Chapter 1537: Snatching to Sell and Snatching to Buy

Now, everyone participating in this project was proud of the unprecedented progress, even officials like Huang Shilu who used to be lazy were now counting the project volume every day, wishing they could use one quarter of an hour as two. According to his son You Xuhe, working in this big project was truly too busy to fight for power. Island Master He—no, now it should be Supervisor He—could whip everyone involved like a spinning top, unable to stop for a moment.

But invisibly, everyone from the monarch, to the ministers, to the noble children, was tied to the same chariot—

The chariot driven by He Xiao.

The car was too fast, and they couldn't jump off.

You Rongzhi would occasionally worry about where this chariot would eventually drive.

But reason and reality told him not to doubt, after all, He Xiao was just an outsider to this country. He had no official position, no military power, only a few dozen men in Tianshui City, and had pulled full hatred in Qing Yang's supervision, relying on the monarch's protection to save his life.

Perhaps, it was out of the purpose of making money and saving his life that he did the capital expansion project so seriously and desperately?

After all, although King Yao did not let He Xiao touch the project funds, letting people sell so much effort and handle such a big project, he had to mean something, right?

So the trade between the Yao Nation and the Yangshan Archipelago was further relaxed, and products in the exclusive operation category were almost all open to Yangshan, with great tax reductions, and some were even handed over to Yangshan to act as agents.

You Rongzhi didn't know how many orders Yangshan had made from various official merchants, only knowing that its caravan was like a dragon, busy in and out of various places in the Yao Nation.

A foreign merchant who was doing so well, the Yao Nation hadn't had two since its founding, right?

He Xiao's diligence and talent were real and well-known, while the speculation about He Xiao was groundless and ethereal.

You Rongzhi shook his head, throwing these little thoughts behind him.

His head hurt. He was too tired to think more, just wanting to find a place to take a nap, and then have a meeting later.

In the blink of an eye, the demonstration street block was basically built.

In the past few days, it was built rapidly under the observation of thousands of people, almost with progress every day. This place had become a sightseeing check-in point for Tianshui City people and foreign tourists.

Only the outline of the houses was formed, the streets in front of the houses, the walls and courtyards behind the houses, and the plants in the street block were not handled well, and there was bare yellow soil everywhere.

But no one dared to ask for more. Although there were more than 5,000 craftsmen and laborers working day and night, the speed of building this was already jaw-dropping.

After all, building houses had more technical content than repairing roads.

Prince Rui was curious and asked for the reason. He Lingchuan told him that a large amount of stone and some wood were taken nearby, demolishing the existing ones.

These materials were of course not enough to cover the entire new city, but they could barely cope with one street block.

After all, they were all bungalows and shops, the process was not complicated, the materials were not demanding, and Tianshui capital actually had many teams.

To catch up with the progress, He Lingchuan even suspended the You Lake villa project, and all materials were moved to supply the new city construction.

For this point, no one had any opinion.

Everyone knew that He Lingchuan was thinking for the overall situation; the owners of the You Lake villa were now almost all invested in the new city construction, so they were even less in a hurry.

The You Lake villa had its special purpose, and now it was being cashed in, so why would these owners be in a hurry to move in?

Then, this newly built street block model went on sale.

The new city was full of yellow mud, full of construction materials, and full of noisy people, but the street block went on sale on the second day after the roof was sealed.

It was very close to the new city's official office, and the geographical location was good.

Under He Lingchuan's "suggestion," only thirty percent of the houses and shops were sold to officials; the rest were sold publicly through announcements released throughout Tianshui capital.

Because Tianshui City hadn't expanded for a long time, there was no professional housing agency here, and it was all managed by the government office. For this new city development, the Yao court specially established a "Housing Department," specifically operating the buying, selling, transfer, and taxation of new city houses, whether first-hand or second-hand.

This news was announced for less than an hour, and the Housing Department became lively, and the officials' quota was full.

Two hours later, the overall sales rate of the street block model houses exceeded fifty percent.

He Lingchuan knew that the reaction speed of the commoners was not so fast, although the propaganda and momentum of Tianshui East City had lasted for more than half a month, they mostly had to wait and see.

So the ones who drank the first soup must be dignitaries!

Especially the officials participating in the eastward expansion project, they were very clear about the Yao court's determination to build the new city well, and they had great confidence in the prospects here.

Buying it, not only would they not lose, but they would also make a big profit!

People were willing to pay for expectations, so the officials bought their own quotas and used other forces to snatch the remaining houses.

Buying on behalf, holding on behalf, managing on behalf, those were all pediatrics.

Usually, they also operated business and earned profits like this.

He Lingchuan had estimated it one step earlier, so this street block model still had nearly half of the quota left for others, and it could sell more—

One and a half days.

These "others" were still not commoners, but wealthy merchants and gentry in Tianshui City.

They maintained close contact with dignitaries, and whatever dignitaries were busy with, they could know in the second time.

What all dignitaries were snatching to buy must be good things.

No need to think more, just follow! Just when ordinary people were still half-believing and hesitating, two exceptionally eye-catching black characters hung on the announcement board at the entrance of the Housing Department: Sold Out!

Sold out in less than two days? Many people scolded, impossible, absolutely impossible, the authorities are lying! There is yellow mud everywhere, I have been there to see it, how can it be sold out?

Who would snatch to buy now, isn't that brain big, why not wait until it's all built, ah? The authorities didn't give any explanation, just stayed silent for seven days, letting this news continue to ferment.

During these seven days, the number of people visiting the new city increased by more than five times! The newly repaired main road was actually bustling with traffic. At this time, it could be seen that although the main road project that You Rongzhi and He Xiao grasped was rushed, it was wide, straight, and flat, and the carriage was very stable on it.

It's nothing like the main roads in the Old City, where every step in a carriage makes you bounce and bruises your backside, and you're forced to hop around for no reason! Just these two roads alone have made the passengers very satisfied.

Needless to say, the new city was the number one topic of discussion in the streets and alleys of Tianshui City.

At this time, the poor relatives and servants in the homes of dignitaries and wealthy merchants spread the news of the master/master's family snatching to buy the demonstration street block to the city, and people began to hear news such as "Boss Du of the Deshui Chamber of Commerce bought ten plots of land in the new city in one breath," "Dozens of shops along the Liuding Street in the new city were all packed by the XX family."

You say believe it all, the land in the new city is not cheap, not everyone can buy it. The authorities said that the new city can only accommodate 200,000 people, and if it exceeds this number, roll back to where you came from! If you don't believe it, the dignitaries are willing to spend 600,000 to 700,000 taels to buy houses in You Lake, are they stupid, doing nothing to throw money into the water?

Isn't it still because they fancy it, and are sure of the potential of the new city? As the topic became more and more popular, people's curiosity and expectations for the new city were also increasing day by day.

The long-short confrontation lasted seven days, and the voices that originally looked down on it and thought it was unreliable were gradually suppressed.

The houses in the first street block were snatched up in less than two days. King Yao heard this news, let out a long sigh of relief, and the heart that had been hanging for more than ten days finally let go of half.

Qiu Long smiled: "Congratulations to the monarch, this is even better than expected!"

Clearly the account book sent by the Housing Department was in front of King Yao, but he had to ask first: "All entered the treasury?"

"Entered, not a penny less!" Qiu Long reported, "Paid in full on the same day, no one was in arrears."

Those were hot goods, who dared to be in arrears? If you owe it, you can't get it.

King Yao's eyebrows revealed a smile, but he still had to say: "A small street block is nothing, and the buyers are all officials in the court; they are rich and oily! To really see the outcome, we still have to look at the sales situation of the later periods."

Qiu Long explained: "This time it is limited to thirty percent sold to officials, and the remaining seventy percent were bought by Tianshui City people."

King Yao glanced at him with a smile: "Don't pretend here, I know what kind of goods my officials are."

Qiu Long could only say: "The monarch is clear-eyed."

King Yao asked again: "Where is the focus of the expansion? You Rongzhi came to report two days ago, it seems like he said something about building on Sandie Slope?"

The content of the capital's eastward expansion was as complicated as cow hair, and the compilation was thick books. You Rongzhi only picked the brief ones to report, but King Yao still couldn't remember them all.

Just kidding, he was a monarch of a country with ten thousand machines, so why bother to remember those trifles? But Qiu Long by his side had to have an excellent memory, in case the master asked at any time:

"A group of Huan Biao!"

King Yao nodded: "Hmm right, not bad, not bad."

There was a slope between the new city official office and the main street. The official office was on the slope, and the civilian street was under the slope. Sandie Slope naturally separated the two.

It was not intended to build houses on the slope, nor could it build temples—the position of the temple could not be lower than the official office.

But it didn't look good to be empty on the slope, so You Rongzhi reported that he planned to repair a group of Huan Biao on the slope.

This was a decorative building, the main body was a huge stone pillar or stone tablet, exquisitely carved, showing magnificence and majesty.

Tianshui City also had two groups, one in front of the official office and one in front of the royal palace. This was different from other countries where He Lingchuan had stayed. Yuan Nation and Chiyan Nation also had buildings similar to Huan Biao, but they only stood in front of the palace and tombs.

This was because, in the Yao Nation, Huan Biao not only showed the prosperity of royal power but was also the embodiment of national strength.

So, his proposal to repair Huan Biao on this slope was completely in line with the national conditions and people's views of the Yao Nation, and there was no problem at all.

This kind of display project that cost a lot but had no substantial effect, only the Yao Nation in the entire Flash Gold Plain had the qualifications to build. ===== CHAPTER 1538 =====