In the thick night, a large group of people walked out of Minyi Restaurant, followed a sedan in deep and shallow toward the pier. No one spoke in the dark, everyone was thinking about their thoughts, but everyone's eyes emitted the same hot eyes, which was the desire and yearning for wealth.

The tradition of Chinese people to do things is to treat guests to dinner. At the wine table, under the burning of alcohol, strangers can become friends, friends can become brothers, and even feuds can turn swords into jade and silk. The so-called "a cup of turbid wine to eliminate grudges" is what it means, which is also the essence of Chinese wine table culture.

But wine is just a favor. Although things that are hard to say can be easily expressed at the table, and things that are difficult to accomplish in normal times can be twice the result with half the effort at the table, but not everything can be done at the table, which requires further leverage.

This is what Li Qing wants to do now. If Wang Changling only recruits three or five hundred stakes, he would not have to go through such a big trouble. He would change his wine glasses and seek a matchmaker. As long as he said, with the face of his county magistrate, these three or five hundred stakes can be easily obtained.

But what he wanted was 5,000 guan or even more, of which 3,000 guan built a wharf and 1,000 guan ran an official school. He also wanted to repair the county government. This could not be done by alcohol, but also requires profit. He had to exchange it with real interests. Now Li Qing has successfully inspired everyone's dream of getting rich. Next is to go to the dock site so that everyone can see and touch wealth.

The dock in Yibin County is about fifty feet long and can only accommodate ten medium-sized ships at the same time. Moreover, the people and goods are mixed, and the place is small, so it is very inconvenient to board and disembark. If Yibin County cannot seize this opportunity to transform the dock in time, the merchant ship will dock in the upstream Jiazhou. According to Li Qing's idea, he planned to build a new dock on the north side of the current dock, which is specifically used for freight. The current dock is changed to passenger transport, so that passengers and freight can be diverted from two places.

The site of the new wharf is about one hundred steps away from the current wharf. It is also a low hillside with a large open space on it. It was originally a chasing treasury with weeds and wild foxes. After the war in eastern Yunnan started, it was temporarily used by the army stationed in Yibin County as a military camp. Now the war in eastern Yunnan has gradually subsided, and another knife stealing incident occurred. The army decided not to store military supplies in Yibin County, where the "bad public security" was the case. The garrison also withdrew, which was cheaper and saved a lot of land leveling costs.

Everyone followed the county magistrate to the pier, but did not stop the sedan chair, but continued to walk forward. Everyone was secretly surprised. Could it be that the two sedan chairmen were drunk too much? Zhang Wang turned around and waved to everyone, indicating to follow. There was a path connected from the pier to the grave. Through the path, there was a black pine forest in front of him. Only the sound of insects were heard in his ears. Suddenly, a night owl flew into the night sky. The full moon was floating in the dark gauze curtain. A group of people walked forward in the moonlight with a strange sedan chair in the grave. If this scene was caught by the person who was about to wake up, the glutinous rice in Yibin County would be out of stock the next day.

After walking a while, I came to the chasm. For many people, this is just a place that evokes their memories of childhood. "I know that children are catching and weaving, and there is a light in the fence late at night." The children are not afraid of what they are, so they take crickets, catch grasshoppers, and use their legs as swords, and use their heads as urinals. At this time, the graves are flat, and only some broken jars that even beggars don't like.

The sedan chair landed on an open space, and everyone stopped, not understanding why the county magistrate took them here. Li Qing walked slowly to the river with his hands behind his back. Under the moonlight, he saw the Minjiang River like a black jade belt, low and majestic, stretching to the end of the sky, the stars drooping flat and broad, and the moon surging the river.

After a while, he turned around and looked at the open space of about a hundred acres, and smiled and said, "I brought you here to tell everyone that this place will become the most prosperous place in Yibin County."

Everyone looked at each other when they heard this. They didn't know what the county magistrate said, and no one dared to speak. Li Qing smiled and continued, "Everyone knows that our dock is too small now and there are no few ships at all, so I discussed with Prince Wang to build a new freight dock here, so we must be able to dock twenty large ships at the same time. If not, our Yibin County replaces Nanxi County just empty words."

Everyone suddenly realized that this was the real intention of the county magistrate to treat tonight. After the painstaking teachings of the restaurant, everyone understood the huge wealth contained therein. They were the first people to enter this treasure cave. Everyone couldn't help but scatter and looked around at the land they had forgotten.

The nearest place is only ten feet away from Heng Street, only two rows of houses, and you can build a road by opening it. The terrain is square and if you use it well, you can build a hundred houses. Everyone seems to have become a planner. They draw sketches in their minds, but they are similar. They pick a banner and open a restaurant at the intersection; plant an old locust tree, and behind it is a brothel, and the sister can lean on the door and greet visitors from all directions; along the way in the front street is an inn, which is thoughtful, making people feel like they are going home; the back street is hiding a gambling hall, and two brides stand coldly on both sides of the gate; perhaps, they need to build a temple of God of Wealth, and burn two pillars of high incense if you have nothing to do.

Li Qing looked at everyone with his hands behind his back and smiled without saying a word. His face was soft, and there was a faint light in his eyes. A night wind blew by, and his hair fluttered in the air. At this moment, his mentality had slowly changed from cutting people's wool to teaching people to fishing. His limbs were relaxed, and an undeniable hope and joy arose in his heart.

This is a land that is owned by the government, and this is his greatest capital. From the very beginning, he did not intend to use fundraising to build the dock, but planned to raise funds by selling land. Just like the development zone in later generations, the government only needs to invest a little early funds to complete the seven-way and one level, and the rest can be completely relied on selling the land for rolling development.

But Li Qing didn't want to attract investment. He wanted to support a group of large businesses in the county so that Yibin County could have the potential for long-term development. For example, in later generations, the Fortune 500 in the world and the introduction of US dollars, it was just glamorous, but in the end it was just a wedding dress for others. Only by making the villagers prosperous can wealth be finally left in Yibin County. Therefore, he would rather sell the land cheaper than seek this little immediate benefit.

Gradually, everyone returned to the county magistrate, and everyone's eyes were filled with excitement, as if they had only discovered that this messy grave was the ancestral tomb of Zhao Gongming's family.

"Everyone, don't need to say anything, I believe everyone understands it! This land is about 100 acres in total, and according to the quality of the location, each acre ranges from fifty to eighty cents. Everyone present today can purchase it first."

Seeing that most of the people were flickering after hearing the price, Li Qing knew that they must be speculating on land. He was prepared and said, "This price is about 30% lower than the old wharf, and the price will rise sharply in the future. I sell it at a cheap price because there is an additional condition. Whether you are running it yourself or being a landlord, there is one thing that the owner of the store must be from the county. If you buy the land and sell it to outsiders, I'm sorry, the land will be recovered and the money will not be refunded. Everyone has to think about it yourself."

After hearing this condition, many people were silent. They didn't understand why they had to restrict themselves if they wanted everyone to get rich. Perhaps this was because everyone's vision was different. The wise looked at tomorrow, the mediocre looked at the eyes only, and the fools recalled the past.

Unfortunately, most of this group of people are mediocre people. They may know that Yibin County will prosper in the future, but the immediate interests are even more tempting. You can earn dozens of taxes by replacing a mu of land.

At this time, Zhao Tuo suddenly shouted loudly: "Don't everyone understand the hard work of the adults? The adults want us Yibin County people to benefit themselves so that they will not let the fat water flow out."

He waved his arms, his gray goatee ticking up and down, and his old eyes were shining, full of an elder's understanding of life. "Don't you think about it? If you want to make money with this land, will the adults invite everyone to dinner?"

Everyone thought carefully when they heard this. This was true. If the county magistrate was a little bit dark, he would eat the land and then sell it to a foreign merchant. After a while, the difference in the middle was more than a thousand guan. It can be seen that the county magistrate was still a little conscientious and really wanted to do something for Yibin County. So, under the guidance of Zhao Tuo, under the catalysis of alcohol, everyone patted their chests to a loud noise, ensuring that they would pass on this land as their ancestors from generation to generation. If this oath is violated in the future, Lord Li can take back the land at any time.

Li Qing smiled slightly and took it back at any time? Could it be that he would be the county magistrate here for the rest of his life?

"Haha! As long as everyone doesn't sell it now, it will be fine. When our Yibin County develops, no matter how high the price you are, you may not be willing to sell it. This matter will be decided like this. If you want to buy land tomorrow morning, you can go to Wangxianzheng to go through the procedures. Good locations are first-come, first-served, and the payment shall prevail."—
Chapter completed!