Fortunately, we chose the southwest. The next ten days were just wandering around the South China Sea. If we chose to go around from the east, we would have to go all the way to Australia before we could see land. Not everyone can endure the long period of boredom at sea.

After ten days of wandering, the increasingly hot world and the little-changed environment made Li Zhi lose his patience, and the fleet finally began its return journey.

Returning to the place where they first landed, Li Zhi directly left Wei Siqian and Wang She here, and also left behind five hundred soldiers from the military headquarters and five hundred imperial guards, as well as some craftsmen and students.

Then they returned with full loads of spices. The spices transported back to Lingnan on thirty large ships could be exchanged for at least an equal weight of copper coins.

"Are they so valuable?" Li Dan's eyes immediately lit up when he learned that these spices were so valuable.

Wang Zheng smiled and explained, "The value of the goods shipped back to Chang'an should increase several times. However, it is only worth so much money when it is shipped back for the first time. When there are more goods in the future, the value will decrease accordingly. After all, anything will depreciate when there are more of them."

Li Dan asked curiously: "What is something that won't depreciate?"

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Xiao Yuehua pursed her lips, "Do I need to pay back such a small amount of money? His Majesty only gave us one million yuan."

However, the price of construction land has been five strings of coins per mu since the beginning, and the land I have enclosed in Baoan City has been fifty strings of coins per mu since the beginning. Now the lowest price of land within the moat is one hundred strings of coins per mu, and the land prices on both sides of the avenue and near the dock are more than two hundred strings of coins per mu.

"Why would it cost so much to repair a house?"

Running a workshop is not just about building a house. You don’t need to go to the city to purchase raw materials, packaging, equipment, logistics and so on.

Your Highness, do you still need the court's help in building Hong Kong's infrastructure?"

Li Xian patted Li Dan's head and said with a smile, "Don't learn from your senior sister. After all, I am not as easy to deal with as Ping An. You have to pay back the money you borrowed from me."

Li Xian was stunned for a moment, and asked Wang Zhen: "Shouldn't the court pay for the construction of these foundations? Third Senior Brother, you won't deliberately cheat us, right?"

“Because after the infrastructure is improved, transportation is many times more convenient than outside. Even if they build workshops along the river, they will not last long if they don’t build the docks more firmly.

Wang Zhen explained with a smile: "It's not just about repairing the house. If you want the house to be valuable, underground drainage ditches and above-ground roads are all very expensive."

Wang Zheng consoled him, "Your Highness was just joking with you."

All in all, if all were sold at the price of 50 guan per mu, there would still be a loss. Later, after the price went up, I made a little profit.

"A smart mind." Wang Zheng explained with a smile: "As long as you have a smart mind, you can make money at any time, and there is naturally no such thing as depreciation."

The purpose of building Baoan City is not to make money from the land, but to collect taxes and management fees in the future. After all, urban water use, garbage disposal, maintenance of shade trees, and road repair all cost money. "

"That money is for you to invest in Hong Kong and cannot be used at will," Wang Zheng explained.

Li Xian curled his lips and said, "Forget it, let's just spend our own money to build it. Third Senior Brother is really good at making money."

Even those who work in workshops are willing to work in the city. After all, it is more convenient to buy something after work, right? Hehe, they didn't buy anything when it was 50 strings of coins, but when it was 100 strings of coins, they started to rob, and some guys even used dirty tricks. "

Wang Zhen smiled and said, "In fact, the profit is not as much as Your Highness imagined. The two main roads alone cost a small half of the land sale money, plus the sewers, moats, open channels, surrounding large reservoirs, various avenues, docks, etc.

But within half a year, they all moved to Baoan New City. With this move, the original merchants and small families made a lot of money, because as the infrastructure improved, I increased the price of each mu of land in Baoan New City by ten strings of cash every month."

The same horse-drawn carriage can pull a thousand kilograms in Bao'an City, but it can hardly pull seven hundred kilograms on the road they built themselves.

"Daddy."

Li Xian raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "That's not complaining, but spreading rumors. That's not what a good woman does."

"But he made me angry with what he said."

Li Xian asked Wang Zhen: "With such high land prices, have those who bought property in Baoan New City made any money?"

"Then why don't you return your brother's copper coins? Didn't I give you pocket money during the New Year? Why didn't you return it to your brother?"

"Five strings of cash per mu?"

Li Xian was a little surprised and said, "The land price in Chang'an is only four strings of coins per mu now, and I heard that it's only two or three strings of coins per mu in Lantian. Isn't the price you're asking too high?"

Xiao Yuehua smiled and said, "Just like me."

As for those powerful families, they all chose other places to build workshops. After all, the difference between five strings of cash and fifty strings of cash is quite large, and they don’t have to stay under my nose, how comfortable it is.

Xiao Yuehua rolled her eyes and said to Li Xian viciously: "I will go and complain to His Majesty that you bullied me and let His Majesty punish you."

Xiao Yuehua suddenly threw herself into Wang Zheng's arms.

Wang Zhen raised his eyebrows and said, "If you buy land in Hong Kong now, it will be five strings of coins per mu. If the court pays for the construction of the foundation, the price will be at least fifty strings of coins per mu. What do you want to choose?"

Wang Zhen smiled and said, "It's not that I'm asking for a high price. It doesn't cost money to open up wasteland and cultivate land in Lingnan. After the land has been cultivated for more than two years, the people can sell it for at most two strings of silver per mu. If it has only been cultivated for one year, it only costs a little more than one string of silver.

Li Xian asked in confusion: "Why would they move back after the price increase? Wouldn't it be better for them to stay outside?"

Wang Pingan asked, "How did Third Senior Brother deal with those people who were so shady?"

Wang Zhenxie laughed and said, "Hehe, since they are using shady tactics, then I will naturally be ruthless."

Li Xian thought for a moment and asked, "How much money has been invested in Baoan City?"

"About fifty million kan in total."

"Brother Three, are you comparing the numbers you said based on how much money each of us has?"