After Xu Xiake finished speaking, he paused and continued: "It's no wonder they are there. God won't let anyone live, so they can only find ways to get money. I am indeed familiar with Xijing City, but if I tell you, Their merits will be gone. God has the virtue of good people, and Taoists have always taken it as their own duty to uphold the right path. Since he can make more money, there is no need for me to speak anymore."
"Taoist Master Xu, what you said makes me feel sorry for these little coachmen. What does God mean if they are not allowed to survive? Let us know about it."
Yue Guanchao put his arms around Xu Xiake's neck and looked downstairs and asked. The little Taoist priest was obviously touched and sighed: "Things in Xijing City cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences. Everything is black and white and naturally has its pros and cons. , when we came, did you see the shacks outside the city?"
"I saw it." Everyone looked confused.
"The people in these shacks were actually kicked out by the Xijing City Government. Speaking of big changes in Xijing, we have to start with preparations for the establishment of the capital!"
Later, Xu Xiake took them to sit on the sofa and explained clearly the changes in Xijing over the years!
It is true to say that Xijing was the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties, but since the city of Chang'an was burned down in the Han and Tang dynasties, this place has declined, so much so that by the time of Zhu Ming's previous dynasty, the city had to be reduced to a smaller area, which shows its weakness. Soil erosion and excessive loess and sandstorms in the northwest add to the sense of barrenness.
As for after the Republic of China, Xijing was far away from both the north and the south. No disturbance could be heard here. No one would care about you if you wanted to take sides. If it weren't for its reputation as an ancient capital of thirteen dynasties, it would have been completely forgotten long ago.
In recent years, important towns in the north and south have invigorated their economies and have become prosperous cities. However, the city of Xijing still remains in the late dynasty of the previous dynasty. There are no western-style guild halls, no modern commercial buildings, and no bustling neighborhoods. There are not even a few banks and foreign banks in the city. They are all dilapidated houses, and even the roads are made of yellow rammed earth, which makes the dust ripple when you walk on them. The originally dusty neighborhood looks even more dirty and messy.
What Xijing is waiting for is an opportunity to develop!
When the Shaanxi Provincial Government learned that the ancient city was selected as the preliminary capital, all officials knew that the opportunity for Xijing's development had come. They immediately established the Xijing Preparatory Institute the next month after the selection, specifically for the planning and restructuring, style construction, and investment promotion of Xijing City. Attracting investment and other chores.
It was also at this time that the ancient city of Xijing began to take on a new look!
According to the plan of the Xijing Preparatory Institute, with the ancient city of Xijing as the center, the residential style of the ancient city will be restored, the dilapidated houses will be repaired, wires will be installed, telegraphs will be connected, buses will be opened, and roads will be repaired. Shops and western-style buildings will be added on both sides of the road, extending outward along the city wall. There are administrative, historical, cultural, industrial, commercial, agricultural, scenic and other functional areas.
However, at that time, Xijing Capital was just a wild rumor among the people, and at least no documents had been received from the government level. This also meant that the General Executive Yuan would not allocate funds to them from the treasury, and they were responsible for whether they won or lost.
The Duke of Xijing did not have to be like this, but they also knew that the situation in the Republic of China was changing rapidly. Both the opposition and the public wanted to conquer the world, and they did not know whether the north or the south would win. At the same time, those selected were Yucheng of Shu Province, Jianghan of Hubei Province, and Jiangsu Province. Jinling Province, Luoyang Province.
Since it is impossible to determine where it is, all these alternative cities naturally have to compete and win. Even if Xijing is only qualified to become the companion capital, it must first build momentum, repair the ancient city, and expand the new city. , this is a lot of money, and the Xijing government has no surplus in the northwest, so it has to provide tax incentives to attract foreign businessmen to undertake various renovation projects in Xijing, in order to reduce financial pressure.
At that time, there were densely packed ancient villages outside the city of Xijing, and there were also dilapidated houses inside the city. Whether it was building department stores or guild halls and shops, it was inevitable to acquire land.
Not to mention anything else for the moment, just the land conquest has already caused misery to the people of Xijing City!
Once the land is expropriated, land prices will inevitably rise sharply. This is a good opportunity to get rich. As early as before the land expropriation plan was released, well-connected foreign business groups, guilds, local gentry, and landlords had already received the news. They have always known Land can generate huge profits, so we began to purchase land and annex pavements in the ancient city's transportation pipelines, planning points, and other places.
These places are just dilapidated houses, and some of them don’t even have houses at all, just a few desolate and collapsed old earth walls. The maximum value of the land is only five yuan. The people are not aware of the land zoning plan, let alone the increase in land prices that will be caused by the land zoning. Seeing these wealthy officials offering fifty yuan, they happily sold their fields and houses, hoping that after the ancient city was renovated, they would build houses somewhere else.
A few months later, the provincial capital announced the land zoning regulations, and renovation projects for the old buildings in Xijing City came one after another. The extremely active construction also brought land prices to skyrocket. The land in the ancient city skyrocketed from ten yuan per mu to hundreds of oceans, or even more than a thousand oceans. above.
Dozens of times the huge profits were right in front of them, and the fat meat they had obtained was gone. Only then did the poor people realize that their land had been sold at a low price!
