Guiyang, the current seat of Guizhou Road, was also the former city of Juzhou. It was originally a small county town with only a few thousand people living there. But now, in the blink of an eye, the old hen turned into a duck, and directly became a fish.

Jump over the dragon gate and become developed!

Officials, soldiers, and businessmen came in waves one after another hoping to enclose the land.

However, these aborigines in the county also know very clearly that their originally worthless properties and shops will become a hundred times more valuable because this place will become the capital of Guizhou Road, so no matter who comes to buy them

Houses, but they are determined not to sell them one by one.

This makes many people very angry, what a cunning person!

It's a pity that they don't dare to do anything to these unruly people now, because the officials who arrived early are basically the entire preparatory department of the Yamen of the Pacifier. In other words, they are almost all Xiao Cheng's direct descendants.

These people are all familiar with Xiao Cheng's style and character.

If Xiao Cheng finds out that he wants to buy and sell by force, he will definitely suffer the consequences of walking around in circles.

So in Juzhou City, a scene occurred that made people who didn't know the reason find it very funny.

A simple shed and military tent were erected on some open space in the county town. But in front of the shed or military tent, a sign of a certain Yamen was grandly erected. Officials in public uniforms came and came.

Go and work in these simple sheds or military tents.

Compared with officials, the methods of businessmen are much simpler and cruder.

That's just throwing money at it.

If one time doesn't work, then double, five, or ten times.

Anyway, the starting point for houses and land in this county is very low. Although the people here know that the price of their houses will increase, they still have no idea how much it will increase. They think that it was only worth a few dollars before.

When a dilapidated house can suddenly be sold for hundreds or even hundreds of pounds, after all, someone still can't resist the temptation and sells it anyway.

After all, putting those yellow copper coins and white money in your arms gives you a sense of accomplishment.

The first batch of businessmen who came over were undoubtedly members of the Federation. These people's confidence in Xiao Cheng increased as the imperial court formally appointed Xiao Cheng as the Guizhou Road pacifier.

Several levels.

Since Xiao Cheng has designated Guiyang as the capital of Guizhou Road, they are extremely optimistic about this place. They firmly believe that as long as Xiao Cheng is here, Guiyang will become the center of the entire southwest before long.

Whether it's politics or economics.

Therefore, the money you spend here now will naturally be earned back tenfold or a hundredfold in the future.

Naturally, the first-mover advantage must be firmly grasped and utilized to the extreme.

The small county town was not enough for them to see, so the open space in the city and the land close to the county town became the sweet potato in their eyes.

Buying land became the first thing these businessmen did after arriving in Guiyang.

The preparatory team headed by Luo Gang took out the planning drawings with a smile.

According to the topography around the county, a long-planned drawing of the future capital of Guizhou Road was displayed in front of everyone.

It is clear at a glance which area is the living area and which area is the commercial area. Each has its own price. Everyone is welcome to buy and build quickly.

And around Juzhou, the government had built brick cellars one after another after the Battle of Juzhou, fired a large number of bricks, and opened stone quarries one after another. The polished stones were piled up.

Neatly, enough wood has been cut down, and piles are waiting for someone to put them to use.

In order to do all this, after the Battle of Juzhou, the Tiannan Army and the Tianwu Army were busy for two full months. A large number of craftsmen were first dispatched to the surrounding areas.

Guiyang today is a huge construction site.

The first batch of civilian laborers who arrived here did not build city walls or official residences. All they were responsible for building were roads and walls.

According to the planning map, these people, under the guidance of the master craftsmen, used roads and walls to separate each area.

Today's Guiyang Prefecture is extremely short of manpower.

When businessmen buy land, they naturally want to build their own houses quickly. Whoever builds it first will naturally be the first to open and seize the market first. These businessmen naturally understand this better than anyone else.

The problem is that everyone wants to get ahead quickly, but where will the people come from?

There are only so many people in the entire Juzhou. Even if the old, weak, women and children join the battle, what can be done? It simply cannot meet such a huge demand for manpower.

As a result, the labor cost in Juzhou has skyrocketed. If there is still a skill, the labor price will be even more astonishing.

That is to say, under such crazy circumstances, young people from all over the surrounding areas actually flowed in in large numbers here regardless of the freezing cold weather. In the past, they basically stayed at home in winter and couldn't do much work.

You can't make much money, but now, there is an opportunity to make a lot of money, and naturally no one wants to miss it.

And under the promotion and planning of some special departments under the federation, special labor brokers even appeared. These people organized teams in other places, including craftsmen, laborers and other various figures.

Then he rushed to Guiyang and contracted some work.

Most of these teams came from the vicinity of Guizhou Road, such as Guangnan West Road, Zizhou Road, Chengdufu Road, Kuizhou Road, and even a contractor team came from Jinghu North Road.

These labor brokers are called labor contractors by Xiao Cheng.

Xiao Cheng naturally had bad intentions in bringing these people here.

Those who can still go out to work in such weather are basically young and strong, and those who are older are almost all skilled. These technicians are the soul of such a team.

Their original intention was to make money, but Xiao Cheng wanted to keep them here.

They are all technicians, and they are all young and strong!

Of course, it’s impossible to stay forcibly.

However, we can let these people see how good Guizhou Road is and how it is different from other places, make these people yearn for this place, and let them face the not-so-good days of their past when they go back.

Sometimes, they can't help but think of the good days on the road in Guizhou, and they will naturally think about it.

The first step, of course, is to keep those guys in these teams who come and go without any worries.

The second step is to attract families with families to invest.

Although you are poaching the surrounding corners, this is fair competition. If you can't beat me, do you still have the nerve to quarrel with me?

Gu Zhen

Of course, Guizhou Road is not afraid of fights, let alone quarrels.

Look around, hehe!

Xiao Cheng couldn't help but sneer a few times.

There is no one who can fight.

Of course, the attractiveness of Guizhou Road is still limited now. After all, compared to Zizhou Road, Chengdufu Road and other places, we are still a poor family here. However, it won’t be long before Guizhou Road will impress them.

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Hu Yi and others did not see the closed city gate.

Everywhere you look, there are large construction sites under construction.

On a main road, a gate made of pine and cypress branches stood on the road. There were two military tents on the roadside. There was a blazing fire outside, and some soldiers gathered together to warm themselves up.

Such a door has more symbolic meaning.

Because if someone really wants to sneak into the city, they can just walk through it from anywhere without having to go through here at all.

Hu Yi didn't expect to see him like this, and the wrinkles on his face seemed deeper.

The soldiers warming themselves by the fire looked at this group of people and were stunned for a while. Then they remembered to go to the military tent to ask the officers on duty to come out.

One of the team members, probably drunk, came out with a red face.

"Transporter?" The captain was not a soldier after all. The power of these three words was at least clear. Half of the wine he had just drank was so frightened that he turned into cold sweat and shed.

"You actually drank while on duty?" A squad leader said coldly: "It seems that you don't want to do this as a battalion general anymore? Which army are you from?"

"The last general is from the fourth brigade of the second battalion of the Tianwu Army." The general said cautiously: "This general, today is a happy event for our General Han Zu. Official Hu has given us wine and meat as a reward, and everyone in Guiyang Fucheng has a share.

Futai also said that the whole world is celebrating today, so the general just drank a little bit, not much, only half a catty of wine, so he won't be in trouble, he won't be in trouble."

"Who is your general? I will talk to him myself!" Ban Zhi snorted coldly, "Whether it will cause trouble or not, can you just say it?"

That team will hesitate, but refuse to tell the truth.

Hu Yi snorted and said: "That's all, he looks like an honest person, so let's not do this next time!"

The team general was overjoyed when he heard this and repeatedly handed over his hands: "Thank you so much for the transfer envoy! Thank you so much for the transfer envoy!"

"I am going to see Xiao Futai, please lead the way!" Hu Yi waved his hand and said.

"General, obey the order!" the team general said with a smile: "It's a coincidence that the transfer envoy has arrived. General Han Yan is very happy today, and it's just time to have a glass of wedding wine! Looking at the time, I'm afraid the banquet has not officially started yet!"

Under the leadership of the team general, the group walked all the way into the city.

After walking for a while, Hu Yi suddenly stopped and looked at a military tent on one side. Outside the military tent, there was a sign with the name of a yamen written on it.

"What's going on?" Hu Yi asked, pointing to the sign.

The team general smiled and said: "The transfer envoy doesn't know. At present, roads and houses are being built everywhere in Guiyang City. Those merchants are very rich. Except for those who are doing corvee labor, they can't hire the rest.

We were all hired away by them. We yamen did not have so much money to compete with those businessmen for people, so we had to set up a military tent to temporarily handle official business. This was quite good. In the beginning, some yamen even built shacks.

Stay here! This is because Futai looked disgraceful, so he asked Du Qianjia to transfer a lot of military tents from the army and allocate them to them."

"How is this inappropriate?" Hu Yi was furious: "These businessmen are so rude?"

"They pay a lot of money!" The captain looked at Hu Yi strangely: "The officials can't afford to pay so much, so they will naturally give more money to work! Anyway, look at it, this year

These yamen can no longer hope to have warm houses to live in."

"Where's Xiao Futai?"

"Xiao Futai is naturally different. He lives in the original Zhizhou Yamen!" The captain chuckled and said: "The place where General Han Zuo got married today is also there! General Han Zuo has no house. He usually lives in military tents or in Fu.

Taiwan has given him a room in Futai Yamen!"

"Then isn't Zheng Zeshi very rich?"

"It's really rich!" the team general said: "Dowries have been sent here all the time. It scares me to death. I walked for several days and more than a hundred large cars! The transfer makes you think about it.

There are tens of thousands of people in Guiyang now. How long does it take to transport a pound of meat and half a pound of wine for each person, and how much does it cost? However, now in Guiyang, there is nothing you can do if you have money. There are too many monks and too little gruel, and the houses are too big.

There are too many yamen, and there are so many rich people coming to join in the fun."

"I wonder if Futai has prepared a house when I transfer to the envoy's residence?" Hu Yi sneered.

"There should be some!" The captain rolled his eyes. Hearing the unkind tone of the official in front of him, he also closed his mouth and did not dare to say more.

After walking for a while, there was a sudden bang and the sky suddenly lit up.

Everyone looked up and saw a spark flying into the air, then exploded, and a colorful flower suddenly bloomed in the air.

"Let's set off the fireworks, let's set off the fireworks!" the captain pointed in the air and shouted. "The ceremony is over, let's set off the fireworks to celebrate!"

In the Song Dynasty, gunpowder had been used for a long time, and there was no shortage of gunpowder weapons. They were like a swarm of bees, but they were not easy to use and soldiers did not like them. And people like Liu Fengkui,

Naturally, the information was well-informed, but he knew that Xiao Ding of the Western Army had extremely powerful gunpowder weapons, but the gunpowder craftsmen at the Bianliang Craftsman Camp had never produced them.

Although fireworks have been around in the Song Dynasty, they are still rare after all. Even in Bianliang, they can only be seen on major festivals, so they are still a new thing. If they are set off today, let alone Guiyang.

The common people, including Hu Yi, Liu Fengkui and the Ban Zhi, also raised their heads to the sky to admire it.

As he watched, Liu Fengkui felt horrified in his heart.

The fireworks in Guiyang Prefecture are much more numerous in style and variety than those during the Daqing Festival in Bianliang. Hu Yi may not know what this means, but Liu Fengkui can imagine it.

This means that the gunpowder application technology in Guiyang is better than that in Bianliang.

Where did their gunpowder technology come from?

Of course it's Xiao.

The brothers Xiao Ding and Xiao Cheng are indeed similar.
Chapter completed!