After Wang Fugui returned to Chang'an, he became even more energetic.

This trip to Goguryeo completely established his special status in the Tang Dynasty business circle.

After all, hundreds of businesses in Dengzhou are all making a lot of money under the leadership of Wang Fugui.

Although these merchants are basically selected from Dengzhou, the people behind them are almost all the nobles in the Tang Dynasty.

After all, no matter how generous the salary issued by the court was, it could not support the extravagant expenses of a large family. Every family arranged for their descendants to enter the business world to solve the family's financial problems.

"Shopkeeper Wang, the recent houses in Workshop City have not sold very well. Since the beginning of this year, the prices that have been rising have stopped rising. I have made the final decision on the newly launched houses last month. I have decided on the price and the beginning of the year

Under the same circumstances, if you buy a house, you can also get an ordinary carriage as a gift, but still not many have been sold. Now we have more than 500 houses in our hands."

Wang Fugui had just been happy for a few days when Liu Fang, who was responsible for the construction of houses in Workshop City from Nanshan Construction Engineering, came over to trouble him.

There is no way, the house here cannot be sold, and the construction over there is still going on according to Li Kuan's previous plan.

At that time, there will be more and more houses in the backlog, which will lead to more and more unstable house prices.

The people of the Tang Dynasty, like the people of later generations, bought houses when they were up, not when they were down.

Although many craftsmen working in Workshop City seem to find the houses in Workshop City quite comfortable to live in, there are still not many who really make up their mind to buy one.

On the contrary, the merchants in Datang Trading Center bought many houses in Workshop City for convenience and because they were not short of money.

"Didn't they all sell pretty well last year? Why can't they sell this year?"

Wang Fugui was smiling just now, but when Liu Fang said this, his smile disappeared immediately.

Workshop City is the focus of Li Kuan's attention, and it is the key development project supported by the Chu Palace in the next two years.

Now that I have just started, I encountered this kind of thing.

How does this work?

"Shopkeeper Wang, last year it was mainly because of the popularity of Datang Trading Center that the sales of new houses in Zuofang City were stimulated. In addition, we said that we would build the Future Star Kindergarten, Mutual Aid Primary School and the Affiliated Hospital of Guanshishan Academy in Zuofang City.

The good news about the branch library has stimulated the sales of houses.

But throughout the 16th year of Zhenguan, we did not have any new exciting projects. Many people even felt that the workshops in the workshop city had now focused their development on Liaodong, and arranged for the craftsmen in the workshops to go to Liaodong to build semicolons. So.

There will be fewer people willing to buy houses here; and when there are fewer people buying, the price will not go up or even fall, and no one will buy it."

Liu Fang has been worried for several months, and naturally he has summed up the reasons why the house cannot be sold.

In his opinion, the houses in Workshop City did not have any obvious advantages compared with the various courtyards in Chang'an City.

After all, things like glass windows and bathrooms can also be done in the courtyards of Chang'an City.

In addition, the prices of houses in Zuofang City are generally more expensive than those in Chang'an City, which is not even a little more expensive. This makes people even more disgusted with the houses here.

"But when I was having dinner in Diantoude yesterday, I heard a lot of customers discussing buying a house. Why did it become difficult to sell it when it came to your place?"

Wang Fugui looked at Liu Fang in confusion.

It was not that he suspected that Liu Fang would lie to him, but he had just returned from Liaodong. He had been busy making plans these past few days, and he really had not yet figured out what was going on in Workshop City.

"Shopkeeper Wang, I get angry when I talk about this! You also know that our house in Workshop City relies on its novel shape, special materials and comfortable living to impress people to buy it. But the Wei family and the Du family...

United purchased a large piece of land in Chang'an City. The squares where these lands were located were originally vegetable plots and shabby yards of poor people.

After they bought it, they immediately demolished these shabby yards, and then launched the first phase of houses in just two months based on the appearance of our houses in Workshop City, almost exactly like ours.

They are sold to the outside world at the same price. You see, the houses are similar and the prices are similar, but one is in Chang'an City and the other is in Workshop City. You can use your toes to know which house the guests will buy."

The Wei family and the Du family are both natives of Chang'an City, and their strength is extraordinary.

Although looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, there is still some gap between them and the Five Surnames and Qiwang, but in the Guanzhong area, they are a first-class wealthy family.

Now that the Wei family and the Du family have joined forces to enter the real estate industry, it's no wonder Liu Fang can't resist it.

"You mean, when I heard those people discussing buying a house yesterday, they were talking about the houses of the Wei family and the Du family?"

Wang Fugui did not expect that such a thing would happen during his stay in Chang'an City.

Although there is a threshold for finding a house, except for special buildings like skyscrapers, it is hard to say how high the threshold is for other houses.

Now that the Wei family and the Du family have joined forces to imitate Nanshan Construction and engage in real estate development in Chang'an City, it's really hard to punish them.

Isn’t it possible that only Prince Chu’s palace is allowed to earn all the money in the world?

"Yes! They demolished almost the entire block, and now they launch a new phase of houses for sale every month."

"I remember there was no news about this when we went on the expedition at the beginning of the year. In just over half a year, their construction progress was so fast?"

Wang Fugui was also very involved in the construction of Workshop City before and was relatively familiar with the situation inside.

Now I find that the Weidu family built the house much faster than the Nanshan construction, which is really incredible.

"Because they directly demolished the house, leveled the ground and started construction. They didn't build sewers on the same scale as we did. Even if they did, they only dug a symbolic ditch on both sides of the road. In this way

, the amount of construction is naturally much less, so the progress is faster than ours. I heard that Wei Siren, who is responsible for the construction of this land, is secretly laughing at our Nanshan construction project."

Liu Fang was very aggrieved and explained there.

For the construction of houses in Workshop City, ground construction will only begin after the construction of underground pipelines has been completed in advance.

Many times, the construction time of underground pipelines even takes more time than the construction time on the ground.

After all, a two-story house can be built in a week if it is built quickly enough.

However, it still takes time to dig a large sewer and lay the surrounding sewer with cement and blue bricks.

Liu Fang and others also suggested that the size of the sewer should be made smaller, which could greatly reduce the amount of soil transportation, speed up the process, and cut costs.

Unfortunately, this suggestion was rejected directly after it reached Li Kuan.

"Let's go! Go out with me. I will personally see what is going on in the house that the Weidu family jointly built. Only by knowing the situation of the other party can we know how to deal with them."

The houses don't look much different, and the prices are similar, but the locations vary greatly.

In this case, Wang Fugui didn't have any good ideas.

I can’t keep talking to others about the fact that I have a good kindergarten and elementary school, as well as a medical center nearby, right?

Others have it too.

…

"Come on, cheers!"

In the middle of Wuhe, Wei Siren and Du He had a drink.

The two people who had suffered great losses in the Prince Chu's Mansion were finally able to save the situation, and it goes without saying that they were happy in their hearts.

"Brother Wei, at first my eldest brother didn't agree with me to imitate the workshop city to build houses, for fear of stalemate the relationship with the Chu Palace. After all, our family's cotton fields in Shuozhou and the sugar cane fields in Lingnan are all related to Chu.

The palace is closely related. But after my analysis, Li Kuan, as long as you use business methods to deal with him in an upright manner, he will not express his anger at others at will.

In Chang'an City, many people were jealous that the houses in Chuwangfu Workshop City were selling so well last year, but they just couldn't think of imitating them. Now that we are doing this, many people are probably tempted. We neither steal nor rob, but I think so.

We want to see how the Chu Palace can deal with us?"

Du He drank a glass of Qili Xiang with a rosy face and looked confident.

In fact, his life has not been good these years.

At the beginning, he proposed to dig large-scale fish ponds to breed grass carp and crucian carp, hoping to catch a ride on the Chu Prince's fresh fish transportation, but in the end, he was defeated by fish farming in rice fields.

After that, the Du family suffered heavy losses at the hands of Prince Chu's family one after another, which made him almost unable to survive.

Otherwise, he would not have listened obediently to his elder brother and gone to Lingnan to plant sugar cane.

"Li Kuang had just returned from Goguryeo in triumph. He was probably very happy when he suddenly heard that the houses in Workshop City were unsold. I was also very curious about his reaction. This time we were not unreasonable and were not afraid of him using official methods.

Suppress us, after all, our Wei family and Du family are not vegetarians. Yesterday I went to Daming Palace to visit my aunt, and she was also very supportive of our career."

"Now that Empress Changsun is ill in bed, Concubine Wei is basically handling all matters in the harem. With her support, Li Kuan will not dare to mess around."

Du He was also very happy after hearing Wei Siren's words.

Although the Du family and the Wei family are both wealthy families in Guanzhong Road, because Du Ruhui died relatively early, their current power is actually inferior to that of the Wei family.

Otherwise, when Du He first thought of this idea of ​​making money, he wouldn't have approached the Wei family for cooperation.

"Well, Li Kuan doesn't dare to act recklessly! I guess many people in Chang'an City are watching this."

"I think so too. Brother Wei, I had a drink with Changsun Chong a few days ago, and he expressed his intention to cooperate with us in developing new land. What do you think?"

Du He thought for a while and discussed the matter with Wei Siren.

Normally, the Weidu family's cooperation would be enough to settle the relationship in Chang'an City, and there would be no need to worry about any problems during the construction of the house.

However, if he rejects Changsun Chong, he will definitely consider going it alone or finding others to cooperate in development.

At that time, the Weidu family's projects would face competition from the Changsun family.

The relationship between ourselves and the enemy immediately changed.

Du He was Chang Sun Chong's loyal follower in the beginning. Although the relationship is a little estranged now, they are still friends.

In addition, Changsun Wuji's position in the court is very stable. Even if Queen Changsun is gone, it does not mean that the Changsun family has declined.

"Changsun Chong? Is it his own intention or the Changsun family's intention?"
To be continued...