Ang Lee really wanted to help these men, but when he thought that if he really helped these men, it might make these men dependent on him, which would weaken their determination and motivation to struggle. In this way, his good intentions would do bad things. Therefore, Ang Lee thought about it again and again and decided not to help them. He would let them find ways to solve their own life problems.
Moreover, there were too many poor people around the capital. If they were to help all of them, no matter how rich they were, they wouldn't be able to afford it. Among the millions of people in the capital, there were about a million poor families that lacked housing. If a rich person's wealth was divided into a million shares, it wouldn't be much.
The world's richest man in the future only had tens of billions of assets. If it was divided into a million shares, each share was only tens of thousands of yuan. This little money couldn't be used for anything. If it was used to buy a car, it could only buy a very low-end one. If it was used to buy a house, it could only buy a rural house with no resources. If it was used to buy a house, it could only buy one square meter. There was no such small house in the world.
In short, for these men, what Ang Lee could do was to encourage them to work hard and use their own sweat to realize their own happy life. This was because only through their own sweat and efforts could they be most excited and proud. If everything was obtained through other people's funding, then there would be no sense of accomplishment, and they would not cherish it too much. For example, many children did not know the sadness of earning money at all. Therefore, when they spent money, they did not feel anything. They liked to spend money extravagantly. If they worked hard in the workshop for a month, they could only get a small amount of money in the end. As a result, they would be very cautious when spending money. They would no longer spend money extravagantly.
This was the difference. The reason why there was such a big difference in their attitudes toward money was that their sources of money were different. One took it from others, and the other earned it through hard work. Naturally, there would be a big difference.
Getting a large amount of wealth from others meant that it was easier to get this wealth. It was not easy to form a sense of pride, and they would not feel that this wealth was important. On the other hand, the wealth obtained through one's own hard work would be more prideful. They would also understand the importance of this wealth, so they would value it more in their hearts. When they spent, they would be more rational. The difference in this was very big.
When it came to the problem of the house, the expressions of the men were different. Everyone seemed to have their own thoughts, but it was not convenient to express them all. Ang Lee could only guess their thoughts through their expressions.
Sometimes, the words spoken in the mouth were not necessarily true. No matter what class people were, they all had selfishness. If they had selfishness, they couldn't speak out their selfishness. Otherwise, it would seem too selfish. Therefore, if you wanted to understand the truest thoughts of a person's heart, you could speculate from this person's expression and words.
For example, the man who just asked about Ang Lee's house situation was stunned when he heard Ang Lee's answer. Although it was only for a moment, it was still caught by Ang Lee. In this way, Ang Lee could judge that this guy still had a trace of luck in his heart. He thought that if Ang Lee had more houses in his family, he could let them live or help the poor to solve their worries. However, Ang Lee did not offer to help. Instead, he asked them to accept their fate and wait to rent a house in the future. Naturally, they were disappointed in their hearts. However, Ang Lee helped them see through the foreman's trick, which was a great help to them. Therefore, they did not dare to show the attitude of wanting a yard after getting an inch, so as not to let their companions next to them say that they were greedy.
Because the house they lived in could be demolished at any time, they felt insecure, so they had such thoughts. This was a normal thing. Ang Lee would not be offended. He would not deny their character because of their greedy thoughts. Having a backbone was a good thing, but in the case of insufficient resources, it was normal for a person to be a little greedy.
After that, several men asked Ang Lee's identity from time to time and what business he did, but they were all bypassed by Ang Lee. After all, his identity was too high. If these guys knew about it, it was not necessarily a good thing. Perhaps, he was worried that they would be too restrained.
The men bought a lot of delicious food. Even if it was a table full of people, they couldn't finish the meal. When everyone was full, at least one-third of the food was not on the table, and the food on the table was not completely eaten. There was a lot left.
There was no banquet that lasted forever. After eating and drinking, everyone should leave. However, Ang Lee must be the first to leave. If he didn't leave, these men wouldn't be willing to leave.
"Tang Er, quickly take out the pastries you brought from home and give them to Shuang 'er and the others. We should go back."
Ang Lee said.
"Going back so soon!"
Tang 'er clearly hadn't played enough. Just now, when they were eating, this kid had run outside with Shuang' er. They had just come back not long ago and had brought back more than a dozen dusty little dolls. It was obvious that they were all playmates.
These dolls played for a long time and had a lot of exercise, so their stomachs had a little appetite. When they saw the table full of leftovers, their eyes widened and they swallowed their saliva. Ang Lee obviously saw this situation, so he asked Tang Er to give all the pastries he brought to these dolls.
"It's getting late. There will be more to play in school tomorrow, right?"
Ang Lee said with a smile.
Tang Er was very helpless and could only obey Ang Lee's request. He obediently followed Ang Lee home and gave the pastries to his playmates.
When these little guys saw the delicious pastries, they all came to grab them. The men came out to stop them and distributed them one by one according to the number of people. They let everyone receive the pastries in an orderly manner and kept the rest for themselves.
"Father, are you still coming tomorrow night?"
Tang Er had a lot of fun and obviously wanted to come back to play.
Ang Lee shook his head and said, "We won't come tomorrow night. We have been here for three days in a row. We can't come again. If we have time in the future, I will bring you here to play again."
"No! I have already told Shuang 'er that I will come again tomorrow night. I will bring more delicious food for them. I can't go back on my words! I will come again. "
Tang Er said.
Obviously, Tang Er was addicted to playing. Playing with these children of the same age, he could experience a different kind of happiness. It was much more comfortable than staying at home alone.
Ang Lee obviously couldn't take Tang Er to the slums to play every night. It was okay to come once in a while, but it was not appropriate to come every day. However, looking at Tang Er's pleading eyes, Ang Lee felt very sorry and didn't know what to do for a while.
"When school is over in the evening, just give them the pastries and we will go home."
Ang Lee said.
"But I have already promised them. I can't go back on my words."
Tang Er said with a pout.
Ang Lee said helplessly, "Okay! Since my Tang Er insists, then I will go tomorrow for the last time. Tomorrow night, I will tell these children that I can't go the day after tomorrow. I can't go to their house to play every day. "
"Okay! I will go tomorrow for the last time. "
Tang Er gave in.
By the time they got home, it was already very late. Tang'er had been tired all night and fell asleep not long after they got home. Li An, on the other hand, was not sleepy at all. He took a walk in the courtyard alone and pondered over some problems.
When he chatted with the men just now, Ang Lee knew the needs of these men, but these needs were difficult to meet because the resources were limited. However, the number of poor people was indeed very large. It was naturally difficult to meet the needs of a large number of poor people to share the limited resources.
At this stage, the biggest need of ordinary people was the problem of housing, because in the four aspects of clothing, food, housing, and transportation, the other aspects were relatively easy to solve, but the last one was not easy to solve.
For example, the problem of clothes. If they didn't have money, they could not wear new clothes. Anyway, they would not die. The problem of food was gradually solved with the popularization of various high-yield crops. The price of the lowest-end high-yield crops in the capital was relatively low. Ordinary people could afford to buy them. As long as they had a job, it was not a big problem to make a living.
As for traveling, it was not a big deal that there was no means of transportation. Only the problem of housing was a perennial problem.
How could a person live without a place to live? If a person didn't have a place to live, he or she wouldn't be able to survive. Every day, a person needed sleep. Lack of sleep would cause a person's body to experience great discomfort. Lack of sleep for a long time would cause a person to suddenly die. In addition, a person needed all kinds of things in life, and these things needed a place to be stored. And this so-called storage place was a real estate, which was his or her home.
Therefore, a house was a very important and indispensable need for ordinary people. Any family must have a house. A family without a house could not survive.
However, a house needed to occupy a large area. In a certain area, it was destined to be a scarce resource. The rarer the resource, the more expensive it was.
In the previous Chang 'an City, because the population was not so large, the price of a house was not very expensive and not very scarce. However, in today's Chang' an City, where the population was increasing, the scarcity of houses was very prominent. Because the growth of the population was far faster than the scale of new houses, and some rich businessmen and aristocrats took the opportunity to stock up on houses, further exacerbating the shortage of housing in the capital. It made it harder and harder for ordinary people to buy the house they wanted. Naturally, the price of a house rose more and more ridiculously.
In response to this terrible situation, the imperial court naturally took some measures. For example, many small five-story houses were built outside the capital. They were sold to ordinary people, and some were rented. This slightly alleviated the shortage of housing in the capital to a certain extent.
However, as more and more workshops were built in the capital, people in the surrounding counties and even thousands of miles away were rushing to the capital. There were also many poor people from small countries who came to Chang 'an City to develop.
In short, the speed of the influx of people was too fast, far faster than the speed of the construction of houses in the capital. In addition, even if it was a small house, there were businessmen and aristocrats who joined in the fun to buy it. After buying it, they did not live in it but rented it to ordinary people at a high price.
Although the rental houses provided by the imperial court were relatively cheap, because there were not many of them, not everyone had the opportunity to rent them. Therefore, some ordinary people who had no place to live had to rent these houses at a high price.
The imperial court also wanted to punish this behavior. However, because the troublemakers were all big businessmen and aristocrats, and these people with social power were speculating in real estate, it was difficult to specify this policy. Every time Ang Lee proposed a ban on real estate speculation, someone would immediately stand up to oppose it. Moreover, they would use the ancestral teachings of the Tang dynasty to defend these speculators with various laws. Even Ang Lee had to be convinced when he heard it. Naturally, the Emperor could not do anything about it. In this regard, Ang Lee was also helpless. There was no good way to solve this problem.
In order to solve the housing problem of ordinary people, the only effective way for the imperial court to solve it was to speed up the construction of five-story houses, which were only rented and not sold. Only in this way could the housing problem of ordinary poor people be solved most effectively. There was really no better way.
If they sold it after it was built, they would not allow people who speculated in real estate to buy it. Otherwise, it would be against the law. In the end, the houses would fall into the hands of the nobles and rich people who speculated in real estate.
They knew very well that if the imperial court built a sufficient number of cheap rental houses, the large number of properties they bought would not have much meaning. Therefore, every time the imperial court's rental project was announced, some people would deliberately obstruct it, and many of those who obstructed it were high-ranking officials of the imperial court. Once they came out to obstruct it, this matter would be delayed. The confirmation of a piece of land would be delayed for a few months, and all kinds of procedures would continue to be delayed. In the end, when the construction started, it would be a year later. If it was winter when the construction started, they would use the excuse that the construction quality was not good in winter as an excuse to delay the construction date to the beginning of spring of the next year. As a result, after layers of obstructions and delays, the construction of the houses would be completed who knew how long it would take for the houses to be completed.
Every plan for low-rent housing was obstructed, and there were even situations where it was directly ruined. This naturally further increased the tension in the capital's housing market.
If you think that they only have this much means, then you are wrong. Even if the cheap rental houses are built in the end, they can still take the opportunity to make a fortune, and their means of making money are naturally very despicable.
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