Chapter 225 Tiles
Of course, not all the houses on sale this time were sold for just fifty taels. This street had been uniformly planned, and different prices were set according to different geographical locations.
There are small courtyards that cost three to five hundred taels of silver each, and there are also small courtyards that cost six to seven hundred taels each.
The most expensive ones are in the row in the center, each one costs two thousand taels of silver.
This price left many aristocratic families dumbfounded. The housing prices were comparable to those in Beijing.
Some people started shouting, thinking that the government was too unfair and was simply committing a blatant robbery.
In this desolate place of Lingnan, with just a vacant plot of land and a blueprint, he arbitrarily raised the price and sold it for two thousand taels of silver. He was even more cruel than the robber.
This price is comparable to that in Beijing.
Despite everyone's doubts, the waiter remained calm. He said with a hint of pride, "It's only because the government is short of money that they're selling such a good shop. If we wait until this time comes, we might not be able to buy it even for three or four thousand taels!"
"Just brag!" Pei Yang's servant couldn't help but shout for his master in the crowd.
"I'm not bragging. Everyone, look at what kind of house this is. Our house is a three-story courtyard. The floors of all the rooms will be paved with tiles, and the sewage in the rooms will be discharged through special pipes..."
The waiter followed Jiang Tangtang's instructions, pointing to the blueprint and explaining it to everyone one by one. The onlookers were confused, and someone immediately asked, "What are tiles?"
The waiter clapped his hands a few times, and someone immediately brought up a large wooden box carefully. He opened the box and took out the tiles inside. "These are tiles. In addition to being used on the floor, you can also use them on the stove. The stove and floor will be very clean and tidy with the tiles. Apart from Lingnan, there is no other place with tiles like these. Do you think a house built with them is worth two thousand taels of silver?"
It was the first time that people had seen such shiny white tiles.
If such bright white tiles were used to pave the ground, wouldn’t it be better than the palace?
Not to mention two thousand taels of silver, even three thousand taels would be worth it!
Seeing everyone's expressions, the waiter smiled with satisfaction and continued, "Besides, Lingnan isn't inferior to the capital. Even if it can't compare to the capital now, will it be in the future? Take a long-term view. In ten or twenty years, will Lingnan still be inferior to the capital? If you ask me, if not ten or twenty years, in just three to five years, Lingnan's development will catch up with the capital."
The waiter was not exaggerating.
After Jiang Tangtang governed Lingnan, in addition to vigorously developing agriculture and commerce, he also laid out the manufacturing industry.
Although many of them are not her major and are industries she has never been exposed to in her previous life, she is the owner of an entire bookstore.
The book bar has a wide variety of books. In addition to books on cosmetics manufacturing, shipbuilding, architecture, military affairs, etc., there are also many other professional books.
Now that she has Lu Shiyan's protection, Jiang Tangtang has become very bold and plans to make use of all the knowledge in these books.
She had copied down some of the books and distributed them to the people below.
Among these, the simplest is firing tiles.
Jiang Tangtang organized a group of masters with experience in firing porcelain and taught them the method of firing ceramic tiles. Although the tiles produced by the tile kiln today are not as good as the sample she took out from the space, she has figured out the trick.
Jiang Tangtang believes that it won't be long before her porcelain workshop will be able to produce qualified tiles.
At this moment, many aristocratic families standing in the crowd began to scramble for the best-located houses.
Although two thousand taels for a small courtyard was expensive, they could afford it. Besides, what the waiter said made a lot of sense.
Two thousand taels may seem expensive, but it is located in the best location, is a three-story building paved with tiles, and is a gamble on the future of Lingnan, so it is not expensive.
As a result, the ten best-located courtyards were sold out in an instant. Those who didn't get a spot asked if the courtyards at the back had been tiled yet.
Many people were disappointed when they heard that the later ones would not be paved.
Fortunately, Qiongzhou has more than one house for sale. After this sale, Qiongzhou quickly made plans in the north of the city and started selling houses.
Afterwards, in addition to Qiongzhou, Yazhou, Lizhou and other places began to sell houses one after another.
The Qiongzhou government, which received the money first, has already started building houses.
In addition to the continuous influx of refugees, there are also many farmers who do not have large-scale planting in winter and come to the city to do odd jobs.
All the houses on Qiongzhou Street are built with red bricks. Because the construction industry has driven the development of red brick workshops, recently red brick workshops near Qiongzhou have been recruiting people everywhere.
Some owners of red brick workshops immediately bought land and hired workers to start their second and third red brick workshops.
The red brick workshops employed a lot of people, and it was very easy for refugees on the street or farmers in the village to find work.
It is easy for people to make money, and they all have satisfied smiles on their faces. They all feel that life is so good and they are getting more and more motivated.
The construction of houses on the street not only boosted the business of Hongzhuanfang, but also boosted the business of many industries such as carpentry.
Every day when workers get off work, the outside is filled with women. Some of these women carry loads on their shoulders, some carry baskets on their backs, and some even push carts, selling a variety of things.
There are people selling steamed buns and steamed buns, as well as cakes and eggs, as well as noodles, broth and other foods.
Construction workers are paid high wages, but are not provided with food.
Many workers would bring their own dry food, but since they earned a lot of money and the work on the construction site was hard, many people would reward themselves and buy some food outside.
Later, I found that many foods were not expensive, so I gradually stopped bringing dry food and ate outside.
The food stalls at the construction site are doing very good business.
Seeing that the food business was doing well, some people were more clever and waited until the construction workers got off work to set up stalls to sell toys such as rattles for children, or household baskets, etc.
Seeing that Jiang Tangtang used only a construction site to boost the economy of the entire state capital, everyone in the staff office was extremely impressed.
They never imagined that Jiang Tangtang's pre-sale housing would not only allow them to build the houses without spending a penny, but also boost the economy of the state capital. Crucially, they even made money.
And the amount of money earned is not small.
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