Chapter 3117 Smooth
By the evening, all the guests who came to watch the ceremony had heard about this matter, and even the design drawings drawn by Lord Cui had leaked out.
The planned plan was for everyone to set off back in the afternoon, but because there were so many good things on the merchant ship, many people were interested and it was so lively that they stayed an extra night.
Mr. Song was naturally present at such a grand event in Beihai County. Not only did he come himself, he also brought his sons, grandsons, and several nephews.
It's just that the Song family wasn't very prominent in front of the people brought by Governor Guo. But they were definitely the ones who cared most about the development of Beihai County.
After all, their base is in Beihai County.
So after dealing with everyone, Master Song called his son and nephews to talk, "Have you heard the rumors outside?"
"Are you talking about Longchi building a house?"
Mr. Song hummed, "As you can see, the large open space outside has been framed with white lime. Once the wharf is built, there will definitely be shops and houses here in the future."
"But the conditions for buying the land are too high," one person said. "I heard that if you buy a piece of land, you have to build a shop here for Beihai County for free. I heard that the shops here are all two-story and the cost is at least eighty taels."
"Yes, we looked at the size of the land. If we choose the materials carefully, it will cost over a hundred taels, which is a lot of money. If we add in the cost of the shop we built ourselves, it will be close to two hundred taels."
They only needed about 100 taels to buy a shop on the main street of the county town.
Mr. Song said, "I was hesitant at first, but I heard that quite a few people have already reserved it, and some of the good seats are gone. Even the governor and the princess have reserved it, which shows that many people are optimistic about Longchi."
"Could County Magistrate Bai really have the Governor and the Princess pay for a shop here?" someone asked. "I think he's probably trying to trick us. Even if the Governor and the Princess do have a shop here, it would have been a gift from County Magistrate Bai, right?"
Although Mr. Song also had this suspicion, he would not speak it out loud. He glanced at his nephew and said thoughtfully, "As long as there are continuous merchant ships in the future, Longchi will be more prosperous than our county town. Building a shop here will not be a loss."
"That Jian?"
"Build!" Master Song made the final decision. "We'll do it tomorrow. No, I'll go find County Magistrate Bai in a moment. We can't afford more, so let's just reserve two plots of land first."
Mr. Song looked at his nephews and asked, "Do you want to book a shop?"
The nephews looked at each other and hesitated. The price was too high and they were not very willing to buy it.
Mr. Song didn't force them, but he still advised, "It's better to book one. If you are short of money, you can partner up to book one. When it's built, you can rent it out and make money."
The nephews smiled and didn't take it to heart.
Now the Longchi area is still very desolate and not close to the county town. There are only a few small villages nearby. It is impossible to ask them to spend two hundred taels to buy a shop.
It would be better to use this money to buy two shops in the county town.
Mr. Song sent them away and said to his son, "Let's go find County Magistrate Bai and choose a better position."
Mr. Zhao from the Zhao family was also in Bai Shan's house. Although his family was not as rich as the Song family, they could still afford the money for the two shops.
In Beihai County, people also came to find Bai Shan one after another. Compared with the gentry and businessmen in Qingzhou City, these local people were obviously more concerned about this matter and had more confidence in Bai Shan.
Although I was nervous and anxious, I still gritted my teeth and came to book a room.
The land on Bai Shan's drawing was decreasing piece by piece, while the number of people on the list was increasing.
The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he was very satisfied with this. It was worth spending so much money to invite people to watch the ceremony.
The next day, Governor Liu and Governor Guo separated at the intersection, one took his men back to Laizhou, and the other took his men back to Qingzhou City.
Bai Shan and Governor Guo went together. When they reached the outskirts of Beihai County, he saw that they were anxious to return, so he did not keep them for long. He simply said to the gentry and merchants following Governor Guo, "Anyone who wants to build a house in Longchi can send someone to the county government office to contact us during this period."
Bai Shan smiled and said, "The location has been decided. We will send the contract over later."
"contract?"
"Yes, signing this will be a guarantee for both of you. Otherwise, if the county government accidentally sells your good position to someone else in the future..."
The person who had already made a reservation immediately said, "It's time to sign the contract."
Bai Shan and Yin Huo carefully calculated the time required to build these shops, and then set the final completion date based on the situation of each store and the location of the shop.
After receiving the contract, each company was slightly surprised after reading it carefully. This meant that they had to start work immediately after the New Year. So they had to find people and prepare materials now.
After the contracts were signed, Bai Shan also collected a certain deposit from them. As long as they completed the work on time and with high quality, the deposit would be returned to them. If they did not start work on time, Beihai County would have the right to sell the land they had reserved to someone else and would not return the deposit.
As the Chinese New Year approached, the news of Longchi's house construction spread even faster. Merchants and gentry from other counties and even Laizhou came to buy houses. By the time of the Chinese New Year, although not all the land in Longchi had been booked, most of it had been occupied, including the part they had built for free.
So Bai Shan was no longer in a hurry to sell the land, but instead found Mr. Qian and contacted Cheng Jiulang through Mr. Qian.
"Firewood, bricks, stones and tiles?" Cheng Jiulang was a little surprised that Bai Shan wanted such a large quantity.
Bai Shan nodded and said, "Yes, Longchi needs it to build a house."
Cheng Jiulang suddenly realized that Bai Shan wanted to join forces with him to do this business.
Cheng Jiulang hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement, and then discussed their respective investments and returns...
Bai Shan didn't care about anything, but Cheng Jiulang used his connections to sell things to Longchi, and he would also pay half of the cost, so the two sides decided to split the profits 50-50 after a brief discussion.
After sending Cheng Jiulang away, Bai Shan handed the newly signed contract to Bai Erlang and said, "You will be in charge of the accounts with Cheng Jiulang from now on."
Bai Jilang: "...Why me?"
"Because you have the least time," Bai Shan said, "you also have a share of that 50%. You can't ask a county magistrate to take time out of his busy schedule to look at such an account book, right?"
Bai Erlang hissed, "What you said... is good, good..."
He didn't have the right words for a moment. Zhou Man, who was eating snacks nearby, tilted his head and said, "Scheming?"
Bai Erlang nodded immediately, "Yes!"
Bai Shan glanced at Zhou Man with a smile. She lowered her head to eat her snacks before saying to Bai Erlang, "Just tell me whether you will take care of it or not."
"I'm in charge, how could I not?" Bai Erlang put the contract aside and sighed, "Who told me I have the least to do? I'm actually very busy too. I still have to write a book, and you guys often come to me to settle all kinds of accounts..."
(End of this chapter)
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