Aunt Tao didn't speak, but sighed first.
"It's not easy for the Queen. In the past ten years, major events have happened one after another in the court, which has left the internal treasury empty. In the past, when the temple was built, it could still collect some mineral taxes. I saved some money, and it was basically spent by the time of the Guangzong Dynasty. Although the Xizong Dynasty obtained 20 million taels, they spent it as if to catch up with the instability in Liaodong. Now no one in the palace is making a living, all relying on the little land in Huangzhuang, which has been no less in recent years. The rain won’t bring us enough food.”
Shuangxi also sighed and said: "Wei Dugong has opened up the recruitment, so that the inner court now has more than 80,000 eunuchs. The food supply is insufficient, and people starve to death every day. We poor people with broken bodies cannot enter the palace." Isn’t it just for a bowl of rice?” He couldn’t help but shed tears as he spoke.
Yang Fan and Xiao Niangpi looked at each other. These two guys came to sell them miserably. It was obvious that the Queen wanted a piece of the pie. But there is no harm in bringing the Queen in. It will be much more convenient to deal with the Queen in the future. After all, we are all shareholders.
"I didn't expect it to be so difficult for the palace. Why didn't you tell me earlier? I don't have much knowledge, but I still have some ability to make money in business. Why don't I let the palace buy a share and guarantee an income of tens of thousands of taels of silver a year?"
Shuangxi and Aunt Tao were immediately happy. Aunt Tao said a little embarrassedly: "Then why are you embarrassed? How can the royal family take advantage of the ministers?"
"I am worried about the humiliation of my ministers. If I had known that the empress was not opposed to doing business, I would have asked the empress to invest some money. In one year, not to mention tens of thousands of taels of income, I would still have made a profit."
Aunt Tao said worriedly: "It's rare for Yang Qianshi to be loyal to the royal family. It's a pity that the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the internal treasury are not touched at all. In case something unexpected happens and the money cannot be obtained, You will miss something important. Yang Qian's matter, if it's easy to explain in any other way, it's just that the money is really difficult."
Yang Fan nodded, this was expected. When he paid the military salary to the internal commander, he knew that the finances inside and outside the imperial court were now very tight. He didn't expect the inner treasury to actually allocate the money. But don’t take advantage of it. How something starts will affect many things that follow. Whatever happens is what it looks like. Don't let them develop the bad habit of reaching out and asking for nothing.
"Aunt Tao's accent sounds like she's from Beijing." Yang Fan took a sip of tea and asked politely.
Aunt Tao was a little confused and didn't know why Yang Fan was asking this.
"Yes, my ancestral home is a military household. My hometown is in Xianghe County on the edge of Beijing. I grew up in Xirongxian Hutong, Xicheng since my grandfather was transferred to Beijing. I am considered a native of the capital." Aunt Tao said.
"Auntie, have you ever felt that the transportation between the east and west parts of the capital is not very convenient?" Yang Fan said. "I heard that many people live in the West City and have never been to the East City in their lives. Many people live in the East City and have never been to the West City in their lives."
"Yang Qianshi, what you said is true. It is indeed difficult to walk between the east and west cities. The main reason is that the roads are separated by the imperial city. It requires a long detour. Moreover, there are no main roads, but alleys."
"So, I think if the Imperial City North Street is rebuilt, the road is widened into ten two-way carriage lanes, plus sidewalks and green belts planted with trees. The ground is hardened, and a sewer drainage system is added. Both ends extend under the city wall. The total length is about 13 miles. It can connect more than a dozen main roads in the north and south directions, which will activate the traffic in the entire capital. In the future, the east and west cities will be able to travel very conveniently through this main road." Yang Fan said.
"It costs a lot of money to build roads. How will you make back the money, Yang Qianshi?" Aunt Tao asked in confusion.
"As long as you give me the development rights of one mile on each side of the road, I can make money back. I will demolish the original buildings and re-plan the community and commercial buildings along the street." Yang Fan said.
"Then if the development rights of this road are given to you, what about becoming a shareholder?" Aunt Tao asked.
"If you give me the development rights and allow me to demolish and redevelop it, Xinghe Supermarket can give you 20% of the shares without me having to invest a single copper coin," Yang Fan said.
The two of them were overjoyed upon hearing this and could go back to do business.
"This road is not bad in the north part of the Imperial City, especially in front of the Drum Tower and on the East and West Streets of the Drum Tower. There are merchants and shops. Yang Qianshi has to extend under the city wall and pass through the slums. Their three-generation family only has two or three rooms. If their house is demolished, I'm afraid they won't be able to buy a house with the money given, and their family may have nowhere to live." Although Aunt Tao was very happy, she was from the capital and knew that both ends of the road were shantytowns for the poor, so she was worried Yang Fan's forced demolition caused trouble.
Yang Fan thought about it and realized that similar problems would be encountered wherever demolition occurs, and they must be properly resolved.
He has seen many such things. A family lives in a large courtyard and has an eight-square-meter bungalow. You pay 300,000 yuan per square meter to demolish it. 2.4 million seems like a lot, and it is not enough to buy a house in the capital.
"If the housing area is large, we will give money or houses according to the area. If three generations have one room, then we will give houses according to the population. I will build a large number of tube buildings in the wasteland of Nancheng and demolish them and relocate them there. Those who have the ability to work will People may be given priority in recruiting workers. In short, I will arrange them properly."
"Well, I'll go back and talk to the queen. After all, there are many people involved. It's best not to cause trouble in the most peaceful place in the capital."
Aunt Tao and Shuangxi were sent away. The little girl didn't quite understand what Yang Fan wanted to do, so she asked doubtfully, "How can you still make money by spending your own money to build a road?"
"It's very simple. When the road is built, the value of the house will increase. There are too many rich people in the capital, so many officials are renting houses, and the housing prices in the capital are too high. I will redo the road one mile on each side. Build a residential community and then sell the houses. It’s much more profitable than a supermarket.”
Xiao Niangpi is still a little doubtful, this is difficult for her to understand.
Yang Fan didn't explain it to her anymore. He couldn't explain it in one or two sentences.
Li rushed to the capital and used a stick to pinch out 70 million taels of silver.
Yang Fan doesn't need to clamp a stick. He uses modern products, which are guaranteed to be easier to use than clamping sticks. Once modern things are used, they can never be separated from him. It is not difficult to take out all his money.
Since ancient times, the first thing people think of when they have money is to buy a house, and then land.
Since ancient times, it has not been easy to live in the capital. There are many officials, scholars, and wealthy businessmen renting houses in the capital. The houses in this era have large yards and low utilization rates. The land area in the inner city is limited, so everyone cannot afford to buy a house.
After Yang Fan built the road, he built businesses on both sides of the road and residential areas behind it. Make small and exquisite residences. For the wealthy, later generations of small villas with courtyards were launched. The garden landscape was miniaturized and the scenery changed with each step. The small building had a large utilization area and could accommodate a large family. There is definitely a market.
Yang Fan is targeting those people who cannot afford to buy a compound, but can still afford a few thousand taels.
Comfort and convenience of living are very important. There is a commercial street in front and a residential area in the back. It is very convenient for shopping and traveling and will definitely attract many people.
The most selling point is that Yang Fan plans to install the tap water system and sewer system. He runs an iron factory, and cast iron pipes are not difficult at all. When the blast furnaces in Zunhua and Heping Road are built, the output will be 100,000 tons a year. Enough support.
As for whether to install heating and glass, you can also consider it. This is not difficult. In other words, boilers need to be researched and developed, which is a bit more difficult, but how difficult can a community boiler for heating be? Cast iron water pipes and radiators are also easy to install. Glass can be fired in a porcelain kiln, and the information is available in laptops. Quartz stones are everywhere, and lime and soda ash are mined in this era, so they are not rare things.
The community has round-the-clock security, a lot of greening, and there are cement pavements all the way to the streets. With such a comfortable life, Yang Fan doesn't believe that it can attract those rich people.
In today's capital city, you are covered in dirt on a sunny day, and your feet are muddy on a rainy day. The ditches stank and there are piles of garbage. No one cares about public health, and many people, especially children, defecate everywhere. The well water is full of toads, and diseases are prevalent every season.
The road is 13 miles long, and Yang Fan also plans to open carriage buses, using Shire horses to pull the carriages and long carriages. One car can hold fifty or sixty people, sitting or standing.
There is a flush toilet at home for using the toilet, and a bathroom at home for bathing. There is a separate kitchen for cooking and a separate dining room for eating. The family lives in a small building upstairs and downstairs, as comfortable and comfortable as they want.
This kind of house will definitely drive those rich people crazy. People like to enjoy themselves. Making money this way is definitely much easier than using a stick.
Yang Fan knew that the financial and economic problems in the late Ming Dynasty were largely due to the fact that all the rich people hid their silver and did not circulate it, causing deflation. The majority of the people had no money and no purchasing power. This results in economic depression. Only by taking money out of their pockets and creating job opportunities for the people can the economy improve.
When money circulates, everything will be fine.
