Chapter 497 Tolls

Gu Jiu reminded Deng Cunli, "You must hurry up to build the academy. Other things can be delayed, but the academy must not be delayed. Use the best materials to build the academy."

If you want to sell a house for tens of thousands of taels, what else can you rely on besides the location?

Of course, it depends on force and demand.

what is demand.

Since ancient times, people have wanted to pursue spiritual wealth when they have money, commonly known as force.

Only high-quality academies have high-quality real estate projects.

Do you want your children and grandchildren to study in a high-quality academy?

Buy a house!

That's right, what Gu Jiu wants to do is to build a school district housing.

The work-study college, which is the technical school of later generations, she plans to build after the second phase, by the way, to improve the quality of the second and third phase real estate projects.

As for the high-quality academy, it was built on that mountain.

She wants to build a first-class academy of the Zhou Dynasty to attract high-quality teachers and students from all over the world.

On the hillside, at the foot of the hill, and behind the hill are the planned fourth and fifth real estate projects. Maybe there will be six, seven in the future...

Anyway, she bought enough land to build many, many houses.

She also reminded Deng Cunli, "If you are asked to find those old doctors who have made official careers to open a medical clinic here, you must hurry up."

In addition to education, there must also be supporting medical care.

There is no one more compelling than the imperial doctor who has served in the imperial hospital.

The pharmacy under Gu Jiu's name can sell prescriptions and medicinal materials, but it can't sell identity.

Ask the old doctor to see a doctor for yourself, what a face-to-face thing.

Those rich and aristocratic families like to ask people with status to do things for them.

It's a big deal, the imperial doctor prescribes medicine and goes to the pharmacy under her name to get the medicine.

The big deal was that she asked the drugstore to open a chain branch in Xinmin County.

Apart from education and healthcare, the rest is transportation.

With traffic, there will be more flow of people and more business opportunities.

Only those high-end consumer places will take the initiative to enter Xinmin County.

Gu Jiu called Deng Cunli, "Go and see a few elders."

The two got out of the signing room and walked towards the public house on the other side of the market.

Both were on foot, escorted by guards.

Gu Jiu saw that there were already hawkers setting up stalls on the big locust tree dam. She said to Deng Cunli, "Try a way to guide more hawkers and merchants to sell here, no matter what kind of goods."

Deng Cunli said: "At present, the small people in the capital are more willing to spend money. Tourists prefer to go to the capital to do business. However, with the first batch of people in the second phase, the business opportunities here are more and more prosperous."

Gu Jiu nodded, "Take your time. When the number of people living here exceeds 100,000 or 200,000, we don't have to worry about it, the market will flourish. Two more commercial markets will be built by then."

While talking and walking, I finally came to the public house.

The chief minister of the Shaofu family and the minister of households was staring with big eyes and small eyes, and Gu Yu, the magistrate of Xinmin County, was caught in the middle, miserable.

Seeing Gu Jiu coming, it was like seeing a savior, "Sister Xiao Jiu, you are here."

Gu Jiu nodded with a smile, "I'm here. Two adults, why are you free to come to this cheap place today? Take your heart to the shoes."

"Mrs. Zhao really knows how to laugh. The ground is very clean. It is three points cleaner than some squares in the capital. How could it be cheap land, and how could it get dirty shoes?" Hubu Shangshu let out a haha.

The Shaofu family decree rolled his eyes and was very disgusted. I thought to myself that this old man must be running some bad water again.

However, what the Minister of the Ministry of Household said was right. The people next to Xinmin County dared not say that the hygiene situation was definitely at the forefront of the entire capital.

Gu Jiu loved cleanliness, and even the people under her couldn't see the dirty ground.

Initially, the health team consisted of only 50 people, but now it has expanded to around 300 people.

These people don't do anything else, they are responsible for holding brooms and dustpans, cleaning from morning to night, and ensuring that the areas they are responsible for are clean from morning to night.

People come and go in the market every day, and it is only by relying on the sanitation team to ensure that the ground is always clean, and the garbage will be cleaned up within a quarter of an hour.

Gu Jiu said with a smile: "The two adults are both going to the Three Treasures Hall without incident. It's surprising that they appeared here together.

Old Ancestor, we just met at the Shaofu Yamen an hour ago, why are you here again? If you have something to do, let someone call me and that's it. Why do you need to work hard, come here in person. "

The Shaofu family snorted twice, "Well, this old man has something to say to his face."

The subordinate of the Shaofu Family Order was really unbearable, and his face was contorted out of patience.

Gu Jiu asked with a smile, "I wonder what the ancestors have to say to the younger generation?"

The Shaofu family commander glanced at the minister of households, "Let this old man say it first, the old man is not in a hurry."

Minister of the Ministry of Housing: You are a fool, and your whole family is a fool.

The Minister of the Ministry of Housing was very worried, thinking that he was a dignified Hedong Zhao family, a family that had been inherited for two or three hundred years. There was nothing else but the atmosphere.

He was actually given the nickname Lao Cai by the old man of the Shaofu family.

Don't think he doesn't know, everyone in the young mansion calls him Lao Cai in private.

snort!

Don't bother with this old thing first, it's important to get down to business.

"Mrs. Zhao, the tax source you mentioned last time..."

He was looking at it eagerly.

Shaofu Family Order: I rely on it! What new tax sources has the Ministry of Accounts engaged in? It's too much, and the benefits are not shared. Thankfully he was here today. Otherwise, all this cheapness will be taken by the Ministry of Household, and the Shaofu will not even be able to drink soup.

The Shaofu family decree looked at Gu Jiu again and wrote: Xiao Jiu, you are not being kind! Such a good thing, why don't you think about the Shaofu, and only think about the Ministry of Household. Is the old man bad for you? Several million taels have been lent to you, and this is the first share in the world. You put aside the Shaofu to find tax sources for the Ministry of Household, won't your conscience hurt?

The Minister of the Ministry of Housing stared: The old thief wants to cut off Hu again. The tax on salt and iron asked you to take it, but this time it will definitely not let you succeed.

Two old guys, add up to almost 140 years old, you stare at me, I stare at you, full of childishness.

Gu Jiu took a sip of tea and smiled, "Before we talk about tax sources, I want to invite the two elders to see something."

"what?"

Gu Jiu said: "The spring outside is very good. If the two adults don't dislike it, you might as well follow me outside for a walk."

"Walk around or go out to soak up the sun. This old bone hasn't moved for a long time."

Gu Jiu took the lead, took the two adults and Gu Yu, walked out of the public house, and walked towards the back alley of the market.

There are carts and horses in the back alley, and all the carts and horses of the shops are stored in the back alley.

Therefore, the smell of the back alley is heavier.

"Xiao Jiu, didn't you mean sunbathing, why did you bring us here?"

Gu Jiu asked with a smile: "Two adults, don't you notice any difference here?"

"What's the difference?"

Gu Jiu smiled and said nothing.

Gu Yu blinked, reminding the two adults if they could take a look at the caravan.

What?

Why watch the horses.

Gu Yu coughed lightly, "In the past, all the carriages and horses used yellow mud as the foundation, and it was enough to lay some straw. , and livestock manure, as filthy as it may be.

The two adults know that in the early morning of this morning, it rained in the capital, and the ground was covered with water. But you look at this car dealership, is there any filth in it? "

what!

It was only after this reminder that they noticed that the ground on which the carts and horses ran was not loess.

"What is this? Step on it hard."

Gu Jiu smiled mysteriously, "The two adults come with me."

Get out of the carriage and come to the back of the second phase, here is a street. The carriages and horses transporting building materials all passed through this street.

She pointed to the road, "Two adults, please take a look."

what!

"Why is this road so flat and strong? With so many cars and horses driving under load, the road is not crushed?"

"Looking at the ground, it is said to be yellow mud, but the color is wrong. And this old man has never seen such a smooth road. How did you do it?"

Gu Jiu still smiled mysteriously, "The carriage is here, the two adults might as well get on the carriage and feel how smooth the road is."

The two adults were thoroughly aroused and got into the carriage one after another.

This street is five miles long, and the carriage ran back and forth.

When the carriage stopped, I was the first to hear the shouting of the Shaofu family order, "Oh, it's incredible. Sitting on the carriage is not stable. It's more stable than walking on the bluestone floor. Not to mention the yellow mud official road. Not qualified to compare with this road."

The two adults got off the carriage with excited faces.

The two of them are both human beings. After seeing each other once, and taking a ride in person, they knew that the road was really good.

If it can be promoted, it will greatly improve the communication efficiency between the two places and promote business exchanges.

"Mrs. Zhao, what is this road built for? What is the price?"

If the cost is too high, it can only be a pity.

Gu Jiu laughed, "The material for paving the road is very simple, it is Sanhe soil, also called soil cement. Some time ago, a craftsman improved the soil cement formula, making the soil cement harder, but the cost did not increase.

You see, so many chariots and horses carrying hundreds of pounds on this road repeatedly crushed it every day for a month and a half. During this period, there were several heavy rains. However, the road was still hard and smooth, and there was no damage. "

When the two adults heard it, they hurried to the road to check the road.

Gu Jiu was afraid of a car accident.

Because of the second phase of this road, the traffic flow is huge.

"The two adults come back soon."

Several guards rushed to the middle of the road, blocking the vehicles going from south to north, so as not to hit the two adults.

The two adults checked all the way, and finally laughed together.

Together, the two old people who were over a hundred years old laughed like a fat man weighing two hundred pounds, and ran all the way back to Jiu's side.

"Xiao Jiu, what is the price of this soil cement you said?"

Gu Jiu said with a smile, "Ten articles per load."

A load of one hundred and twenty pounds.

The eyes of the two adults lit up, "Is it really that cheap?"

"Of course."

"Ha ha……"

The two adults laughed happily.

The Minister of the Household danced, "If you use this soil and cement to pave a road to Hedong, how much time can you save by going back and forth?"

The Shaofu family order did not agree, "Why should the road to Hedong be paved, it should be paved to the south."

"What's wrong with our Hedong? Why can't we lay soil and cement roads?"

Two elderly people, who are 140 years old together, quarreled in the street about which way to pave the concrete road.

Seeing this scene, Gu Jiu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Two adults, the sun is shining, let's go back to the public room to drink tea. If you have any ideas, let's discuss it slowly."

The two adults glared at each other, neither was convinced.

The Minister of the Chamber of Commerce remembered the purpose of coming here today, and finally regained some sense of reason.

He quietly asked Gu Yu, "Can this dirt and cement road save half the time?"

Gu Yu said: "More than that. From the capital to Hedong, it takes about 20 days for a single trip. If the soil and cement roads are laid, it only takes seven or eight days to get there."

"That's great!" Hubu Shangshu was overjoyed.

Their Zhao family is a big family in Hedong, and the members of the family travel between the capital and Hedong almost every one or two months. Most of that time is wasted on the road.

If the 20-day journey can really be shortened to seven or eight days, then a back and forth trip would be convenient.

And the soil cement is not expensive, only ten cents per load, the key cement road is hard and smooth enough, and the carriage runs back and forth on it, fast and stable.

There is no better road than this in the world.

The Minister of the Ministry of Housing felt like he had found a treasure.

The Shaofu family decree thought about how much it would cost to build such a road for thousands of miles.

"Even if a load of ten pennies is worth a load, it will cost a lot of money to build a road."

Gu Jiu pursed her lips and smiled, "It's okay."

Does she really want to use soil and cement to do charity and build roads for the court for free?

This is possible.

But don't treat tolls as decorations, and toll booths are redundant.

Once the road is built, it is natural to charge some tolls.

In this game of chess, Gu Jiu had already set up the chessboard, set the chess score, and had already dropped a few pieces first.

She dared to borrow several million taels from the Shaofu, did she really think she was only spending it on building houses?

There is nothing better than building a road.

Not only does she want to be the largest real estate developer in Dazhou, she also wants to be an infrastructure maniac.

Hahaha……

Gu Jiu really wanted to look up to the sky and laugh three times, it was so cool!

But this still needs momentum.

Just relying on the road behind the second phase as a model is not enough.

Gu Jiu had already set his sights on the official road outside the South City Gate, and planned to make this official road a model road.

Back to the public room, wash a little, and then a few people sit down to drink tea.

The Shaofu family decree and the minister of the household were both staring at Gu Jiu, but no one said a word.

Gu Jiu bowed his head and smiled, and said to the Minister of Household: "The Ministry of Household can add a tax source in the capital, everything is ready-made."

"What water source?"

"Traveler tax."

As soon as these three words came out of Gu Jiu's mouth, the two adults already understood.

The so-called traveling merchants are small merchants and hawkers who are different from traveling merchants and sitting merchants.

There are many such hawkers in the capital. The exact number has not been counted, but there must be quite a few.

There are also many here in Xinmin County.

The current mainstream, the court from top to bottom is not very welcome to these traveling merchants.

The yamen will drive away these vendors from time to time, not allowing them to go to this street or that street.

If there is an inspection from above, the yamen directly lifts the goods, arrests the person and locks them up for seven or eight days, and there are some cases where the family will pay the ransom to let the person go.

Only here in Xinmin County, tourists are welcome to come.

"Is it possible to collect tourist tax? How much does it cost?"

Gu Jiu smiled softly, "How much you can charge, you can try it out, adults. A tourist merchant who sells with a basket will be charged 5 cents in taxes and fees a day, while a tourist who drives an ox cart and a donkey cart will be charged 15 yuan a day. Taxes.

Except for the imperial city, they are allowed to sell at any location. In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the yamen, prevent corruption, and facilitate the travel business, I have specially made a travel business tax plan. "

Qingmei immediately took out a bound tax plan, but did not give it to either of the two adults.

The two adults stared at the plan together, their eyes very hot.

Gu Jiu asked with a smile, "Do you want it? Is it true that the tourist tax is collected?"

The Minister of the Household nodded again and again, "No matter how small mosquito meat is, it's still meat. How can you not want it. Lord Jialing, this bit of mosquito meat should not be looked upon by your young mansion."

The Shaofu family order now has a new pursuit, "Don't worry, this old man won't compete with you for the tourist tax."

Whether it will be possible to levy a tourist tax is not certain. He couldn't make a noise in the court hall for this bit of mosquito meat.

The Minister of the Chamber of Commerce looked excited, "What are the conditions for Mrs. Zhao, just mention it."

Gu Jiu held the proposal book and smiled softly, "The two adults of Cement Road have already felt it. The younger generation dares to ask the two adults to help build momentum in the DPRK. As for the road construction, I have also made a proposal paper here. ."

Two identical plan books were placed in front of the two adults.

Build roads at your own expense and set up toll booths to collect tolls?

The two adults were a little confused.

How much does it cost to build the road at your own expense?

Gu Jiu said: "I know that the DPRK has no money, so I don't dare to expect the imperial court to allocate money to build the road. I am willing to bear all the costs of building the road. The displaced people from all over the world can go to the construction site to build the road and earn a salary to support their family. Also welcome.

The only requirement is that the imperial court allow me to set up toll booths to collect tolls from vehicles, horses, traders and dealers. The court was not allowed to interfere in all the affairs of the toll station. "