MTL - Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty-v2 Chapter 1756 Zhen Guogong's Secret

  Chapter 1756 Zhen Guogong’s Secret

   Everyone has no interest in this tall building.

  When it was first built, people thought it was a pagoda.

  Because in this era, people's impressions of tall buildings are mostly related to pagodas.

  It was later discovered that this building is different from the pagoda.

   To build such a tall building, isn’t it enough to support yourself?

  No one knows what kind of medicine Fang Jifan sells in his gourd.

   But Fang Jifan immediately took the lead and entered the unfinished building.

  The main framework has been completed.

   It can be modified internally, but it still takes a lot of time.

  The first one to enter was the lobby on the first floor. Fang Jifan immediately said: "Everything in this building will be covered with ceramic tiles, not only the floor, but also the walls. Come, come, follow me."

   Turned over a wall, it was still rough, but... a row of strange doors appeared.

   There is a special person to push open the door.

  There is only a space with a radius of one zhang. Fang Jifan entered first, and other people rushed in, but there were too many people, but they couldn't squeeze in, and then someone outside closed the door.

"This is an elevator." Fang Jifan explained: "The top of the elevator box is pulled up by a strong cable, and the rope is connected by a special pulley. Here, there will be special personnel to raise and pull down the elevator. "

   While speaking, the elevator really moved.

  The faces of everyone inside were miserable.

  Every time a floor is reached, the elevator will temporarily stop, and then a special person will close the door, and then the elevator will continue to the next floor.

  This is human lift.

  The most indispensable thing in Ming Dynasty is manpower.

  In the entire building, there are seven elevator groups, and each elevator group is assigned five manpower, going up and down floors one by one without stopping.

   Of course... there is a cost to doing this. This is why, even in Xishan New City, there are very few high-rise buildings with more than eight floors.

   At the end of the day, the elevator finally opened. This is the top floor of the entire building.

  Fang Jifan stepped out of the elevator. Although the other floors were not decorated, they were still under construction, but here... manpower has been urgently dispatched for decoration.

  In front of it is a promenade, the walls and floor of which are paved with tiles.

  Adjacent to the wall, there are kerosene lamps. The light of the lights and the refraction of the light by the tiles make the place brightly lit.

   After passing the promenade, you will see a signboard here.

   This signboard reads the words 'Xishan Bank'.

   All of a sudden, the people who came upstairs were in an uproar, you look at me, I look at you, whispering.

Fang Jifan said: "When this building is completed, Xishan Bank will move here. The entire floor here will be the office of Xishan Bank. Not only that, the 29th floor is Xishan Jianye; the 28th floor , for Xishan Coal Industry; the twenty-seventh floor, for Xishan Iron Industry..."

  As soon as this remark came out, it inevitably caused an uproar.

  You must know... Xishan’s industry is closely connected with many businesses.

  Businessmen who need to borrow and repay the loan must go to Xishan Bank to go through the formalities.

   And some people need to build workshops and need a large amount of coal and iron, and most of them are purchased from Xishan. If the quantity is large, dealing with this place is indispensable.

Fang Jifan continued: "In the past, Xishan occupied a large area, and many offices were scattered all over the place. It was inconvenient to run, and it was extremely inconvenient to manage. But now, all businesses in Xishan are located here. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to work anytime anywhere?"

Entering the Xishan Bank, it occupies a huge area, and the front is bright, with a lot of glass on almost all sides, plus it is on a high place, with plenty of light. In the big Xishan Bank, there are wooden tables in front of it. , is a row of data storage cabinets, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, everything is available.

  On both sides, there are separate small office rooms, which are obviously used by officials or shopkeepers.

"The essence of buying and selling lies in exchanging what you have and what you don't have, or what you have and what you don't have, so there is a transaction. But how do you know what you have? This is the foundation of this building, big guys, gather Working together can not only facilitate transactions, but also save a lot of land. In the future, various industries in Xishan will settle here, and other commercial firms will also move in if they want to. Everyone...Look..."

  Fang Jifan came to the end, and at the end was a large piece of glass. Looking down from this glass, the entire Xishan New City fell under his feet.

  Many people came after him one after another. Standing here, they felt strange.

  Zhu Houzhao looked left and right, he was very courageous, and when he got to the glass, he first lightly smashed it with his fist, making a thumping sound. Then, Zhu Houzhao began to increase his strength, knocking on the glass loudly.

  Everyone was so frightened that their faces turned ashen, fearing that the glass would break.

  Fang Jifan pulled his face down: "That...that..."

  Zhu Houzhao turned his head, with a very serious look on his face: "Is this glass safe?"

  Fang Jifan coughed: "This is... made of special glass, which won't break easily."

But this thing has never been guarded against cheap hands, Fang Jifan quickly changed the topic to other places: "Of course, I just show you today. I'm afraid it will be two years before the completion of this building. What improvements will be made in these two years?" , is still an unknown matter, inviting everyone to come today will naturally give everyone a benefit."

  Everyone only thought about Xishan Bank and other big commercial firms wanting to move in.

  A keen person immediately realized that if his firm could work in the same building as Xishan Qianzhuang and Xishan Jianye, it would be of great help to his goodwill.

   What is it for the big guys to take care of themselves every day, ride in the best carriages, wear the latest sunglasses and big gold chains? Isn't it just to let others know your own strength?

  If this building is really as Zhen Guogong said, then this building will definitely become the landmark of the entire Xishan New City, and even the entire capital, which will be of great benefit to his business.

   Such a building is naturally not suitable for living in, but everyone is a businessman. In the final analysis, they want to make money. If they can make money, other... are trivial matters.

  But when I heard Fang Jifan say that it was two years later, I couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

  Since two years later... what are you talking about now?

  Liu Kuan, Hanlin and Yushi also brazenly followed.

  They complained in their hearts that this building is all some kind of obscene and skillful things, which are not practical at all. While stretching their necks, they saw that Fang Jifan had arrived at the public house, took a map from the public house, and spread it out.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Fang Jifan said: "This new city has already sold tens of thousands of mansions, and the future plan will accommodate 500,000 households, or even more. Please look here...here is Three hundred acres of land is not a large area, but do you know how many households will live here soon?"

   This location is next to the building.

  Businessmen frowned.

Fang Jifan said: "It's seven thousand nine hundred and sixty households. This household is counted as a minimum of four or five people. Then this area of ​​300 mu has a population of 30,000 to 40,000. If you Have you ever seen such a place in the new city and the old city?"

  Fang Jifan's rhetorical question stunned everyone.

  In this era, the population density is not high, after all...urbanization has just begun.

  In an ordinary prefectural city or county seat, there are only a few thousand people who can live in the city. If the population is tens of thousands, it is considered a big city.

  Of course, the city of Beijing is an exception. During the reign of Hongzhi, the capital was already extremely prosperous.

  Of course, this number of millions has moisture.

  After all... a large number of Beijing camps, guards, and many eunuchs are among them.

  The real resident population is probably between 700,000 and 800,000.

   It's pretty much the largest city in the world, second to none.

  When the New Deal started, a large number of foreign population flowed in and a new city was built. This population also increased like a snowball, so that the population of the capital was around 3 million.

   This is a scary number.

   It's just these populations, but they are scattered in every corner of the capital like a big cake.

  After all, the building density in this era is low, not to mention those high-ranking officials who casually build houses on a few acres of land, even ordinary people, they also use hundreds of feet of land to build a small courtyard to live in.

  The same one mu of land, in the past, if it could accommodate three families and a dozen people.

  Then...in Xishan New Town, there can be thirty households with hundreds of people.

  Fang Jifan then asked again: "Dare to ask these 300 acres of land, thousands of families, tens of thousands of people, do they need food, clothing, shelter, transportation, work, and expenses?"

   These words definitely had a huge effect. Many people were shocked, as if they understood something!

  They looked at Fang Jifan in amazement...suddenly, they felt...a sense of astonishment.

  Zhu Houzhao was still at a loss, not understanding what Fang Jifan meant.

  Liu Kuan and the others just looked critical, thinking only that Fang Jifan could quickly fire up the house.

I saw Fang Jifan continued: "Everyone, what is lacking in this world will never be land. What is lacking is population. With people, there will be wealth, business, and prosperity. Why is the land worthless? Now who is interested in going to the Golden Island? My father is in the Golden Island. In order to attract refugees, all those who seek refuge in the Golden Island will be given a thousand acres of land. This thousand acres of land is given away for free. Is anyone interested in this?"

   Everyone hurriedly shook their heads like a rattle drum, for fear that Lord Zhen Guo would misunderstand him.

  Fang Jifan narrowed his eyes: "Then...everyone, if you build a row of pavements in this 300 mu of land, it will cost one hundred and twenty feet, isn't it expensive?"

  One hundred taels...one zhang?

   Liu Kuan subconsciously said: "Then why not grab it!"

   But at this time...

  But someone said: "I don't know where the shop is located, one hundred taels of silver, can I pay now?"

  (end of this chapter)