In May, the weather is very hot, but because of the water surrounding the city, it is hot but not dry. Especially in the fang area where the canals gather, the water vapor evaporates and dissipates with the wind, and it is a little cool.

However, it is not without exception. Although there are new pools with open waters in Lidefang, the feeling of heat is even greater than that of other buildings.

Xintan is an important distribution center for the distribution of canal transportation in the capital. In previous years, it was very lively, and this year's lively event is even more lively than in previous years. There are pedestrians in the yard, and there is almost no idle place to look around.

The reason for this change was that the imperial court had reformed some government orders about the transportation of the grain not long ago. Originally, Xintan was convenient for water and had warehouse residences around it, but these warehouse residences were mainly in the official warehouses belonging to the Beijing Baishi, while there were very few private warehouses.

The management of the official warehouse is rigid and cannot be followed by time, so it cannot fully utilize the convenience of Xintan to reach hundreds of fangs, and people's livelihood can benefit very little.

However, since a month ago, the Guancang has moved to several yards such as Daozheng and Daoguang in the north of the city, and the vacant warehouses were either sold or sub-leased, and transferred to private merchants for business.

As soon as this government order was issued, it caused a huge sensation among the people of Shendu City. In recent years, the number of residents in Luoyang City has surged, and the demand for daily necessities has certainly increased with this. The superior water transportation conditions of Lidefang and Chengfufang near Xintan are naturally coveted. Previously, because they were mostly controlled by the government, even if the private merchants were jealous, they had no choice.

But now the ban has been suddenly released, and the enthusiasm of merchants has suddenly exploded, and many merchants have withdrawn a lot of money to subscribe.

There is a large bamboo forest beside the pond water, and a two-story building stands in the bamboo forest. There are warriors standing around the building, so no idle people are allowed to approach it.

On the second floor of the small building, Li Tong looked at the Xintan not far away. He saw boats loaded with goods shuttled back and forth in the lake, with many strengths, either wading water and pulling fibers, or using bamboo trays to carry goods to the warehouse on the embankment.

"This year, the work is still hasty. Xintan is disrepair all year round. It will be digging and expanding in winter. At present, we can only do it temporarily."

Seeing that the strong soldiers were working hard and inconvenient, Li Tong said that the new pond and old years were mainly for official transportation and storage, and there were many yamen involved, so they lost the management of a system and the siltation situation was quite serious.

Yang Li stood beside the King of Dai in men's clothing. After hearing this, she smiled and said: "In the past, merchants had no way to get water conservancy here, but now the ban on the court has been relaxed, and the people can benefit. After the renovation, it is already under discussion. The government only needs to do work and all things are divided by their own private families. It cannot be said to be generous. After all, the wealth has been invested in it. The greater the transportation capacity of the canal, the more profits it will be."

Li Tong was very happy to hear this. Since ancient times, the social status of merchants has been low, especially in the negotiations between the government.

The sale of land in Weitan has made the court a big profit from the merchants who were active. The subsequent maintenance and construction will still be transferred to these merchants for their continued investment, and these merchants will still be willing to accept it.

Li Tong didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

Merchants themselves do not work in production and have a large number of social mobility resources in their hands. Of course, they also have to bear corresponding social responsibilities. The tax collection of various commodities and transactions is aimed at the industries they are engaged in, such as soldiers fighting hard and farmers renting and placing mediocrely. Now that the imperial decrees have helped them, they of course have to pay more.

"My wife has always been very brave. How much does it take to buy a property in Weitan this time?"

Li Tong admired the watchtower for a moment, then turned back to the room, signaling Yang Li to come and sit, and asked with a smile. He has been walking mainly between the north and south yamen recently, and only took time to go to the shop to check it out today, but he didn't know much about how Yang Li was doing.

Yang Li sat sideways in the seat, spread out a simple sketch, reached out to make a brief sketch, and said, "Because your highness showed in advance, I can lay it one step ahead. The east corner of Defang and the west gate of Guiyifang, all the residences along Quchi have been bought."

Li Tong leaned closer and saw that the area enclosed by Yang Li accounted for nearly one-quarter of the scale of the imperial court's sales this time. He couldn't help but feel a little surprised: "So much? Is it enough money or goods?"

After hearing this, Yang Li smiled and said, "These residences were purchased in the early stage, so there is no need to compete for the price. Now, there are more participants when they hear the news, and the current price has risen by more than ten times. The capital of the god Luoyang is really worthy of the big city in the capital. There are countless wealthy people. If you don't have the foreshadowing of Your Highness, you will never be able to make such a big picture with the financial resources in your hands."

Li Tong nodded and said nothing. Of course, he was not a pure gentleman who was devoted to public. He advocated that these things benefit the country and the people were also unavoidable to plan for himself. However, Yang Li's move was so big that it surprised him.

"Although these residence shops have been purchased and operated, the price difference between the past and the next is very different, which is inevitable for people to look at them. I have already allowed people to continue to transfer money from Xijing. In addition, the revenue of the residence shop itself in Beijing will be able to make up for the difference according to the current price, which will probably be completed in Qiuli."

When Yang Li said this, she looked up at the king and said, "Your Highness has a high position, and what you think and work is a major national affairs. You must never lose your reputation because of short profits and profits. Inflated money will not be beneficial to others. If you cause misfortunes to your Highness because of greed and stinginess, it will be truly not worth the loss."

Li Tong was slightly moved when he heard this, looked at Yang Li and nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."

Changing the canal transport in Xintan was just a small part of the entire canal transport reform. At the beginning, the court, including Li Tong, did not pay enough attention to this. Therefore, the initial responsibility was mainly for this matter, and the Dushui Supervisor took the lead in contacting relevant departments to enter the empty warehouse residences, while the specific rental and sale of the Taipei Supervisor was responsible for the responsibility.

But unexpectedly, the merchants in Shendu were so enthusiastic about this. In order to seize a residence around Xintan, they competed for a lot of money.

Seeing the money flowing in, the Taipei City Supervisor was also startled and rushed to report to the court. Because the money involved was really amazing, the matter was directly stabbed to the Political Affairs Hall.

The court's finances have reached a very difficult level. Suddenly, such a considerable amount of money is put into the warehouse, and once it is carefully managed, it may increase, which will naturally make the ministers look at each other.

The officials of the Wuzhou court have never been pretentious about not discussing profit with merchants, and the capital of the various departments is a clear proof.

Realizing that the huge profits were available for excavation, the Zhengshi Hall attached great importance to this matter and quickly adjusted its strategy. The local officials of the Ministry of Revenue of the Southern Province, led by the Shangfang Supervisor, Dushui Supervisor, Sinong Temple and other departments cooperated to report directly to the Zhengshi Hall.
Chapter completed!