"The original merchants and residents?"

Upon hearing Lin Li's question.

Shi Zehong continued moving his finger along the sides of the road, explaining:

"The merchants are directly settled on site, and the ownership belongs to them since these were their properties originally.

Most merchants are very satisfied, as the upgraded road has much higher traffic than the previous road.

With the increase in traffic, business naturally becomes much better.

Of course.

With more traffic, the corresponding noise on regular days is a bit louder.

So definitely some shop owners will feel uncomfortable.

For these shop owners and residents, our initial thought was to relocate them to quieter areas.

But then we suddenly discovered..."

"Discovered what?"

"...Someone had acted first and bought the ownership of their shops."

Lin Li was slightly surprised, then blinked, not too surprised though:

"Who? Is it the Wei Mansion?

Or some other clan members?"

In Chixian City, apart from the Wei Family, there are several large and small Cultivator Clans, and also a few wealthy merchants.

These affluent clans are relatively more informed about policies than commoners, and if they have vision and courage, it's not impossible to set up some arrangements in advance.

As long as these affluent clans don't overstep too much, the authorities usually don't bother to manage them.

However, what surprised Lin Li was.

Shi Zehong shook his head and said:

"It's not the Wei Family, nor any other clan, not even wealthy merchants.

The ones who acted...

Were the commoners in the city."

This time Lin Li was truly a bit stunned:

"Commoners?"

"Yes, commoners."

Shi Zehong's face showed a trace of surprise and sentiment, saying:

"Or more accurately, it's an act of a few commoners pooling resources.

These few commoners registered to work at the construction site when we first arrived in Chixian City and continued for a long time.

Therefore, they saved quite a bit of money.

Now, as Huaxia currency begins to dominate circulation in Chixian City, those who saved money without buying things at the supermarket gradually have some economic foundation.

According to our observation.

Currently, among commoners and vagrants, there are a few small groups using pooled money to buy some shops.

They seem to be preparing to open their own stores or something."

Just as Shi Zehong said.

Recently, when Chixian City's control group was preparing to settle merchants.

They suddenly found that seven or eight commoners pooled money together and bought the shop ownership before them!

Further investigation revealed.

These people actually have some connection with the construction site there.

When the authorities first arrived in Chixian City, in order to recruit enough labor and build trust, the initial salaries offered were quite high.

It couldn't cover ten days for one day's work, but it could barely cover three or four days.

Among those workers, besides the likes of Zhao Qianju and other vagrants, there were also some original residents of Chixian City.

Some of these original residents spent the money immediately, exchanging it for other resources at Happiness Supermarket.

Some saved it up.

Now some of these seem to have discovered some business opportunities and started collecting land as a group.

"Captain Lin, do you know what this represents?"

Shi Zehong's tone was a bit excited and also a bit serious:

"This is the germination of a Commoners' Chamber of Commerce, or rather...

The prototype of private equity companies!"

Crowdfunding by commoners.

This behavior is quite common locally, with various chambers of commerce in ancient times being this kind of situation.

However, in modern times, this behavior has a relatively formal term:

Shareholding.

Of course.

This refers to legal behavior, while private fundraising carries risk, which we do not support.

The first shareholder-owned enterprise after the New Local Calendar was the Window City Bao'an County United Investment Company established in July 1983.

And following that, 1984 was called the "Year of the Local Enterprise."

That year saw the birth of many later big names:

Haier Group, Vanke, Delixi, TCL, Jianlibao, etc...

Thus, to ordinary people, Chixian City may just have a few more bold merchants.

But, in the eyes of Shi Zehong and his team, they see the seedling of a private economy!

Actually, the authorities had set forth a policy to revitalize Chixian City's economy a long time ago.

And have been working towards this direction in the past period.

For instance, introducing factories, guiding the catering industry, etc...

These actions are effective, but all rely on the macro-control of the authorities.

Conceptually, these belong to blood transfusion steps.

For a city to truly revitalize, simple blood transfusion is not enough.

If must be able to produce blood.

And now the behavior of these commoners...

Is exactly producing blood!

In all honesty.

After learning about the relevant situation, Shi Zehong immediately tossed aside the depression brought by those who reported.

His mood was like meeting an ant-raising enthusiast whose queen ant had just laid eggs.

Excited and yet fearing even a slight effort might dissipate this newborn hope.

Lin Li evidently realized this point too, asking:

"Director Shi, what kind of character do those few commoners have?

Are they simply preparing to hoard the property until the price rises for a wave of sale?

Or do they intend to do some business?"

Shi Zehong then took out several file folders from the briefcase, opened the kraft seal, and extracted a few copied documents:

"Captain Lin, this group consists of a total of twelve people, led by Yu Bingfu.

I've reviewed his file, and this person indeed has some skills.

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