Secretly, Bailang was making plans to cover the food, accommodation and short-term transportation in the first industrial park. This is a way to achieve multiple goals with one stone, that is, to maximize one's own interests, and at the same time be able to win over many powerful people in the knife studio, and also be able to repay some of the favors owed in the past.
For example, Bai Lang took this opportunity to bring Zhang Xun, the red knife man, in the East Market, repaying the previous favor.
But on the surface, Bai Lang was a little surprised by the actions of the City Lord's Mansion. He originally thought that with such a big thing happening in the city, the construction of the industrial park would be delayed, giving him plenty of time. At least the construction will not start until this major event in the city is over, but the fact is that within a few days of his preparation, the sword hall has been notified by the city lord's palace, saying that it can organize civil craftsmen to enter, and the dock will be opened first. It was built and then several large storage warehouses. At the same time, I heard that several of the largest smelting sites in Yongchuan City have also sent people to Changshui to look at the place and decide on a site. The next step is to build a blast furnace.
Unlike the secret plans, the Knife Hall will not have any industrial layout in the industrial park. What we are planning is the civil engineering of the industrial park. It's about making quick money. In other words, make a middle price.
After the industrial park is built, the "cleaning fees" and other money originally collected by the knife shop in the park will be much less than elsewhere in the city. Bailang even heard from Liu Xu that the city lord's palace counted "cleaning fees" and other expenses as "favorable conditions" to attract outside businesses. After all, the knife shop might have to work in vain in an industrial park. Because the Yamen still ignores troubles such as petty theft and will put pressure on the knife shop.
The obvious benefit of the knife shop is that it can take this opportunity to recruit a lot more manpower!
With this advantage, Bailang estimated that Tang Yan would wake up laughing even if he fell asleep. After all, the men and horses in the sword hall are strictly controlled by the city lord's palace. There are strict calculations on how many people die in a year and how many people you are allowed to join. Not even mentioning endangering the status of the City Lord's Mansion, the power between the east and west sword halls was deliberately balanced. This has also led to the dispute between the two knife studios being in a tit-for-tat situation. This situation is the most troublesome.
But now, using the excuse of the industrial park, the city lord's palace has actually relaxed its control over Tang Yan's manpower. This is undoubtedly great news.
The number of people that will be expanded by then will definitely not be 10 or 20. With the scale of the industrial park, it will not be a problem to expand to 50 or 60 people.
Of course, Bailang doesn't need to worry about expanding manpower in the industrial park. This kind of thing is out of his control. What he needs to worry about is driving Xu Yin and Zhang Shun away.
Xu Yin needs to start contacting manpower, including chefs, waiters, accountants, etc.
Zhang Shun was even more anxious, because the first thing to be built was the pier. The stevedores on the dock must be found first, and they will be the first to have business. If it goes wrong, the business of the dock is likely to be left directly to others by the City Lord's Palace who can't wait.
Although Bailang was busy but in an orderly manner, many other people were already anxious, such as Lin Dao Pavilion opposite, who couldn't accept the news about the industrial park at all. But under the heavy pressure of the city lord's palace, there was nothing he could do.
Of course, there are also people who have prepared in advance and get the bonus immediately like Bailang. For example, the two ladies in the backyard of the city lord's mansion.
On behalf of the second wife, Zeng Fei served as the first official of the industrial park in its early stages. Although the official position is small, the power and potential can be seen with the naked eye. This was even beyond the expectations of Zeng Fei and his brother.
The eldest lady has determined the right to participate in all aspects from raw materials to finished products in advance.
It can be seen that even in the backyard, Feng Mingyuan likes to play with balance. Although at present the eldest lady is still absolutely strong. But if the post-industrial park really takes off as expected, then the power of the second lady will definitely change greatly, and it is hard to say that she can continue to suppress her.
For a time, the city of Yongchuan was turbulent. The death of an envoy from the Imperial Sect's Yun Sect caused panic among officials and merchants from all walks of life, who were taking their time to watch the fun. Even many big businessmen with posthumous connections in the capital are already discussing privately whether this big trouble will cause the city lord to change hands. If it changes hands, which force will take over?
As soon as things happened in the industrial park behind, all the businessmen watching the excitement were immediately dragged into the water.
In comparison, the iron smelting-related companies that are most suitable for this industrial park are relatively safe. Because not everyone can squeeze into this industry, and the threshold is much higher than that of ordinary industries.
Moreover, iron smelting in Yongchuan City has always been relatively prosperous, and the pie has long been divided. Nowadays, when an industrial park is built, local businesses naturally take the lead. First, we need to stabilize our position. What we have to deal with later are the outsiders who are eyeing the convenient conditions here and want to come in too.
What is really anxious are businessmen from other industries that are not related to iron smelting, but also want to get a share of the industrial park.
Among them, the various carriages and horses are the most anxious. Because the dock on the long water has started construction. People who are in the carriage business only need to briefly understand what the industrial park means and they will immediately understand how profitable the transportation business here can be.
They are all heavy trucks! And it’s the kind that doesn’t worry about business and works day and night. Moreover, it is all short-term luck, and there is no risk even if you get your money back quickly. As long as you can get it, doubling your net worth is not a problem. Even in order to win this business, the horse racing dealers consciously united together, hoping to have more confidence to win the pieces of fat.
But in the end, no matter who went to the City Lord's Mansion, they were told that someone was already loading and unloading the dock. But it doesn't say what the relationship is.
After some inquiring, the carriage company discovered that the person running the dock was a man named Zhang Shun. It used to be a horse and carriage business, but it has disappeared for many years. Are you going to go back to your old job? There are even many people who know Zhang Shun, including the owner of Hengshun, which is now the largest carriage company on the line from Yongchuan City to Yuzhong, and the "good friend" who once "helped" Zhang Shun borrow money from the sword shop, Hu summer.
"Zhang Shun? Why is he at the Changshui Pier?! Shouldn't he have died in the hands of the knife studio a long time ago?"
"Master, I felt strange at first and thought it was a misinformation, so I ran to take a look in person. The simple dock on the Changshui has been set up. Many smaller cargo ships have already unloaded goods there. The host It’s indeed Zhang Shun.”
"Zhang Shun is quite capable, but he's just a little stupid. He's not dead, because someone is pushing him from behind. Have you found out who it is?"
"I don't know for sure, but there is news that a town hall under Tang Yan is in trouble."
"Knife shop? Huh! People from the knife shop dare to get involved in serious business? Isn't it a private business? You can arrange it and find a few people to ask the town hall to see how much they are willing to give up the dock. And Zhang Shun, this I will definitely kill him this time."
(End of chapter)
