After Ding Xian spent one hundred and ninety taels to buy Zheng Yuchi's courtyard, he did not live in it, but renovated it. In this low-level courtyard with a view to the end, he built a guest room, a gatehouse, three studies, and three board rooms.
And with a moon gate separated from the middle of the courtyard, the original ordinary small courtyard was immediately upgraded into a high-end courtyard with two entrances and two exits.
It cost a total of 350 taels of silver to purchase and renovate this courtyard, and then sold it for 600 taels. The deal was completed, making a net profit of 250 taels.
When Zheng Yuchi heard about this, he was shocked and came to look for Ding Xian and asked: "Brother Ding, I couldn't sell the same yard for 260 taels. In the end, I had to make a loss, but you sold it."
We paid a high price of six hundred taels. Why?"
"Xiandi has a good vision. Although the canal is now affected by sea and land transportation, it still has unique advantages. Housing prices on both sides of the Wei River will rise sooner or later. It's just that you haven't figured out who are the people who often travel to the canal.
, that’s why it can’t be sold.”
"Oh, I would like to hear the details."
"Most of the people who frequent the canal are businessmen. When businessmen do business, they must pay attention to ostentation, especially if the place they live in must not be shabby. Once it is shabby, there will be no business. The previous yard was too simple, and those people looked down upon it, so it could not be sold.
"After Brother Yu bought it, he spent another one hundred and sixty taels on the expansion. Although it increased the cost, it catered to the psychology of those merchants who cared about ostentation, so it sold well."
"Oh, I have heard for a long time that Brother Ding has a long-term vision and is a business genius. It is true. It is difficult to make big money without spending a small amount of money. I have learned a lesson!" Zheng Yuchi left with sincerity.
Ding Xian did have a long-term vision and could value long-term interests without caring about temporary gains and losses. After that, he took a fancy to the real estate in Shiban Lane, Jinghai County, and bought most of the houses along the lane in one go. The Shiban Lane road at that time
The traffic was not smooth and the transportation was very inconvenient, which resulted in very limited room for price increase of land and housing there. But he was not afraid at all and just kept buying, buying, buying. After he bought almost the same amount, he spent another 20,000 taels out of his own pocket.
With money, we hired people to build the road near Shiban Lane. After the road was repaired, traffic became smoother and local housing prices increased several times.
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Wuyi Lane near the Confucius Temple in Nanjing has been a lot lively recently. Emperor Guangwu established the newly established four ministries of education, industry and commerce, transportation, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery here.
The other three departments mainly benefited from the favor of the Ministry of Education. Originally, the old emperor just wanted to locate the Ministry of Education there to benefit from the culture and atmosphere of the Confucius Temple. Later, he thought that there were already enough official offices in the imperial city, so he simply moved the Ministry of Education, Industry, Commerce, Transportation, etc.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery is located together with the Ministry of Education.
This office location was chosen very well. It is located on the south bank of the Qinhuai River. It not only has beautiful scenery, but also has all kinds of shops and snacks, making life very convenient.
In the yamen of the Planning Department of the Ministry of Transport, Meng Zhengfa, a fifty-eight-year-old Planning Department doctor, is reading a letter from home. He is from Chongyang, Huguang. The letter from home was just delivered by the Civil Information Bureau. The letter was written by his younger brother Meng Zhengqi.
He said that everything is going well at home, his living standard has improved, he has a lot of money left, and he wants to buy some good paddy fields in Jintang Town to collect rent.
"Jintang Town?"
Meng Zhengfa found the planning drawings drawn by the ministry near Chongyang, Huguang. After looking at it carefully, he wrote to his brother: "There may not be gold in Jintang Town. You can get gold by buying mountain land and building houses along the road in Xiaoling Township."
"Ten thousand taels".
The reply soon arrived at Mengzhai in Chongyang. Meng Zhengqi was confused. What happened to my brother? He actually asked me not to buy good paddy fields in Jintang Town, but to go to Xiaoling to buy desolate mountainous land! But it was strange.
Is there any reason not to buy fertile land but to buy wasteland?
"Husband, what's wrong with you? You seem to have something on your mind?" Meng Zhengqi's first wife, Tian, saw that he was in a trance and asked.
"Alas! My brother wrote to me to advise me, saying that there may not be gold in Jintang Town, but you can get ten thousand taels of gold by buying mountain land and building a house in Xiaoling Township. I think it is unbelievable to buy wasteland instead of fertile land!"
Tian Shi smiled and said, "My husband is confused. My brother is an official and is in the capital, so he is well-informed. Just obey what he says. Is it possible that my brother will harm you?"
"What the madam said is that I was confused. I will go to Xiaoling Township to buy mountain land tomorrow." After hearing what Tian said, Meng Zhengqi laughed loudly.
The next day, Meng Zhengqi took his family slaves and went to remote places in Xiaoling Township to buy a large amount of land, especially on both sides of the mountain roads. Because the terrain was remote, he bought a large amount of mountain land without spending much money. He remembered
Following his brother's advice, he bought land and built houses one after another on the land.
Master Meng's acquisition of a large amount of hilly land in Xiaoling Township to build houses soon spread throughout Chongyang City. Everyone laughed at him for being stupid for not buying fertile land but wasteland, and building houses on the wasteland. After the houses were built, who could sell them to?
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However, things developed very quickly and people were stunned. The Ministry of Transportation received approval for the construction of a plank road through Xiaoling. This plank road was directly funded by the Ministry of Transportation and built very quickly. It only took more than half a year to repair it.
Once the plank road is opened, there will be ten thousand taels of gold. Soon, the housing prices in the Xiaoling Township area skyrocketed. The price of the house built by the Meng family in the Xiaoling Township area increased by more than ten times in the blink of an eye. After the sale, the price suddenly increased.
Become a wealthy family.
"So that's what my brother meant when he said that if you buy mountain land and build a house along the road in Xiaoling Township, you can get ten thousand taels of gold!" Meng Zhengqi sighed afterward.
Just as he was sighing, his wife Tian came up with another plan for him: "Husband, why don't you go to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to register a construction company, and buy land and build houses wherever roads are to be built. With the relationship of brother,
Are you still afraid that you won’t be able to make money?”
"Oh, a good wife wakes up the dreamer with just one word! That's what she does!"
Meng Zhengqi beamed with joy, and went to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to register a construction company early the next morning. At this point, the famous real estate construction company in the Ming Dynasty: Mengshi Construction, kicked off its siege in the real estate industry.
In the same investment in buying a house, Zheng Yuchi lost money, Ding Xian made money, and Meng Zhengqi made money while lying down. This was always the case in the Ming Dynasty. With the backing of an official, there was no way that investment would not make money.
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"Your Majesty, since you implemented the deed tax reform and abolished the 'housing payment', the number of house transactions has increased by 50%, the number of new house construction has increased by 20%, and the deed tax has increased by 30%." Zhang Xiao, the Minister of Household Affairs, said happily in the Palace of Qianqing in Nanjing. Report to Zhu Hengjia.
"Zhang Qing, you have done a good job. But today I summoned you not just to listen to your report, but because I have an errand for you to do."
"Despite your Majesty's orders, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."
"Well, I want to set up a statistics department in the Ministry of Household Affairs to collect statistics on important data related to the national economy and people's livelihood. For example, the output of salt, iron, tea and other commodities; the amount of materials for new ships; the price of a pound of mutton, etc. I want to see these data. , as a reference for governing the country."
"I obey the order. When I return, I will immediately organize capable personnel to compile the data that Your Majesty needs." Zhang Xiao accepted the order in an ups and downs.