I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The second day Ouyang Shiqi came to Shanghai, he encountered a problem.

Several businessmen hope to buy a few pieces of land along the river to build warehouses, and these pieces of land belong to the government.

This matter was actually brought up by those businessmen a long time ago. However, the former Shanghai magistrate did not agree.

Officials sell the property of the court privately, I am afraid this is tired of living.

Ouyang Shiqi looked at this request, but fell into thinking.

It is obviously not acceptable for officials to privately sell the assets of the imperial court. If Shanghai took the lead and officials in other places followed suit and sold all the government's assets to businessmen at a low price, would it still be worth it?

I am afraid that the assets of the imperial court will be sold out overnight.

At that time, will this world belong to the imperial court or to the merchants?

If you dare to do so, you will definitely be included in a book.

However, if these pieces of land are not sold, it will obviously be detrimental to the development of Shanghai.

Because the government has no money, there is a piece of land there but no money for infrastructure construction.

Leaving those lands vacant there would only be a waste of resources.

And the rich and urgently need the merchants in those areas, but they cannot buy them due to policy reasons, which is miserable.

"Is there a compromise solution, such as whether there is suitable private land, from which we can negotiate and negotiate?"

Ouyang Shiqi asked the county magistrate that he had just arrived in Shanghai and didn't know much about the specifics of Shanghai.

Zhang Xiancheng shook his head and said, "Currently, Shanghai's development depends entirely on the ports along the river. That is to say, only the land along the west bank of the river is fragrant buns, but most of this land belongs to the government. .

There is a large private land on the north bank of Wusong River, but there is no good port there, and it is inconvenient for transportation across the Wusong River from our side. No one wants to go there. "

"Can you build a bridge?"

Ouyang Shiqi asked.

"For the time being, I don't have the technology and financial resources. The surface of the Guangjiang River is only a few dozen meters. Considering that there is still a boat to cross under the bridge, the bridge is at least 100 meters long, which is not very difficult."

Zhang Xiancheng said.

In front of Ouyang Shiqi, it seems that the only way is to sell the land.

"Go help me get in touch with those businessmen, and say I'm going to rent those lands to them."

Ouyang Shiqi thought of another trick. He couldn't sell it, but he could rent it.

The things rented out are still owned by the government, and they are not considered to be out of bounds.

"My lord, the original Master Li had thought about this method, but those businessmen did not agree at all. They were worried about the rented place.

After all, they bought the land and built many large warehouses, factories and high-rise buildings, which required huge investment. Once the construction is completed, our government will take back the land, won't people cry to death? "

There was a bit of disdain in Zhang Xiancheng's tone, and he felt that the champion of the third grade was nothing more than that. When faced with this problem, it is also at a loss.

"They don't worry, they can sign a ninety-nine-year lease."

Ouyang Shiqi said.

This is his workaround, renting for ninety-nine years is actually no different from selling.

After ninety-nine years, who would care?

The beauty of this method is that he did not sell the land of the court, he just rented it for a longer period of time.

He can do it as long as it makes sense.

If the former Wu Changqing hadn't told him to do it boldly, he might have been more cautious.

But now, he feels that as long as there is no obvious place that can be attacked by other officials, if it is just a dispute, the emperor will definitely stand on his side.

"This......"

Zhang Xiancheng was dumbfounded at once, he had never thought of such a method.

Although this approach is rogue, it sounds like a real possibility.

As expected of the champion of Lianzhong Sanyuan, this brain is really flexible.

Zhang Xiancheng quickly put aside his contempt, after all, he and the original county magistrate had been having headaches for three months and could not think of a solution.

The champion in front of him, however, didn't even know the situation in Shanghai County, so he was able to think of such a wonderful solution, and he was bold enough to do whatever he thought of it.

Based on this alone, it can be seen that Ouyang Shiqi is by no means an ordinary person.

Lianzhong Sanyuan, this can be an ordinary person.

When several big businessmen learned of Ouyang Shiqi's solution, they all called out "Miaozai".

Although they didn't buy this piece of land, it didn't matter. Ninety-nine years was enough for them to earn dozens of times the profit.

Moreover, after ninety-nine years, they are long gone, there is really no need to think so far.

Renting for ninety-nine years is different from buying the land.

"Master Ouyang is really a genius in the world."

"Isn't it true, the champion of the current division, the third yuan of the Lianzhong, and His Majesty's hand-picked."

"The most important thing is that it seems that he is very supportive of business development and has a good method."

The last sentence made everyone smile.

They don't care if Ouyang Shiqi is smart or not, they only care how much benefit Ouyang Shiqi can bring to them.

After they waited for a while, Ouyang Shiqi appeared and sent them a lease agreement.

Ouyang Shiqi was very thoughtful. He did not set a fixed rent because he knew that with the development of the economy, he would

The rent to come is sure to go up.

If he rents out these lands at a fixed rent now, it will be a big mistake. After the Shanghai county magistrate finds out that he has suffered a loss, he will definitely refer to him.

"The rent is 1,000 taels per mu in the first year, and it will increase every five years. The increase refers to the price of surrounding land... Mr. Ouyang, what does this mean?"

A businessman asked.

"This is easy to understand. The first five years are 1,000 taels per year. After five years, if the surrounding land prices have not increased, the rent will not increase. If the surrounding land prices have doubled, the rent will also double."

Ouyang Shiqi explained.

"That won't work, it's too expensive, and it will make our costs uncontrollable, which we cannot accept."

Boss Tong said.

"Oh, is this what you mean, or can you represent everyone? It doesn't matter whether everyone agrees or not, there is no benevolence and righteousness in buying and selling."

Ouyang Shiqi said that he was not worried that these lands would not be rented out at all.

Of course, Boss Tong can't represent other people. Some businessmen think that Ouyang Shiqi's plan is more pertinent.

After all, if the surrounding land prices have risen, so many points of rent is not a loss.

Moreover, the surrounding land prices have risen, indicating that the economy is more prosperous, the business is better, and it will not lose money.

You can't, you can also sublet it to someone else.

In short, no matter from which point of view, they can't suffer any losses, but they are not as profitable as paying the rent all at once.

This only shows that Ouyang Shiqi is smart and has a long-term vision. When dealing with smart people, it is better to be content. It's not that easy to take advantage of smart people.

Therefore, although Boss Tong still has resentment, there are still several businessmen who have signed lease agreements and leased the hundreds of acres of land by the river.