Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 205 Marketing Tools
Masonic Division, Conference Room.

There is a huge long table in the middle of the conference room, surrounded by dozens of armchairs.

This was specially made by Jia Qiong and used during meetings of the Masonic Department.

Jia Qiong was sitting in the main seat at this time, listening to the daily progress reports from the heads of various departments.

"As of yesterday, the five limestone mines in the west of the city have resettled a total of more than [-] victims, and the daily output of limestone is [-] trucks."

"The three clay fields now house more than [-] disaster victims, and produce more than [-] trucks of clay every day."

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"Transportation corps from all regions have resettled more than [-] disaster victims in total, and the materials in various raw material yards can basically be transferred on the same day."

"The nine storage centers have accommodated a total of more than [-] disaster victims, and the current storage capacity is more than half."

“The Shuangquan Town construction site has now resettled more than [-] victims, and the first phase of the project has been completed.

Phases [-] to [-] are currently under construction and are expected to be completed in mid-September. "

After hearing the progress of each construction site, Jia Qiong nodded and asked: "Mr. Xu, how much food is consumed every day now, and how much food is left in storage?"

Xu Mu said: "Currently, more than 13 disaster victims are being accommodated in various construction sites, consuming about 650 shi of food every day.

Now we have 480 dan left in our food storage. If we no longer accept the victims, we can still sustain it for 25 days. "

Wu Chengxuan said: “Many of the victims in Henan have heard that relief can be provided in the capital.

Many young people who want to work to earn food are gathering in the capital, and now more than 5000 people enter the country every day. "

Director Cheng from the Ministry of Industry frowned and said: "According to the project volume and the current number of people at each construction site, Shuangquan Town can be completed within three months.

We can no longer use so many people. Can we stop accepting disaster victims?
Otherwise, the victims will soon have no work to do. "

Jia Qiong shook his head and said: "We can't stop, there are many victims who have to be taken in.

Shuangquan Town is just the first step in our overall plan. There will be bigger projects later, so there is no need to worry about the victims being left without work. "

Xu Mu said: "If the number of disaster victims increases by five thousand every day, the food supply may only last for fifteen days."

Jia Qiong knew: "There is no need to worry about this. 20 shi of grain purchased by the Chamber of Commerce from Jiangnan have arrived in Luoyang and will be transported to the capital soon.

Food from various places will continue to arrive in the future. This time I purchased more than one million stones of food from various provinces in Jiangnan, which is definitely enough.

Chief Tao, Chief Jiang, have you communicated with several major academies in the capital? Are there any who are willing to move to Shuangquan Town? "

Tao Dachun said: "Only Wenchang Academy and Xingyue Academy are interested.

But I haven't given a reply yet, so I'm probably still hesitating. "

Jia Qiong thought for a moment and said, “Go talk to them again.

If that still doesn't work, help me make an appointment with the mountain chiefs of the two academies.

I'm here to talk to them personally. This matter must be implemented as soon as possible.

Mr. Jiang, for those merchants we have negotiated with before, please inform them that they can make a unified announcement tomorrow. "

Jiang Wuji nodded and said, "Yes, I will go to each house to notify you immediately."

Jia Qiong said: "Do you have anything else to do? If nothing else, the meeting will be dismissed."

Han Wei raised his hand and said: "Sizheng, people are talking about the new town in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City.

I specially sent someone to find out more about it, and judging from market feedback, it seems that the price of the house in Freemasonry is a bit low.

Can we consider raising the price? I think even if it costs 200 taels a set, there will be no shortage of people to buy it. Jia Qiong asked: "Have you ever calculated how much it will cost to build a standard residential house?" "

Han Wei said: "Not counting the fairy mud, the material cost of each set of standard residential houses is two or seven taels of silver. Including labor costs, it is about four taels of silver."

Jia Qiong nodded and said: "The land in Shuangquan Town is free, and the cost of the fairy mud is not high.

It doesn't add up to 50 taels of silver. Selling 100 taels is already double the profit, which is not a small amount.

Moreover, the main purpose of the Freemasonry in building Shuangquan Town is not to make money.

The price is 100 taels, which can attract more market attention.

This will be beneficial to our subsequent plans, and that is the key point.

When the time is right, Freemasonry will adjust the price. "

Here Jia Qiong also deliberately said that the cost of cement was increased by more than ten times.

In fact, making cement now only requires a very low cost. The amount of cement required to build a standard residential house costs at most two to three taels of silver.

Han Wei nodded and said, "I understand."

In Qinglongfang, Feng Ziying and Liu Xianglian were drinking tea and resting in a small tea shop.

Liu Xianglian took a sip of tea and said: "With the announcement of the house prices in Shuangquan Town, there are indeed a lot more people who want to sell their houses. More than 50 houses have been sold today, right?"

Feng Ziying said: "Well, there are already 55.

There are still few people who know about this matter now. When the news spreads to everyone, there will definitely be more people selling their houses. "

Liu Xianglian thought for a while and said: "I'll go back and find some friends over. They hang around the market every day and are definitely good at spreading news.

Let them hang around these neighborhoods for a few more days to ensure that everyone knows that the houses here are even less valuable. "

Feng Ziying nodded and said: "Good idea, find more people.

Let's wait for another ten days until the house in Shuangquan Town goes on sale.

Let's just lower the purchase price a little, and those people who want a higher price will probably give up. "

Liu Xianglian nodded and said: "Yes, these three houses are filthy. Living here is not as comfortable as living in Shuangquan Town. We are doing a good deed."

I happened to pass by the Shuangquan Town construction site the day before yesterday and went in to take a look.

The house was really well built. Although it was not large in area, it was neat and tidy and looked unique and regular. "

Feng Ziying said: "That was designed by Yu Jing himself. I really don't know if he is really Wenquxing who came down to earth, how come he knows everything."

Liu Xianglian smiled and said: "If Yu Jing didn't convince you, how could you be willing to do such a thing under his command?"

Feng Ziying smiled and said: "Aren't you the same? Now the prodigal has started to do serious things."

Liu Xianglian nodded and said: "A few days ago, a few of us escorted the emperor to inspect outside the city. The next day, my second uncle came to see me and asked me to follow Yu Jing and work hard.

He used to think I was worthless, but he never looked at me seriously.

It’s not for him, I just want to follow Yu Jing and do something for the people of the world, so as not to humiliate my ancestors. "

Feng Ziying nodded and said, "Chen Yejun and Wei Ruolan have also come to see me in the past few days. I'm not at home. I probably want to get to know Yu Jing."

Liu Xianglian shook her head and said, "These young masters can't do our job."

Feng Ziying smiled and said: "They can't let go of their figure. It should be their father's order, but this is also a good thing for Yu Jing."

(End of this chapter)