On May 9, Liu Xin passed by Zhangjiazhuang and couldn't help but shook his head when he saw the depression in Zhangjiazhuang.

More than 4,000 acres of farmland on the east side of Zhangjiazhuang has become Liu Xin's, and the land on the west side has been almost sold out, leaving only 2,000 acres of farmland surrounding Zhuangzi.

The refugee camp outside the village is only two acres in size. In the past, there were more than 10,000 refugees here, but now there are less than 1,000. This is no wonder Zhang Hu, Zhangjiazhuang can be considered good if it can do this.

After entering the city, Zhuoxian County was much more lively than before, especially in the west of the city. There was an endless stream of pedestrians coming and going. Many small vendors were setting up stalls here. Liu Xin saw one of his nurses leading more than ten people.

The famous servant Ding was patrolling here and saw Liu Xin coming to say hello to him.

Entering the east part of the city, the children of various aristocratic families on the road bowed to Liu Xin when they saw him, and some shopkeepers also bowed from a distance and called him Township Chief Liu when they saw him.

Liu Xin's influence in the entire Zhuoxian County is increasing rapidly. There are already more than ten versions of the legend about his rise in Zhuoxian County. Liu Xin could only laugh it off after hearing it.

The son of a tenant farmer can own tens of millions of dollars in property, have thousands of slaves, and become the mayor of the township at the age of 18. This has become the idol in the minds of all the children from poor families.

When they arrived at Wang Qingxun's home, he didn't go out today. Liu Xin saw Wang Xiaohua learning to sew clothes in the courtyard, and saw Liu Xin walking over happily.

Liu Xin handed over all the goods to Wang Qingxun. He has always been responsible for the business in the city and established relationships with the aristocratic families. Therefore, it is not wrong to say that Wang Qingxun is Liu Xin's most important adviser now.

"Liu Xin, housing prices in Zhuo County have risen rapidly in the past few days, reaching the normal level three years ago. Moreover, the price of land outside the city has also increased a lot, exceeding the previous highest price. This should be because someone is preventing us from buying land and deliberately raising land prices!

"As soon as Liu Xin arrived, Wang Qingxun frowned and said to Liu Xin.

"If I were the governor of the Lu family and Liu Qi, I would also prevent them from continuing to expand.

Our connections in the aristocratic family circle are too weak, and now we have acres of farmland outside the city, plus the entire western part of the city is in our hands. If we continue to develop, we may have to shake the status of the Lu family and the prefecture!" Liu Xin replied.

"Then what should we do? We have a lot of money now. It would be a pity to stop expansion now!" Wang Qingxun said regretfully.

“That’s what I’m talking to you about today!

I got a lot of inspiration from this trip to Xuzhou. We don’t have to confine ourselves to Zhuoxian. Now that we have abundant funds, maybe we can establish some trade channels of our own." Liu Xin said.

"You want to open a trading company? I'm afraid it won't be that easy. We have no foundation in other places and can easily be swallowed up by powerful local families." Wang Qingxun wanted to tell Liu Xin to recognize the reality. The world is not as simple as he thought.

"Maybe we can do this. My servants, there are many people from Jizhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou and other places in the nursing home. We can let them go back to their hometowns, send people to follow them to buy some land, and find connections to open a shop in the city. This shouldn't be difficult.

Liu Xin said.

"This is not difficult, but what do we want to sell? Cloth, salt, and tea in the south are much cheaper than here. We have no profit at all. Moreover, the land has paid taxes, and the annual benefit is very small. A thousand acres of fertile land can

A harvest of two thousand stones is not bad." What Wang Qingxun means is that there is a huge gap between the effort and the harvest.

"I understand this. We are not just buying land to open shops randomly. I will buy some land in some key places. If it is small, it will only be 100 acres, which can be enough for the living expenses of dozens of people.

We can use these places as strongholds, and when the time comes our caravan will be safe when it arrives, just like a post station."

When Liu Xin said this, Wang Qingxun did not refute, but listened quietly. He knew that since Liu Xin mentioned it, it was definitely not as simple as he imagined.

"The world is about to be in chaos. If you want to actively survive in these troubled times, you must have your own power.

I have some lists here, they are all rare talents, I hope to recruit them as much as possible, and if possible, I can do it myself," Liu Xin said.

"This...is not impossible. This way we can better understand the situation in every state in the world.

I have seen your ambition last year, but I have to remind you to handle the relationship with the aristocratic family. If you are not careful, everything you have now may disappear. Even if your military strength can challenge the entire Zhuo County, Zhuo County

Even the entire southern Youzhou, but you are by no means the opponent of the world's aristocratic families." Wang Qingxun said sincerely.

"I know that we must be careful in all this. This is a chess piece we have buried. It may save our lives at the critical moment." Liu Xin said.

"If you want to open a store for business, what do you plan to sell?" Wang Qingxun asked.

"The main ones are fried noodles and wine. You have also tasted the wine from our winery. It is too expensive and has to be sold in other states. In addition, we can also bring chicken sausages, bacon sausages and other meat sausages. As long as these meat sausages are not damp,

, it is not a problem to store it for several years." Liu Xin said.

If there are more livestock and earthworm fields at home, more and more chickens will be raised. Nowadays, 3,800 roosters need to be slaughtered every month in Liu Xinzhuang, and he has already paid the price for the chickens in [Xinshi]

It's very cheap. It's hard to digest half of the chicken in a month. The rest is made of chicken sausage and bacon is hung.

"So, this is a great thing. If you build your own caravan in this way and conduct trade with all parts of the north and south, the Lu family and the prefect Liu Qi will no longer set their sights on you... It's really wonderful!"

Wang Qingxun suddenly laughed and said.

"I've been thinking about it for a long time. Uncle Wang has to take charge of this matter. I'll ask Jian Yong to help you. He is knowledgeable and eloquent, and he is the best person to communicate with the aristocratic family.

I will send a hundred clever nursing staff into the city tomorrow. Then, Uncle Wang, tell him what to pay attention to when opening a store. Before this matter can be done, a lot of preparation work needs to be done," Liu Xin said.

"You plan to build several strongholds. We need to investigate the situation early. This is not a good time to buy land." Wang Qingxun said.

"The first one is Guo'anxi County in Zhongshan. This is a small county on the way south to Yanzhou and Xuzhou. It should be easier to buy thousands of acres of fertile land here.

The second one is in Zhending County, Changshan County...

The third Wei County...the fourth Ping'an County..."

Liu Xin opened his mouth and named more than twenty places, mainly because these places have famous generals or counselors, and some are his strongholds together with the five most important states of Jizhou, Sizhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou, and Jingzhou.

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Especially in the four places of Yingchuan, Nanjun, Nanyang County, and Chengdu, they are the places with the largest population outside Sizhou today, and from the beginning to the end of the Three Kingdoms, they were relatively least affected by disasters, so these four places
Chapter completed!