Chapter 180 Buying Land
When it was daybreak, Captain Luo escorted a large group of bandits into Qili County, which caused countless discussions again.
In everyone's mind, the powerful strength of the Suijin Guards has reached a new height again, bringing popularity and goodwill to Suijin Town.
Of course, this is just for later.
Besides, when Song Liyun woke up in the morning, she went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for everyone.
While busy cooking porridge, kneading dough, and steaming buns, Song Liyun muttered in her heart: Kneading the dough takes too long. It would be better if everyone had a piece of bread and a glass of milk in the morning.
Just after breakfast, someone from the garrison came and asked her to come over.
"Uncle Wang, are you saying that Hong Jingtian escaped again this time?"
Song Liyun's face turned ugly when she heard that they only caught a group of bandits from the "Broken Gold Massacre" who were hiding in the village, and that Hong Jingtian and Huo Biao from Tianxiang Tower, as well as one of their men, were missing.
This is going to be a difficult situation.
It is said that one should not chase a desperate enemy.
It's hard to say what these heartless bandits might do when they're cornered.
Wang Zhong's face also looked unhappy.
When Luo Lun came back with the letter, he said that the three men had left the others behind and ran away secretly. Qili County had already posted a wanted notice outside the city gate, and he asked Song Liyun to be careful.
Song Liyun was about to curse.
But no one wants to see this kind of thing. If the Song family is in danger, everyone else in Suijin Town will be in danger as well.
Hong Jingtian can definitely take revenge again.
For example, burning down Suijin Town or poisoning everyone's water source is exciting just thinking about it.
Song Liyun didn't expect that an old man would be so difficult to deal with.
She felt that she had to quickly build up the cardboard factory and could not just rely on smuggling goods to make money.
In addition, after several town meetings, Suijin Town has begun to enclose land and sell it for money, and Captain Luo was also present.
Because this is Suijin Town, there are both military households and civilian households.
Captain Luo kept saying that this was a military town, but there were only two military households, and the vast majority were civilian households.
Wei has every right to speak on public security management, but he cannot interfere when it comes to money.
Coming and sitting in the seat of honor is also a foil, implying a reminder to everyone not to forget the military households in the town and the interests of the garrison.
Old Master Zhang and several village elders who were elected to take charge repeatedly promised to treat the military households equally.
The existing houses of the households will remain unchanged, and all vacant houses will be given to the garrisons.
In addition, the tax revenue from the area outside the town where villagers set up stalls was also distributed to the garrison.
Although there is no sign of a market yet, according to the plan, if Suijin Town can restore its former prosperity, it will also be a considerable income.
At this time, Song Liyun realized the benefits of being a native.
In her previous life, she was a poor little girl who had no house until her death. Now is a good time to catch up with the demolition and buy original shares.
Because the town has a population of only more than 300 people.
There were only two military households, and they were very important people, so they were naturally grouped together, and everyone was eligible to buy land.
In the past, Suijin Town was mostly populated by gold miners, and the entire layout was just a village plus a large, haphazardly built shed.
Now it has been demolished and rebuilt according to the city-building custom of the Wu Dynasty.
The market-like method of separating the living area from the commercial area is also in line with Song Liyun's suggestion of the town inside and outside.
The area where everyone lives in the town is the living area, and shops are built on both sides of the street.
The agricultural and sideline products sold in the village do not need to go into the town, and some sheds will be built outside the town.
The price of these raw soil blocks was surprisingly low. A shop in the town only cost five taels of silver, and a yard also cost five taels.
Of course, this five taels of land is just a piece of white land, and you have to pay for its construction yourself.
Song Liyun thought that she had two hundred taels of silver on her and it was time to invest, so she first took over the locations of ten shops and five courtyards with a big investment, leaving only fifty taels for pocket money.
Those in the town who were smart and courageous began to raise money to buy houses and land.
People from the surrounding villages also heard the news and came to ask for quotas from their acquaintances in Suijin Town, hoping to buy a shop and yard in Suijin Town as well.
When the news reached Qili County, some bold money houses started lending money in the Suijin Guild Hall.
For a while, the people in the town were working and talking about buying land.
Even Song Zhenping mentioned this matter.
One day, Song Liyun was looking at the account book under the lamp, while Song Zhenping was flipping through the illustrated "Agricultural Technology Book". He suddenly looked up and said, "Yun'er, Xiaodouzi's family wants to buy another yard. We have enough room in our house, so should we buy a shop and sell these paper boxes we make at home?"
Song Liyun put down the pen she was using to record her accounts and said with a smile, "I've used all the money in the family to buy a house. From now on, you and Xiao An will each have a big yard."
When Song Zhenping heard about buying land, he immediately smiled and shook his head: "Yun'er can buy herself a yard, and Xiao An and I will live together!"
Xiao An, who had been busy with her work, said, "My second sister needs money to buy a yard, so I'll make more paper boxes."
Song Liyun's paper boxes were sent to the Acorn Food Factory and were charged separately.
People in the town can get paper from Shopkeeper Mu.
It costs two cents to paste a paper box, two cents to paste ten, and twenty cents to paste a hundred.
Although this is troublesome, if you are quick, you can make a hundred of them, which means you can earn twenty cents.
The people in the town had nothing to do at night, so they sat together and chatted and made boxes. This gradually became a habit in Suijin Town.
Seeing that Xiao An was thinking about making money, Song Zhenping silently put down the "Heavenly Book" and started pasting paper boxes.
Song Liyun bought old clothes, rotten linen, and some old cotton wool from the countryside, and mixed them with tree bark and wood pulp to make paper.
There are no chemical fiber fabrics here. All clothes are made of natural cotton and linen, which is also a good material for papermaking.
There is plenty of raw materials. You can spend a few cents to buy old clothes, cut them into pieces with a knife, beat them and rinse them clean, and finally boil them in a pot at high temperature to make snow-white cotton paper.
After trying it, Song Liyun found that it was simply high-quality paper, flexible, strong, and smooth.
In the past, acorn vermicelli were tied into bundles with straw ropes and sold, but now they are wrapped in snow-white paper into bundles.
Then they packed it in paper boxes, and the acorn vermicelli that cost six cents per pound was packaged beautifully and generously, and the price became fifteen cents per box.
As a result, sales increased dramatically and demand exceeded supply for a while.
The people who make acorn vermicelli work day and night, and there are people soaking and fishing acorns by the river in the middle of the night.
Hu Qing and his friends didn't complain about being tired. Every family wanted to buy a house and land, and they just wanted to make money desperately.
After receiving the money to buy the land, the town did not rush into public welfare projects such as building houses or leveling ditches and paving roads.
And at the first opportunity, the Budai Monk Temple five miles away from Suijin Town was rebuilt.
Mr. Zhang said that the small temple outside the town is the God of Wealth of Suijin Town. If Suijin Town wants to be prosperous again, the God of Wealth Temple needs to be rebuilt.
So, the dilapidated little temple had its roof replaced, new walls covered with mud, and the wooden pillars, doors and windows were repainted, and everything was given a new look.
Only the clay inside requires a good sculptor, and you have to look for one slowly.
However, the remaining half of the clay statue did not fail to receive incense offerings, and people brought offerings to burn incense every day.
(End of this chapter)
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