu Hube felt like he had found a treasure.
The Shaofu Jialing thought about how much it would cost to build such a road for thousands of miles.
"Even if it costs ten cents a load, it costs money to build roads."
Gu Jiu pursed her lips and smiled, "It's okay."
Is it true that she wants to use earth and cement to do charity and build roads for the court for free
This is possible.
But don't think that tolls are decorations, toll booths are superfluous.
After repairing the road, it is natural to charge some tolls.
For this game of chess, Gu Jiu has already set up the board, set up the game record, and has already made a few moves first.
She dared to borrow several million taels from the Shaofu, did she really think that she only used it to repair the house
There is nothing better than building roads.
Not only does she want to be the biggest real estate developer in Da Zhou, she also wants to be an infrastructure madman.
Hahaha…
Gu Jiu really wanted to look up to the sky and laugh three times, it's so cool!
But it still needs momentum.
It is not enough to rely on the road behind the second phase as a model.
Gu Jiu has already set his sights on the official road outside the South City Gate, intending to turn this official road into a model road.
Go back to the public room, wash up a little, and then sit down and drink tea.
The Shaofu Jialing and the Household Minister both stared at Gu Jiu, but neither of them spoke.
Gu Jiu lowered his head and smiled, and said to the Secretary of the Household Department: "The Household Department can add a tax source in the capital, everything is ready."
"What water source?"
"Traveling tax."
As soon as these three words came out of Gu Jiu's mouth, the two adults already understood.
The so-called wandering merchants are different from peddlers and sitting merchants. They have no fixed stalls and carry their goods on the street all day long.
There are many such hawkers in the capital. The exact number has not been counted, but there must be many.
There are also many in Xinmin County.
The current mainstream, the court from top to bottom does not welcome these traveling merchants very much.
From time to time, the yamen servants will drive these traders away, not allowing them to go to this street or that street.
If there is an investigation from above, the yamen servants directly lift the goods, arrest the person and lock them up for seven or eight days, and there are cases where the family members are willing to release the person with money to redeem them.
Only in Xinmin County, tourist merchants are welcome.
"Is it possible to collect travel business tax? How much can this be collected?"
Gu Jiu smiled softly, "Your Excellency, just try and see how much you can charge. Traveling merchants who carry baskets and sell goods are charged five cents a day, and those who drive ox carts and donkey carts are charged fifteen yuan a day. Wen taxes and fees.
Except for the imperial city, no matter where they are, let them hawk. In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of government servants, prevent corruption, and facilitate traveling merchants, I specially made a traveling merchant tax plan. "
Qingmei immediately took out a bound tax plan, but did not give it to any of the two adults.
The two adults stared at the proposal together, their eyes very hot.
Gu Jiu asked with a smile: "Your Excellency, do you want it? Is the truth about collecting tourist tax?"
Hubu Shangshu nodded repeatedly, "Mosquito meat is still meat no matter how small it is. How can you not want it. Master Jialing, your Shaofu should not like this bit of mosquito meat."
The Shaofu Jialing now has a new pursuit, "Don't worry, I won't compete with you for the tourist tax."
It is still uncertain whether a tourist business tax can be levied. There was no need for him to yell in the courtroom just because of this bit of mosquito meat.
Hubu Shangshu looked excited, "If you have any conditions for Mrs. Zhao, just ask."
Gu Jiu held the plan book and smiled softly, "The two adults of the cement road have already experienced it. I dare to ask the two adults to help build momentum in the court. Regarding the road construction and how to repair it, I also made a plan book here .”
Two identical proposals were placed in front of the two adults.
Build roads at your own expense, and set up toll booths to collect tolls
The two adults were a little confused.
How much will it cost to build the road at your own expense
Gu Jiu said: "I know that the imperial court has no money, so I dare not expect the imperial court to allocate money to build roads. I am willing to bear all the costs of road construction. All refugees from all over the world can go to the construction site to build roads and earn a wage to support their families. The people along the way we is also welcome.
The only request is that the imperial court allow me to set up toll booths to collect tolls for vehicles, horses and merchants. The imperial court shall not intervene in all affairs of the toll booth. "