Lin Quqi answered very easily: "There are only fifty farmers in these two cities."
"When the trees become useful, the county government will purchase all the wood at one go at market prices."
"Although there is no money for several years, if you sell it once, it will be enough for the farmers to feed them for a lifetime."
"Moreover, King Qin clearly stipulated that the price of timber must be strictly based on the market price. If a farmer dares to raise the price privately, his contracting qualification will be revoked."
At first, Jing Ci was confused. Once these farmers gained weight, they might hoard their goods and raise prices without authorization.
But in a blink of an eye, this doubt was dispelled.
This is Beixi County after all. Anyone who dares to cause trouble will be killed by Qin Feng in the blink of an eye.
Whether it is Liang Guo or Beidi, there has long been a rumor that Qin Feng is the "nemesis of the gentry". As long as the gentry is obedient, it will be profitable.
If they are disobedient, since Qin Feng can support them, he can naturally destroy them in a blink of an eye.
In other words, Qin Feng completely decentralized commercial authority, but tightly grasped military authority.
As long as Qin Feng is still the king of the north, no businessman will dare to make mistakes.
The sharp sword in Qin Feng's hand does not interfere with business, but only chops off the businessman's head when necessary.
Beixi County has a three-story urn city, two of which are tightly controlled by 550 farmers, or farmers.
In Jing Ci's view, this was equivalent to directly supporting 550 landlords. However, after in-depth understanding, Jing Ci realized that the mystery was exactly the opposite.
These 550 farmers, while making profits, must also feed back Beixi County.
This is the brilliance of Qin Feng!
When we arrived at the last level of the urn city, all we saw were houses.
In the entire Beixi County, two-thirds of the people live in the third-story urn city, with various types of houses arranged neatly and connected together.
Lin Quqi enthusiastically introduced: "These houses were planned and constructed by the King of Qin."
"Whether it's ordinary people or families of soldiers, they all settled here."
"This is both a barbican city and a residential area planned by King Qin."
Residential area…
This name is quite appropriate.
Jing Ci was already in awe of Qin Feng's mind, from the military to the people's livelihood, everything was at its peak.
According to Lin Quqi, there are a hundred thousand people living in the residential area in front of him!
What is this concept? You know, in many counties, even if the entire population of the county is combined, it may not be able to gather 100,000 people.
And Beixi County is just a barbican in the county town, with so many people.
What makes Jing Ci most incredible is that there are so many people, but there is no congestion at all. Everything that comes into view is in order.
Wailang, a member of the Household Department who joined the school group, was already stunned when he looked at the clean and tidy streets and the tracts of pavilions.
"Oh my God! I have long heard that the life of the people of Beixi County is enough to crush all the rich households in the world."
"But I didn't expect that the lives of the people in Beixi County would be so good."
"Even ordinary people can live in pavilions?!"
These days, due to construction technology, a two-story pavilion is already very impressive, and a three-story pavilion can be regarded as "the best building in the world."
The heights of buildings, pavilions and towers vary greatly due to their different functions.
Among them, the "tower" is the tallest, but its practicality is very poor. Most of the pavilions have only one or two floors, while the buildings have two or three floors.
The reason why Wailang, a member of the household department, was so shocked was because the buildings that caught his eye were all two-story pavilions!
Just with a quick glance, Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs, could conclude that the number of pavilions in the residential area of Beixi County alone exceeded that of Beidi Capital!
Jing Ci covered her mouth and opened her eyes wide. She felt that this didn't feel like a county town, but simply...a fairyland on earth.
"Qin Feng... cough, cough, cough, what did King Qin think? It's just a house for the common people, why bother with so much construction?"
When Qin Feng planned the residential area, Lin Quqi was so shocked that he couldn't sleep for several days.
He felt that Qin Feng's head must have been kicked by a donkey.
But now, looking at the orderly residential area, Lin Quqi is full of pride, and his admiration for Qin Feng is beyond words.
"The Wengcheng is long and narrow, and when people build residential houses, they naturally have to connect houses with courtyards, which takes up too much area."
"When the time comes, private construction and random construction will only cause congestion in Wengcheng."
"And the King of Qin plans to build residential areas in a unified way and all use pavilions. Then he will naturally prohibit anyone from building private courtyards."
"In this way, the land area of Wengcheng will be greatly saved, and more people can live in it."
"In addition, these pavilions are built by Tianji Camp craftsmen, which not only saves costs, but also builds them very quickly."
Although Jing Ci understood that all Qin Feng's plans were based on utilitarianism.
Pay attention to maximizing interests.
But……
Seeing the people in Beixi County all living in pavilions still shocked Jing Ci.
"How much does it cost to buy such a pavilion?"
Hearing Jing Ci's inquiry, Lin Quqi shrugged and held out two fingers: "It only costs twenty taels of silver and the cost of the work."
What? !
Twenty taels of silver!
I was once again shocked when I entered the school group. It was enough to buy a horse for ten taels of silver, but I could buy a mansion for twenty taels of silver?
This...this is too incredible.
Seeing everyone so shocked, Lin Quqi quickly added: "Don't get me wrong, only those registered in Beixi County can buy pavilions at a low price, and each household can only buy one."
Jing Ci finally understood why so many people wanted to move to Beixi County.
As long as you become a member of Beixi County, you will rise to fame and live a prosperous life in an instant.
What Jing Ci couldn't understand the most was that Qin Feng had an extremely long-term vision.
Livestock and houses are almost all sold at low prices, but the various benefits attract a large number of talents to Beixi County.
Literati and businessmen flocked here.
Not to mention outsiders, even Jing Ci is a little tempted, hoping to become a naturalized citizen in Beixi County.
When Jing Ci turned around, he found that the eyes of the entire academy group were similar, staring straight at those pavilions, wishing they could live in them now.
The third barbican city is already comparable to an extremely powerful county town.
And this is only part of the "outer city".
After passing through the third barbican city, you can see the real inner city of Beixi County.
Although it is the center of the county, its area is equivalent to the second and third Wengcheng. Together, the area is quite large.
Compared with the inner city, the residential area is just like an ordinary small county town, without any highlights.
Jing Ci glanced around and saw a dozen three-story pavilions!
The member of the Household Department, Wailang, was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground.
He was most aware of the scale of the buildings in the capital of Beidi. There were only five three-story pavilions.
