With the expansion of the manor, Ying You and Qing Er both had their own courtyards. Even for Bing 'er, in order to cultivate her independent character, Ouyang Shuo arranged for her to live alone in a small courtyard, with Zi Su taking care of her personally.
Although the House of the Marquis had expanded again and again, the tradition of eating in the house was still maintained. No matter how busy Ying You and Qing 'er were, they would rush to the main courtyard to eat with Ouyang Shuo.
Ouyang Shuo had arranged it this way because he didn't want the distance between them to weaken the feelings between them.
Compared to Ying You, who was plagued by rumors, Qing 'er was living a comfortable life. Her clothing workshop had been expanded time and time again, and now it had developed into the largest workshop in Shanhai City. Just the number of tailors that she employed alone numbered in the hundreds.
The orders of the clothing workshops were no longer limited to the basic welfare contracts of the Finance Department. They accepted orders from ordinary citizens, large settlements, and even the Chamber of Commerce.
Next, Qing 'er planned to introduce looms and build a large-scale weaving workshop to solve the problem of cloth supply. Coupled with the large-scale ready-made clothing stores that were opened along the street, they basically connected the upper and lower industrial chains.
In the future, Qing 'er even planned to rent a large piece of land in the west and build a special mulberry garden and cotton garden to solve the problem of raw materials.
Qing 'er, on the other hand, was still in charge of the tailor's shop. She was mainly responsible for the design of clothing styles and advanced customization.
The industrial chain theory that Ouyang Shuo had taught her was used to the extreme.
Along with the expansion of the business territory, Qing 'er also gained a steady stream of profits. The little money-grubber's dream of becoming rich had already been fulfilled. His personal wealth was close to ten thousand gold coins, and he had become one of the few wealthy merchants in Shanhai City.
Ouyang Shuo didn't expect Qing 'er to be so talented in business.
What was lacking was that Qing 'er seemed to be overly obsessed with wealth. Even her skills were slowly being neglected. She was the first skilled person in the territory to become a Master, but not the first to become a Grandmaster.
Putting aside the Grandmaster Level Blacksmith Wang Hao who had caught up later, even the Master Level Shipwright Zheng Dahai was one step ahead of her. After completing the Dragon Head, he was on the verge of leveling up.
For this reason, Ouyang Shuo had specially looked for Qing 'er and explained to her the importance of this matter. He really didn't want to see Qing 'er's outstanding tailoring talent go to waste.
As for how effective it would be, it still needed to be tested over time.
The development of the clothing workshop was basically the epitome of the rapid development of the shops in Shanhai City in the early days.
The first batch of privatized workshop owners and shopkeepers, as long as there were no accidents along the way, basically all became rich and became the first group to become rich in the territory.
With the increase in wealth, the desires of the merchants also began to expand.
First of all, there was a higher requirement for the living environment. The rich merchants were no longer satisfied with the small residential houses built by the Construction Department. Instead, they wanted to buy land and build their own big houses.
To put it bluntly, they were envious of the living conditions in the official residence district.
It just so happened that the Shanhai City Plan had been released. The Construction Division and Shanhai Prefecture had agreed to separate a piece of land in the outer city and lease it to wealthy merchants who had the resources to build their own residences.
According to Shanhai City's regional planning, the core area where the Lianzhou Marquis' Mansion was located was called the Royal City. Outside Royal City was the inner city. The interior of the original city walls of Pool Water County and Youyi County was also known as the inner city.
The areas outside the three inner cities were collectively referred to as the outer cities.
The outer city covered an area of more than six hundred square kilometers, which was equivalent to the size of eight Tang Chang 'an cities. With such a large area, the Mountain Sea Prefecture naturally did not feel the pinch when using it.
The Mountain Sea Prefecture had earned more than 50,000 gold coins from the land transfer fees alone, and the amount was still growing.
Other than the rich merchants, the spending power of the families of the soldiers could not be ignored.
As time passed, the generals in the army had basically married and started their own families. The generous military salary ensured that their families could live a prosperous and stable life.
The territory had always given preferential treatment to the families of the soldiers.
The Mountain Sea Prefecture had also planned a larger area in the outer city as a residential area for the families of the soldiers. The living conditions in this area were much better than the ordinary residential areas, and the facilities were also more complete.
Of course, there was a fee for housing, and it was not cheap. Through this method, the magistrate of the Mountain Sea Prefecture, Wei Ran, was able to rob the soldiers of their hard-earned military salary.
Because of this, the soldiers called Wei Ran the "black-hearted magistrate" behind his back, and even made a fuss to the Military Office.
The head of the Military Office, Du Ruhui, was also helpless. After all, Wei Ran was just following the rules and did not overstep them. Moreover, the territory's military and politics were separated. Although he was the head of the Military Office, he could not control Wei Ran.
When Ouyang Shuo heard about this, he only laughed it off and did not pay attention to it. He did not expect Wei Ran to have such an economic mind, to be able to perfectly restore the modern real estate industry in Mountain Sea City.
In addition to selling land to the rich merchants to build residences, Wei Ran also actively lobbied the various large chambers of commerce, persuading them to buy land in the outer city and build various supporting workshops for the chambers of commerce.
The Cui Clan Chamber of Commerce was the first to respond, and they were the first to buy a piece of land by the Friendship River at the price of 20,000 gold coins. The Hequan Ji Chamber of Commerce naturally did not want to fall behind, and they bought a larger piece of land at the price of 30,000 gold coins.
The closer one was to the river, the more popular the land was.
Of course, everything had its own rules. Even if the chambers of commerce wanted to buy land, they could not just buy any piece of land they wanted. They had to conform to the overall planning of Mountain Sea City, and they could only buy land within the designated area. Moreover, they could not buy land here and there, and they had to form a cluster effect.
Only when all the land in one area was sold, would they sell the land in the next area.
Not only that, Wei Ran also personally went to Xianyang City to lobby the chambers of commerce in Xianyang City, inviting them to invest in Mountain Sea City and set up branches.
Needless to say, Wei Ran's lobbying was really effective. Currently, there were already two chambers of commerce that agreed to enter Mountain Sea City.
The construction of Mountain Sea City also attracted the attention of Quanzhou.
Relying on the good relationship between the two places, Wei Ran did his best to publicize the plans and development prospects of Mountain Sea City, and he also formulated a series of preferential policies to attract the people of Quanzhou to settle down or do business in Mountain Sea City. With Wei Ran's efforts, the wave of immigration in Quanzhou reached a small peak.
In Quanzhou City alone, there were four chambers of commerce that agreed to enter Mountain Sea City.
After tasting the sweetness, Wei Ran's ambition also increased. He began to contact the offices of Mountain Sea City in the capital cities, and actively promoted the policies of Mountain Sea City, attracting the chambers of commerce from the capital cities to enter Mountain Sea City.
After this matter, Mountain Sea City completely became famous, and it became very lively.
For a time, Mountain Sea City was bustling with noise and excitement.
Wei Ran's core idea was to use the funds and strength of the people to build Mountain Sea City together.
Come to think of it, Wei Ran was really 'black-hearted'. Not only did Mountain Sea City sell land, but it also acted as a real estate developer. Compared to modern society, it was a level higher.
Through this method, Mountain Sea City received a large amount of funds, which was enough to support the subsequent construction of Mountain Sea City. The finance department was still worried about raising funds for the construction of Mountain Sea City, but Wei Ran had already solved the problem on his own.
One had to know that the construction of the city wall was only a small part of the construction of Mountain Sea City. After the construction of the city wall was completed, the construction of the roads within the city and the construction of the municipal administration was the main task. The funds needed were simply astronomical.
Obviously, it was not feasible to rely on the financial allocation alone.
This was also one of the main reasons why Ouyang Shuo did not interfere with Wei Ran's decision. He did not have the money! After this matter, Wei Ran could be considered to have gained a foothold in Mountain Sea City, and he had established his initial prestige.
Of course, it would take at least one or two years for the construction of Mountain Sea City to be completed.
Back to the main topic.
During dinner, Ouyang Shuo mentioned the matter of going to Cliff Province.
For this trip, Zi Su definitely had to go with him.
Bing 'er had already received the news. The little girl was clever and had already found out that the Cliff Province that her brother mentioned was the beautiful Sanya. She was obviously very excited.
In reality, Ouyang Shuo had once brought Bing 'er to Sanya, and the little girl still remembered it clearly.
"I want to go too!" Seeing Bing 'er so happy and chattering about the beautiful scenery of Cliff Province's beach, Qing' er could not help but be curious and began to pester Ouyang Shuo.
"Approved!" Ouyang Shuo naturally would not favor one and discriminate against the other.
"Yeah! Big Brother is the best! "Qing 'er was excited and played with Bing' er.
Just as Ouyang Shuo had expected, the two troublemakers, Qing 'er and Bing' er, were really birds of a feather. The two of them hit it off very well. Now, they were like a pair of sisters, and their relationship was deeper than anyone else's.
"Big Brother, can you bring Little White along?" Bing 'er suddenly thought of her little companion. At this moment, Little White was curled up in Bing 'er's arms. When it heard its little master's words, it very intelligently turned its head to look at Ouyang Shuo. Its pair of small eyes were extremely cute, and it did not look like the supreme of the wolf clan at all.
"Of course!" Ouyang Shuo could not refuse.
Little White was very intelligent and could completely understand their conversation. Seeing that Ouyang Shuo had agreed, its eyes squinted happily, and it was as cute as it could be.
"What about Little Black?" The little girl began to ask for a mile after being given an inch.
Ouyang Shuo was speechless. She was really clever. "As long as you want, you can bring whoever you want."
"Okay!"
Ying You, who was sitting at the side, looked at the two younger sisters playing with each other with a depressed face. She had a hard life. As the head of the finance department, one of the four giants, she could not leave at all. At this moment, she could only envy them. (To be continued.)
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