After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1446: Starting at Taels

"Because of the special situation, the king allowed me to build Youhu Villa here. I have no idea how much more can be added later and how long it will take. Every house here is a one-off!" He Lingchuan was eloquent, but every word was reasonable. "The truth that things are precious because they are rare, you must understand it better than me."

He almost said it clearly: as long as you buy it back, the price will definitely go up in value in the future!

Everyone looked at each other.

He Xiao is a foreign businessman. Businessmen are cunning and they only care about money. If we take the average of the twelve houses and calculate the price of each house at 10,000 silver taels, if all of them can be sold, the island owner He will make more than 100,000 taels of silver!

The officials of the General Affairs Department and the Imperial Household Department knew exactly how much money He Lingchuan spent to acquire that piece of land.

One thousand taels!

The cost of acquiring the land was one thousand taels, and the profit was more than one hundred thousand. How many times the profit is that?

Besides, he also said that this is only the first phase. As long as it sells well, there will be more later.

But thinking back, what Island Master He said makes sense.

He Lingchuan picked up a piece of sweet duck for himself and savored it slowly: "These fine houses can be unveiled because of the special approval of the Lord."

The last four words are emphasized.

Why did he emphasize what he said before? When everyone was still thinking about it, Yuwen Xu had already asked, "When will the island owner He start selling?"

"The day after tomorrow night, I will sell the first Jingshe in Chibao, and the starting price is only five hundred taels." This first set is for publicity, and He Lingchuan does not intend to make money from it. "Time is a bit tight, and I would like to invite everyone to come and show their support."

Like Lingxu City, Tianshui City also has more than a dozen auction houses of various sizes. Chibao Auction House is one of the top three auction houses. It claims to be honest and fair. Although the fees are a bit higher, it has a good reputation and often produces rare treasures.

Chibao has a small auction every seven days and a big auction every month. He Lingchuan's house will be put up for sale the day after tomorrow, just in time for the small auction.

Everyone smiled and said of course.

Five hundred taels is equivalent to picking up something for free, but if you only take five hundred taels with you, you will probably end up buying nothing.

He Lingchuan had said everything he needed to say, so he changed the subject, such as talking about the grand occasions of King Yao's birthday ceremonies in previous years, and listening to some gossip from the business and official circles.

Yuwenxu took the lead in organizing this meeting today to introduce various ways to He Lingchuan, so that he wouldn't be too slow in getting things done in Tianshui City where he is unfamiliar with the place.

Obviously, King Yao also hopes that his Youhu Villa can be built as soon as possible.

The meal ended perfectly after both the host and the guests were very happy.

Everyone had left, and Yuwenxu personally escorted He Lingchuan to the entrance of the restaurant. He did not ask the servant to go to the restaurant to settle the bill until he got into the car and drove away.

Someone called him from behind: "Brother Yuwen."

Gu Xuan hasn't left yet, come over and stand side by side with him.

"Brother Yuwen, are you going to Chibao the day after tomorrow?"

"Yes, even if we can't buy it, we have to show our support to Master Hedao."

Gu Xuan nodded, knowing that this was King Yao's intention. How could the Yuwen family dare not do it?
The night breeze in late summer was cool, having blown away the day's heat long ago, so the two of them simply walked a few more steps along the street.

"Fan Shuang has been in the limelight recently." Gu Xuan casually started the conversation. "I used to barely see him once a year, but I've seen him more times in the past two months than in the past three years combined."

"Finally Fan Shuang got his chance." Yuwen Xu said with a smile, "He was not very smart in the past, but this time he got the right person. Once he got in touch with He Xiao, he would rise to prominence."

The Yao Kingdom nobles who were studying in Lingxu City were naturally divided into different groups. Children of noble families like them usually did not play with Fan Shuang, or only took him as a follower.

But Fan Shuang is now with He Lingchuan. Not only will he be promoted, but others have to give him some face.

Although they didn't say it, they both felt that He Xiao was really capable, and he could even lead a mediocre person like Fan Shuang. If those resources were given to them...

They didn't know that He Lingchuan deliberately brought Fan Shuang with him.

Gu Xuan took a few more steps and said, "The day after tomorrow, when Chibao is put on sale, how much do you think He Xiao's house can be sold for?"

"Not many people got the news..." Yuwenxu thought for a moment, "About two thousand taels, it's hard to get any higher."

This price is not cheap anymore.

"Look, He Xiao really dares to develop Youhu recklessly without considering the other side's reaction?"

"Opposite" refers to Qingyang Regent.

Yuwen Xu smiled bitterly: "If I were to receive this task, I would be so worried that I would lose my appetite, right?"

Everyone was an old hand in the officialdom, so after thinking about it, everyone had a rough idea of ​​what King Yao wanted He Xiao to do.

If he had a choice, he wouldn't want to offend either the King or the Regent.

However, He Xiao seemed to be happy to be Jun Shang's tool.

"What does He Xiao rely on?" Gu Xuan's eyes turned slightly, "Could it be that it is Imperial Master Shuangye?"

"If he didn't have this background, His Majesty wouldn't have used him." Yu Wenxu was confident that he wouldn't be so bold. "According to the news in the palace, it was He Xiao who proposed the development of Youhu Lake to His Majesty."

"He Xiao proposed this himself?" Gu Xuan was surprised. "You can only seek wealth and honor through risk. He is really brave."

This is going to offend Qingyang Regent to death.

If He Xiao really earned hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, he might not be too jealous.

That's the money you spend on your life.

"If he hadn't been so resolute, how could His Majesty have handed Youhu Lake over to a foreign businessman with no foundation to develop it?" Yuwen Xu chuckled. "Besides, this is not the first time that He Xiao has offended the Qingyang Regent. Maybe he has some experience."

After saying this, both of them laughed.

It's really funny.

……

Early the next morning, Yangshan Chamber of Commerce went to various government offices to submit information about Youhu Villa.

If He Lingchuan wanted to move the land of Youhu, even with King Yao's approval, he still had to go to eleven or twelve government offices to go through the formalities.

After all, it is the royal territory that is being touched, not just digging a ditch in the suburbs. All the necessary procedures must be followed and all the necessary seals must be collected.

The efficiency of the Tianshui City government offices was the best in the world. With the approval of King Yao for "special matters to be handled specially", the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce took only seven or eight hours to reach the last two steps.

Then, it got stuck.

The Imperial Household Department determined that the planning and layout of Youhu Villa was unreasonable, the use of labor and materials was not clear enough, and the structure of the drawings needed to be rectified.

Yangshan Chamber of Commerce revised it overnight and submitted it the next day.

It was still not approved, so the Imperial Household Department found three more mistakes and asked Yangshan to make further corrections.

He Lingchuan knew that the so-called "rectification" would have no end. As long as people wanted to, they could find a hundred or eighty faults for him at any time, and he would get back as many times as they sent him. So he immediately asked someone to find Huang Naxuan, who was drinking at Maochunlou the day before, and asked him what was going on.

Huang Naxuan only sent back one message privately:
Lord Heyanghe, who is under the Qingyang Regent, came to the Imperial Household Department overnight the day before yesterday.

(End of this chapter)