Within half a month, great changes began to occur in Banshanfang.
First of all, many private houses have been demolished, clearing out a huge square. The square pavement has been replaced with stone paving. A stage has been set up in the innermost position. Several large billboards have been set up with wooden frames around the square. Currently, there are still empty.
At the same time, various flowers, plants and other decorations have been set up in the square, and the sales locations of many stalls have been planned. Although the investment has not yet started, many smart people have already consciously ran to the square to set up stalls.
Fang Zhengyi is also happy to see the success. Now that the people have no money, it is rare for a few people with courage and business sense to stand up.
Therefore, the Military and Horse Division was specially ordered to send people to proactively protect these small merchants and hawkers from being harassed by local ruffians.
Rows of small trees were also planted on both sides of the street, but they were not of the same species. The miscellaneous small trees were all dug from the mountains outside the city, which was very convenient.
The most important thing is that the number of public toilets in Banshanfang has increased significantly. At the same time, people are ordered not to dump waste buckets at will. Positions have been reserved behind the public toilets, and they must be dumped and collected in a unified manner.
If it is found that a heavy fine will be imposed directly, because public toilets are built densely, people will not find it too troublesome. On the other hand, they are afraid of being fined, so they are very proactive.
However, accidents are inevitable in this process. The size of the public toilet pits designed according to the original plan can meet the needs of the people in Banshanfang.
But the shit lottery thing spread like wildfire, and people from several surrounding cities came to Banshanfang to shit, and the amount of shit increased suddenly...
Therefore, the original pit was obviously not enough, and it was temporarily deepened and widened.
Because of this, the floating population flowing into Banshanfang has increased, and consumption in the area has also increased in a short period of time.
The people are happy to see the success.
It can be said that the people of Banshanfang are very satisfied with the current situation. It is just a matter of changing sanitation. It does not disturb the people too much and has greatly improved the quality of life.
Banshanfang may have become the first city in the world to promote the tourism industry due to toilet use...
In order to facilitate his work, Fang Zhengyi also purchased a house in Banshanfang.
At the same time, the number of servants and nursing staff at home has also increased. After all, the renovation of Banshanfang has just begun, and only some superficial work has been done. There are no big thieves, but small thieves are still indispensable.
Xiao Tao was willing to hang out on the street when she had nothing to do. Fang Zheng was worried and assigned a few more bodyguards.
Thanks to Fang Zhengyi's propaganda, most people in Banshanfang knew that the huge changes in the past half month were due to Mr. Li and Mr. Sai coming to Banshanfang.
So when the three of them were patrolling the streets, people kept saying hello to Fang Zhengyi and Li Yuanzhao on both sides of the road.
Li Yuanzhao always looked complacent and became more and more enthusiastic about managing Banshanfang, even though he didn't do much.
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It was another sunny afternoon. Fangzheng and three people were sitting at the tea stall, observing the people on the street.
Li Yuanzhao smiled and said: "Old Fang, you still have a way. I didn't expect such a big change in just over half a month."
"I want to transform the whole city like this!"
Fang Zheng took a sip of tea, ate a mouthful of tea leaves, and spat: "Okay, less than two thousand taels of silver were spent on renovation during this period. It was mainly spent on purchasing a large number of people's houses, and the rest was artificial Expenses plus purchasing materials.”
"This is just the beginning. I don't know how much money it will cost in the future, but let's calculate based on the current standards... the capital city has 108 square meters, and a total of 216,000 taels are needed."
"Help me go to His Majesty and ask for money!"
Li Yuanzhao sneered twice: "Then do you still have money in your hand... What will you do if you don't have any money?"
"Yes, there are tens of thousands of taels at least. Banshanfang is benchmarked against Taoyuan County and it is probably enough to complete a comprehensive basic transformation. More... Then it is gone."
"In terms of money, we don't have any big money to ask for!"
Fang Zheng carelessly picked at the tea residue in the teacup, frowning.
I really can’t get used to the messy stuff added here. The price of roasted tea on the market is too high. I need to lower the price of tea quickly.
Helping Emperor Jing sell tea is a task, and promoting tea is also one of his necessary tasks.
First, the fried tea is delicious, and second, it can supplement the common people with more nutrients. The common people are generally lacking in nutrients, so it would be helpful to supplement it with more.
Third, tea should be boiled to drink. People prefer to drink raw water. The groundwater in the capital is seriously polluted and always has a bitter taste.
And it is very easy to get sick if it is not hygienic.
The solution to this problem is simple, just let the people boil water to drink, but the power of habit is huge and extremely difficult to reverse.
The core problem is that the people at the bottom are short of fuel and have little access to hot meals and dishes, let alone boiling water for drinking.
During the reign of Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese monk Ennin came to China and saw that ordinary people in Shandong "never cooked soup to eat, but only ate cold dishes for many years." When very valuable guests came, he "brought them empty cakes and cold dishes" as a treat. of delicacies.
Boiling water consumes more fuel than cooking. Ordinary families in the Song and Yuan Dynasties did not light a fire in daily life except for cooking, let alone boil water.
Even in the Qing Dynasty, the habit of drinking boiled water to prevent bad stomachs was only popular among the upper class, and ordinary people only drank cold water.
Fangzheng couldn't find a perfect solution after much thought. Tea is an addictive product. If we can provide high-quality and cheap tea, this problem should be alleviated to some extent.
But back to the basics, people still have no money, so they have to make money! !
"Where is the big dog owner?" Li Yuanzhao murmured in his heart when he saw Fang Zheng's distracted look.
Fang Zhengyi looked at Li Yuanzhao with a complicated expression.
Then why bother looking for it? Your Lao Li family is the biggest dog owner in the city.
"This is a big dog shop... The capital is all over the place. Remember those people who bought jewelry during the Fate Festival? They are all big dog shops."
"It's easy to lure everyone to Banshan Square. I still have a few "Heart of the Ocean", "Heart of the Forest", "Heart of Magma" and "Heart of XX" top quality diamonds in my hand. I'll get them at Banshan Square in a few days. Promote the auction!"
"People will come when the time comes. Let's write a slogan, [Don't enter Banshanfang if you are poor] to set off the high-end atmosphere and class of Banshanfang. That's it!"
Li Yuanzhao was a little speechless: "Old Fang, it's not a problem that we always deceive and deceive like this, right?"
Fang Zheng glared at each of them: "What kind of deceit and deception? This is marketing to promote the reasonable flow of resources."
In the imperial society, few wealthy households were clean. Fang Zhengyi had experienced those days when he was a beggar.
At that time, the concept had not changed yet, and I had been looking at the world with modern people's moral values. There was no doubt that it was almost shattered.
The combination of capital and power ruthlessly crushes the dignity of the people.
Many of his beggars are runaway slaves, debtors or ordinary people who have offended nobles. They are overwhelmed by the burden of life and have been reduced to the lowest level of society, living in a miserable state without being able to get back up.
One small mistake can set you up for a lifetime.
If you get caught... you won't even have a chance to pick cotton!
Fortunately, Fang Zhengyi lost his face in time and his moral values were successfully preserved.
While the two were chatting, an old lady wearing a red armband came over.
He rubbed his hands and looked at Fang Zhengyi with a smile: "That...Mr. Sai, spitting...three coins."
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