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    They did what they said, and it was already around three o'clock in the afternoon. Now it must be dark when they go out to the winery, but Luo Zining still rode a horse and went to the winery with Boss Chengover there.

    He held the blueprint in one hand while looking at the surrounding area of the winery.

    The current scale of the winery is only the main body of the winery and the dormitory building, but Luo Zining's drawings have already planned a large area of the winery's own area, as well as the dormitory area for new workers in the future, and the future expansion of the winery, workThe area has to be expanded five to ten times, and when the scale expands, a wine cellar must be built to store wine.

    These places have already been planned and cannot be turned into inns, but an area outside the blueprint can be turned into a commercial street.

    There are not only inns built, but also restaurants and some shops.

    There are more shops, and the merchants who come to them to buy wine can also drive their economic development.

    Especially the sweaters and trousers that he had thought about before, he would open a store near there, and the merchants who came here might want to sell some of them in wholesale after seeing the new things.

    The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Now there are enough people in the brick factory, and a new brick kiln has been opened, the production has doubled, and there are hundreds of construction workers.

    In the past, there were more than 600 people in the brick factory, but now there are more than 1,400 people.

    Three hundred people remained in the brick factory, and the rest could be used for construction.

    In the past, the dormitory building and the palace were repaired so quickly because there were so many people, and they didn't work hard.

    Luo Zining discussed with Boss Cheng, and finally settled on an area, and then called a few workers to come over and temporarily surround the area, and then waited for him to discuss the detailed drawings with the old factory manager's son.

    Some of the sons of the old factory manager are good at firing bricks, while others are good at building.

    The most prominent among them is his third son, everyone calls him the third son, he is also self-taught, can draw drawings, and is very familiar with the data of houses. Not only that, he is also very capable of management and planning. With him,Luo Zining has never been bothered by these few construction work, Luo Zining has already regarded him as an engineer in the factory.

    Luo Zining was going to book the location first, then go back and write down the details of what was built on this street. He would go to Lao San tomorrow and ask him to make a good plan and take the employees of the factory to work.

    On his way back, he stopped by to have a look at his rice fields.

    The paddy field is green and the growth is gratifying.

    The couple who were looking at the rice fields were startled when they saw him coming, and thought it was because they did something wrong that the princess came to punish them.

    But when they saw the concubine kept praising them and saying that they had worked hard, they were also happy, and boldly told Luo Zining some interesting things in the field.

    He sat in the field and listened to the couple chatting with him, looking at the green rice in front of him, and the river water dyed red by the setting sun in the distance. This kind of pastoral life is really pleasant.

    But listening to it, he was not so comfortable. He was the only one who felt that the rural life was comfortable, but the real working peasants were not.

    "We thought we couldn't grow rice on our side, but we didn't expect it to grow. Next year we will plant some at home. Rice is so expensive, and we have only eaten it once in our lives," the woman said.I was a little sad, "If only those two little bastards in our family were still alive, they didn't have a full meal when they died, and they didn't even have a mouthful of rice soup when they died. Now I eat dry rice every day.I feel uncomfortable eating."

    Her man yelled at her with his hands: "Why are you talking about that? It just upsets the princess. Although we are a little older, we should work harder and have another one next year. It's not impossible."

    She gave him a feminine look, "What nonsense are you talking about in front of the princess?"

    Seeing their weathered faces, Luo Zining was a little worried about that woman. Giving birth to an older woman would be bad for her health. Given the medical conditions in ancient times, giving birth to a child by an older woman would be fatal.

    He couldn't help asking them: "How old are you?"

    "We are in our thirties, I am thirty-one, and he is thirty." The two of them said with a smile on their faces.

    Luo Zining was startled, and thought that in modern times, a 30-year-old would look about the same as a 20-year-old, and they were all younger brothers and sisters, so he couldn't even call a 40-year-old "uncle"Auntie, they are all called Big Brother and Big Sister, and he thought of the 70-year-old aunt in the neighbor's house, who looked younger than the two of them.

    It may be that the aunt always dyes her hair and dances square dances every day. She has a loud voice and is full of energy. He always thought that the other party was in her fifties. He overheard his mother say that the neighbor's aunt is over seventy.Was taken aback.

    He has many stereotypes about his age, and he should be a grizzled grandma in his seventies.

    But now looking at this couple in their early thirties, they look like they are in their fifties or sixties. It seems that they have suffered a lot, and even lost two children. All these reasons have accelerated their aging.

    Especially when two children died. used to hear that someone lost a child and turned his head all night, let alone the death of a child.

    The child was still starved to death. In the good era he traveled to, such alarmist things as starving to death would never happen, but in this ancient world, starving to death seemed to be a common occurrence.

    This made him feel uncomfortable, and he couldn't stay here any longer. He couldn't let this kind of tragedy continue to happen. Since he wanted to be the master of this fief, he had to be responsible to the people in his fief. Otherwise, why should he be the master?

    ...

    Huo Lingzhi saw Luo Zining leave in a hurry, but when he came back, he drooped his head, as if he was in a lot of pain, and he didn't have the energy to eat.

    Luo Zining didn't bring any family members with him when he went out just now, Huo Lingzhi wanted to ask what happened, but there was nowhere to ask.

    In the end, Huo Lingzhi took the initiative to ask Luo Zining: "When you go out today, what troubles did you encounter? Who bullied you?"

    "Ah?" Luo Zining came back to his senses, and sighed again: "Nobody bullied me, I just heard that someone starved to death."

    As he spoke, he told Huo Lingzhi what he had heard, "Maybe we have too many happy days, and we don't even know that there are such miserable things in this world."

    "There are so many miserable people in this world, can you take care of them one by one?" Huo Lingzhi also had a heart of compassion, but he felt that if he cared about everything, everyone's suffering would make Luo Zining feel uncomfortable.After a long time, there will be a depression in his heart, and he will get sick, so Huo Lingzhi would rather hope that Luo Zining will be slower and not be too easy to empathize with others, "Everyone says you are a Bodhisattva, you still don't know how to treat him."Do you really want to save sentient beings?"

    "So what if I really want to? And it's also good for me. Our fief is rich and everyone lives a good life. If people outside see it, don't be envious. Then they will all move to theWhen we come here, whether it is work or business, it will bring benefits, and don’t forget, the taxes are all in our own pockets, the richer and more prosperous the fiefdom, the richer we will be.” In fact, Luo ZiNing also wanted to say that with more people in the fiefdom, it will be easier to recruit troops, and Huo Lingzhi can get back the throne faster.

    When Huo Lingzhi saw that he mentioned the construction of this city, his face was radiant. This look was so cute that Huo Lingzhi couldn't help pinching his face, "No matter how busy you are at work, you have to rest.I haven’t slept well for several days, and I’m busy in the study until midnight every day before I come back to sleep. You’ve lost weight for a few days, and if you continue to suffer and your body is broken, how can you save sentient beings? Be obedient, wash and sleep after eating.”

    "That's no good. I still have a lot of busy work, such as drawing drawings, making plans, and writing the content of the two-day meeting in advance. How can I sleep? And I'm young and energetic now.In a few years, I won't be able to stay up all night when I'm thirty." He said, taking a peek at Huo Lingzhi, and said weakly, "Don't think that I don't know your purpose, you just want to kiss my leg, so you can kiss me.Let me go to bed early, you don't really care about me!"

    Huo Lingzhi was really laughed at by him: "You little heartless person, is that what I am in your heart?"

    "Otherwise?" Luo Zining looked at him angrily.

    "If you feel dissatisfied, you can also kiss my king's leg." Huo Lingzhi leaned into his ear and said to him, "This king feels that this leg has some sensation recently."

    "Really!" Luo Zining ignored the first half of his sentence, and only noticed that his legs were feeling. He quickly put his eyes on Huo Lingzhi's legs, "Is it almost ready? Are you able to move? IPinch you, does it hurt?"

    As he spoke, he really pinched Huo Ling. Seeing Huo Ling's smile, he thought it was itchy, "I'm really conscious!"

    "It's not as fast as you imagined. It's just a little bit of perception. I don't know if it's my illusion." Huo Lingzhi felt warm when he saw him caring about him so much.Luo Zining was disappointed.

    "How could it be an illusion? It must be true! Dr. Zhen is a genius doctor, maybe you will be able to stand up soon, and then we can go out and play together." Luo Zining couldn't help but start thinking about itIn the future, he was stunned. How did he know that Huo Lingzhi's legs were getting better? His first reaction was to play with Huo Lingzhi instead of thinking that Huo Lingzhi's legs were ready to train and kill.Back to the capital?

    He felt that he was abnormal, very abnormal!

    This is abnormal, he wanted to escape, he immediately stood up, blushed and ran into the study to draw some blueprints to calm down.

    ...

    Early the next morning, he went to the brick factory to find the third child, and discussed with him about the commercial street.

    There must be two rows of facing buildings on that street, with a wide road in the middle, at least two of the most spacious carriages can walk side by side, plus the width of the sidewalk.

    He also told about the shop he wanted, a three-story luxury restaurant in the center, and an equally luxurious inn.

    In addition to these two luxurious ones, there are also medium-sized inns and restaurants, and after that there are some ordinary small restaurants and some shops.

    He decided that this street will be mainly accommodation and restaurants, supplemented by sellers, and next to this commercial street, a commercial street can be built in the future, which is dedicated to selling commodities.

    In the end, he also wanted to build a snack street next to these two streets. That street will be turned into a kind of viewing street. In winter, you can enjoy some sculptures, scenery, etc., and in summer, people can push snack carts to sell snacks..

    He wrote these in detail, and he also shared his thoughts with the third child. The third child is smarter and knows what Luo Zining wants. He has been drawing plans for Luo Zining these days..

    After Luo Zining explained the work, he told him something about the future of the factory.

    "I'm going to build an office building in the open space beside the brick factory. In the future, you will bring some apprentices to work in the office building. They will follow you to learn drawing drawings or measuring and managing things. You can use the work at handIf you assign them, you will manage them exclusively, otherwise everything will be left to you alone, and you will be very tired." Luo Zi would rather not point at one person and use it hard, it would be bad if he died suddenly.

    As soon as the third child heard Luo Zining's words, he knew that Luo Zining was flattering him, "Understood, Wangfei, I will handle it well."

    Luo Zining knows that he understands, as long as he understands, "Now there are too many tasks, there is a textile factory and a snack street, and the building of an office building is estimated to wait until next year, so you should first find a few good people to train, and you don't need to send a person.To cultivate an all-rounder like you, everyone can cultivate one aspect, and the division of labor and cooperation will be faster, and if you teach them, they can also teach more people.”

    "I know this. The factory gave me an office before. The desk is quite big. I'll choose four or five apprentices to take with me to try." The third child actually thought about taking apprentices before. He has two sonsHe is still young, and there is no one who can use him. He is also very tired. Seeing his father accepting apprentices, he is also tempted. Take more apprentices. His craftsmanship will be inherited, and the ancient master-apprentice relationshipSimilar to father and son, these apprentices will respect him in the future, and of course he is willing to do things that are beneficial and harmless.

    After explaining all this, Luo Zining did not stay idle, but went to the magistrate and said to the magistrate, "Go and count who is richer in the city, and inform them to go to my side for a meeting."

    The prefect: "?" I had heard that the princess was a madman in a meeting, but I didn't expect to find him now.

    "Princess, what do you want to ask them for? Do you want to ask them for money? I can ask them for you." The magistrate doesn't dare to offend Luo Zining now, the merchants in the city are not from KaibuzhuangThose who run restaurants or grocery stores can count on two hands, and their wealth is different from that of other cities.

    The rich people on their side can be regarded as ordinary small bosses in Lincheng, but in their poor place, those ordinary small bosses are also rich.

    "It's not about money, it's about attracting merchants, it's about finding kind people, not bad ones." Luo Zining reminded him.

    "What is bad? What is good? Princess, please explain clearly so that I can follow this standard." The magistrate asked Luo Zining fawningly.

    "It's good to be like Boss Cheng, and bad to be like you." Luo Zining glanced at him, "If it doesn't work out, I'll ask my husband not to give you the antidote."

    The magistrate was so frightened that his legs were weak, he could see how much the prince doted on the princess, so how could he dare to say no.

    "I understand, and it must be done properly, but what do you mean by looking for a merchant? Can you explain it more clearly? I am stupid and don't quite understand." The magistrate asked cautiously.

    "I'm going to open a commercial street next to Boss Cheng's winery and rent out the shops inside." Luo Zining didn't hide it from him. After all, the magistrate has been completely controlled by them now, so it doesn't matter what he said.

    The magistrate is also well-informed. He knows that there are always businessmen from other places coming to buy wine recently. If there is a street there, it will definitely make money!

    "Can I rent a shop?" the magistrate asked him weakly.

    "Don't even think about it, take care of your business, and leave the rest alone." Luo Zining wanted to develop the local economy, so how could he let this corrupt official get involved?

    He plans to open the most luxurious restaurant and inn on this street by himself, leave another shop to sell things, leave a few shops and inns for Boss Cheng, and at least two-thirds of the shops are left. These shops cannot be allHe takes care of it himself.

    What he wanted was to develop the local economy, so he had to support the local merchants, otherwise the rest of the people would not be able to rent the shops there.

    Moreover, he doesn't have so many available manpower, so it would be more appropriate to rent it to some experienced merchants to operate it.

    As a result, when he said this, the magistrate finally found four merchants for him.

    Originally, there were few merchants in the city, and the princess also said that she wanted kind people, people like Boss Cheng.

    After these people are selected, they will definitely be as rich and powerful as Boss Cheng. The merchants in the city are eager to try, but how long the prefect has stayed in the city, he knows who is good and who is bad.

    Especially the shopkeeper of the restaurant, the last time he offended the princess, he was hanged in the textile factory to show the public, he fell ill when he got back, and he hasn’t recovered yet, even if he is well now, it is impossible for the magistrate to let such a person go before the princessdangle away.

    Not only did the magistrate know that the four of them are good, but the four of them also knew that the four of them were rotten persimmons. This time, the princess said that she wanted to rent out the shop, so she called them over.Bar.

    But what can they do, at most they will bleed, spend some money, and the most important thing is not to anger the princess and lose her head.

    Luo Zining felt tired when he saw these four merchants. This city is too poor. There are only four people, and each of them can rent a shop, which is not enough.

    It seems that he still has to think of other ways, for example, he can come up with a policy to do business first, and then collect rent after a year, and then reduce or exempt some rent.

    But this is unfair to the few people in front of them. They must be thinking in their hearts, why should they spend money to rent a shop, and others can pay on credit?Unless they are treated equally.

    But if you don’t do this, all his people will go to the shop. Those who go to the shop will regard it as a job. Anyway, if you have a good attitude towards customers, you will get paid, and if you have a bad attitude, you will get paid. Why should you treat them enthusiastically?Where are the guests?

    At that time, it is impossible for him to follow the inspection every day. He offended the guests with his bad attitude, and he immediately found out that the guests would never go again.

    The attitude is on the one hand, there are too many shops, and the accounts of each family are not easy to manage. When those people are greedy, it is not easy to check the accounts inside.

    He is just an ordinary person, and there is no way to think about it so comprehensively. It is better to rent out the shop and let others manage it. He just waits to collect the rent and taxes.

    In the end, he decided to pay a deposit first, with larger shops paying more deposits, and smaller shops paying less deposits. In this way, even if it is not these rich merchants, some ordinary people in the city who want to do business canCan afford to rent.

    However, he doesn't know much about the situation in the city. He knows that there are a lot of poor people, but there are also a small number of people who can eat and wear warm clothes. How much money these people have, it is not certain whether they want to start a business or not.

    So today he held a small meeting with these four merchants, talked about his thoughts, and asked their opinions if it was feasible.

    The reason why these few bosses can survive in this city is that some, like Boss Cheng, are relatively powerful in the city, and even the magistrate cannot oppress them casually, and some marry their daughters to the magistrate as concubines.So barely survived.

    Although the backgrounds of these bosses are complicated, they are all good people, especially two of them married girls to the magistrate as concubines, and the daughter was snatched away by the magistrate.The lives of dozens of members of the family were lost, so admitted it.

    Although they can be regarded as the old father-in-law of the magistrate, they will not bully others like Lin Heihu. They have always lived their lives dutifully, even a little timid.

    Before the magistrate came to this city, their business could only be regarded as a small business. After the magistrate came and other big merchants fell, they seemed to be richer.

    The most honest person here is the owner of the cloth shop. Recently, when the city became poor, fewer people bought cloth. But after the prince entered the city, the palace has been buying cloth from them. Later, after the princess opened the textile factory, he also bought cloth from them.The family ordered a lot of cloth, and his family instantly became the richest man in the city. He was especially grateful to Luo Zining.

    Before they came, they had heard that the princess and bodhisattva had a heart, but they were still beating drums in their hearts. In their hearts, the superiors were all virtuous, so how could they treat ordinary people sincerely?

    But when they heard the princess said that the rent should be paid first, and the deposit was so small, they were all deeply moved, and they immediately said to book a shop.

    Luo Zining asked them if anyone else in the city could afford to rent these shops?Not those bad-hearted ones.

    After the number of people in this city decreased, the rich people gathered together to live in one area, and everyone knew who was good and who was not.

    They thought about it, nodded and said yes, but not many, at most five or six people.

    Luo Zining nodded, there were ten people in total, plus the few shops he gave to Boss Cheng and his own shop, if you add it up, you can get twenty shops.

    Originally, the set he thought would connect fifty or sixty shops, but isn't it poor now, and he will reduce it first, and then slowly build it later.

    Moreover, it was already summer, and it had only been a few days since he chose the address of the commercial street that day, and Boss Cheng said that several foreign merchants had come.

    Businessmen from other places said that they were too poor, and advised Boss Cheng whether to move the liquor store away, otherwise there would be nowhere to spend the money they earned.

    In the future, more and more foreign merchants will come, and he has to pay close attention to building this commercial street.

    Also, what he thought before was a bit too idealistic. What kind of three-story restaurant is needed, and he doesn't know how long it will take to build the three-story restaurant.

    After the construction is completed, it needs to be decorated and recruited. don't think it will be possible this year.

    So he decided to change his thinking, and change it to an ordinary small hotel first, one floor, simple, with Datong shop and single room.

    Then the restaurant should be made into a cafeteria first, selling some hot noodle soup and the like, first let these merchants have a place to stay, don’t go back and feel that there is not even an inn to stay here, so won’t come here in the future.

    First of all, it is convenient for those foreign merchants, and then thinking about transforming the commercial street, and then thinking about making money is the last word.

    The original plan of the commercial street remains unchanged, and now the small inn and snack shop are covered in the place where the snack street was originally intended to be built, so that people have a place to stay.

    Luo Zining told these four people: "The commercial street is definitely going to be built, but it won't be ready for a while. You should release the news first, and prepare for it if you want to come. You can also go back and think about it."

    In fact, no one knows whether they can make money there, and they have no idea. Although they only pay a deposit first, if they don’t make money after one year, they still have to pay the balance. Of course, these four bosses think it’s nothing.It's about to die.

    He opened an ordinary snack shop and a small inn first to make a sample, which can also stimulate the enthusiasm of these people.

    The four of them breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Luo Zining's words. It's better not to make a decision now. They can go back and discuss it with their family members, and then find a suitable tenant for the princess.

    Luo Zining said that the meeting was over, and the other three merchants left. In the end, the owner of the cloth shop did not leave, and he brought a piece of cloth to Luo Zining: "Princess, thank you for taking care of our family's business.The material is a new product that we have just released recently, and it is estimated that no one in this city can afford it, and no one else can use such a good material except you, I give it to you, I hope you don't dislike it."

    Luo Zining looked at the red material. The color was pure and the material was also good. "Did your family dye this material yourself? Does your family know how to dye?"

    The owner of the cloth shop nodded hurriedly: "Our family dyed it ourselves."

    "I thought that all the materials of your family were bought from outside. Your family's dyeing skills are good, which is really great. Would you like to cooperate with our textile factory in the future?" Luo Zining asked him.

    "Of course I am happy. I will sell you as much material as the textile factory needs in the future." The owner of the cloth shop said.

    "That's not what I'm talking about, can you dye wool?" Luo Zining asked him.

    "This... I really haven't tried it..." The boss of Buzhuang dared not say it.

    "Well, tomorrow I'll ask someone to send you some wool and wool. You can see which ones are easy to dye, whether they can be dyed as easily as cloth, and don't fade in the end. If they can, all the wool from the textile factory will be handed over to you in the future.It's time to paint." Luo Zining felt that he could only support Boss Cheng alone, and the Boss of the cloth shop looked good.

    Although the boss of Buzhuang is honest, he is not stupid. Hearing Luo Zining's cooperation, he knew that he was favored by the princess. From now on, he will be protected by the palace like Boss Cheng, and the magistrate will not want to bully him, It would be even better if I could get my daughter back from the magistrate.

    However, he felt that asking the magistrate to return his daughter was a fool's dream. How could the princess care about such a trivial matter, and people in this era thought that if the married person threw water, the daughter became the magistrate's concubine, so she was not his daughter.Yes, he has no position in wanting to get him back, and he probably will be ridiculed by others for being crazy.

    In the end, he thought about it but didn't dare to say it, and left with a sigh in his heart.

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