After the businessmen visited Panhuan in the Pearl City for a few days, they had a plan in their hearts, the business place with such a favorable policy, and the strong support of the local government, the businessmen from all over the northwest have begun to transport the goods from the southeast and northwest to this place for trading, and here is already a place for distribution in the north and south, and there is no business opportunity at this time.

And the shops are limited, there are thousands of shops in the city, and the invited businessmen are coming one after another, in addition to the 500 shops reserved by the northwest merchants, there are only 500 shops to compete for from other places, and they can't hesitate.

Li Chong's four-way warehouse division yamen began to squeeze through the threshold, in order to sign a settlement agreement with the government, the businessmen even fought against each other, and some began to rely on the relationship to go through the back door in order to be able to win a shop.

And Li Chong personally sat in the town, and he also had his own set in the choice, 360 lines of each line must have, you can't also sell cloth, I also sell cloth, the whole city is cloth merchants, so after a few days of screening, more than 500 merchants were finally circled to settle in Pearl City.

The remaining businessmen who did not get the opportunity to settle in were naturally depressed, but the good news followed, and the government summoned the remaining more than 200 people to announce the news, willing to provide land funded by the merchants, and build their own shops to settle in, only need to build according to the planned location and style; The merchants thought twice, and many accepted the offer, although it was a lot of investment, but the shop was their own, and they were more at ease than those who got the free shop, after all, they still had to pay rent or buy the shop after a year.

Of course, this idea was conceived by Su Jin, although the new city was built, but due to the gap in funds, if the house shop was built according to the design, it would not work to add millions of guan, and through this method, Su Jin saved worry and effort, did not spend money, only provided worthless land, and could attract merchants to settle in, and the merchants who settled in this way would never run away halfway through, because they spent too much money to buy industries, and their loyalty was higher than that of the merchants who got free shops.

With the opening of businesses one after another, the Pearl City is like a happy event every day, and the firecrackers continue to explode; In addition to the local merchants who are attracted to the Pearl City for trading by the low tax rate, the merchants who go back to prepare for the opening will also bring the news back to their respective state capitals. Inns and restaurants have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the streets are already bustling with prosperity.

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As the eyes and ears sent by the emperor, Gao Ruona naturally wanted to play Su Jin's every move to the imperial court, and when Su Jin decided to build a new city in April, Gao Ruona had already sent a message to Zhao Zhen with a secret performance frequency of ten days.

Zhao Zhen didn't quite understand what Su Jin was going to do, originally he scoffed, laughing at this kid's whimsical tossing, how easy is it to build a new city? At that time, it took nearly a year for Chong Shiheng to build a thin waist city on the border, and the imperial court spent countless materials and money, but the thin waist city was broken a year later and turned into a pile of scorched earth, so Zhao Zhen was distressed for a long time.

Now Su Jin has also begun to build the city, but obviously the geographical location of this city is not built for the enemy, plus Su Jin did not reach out to the court to ask for a penny, Zhao Zhen did not say much, when the courtiers reported the report, Zhao Zhen only snorted twice to express that he knew it.

Zhao Zhen meant to see what Su Jin was doing and wait and see what happened, so he didn't want to interfere more than to order Gao Ruona to report the news in a timely manner.

Su Jin knew what Gao Ruona did, but he had been busy running around, and he didn't have time to deal with this guy, but when the new city was completed, Su Jin wanted to move the road envoy to Pearl City, but Gao Ruona suddenly jumped out to object.

Gao Ruona said eloquently: "The court designated the road envoy to govern the office, involving the relocation of the military and political yamen and their dependents, and the relocation to this small city, which is farther away from the original government offices of the various roads, and it is not convenient for officials from all over the country to report on government and military affairs, and it is really debatable for the adults to relocate without the permission of the imperial court." ”

Su Jin patiently explained: "The reason why I want to move the government to the Pearl City is to use the power of the government to drive the prosperity of the Pearl City. Once the popularity is formed, you can go back to the original office when the time comes, so why make a fuss. ”

Gao Ruona resolutely refused, and threatened: "Building this city is a redundant move, costing the people and money, I don't know the intention of Lord Su to build the city, there is so much spare money, why not strengthen the original state capital and give more relief to the people?" If you move, you will move, but I will not move; This official is in charge of military affairs, and not a single yamen under my jurisdiction is allowed to move. ”

Su Jin sneered: "Spare money? Do you think it's the court's money? Tell you, the Northwest Fourth Road Imperial Court has been left with nothing, not to mention the military and civilian salaries, even your tall man's money has to be paid by me Su Jinlai; Lao Tzu built a city to attract business, so he wanted to have one more way to make money, otherwise everyone would go to drink the northwest wind; I won't force you to move in, but you shut up the master; Lao Tzu is the boss of the Northwest, and it is not your turn to speak here, you have the ability to solve the salary and military rations of 120,000 officers and soldiers in the Northwest, and you don't want Lao Tzu to spend a penny; What else do you say about being in charge of military affairs, Lao Tzu cut off your food supply, you are nothing, pinch your calves, and then you will be polite to you. ”

Gao Ruona was depressed to death, how could he know about the agreement between Su Jin and Zhao Zhen, this matter is quite unreliable, the imperial court has never ignored the finances of the local state capital, especially like the Northwest Fourth Road, which has always been the focus of the imperial court, how can it not pull out a dime?

Gao Ruona didn't believe it, and asked Zhao Zhen about this matter in the secret recital, and the answer he got was actually yes, Zhao Zhen clearly reprimanded Gao Ruona not to do anything with Su Jinming, Su Jin picked a child, and the northwest would be a big burden, and the imperial court was concentrating financial and material resources to prepare to quell the rebellion in Guangnan, but he didn't want to make trouble at this time.

Gao Ruona touched a nail, his heart was extremely depressed, Su Jin's attitude towards him also made him unbearable, a little master, a mouthful of Lao Tzu, he had no respect for him, no matter what, his qualifications were many times older than Su Jin, and he could be Zhao Zhen'an by Su Jin's side as his eyes and ears, and his relationship with Zhao Zhen was undoubtedly much better than Su Jin's, this breath was really unbearable.

On the surface, Gao Ruona succumbed, and moved the yamen to Pearl City with Su Jin and others, but in fact, Gao Ruona was looking for Su Jin's flaws all the time, and he wanted to avenge this humiliation.

At the beginning of September, Su Jin, who had a little leisure, was lazy and didn't go to the yamen for a long time, hiding in the courtyard of the new house in the middle chamber to play chess with Yan Biyun, Xia Siling, Huanniang and others pointed and discussed the advantages and disadvantages of Su Jin and Yan Biyun's chess.

The servant hurriedly came to report, saying that the imperial decree had arrived, Su Jin had to drop the chess piece crown and belt and rush to the yamen hall not far away to receive the order, and saw Gao Ruona from a distance waiting with an attendant in the hall talking and laughing, Su Jin knew the attendant, he was the head of Zhao Zhen's imperial study, named Zuo Daoying, and Su Jin had several encounters.

A little polite, Zuo Dao should immediately announce the decree, the content of the decree scared Su Jin, it turned out that Zhao Zhen heard that Su Jin had built a new Pearl City, so he asked Zuo Dao to come to Pearl City to inspect the construction of the city for half a month, saying that he wanted to learn from experience, and asked Su Jin to receive a good student.

Su Jin was extremely puzzled, when he built the Pearl City, he played Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen was noncommittal, and vaguely took the thin waist city back then, in fact, he didn't approve of it; But Su Jin pretended not to understand Zhao Zhen's meaning, took Zhao Zhen's non-committality as a tacit acquiescence, and did it in full swing, Su Jin also knew that he didn't spend a penny on Zhao Zhen, and he had no reason to forcibly stop himself.

But now why did Zhao Zhen suddenly become so interested, and sent his personal attendant to come and say something to investigate, could it be that the name of Pearl City has really become famous all over the world?

"Master Su, I'm going to be here for a while, and I'm causing trouble to Lord Su." Zuo Daoying said with a smile.

Su Jin said with a smile: "What do you say, Manager Zuo is a person who can't be invited, and he can come to this newly built small city to put gold on Su's face, but it's just that it's in a remote place, and I'm afraid that the hospitality will not be good." ”

Zuo Daoying smiled and said: "Lord Su is too polite, the emperor heard that the Pearl City was built in a good way, and the businessmen who have been here in the capital have gone crazy when they return to the capital, indicating that the first city in the northwest of the Pearl City is rare in the world, and the emperor will send me to take a look, if it is indeed good, the Ministry of Industry may soon send someone to record the process and leave it for future generations." ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "The emperor has a heart, my lord can travel unhindered in this city, but the official is busy with affairs, and he may not have much time to accompany you, if he has any orders, he can send someone to inform him in advance." ”

Zuo Daoying smiled and said: "Lord Su has every opportunity, I naturally will not delay Lord Su's efforts, I have already told Master Gao just now, he will accompany and guide the whole process, and I also ask Lord Su for permission." ”

Su Jin glanced at Gao Ruona, and found that there was an irrepressible excitement in Gao Ruona's expression, seeing that he and Zuo Daoying seemed to be extremely familiar, and suddenly understood that Gao Ruona had been a housekeeper by Zhao Zhen's side, and he was naturally very familiar with the chamberlains around the emperor, so it seemed that people were naturally happy to see each other, and it seemed that there was nothing strange.

Su Jin still faintly felt inappropriate about Zuo Daoying's sudden arrival, if it was said that the Ministry of Industry or the History Museum came to someone, Su Jin was not surprised at all, after all, building a new city is also a big deal, the Ministry of Industry may send someone to study the engineering pattern and other crafts, and the History Museum may come back to record the construction of the city after being compiled into the history books and passed on to future generations, but what is this Zuo Daoying coming for? He is the emperor's inner servant, if he comes to pass a secret decree or an edict or something, it is very strange to come to see the city.

Could it be that the emperor really wants to know the uniqueness of this new city, is it for the emperor to come and see it? But wouldn't it be more convenient for the emperor to order himself to write a detailed explanation of the recital, or directly order himself to send someone to make a statement in person?

Su Jin smelled something unusual.