This is the only way to solve the problem at the moment, and they have no better solution.
In the silence of the crowd, Gu Xinran dropped a bombshell, "County Magistrate Duan, I'm very optimistic about Nanyi County. I've decided to become the first investor here and build Nanyi County's first commercial street with 100 shops, the first residential area with 100 courtyards."
Everyone was dumbfounded. They hadn't expected that on her first day here, Princess Funing would be so wealthy, so selfless, and so trusting...
Duan Yunze tugged at her sleeve and whispered in her ear, "You're serious! You can't just throw money away because I'm the county magistrate."
Gu Xinran looked at her second cousin and shook her head. She also whispered, "As the head of a county, it's not okay for you to have such low confidence in your own county! Don't worry, your cousin never does business at a loss. Just wait and see me make a fortune. If you want to make some private money, you can also invest some."
After coming to his senses, Xia Jing was the first to applaud, and then the applause became thunderous.
Seeing that Gu Xinran, a girl, was so courageous, Xia Jing wondered how a young marquis like him could fall behind.
A deep voice rang out, "I'll be the second investor and build a second commercial street with 100 shops. The residential area...if there's not enough money, we won't build it."
He turned sideways and said to Gu Xinran, "Uncle will book a courtyard from your place first."
Applause broke out in the study again. Under the leadership of Gu Xinran and Xia Jing, everyone's confidence in building Nanyi County reached an unprecedented level, and they were all thinking about where to attract people to invest.
Next, everyone divided the work and cooperated, each taking responsibility for a part. She was in charge of the government office, and anyone who had any problems that could not be solved could come to her.
The next day, when the grain transport team arrived, Gu Xinran secretly put all the seeds into the designated warehouse and received more than 1,000 taels of silver.
She spent 12,000 yuan to buy the foundation of a commercial street and a large residential plot, and her dream of becoming a real estate tycoon was about to come true.
In the afternoon, I accompanied Uncle Xia and the others to the limestone mountain, and guided them on-site in digging kilns, calcining, and preparing clay and iron slag.
A few days later, the small-batch trial production of cement was successful. As the first customer, Gu Xinran ordered a batch and then left it alone.
Later, I saw that the county government was hiring workers for several days in a row. Then, the trial city wall was built, the cement road appeared, the procurement department stationed at the border came, and many merchants came to the store...
The manufacture and sales of cement were booming, and her dream of becoming a real estate tycoon was gradually coming true.
On the second day after arriving in Nanyi County, she drew up blueprints for the commercial street and residential area. Xiaomei and Xiaoba helped to gather manpower, and the next day, work began: digging sewers and leveling the foundation...
Under the organization of Li Zhubo, brick and tile kilns were set up in Nanyi County, and a woodworking workshop was established... Gu Xinran became their first big customer.
Gradually, more businessmen smelled the scent and came here. The county town was bustling with people and investors came in an endless stream. Her third uncle also sent people here to invest and build a large number of houses and shops, but he was only ten days later than her.
The entire Nanyi County is full of vitality. Everyone has something to do and every family can make money. Everyone is busy building the new county town.
On the fifteenth day after Gu Xinran came to Nanyi County, the bad news came: Emperor Qiwen passed away, the third prince and the Marquis of Zhenbei rebelled in the northern border, and most of Liaozhou had fallen.
Crown Prince Xiao Mingjia ascended the throne and changed the reign title to "Yuanchu." His first imperial decree was to appoint the Prince of Qi as the General of the Northern Expedition to pacify the northern border. His cousin Duan Yunqian, whom he had never met, was also crowned Empress.
Gu Xinran had learned about these things ten days ago. When Xiao Mingzhan returned to the capital, Emperor Qiwen had passed away a few days ago.
The Northern Expedition Army set out first under the leadership of the deputy general. Xiao Mingzhan and others only caught up with the Northern Expedition Army after the death of Emperor Qiwen and his brother's ascension to the throne. Now they are about to arrive in Liaozhou.
A batch of crossbows have been successfully produced, and a 300-man Divine Crossbow Battalion has been established, with Brother Gu as the battalion commander.
The crossbow cart is still under development, and Gu Xinran provided them with a lot of useful information.
The new emperor's accession to the throne is beneficial to southern Xinjiang. General Duan Qingyan has been promoted to the father-in-law of the emperor. If the national treasury is well-off in the future, he will certainly not withhold food and wages from the Zhennan Army.
My uncle once said that in recent years, the Zhennan Army was mainly supported by the palace, so that all the taxes and money earned by the palace were used to fill this big hole.
The change of emperor did not bring any impact to Nanyi County. Although the Qiyu Kingdom wanted to take advantage of the civil unrest in Lan State to launch a large-scale attack, they were all repelled by the troops led by my eldest cousin.
What's more, the dangerous parts of the city wall have been reinforced with cement, making it extremely difficult for them to sneak into Lan Country.
It has been more than a month since I came to Nanyi County. At the beginning of April in the lunar calendar, the one hundred courtyards developed by Gu Xinran were completed and named "Ruyuan Home".
Everyone was struck by the neat, uniform layout of the elegant blue brick and tile houses, all cement-jointed. More importantly, the ground and roads were all paved with cement, leaving not a trace of mud after the heavy rain.
The commercial street was also fully completed, with one hundred two-story shops with backyards standing next to the newly built county government office.
Because there were so many customers coming to Nanyi County, her shops and houses were the first batch of finished products. In addition, with reasonable planning and design, they were almost sold out while they were still under construction. Gu Xinran made a fortune again.
On the day of handing over the building, she held a lively banquet. As the cups and glasses clinked, she found that Nanyi County had changed a lot.
Time flies, and she has to return to Jinzhou. Grandpa and Housekeeper Zhao have sent a letter by carrier pigeon, saying that the winery's inventory is low. Doctor Zhang's penicillin trial was successful, and they are anxious to increase production. The crops are heading and the potatoes are already bearing small fruits. Grandpa and Grandma Xuanxuan miss them terribly...
Unfortunately, she was too busy and had no time to set up a flower planting base. However, during this period, she asked Xiaomei to purchase a lot of dried and fresh flowers, and she would experiment with making perfume when she had time.
The overall situation in Nanyi County was settled. The next morning, Gu Xinran took Xiaoba and Xiaomei and set off back to Yunzhou Prefecture.
Everyone came to see him off. Duan Yunze looked at his cousin reluctantly, "Ranran, thank you! Without you, there would be no Nanyi County today!"
Xia Jing smiled and stuffed a large purse into her hand. "Xinran, this is the cement workshop's monthly dividend of five thousand taels. Take it for now. We'll distribute it every six months and send someone to deliver it to you then."
Li Zhubo's eyes were filled with tears. "Princess Funing, you are a great contributor to Nanyi County. I never dreamed that this place would develop so well!"
Gu Xinran responded one by one and waved goodbye!
Many people along the way came to see him off and gave their sincere blessings to Gu Xinran, who brought them a better life:
"Take care, Lady Funing!"
"Princess Funing, have a safe journey!"
"Princess Funing will come back when you have time!"
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Three days later, they arrived at Yunzhou Prefecture. When the grandparents, Gu's mother Tingting and others saw Gu Xinran, whom they had not seen for more than thirty days, they were all smiling.
Little Tingting clung to her sister and never left her side, scolding her in a baby voice, "Sister, am I still your little baby? Don't you even remember what I look like?"
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